Friday
February 04, 2005
'Pussywillows
in Bloom'
Front Page Photo by Paul Perry
It might as well be spring
- at least for the Pussywillows! In and around Ketchikan the
Pussywillows are in bloom. This plant can be either a small tree
or shrub, growing up to 30 feet. Its catkin buds bloom in February
to May, and are small, gray and woolly. This is a favorite tree
to see, as it means that springtime is coming. - More...
Friday - February 04, 2005
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Commentary/ Columns
Dale McFeatters: Putting
the 'super' in Super Bowl- It's a good thing the Super Bowl
is played on Sunday because if it were Monday there would be
great pressure to have a three-day weekend declared... More...
Friday - February 04, 2005
Star Parker: Democrats
need to come up with some ideas - Democratic leaders Harry
Reid and Nancy Pelosi don't seem to grasp the wisdom of learning
from mistakes... More...
Friday - February 04, 2005
 Bob
Ciminel: No
Free Lunch - Proponents of hydrogen-fueled automobiles encountered
a setback last week when scientists announced that, although
hydrogen is a clean-burning fuel, the process of making hydrogen
could introduce nearly the same amount of pollutants into the
environment as today's gasoline-fueled engines. - More...
Friday - February 04, 2005
 Preston MacDougall: Chemical
Eye on the Glass Pipeline - "Ask an impertinent question,
and you are on the way to a pertinent answer. That is the essence
of science." So said the Quaker scientist, and teacher,
John Dalton, two-hundred years ago this year, when his "New
System of Chemical Philosophy" created quite a stir. - More...
Friday - February 04, 2005
Viewpoints
Opinions/Letters
 Washington
Street by Marty West - Friday
Leading
cause of death in Ketchikan by Bob Allen - Friday
The
SitNews Man by Dan & Ruth Hart - Friday
Evolution
& Recovery by Bob Ciminel - Friday
Evolution:
A challenge by Signe Markuson - Friday
Fear
& Rage Made Me Do It by Dave Persons - Friday
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National: Lawmakers,
others vow to block ANWR drilling - Sen. Joseph Lieberman
vowed Wednesday to once again block drilling on the coastal plain
of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge with other like-minded
members of Congress.
Amid the chants of some 100
opponents of drilling at a rally in a park near the Capitol,
Lieberman, D-Conn., and Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said they were
reintroducing a bill to permanently protect the 1.5 million-acre
region as the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness.
That bill went nowhere last
year, but neither did efforts led by Alaska's delegation to open
the plain for oil development. Lieberman said 24 senators co-sponsored
his bill, including one Republican, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.
Markey said Rep. Nancy Johnson, a Connecticut Republican, is
one of the co-sponsors in the House. - More...
Friday - February 04, 2005
National: Private
SS accounts, deconstructed - President Bush skipped the specifics
of his plan for private Social Security accounts in the State
of the Union and follow-up speeches, but details have begun to
emerge. Here is what's known... More
Friday - February 04, 2005
Washington Calling: Budget
bloviating ... Government security ... Phishing ... - Expect
much bloviating over President Bush's proposed $2.5 trillion
in federal spending next year.
The annual budget season produces
some of Washington's most creative theatrics, as lawmakers complain
about all the pain that would be caused if their favorite federal
programs are axed. With the White House putting 150 programs
on the chopping block in this year's budget, interest groups
are energizing their rank and file to rally behind endangered
services. -
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Friday - February 04, 2005
NW: Revulsion,
anger over discovery of mutilated eagles - The mysterious
discovery of more than two dozen mutilated bald eagles in the
woods of North Vancouver, British Columbia, has sparked revulsion
and anger on Canada's West Coast, which has been plagued by poaching
for years. - More...
Friday - February 04, 2005
Alaska: Alaska
wolf-kill efforts proceed for now - An Anchorage judge has
upheld the state's controversial aerial wolf-kill programs, paving
the way for private pilots to shoot more than 600 wolves this
winter in rural Alaska.
In her decision Wednesday,
Superior Court Judge Sharon Gleason refused to grant an injunction
sought by the Connecticut-based group Friends of Animals and
six Alaska residents to halt predator-control efforts until their
lawsuit against the state goes to trial in May. - More...
Friday - February 04, 2005
 Ketchikan: Listen to this KRBD story... The U.S. Forest
Service has issued four draft alternatives for commercial use
of public trails in and around Ketchikan. The Forest Service
currently operates twelve off-road trails on Revillagigedo Island.
As Deanna Garrison reports, the federal agency is considering
opening up to ten of those trails to commercial use.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Friday - February 04, 2005
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Jennifer Lynn Lluellyn
Photo courtesy Joseph Branco
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Ketchikan: FUTURE
LEADERS: Jennifer Lynn Lluellyn by Joseph Branco - Leadership
is my favorite quality of humankind. I have always been impressed
by the ability of people to inspire greatness and unleash potential
in others. I am most impressed with the leadership of our community's
young people. I have dedicated this outlet for the citizens of
Ketchikan to meet and briefly identify with our rising stars.
It is my pleasure to interview these great people who will, no
doubt, shape our community in the future.
As a guinea pig for this new
project, I found a young woman who I have had the wonderful opportunity
to work with on several community projects and events. She is
a leader in the purest sense with an amazing ability to connect
with her peers and promote community improvement without crossing
the line into "preaching". - More...
Friday - February 04, 2005
Thorne Bay: Listen
to this KRBD story... The Forest Service Ranger for the Thorne
Bay District is leaving his post after five years on the job.
Dave Schmid took over the top district job just as the Ketchikan
Pulp Company was completing the closing of what had been the
world's largest sorting yard. Schmid is moving to Billings, Montana,
where he will once again serve as a District Ranger. Jay Marble
spoke earlier with Schmid about his time with the Thorne Bay
District.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Friday - February 04, 2005
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Mount Wrangell, an
earthquake-sensitive
volcano, as seen from Glennallen.
Photograph by Chris Nye
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Alaska: Sumatra
earthquake shakes up Alaska volcano by Ned Rozell - Energy
from the giant Sumatra earthquake traveled 7,000 miles to shake
up an Alaska volcano.
Mount Wrangell experienced
"a small flurry of events" about one hour after the
magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra on Dec.
26, 2004, according to John Sanchez of the Alaska Volcano Observatory.
Sanchez checked out a number of Alaska volcanoes for increased
activity following the giant earthquake and he found that Mt.
Wrangell, a 14,163-foot volcano about 50 miles east of Copper
Center, shook with at least 12 tiny earthquakes as the energy
waves from across the globe passed through the mountain during
a 10 minute-period. -
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Researchers inspect
survey
sample and find herring
Photo: Brian Lance/NOAA Fisheries
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Alaska: Researchers
Gather Baseline Data in Shotgun Cove - NOAA Fisheries and
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists are studying near-shore
fish populations and their habitats in Shotgun Cove, which lies
approximately six miles east of Whittier, Alaska. - More...
Friday - February 04, 2005
Alaska: Climactic
threats loom over Arctic, reports find - Warming air temperatures
and shifts in ocean currents could trigger "dangerous climate
change" in the Arctic over the next couple decades - consuming
more summer sea ice, stressing polar bears and altering the lives
of Native people across Alaska, Canada, Russia and Greenland,
according to new reports released this week at a climate conference
in the United Kingdom. - More...
Friday - February 04, 2005
Alaska: Is
Alaska really getting warmer? - Alaska's climate seems to
be heating up fast, with eroding coastlines, melting glaciers,
oozing permafrost and retreating sea ice. Some researchers argue
that these changes can definitely be blamed on greenhouse gas
emissions. Not so fast, says atmospheric scientist John Walsh,
one of the country's leading investigators into climate change.
- More...
Friday - February 04, 2005
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June Allen Column
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Ron Hubbard's Alaska Adventure; His long winter in Ketchikan
- For such a small city in such a remote location, Ketchikan
has had its fair share of experience in welcoming the rich and
famous. Names that come to mind are Bing Crosby, John Wayne,
Cary Grant, as well as Olivia Newton-John, Bill Gates, and Chubby
Checker - plus many, many others! Unlike today's notables who
arrive by cruise ship for brief visits, earlier celebrity visitors
usually came in on their own or someone else's yacht. Most enjoyed
Ketchikan's sights, sounds and attractions for at most a few
days. But one unexpected visitor found himself stranded for the
winter! - Read
the rest of this story by June Allen...
Wednesday - January 19, 2005
ACS
Bids for KPU Telecom: ACS a longtime presence
Betty
King the Dog Lady; Ketchikan's one-woman humane society
Ketchikan,
Alaska - Let There Be Light! -- Citizens Light & Power and
then KPU
The
State Capitol and Its Marble and keeping the capital in Juneau
A
Legendary Mountain of Jade; Just one of Alaska's Arctic Wonders
John
Koel, Baker to Banker; An eccentric philanthropist
Harold
Gillam: A Tragic Final Flight; Ketchikan remembers the search
Ketchikan's
'Fish House Tessie'; She was proud of the nickname
Fairbanks:
Golden Heart City; A story of its founding
Remembering
'Swede' Risland (1915-1991);The town's most memorable logger
Read more feature stories by June Allen...
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