Wednesday
August 04, 2004
Cold storage crew
At left is "San Juan" Jack, next is Tessie Thompson
(Fish House Tessie), and then Sig Thynes (one her husbands),
and a Mr. Jorgenson, then Freddie Ohmer and finally a man, John
(no last name). Photographer: Jane Gelormino - Donor: Jane Gelormino
Photograph courtesy Tongass Historical Society
Ketchikan's 'Fish House Tessie'
She was proud of the nickname
By June Allen
 Not everyone
in town knew "Fish House" Tessie, but those who met
her never forgot her! During her many years working in Ketchikan's
waterfront cold storages, Tessie learned every bit as much about
North Pacific fish - from dock to distributor to dinner plate
- as any captain of the fisheries industry! She could pitch in
at the slime line or stand in for the boss on occasion. - Read
the rest of this story by June Allen...
Wednesday - August 04, 2004
Alaska: Climate
change could doom Alaska's tundra - In the next 100 years,
Alaska will experience a massive loss of its historic tundra,
as global warming allows these vast regions of cold, dry, lands
to support forests and other vegetation that will dramatically
alter native ecosystems, an Oregon State University researcher
said Tuesday.
Polar regions such as Alaska
will be among the first to illustrate the profound impacts of
climate change, said Dominique Bachelet, an associate professor
in the OSU Department of Bioengineering and expert on the effects
of climate change on terrestrial vegetation. She spoke at the
annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. - Read
more...
Wednesday - August 04, 2004
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Possum Fargo under
spinnaker...
Photo courtesy ML Dahl
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Ketchikan: Sailboat
Racing, A Long Tradition in Ketchikan - Part 2: Which Boat is
Which? By Mary Lynne Dahl - This is the second article in
a series of three which describe the Wednesday night sailboat
races in Ketchikan, a tradition that has provided weekly entertainment
to countless Ketchikan residents for over 20 years. If you missed
the first article, go to the Sitnews archives for information
on what actually is going on out there in the harbor with all
of those sailboats going back and forth on Wednesday evenings.
It is not nearly as random as it may seem; there are strategies,
gambles, skill and some luck involved.
If you watch the races, or
are generally interested in sailing, you probably know of at
least one or two of the boats by name, but if not, it is nice
to know something about each boat. You may want to cheer on your
favorite, after all! Remember, it is not always the first boat
to finish who wins, because each boat has a handicap. The lower
the handicap number (rating), the faster the boat and the more
time she has to give to slower boats. It sounds complicated,
but it is not..it is meant to even the playing field and increase
the competition, and it works.- Read
more...
Wednesday - August 04, 2004
Ketchikan: Emergency
Landing Zone Lights Delivered to Southeast Communities -
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
announced Tuesday that portable emergency landing zone lights
were delivered in July to fourteen rural Southeast Alaska communities,
to help ensure that life flights will be better able to land
in those communities for medical emergencies. - Read
more...
Wednesday - August 04, 2004
POW: Record
Month for IFA - July passenger traffic was the highest on
record for the Prince of Wales Island-Ketchikan ferry route,
reported the Inter-Island Ferry Authority operations manager
Stu Vincent. The MV Prince of Wales carried 7,612 passengers,
up 21.7% from July 2003, and 1,812 vehicles, up 12.8%. - Read
more...
Wednesday - August 04, 2004
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