Creatures
Of Sheer Delight
Front Page Photo by Lisa Thompson
Ketchikan: Creatures
Of Sheer Delight by Lisa Thompson - The story of how
these many wonderful creatures came to live in Ketchikan began
over 20 years ago when Bill Blackwell's wife Darlene was
diagnosed with cancer. After seeing her depression,
Bill surprised her with a Shetland pony named "Honey".
She was absolutely delighted and the joy this pony
brought into her life helped her survive her bout with cancer.
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Monday - March 07, 2005
National: Once
again, maneuvering begins for ANWR drilling legislation By
Richard Mauer - After two months of maneuvering and intensifying
debate, the 109th Congress could take its first major step this
week to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling
- or not.
The Senate Budget Committee
is expected to produce a budget bill as early as Wednesday. The
White House, Alaska's senators and the chairman of the Senate
Energy Committee have urged the Budget Committee chairman, Sen.
Judd Gregg, R-N.H., to include opening the refuge in the budget.
As attention focuses on Gregg,
in his first year as budget chairman, supporters and opponents
of refuge drilling are still trying to get a read on the vague
statements he has made.
"Until everything's on
paper, it's not sure," said Gayle Osterberg, spokeswoman
for Gregg's committee.
It's unusual - and controversial
- to adopt a major national policy through the budget rather
than normal legislation. Even Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, a strong
proponent of drilling the refuge, said the budget isn't the best
place to decide the issue. - More...
Monday - March 07, 2005
National: Gingrich
and a Kennedy team up on health-care move by John E. Mulligan
- Imagine a drugstore on the Internet, says Newt Gingrich, that
does for prescription prices and selection what Travelocity has
helped do for airfares.
Imagine that American medicine
were truly "a health-care system and not a sick-care system,"
says Rep. Patrick Kennedy, "and we were actually getting
value for our health-care dollar" instead of rampant medical
inflation and spotty health coverage. - More...
Monday - March 07, 2005
National: The
new SAT, to the dismay of many, debuts this weekend by Linda
Borg - Eliza Barrett says the mere mention of SATs causes students
at her school to freak out, but the pressure is about to get
worse.
Starting Saturday, the new
SAT - with its fresh emphasis on writing, grammar and higher-level
math - has some parents, students and guidance counselors pressing
the panic button. - More...
Monday - March 07, 2005
Alaska: Joint
Boards of Fisheries and Game Submit Commissioner Candidate Names
to Governor - On Sunday, March 6, 2005, the Alaska Board
of Fisheries and Board of Game met jointly in Anchorage to compile
a list of names to forward to Governor Frank H. Murkowski for
his consideration in selecting a new commissioner of the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G). - More...
Monday - March 07, 2005
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