'Entertainers'
Kevin Gould & the Clover Pass
Band Entertain at the FCCC Auction Saturday
Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson
National: Senate
takes up budget bill By Lawrence M. O'Rourke - The Republican
majority approved cuts in U.S. government spending on education
Monday as the Senate opened a week-long debate on a $2.6 trillion
federal spending and tax blueprint for next year. - More...
Tuesday - March 15, 2005
National: White
House shifts approach to private accounts By Bill Straub
- The tepid public response accorded President Bush's plan to
overhaul Social Security has the White House searching for new
ways to sell the message to the public.
During the most recent addresses
in what the president has billed as his "60 stops in 60
days" tour, Bush has emphasized that his proposal - centered
on the creation of private accounts - won't affect the Social
Security benefits of those who are retired or are soon to be
retired. - More...
Tuesday - March 15, 2005
National: Bill
takes hard line on bankruptcy By Barrie McKenna - The title
seems innocuous enough: The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer
Protection Act of 2005.
But experts complain that the
first overhaul of U.S. bankruptcy laws in nearly two decades
accomplishes neither. Instead, it targets a "non-existent"
abuse crisis, while keeping tens of thousands of the most vulnerable
Americans from escaping crushing medical bills, and enriching
a clutch of highly profitable banks, credit card companies and
major retailers. - More...
Tuesday - March 15, 2005
National: New
book says Indian movement now on an upward path By Kim Castleberry
- When University of Colorado law professor Charles Wilkinson
began working on legal issues affecting American Indians 34 years
ago, he said it was unfathomable that tribes would one day operate
vital self-governments.
But that's exactly what happened,
said Wilkinson, who documents the advancement in a new book,
"Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations."
Specifically, he writes about the progress Native Americans have
made since 1953, when Congress voted to sell all tribal lands.
- More...
Tuesday - March 15, 2005
 National: 'Tree-Power'
Could be Future Energy Source By Robert Burns - A wood-fueled
electricity generating plant may be in your future.
In fact, the future is 'now'
in some Scandinavian countries, said Dr. Darwin Foster, Texas
Cooperative Extension forestry program leader. "In Sweden, they're already bundling up
what we're leaving in the forest after a timber harvest and using
it as bio-fuel," Foster said. - More...
Tuesday - March 15, 2005
Alaska: PFD
Application Period Ends March 31 - The filing period for
the 24th annual payment of the Permanent Fund Dividend closes
on March 31, 2005. In order to receive the annual dividend from
the earnings of the Alaska Permanent Fund, Alaskans must apply
each year. Payments will be made in October to eligible applicants.
The Permanent Fund Dividend
Division projects approximately 635,000 Alaskans will file for
the 2005 dividend. With less than three weeks to go, over 205,000
have yet to apply. - More...
Tuesday - March 15, 2005
Alaska: Retirement
Security Act Introduced in State Senate - Monday the Senate
Finance Committee introduced the Retirement Security Act. The
legislation is said would instill fiscal responsibility and stability
in the state's public employee and teacher retirement systems,
create an attractive retirement plan for future generations of
public employees and maintain current benefits for existing public
employees.
Sen. Bert Stedman (R - Sitka)
and Sen. Lyda Green (R- Wasilla) are leading the Senate's effort
to address what they say is a retirement crisis. "This is
a multifaceted problem. We have a five billion dollar unfunded
liability, systemic problems that created it, and the need for
predictability into the future," said Sen. Stedman. - More...
Tuesday - March 15, 2005
Alaska: Network
TV show triggers big jump in tracing unclaimed Alaska property
- Alaska Department of Revenue officials said Monday national
television coverage has triggered a major increase in inquiries
to a state Internet website to determine eligibility to secure
title to unclaimed property in Alaska. - More...
Tuesday - March 15, 2005
Alaska: Alaska
Delegation Announces Nearly $55 Million in Grants - Senator
Lisa Murkowski, Senator Ted Stevens and Congressman Don Young
announced that Federal agencies have awarded a series of grants
to the State of Alaska and to Alaska programs. - More...
Tuesday - March 15, 2005
Alaska: Mecum
elected Executive Man of the Year - The United Fishermen
of Alaska (UFA) Board of Directors has elected Doug Mecum as
its second UFA "EXECUTIVE MAN OF THE YEAR." - More...
Tuesday - March 15, 2005
Feature
Ketchikan:
Hot Air, Cold Nights First City Toastmasters Proves Speechmaking
Can Be a Breeze! Part II By Sharon Lint - The Review of "Hot
Air, Cold Nights" continues . . . after Jeff and Gerry brought
everyone's attention back to the podium, Gerry gave everyone
a chuckle with a little story about age. . .
"There is a story about
two elderly gentlemen sitting on a bench and one says, 'Oh, for
heaven's sake, every bone in my body aches. I just feel awful.
. . I feel bad all the time . . . how are you feeling?' And his
friend says, 'I feel like a newborn babe!' . . . [the first says]
'WHAT?' . . . 'Sure,' he says, 'no hair, no teeth, and I think
I just wet my pants!'"
Gerry laughed with everyone
else and then turned back to the business of introductions. "Our
next speaker was raised on Gravina Island and he has some . .
. stories about his adventures there and of his mother's adventures,
particularly when a petite mom shot a bear. . . but now he's
going to talk about an adventure of his own. From his Original
Speech called, "Sitting Pretty," please help me welcome
Mike Salee." - More...
Tuesday - March 15, 2005
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