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September 16, 2011

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Governor Sean Parnell and Revenue Commissioner Bryan Butcher will release the amount of the 2011 Permanent Fund Dividend in Anchorage on Tuesday, September 20, 2011.

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Metlakatla's Walden Point Road Designated Scenic Byway - The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) designated Walden Point Road located in Metlakatla as a state scenic byway on August 24, 2011. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held on August 26, 2011.

Metlakatla's Walden Point Road Designated Scenic Byway

Metlakatla's Mayor Arthur Fawcett, Marcheta Moulton ADOT&PF, residents of Metlakatla and distinguished guests cut the ribbon on Alaska’s newest scenic byway.
Photo courtesy DOT

The 14-mile corridor is located in the Annette Island Reserve, the only Native reservation in Alaska. Walden Point Road has a realistic potential for being an outdoor enthusiast’s utopia, particularly for hikers, and brings a significant number of tourists and new jobs, as well as incubating new small businesses within the Metlakatla Indian Community. - More...
Friday - September 16, 2011

Ketchikan - Statewide: Justice Department Awards $13 Million To Enhance And Support Tribal Justice And Safety In AlaskaActing United States Attorney Kevin Feldis announced this week, grants totaling $13,286,327-- of that amount, the Ketchikan Indian Community was awarded $898,767.

The purpose of the awards is to enhance law enforcement practices and sustain crime prevention and intervention efforts in eight purpose areas: public safety and community policing; methamphetamine enforcement; justice systems and alcohol and substance abuse; corrections and correctional alternatives; violence against women; elder abuse; juvenile justice; and tribal youth programs.

The awards were made under the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS), a single application for tribal-specific grant programs offered by the Justice Department. Overall, the department today announced grants of $118.4 million to nearly 150 American Indian and Alaskan Native nations across the country.

Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli announced this funding during the Department’s 19th annual Four Corners Indian Country Conference in Ignacio, Colo., underscoring the Justice Department’s commitment to enhancing public safety in Indian Country and the importance of a streamlined grant application process for federal funding. - More...
Friday - September 16, 2011


Ketchikan: 4th Annual WISH “Women of Distinction” Honorees Announced – Five women will be honored by Women in Safe Homes (WISH) on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the 4th Annual Women of Distinction Dinner and Silent Auction.  The event celebrates the accomplishments of Ketchikan women who have made a significant difference in the lives of others.  The honorees this year are: Fay Freeman, Shellie Greaves, Gerry Knasiak, Mary Schulz and Romaine Thomas.

4th Annual WISH “Women of Distinction” Honorees Announced

2011 Honorees: Gerry Knasiak, Mary Schultz, Fay Freeman,
Romaine Thomas & Shellie Greaves.
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A gala dinner to honor the women starts with a reception at 5:30 p.m. at the Ted Ferry Civic Center followed by dinner (featuring prime rib) and the awards ceremony.

Following is a brief description of each woman’s contributions: - More...
Friday - September 16, 2011

Southeast Alaska: Governor Directs DOT&PF to Move Juneau Access Project Forward - The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) has been directed by Governor Sean Parnell to move the Juneau Access Improvements project toward construction by immediately preparing a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

“The Juneau Access project is a critical infrastructure project for Juneau and Southeast Alaska. It’s time to move it ahead,” Governor Parnell said. “The project will increase transportation capacity and reduce travel time and cost in the region, particularly for travel between the Lynn Canal communities of Juneau, Haines, Skagway, and Alaskans travelling on the road system.”

The state’s preferred alternative consisted of a combination of new road and shuttle ferry connection to provide access to Juneau through upper Lynn Canal via Skagway and Haines and out of Juneau. The multi-year administrative process followed by the FHWA was challenged and a Federal District Court Judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in 2009. The court also issued an injunction stopping all work on the project. The State of Alaska and FHWA appealed and the Ninth Circuit ruled this year in favor of the plaintiffs. This narrowed the available legal options to asking the U.S. Supreme Court to voluntarily select the case from among thousands across the country as one of the few cases it would hear on appeal. The chances of selection for any case based on a writ to the Supreme Court is less than one percent and can take one to two years to complete. The Federal District Court injunction against the project would likely remain in place until and unless the Supreme Court reversed the lower courts’ decision. - More...
Friday - September 16, 2011


Alaska Science: Flowing tongues of rock, ice and dirt By NED ROZELL - A few years ago, Ronald Daanen was driving north of Coldfoot on the Dalton Highway, looking for drunken trees. He pulled over when he saw some tipsy spruce on a hillside.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist thought the tilted trees would be a classic sign of thawing permafrost, ground that has remained frozen through the heat of at least two summers. But these trees were part of something larger — a giant tongue of moving hillside that was oozing toward the Dalton Highway.

When covered in snow, the mass looks like a glacier covered with trees, but it’s not a glacier. Nor is it a rock glacier, a mass of rock and ice that slowly slips down mountains (there are several in the Alaska Range and the Wrangells). - More...
Friday - September 16, 2011

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jpg DAVE KIFFERDAVE KIFFER: Seabiscuit and the Satellite - My friend Maria has an unlucky car.

It’s a nice pretty new Subaru that’s had a habit of attracting bad luck. More on why that matters to me in bit!

You see when she first got it, she kinda dissed it because it wasn’t like her old car, which she named Seabiscuit after the famous undersized, big-hearted race horse. Maria loved both Seabiscuit the horse and Seabiscuit the Subaru.

Seabiscuit the Subaru looked like it was 100 years old. It had that old Ketchikan car body where the only thing that appeared to be holding it together was the rust. I can’t remember if she had to use the “Fred Flintstone” method to brake it, but I wouldn’t be surprised.

Anyway, the new car was all shiny and bigger and Maria had a little trouble getting used to it. I suspect she even thought about trading it in and trying to track down her old car, which can still be seen on the streets of Our Fair Salmon City. You really can’t kill a Subaru. After “Climate Change, Debt Ceiling Armageddon,” the only life forms will be cockroaches driving Subarus. Count on it.

She eventually warmed to new Seabiscuit, partly because new Seabiscuit was a little unlucky.

And we love anything that is unlucky. Three-legged dogs pull all our heartstrings.

How unlucky was New Seabiscuit?

First, it was hit by a rock when a blast went a little awry on Copper Ridge Road. - More...
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letter The Mahoney Lake and Whitman Lake Hydroelectric projects, how can we bring them online? By Sam Bergeron - Those of us who live in Ketchikan and get our power from Ketchikan Public Utilities (KPU) belong in the two dam pool, owned and operated by: Southeast Alaska Power Association (SEAPA). We are required to buy our power from SEAPA before we use any other source of power, including our own. - More...
Monday AM - September 19, 2011

letter Closing: PATCHWorks By Bobbie McCreary - I'm sure I join many others in our community in applauding the efforts that PATHWorks, their volunteers and a "slim" staff (of two part-timers) accomplished during the time that organization evolved from a community process addressing the health of this community to current times. - More...
Monday AM - September 19, 2011

letter Thank You Ketchikan By Sara Schroeder - Since I left Ketchikan in 2006, I have moved residences at least once every year, and that leaves a lot of packing and unpacking. Today I was sorting through some old papers and I found the news article from a few weeks following my transplant in 2005. I could go into to various stories about how thankful I am, how I am doing, what my future holds, etc. but I will keep it simple and just want to say, Thank You Ketchikan. - More...
Monday AM - September 19, 2011

letter Bullying at Morning Bus Stops By Amber Anderson - Kids are easy targets to bullying if adult supervision is lacking at bus stops. Elementary children are being bullied in the morning at both bus stops in front of the Ketchikan Rec Center. I have a group of kids telling me that a boy across the street is verbally abusing them. The language is very offensive from what the young ladies are reporting to me. - More...
Saturday - September 17, 2011

letter Pro Bergeron for Ketchikan City Council By Randy Kienbaum - I'd like to show my support for Sam Bergeron and thank him for responding so quickly to the e-mail I sent to him. - More...
Saturday - September 17, 2011

letter Hickel's Vision Inspired Norway Policy Tour By Bill Walker - Governor Walter Hickel founded the Institute of the North which organized last week's Norway Policy Tour. Hickel long advocated that AIaska, as owner of its natural resources, must take control of its resource development for the benefit of all Alaskans. I was privileged to participate with the legislators and community leaders from Kotzebue, Nome, Bethel, Dillingham, Southeast, Kenai, Kodiak, Wasilla, Fairbanks and Anchorage who met with ambassadors and top level government and industry officials to learn about the Norway "model" of government-owned and developed oil and gas resources. Having traveled with Governor Hickel to China in 2008, I know he would have been the first to enlist for the Norway trip keeping lock step with us on even on the eighteen hour days visiting industry headquarters and facilities across Norway. - More...
Saturday - September 17, 2011

letter Wolf rant got it wrong By Marty Bergoffen & Larry Edwards - Andy Rauwolf's Sept. 12 Viewpoint Commentary, criticizing our effort to ensure the Alexander Archipelago wolf's safety from extinction, relies on supposed facts that are simply wrong. - More...
Saturday - September 17, 2011

letter Closing Message from PATCHWorks By Dawn Rauwolf for the PATCHWorks Board - Since the early 1990's, PATCHWorks has been a voice in sharing the value and lessons of the 40  Developmental Assets.  Many in the community have been impacted by the asset message over the years.  PATCHWorks started as a group of committed community members interested in improving the overall health and wellness of Ketchikan.  All of the efforts to encourage parents, teachers, and community members to reach and support our youth have made a positive difference. - More...
Saturday - September 17, 2011

letter RE: Statement on Hotel Reimbursement By Scott R. Davis - Senator Stedman, thank you for your letter to Sitnews regarding the Hotel Reimbursement. - More...
Saturday - September 17, 2011

letter Vote for a plan not a statement of what "we need By Ed "Mongo" Fry - After reading the Ketchikan Daily News with the forum that was hosted with the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce and the candidates that were present, it is "status quo" for the Ketchikan Borough Assembly, again.  No new news there other than bombastic statements of, "we need".  If you happen to search past candidate speeches and statements, it is the platform of the majority, "we need".  Unacceptable in my book and Ketchikan deserves better. - More...
Saturday - September 17, 2011

letter RE: Sitnews By Bobbie McCreary - Sam, I agree wholeheartedly with your tribute to Mary Kauffman (and Dick before her). - More...
Saturday - September 17, 2011

letter Thank you By Dick, Judy, Rich, Barb and Traci Madden - The family of Michael Madden would like to extend our thanks to everyone who attended the Celebration of Life picnic for Michael at Ward Lake on Aug 25th. It was a fitting tribute to the outdoorsman that he was. - More...
Monday PM - September 12, 2011

letter Alexander Archipelago Wolf By Andy Rauwolf - I wish to voice my strong support for the stand Butch Olmstead took in late August against the radical environmentalists’ latest scam regarding the so called “Alexander Archipelago Wolves.” His letter stemmed from a recent article entitled “Protection Sought Again for Rare Alaskan Wolf” in many recent publications. - More...
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letter Statement on Hotel Reimbursement By Sen. Bert Stedman - Recently, legislators from 13 western states gathered in Hawaii for the Council of State Governments’ Annual Conference.  My participation was highlighted in the press due to excessive hotel fees that were incurred inadvertently.  A reservations error with the hotel resulted in an expensive room I never requested. - More...
Monday PM - September 12, 2011

letter SitNews By Sam Bergeron - So often we take for granted the things we have without remembering where they’ve come from. SITNEWS is one of those things. Dick and Mary Kauffman founded this website in 1999 and have operated it since then. When Dick left us in 2007, Mary continued on with this important work. This is on top of caring for her house, the many animals she takes in and cares for plus doing the work of two people. This website is a marvel. It really is. It’s a free and open forum that has so many useful, interesting and thought provoking things in it that it gets many thousands of hits every day and is very influential in our community. - More...
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letter Sealaska Land Transfer Bill By Ralph Wells - For over two years I have followed the attempts by Rep. Young and Senator Murkowski to pass this controversial legislation.  I remain adamantly opposed to these bills, especially the provisions that would transfer acreage within designated wilderness areas to Sealaska corporation. - More...
Monday PM - September 12, 2011

letter Sealaska Land Transfer Bill By Todd Heininger - This is an extremely controversial bill and should not be run through the House without debate and further review of the impact it will have on the residents of Sitka. - More...
Monday PM - September 12, 2011

letter Sealaska Land Transfer Bill By Marlene Clarke - HB 1408, sponsored by Rep. Don Young, has been put on the suspension calendar in the House. This will allow the house to vote on it as if it is not controversial. Many communities in Southeast Alaska have spoken clearly that this bill would be devastating to their futures. - More...
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