August 2002
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Ketchikan - OPED: Labor
Day Thoughts: Celebrate The Working Heroes...
Saturday - August 31, 2002
- 8:40 pm
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Borough
Assembly Member Mike Sallee takes notes as community members
comment at Thursday's public meeting..
photo by Dick Kauffman
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Snow
Removal Options Discussed
Ketchikan: What To Do? Snow Removal Options Discussed...
Saturday - August 31, 2002
- 3:25 pm
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Ketchikan: Hospital Announces Shields Scholarship Recipient...
Saturday - August 31, 2002
- 12:25 am
Ketchikan: Open Letter by David Allen on the Circumstances
Leading To New Configuration of Airport Terminal...
Saturday - August 31, 2002
- 12:25 am
Alaska: Murkowski Lays Out Health Care Policy
- Promises Leadership to Preserve Alaskans' Access to Care...
Saturday - August 31, 2002
- 12:25 am
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Ketchikan: Open Letter From Mayor Shay To ADOT&PF Commissioner
Joe Perkins
(Click on the link to read
Mayor Shay's letter addressing the topic of cessation
of winter road maintenance on some public roads in the Borough)...
Friday - August 30, 2002
- 8:00 pm
North Point Higgins
Road
One of 23 borough roads
listed by State for no winter road maintenance...
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Digital photo by
Dick Kauffman
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Southeast: Flags Lowered in Southeast In Honor Of Stella
Martin -- Grand President Emeritus of Alaska Native Sisterhood
Honored...
Friday - August 30, 2002
- 3:30 pm
 Borough
Listens To
Community Ideas
photo by Dick Kauffman
Approximately 80 people turned
out for a public meeting on Thursday evening held by the Borough
at the Ted Ferry Civic Center. The State recently discontinued
snow removal services on some borough roads and community members
were invited to meet with borough representatives to discuss
possible options for dealing with the loss of this vital service.
Steve Corporon Acting Borough Manager (standing on the right)
listens as a community person speaks. Information gathered at
the meeting will be shared with the Borough Assembly during the
Assembly's regular meeting Tuesday. Check back for more on this
story...
Friday - August 30, 2002
- 12:45 am
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Misty Fjords
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Photo
Dgital photo by
Susan McMurray
Taken 08/23/02 - McMurray is from Penticton, BC, Canada
Front page photo: Thursday,
August 29, 2002
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Ketchikan: Modification
of Airport Parking Lot Announced; Airport Terminal Remodel Update;
West Taxiway Contract Awarded...
Thursday, August 29, 2002
- 12:10 am
Alaska: ADEC Issues Mid-Season Report on Cruise Ship
Compliance with Discharge Law...
Wednesday, August 28, 2002
- 12:14 pm
Alaska: Rating Agency Report Underscores Need For Fiscal
Plan -- Despite Healthy Economy, Moody's Concerned by
Legislative Inaction...
Wednesday, August 28, 2002
- 12:30 am
Ketchikan: An Open Letter to Residents of the Ketchikan
Gateway Borough (Who live outside the Cities of Ketchikan
and Saxman)...
Tuesday, August 27, 2002
- 11:10 am
Alaska: Seniors Targeted In National Fraud Awareness
Campaign...
Tuesday, August 27, 2002
- 12:30 am
Nationwide: Bush Proclaims August 26th as Women's Equality
Day, 2002 - Today marks anniversary of day women in U.S.
gained right to vote...
Monday, August 26, 2002
- 2:20 pm
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Plank Road - Ketchikan
1916
Read June Allen's Column To Learn More About Ketchikan's
History...
Historic Photo Courtesy
of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division -
Washington, D.C.
Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection -- Gift:
Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951
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OPED: Wartime Is Exception...
Monday, August 26, 2002
- 12:05 am
'Legends In Wood:
Stories
of the Totems' Booksigning
Pamela Rae Huteson
Ketchikan: From noon to 3:00
pm on Saturday, Pamela Rae Huteson author of 'Legends In Wood:
Stories of the Totems' will be available for a booksigning at
Ketchikan's Crazy Wolf Studio Gallery located at 607 Mission
Street.
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a larger photo...
Photo by Gigi Pilcher
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Alaska: Governor
Declares Economic Disaster, Requests Federal Aid For Western
Alaska -- Knowles Says Beleaguered Fishing Communities Deserve
Help...
Saturday
- August 24, 2002 - 12:30 am
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August Doe
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a larger photo...
Front page photo -
Friday,
August 22, 2002
Photo by Dan Hart
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Ketchikan: Potter to Instruct Introduction to Power Tools...
Friday
- August 22, 2002 - 12:05 am
Alaska: National Credit Agency Rates Alaska
Stong, Stable -- Governor
Says S&P Rating a Positive Indicator of Alaska Economy Health...
Thursday
- August 22, 2002 - 12:30 am
Alaska: Knowles
Calls For National Oceans Policy Act -- Stresses Need for Ocean
Protection, Restoration before Federal Commission...
Thursday
- August 22, 2002 - 12:30 am
Alaska: Starrigavin
Bay Clams - Only One Area Of Concern For Lead...
Wednesday - August 21,
2002 - 4:55 pm
Ketchikan & Statewide: Airport Screeners
Needed -- Mass Recruitment for New Security Screener Jobs in
19 Airports Including Ketchikan...
Wednesday - August 21,
2002 - 4:55 pm
Alaska:
Murkowski Says Ulmer Education Plan Earns "D-Minus"
in Originality -- Plan Entrenches Status Quo, Ignores Innovation...
Wednesday - August 21,
2002 - 4:55 pm
Alaska:
Ulmer Announces
Education Plan To Build Brighter Future for Alaska...
Wednesday - August 21,
2002 - 4:55 pm
Connell Lake
Front Photo
Tuesday -
August 20, 2002
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view a larger photo...
Photo by Dan Hart
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Ketchikan - Statewide: State Unemployment Rate Declines In July -- Ketchikan's
July Unemployment Rate 6.2% Down From June's 7.2%...
Tuesday - August 20, 2002
- 12:40 am
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Ketchikan: 'First Peoples of the Tongass' - Photo Feature
- Tongass Centennial - Celebrating 100 Years...
Monday - August 19, 2002
- 12:30 am
Photos & Movie
Clips
by Gigi Pilcher
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5 Ship Day Ketchikan
Waterfront
Friday -
August 16, 2002
Photo by Dan Hart
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view a larger photo...
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Alaska: Flags
Lowered In Honor Of Trooper Col. Glenn Godfrey, Sr. -- Former
Commissioner of Public Safety Honored for a Life of Public Service...
Friday
- August 16, 2002 - 12:45 am
Ketchikan: Tongass Centennial Events...
Friday - August 16, 2002
- 12:45 am
Alaska: Governor Appoints Leaders To Alaska-Alberta Council
-- Advances Commercial, Cultural, Educational Ties With Neighboring
Province...
Friday
- August 16, 2002 - 12:45 am
Ketchikan: Ketchikan General Hospital Welcomes New Physician...
Friday
- August 16, 2002 - 12:45 am
Alaska: Knowles Appoints Sitka Pioneers' Home Administrator
-- Longtime Sitka Pioneers' Home Administrator Retires...
Friday
- August 16, 2002 - 12:45 am
Ketchikan: KGH Names Ellis Employee of the Month for August...
Friday
- August 16, 2002 - 12:45 am
View From Salmon
Falls - North Tongass
Thursday - August 15,
2002
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to view a larger photo
digital photo by
Dick Kauffman 08/14/02
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Ketchikan: Extension of Some Alaska Timber Sale Contracts
Announced...
Thursday - August 15, 2002
- 12:20 am
Alaska: Knowles Touts Alaska Agriculture Development
With Palmer, Delta Junction Farm Visits -- Promotes Alaskan Grown
Produce, Makes Appointments to Agriculture and Conservation Board
and New Alaska-Alberta Commission...
Thursday - August 15, 2002
- 12:20 am
New Report: Climate Change Threatens the Future of Marine
Ecosystems...
Thursday - August 15, 2002
- 12:20 am
OPED: Don't Let Them Homestead The Oceans...
Thursday - August 15, 2002
- 12:20 am
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Ketchikan Waterfront View
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a larger photo...
Wednesday - August 14, 2002
digital photo by Dick
Kauffman
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Alaska: Dutch
Harbor - Unalaska and New Bedford Land Titles Of Nation's Top
Fishing Ports...
Wednesday
- August 14, 2002 - 12:05 am
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Blue Marguerite
Tuesday - August 13,
2002
photo by M.C. Kauffman
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for a larger photo.
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Alaska: Knowles
Names Child Protection Commission -- Leadership Group to Make
Recommendations on Child Health and Safety...
Tuesday- August 13, 2002
- 12:05 am
Alaska: Governor Signs RCA Bill Into Law, Protects Alaska
Consumers...
Tuesday- August 13, 2002
- 12:05 am
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Refuge Cove - North
Tongass
photo by Dick Kauffman
Saturday - August
10, 2002
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view a larger photo.
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Nationwide: TSA
Continues Recruiting Drive, Looks for Additional 1,000 Mobile
Screeners...
Saturday - August 10, 2002
- 12:15 am
Nationwide: HHS
Issues First Major Protections For Patient Privacy; Consumers
Gain New Controls Over Records Beginning April 2003...
Saturday - August 10, 2002
- 12:15 am
August Bleeding
Hearts
Front photo Friday
- August 09, 2002
photo by M.C. Kauffman
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Alaska: State Receives
$7.5 Million For Rural Internet Access - RCA to Administer
Grant Program for Communities Lacking Basic Service...
Friday - August 9, 2002 - 12:30 am
North Pacific: Satellites See Big Changes Since 1980s In Key
Element Of Ocean's Food Chain...
Friday - August 9, 2002 - 12:30 am
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Downtown Waterfront
Scene
Thursday, August 08,
2002
Photo by Dick Kauffman 08/03/02
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to view a larger photo...
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Alaska: Alaska
to Begin Immediate Implementation of President's No Child Left
Behind -- One of Six States to Engage in 'Following the Leaders'...
Thursday - August 08, 2002
- 12:45 am
Nationwide: Poll Finds Majority Would Support President Bush
in War with Iraq, Nearly One-Half 'Strongly Supportive'...
Thursday - August 08, 2002
- 12:45 am
Begonias In Bloom
Front Page Photo:Wednesday - August 07, 2002
photos by M.C. Kauffman
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a larger photo...
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Alaska: August
27th Primary Preparations Completed -- "Don't Allow Anger
To Cancel Your Vote," Ulmer says...
Wednesday - August 07,
2002 - 12:30 am
Ketchikan: Borough Clerk Terminated...
Tuesday - August 06, 2002
- 11:50 am
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Airport Ferry Captain
Terry Carlin
Photo by Gigi Pilcher
- 08/03/02
Front Page Photo: Tuesday -
August 06, 2002
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Ketchikan: UAS
Ketchikan Sponsors Tongass Forest Centennial Conference ...
Tuesday - August 06, 2002
- 12:15am
OPED: Don't
Delay! Here's What You Can Do To Create Quality Schools...
Monday - August 05, 2002
- 2:10 pm
Blueberry Arts Festival...
Pie Eating Contest: 8-10 Year Old Contestants
Saturday's blueberry
pie eating contest was sponsored by Tatsuda's IGA...
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Front page photo Monday - August 05, 2002 -- photo by Dick Kauffman
Lewis Owen of Craig Alaska (left) was the winner
of the Slug Race on Saturday which was sponsored
by the Dept. of Fish and Game. The name of the winning slug is
Racie - also from Craig.
Brian Pearce (top right) was the winner of the
blueberry pie eating contest in the 8-10 year old category and
Laughton Elliott DeAngelis (bottom right) was the winner
of the blueberry pie eating contest in the 11-12 year old category.
DeAngelis was also a winner last year. Saturday's pie eating
contest was sponsored by Tatsuda's IGA...
Front page photo
Monday -
August 05, 2002..
photos by Dick Kauffman
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Slug Race &
Pie Eating Contest Winners
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Pet and Doll Parade
Blueberry Arts Festival
Pet and Doll Parade
Mandi Bolshakoff &
son Gregory pose for the camera along with their pet just before
the start of the Pet and Doll Parade on Friday. The Blueberry
Arts Festival kicked off with the parade which was
sponsored by
Women In Safe Homes...
Front page photo Sunday,
August 03, 2002 ...
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to view
a larger photo...
photo by Dick Kauffman
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Ketchikan: 3rd
Annual Great Blueberry Ball Roll Winners Announced...
Sunday - August 04, 2002 - 12:30 am
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Pet and Doll Parade
Blueberry Arts Festival
Mikail Bolshakoff & Austin
Mikell pose for the camera before the start of the Pet and Doll
Parade on Friday. The Blueberry Arts Festival kicked off with
the parade which was sponsored by Women In Safe Homes...
Front page photo Saturday
- August 03, 2002
photo by Dick Kauffman
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to view
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Alaska: Students Show Progress On State Of Alaska Benchmark
Exams...
Saturday - August 03, 2002
- 12:30 am
Nationwide: Coast Guard Celebrates 212 Years Of Service...
Saturday - August 03, 2002
- 12:30 am
Alaska: Knowles Appoints Prescription Drug Task Force
-- Group to Recommend Ways to Offset High Cost of Prescription
Drugs...
Saturday - August 03, 2002
- 12:30 am
Ketchikan: Coast Guard Holds Change of Command...
Saturday - August 03, 2002
- 12:30 am
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Ketchikan: Rainforest Garden
A garden friendly peacock...
Friday
- August 02, 2002
photo by M.C. Kauffman
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to view
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Saxman: Energy
Panel Clears Cape Fox Land Exchange...
Friday - August 02, 2002
- 12:45 am
Alaska: State Warns Of
Counterfeit Treasury Checks -- Anchorage Businesses Have
Cashed Five Checks Totaling More Than $15,000...
Friday - August 02, 2002
- 12:45 am
Alaska: AK Senators Hail Trade Authority Bill; Announce
Help For Alaska Fishing Industry...
Friday - August 02, 2002
- 12:45 am
Alaska - Nationwide:
Murkowski-Stevens
Join In Supporting Effort For Better Forest Management...
Friday - August 02, 2002
- 12:45 am
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Ketchikan:
Water Lilies In
Bloom
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a larger photo...
Thursday
- August 01, 2002
Photo by M.C. Kauffman
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Alaska: Coastal
Policy Council Approves Permit Regulations -- Industry, Coastal
Communities, Citizens Benefit from Improved Process...
Thursday
- August 01, 2002 - 12:15 am
Ketchikan: UAS Ketchikan To Offer Internet Information Security
Course Statewide...
Thursday
- August 01, 2002 - 12:15 am
Nationwide:
Scientific Panel Identifies Goals For Next Generation
Of Fish Stock Assessments -- Plan Cites Need for Increased Partnerships
and Staff; Shift Toward Ecosystem-based Management....
Thursday
- August 01, 2002 - 12:15 am
Nationwide:
Chronic Child Support Defaulters Arrested In
Nationwide Sweep...
Thursday
- August 01, 2002 - 12:15 am
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Ketchikan: "We The People" Protest Peacefully
- Photo Essay...
Wednesday
- July 31, 2002 - 12:10 am
Photo:
"We the People" member Cheryl Dodson holds a sign requesting
"competent leadership" for KIC during the peaceful
protest Tuesday...
Photo by Dick Kauffman
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Alaska: Knowles
Blasts 9th Circuit Decision On Red Dog Air Permit -- Asks Department
of Law to Investigate Possible Grounds for Appeal...
Wednesday
- July 31, 2002 - 12:10 am
Alaska: Umphenour Appointed To ASMI Board -- Fisherman,
Owner of Fairbanks Smokery Fills Long-Vacant Slot...
Wednesday
- July 31, 2002 - 12:10 am
Health: Researchers Link Increased Risk of Illness To
Sewage Sludge Used As Fertilizer...
Wednesday
- July 31, 2002 - 12:10 am
Northwest: Scientists Find Cause Of Dead Crabs, Fish Off
NW Coast...
Wednesday
- July 31, 2002 - 12:10 am
Ketchikan: New Security Plan At Ketchikan International
Airport Announced...
Tuesday - July 30, 2002
- 1:40 pm
Metlakatla: Master Carver Stan Marsden To Be Keynote Speaker
At "Frank R. Hayward Sr. Elders & Youth Conference"...
Tuesday - July 30, 2002
- 12:50 pm
Wild Foxgloves In
Bloom
Foxgloves are members
of the Snapdragon family and originally native to southern Europe
and Asia. Some believe that when the foxgloves bloom in Alaska
it is a signal that summer is coming to an end.
Photo by M.C. Kauffman
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Ketchikan: Math Professor Joins UAS Ketchikan...
Tuesday - July 30, 2002
- 12:40 am
OPED: Bankruptcy Reform Should Provide More Hope, Not
More Hurt...
Tuesday - July 30, 2002
- 12:40 am
Alaska: Knowles Names Three To Fish Board..
Monday - July 29, 2002
- 12:30 pm
OPED: Proposed Land Exchange In Public Interest...
Monday - July 29, 2002
- 12:30 pm
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Ketchikan: Creek Street
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photo
Photo by Dick Kauffman
July 26, 2002
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Ketchikan: Coast Guard Rescues Father, Son & Dog From
Raft In Gulf of Alaska...
Saturday - July 27, 2002
- 12:45 am
Ketchikan: Coast Guard Investigating Fishing Vessel Sinking...
Saturday - July 27, 2002
- 12:45 am
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