Latest King Salmon Derby Unofficial Results Announced Top Row: Bill Pattison, Helen Peters, & Rory Wright Bottom Row: Katrina Pattison, Andrew Powers-Toribio, & Kit Willett Photos Courtesy Knudson Cove Marina    Viewpoints Opinions/Letters RE: Vote Yes On The Sales Tax by Peter Bolling - Ketchikan - 06/07/04 VOTE YES ON THE SALES TAX by Dave Kiffer - Ketchikan - 06/07/04 Taxes by Peg Travis - Ketchikan - 06/07/04 Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary and the Herring Cove mill by Karen Lybrand - 06/07/04 Wanting to know by Karen Galloway - Ketchikan - 06/07/04 Time for accountability, innovation, and ideas by Patrick Jirschele - Ketchikan - 06/07/04 Read More Viewpoints Publish A Letter            Ketchikan: Latest King Salmon Derby Unofficial Results Announced - The latest Ketchikan King Salmon Derby unofficial results were reported by the sponsor of the event, Ketchikan CHARR, late Sunday evening. The Ketchikan 2004 King Salmon Derby kicked off Saturday morning June 29th and runs for three weekends - Results... Monday - June 07, 2004 Ketchikan: Special Election Tuesday - June 8, 2004 - Sales Tax Levy; School Capital Projects Sales Tax - Voters will decide if the general sales tax will be increased 1/2% which will be dedicated to bondable school capital projects & insurance on school building & facilities. Download a sample ballot Profile America: Monday, June 7th. One of the key elements of modern home entertainment - the video cassette recorder - is 29 years old today. After it was introduced, watching movies at home or videotape shot on trips and at family events soon became a popular pastime. Sony brought out the first VCR in the Betamax format; but after a bruising marketplace battle, the video home system or VHS - became the standard. Today, nearly 9-out-of-10 households in the U.S. have a VCR. However, in the last few years, sales have fallen off sharply. Now, digital video disc players outsell VCRs by nearly 3-to-1. Sales of DVD players are close to 3-billion dollars a year. Source U.S. Census Bureau.

Kids' All American Fishing Derby photo by Chris Wilhelm Ketchikan: Kids' All American Fishing Derby - Kids ages 3 to 15 years of age headed down to Ketchikan City Park Saturday morning to take part in the annual Kids' All American Fishing Derby. In preparation for the event which is held nationally, the ponds at City Park were stocked with rainbow trout which were raised at the Ketchikan Tribal Hatchery operated by the Ketchikan Indian Community. In celebration of National Fishing Week, the local two-hour event - in addition to opportunities for age category fishing - provided fun activities such as fish printing, casting competition and lure making. And... free balloons and prizes. - Read more... Monday - June 07, 2004

The June Allen Column is made possible in part by these sponsors. Cick on each name to visit each web site. June Allen Column Alaska's Deepwater Highway; A part of Alaska history - When the first Alaska state ferry sailed northbound through the Inside Passage of Alaska on its maiden voyage in January of 1963, there was rejoicing along the entire route from Ketchikan to Haines at the head of Lynn Canal! At last! Cars and even trucks and vans could now travel to and from isolated island-bound towns all along the 450-mile length of Southeastern Alaska's Panhandle. At either end they could roll off the ferry's ramp onto terra firma, connected to road systems north or south! The roadless towns of the famed Inside Passage finally had a "highway" from Prince Rupert B.C. to Haines, Alaska - even if it happened to be paved with salt water and used marine charts instead of road maps. - Read the rest of this story by June Allen... Friday - May 28, 2004 Ketchikan's American Legionnaires; Here's to 'the boys' of Post #3 - Ketchikan's Cruise Ship Industry; A light-hearted look at its origins Ketchikan's First City Players; Did you hear that applause? A biography of Alaska's herring: A little fish of huge importance... Read more stories by June Allen...

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