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December 08, 2003
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Front Page Photo by Robin Webb Behind the scenes Friday night
as participants in the Ketchikan Theatre Ballet's Nutcracker
prepare for the first performance. The Nutcracker, an annual
tradition, was performed Friday and Saturday nights at the Ketchikan
High School Auditorium.
Alaska: Majority
Recommends Committee Assignment Changes To Make Room For Sen.
Bert Stedman - Senate President Gene Therriault (R-North
Pole) announced recommended changes to the committee assignments
of Majority members for newly appointed Senator Bert Stedman
(R-Sitka). Stedman was sworn into office November 20th, replacing
retiring Senator Robin Taylor. Therriault's recommendations must
be approved by the Senate Committee on Committees and go to the
full Senate for confirmation. Read
more... Alaska: Tips
for Weathering the Winter - Consider using non-toxic de-icing
substances such as clean clay cat litter, sand, or fireplace/stove
ash to prevent hazardous waste from chemicals. Chemical de-icers
can be hazardous to your pets, your trees and shrubs, and the
environment. Antifreeze that leak from car engines and chemical
snow melters on driveways, roads, and runways can pollute surface
waters and groundwater through the soil. - More... |
Troop 4 stocked approximately 250 top-of-the-line Christmas trees and have a variety of trees for sale including Douglas Firs and Noble Firs. Prices range from $33 up to $130 for a Noble Fir. As of Saturday, Troop 4 had sold 25% of their trees. The Christmas tree sale is open weekdays from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the outside garden area at Wal-Mart. On Saturday the hours are 9:00 am to 8:00 pm and on Sunday the hours are from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The money earned from selling
these beautiful trees will be used to help fund Boy Scout Troop
4 activities. - View
the photo gallery... |
Ketchikan:
The cracks were detected before
but researchers now know they can remain open for long periods,
rather than opening and closing for just very brief intervals.
This new discovery about how the Earth's magnetic shield is breached
is expected to help space physicists give better estimates of
the effects of severe space weather. - More... |
Dec. 7, 1941 By June Allen
One of those was Navy Ensign
Irvin Thompson, 24, of Ketchikan. He was lost in the sinking
of the battleship Oklahoma, Alaska's first serviceman casualty
of World War II. In his honor, flags would fly at half-mast throughout
Alaska Dec. 21, by proclamation of Territorial Governor Ernest
Gruening. - Read
the rest of this story by June Allen...
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