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September 27 - 28, 2003
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photo by Dick Kauffman
Ketchikan: Pyles Home Safely From Middle East - Airman 1st Class Brian Pyles, the son of Terry and Cheri Pyles of Ketchikan, recently returned safely from his second deployment to the Middle East to his unit's home base at Hurlburt Field in Florida. Pyles served over a year and a half in the Gulf region in one of the United States Air Force's elite Red Horse Squadrons performing various essential infrastructure construction jobs and building bases necessary for deploying air assets in the war against Saddam. According to public information provided by the United States Air Force, the Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) Squadrons provide the Air Force with a highly mobile civil engineer response force to support contingency and special operations worldwide. The USAF reports the RED HORSE
units are self-sufficient, 404-person mobile heavy construction
squadrons capable of rapid response and independent operations
in remote, high-threat environments. ......- Read
more... Juneau: Juneau
GI injured on Iraq patrol - Spc. Josel Carrillo, a former
Juneau-Douglas High School soccer player, was seriously injured
last week in Iraq, his family said. - Read more... |
According to information obtained
from the Ketchikan Visitors Bureau's 2003 Cruise Ship Calendar,
the 2003 season projected a "potential" of 757,374
passengers visiting Ketchikan with a "potential" of
538 stops made by 37 cruise ships. Past arrival data... Read
more... Alaska: State
Gaming:Too Much of a Gamble or a Good Way to Raise State Dollars
- Some say State gaming may very well be part of the answer to
bridging the State's fiscal gap. Others say the social consequences
outweigh any benefits. - Read
more... Alaska: Kenai
Peninsula Youth Facility Opened Sept. 26 - The Alaska Dept.
of Health & Social Services (DHSS) and DHSS Division of Juvenile
Justice (DJJ) hosted dedication and opening ceremonies Friday
for the new Kenai Peninsula Youth Facility in Kenai. - Read
more... Alaska: Governor's
Awards; Employers, Organizations and Individuals Recognized
- On Thursday, October 2, 2003, the Governor's Committee on Employment
& Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities will hold its
Annual Awards Ceremony honoring individual Alaskan's, employers
and organizations that have helped advance the employment of
people with disabilities. - Read
more... |
Ketchikan:
Ketchikan: Ketchikan
Lions Club Seeks New Members by Gretchen Klein - The Ketchikan
Lions Club (KLC) is seeking to increase its membership. There
are many reasons for becoming a KLC member. The Ketchikan Lion's
Club (KLC) sponsors a variety of events, programs, and projects
in Ketchikan. The Ketchikan Lion Club's membership has declined
from the 1980's; however, at the same time more responsibility
has been placed at the realm of the KLC to continue community
events. - Read
more... Ketchikan: Meth
Facts by
Marya Tyler - All of the
ingredients are toxic. One of the ingredients is battery acid.
This is meth... also called ice, crank, crystal, and lith.
...... Users can expect anxiety,
paranoia, delusions and users can expect to become addicted and
expect a permanently dumbed-down brain. - Read
more... |
The work was underway in August
and just recently completed. The Reid Building was built in 1930
and hasn't been painted in a little over a decade. - More...
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