Friday
February 11, 2005
'Rain
Dancer'
Pictured: Mr. P.
Kaku; A Ketchikan Peacock
Photo by M.C. Kauffman
Ketchikan: SCHOOL
BOARD MOVES TO ADOPT POLICY CHANGES By Sharon Lint - Wednesday
night the Ketchikan School Board unanimously passed two motions
to modify board policies at their Regular Meeting in Council
Chambers. The first change was in regard to Charter Schools and
the second, to adjust the age requirements for kindergarten and
first-grade students. Both were approved in first readings.
Charter schools have gained
in popularity on the national level over the years. At present,
37 states, excluding Puerto Rico, have charter schools in operation,
and according to The National Charter School Directory 2003,
Center for Education Reform (CER), more than 2,696 charter
schools are in operation within those states with approximately
685,000 students enrolled. That's an increase of 15% over the
past school year. The law allowing Alaska to form charter schools
was passed in 1995 and as of August of 2004, twenty such schools
are reportedly in operation with 2,682 students registered. -
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Friday - February 11, 2005
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'High Water'
Front Page Photo
by Paul Perry
Ketchikan: 'High
Water' - According to a Federal Aviation Administration Flight
Service staff person, 2.97 inches of rain has been recorded at
the Ketchikan airport from midnight Thursday through 11:05 Friday
morning. More rain is expected throughout the day. - More...
Friday - February 11, 2005
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 SE Alaska:
Listen to this KRBD story... The Alaska Division
of Forestry has released its proposed five-year schedule of timber
sales for southern southeast Alaska. The proposed schedule calls
for increased sales, especially in 2005 and 2006. Jay Marble
bring us this survey of the proposed sales.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- Friday - February 11, 2005
Ketchikan:
Listen to this KRBD story... The Ketchikan
Indian Community and Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority
have received funding for a new low-income housing development
in Ketchikan. As Deanna Garrison reports, construction on the
project is expected to begin this year.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- Friday - February 11, 2005
Ketchikan: Read to this KRBD story... Alaska Congressman
and House Transportation Committee Chairman Don Young on Wednesday
reintroduced a massive highway funding bill in the U.S. House
of Representatives. - Read the rest of this story...
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- Friday - February 11, 2005
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June Allen Column
 Sitka's
Pioneer Home Statue; Whose face is cast in bronze? By June
Allen - The little town of Sitka, the capital of Russian Alaska
until the U.S. Purchase in 1867, is home to the first of Alaska's
modern Pioneer Homes. Built in 1934, it is situated on the old
Russian parade grounds. The earlier and comparatively ramshackle
"pioneer homes" quarters in the gentler climate of
Sitka were founded especially for down-on-their-luck Gold Rush
veterans who decided to remain in Alaska after the glory days
were over. They were largely a tough and grizzled lot, tobacco-chewing
and fond of a good stiff drink or two. - Read
the rest of this feature story by June Allen...
Thursday - February 10, 2005
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Ron Hubbard's Alaska Adventure; His long winter in Ketchikan
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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