Saturday
November 13, 2004
'Foggy
Morning'
Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson
Joe Sadlier
Photo by Mark O'Brien
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 Ketchikan: Students
Learn From WWII Veteran Joe Sadlier - WWII veteran Joe Sadlier
visited the 5th grade class at Houghtaling Wednessday and gave
a first person account of the meaning of Veterans' Day. Sadlier
discussed his part in World War II and his service aboard one
of over 1,000 LSTs (Landing Ship,Tanks). - More...
Saturday - November 13, 2004
Ketchikan: Steppin'
Out - The Ketchikan Community Chorus will be performing "Steppin'
Out," at 8:00 p.m. on Friday November 19th at the Ted Ferry
Civic Center. A short, toe-tapping, 1940's era concert,
directed by Lallette Kistler, is designed make the audience want
to get up and dance. Popular jazz band, "Lush Life,"
has been hired to help the audience do just that. To add
to the delight, additional 40's era solos and trios will be sung
by various talented chorus members throughout the night, and
a no-host bar and snacks will be provided. -
More...
Saturday - November 13, 2004
Alaska: Lindamood-Bell
Learning Processes Partner With Alaska District - Three agencies
have joined together to replicate a successful comprehensive
school reform model aimed at significantly increasing student
achievement. - More...
Saturday - November 13, 2004
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26,000 year old
brown bear fossil...
Photo by Paul Matheus
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Alaska: Ancient
fossil offers new clues to brown bears past by Carla Browning
- While nosing around the Quaternary mammal collection at the
Provincial Museum of Alberta two years ago, Paul Matheus, a paleontologist
with the Alaska Quaternary Center, came across a brown bear fossil
that seemed out of place. The fossil had been collected by Jim
Burns, curator of Quaternary mammals at the PMA a few years earlier
near Edmonton, Alberta, in gravels that date to before the last
ice age (older than 24,000 years). If this was true, Matheus
thought, it could be a very important find. Burns loaned the
specimen to Matheus so he could take it back to the University
of Alaska Fairbanks to confirm its age using radiocarbon dating
methods. Results showed the bear was indeed about 26,000 years
old, and the two researchers realized the fossil's signficance-the
history of brown bears in North America would have to be rewritten.
- More...
Saturday - November 13, 2004
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Alaska: Walter
Kirkness Honored for Contribution to Alaska - Alaska Governor
Frank H. Murkowski has ordered that a state flag be flown over
the capitol in honor of Walter Kirkness, a pioneer Alaskan fisheries
biologist and former Fish and Game commissioner who died in Seattle
Nov. 6th at the age of 84.
"More than any individual,
Kirkness was responsible for helping set the policy course of
local control over fish and game resources in the Alaska Department
of Fish and Game," Governor Murkowski said. - More...
Saturday - November 13, 2004
Columnists
 Dave
Kiffer: "The
Smell of Money" - My mom likes to talk about the "good
old days" when a dozen canneries clogged the Ketchikan waterfront
and the "Smell of Money" was in the air all summer
long.
I suppose it is a happy memory
to recall a time when industry in Ketchikan was based on truly
industrious activities like fishing and timber rather than the
reselling of trinkets and gewgaws, but being able to smell the
economy doesn't necessarily seem like a great idea. I've been
to towns where the dominant industry had a distinct aroma (pig
farms, sulphurous pulp mills, fertilizer plants) and about the
only one I would return to would be Hershey, Pennsylvania - for
obvious reasons.- More...
Saturday - November 13, 2004
 Bob
Ciminel: My
Position on Gun Control - I prefer a two-handed stance, with
my feet spread about a yard apart, sighting with both eyes open.
I like to use armor piercing, incendiary ammunition because it
is good for a variety of situations. I use small-capacity magazines
because you shouldn't need more than one shot to hit your target.
If there are more than eight targets, you probably couldn't hit
them all, even with a 30-round clip.- More...
Saturday - November 13, 2004
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'Our Troops'
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