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Cove Park for Innovative Economic and Environmental Renewal (PIEER)
By Alethea Johnson , Larry Jackson, Katie Jo Parrott, Wayne Weihing
& Joanna Desanto - Twelve years after the closure of the
Pulp Mill, Ketchikan is still grappling with how to handle Ward
Cove. The Borough Assembly is poised to dispose of Ward Cove
as quickly as possible and we understand their urgency. After
all, we have been "sitting" on the property for a long
time and it costs the Borough money every day to maintain it.
One of the options under consideration is auctioning it off in
pieces without any overall plan. But Ward Cove's greatest potential
will not be realized by a scattershot approach to development.
Rather, what would most benefit this community is a creative
and comprehensive plan for the long term use of Ward Cove that
encourages stewardship of the property. - More...
Friday - October 23, 2009
Fire
Safety Education By Liz Hook - I would like to send a thank
you out to all the firefighters who donated their time to help
run the Fire Safety Trailer this last month. I think it is wonderful
that our local firefighters consider it to be their duty to teach
fire safety education to all members of our community; not just
the members who happen to live in their service area. - More...
Friday - October 23, 2009
Cut
Exports of Rare Earth Minerals By Sen. Lisa Murkowski - Clean
energy technologies face a range of obstacles. The credit crunch
has slowed capital investment, disputes have arisen over which
lands are suitable for infrastructure, and the electric grid
has sometimes proved incapable of handling new generation. Over
the long run, however, our most difficult challenge may be our
most fundamental: ensuring a stable supply of the raw materials
needed to manufacture clean energy technologies in the first
place. - More...
Friday - October 23, 2009
Tolerance
of others. By Charles Schilli - Mr Schenk, I have difficulty
in finding anything hateful in Mr Johnson's post. What he is
saying is, in fact, in line with many things I have run into
as a live aboard. - More...
Friday - October 23, 2009
Simple
Minded Labels By Charlotte Tanner - Thank you James Schenk.
- More...
Friday - October 23, 2009
Haloacetic
Acid By Peggy Ayers - In response to Kirk Amundson's letter
regarding haloacetic acid; this link is very interesting and
may provide some answers for him. -More...
Friday - October 23, 2009
Open
Letter: KPU By David G. Hanger - Upon further reflection
I have concluded that our telephone conversation of last Thursday
afternoon is so fascinating the whole town ought be in on it.
Let us begin by pointing out that I called about the fact that
you lied to GCI when they contacted you to transfer my account
by claiming my ancillary phone numbers had been reassigned, when
in fact you knew they had not been re-assigned; merely the beginning
of the grotesque retaliatory tactics your company has engaged
in. My call, after the concerned intervention of our mayor, was
to reverse your previous nonsense of lying to GCI about my phone
numbers, and to arrange for said numbers to be transferred to
GCI. - More...
Tuesday - October 20, 2009
Congress,
not the EPA, Should Lead Climate Battle By U.S. Senator Lisa
Murkowski - Congress is currently engaged in one of the most
complex policy debates of our time -- how best to mitigate climate
change without harming the economy. - More...
Tuesday - October 20, 2009
Drinking
Water By Vanessa McElory Alderson - In response to Kirk Amundson's
"Drinking Water" request, per a report on the U.S.
Department of the Interior's website (they manage water in the
western states), Haloacetic Acids may cause an increase in cancer.
- More...
Tuesday - October 20, 2009
Simple
minded Labels By James Schenk - I oppose the kind of hate
you have so deliberately set out like most of your conservative
ilk who have no manners and indeed, go out of your way to insult
people with racial and mean attacks, as you have published here.
- More...
Tuesday - October 20, 2009
Conservative
vs. Liberal By A.M. Johnson - Often there is debate on what
differentiates a Conservative from a Liberal persona. the need
has become paramount with the current political scene being played
out by our current President and his Congress. - More...
Monday - October 19, 2009
Fighting
at bus stops By Kara (McElroy) Steele - My question to Karen
Brown is WHY didn't you call 911 immediately seeing this all
unfold??? That's where it apparently needs to start, then on
to the parents about their children's behavior at the bus stop.
Unfortunately this has been going on for sometime if they think
they can do that openly around others. Next time call the police,
and make sure they pursue on to the parents to start reeling
in their kids. - More...
Monday - October 19, 2009
Disenrollment
By Alice and Gene Sloan - If a family must move from their tribal
area to find work, why must they be removed from the rolls? If
a spouse chooses to live near their partner's family in a different
community as many do, why should they be disenrolled/disenfranchised?
In this vast world that is becoming smaller everyday with communicaton
and travel, why must this type of action be taken? - More...
Monday - October 19, 2009
KIC
Election October 19th: No to Proposition 2 By Axel &
Kathleen Svenson - Get out and vote at the KIC Special election
at the Mall Monday, 8 - 8! This election is crucial for all tribal
members. The silence surrounding the election, and particularly
the silence on Proposition 2, should speak volumes to you. This
silence is a big red flag waving to all concerned. - More...
Saturday - October 17, 2009
WARD
COVE FOCUS GROUP By Rob Holston - A group of local interested
citizens met for nearly 2 hours on Oct. 13, 2009 at the offices
of R&M Engineering to discuss Ward Cove. Trevor Sande provided
maps of the pulp mill side of the cove with subdivision and roadway
boundaries indicated. The subdivision plan had been previously
prepared for a past owner of Ward Cove. - More...
Saturday - October 17, 2009
Thank
you all for a Successful Car Show By Laurel Bray - The Ketchikan
Kruzers Car Club would like to extend a huge thank you to the
Ketchikan Plaza for allowing us, along with the Ketchikan Harley
Riders Association to have a car/bike show inside the Plaza on
October 10th and 11th. To Judy and Dave Zenge and your Plaza
staff, we can't thank you enough for helping us make this a successful
show. Who would have thought 20 cars could fit inside the Plaza.
We asked the public to vote for their favorite cars, by Saturday
night we had a 3 way tie for all 3 places. We continued the voting
on Sunday and the winners were: - More...
Saturday - October 17, 2009
Kids
at bus stops By Karen Brown - Every morning I take my foster
grandson to the bus stop. We sit and wait until the bus leaves
for Fawn Mountain. In the last few mornings we have watched children
from the Houghtling Bus Stop. We have watched them fighting with
each other. One morning, one little boy was being sat on while
others were "tickling" him, rocks are thrown at kids
and at other people's property. There are a lot of children here
and some are rather small and can't fight back. My daughter went
over and rescued the little boy who was being sat on, the day
before or sometime last week she spoke to them about throwing
rocks at each other and property. - More...
Saturday - October 17, 2009
Drinking
water By Kirk Amundson - This is to ask a few questions --
what cancers does haloacetic acids cause??? How many years does
this take to cause cancer??? Why are we spending 4.2 million
if we don't know if this is going to fix the problem??? - More...
Saturday - October 17, 2009
Focus
on the positive By Ivy Rose - I have tried really hard not
to write any opinions on Sitnews and to say what is on my mind,
but after reading so many of the letters written -- and granted
the letters are just opinions -- it made me think. What if when
we get put into situations that we don't like or agree with,
we look at the situation as a whole? - More...
Saturday - October 17, 2009
Afghanistan
Debacle On The Horizon? By Donald A. Moskowitz - President
Obama is trying to decide our military strategy in Afghanistan.
He is mulling over input from his civilian and military advisers,
and members of Congress, but he cannot make a timely decision
because of his lack of military and national security experience.
His community organizing background is not very helpful in this
situation. - More...
Saturday - October 17, 2009
RE:
LAWYERS AND MEANINGFUL HEALTH CARE REFORM By Chris Elliott
- Great letter! Between tort reform and making insurance companies
compete across state lines, we'd have a winner! - More...
Saturday - October 17, 2009
LAWYERS
AND MEANINGFUL HEALTH CARE REFORM By Andy Rauwolf - Thirty
years ago my family doctor explained to me that one of the biggest
reasons he had to charge so much for his services was because
of the high cost of his malpractice insurance. Since that time
this problem has only gotten worse. - More...
Tuesday - October 13, 2009
Noise
Complaint? By Terri Wenger - Well today was a rough one and
it's not over yet. We have had a car alarm going off for over
4 hours, and still going. There has been more than one complaint
to the police department. A car alarm is loud and very irritating.
Migraine Headache Style. But our police department can't do anything
about it, why? I have a scanner and believe me the petty tattle
telling that goes on and our police have to respond to is terrible
in this town. This isn't petty, why can't you file a noise complaint
on car alarms? Why do people use car alarms in this small town?
- More...
Tuesday - October 13, 2009
Ridiculous
policies By Holly Finley - Oh Lordy don't get me started
on how ridiculous KIC's policies are, perhaps they should take
some notes from the Native hospital in Anchorage where I've had
the pleasure of being taken care of completely by the doctors
and staff. - More...
Tuesday - October 13, 2009
High
Costs & Judgmental Medicine By Charles Moon - I am so
sad that Mr. Parks feels the way he does about his medical care.
The fact that he is alive and able to write his opinions means
the system worked for him. I am sure Mr. Parks has a family and
friends that love him. There is no price that can be put on a
human life. I could have been his nurse at KGH or on the ambulance
that saved his life. - More...
Tuesday - October 13, 2009
Littering
By Dustin Hofeling - To the person(s) who sees fit to throw their
McDonald's wrappers out their window on Ketchikan Lakes Road
every single day - shame on you! How can you be so disrespectful
of other people's property, the land, and our city? - More...
Tuesday - October 13, 2009
Customer
Service By Holly Finley - Poor and negligent customer service
is on the rise. I understand we all have our days and your energy
affects those around you, having said that, I'm not getting paid
to shop at your store, however you are getting paid to provide
a service. That is your purpose. If you are going to do a job,
do it well. A smile and good manners goes a LONG way. - More...
Tuesday - October 13, 2009
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