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Tuesday
November 04, 2003
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front page photo by Carl Thompson Ketchikan: Front
Page Photo 'Ketchikan Lights' - Looking down into the Schoenbar
Middle School area around 5:00 pm Monday, the lights shine brightly...
"Out of the million square
miles of basin, range, peaks and prairies that compose the interior
West, the farthest it's possible to be from a road is a trifling
28 miles." - Read
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Ketchikan:
Ketchikan: Ketchikan Health Fair November 8th - The Ketchikan Health Fair will be Saturday, Nov. 8th from 8 am-1 pm at the Plaza Mall. Pre-registration will be Friday,
Nov. 7, 4-7pm at the Plaza Mall. The first 50 to register will
receive FREE the Healthwise Handbook (limit 1/family) - Read
more... Ketchikan: Tongass
School of Arts and Sciences Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - The
Tongass School of Arts and Sciences Staff and Academic Policy
Committee request the honor of your presence at a ribbon cutting
ceremony... Read
more... National: November
is American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month - American
Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month originated in 1915 when
the president of the Congress of American Indian Associations
issued a proclamation declaring the second Saturday in May each
year as American Indian Day. The first American Indian Day was
celebrated in May 1916, in New York. In 1990, President George
H.W. Bush signed a joint congressional resolution designating
November 1990 "National American Indian Heritage Month."
Similar proclamations have been issued each year since 1994.
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more... Medical: Distinct
Genes Influence Alzheimer's Risk at Different Ages - The
genes that influence the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease
may vary over the course of an individual's lifetime, a new study
by Duke University Medical Center researchers finds. The team's
results revealed two chromosomal regions not previously known
to influence Alzheimer's disease: one linked to the disorder
in families that first show symptoms early in life and another
in families with very late onset of the disorder's symptoms.
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more... Science: Climate change in the vineyards: The taste of global warming - Wine lovers take note: global warming is already tinkering with your favorite indulgence. A study of the world's top
27 wine regions' temperatures and wine quality over the past
50 years reveals that rising temperatures have already impacted
vintage quality. As for the next 50 years, climate modeling for
these same wine regions predicts a 2°C temperature rise that
is likely to make cool growing regions better producers of some
grape varieties, and already warm wine regions less hospitable
for viticulture. - Read
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Science: Sky-high
icebergs carried boulders from the Rockies to south-central Washington
- Geologists have uncovered a scene in the Pasco Basin west of
the Columbia River that shows how boulders piggybacked icebergs
from what is now Montana and came to rest at elevations as high
as 1,200 feet. - Read
more... Education: Internet
Access Soars in Schools, But "Digital Divide" Still
Exists at Home for Minority and Poor Students; Two New Reports
Look at Computer and Internet Use in Education - While public
schools have made huge improvements in providing computer and
Internet access, minority and poor students lack computer access
outside of regular school hours, according to two new reports
released last week by the National Center for Education Statistics
in the department's Institute of Education Sciences (IES). -
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more... Education: 'President
Kennedy Has Been Shot'; Newseum Book Provides Moment-to-Moment
Account of the Four Days that Changed America - On
Nov. 22, 1963, America felt the devastating impact of the sound
of gunfire and the passing of a leader on a sunny morning in
Dallas. A shocked nation turned to the news media for answers.
How well did they respond? - Read
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