Friday
September 10, 2004
'Sunset'
Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson
Ketchikan: Ribbon-Cutting
for Ketchikan's 3rd Avenue Extension Announced - The Alaska
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities announced
Thursday that Governor Frank Murkowski will officially dedicate
the 3rd Avenue extension in Ketchikan on Wednesday, September
15th at 10 a.m. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at
about midpoint on the project. The public is invited to attend.
The $16.6 million project connects
3rd Avenue between Washington Street and Schoenbar Road in Bear
Valley. It is approximately one mile long, located directly above
Ketchikan's 2nd Avenue residential area in steep, forested terrain.
The project includes the innovative use of roller compacted concrete
to construct the difficult central segment of the project. The
RCC embankment is approximately 90 feet high at its maximum,
and supports approximately 1,000 feet of the new roadway. RCC
technology has a long history in dam construction, but fairly
limited use in highway construction. It's use on the Ketchikan
project is a first for Alaska. -
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Friday - September 10, 2004
Alaska: Governor
calls for federal action against fish farming - Alaska Governor
Frank H. Murkowski is asking the U.S. Department of Commerce
for a five-year moratorium on new finfish farming and for other
concessions before considering any changes to encourage aquaculture
in federal waters.
In Alaska, coastal communities
have traditionally lived off the bountiful fish resources of
our sea and marine finfish farming threatens that livelihood
as well as consumer confidence in wild Alaska salmon, Murkowski
said. - More...
Friday - September 10, 2004
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Ketchikan: New
UAS Ketchikan Distance Delivery Project Announced; Project will
assist rural and Native Alaskans in pursuit of post-secondary
education - he University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan campus
has been awarded a five-year development grant under the US Department
of Education Strengthening Institutions Program. Out of 260 eligible
applications, UAS Ketchikan was one of only 53 funded. - More...
Friday - September 10, 2004
Ketchikan: 15
Alaska Tribes to Receive Over $5 million in Indian Housing Block
Grants; Local tribes receive largest grants - Alaska Congressman
Don Young recently announced the release of over $5 million in
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act
(NAHASDA) funds through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development. These grants will go to 15 of Alaska's 229 tribes.
Of the 15 tribes, the largest recipients are the Ketchikan Indian
Corporation receiving $1,168,627 and the Metlakatla Housing Authority
receiving $1,437,591.- More...
Friday - September 10, 2004
National: Newly
Released National Survey Reports Most Adults with Substance Abuse
Problems Are Employed; Youth Turning Away from Marijuana, as
Perceptions of Risk Rise - Health and Human Services Secretary
Tommy G. Thompson announced Thursday that there is a five percent
decline in lifetime use of marijuana among American youth between
the ages of 12 and 17. Current use of marijuana plummeted nearly
30 percent among 12 and 13 year olds. The findings were included
in the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health released Thursday.
- More...
Friday - September 10, 2004
Columnists
 Dick Morris: Beyond
The Bush Bounce - President Bush enters September with a
remarkable double-digit lead as a result of one of the most successful
conventions in recent years. The key to the GOP success was,
of course, its focus on terrorism, reminding Americans what a
dangerous world we inhabit. The Republicans also moved to the
center, featuring pro-choice and socially moderate orators like
Rudy Giuliani, Sen. Zell Miller and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- More...
Friday - September 10, 2004
 Michael Reagan: Choosing
the Battleground - The passengers and the crew of a plane
due to travel from an Egyptian resort to Moscow refused to fly
when two Chechnyan women got on board. The Egyptian authorities,
however, asked that the women be allowed to get on the plane.
Guess what? They got on the plane. They then acted suspiciously,
locking themselves in the toilet right after they boarded and
as a result they were kicked off the aircraft. Rightly so. -
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Friday - September 10, 2004
 Phoebe Newman - A Piece of My Mind: WHERE
ARE WE? FLORIDA? Last time I voted in the local elections,
I paid careful attention to the candidate selections. I voted
my conscience, I voted my hope, and now I've been told I was
simply a dope.- More...
Friday - September 10, 2004
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Ketchikan Regular Election
Tuesday - Oct. 5th
Filing for local office
began August 10th and ends Sept. 7th at 5:00 pm.
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City
Election Info
City Council
Two 3-year seats &
One 1-year seat
Tom Coyne filed 08/10/04: Council 3-Year Term
Lew Williams filed 08/16/04: Council 3-Year Term
George Lybrand filed 08/17/04: Council 1-Year Term
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KGB
Election Info
Assembly
Two three-year terms
Mike Painter filed 08/10/04: Assembly 3-Year Term
John A. Harrington filed 08/30/04: Assembly 3-Year Term
Glen Thompson filed 08/31/04: Assembly 3-Year Term
Richard "Dick"
Coose filed 09/07/04:
Assembly 3-Year Term
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KGB
Election Info
School Board
Two three-year terms & One 1-year term
Joel W. Jackson filed 09/02/04: School Board - 3-Year
Term
Dave Lieben filed 09/03/04: School Board - 3-Year
Term
Keith Smith filed 09/07/04: School Board - 1 -
year Term
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June Allen Column
 John
Koel, Baker to Banker; An eccentric philanthropist John Koel
was a well-known figure in Ketchikan from the day he arrived
in 1901 to the day he died in 1946. The eldest son of German
immigrants who settled in the Midwest, Koel was a 38-year-old
confirmed bachelor, a slight man with high cheekbones, a small
mustache and a tidy bankroll he had saved to finance his adventure
in Alaska. A baker by trade and already a canny businessman when
he alighted on the steamship dock, he quickly toured the new
city of Ketchikan and almost immediately opened the OK Bakery
on Dock Street, near the intersection with Main Street. - Read
the rest of this story by June Allen...
Tuesday - September 07, 2004
 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
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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Website
Next Meeting
Sept. 10th, 6 pm City Council Chambers
Agenda
&
Info Packet
Scheduled Meetings:
Sept. 17th, 6 pm regular meeting
Sept. 17th, 7 pm Public Hearing
September 24, 6 pm All meetings will be held in the City Council
Chambers
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