Saturday - Sunday
March 27 - March 28, 2004
Off-loading herring
caught by an Alaskan gill-netter - 1976
Historical Photo Courtesy NOAA
Ketchikan: New
ferry HQ has history of toxic substances; Reports cite asbestos
floors, roof leaks, possible structural damage to administration
building - About 100 leaks in the roof, asbestos-tiled flooring
beneath dank carpets and possible toxic mold are among the fixes
that must take place before some 44 state ferry system administrators
are relocated this summer to the Ketchikan Pulp Co. administration
building at Ward Cove. - Read
this story...
Juneau Empire - Sunday
- March 28, 2004
Ketchikan: Behm
Canal Sac Roe Fishery Concerns Addressed by ADF&G; Concerned
citizens say ADF&G more interested in protecting 'backsides'
- In an effort to address local concerns regarding an Alaska
Board of Fisheries' January 2003 authorization of a commercial
herring sac roe fishery in Behm Canal, the Alaska Department
of Fish and Game - in an unusual news release distributed Friday
- reiterated its commitment to the conservation of the Behm Canal
herring for sustained yield.
In response to Friday's ADF&G
news release, spokesperson for the Ketchikan Herring Action Group
Andy Rauwolf said, "The letter released to the media from
ADF&G Commissioner Kevin Duffy is just another in a long
series of examples that illustrate that this Department is far
more interested in protecting their 'backsides' than they are
in safeguarding this 'most vital of all ocean resources', the
depletion of which they [the ADF&G] have willingly presided
over." - Read
more...
Saturday - March 27, 2004 - 4:50 pm
 Ketchikan:
Listen to this story... Ketchikan resident
and former Senate appointee Jim Elkins Thursday filed a letter
of intent with the Alaska Public Offices Commission to run for
the Legislature. As Deanna Garrison reports, Elkins would not
disclose which office he is seeking - House District One or Senate
Seat A.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Saturday - March 27, 2004
Ketchikan: KIC
Responds to BIA Budget Cuts - Quoting a news release, Ketchikan
Indian Community officials were shocked when plans were announced
recently to slash the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) budget by
nearly 6 percent in the next two years. - Read
more....
Saturday - March 27, 2004 - 2:30 am
Ketchikan: Listen to this story... The State Department
of Fish and Game is closing steelhead sport fish harvests in
all streams on Prince of Wales and Kosciusko Islands. As Deanna
Garrison reports, fishery managers say new federal subsistence
regulations prompted the closure.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Saturday - March 27, 2004
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KIC Team
Cheryl Haven KIC Grants
& Contracts Coordinator; Tribal Council President Stephanie
Rainwater-Sande; Karen Carter KIC Clinic Health Administrator;
David Landis KIC Deputy General Manager;
and Lance Mertz KIC Finance Director...
Photo courtesy KIC
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Ketchikan: Alaska
Tribal Health Providers memorialize past and ongoing health care
efforts - On March 17, 2004, a historic event took place
in Anchorage, Alaska. It was 10 years ago that Alaska's Tribes
began organizing to develop the "Alaska Tribal Health Compact"
in order to own, operate and manage tribal health care. To commemorate
this anniversary, a gathering of tribal health organization board
members, tribal leaders, health directors and others met to provide
a forum for the exchange of current information in key areas
of importance related to Alaska Native health. To memorialize
these past and ongoing health care efforts, a "signing ceremony"
of the Alaska Tribal Health System Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) was also featured.
The purposes of the MOU are
to: 1) Define the essential components of the Alaska Tribal Health
System and their interrelationships; 2) Define the commitments
of participants to continue and enhance the unique tribal cooperation
and coordination regarding health services that have developed
in Alaska, and; 3) To ensure that all Alaska Natives have access
to a comprehensive, integrated, tribally-controlled health care
delivery system for the improvement of the health and well-being
of Alaska native peoples. - Read
more...
Saturday - March 27, 2004 - 2:30 am
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40th Anniversary of
"Good Friday" Earthquake
Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964.
This truck at Lowell Point, 2 miles from Seward, was bent around
a tree by the surge waves generated by the underwater landslides
along the Seward waterfront. The truck was about 32 feet above
water level at the time of the earthquake. - Photo courtesy USGS
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Alaska: 40th
Anniversary of "Good Friday" Earthquake - It was
the earthquake that woke up America, its 9.2 Herculean shaking
reverberating through the earth, causing the whole planet to
ring like a bell for weeks afterward. Even now, the earth is
still moving in response to the "Good Friday Earthquake"
that rocked Alaska on March 27, 1964.
At magnitude 9.2, this was
the second-largest quake ever recorded in the world, topped only
by a 9.5 in Chile a few years earlier. Its specter, even 40 years
later, haunts not only many of those who lost loved ones or who
lived through the four minutes of shaking or the quake's legacy
of tsunami waves surging into cities and destroying communities,
but also those responsible for earthquake monitoring and safety.
- Read
more and view photos...
Saturday - March 27, 2004 - 2:30 am
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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. -
The Greater Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce
would like your help in nominating this year's Theme and Grand
Marshall. - 