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January 30, 2004
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Alyssa Jackson and Jilliane Fazakerly and their spectacular hats... Alyssa Jackson was the winner of the "Zaniest Hat" contest with her great "Birdnest and Tea set" hat. - Read more & view photos... Photo courtesy Ketchikan Public Library, Debbie Gravel
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Ketchikan & Statewide: Conference of Alaskans Taps Talents of Residents From Across the State; Bob Weinstein of Ketchikan Among Delegates Chosen - Mike Burns, chairman of the Conference of Alaskans, announced the 55 delegates to the Conference of Alaskans Thursday afternoon in Anchorage. According to information provided by the Conference of Alaskans, the 55 participants selected represent a broad-based, bipartisan cross section of Alaskans, with representation from Kiana to Ketchikan, and Unalakleet to Copper Center. Rural and urban Alaska will be represented at the conference, along with a diverse group of individuals representing various segments of Alaska's population. The gathering was proposed
by Governor Frank H. Murkowski in the State of the State address.
The Governor has asked delegates to develop a concensus on the
role of the Permanent Fund in the state's future. The Conference
of Alaskans will meet in Fairbanks from February 10-12 to discuss
four issues referred to it by the Governor. - Read
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Alaska: State
Files Amicus Brief in Bristol Bay Case - Attorney General
Gregg Renkes filed an "amicus brief" Wednesday in the
case of Alakayak v. All Alaska Seafoods, Inc. challenging
the proposed payment of nearly $12 million in attorneys fees
plus $4.5 million in expenses to lawyers who lost a case last
year for Bristol Bay fishermen. The fishermen's attorneys claimed
that several fish processors violated antitrust laws by conspiring
to set the price of salmon in Bristol Bay. The case went to trial
in February of 2003, and a jury found that no price-fixing occurred.
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Alaska:
Madison Lumber & Hardware, Inc. ~ Downtown Drugstore ~ Alaska Glass & Supply ~ Sourdough Bar Liquor Store ~ Davies-Barry Insurance ~ Sitnews... |
A fire department in any community, large or small,
commands citizen respect. When fire sirens blare, traffic obediently
tries to pull over and people hold their breaths - hoping it's
not their house, their business, their school or anyone they
know. Fire has been a frightening scourge in history from Nero
in Rome to Chicago's Mrs. O'Leary to Ketchikan's Bill Mitchell.
As new American communities sprang up in the "Go west, young
man" spirit of the nineteenth century, one of the first
things responsible pioneers did was establish fire departments.
When the westward-ho movement reached the Pacific coast and the
settlement-surge angled north, fire departments were among the
very first organizations founded in Alaska. -
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