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December 03, 2003
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Mill Street - Ketchikan, Alaska Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson Ketchikan: Ketchikan
mourns loss of Tlingit elder - A Tlingit elder is being remembered
for her contributions in teaching her language and culture. -
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Wednesday - December 03, 2003 - 1:00 am Alaska: Salmonella
Outbreak Prompts Alfalfa Sprouts Recall - The Alaska Department
of Environmental Conservation is alerting consumers to a recall
of alfalfa sprouts produced and sold under the brand name "Harmony
Farms of Auburn, Washington." The sprouts have been linked
to at least six cases of salmonellosis in Oregon. - Read
more... Alaska: EED
Selects Yukon/Koyukuk School District To Operate Alyeska School
- The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development
has selected Yukon/Koyukuk School District to assume the operations
of Alyeska Central School, the State of Alaska's centralized
correspondence school, beginning July 1, 2004. The school has
operated under Alaska state government since 1939. - Read
this story... Alaska: Governor
Says Leave the Cows Alone - Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski
on Tuesday directed the Alaska Department of Law to look into
the state's options to help the cattle of Chirikof Island. The
federal permit issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to
remove the cattle expired on September 30, 2003, and has been
renewed repeatedly without a public hearing process or announcement.
Murkowski made the statement Tuesday before leaving for Fairbanks
to attend former Alaska first lady Matilda Stepovich's memorial
service. - Read
more... Alaska: ConocoPhillips,
BP To Contribute $3.4 Million to UA Foundation - ConocoPhillips
Alaska, Inc., and BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., will present
the University of Alaska Foundation with checks totaling more
than $3.4 million, the fourth annual contribution under the terms
of the companies' charter agreement with the State of Alaska.
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more... Alaska: Waiver
rules for exit exams adopted; Exemptions: Others denied high
school diploma can appeal to state board - The State Board
of Education on Tuesday adopted rules that will allow some students
who fail the High School Graduation Qualifying Exam to still
get a diploma. - Read
this story... Alaska: 411th
Engineer Battalion called up - After spending a week
on alert, roughly 100 Alaska-based Army Reserve soldiers received
the official word Friday to prepare for what could become a yearlong
activation and deployment to Iraq. - Read
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Holiday: The Spirit of the Season Seen in the General Grant Sequoia, the Nation's Living Christmas Tree - There is science and there is spirit. Sometimes the two twine at apt times. So it is that, in the spirit of an ancient, but ageless Santa Claus, the General Grant Tree-- officially designated in 1926 as the Nation's Christmas tree by President Calvin Coolidge -- just keeps getting younger. At one time, biologists estimated that the General Grant Tree, a giant sequoia in Kings Canyon National Park in California, was as old as 3,500 years, but recent U.S. Geological Survey research shows that the tree is a youthful 1,650 years old, plus or minus a few centuries. But to the visitors and residents
who trek to the tree, the tree is ancient and full of spirit
- after all, what's a thousand years or so when you can live
to three thousand years? It was the symbolism of the tree - its
spirit if you will - that counted. Every year, on the second
Sunday in December, the annual "Trek to the Tree" takes
place. At the tree, as part of a living memorial ceremony, National
Park Service rangers place a giant wreath to commemorate those
lost in service to their country. -
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Trees - When President Bush lights the National Christmas
Tree in early December, he continues a long-standing tradition
that began with a gift from American Forests in 1924. That gift,
accepted by President and Mrs. Coolidge, was a 40-year-old, 35-foot
Norway spruce, and it became the first living symbol of Christmas
for the entire nation-the National Community Christmas Tree.
Today, officials predict 30 million to 35 million families will
bring home a cut Christmas tree this year. In addition, Christmas
trees also provide benefits from the time they are planted until
after the holiday season when they can be recycled. - Read
more... Hillary's Badwill Tour - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has
just returned from a badwill tour of Iraq, seeking to use the
façade of saluting the troops and sharing their Thanksgiving
to undermine the political support for their mission. - Read
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