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Thursday
September 25, 2003
This month, Moniak who is from
Juneau was able to visit with his family in Alaska. On his trip
home to Juneau, Lisa Viteri said her son spent a few peaceful,
quiet days with some family members at Salmon Falls Resort in
Ketchikan before boarding the Kennicott to head northward. -
Read
more & view the photo gallery... Alaska: 2003 Permanent Fund Dividend Will Be $1,107.56; Direct-Deposit Payments to be Sent to Accounts on Oct. 8 - Governor Frank H. Murkowski announced the amount of the 2003 Alaska Permanent Fund dividend at Wednesday evening's annual meeting of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation in Anchorage. The 2003 Alaska Permanent Fund
dividend will be $1,107.56. An estimated 598,813 Alaskans will
receive this year's dividend, an increase from the 589,300 who
received the 2002 dividend. This year's disbursement will total
$663.2 million. - Read
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Ketchikan - Juneau:
Alaska: Governor
Murkowski Endorses Percent of Market Value Change "Recognizing the obligation
that the Permanent Fund must be there for future generations,
just as it has been for us, I am pleased to endorse the Permanent
Fund Trustees' recommendation," Murkowski said. "During
my campaign for governor last year, I made the commitment that
I would oppose any change to the Permanent Fund without a vote
of the Alaska public. In keeping with that promise, I support
this proposal, which can only be implemented by a constitutional
amendment, and thus requires voter approval before it can take
effect." - Read
more... Alaska: Governor
Appoints Former Rep. Hudson to Perm Fund Board - Speaking
to a crowd at the annual meeting of the Permanent Fund Corporation,
Governor Frank Murkowski on Wednesday announced he has appointed
former Juneau state Rep. Bill Hudson to a four-year term on the
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation's Board of Trustees. Hudson
replaces Juneau attorney Clark Gruening, who has served as a
trustee since 1995. - Read
more... Michael Reagan Columnist: Family
Feud, California Style - Rep. Darrell Issa is absolutely
right in his statement that he'd rather see Davis stay in office,
than have Cruz Bustamante in the governor's office. - Read
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People of Ketchikan: Tom Friesen - Long time Ketchikan resident Tom Friesen didn't mind in the least taking a moment to smile for the camera Wednesday morning. Friesen posed for the camera from his tour ticket window on the Ketchikan dock. Friesen said he retired in
1988 and this seasonal summer job was his first "real"
job since retirement. Friesen served on the Ketchikan City Council
for over ten years. He said that he continues to stay busy with
his "hobbies" which include being a sports announcer
for KTKN for youth sporting events and bartending twice a week.
- Read
more... Dick Morris Columnist: Why Clark Will Fade - The shocking truth about the U.S. presidential race is that the sudden and headlong collapse of President Bush's popularity has created such a vacuum that a new candidate such as retired Gen. Wesley Clark has no difficulty soaring to the top of the polls based on one week's publicity. The most recent Newsweek survey documents both Bush's crash and Clark's rise. Bush is now down to a job-approval rating of only 51 percent. More ominously for the Republicans, in a trial heat against any Democrat (except Howard Dean), he scores below the crucial 50 percent mark. Against Al Gore and John Kerry, he gets only 48 percent, and against Clark, drops to 47 percent. When an incumbent president is below 50 percent of the vote, he is in desperate trouble. (Bush still manages 52 percent against Dean.) Asked if Bush should be re-elected,
Americans vote no by 50-44. - Read
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