Friday
September 17, 2004
Ketchikan
Students Learn About The Visitor Services Industry
Andi Skultka and
Shermeli Malabanan at the pool on Sapphire Princess.
Front Page Photo courtesy Mark O'Brien
Ketchikan: Ketchikan
Students Learn About The Visitor Services Industry - This
week fifth-grade Ketchikan students are visiting magnificent
cruise ships as part of a Visitor Services Industry Curriculum
established 8 years ago by the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School
District. Under the leadership and vision of Dean Vincent and
the late Kris Geldaker this program of study was developed and
later adopted in Sitka and Juneau. - More...
Friday - September 17, 2004
 Alaska: Governor
Signs MOU for Coal Development - Continuing his effort to
expand markets for Alaska's natural resources, Governor Frank
H. Murkowski on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding
with high-ranking representatives of Taiwan's government to jump-start
development of Alaska's vast Cook Inlet coal deposits."
More...
Friday - September 17, 2004
Ketchikan: Listen to this KRBD story... A Brown Deer
Road home was damaged after an early morning fire Thursday. Deanna
Garrison reports.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Friday am - September 17, 2004
Ketchikan: Listen to this KRBD story... The four candidates
for Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly sounded off on the borough
budget, school funding and the proposed arts center during a
Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce Candidate Forum Wednesday. Deanna
Garrison has this report.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Friday am - September 17, 2004
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Assistant Professor
of Mathematics
Victor Zinger, Ph.D.
Photo courtesy UASK
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Ketchikan: Math
Professor Presents at International Math Education Conference
- University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan campus Assistant Professor
of Mathematics Victor Zinger, Ph.D. was a presenter at the 10th
International Congress on Mathematics Education in Copenhagen,
Denmark in July 2004.
The International Commission
on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) held the 10th International
Congress on Mathematical Education, ICME-10, in Copenhagen, Denmark
July 4-11, 2004. The aim of the ICME congress was to present
current findings and happenings in mathematics education worldwide.
Both research and teaching practices were discussed. - More...
Friday - September 17, 2004
Ketchikan: Marine
Highway /All You Can Travel/ Pass Now on Sale - The Alaska
Marine Highway System has begun selling its annual "All
You Can Travel" Pass, which allows the holder to unlimited
travel on Alaska ferries between November 1st and next March
31st. Timed to coincide with distribution of Permanent Fund dividends
to state residents, the sale of the special passes will end October
31st . - More...
Friday - September 17, 2004
SE Alaska: M/V
Aurora Will Take Over LeConte Schedule - The M/V /Aurora
has finished a schedule in Prince William Sound in time to allow
Alaska Marine Highway System managers to assign her to fill in
for the M/V LeConte, which is still in dry dock in Ketchikan
for repairs. The Aurora will continue to cover the LeConte's
published schedule until the LeConte returns to service in October.
- More...
Friday - September 17, 2004
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Rhodolith
Photo courtesy UAF SSFOS
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Alaska: UAF
scientists discover new marine habitat in Alaska; Rhodolith beds
likely to fuel protection debate - While researchers in Alaska
this summer used high-tech submersibles and huge ships to plumb
the deep-ocean depths in search of new species, a team of scuba
diving scientists working from an Alaska fishing boat has discovered
an entirely new marine habitat just a stone's throw from shore.
The discovery in June of a
single bed of rhodoliths, colorful marine algae that resemble
coral, was made near Knight Island in Prince William Sound by
scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) School
of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (SFOS). Rhodolith beds have been
found throughout the world's oceans, including in the Arctic
near Greenland and in waters off British Columbia, Canada. But
they have never been documented in Alaska waters. - More...
Friday - September 17, 2004
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June Allen Column
John
Koel, Baker to Banker; An eccentric philanthropist John Koel
was a well-known figure in Ketchikan from the day he arrived
in 1901 to the day he died in 1946. The eldest son of German
immigrants who settled in the Midwest, Koel was a 38-year-old
confirmed bachelor, a slight man with high cheekbones, a small
mustache and a tidy bankroll he had saved to finance his adventure
in Alaska. A baker by trade and already a canny businessman when
he alighted on the steamship dock, he quickly toured the new
city of Ketchikan and almost immediately opened the OK Bakery
on Dock Street, near the intersection with Main Street. - Read
the rest of this story by June Allen...
Tuesday - September 07, 2004
 Harold
Gillam: A Tragic Final Flight; Ketchikan remembers the search
Ketchikan's
'Fish House Tessie'; She was proud of the nickname
Fairbanks:
Golden Heart City; A story of its founding
Remembering
'Swede' Risland (1915-1991);The town's most memorable logger
Alaska's
Deepwater Highway; A part of Alaska history
Ketchikan's
American Legionnaires; Here's to 'the boys' of Post #3 -
Ketchikan's
Cruise Ship Industry; A light-hearted look at its origins
Ketchikan's
First City Players; Did you hear that applause?
A
biography of Alaska's herring: A little fish of huge importance...
Read more stories by June Allen...
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