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Saturday
February 01, 2014
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Monday's golden sunrise with the lights of Ketchikan in the background.
Front Page Photograph By SUSAN HOYT ©2014
(Please respect the rights of photographers, never republish or copy
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Southeast Alaska: Tongass Twelvemile Watershed Stream Restoration Completed; Monitoring Planned - The U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday the Tongass Twelvemile Watershed stream restoration on Prince of Wales Island has been successfully completed with extensive monitoring with local partners planned for the next several years.
Logjam structure built for bank stability, Tongass Twelvemile Watershed stream restoration on Prince of Wales Island
Photo courtesy U.S. Forest Service
As Greg Killinger, the Fish, Watershed, and Soils Program Manager on the Tongass National Forest, explains, “the Twelvemile restoration project is like a band-aid for the next forty to fifty years or more, holding the ecosystem together and keeping it productive until the young trees along Twelvemile Creek grow large enough to start regulating the system again.” - More...
Saturday PM - February 01, 2014
Alaska: Begich Demands Answers on Alaska Mail Delays, Parcel Post Shipping - U.S. Senator Mark Begich demanded an immediate meeting with the U.S. Postmaster General (PMG) to discuss the overwhelming number of complaints his office has received from Alaskans who have reported mail delays, understaffing at post offices, uncertainty surrounding post office closures, and reports of efforts to cut back Parcel Post shipping.
Sen. Begich used his seat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee – which has jurisdiction over the U.S. Postal Service and pending postal reform legislation – to insist these issues are addressed immediately.
“As a life-long Alaskan, I know how much communities around the state rely on the mail to deliver everything from medicine, to paychecks to Christmas presents,” Begich said. “The US Postal Service needs to step up, fix these problems and ensure that Alaskans have reliable mail service.”
Thursday, in his letter Begich wrote: “It is crucial we resolve these issues for Alaskans. As a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, with jurisdiction over the Postal Service, I am committed to passing legislation to reform the Postal Service and to protect our post offices, services and workers. I look forward to continuing to work with you on that legislation, and on the issues identified in this letter. I understand the hard work Postal Service employees put in every day, as well as the unique challenges employees in Alaska face to deliver the mail in a timely manner. However, the troubling issues highlighted above are unacceptable and we must resolve them right away.” - More...
Saturday AM - February 01, 2014
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Fish Factor: New seafood products to be showcased By LAINE WELCH - Eleven new seafood products from seven companies are set to be showcased at the upcoming Symphony of Seafood galas in Seattle and Anchorage. In its 21 years the event has introduced and promoted hundreds of new Alaska seafood items to the marketplace.
“Developing new products is really hard,” said Julie Decker, new executive director of the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation which hosts the event. (Decker replaces Jim Browning who retired,) “It costs a lot of money, takes a lot of time and attention, and sometimes the products are wonderful and sometimes they are not. So this event really helps companies determine how the market place is going to receive their product.”
Entries always come from major Alaska seafood companies to small ‘mom and pops.’ This year they include beer battered cod, a ready to eat, grilled pollock fillet, all-natural Keta Salmon Jerky and Little Sammies in a blanket made with salmon franks.
On Feb. 5 in Seattle an expert panel will judge all of the products in three categories: retail, food service and smoked. Winners will be kept secret and announced after a tasting bash at the Anchorage Hilton on Feb. 13. All top entries – plus a grand prize winner selected by voters - receive a trip and booth space at the International Boston Seafood Show in March.
Last year’s Grand Prize went to Zesty Grill Sockeye Salmon by Copper River Seafoods; the 2012 big winner was Kylee’s Alaska Salmon Bacon by Tustumena Smokehouse in Soldotna.
New life for old fishery
Small boat fishermen will have a chance to drop dredges for Weathervane scallops this summer. Starting July 1, state waters of Yakutat, Prince William Sound, Shelikof Strait and Dutch Harbor will be open to any vessel that registers for the fishery before April 1.
Only four or five boats have targeted Alaska scallops since the fishery went limited entry 15 years ago, after waves of East Coast boats boosted the number to more than 20. The boats today are usually 70-80 feet, but 58 footers also have participated, said Wayne Donaldson, state regional shellfish manager at Kodiak. The total Alaska catch is usually half a million pounds of shucked meats.
“You need a boat that has enough horse power to pull a scallop dredge along the bottom, and you need enough deck space to haul up the dredge and to sort out the scallops. So we will see how small the boats are that decide to jump into it.”
Donaldson added: “Since it is all new we encourage anybody who is thinking of getting into the scallop fishery to give us a call or stop by so we can go over how the regulations are structured.” - More...
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Ketchikan: UAS Ketchikan Announces Fall 2013 Honors List - University of Alaska Southeast students have made the UAS Chancellor’s and Dean’s lists for the Fall 2013 Semester.
Arika Paquette, Tuffina Arnold, Andrew Hoyt, Alexis McColley-Edwardson and Adriana Mojica made the Fall 2013 semester Chancellor’s List.
A student must be admitted to a program, earn a 4.00 grade point average, and complete at least 12 credit hours during the semester to make the Chancellor’s Honor List. - More...
Saturday AM - February 01, 2014
Columns - Commentary
 DAVE KIFFER: When the Going Gets Weird - We have a bit of a conundrum around the Casa de Kiffer. Should we or should we not install a flat screen television in the bathroom?
Of course, some of you probably think that seems like a ridiculous thing to do.
Yes, I’m sure there are people in Ktown who have flat screens in their bathrooms, but honestly!!!
Do you really need to be so tuned in that you can’t even use the commercials for your “breaks” like everyone else?
Natch, you are sitting there saying “Hey, I Tivo’d out the commercials years ago.”
Yes, that may be true, but have you ever heard of the pause button?!? Or is that soooo last century?
By way of disclosure, I once enjoyed a television in a hotel bathroom in Las Vegas (and a slot machine too. J). And I have noticed that high end sports bars have also taken to installing bathroom televisions, often right above the urinals. Just another reason to get distracted and ruin your shoes, I guess.
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Saturday AM - February 01, 2013
 JEFF LUND: California dreamin'....kinda - My internet home page is the Wall Street Journal, which might be a little ironic since I don’t play the market. The writing and insight are excellent and I’m at the point in my life when I know it is frustrating, but I’d at least like to know what’s going on even if I can’t do much about it.
For no reason I can understand, when the page loaded Tuesday, it was different. I remembered what the paper itself felt like. Every morning before school in California I’d retrieve it from infront of my landlord’s house because the guesthouse I rented was tucked back behind a little strip of grass on the edge of the property and further hidden by a massive weeping willow.
I didn’t start get all mushy and nostalgic, but did have a sudden urge to go to Chipotle for a trio of soft tacos, then to Bass Pro Shops and Chilis as I discussed last week.
I don’t think too much about these things. That might be thanks to the conditions of my departure from Alaska after high school. When I left for college in August I didn’t return home until May. I didn’t get homesick because I didn’t have the option. You just don’t go from Tucson, Arizona, to Klawock, Alaska, for the weekend. I chose to visit my brother who was playing basketball at George Washington University for Christmas, so I didn’t even see my parents. But again, since I wasn’t close enough, I couldn’t get homesick. - More..
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 Rezone of Quarry area case number 14-001 By Peter Ellis and Roz Ellis
- Wake Up, Wake Up all residents of the area surrounding the quarry where the city library is located. Hamilton has once again requested a rezone of some 14 acres from residential to commercial and Heavy Industrial. Just imagine what could appear if his request is granted. Did you choose to live in or near an industrial area? The subject area is not within the city limits and thus no permitting process is required. the Borough, according to the Borough Attorney, has no permit process either which permits Hamilton to do whatever he pleases if rezone is granted. - More...
Saturday AM - February 01. 2014
Drug Problem Worsening in Ketchikan By Bonnie J Abbott -
I am replying to the letter thanking Andy Bernstein for his great work the last couple years in Ketchikan! I also believe he has worked very hard along with Charlie Johnson. These two work together and both deserve a thank you from many!! What I do think is that this man does not know, accordng to his letter, that his information is not correct, pertaining to the out of town scum that are giving drugs to our community, it isn't accurate. - More...
Saturday AM - February 01, 2014
United Citizens for Better Water By Amanda Mitchell -
We are a group of local citizens concerned about our drinking water and our city's planned use of Chloramines in March. We would like to see a filtration system put in place so that our water system will require fewer chemicals and have less byproducts. - More...
Saturday AM - February 01. 2014
The Rezoning of Residential land in town to Heavy Industrial and Unrestricted Commercial By Amanda Mitchell -
I am concerned again about the attempt to rezone our valley into heavy industrial. This issue keeps reappearing and is making residents weary of the constant disregard of their health and rights on their own property. Who wants to live in an industrial area? - More...
Thursday AM - January 30, 2014
Drugs in Ketchikan By Bonnie J Abbott -
I completely agree with Kevin Kristovich's letter on Sitnews, but I also believe first time offenders should have a chance to go to treatment and better themselves! Addiction is a Disease as Cancer is!! It needs to be treated properly by an addiction specialist, not out-patient either!!! - More...
Thursday AM- January 30, 2014
Chloramine in Our Drinking Water: Coming to a Faucet Near You By Amanda Mitchell -
Chloramine is extremely toxic to marine life, reptiles and amphibians. There is a potential that our local marine life will be directly affected and harmed. Chloramine can have a half-life of up to 23 days. It has already been seen that if a pipe does rupture it can kill the local fish. Cedar Rapids was fined for killing the fish when a water main broke. The original paper article said only ‘chlorine’, but further investigation concludes that Cedar Rapids was specifically using chloramine. San Mateo private utility was fined for chloraminated water contaminating Polhemus Creek killing the Steelhead. And there are more examples out there. - More...
Thursday AM - January 30, 2014
Chemical in water By Ed Plute -
We now have a new chemical that will be added to our water. It is chloramine. I've heard if they use this chemical Wal-Mart will not take Ketchikan fish. - More...
Thursday AM - January 30, 2014
Re: Focus on maintaining political clout By A.M. Johnson -
Regarding all the wondrous accomplishments of having Senator Bewitch reelected. "My Good Friend"(That is how the political opposition always addresses the other side!) Mr. Tom Schulz District 36 Chair Ketchikan, Alaska. - More...
Thursday AM - January 30, 2014
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