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August 08, 2003
photo by Gigi Pilcher
Ketchikan: Gravina Access DEIS Public Comment Period Now Open; Public Comment Period Ends October 1st - Staff from the Gravina Access Project were in Ketchikan on Wednesday and Thursday to meet with the public and to provide copies of the long anticipated Gravina Access Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement - a document a couple of inches thick. Copies of the large document were available to the public as of Wednesday, August 6th, on CD, hard copy and online. Mark Dalton of HDR, Inc. was available at the Gravina Project office in Ketchikan to answer any questions the public had concerning the DEIS, the Gravina Access Project, or to discuss the bridge alternatives. The just released DEIS notes
the preferred bridge alternative to now be F1 which crosses Tongass
Narrows via Pennock Island with two high bridges. One 200 foot
high bridge would cross the East Channel and a 120 foot high
bridge would cross the West Channel. - Click
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Ketchikan: Rachow Invents Cost-saving Surgical Device; Receives Special Award From Ketchikan General Hospital - Steve Rachow, a Certified Surgical Technician at Ketchikan General Hospital (KGH), has invented a device that can save $15.00 in patient costs each time it is used in surgery. A conservative estimate places the savings throughout the entire PeaceHealth System at about than $50,000 per year. According to information provided
by Ketchikan General Hospital, Rachow's device is used when a
surgery is performed on only one of the patient's legs, for example
anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery, or knee arthroscopy. Inflatable
stockings, used in these surgeries to promote circulation during
anesthesia, come in pairs costing $30 per pair. The stockings
are each connected to a sequential circulation device, which
has outlets for two stockings. Previously, if only one stocking
was used, the other needed to be plugged in anyway, and therefore
went to waste. Rachow's device replaces the second stocking with
a plug, saving the patient $15. - Click
here to read more... Ketchikan: Ketchikan
General Hospital Lab Recognized for Excellence - Ketchikan
General Hospital (KGH) announced on Thursday that its Laboratory
and Pathology Department recently received re-accreditation from
the College of American Pathologists (CAP), based on the results
of a survey conducted in May. - Click
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Alaska: Ultimate Whale Watching - If you want to see a lot of whales, one of the best places to be this summer is in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park. Here, dozens of humpback whales arrive each summer to feast on schools of pollock, herring and other fish. One scientist has the enviable job of keeping track of the park's largest visitors. Janet Doherty has a life many
people would envy. As a biological technician with the National
Park Service, she spends her days in a small open boat in Alaska's
Glacier Bay National Park. There she keeps watch on humpback
whales as they swim, feed and sometimes leap into the air. With
at least 60 whales identified in the park this summer, Doherty
says the whale watching has been especially good. - Click
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