Saturday
October 30, 2004
'Ketchikan's
2004 Asset Builders'
Front Page Photo Courtesy PATCHWorks
Ketchikan: Building
Assets Brings Sweet Rewards; PATCHWorks Honors Residents at Annual
Asset Builder Awards Ceremony - PATCHWorks hosted their 4th
annual Asset Builder Awards ceremony Tuesday to recognize individuals
in the Ketchikan community who continually make a difference
in the lives of young people through asset building. Masters
of Ceremonies Marketia McElroy and Jessica Bernard, both students
at Kayhi, reminded the crowd of close to 100 youth and adults
that being an "asset builder" is easy and can be as
simple as volunteering to be a mentor or role model for just
one young person.
The developmental assets model
is a framework of 40 Developmental Assets which are concrete,
common sense, positive experiences and qualities essential to
raising successful young people. These assets have the power
during critical adolescent years to influence choices young people
make and help them become caring, responsible adults. - More...
Saturday - October 31, 2004
Alaska: Native
Leaders to Work with Governor for Rural Alaska; Will Cooperate
on Infrastructure Funding, Energy Costs, Local Government
- Alaska's top Alaska Native regional corporation leaders agreed
Friday to join with Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski in efforts
to improve the economy in rural Alaska by prioritizing energy
and transportation infrastructure and improvements, making the
regions more energy self-sufficient and improving the economic
viability of smaller communities.
"This was a very cordial,
very productive meeting with the leaders' of Alaska Native corporations,"
the governor said. "We all share a common commitment to
providing opportunities for the people of rural Alaska, and I
am very pleased at the chance to work with them on issues that
are so critical for their shareholders and other Alaskans."
- More...
Saturday - October 31, 2004
Alaska: Global
climate change threatens reindeer, caribou; International network
to track climate change effects on subsistence resource -
Global climate change could threaten the most important terrestrial
subsistence resource in the circumpolar north - reindeer and
caribou.
To assess the effects of climate
change on reindeer and caribou - Rangifer
is the scientific name - and the communities that depend on them,
the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Institute of Arctic
Biology (IAB) and Environment Canada's Canadian Wildlife Service
are hosting a workshop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,
October 31 and November 1, to launch the CircumArctic Rangifer
Monitoring and Assessment network (CARMA). - More...
Saturday - October 30, 2004
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A moose's nose includes
a unique
adaptation for underwater feeding...
Photograph by Ned Rozell
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Alaska: Why
is a moose's nose so big? by Ned Rozell - A wolverine without
tenacity is just a big weasel. A grizzly without a taste for
flesh is an oversized koala. A moose without a big nose is a
broad-antlered elk. The quality that makes the moose one of the
stars of Alaska wildlife is also the subject of a recent study.
Why, asked scientists from Ohio, does the moose have such a big
nose?
And, one might ask, why do
scientists from Ohio care?
It can tell them about evolution,
says Lawrence Witmer. Witmer is a biologist and professor of
anatomy at Ohio University. As part of a study of unusual noses
on dinosaurs and modern animals, Witmer and his colleagues examined
the enigmatic nose of the moose. - More...
Saturday - October 30, 2004
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Among those pictured
are
CHARR Board Member KJ Harris,
George Tipton, Wes Loe,
Gretchen Klein and "Littles"...
Photo courtesy BBBS of Ketchikan
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Ketchikan: Citizens
launch Little Moments Big Magic Society for Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Ketchikan; Donors pledge multi-year gifts to benefit
local program - One hundred and fifty Ketchikan citizens
attended the first annual Big Magic Luncheon of Big Brothers
Big Sisters of Ketchikan Thursday. At the event, eight local
citizens became founding members of Ketchikan's Little Moments
Big Magic Society with CHARR underwriting the event with a generous
donation of $5,000. - More...
Saturday - October 30, 2004
Columnists
 Dick
Morris: Why
Bush Will Win - Here's a two-part test to determine who will
win on Tuesday:
a) Ask yourself: What is the
issue we are talking about these days? Are we focused on terrorism
and Iraq, or on health care and jobs? The answer is obvious:
terrorism and Iraq. - More...
Saturday - October 30, 2004
 Dave
Kiffer: Halloween
in Ketchikan... Now that's scary! - Halloween has
always been somewhat of a dicey proposition for Ketchikan.
After all, you can spend hours
coming up with the perfect costume (Goretex Fairy Princess or
Helly Hansen Superhero) and the weather (October is the cruelest
month in these parts) will force you to cover it up. Things have
gotten a little better in recent years with the city-wide indoor
Halloween party at the mall every year but in the old days (or
"back in the day" as the new cliche would have it)
it was a matter of bundling up and trudging up and down the local
streets to gather enough candy to get good and sick on later
( I know what of I speak on that one!). Today, some neighborhoods
still carry on that tradition, Jackson Street most notably.-
More...
Saturday - October 30, 2004
Ghost Stories: None received for publication...
Sunday - October 31, 2004
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