Photo Essay: THC's Holiday Party Attended by Over 120 Kids and... Santa! - The Totem Heritage Center's annual Holiday party for pre-schoolers and day-care kids took place on Tuesday, December 9, with more than 120 kids participating. Margaret Bolton and Martha Denny, cultural instructors for the KIC Jonson O'Malley Program, told traditional Native stories and led the children in singing holiday songs in the Tsimshian and Tlingit languages. The kids also had a special visit from Santa Claus (Hunter Davis) and his helper elf (Chris Hanson), who handed out goodie bags to each of the little guests. - View the photo gallery...
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December 2003 More front pages: Stories & Photos Archives Click on the date to view past front page stories & photos... S M T W T F S   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30  31       Today's Front Page

Alaska: Environmentalists Sue Over Alaska Logging Plan - Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging Forest Service plans to resume wide scale clearcutting of Alaska's Tongass National Forest. The Tongass National Forest, at 16.8 million acres, is the nation's largest national forest. - Read more...
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Ketchikan: Wolves once again prey on Ketchikan dogs; Biologist urges keeping pets on a tight leash to avoid attacks - Local dogs have been falling prey to wolves in a repeat of events last spring. - Read this story...
Anchorage Daily News - link posted Thursday - December 11, 2003 - 1:15 am

Ketchikan: Listen to this story... Representatives from non-profit organizations packed the Ketchikan City Council meeting Tuesday night as the Council debated funding for fourteen non-profit organizations. Deanna Garrison reports.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio - link posted Thursday - December 11, 2003 - 1:15 am

Ketchikan: Listen to this story... A pair of Ketchikan musicians released an album of original songs recently. Maria Dudzak has more.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio - link posted Thursday - December 11, 2003 - 1:15 am

Alaska: State Public Health Recommending Targeted Use of Flu Vaccine - The Alaska Department of Health & Social Services (DHSS) on Tuesday recommended that all Alaska health care providers target their remaining supplies of the influenza vaccine to groups at the highest risk of severe complications from the flu. The recommendation was prompted by nationwide concerns that an unprecedented demand for the vaccine this year has caused a national shortage in the vaccine supply. - Read more...
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Thorne Bay: Thorne Bay Ranger District Hosts Open House to Discuss Landfill Issues - The Thorne Bay Ranger District is hosting an open house beginning at 7 p.m. Dec. 16 to gather public comments regarding Thorne Bay landfills. Anyone interested in more information about the landfills is welcome to attend. Written comments will be accepted during the open house. - Read more...
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Alaska: Court Allows Amicus Brief in Bristol Bay Attorney Fees Issue - The superior court approved the state's request to file an amicus, or "friend of the court," brief in the Bristol Bay "price fixing" class action lawsuit. - Read more...
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Alaska: Court Denies Reconsideration Request by Friends of Animals - Tuesday, a superior court judge denied the Friends of Animals' motion to reconsider the court's decision denying their request to indefinitely halt the Department of Fish and Game's aerial predator control program near McGrath. - Read more...
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Gas Hydrates - Will They be Considered in the Future Global Energy Mix? Core Studies: Describing the core; Measuring the core temperature... Photo courtesy USGS

Science News: Gas Hydrates - Will They be Considered in the Future Global Energy Mix? - For the first time, an international research program involving the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey has proven that it is technically feasible to produce gas from gas hydrates. Gas hydrates are a naturally occurring "ice-like" combination of natural gas and water that have the potential to be a significant new source of energy from the world's oceans and polar regions.

Wednesday at a symposium in Japan, the successful results of the first modern, fully integrated production testing of gas hydrates were being discussed by an international gathering of research scientists. The international consortium, including the USGS, the Department of Energy, Canada, Japan, India, Germany, and the energy industry conducted test drilling at a site known as Mallik, in the Mackenzie Delta of the Canadian Arctic. This location was chosen because it has one of the highest concentrations of known gas hydrates in the world. - Read more...
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Science News: Scientists Discover, Map New Seamount & Find Out More Information About Ice Age, Arctic Circulation Patterns - Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), University of New Hampshire (UNH) and other partners discovered and mapped a new complex underwater mountain, or seamount, during a mapping cruise of the Arctic Ocean. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. - Read more...
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Ketchikan's Holiday Lights photos by Carl Thompson Festive holiday lights are appearing daily throughout the Ketchikan community. These colorful gifts of lights are provided by families for the enjoyment of all. Carl Thompson is traveling the community to capture these colorful light displays to share with the Sitnews readers.   Photo Gallery 5 - Dec. 11, 2003   Photo Gallery 4 - Dec. 10, 2003   Photo Gallery 3 - Dec. 10, 2003   Photo Gallery 2 - Dec. 07, 2003   Photo Gallery 1 - Dec. 04, 2003

What Republicans Want in 2004 - The GOP's main goal in 2004 is to win big in the presidential and senate races. That's obvious. What's less obvious is how they hope to get there.

Basically, what they want is Dean to be the Democrat presidential nominee in 2004 because they see him as the 2004 version of Walter Mondale, who also said he wanted to raise taxes when he ran in 1980 against my father. He promptly went down in a humiliating defeat.

There is still a lot of talk about Hillary or Al Gore running this year as vice presidential candidates which of course is just plain silly. Hillary is not going to be Howard Dean's vice presidential running mate. After all, if Dean accidentally won the election, she couldn't run for president in 2008 because Dean would certainly be a candidate for re-election that year. She'd have to wait until 2012 when she'll be older and less attractive. - Read more...
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