Saturday
October 09, 2004
Flora
and Fauna Will Brighten Boarded Windows
Bobbi McCreary helps with the
painting of the background on the boarded windows of the Diamond's
International Building Friday as an unidentified woman looks
on.
Photo by Carl Thompson - More...
Ketchikan: Local
Fire Departments Spread "Fire Prevention" Message
- The Great Chicago Fire of October 8, 1871, killed more than
300 people, destroyed more that 17,000 structures, and consumed
more than 2,000 acres in 27 hours. The catastrophic losses people
suffered from this fire lead to stricter fire, building, and
life-safety codes giving way to terms like "prevention of
fires" and "fire education".
It wasn't until 1925 that aggressive
fire education and prevention program began. In that year, President
Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the first National Fire Prevention
Week, October 4-10, 1925.
President Coolidge noted that
in the previous year some 15,000 lives were lost due to fire
in the United States. He stated in his proclamation, "...these
losses are startling" and "This waste results from
the conditions which justify a sense of shame and horror and
for the greater part of it, could and ought to be prevented...
It is highly desirable that every effort be made to reform the
conditions which have made possible so vast a destruction of
the national wealth."
Progress was made but as late
as the mid-1970's fire related deaths in the United States still
approached 12,000 people a year. The "fire-prevention"
message continues today and the number of fire related deaths
has dropped to less that 5,000. These number are still not acceptable
if one of those fatalities is one of our citizens or family members.
As recently as September 5,
2004, we still see the sad effects of fire right here in Ketchikan
when a fire completely destroyed a home that had been a Ketchikan
landmark for more than 100 years. Luckily no one was injured
in this fire above the tunnel on Front Street , but the effects
of the fire - both financially and emotionally - will be felt
for years to come. - More...
Saturday - October 09, 2004
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Tonight
Saturday - October
9th
Sweet Second Saturdays Dance and Dessert with live music and
caller, at the Coast Guard Upper Base, Crows Nest. All are welcome,
$5 at the door.
"In the Moment"
Painting by June Harman
Visit June's website at JuneHarman.com
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Ketchikan: Borough
Parks & Rec Phone Outage - Due to a hardware problem,
the phone systems at several Ketchikan Gateway Borough buildings
are experiencing difficulties. The affected buildings include
the Gateway Recreation Center, Mike Smithers Pool and the Weis
Building which houses the Animal Protection and Assessment Departments.
The phones are working sporadically and sometimes cut out in
the middle of a call. - More...
Saturday - October 09, 2004
Ketchikan: Training
for Fishers - A Coast Guardsman uses a floatation device
as he swims toward a fishing vessel during training for fishers.
- More...
Saturday - October 09, 2004
Columnist
 Bob
Ciminel - Fish or Cut Bait:
The
Submariner's Worst Nightmare - Next to uncontrolled flooding,
the worst thing that can happen to a submarine crew is an onboard
fire. As I write this, the Royal Canadian Navy's HMCS Chicoutimi
wallows in the Atlantic off the coast of Ireland, under tow by
a British frigate. Yesterday, one of the sub's crewmembers died
of injuries from smoke inhalation. It is small consolation to
his family, but, unlike most submarine disasters, they will at
least be able to lay their loved one to rest in a marked grave
on his home soil.
The Chicoutimi is one of four
mothballed Victoria-class diesel-electric submarines the Royal
Navy sold to Canada. According to news reports, the Chicoutimi
had an electrical fire while transiting from the United Kingdom
to Canada.
To put it simply, a submarine
is nothing more than a "people tank" surrounded by
water. The submarine is designed to keep air in the "people
tank" and water out. That they are able to do this was tragically
demonstrated in February 2001, when the USS Greenville surfaced
beneath a Japanese training ship off the coast of Hawaii. What
happens when you cannot keep the water out of the "people
tank" was tragically demonstrated by the loss of the USS
Thresher in April 1963. - More...
Saturday - October 09, 2004
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June Allen Column
 A
Legendary Mountain of Jade; Just one of Alaska's Arctic Wonders
- Alaska is a state of superlatives. It is the nation's largest
state. We drive past or fly over America's highest mountain.
We can visit the nation's deepest cave on Prince of Wales Island,
admire the waters of our state's longest coastline and enjoy
the midnight sun's longest days. Most of us, however, will
never see our superlative example of the Alaska State Gem - jade.
That's because Jade Mountain, an entire mountain made of beautiful
dark green jade, is far from any Alaska road system. - More...
Tuesday - October 05, 2004
 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
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...
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