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Monday
October 21, 2013
Ketchikan Creek Bears
Thursday at Ketchikan Creek two bears were spotted eating Salmon carcasses. Two
fisherman who had been fishing for a while hadn’t seen the bears until the photographer pointed them out. Quite a crowd of people gathered including a Police Officer at the Harris Street bridge to watch the bears on the other side of the creek. The larger mother bear would bring her big cub a carcass and they would both eat.There was another big bear feeding upstream and when it got closer, the big cub climbed a tree for safety just like mother had taught.
Front Page Photograph By JIM LEWIS ©2013
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Ketchikan: Lecture scheduled on Alaska salmon traps - Gustavus author and historian James Mackovjak will give a free public lecture, “Alaska Salmon Traps: Their History and Impact on Alaska Communities” from noon to 2:30 pm, Tuesday. The lecture will be offered by videoconference at the University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan campus and will also be streamed online.
James Mackovjak
Photo courtesy UAF Cooperative Extension Service
Alaska statesman Vic Fischer will introduce Mackovjak, who has written five books on Alaska history, including his most recent, “Alaska Salmon Traps.” Mackovjak describes salmon traps as “among the most efficient fish-catching devices the world has even seen.” The Alaska Legislature banned the controversial traps after Alaska became a state. - More...
Monday PM- October 21, 2013
Ketchikan: Harbor Cruise Fundraiser Endows Scholarship - Over 100 people were able to explore what Ketchikan looks like beneath the waves at the “Exploring Our Depths” harbor cruise and live video feed held recently. The fundraising event was hosted by the University of Alaska Southeast Almuni & Friends and the UAS Ketchikan Campus Advisory Council (KCAC).
The incredible live view beneath the waves was provided during the cruise using a remotely operated video camera, operated by Gary Freitag, UAF Marine Advisory Program and Barbara Morgan, Oceans Alaska Research and Education Coordinator. The highlight of the event was exploring the underwater volcanic rock, recently discovered by U.S. Forest Service Geologist, Jim Baichtal, who presented the geological history of the area during the cruise.
The harbor cruise was a fundraiser to endow the Carroll Fader Maritime Scholarship, which benefits students pursuing maritime careers in Ketchikan. The fund has now successfully exceeded the $25,000 endowment level and scholarships will become available.
Raffle winners at the event include Jean Bartos (2 Alaska Airline vouchers), Nicolle Lewis (Revilla Island lake trip), Gus Peterson (Ketchikan Helicopter tour for 2) and Bill Halloran (Adventure Karts or Alaska Canopy Zipline tour for 4). - More...
Monday PM - October 21, 2013
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Alaska: Good Samaritans rescue 5 mariners from life raft in Bering Sea - Good Samaritans aboard the 98-foot fishing vessel Aleutian Beauty rescued five fishermen from a life raft in the Bering Sea Sunday after they abandoned their burning vessel.
The good Samaritans, responding to a Coast Guard issued urgent marine information broadcast, were first on scene about 69 miles west of Adak and rescued the crewmen from the life raft. All five mariners were reportedly in good condition and were transited to Adak aboard the Seattle-based longliner Aleutian Beauty.
At last report the mariners' 59-foot Kodiak-based Western Venture was still afloat and emitting smoke from a reported fire aboard the vessel. The fishing vessel was reported unlit and adrift. A broadcast notice to mariners was issued to alert those in the area of the hazard to navigation.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage personnel will investigate the cause of the fire and work with the owner to determine if salvage of the vessel is possible. The Western Venture reportedly has a potential fuel load of 4,300 gallons of diesel and other oils. It is unknown at this time exactly how much fuel was aboard the vessel when the fire occurred or if any of it has been burned up. - More...
Monday PM - October 21, 2013
Alaska Science: Scientists endure nights on mountaintop perch By NED ROZELL- Leaning against her Thermarest pad in a helicopter coated with ice, Taryn Lopez imagined herself as the little girl rocking to sleep in her parent’s boat. Just before she drifted off on that early September night, the volcano researcher wondered if the climbing ropes would hold the Jet Ranger to the wind-pounded volcano on the spine of the Alaska Peninsula.
“We weren’t sure if we’d wake up the next morning having moved a couple feet,” she said.
In the back seat of the stranded helicopter, John Paskievitch was confident in his improvised anchors, but had a harder time falling asleep. He couldn’t help thinking of the flying-rock windstorms he had experienced in 25 years of fieldwork in the Valley of 10,000 Smokes. And how most of that extreme weather occurred in places not nearly as exposed as this.
Sleep also eluded pilot Sam Egli of King Salmon as he shifted in his seat at the unfamiliar sensation of being wrapped in a sleeping bag. Egli made the call to stay on top of Mount Mageik when ice formed on blades of his helicopter during what was meant to be a short trip.
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Overnighting near a steaming volcanic crater in a vessel weighing less than a compact car was not what any of the trio wanted, but it was a circumstance each had thought about before it occurred. Their foresight, experience and calm allowed them to survive 48 hours on top of Mount Mageik. Theirs is a story of a rare circumstance but one that is always possible when scientists perform fieldwork in remote spots.
The adventure started in a routine fashion. Lopez, who had flown down from Fairbanks, and Paskievitch, who lives near Anchorage, met at the airport in King Salmon. There, Egli operates Egli Air Haul with his family. Lopez, a postdoctoral student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, is studying the relationship of volcanic gases to seismicity on Mounts Mageik and Martin and Trident Volcano. Paskievitch installs and fixes scientific equipment all over the Alaska Peninsula. - More...
Monday PM - October 21, 2013
Columns - Commentary
 TOM PURCELL: Does Obamacare Cover Sticker Shock? - Rebecca was stunned when she opened her mail last week.
Her insurance carrier, Highmark BCBS, said her health insurance premium would rise 40 percent this year and her policy would be canceled on Dec. 1, 2014.
She had purchased the policy in 2009, after her husband had passed away from lupus, which he'd contracted 10 years before. His employer's insurance covered virtually all of the $1.1 million cost of his care during the last 66 days of his life.
With three children to raise, Rebecca knew how important it was to have good coverage. Her husband's company covered her for three months after he died. That gave her time to buy her own coverage with Highmark - though paying the $400 monthly premium would not be easy.
She worked two or three jobs to make ends meet - jobs that allowed her to be home when her kids got home from school. She was thankful to receive $1,300 a month in widow's benefits from Social Security, which her husband had paid into for years (she will soon lose these benefits when her youngest turns 16). Her combined income is $47,000 a year.
By scrimping and saving, she has been able to pay her mortgage and insurance, feed her kids and get the oldest two through college (thanks to several loans she is repaying).
So, she was stunned when she found out what her new insurance policy would cost. - More...
Monday PM - October 21, 2013
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 RE: Shutdown was orchestrated... By Edmond Paquette -
I was sure that the shutdown was a planned deal by the Liberals and the Democrats. - More...
Monday PM - October 21, 2013
RE: Government shut down planned in advance By A. M. Johnson - The Federal Government in 13 seconds? Like faster than a speeding bullet? Ha ha ha ha ha, good one. Now that IS funny.. - More...
Monday PM - October 21, 2013
Technology By Amanda Mitchell - We are subjected to many things invisible to the naked eye. To name a few: viruses, bacteria, radiation, gravity, ….gnomes. Just kidding about the last one, they are very visible. Some of these tiny forces can help us and some can hurt us fast or leave their dirty work to be found later. Just because we don’t see these things does not mean we should ignore their presence. There has been an increasing awareness that our technology can greatly impact our bioelectric bodies. This is to include: sound waves, radio waves and electromagnetic waves. You can add your own to the list. The military has sonic weapons, police use stun guns, I have a cute little magnetic bracelet that helps with motion sickness and even many medical devices can send electric coursing through our bodies. Good and bad, our technology around us has the ability to track, incapacitate and rehabilitate. - More...
Monday PM - October 21, 2013
Obama's Fingerprints All Over IRS Tea Party Scandal By Wiley Brooks -
The Tea Party Patriot’s stated mission is to “restore America’s founding principles of Fiscal Responsibility, Constitutionally Limited Government and Free Markets”. - More...
Monday PM - October 21, 2013
Library Funding Yet Again By Agnes Moran - Every Borough resident, with the exception of the folks in Saxman, pays to support library operations. (If you rent instead of own, your landlord is paying taxes that support the library on your behalf and most likely recouping the cost through your rent payment.) Borough residents residing outside of the city boundaries of Saxman and Ketchikan pay an additional $422,570 or roughly $82 per person for operational support for the library. - More...
Friday PM - October 18, 2013
Re: Bears and Garbage By Bob Pelkey Jr. -
Our garbage receptacle (City of Ketchikan provided green trash container) has only been hit twice this year so far in late May. Others in our immediate area are tipped and dumped on average every night or two with-in our Woodland Ave./Deermount St. neighborhood. Here are some simple suggestions to discourage the bears consistent return to the same receptacle time after time. - More...
Friday PM - October 18, 2013
Remember the people that make things work By Dragon London -
There are two people in this town that I feel never get acknowledged for what they do... and yet they are so the hub of what really makes our city work... Katy Suiter and Kim Stanker, our Ketchikan City Clerk and Assistant Clerk. - More...
Friday PM - October 18, 2013
RE: Shutdown was orchestrated... By Geoff Offermann -
That was pretty funny. Was it a serious letter, do you think? I mean really. Talk about overthinking something. "Designed, specified, requisitioned, bidded, awarded, ordered, manufactured, AND delivered." - More...
Friday PM - October 18, 2013
Alaska Victimization Survey By Diane Gubatayao - October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and on the evening of Tuesday, October 15th, a particularly significant event is occurring here in Ketchikan. Dr. Andre Rosay of the University of Alaska, Anchorage Justice Center along with Lauree Morton, Executive Director of the State of Alaska Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, will be in Ketchikan to release new data collected this summer here in Ketchikan. - More...
Monday PM - October 14, 2013
Invitation to sing By Rob Holston -
Please consider singing with us this year in the Clover Pass Community Church "Singing Christmas Tree." We are typically a group of about 40 Christian singers. We sing basic 4-part harmony and are looking for soprano, alto, tenor an bass singers. Don't worry, all people fit into one of these categories, more or less :) - More...
Monday PM - October 14, 2013
Sealaska President's Retirement By Dominic Salvato -
It's not comforting to some Sealaska shareholders in the comments of Sealaska's President and CEO Chris McNeil's willingness to help find a new CEO upon his retirement, as reported here at Sitnews. - More...
Monday PM - October 14, 2013
Shutdown was orchestrated and planned well in advance By A. M. Johnson - The following letter submitted to Senator Murkowski regarding the preparedness of the Obama administration in notifying the public of specific closings of parks and public monuments. - More...
Monday PM - October 14, 2013
Bears eating garbage - By Bryce Mattson -
Bears can be nuisances in Ketchikan. We all know about the bear cub that wrecked the produce in Tatsuda's. While bears are cute from a distance, someone has to pick up the mess they make. It is our responsibility as citizens to pick up the mess they make and secure our garbage cans. As citizens in a bear populated area we need to maintain and secure our trash and pick it up after bears. - More...
Monday PM - October 14, 2013
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