Wedesday
March 17, 2004
Special
People
Bottom row: Yeda Hicks, Patti
Fay Hickox, Jennifer Phillips, Sherri White.
Top row: Vicky Newlun, Cindy Byrd, Angie Taggart,
Donna O'Brien, Rebecca Midgett ... Photo courtesy Patty Fay Hickox
Ketchikan: Local
Professionals Increase Knowledge of FASD - "WOW!
BAM! POW! Did we learn a lot at the 8th Annual Alaska Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder Summit!," stated Patty Fay Hickox a Ketchikan
health care professional.
The summit, held in Anchorage
March 9 and March 10, is an annual training event which provides
participants from across Alaska an opportunity to increase their
knowledge and understanding of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
According to Hickox, six of Ketchikan's local school teachers,
one local youth advocate, one local parent navigator and one
local case manager attended the statewide summit along with over
700 people from around the state. - Read
more...
Wednesday - March 17, 2004 - 1:10 am
Alaska: Governor
Says 9th Circuit Decision Good for 6 Million Fry - Governor
Frank Murkowski hailed Tuesday's decision by the U.S. Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals to allow the district court in Alaska discretion
in what to do with six million sockeye salmon fry as, "appropriate,
and providing a glimmer of hope for the case." The district
court can allow the fry to be released in Tustumena Lake, on
the Kenai Peninsula, this spring. - Read
more...
Wednesday - March 17, 2004 - 1:10 am
Alaska: Governor
Testifies to Senate Finance Committee - In an extremely unusual
move, Governor Frank Murkowski testified Tuesday before a meeting
of the Senate Finance committee, asking members to take action
on a long-term solution to the state's fiscal problem. More..
Wednesday - March 17, 2004 - 1:10 am
Alaska: Knowles
Calls For Hike In CDQ Allocation; Calls for Alaskans to Get Fair
Share from Offshore Fishery Resource - To ensure Alaskans
get their fair share from our offshore fish resource, and to
boost jobs and training opportunities for residents of Western
Alaska, U.S. Senate Candidate Tony Knowles has called for an
increase in the CDQ fishery allocation to 12.5 percent, the same
royalty percentage the state receives for a barrel of oil. -
Read
more...
Wednesday - March 17, 2004 - 1:10 am
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Alaska: Commissioners
to Monitor Area M Fishery - Governor Frank Murkowski has
directed Commissioner of Fish and Game Kevin Duffy, and Commissioner
of Public Safety Bill Tandeske to closely monitor the effects
of a recent Board of Fisheries decision allowing additional fishing
time in the Area M June salmon fishery. Murkowski asked Duffy
to make sure that the increase in fishing time in the Area M
June fisheries does not threaten the sustained yield of salmon
returning to Bristol Bay and Western Alaska rivers. The Governor
asked Tandeske and Duffy to monitor compliance in the fishery
with regulations that require the retention and reporting of
all salmon caught. - Read
more...
Wednesday - March 17, 2004 - 1:10 am
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Alaska: Disabled
Alaska Students Sue Over Exam - Disabled children and their
parents filed a federal class-action lawsuit yesterday against
the Alaska Board of Education, the latest in a string of challenges
to laws of various states requiring students to pass an exit
exam to earn a high school diploma. - Read
this story...
New York Times - linked
March 17, 2004
Alaska: Experience
Works Searches for Alaska's 2004 Outstanding Older Worker -
Experience Works, the country's largest provider of mature-worker
training and employment, is searching for Alaska's outstanding
older worker. For the seventh year, outstanding older workers
from every state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico;
America's Oldest Worker; and outstanding employers of older workers,
will be honored in Washington, D.C., and in their home states.
The Experience Works SM Prime Time Awards Program was created
to highlight the valuable contributions that older workers are
making in their communities and places of work. - Read
more...
Wednesday - March 17, 2004 - 1:10 am
Ketchikan: Kayhi
Drama Department Presents: "All I Really Need to Know I
Learned in Kindergarten" - Kayhi Drama Department Presents:
"All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,"
conceived and adapted by Ernest Zulia, based on the books by
Robert Fulghum. - Read
more...
Wednesday - March 17, 2004 - 1:10 am
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The Greater Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce
would like your help in nominating this year's Theme and Grand
Marshall. - 
In general,
not many people are interested in herring. It's not exactly a
glamour fish. You won't see a snapshot of a grinning fishermen
posing for the camera while holding up a trophy eight-inch goggle-eyed
herring by the tail. And when was the last time you had
baked, fried, roasted, grilled or pickled herring? The only time
most people come in contact with herring is when they skewer
a chunk of it onto a hook for bait when salmon fishing. -