Friday
August 20, 2004
'Gathering
of Carvers'
Fred Lauth Sr. from Seattle and
Stan Marsden from Craig...
Front Page Photo by Dick Kauffman... More
photos
Ketchikan: IFA
Building Second Ferry - Proposals are being solicited by
the Inter-Island Ferry Authority for engineering, construction,
testing and delivery of the MV Stikine, a 197 foot passenger/vehicle
ferry that will be utilized for year-round service in Southeast
Alaska. It was announced Thursday by IFA board chair Dennis Watson,
who is also mayor of Craig. - More...
Friday - August 20, 2004
Ketchikan: Rescuers
save missing hunter - A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew
from Air Station Sitka located and rescued a lost hunter Wednesday
afternoon north of Klawock on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast
Alaska after teaming with the Alaska State Troopers (AST), U.S.
Forest Service officials (USFS) and volunteers. - More...
Friday - August 20, 2004
Alaska: St.
Paul Island Native Corporation Allowed to Continue Federal
Work - The General Service Administration has agreed to allow
Tanadgusix Corp., the Native corporation for St. Paul Island
also known as TDX, and an Hawaiian shipyard to continue to work
for the U.S. government. - More...
Friday - August 20, 2004
Ketchikan: Listen to this story... House District One
candidates sounded off on the State fiscal gap during a candidate
forum this week on KRBD. As Deanna Garrison reports, the candidates
discussed a number of fiscal solutions, including a state sales
and income tax, a head tax on cruise ship passengers, and use
of permanent fund earnings.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked August 20, 2004
Ketchikan: Listen to this story... The State of Alaska
has pulled off the auction block two Ketchikan harbors. As Deanna
Garrison reports, the State decided to put off the sale of the
Hole-In-The Wall and Knudson Cove harbors after harbor users
requested time to come up with alternatives for keeping the facilities
in public ownership.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked August 20, 2004 - Listen to More
KRBD stories...
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KORC XXIV races last
week...
Photo by Quie Emery
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Ketchikan: Wednesday
Night Sailboat Racing.. Fun is the Goal & Sportsmanship is
the Rule - Part 3 by Mary Lynn Dahl - Sailing is different
from most other sports as it allows sailors to compete well into
their retirement years. It is a sport requiring mental skills
as well as physical skills, giving an older, more experienced
sailor an advantageous edge to use in every race. In addition,
sailing as a sport is different in another way; it requires competitors
to know and follow a complex set of rules of the game that rely
heavily on honor and integrity, the keys to good sportsmanship.
The "Racing Rules of Sailing"
which most racing clubs in the US use, are those published and
promoted by US Sailing. Racing sailors spend quite a bit of time
learning these rules and using them to design a racing program
that is competitive and fair.
The most fundamental rules
of sailing are classified into 5 categories: 1. Safety, 2. Fair
Sailing, 3. Acceptance of the Rules, 4. Decisions to Race and
5. Drugs (an anti-doping rule). - More...
Friday - August 20, 2004
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Ketchikan: New
Group Hosts Hike to Leask Lakes; Kicks Off Collaborative Effort
to Maximize Ketchikan's Value from Use of Backyard Treasure
- The new Ketchikan-based Leask Users Coalition is leading a
hike to Leask Lakes, which is just a 20-minute drive and short
hike from Ketchikan. The hike, to familiarize folks with the
area, is scheduled for Saturday, August 20th.
Leask Lakes is a little gem
hiding is our own backyard. It is close enough that you get there
in a short time, but far enough away that you feel you have totally
stepped out from the hustle and bustle of it all. This hike is
a great chance to get a taste of the place, said Bill Rotecki,
a long time Ketchikan resident, carpenter and Leask Users Coalition
co-chairman.
The Alaska Mental Health Trust,
mandated to maximize profit from their lands, has plans to log
Leask Lakes and export the logs in the round beginning next year.
- More...
Friday - August 20, 2004
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June Allen Column
 Harold
Gillam: A Tragic Final Flight; Ketchikan remembers the search
- Harold Gillam was among the boldest of those gutsy pioneer
bush pilots who painted Alaska's early aviation history on an
enormous canvas of rugged and unforgiving wilderness often cradled
in the foulest, most extreme weather on the planet.
Oldtime pilots said that there
were three kinds of Alaska weather: clear and unlimited, called
Pan Am weather; then ordinary weather, and lastly, there was
"Gillam weather." While more prudent pilots sat out
the worst days, the quiet-loner Gillam would shake his head and
say, "The weather's never as bad as it looks."
There were, of course, times
the weather was indeed as bad as it looked and Gillam had his
share of heart-stopping takeoffs, hairy landings, and more than
a few minor accidents and serious crashes as well. But it was
said that he had cat's eyes and could fly in the winter darkness
as well as the daylight. Early in his career the lucky pilot
had been given the nickname "Thrill 'em, spill 'em, no kill
'em Gillam." - Read
the rest of this story by June Allen...
Tuesday - August 17, 2004
 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
Alaska's
Deepwater Highway; A part of Alaska history
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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Ketchikan Charter Commission
Meeting Agendas & Information Packets
 Download the Draft Charter Petition (201 pages, 944KB)
The Charter Commission
will be holding Public Hearings on August 13th at 7 pm, August
20th at 7 pm and August 28th at noon in the City Council Chambers.
We'd certainly appreciate hearing from the residents of Ketchikan.
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