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Ketchikan: Crewmember
of Acushnet Dies During Port Call - A crewmember from the
Ketchikan-based Coast Guard cutter Acushnet died Wednesday from
injuries suffered while on liberty Monday morning in Victoria,
British Columbia.
Deceased is Seaman Apprentice
James L. Asnin, 23, of Sitka, a member of Acushnet's Deck Department.
"I was saddened when I
received the initial report on this situation," said Vice
Adm. Harvey E. Johnson, Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area,
adding, "My heart goes out to his family, who are suffering
tremendous grief over the loss of their son." - More...
Thursday - April 07, 2005
Alaska: Alaska
Marine Killed in Iraq - The Department of Defense announced
Wednesday the death of Marine Lance Corporal Jeremiah C. Kinchen,
22, of Salcha, Alaska, who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On learning of Kinchen's death,
Governor Frank H. Murkowski said, "We extend our sincere
condolences to the Kinchen family and the community of Salcha.
By serving his country, Lance Corporal Kinchen was a brave and
courageous individual. We can never properly repay our debt to
Jeremiah or his family, but we shall never forget him."
- More...
Thursday - April 07, 2005
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Surface work at the
opening of the Sulzer Mine - Prince of Wales Island, circa 1900
- Photographer: Winter and Pond - Donor: Estate of John R. Smith,
THS 65.1.1.3 - NOTE the five men above the mine tunnel.... Photograph
courtesy Ketchikan Museums
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June Allen Feature Story: Alaskan
Chris Leding: 1886-1975; A Norwegian adventurer - By June
Allen - Today's Ketchikan phone book includes a fair share of
Scandinavian surnames. There are, however, relatively few Norse
names among the records of the town's earliest settlers. Most
of Ketchikan's Norwegian population originated later, during
the early 1920s when the halibut fleet, its skippers, crewmen
and families moved north from the Seattle area. An exception
was the late Chris Leding, who wasn't yet a fisherman when
he settled down in Ketchikan the mid-1920s and who discovered
commercial fishing much later in life.
Chris Leding was born Sept.
9, 1886, in Tromso, Norway, a picturesque city located above
the Arctic Circle, a mid-13th century town of graceful church
spires, quaintly decorated buildings and, today, hordes of tourists!
The town is located on an island in the Norwegian Sea but
connected to the mainland by a bridge. Leding spent his boyhood
in the Tromso region, working as a farm hand, as a goat
herder and, on one occasion, as a guide for a group of British
engineers. These men taught him enough English "to get by"
and were the ones who told him about America and especially about
Alaska. - More...
Thursday - April 07, 2005
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Ketchikan: Deer
Planning Subcommittee To Meet In Ketchikan - The Unit 2 Deer
Planning Subcommittee is slated to meet in Ketchikan April 19th
and 20th. The subcommittee is a 12-member group of hunters and
wildlife managers who are working together to address deer management
issues in Game Management Unit 2, including Prince of Wales Island.
The group is a subcommittee of the Southeast Alaska Regional
Advisory Council. The Federal Subsistence Board established the
subcommittee in 2004. It includes residents of Craig, Hydaburg,
Ketchikan, Petersburg, Point Baker and Wrangell, as well as representatives
from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Forest Service.
The subcommittee is developing
a subsistence-based, publicly supported management approach for
deer in Unit 2 that allows subsistence users to meet their needs
as required by the Alaska National Interest Lands and Conservation
Act, or ANILCA. The subcommittee also aims to minimize adverse
effects on non-subsistence hunters and account for change in
deer population, access and other factors that may affect the
hunt. - More...
Thursday - April 07, 2005
Alaska: Parts
of Alaska opened to grizzly baiting By Joel Gay - Grizzly
bears wandering out of their winter dens in the eastern interior
of Alaska this spring may be in for a lethal surprise - for the
first time, hunters can kill the animals after attracting them
with bacon grease, doughnuts and other bait.
The Alaska Department of Fish
and Game hopes to see as many as 81 brown bears killed to help
boost the moose population for human consumption. It's part of
a broader program that includes aerial shooting of more than
100 wolves this winter. - More...
Thursday - April 07, 2005
Alaska: School
Nutrition and Exercise Bill Comes With A Big Catch - Legislation
introduced Wednesday seeks to increase the physical fitness level
of Alaska's school age children by requiring schools to create
health standards, including dental care, in their respective
disciplinary and safety programs. The School Nutrition and Exercise
Bill (SB 162) was introduced by Sen. Fred Dyson (R - Eagle River).
Schools will have to report
the percentage of overweight students and students at risk of
becoming overweight based on Centers for Disease Control standards.
Schools must also report the amount of profits from vending machines
located on school property. - More...
Thursday - April 07, 2005
Medical: Physicians
find a new way to study their patients' pain By Sue Vorenberg
- Doctors at the University of New Mexico don't have to feel
their patients' pain anymore.
They can see it.
Physicians at the university's
MIND Imaging Center have discovered that the brain releases a
noticeable amount of two chemicals when it experiences pain.
- More...
Thursday - April 07, 2005
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June Allen Column
 Ketchikan: A
Personal Tribute to Tom Coyne on St. Patrick's Day - St.
Patrick's Day makes me think of Ketchikan's city councilman Tom
Coyne and of famous author Frank McCourt. They even look a lot
alike -- faces like maps of Ireland! Of course I've never met
Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes, but his book lays bare
the bittersweet memories of his childhood. And I've interviewed
Tom Coyne on several occasions and I see some of the similarities
in their impoverished early years. And they both, like
everyone in the Irish land of their bloodlines, are poets at
heart. - Read
the rest of this story by June Allen....
Thursday - March 17, 2005
 It's
Iditarod Race Year 33! a ghost story of the southern route
Ketchikan's
'Rotary Wheel' Still Turning; Hardworking club celebrates a century
Sitka's
Pioneer Home Statue; Whose face is cast in bronze?
L.
Ron Hubbard's Alaska Adventure; His long winter in Ketchikan
ACS
Bids for KPU Telecom: ACS a longtime presence
Betty
King the Dog Lady; Ketchikan's one-woman humane society
Ketchikan,
Alaska - Let There Be Light! -- Citizens Light & Power and
then KPU
The
State Capitol and Its Marble and keeping the capital in Juneau
A
Legendary Mountain of Jade; Just one of Alaska's Arctic Wonders
John
Koel, Baker to Banker; An eccentric philanthropist
Harold
Gillam: A Tragic Final Flight; Ketchikan remembers the search
Ketchikan's
'Fish House Tessie'; She was proud of the nickname
Fairbanks:
Golden Heart City; A story of its founding
Remembering
'Swede' Risland (1915-1991);The town's most memorable logger
Read more feature stories by June Allen...
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