Monday
December 14, 2004
'The
Odyssey'
Front Page Photo by Chris Wilhelm
National: Medicaid
may be on the chopping block - If President Bush and Congress
want to cut the federal deficit starting next year, as they say
they do, then Medicaid has become a choice place to look.
Medicaid, the nation's largest
health care program for the poor, disabled and nursing home residents,
appears headed for the chopping block in 2005.
Strengthened by the election,
the Republican majority on Capitol Hill looks ready to join President
Bush in putting a lid on federal Medicaid spending, according
to members of Congress and state officials.
"Republicans are real
sincere about cutting the budget, and that makes Medicaid vulnerable,"
said Rep. George Radanovich, R-Calif., a member of the Energy
and Commerce Committee, where Medicaid legislation starts. -
More...
Monday - December 13, 2004
Science: O
Christmas tree: Your bark may fight arthritis - A fake Christmas
tree may be more popular, but here's a new reason to appreciate
the real thing: Researchers have identified a group of anti-inflammatory
compounds in the bark of the Scotch pine - widely used for Christmas
trees - that they say could be developed into food supplements
or drugs for treating arthritis and pain. The compounds, which
show promise in preliminary cell studies, are likely to be found
in other pine species as well, the scientists say.
Anti-inflammatory compounds
have been found in a wide variety of plant species, but this
is believed to be the first time that they've been identified
in a species that is used commonly for Christmas trees, the researchers
say. The compounds identified were phenolics, a class of highly-active
plant chemicals that have been increasingly tied to beneficial
health effects. The study is scheduled to appear in the Dec.
29 print issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,
a peer-reviewed publication of the American Chemical Society,
the world's largest scientific society. - More...
Monday - December 13, 2004
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Inter-Island Ferry
Authority board chair and Craig Mayor Dennis Watson is pictured
as he signs a $16,940,984 contract Friday with Dakota Creek Industries
of Anacortes, Washington for the construction the IFA's second
vessel...
Photo courtey IFA
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Ketchikan: Contract
Signed For Constructon of M/V Stikine - Inter-Island Ferry
Authority board chair and Craig Mayor Dennis Watson signed a
$16,940,984 contract Friday with Dakota Creek Industries of Anacortes,
Washington for the construction the IFA's second vessel the M/V
Stikine. The Stikine will serve the IFA's northern route, linking
Coffman Cove, Wrangell and Petersburg.
Keel laying for the Stikine
will get under way this month. The IFA served notice of an intent
to award this contract on November 29, 2004.
The 198 foot long M/V Stikine
is designed to accommodate 160 passengers, with a vehicle capacity
of 30 standard automobiles. Enhancements to the new vessel will
include an upgraded passenger deck layout, larger wheelhouse
with enclosed bridge wings, more powerful bow thruster and a
third generator. - More...
Monday - December 13, 2004
POW: Pilot
held in drug probe freed on bond - A 64-year-old retiree,
waylaid in Nashville with an airplane full of marijuana, is returning
for the time being to his island home in southeastern Alaska.
- More...
Tennessean.com - Published
Dec. 03, 2004 - linked Monday - December 13, 2004
POW: Drug
charges may mean prison, judge tells pilot - Federal officials
closely monitored the flight of a small Cessna aircraft from
its takeoff in Arizona to its arrival at a general-aviation airport
in Nashville, where law enforcement agents were eager to welcome
and search the plane, federal court records show. - More...
Tennessean.com - Published
Nov. 30, 2004 - linked Monday - December 13, 2004
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