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March 2003:    Women's History Month       Irish-American Heritage Month       American Red Cross Month

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

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Profile America: Woolworths Opens

Profile America: Black History Month Tyrone Willingham Notre Dame


Other Calendars:

The Arts This Week (schedule of local events updated weekly)

Parks & Recreation

Ketchikan Visitors Bureau: Local Calendar

Ketchikan School District:
School Calendar 2002-2003

24

Profile America: Chester Nimitz

Profile America: Black History Month Marian Wright Edelman CDF

25

Profile America: First U.S. Bank

Profile America: Black History Month Samuel Gravely, Jr. Three-Star Admiral

6:00 pm - KGB Planning Commission Platting Board Regular Meeting - City Council Chambers - Public is welcome to attend.

 

26

Profile America: Levi Strauss

Profile America: Black History Month Ralph Boyd, Jr. Assistant Attorney General

6:00 pm - Ketchikan School Board Regular Meeting - City Council Chambers
Agenda

27

Profile America: Grand Canyon

Profile America: Black History Month Ulice Payne Milwaukee Brewers


7:00 pm Ketchikan City Council Special Meeting- City Council Chambers
Agenda (50K)
Information Packet (4.1 MB)


KGBSD High School & Middle School parent/teacher conferences - no school for those students

 

 

 

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Profile America: M*A*S*H

Profile America: Black History Month Carter Godwin Woodson Black History Month

KGBSD High School & Middle School parent/teacher conferences - no school for those students

7:00 - 8:00 pm Friday Night Insight Program - Alaska Discovery Center - Geology of Ketchikan. You've heard about Southeast Alaska's glacial history, maybe you've even heard tales of local lava flows ­ but how about deep ocean basins, giant super continents, and colliding landmasses? What part did they play in shaping the landscape we see today? Journey millions of years into the past as naturalist Julie Rowe guides you through the geologic history of the Ketchikan area. - Free audiovisual and speaker programs in theater.

1

Profile America: Ohio's Bicentennial

 

2:00 pm Totem Heritage Center Presents Weaving Videos - In anticipation of the Gathering of Alaskan Basket Makers, the Totem Heritage Center invites the public to enjoy a pair of weaving videos. Click here for more information.

2

Profile America: Women's History Month

The Arts This Week (schedule of local events updated weekly)

Parks & Recreation

3

Profile America: Telecommuters

6:00 pm Ketchikan School Board Budget meeting - To discuss the budget for the 2003-2004 school year - Ketchikan High School Library


5:30 pm KGB Assemby Regular Meeting- City Council Chambers
Agenda
Information Packet


4

Profile America: Highway Numbers

6:00 pm Ketchikan School Board Budget meeting - To discuss the budget for the 2003-2004 school year - Ketchikan High School Library

5

Profile America: When the Banks Closed

6:00 pm Ketchikan School Board Budget meeting - To discuss the budget for the 2003-2004 school year - Ketchikan High School Library

6

Profile America: FM Radio


7:00 pm Ketchikan City Council Regular Meeting- City Council Chambers
Agenda (97K)
Information Packet (16.9 MB)


7

Profile America: Women Drivers

7:30 pm - Friday Night Insight Program - SE Alaska Discovery Center -- NOTE Program will start at 7:30 instead of 7:00. Tlingit and Haida Armor and Weapons will be featured in a slide program by Steve Henrikson, curator of collections of the Alaska State Museum. Images of traditional weapons and armor found in museum collections around the world are featured. Henrikson's lecture will feature slides of artifacts that are today housed in museums around the world. Henrikson has located over one hundred war helmets in museums, along with carved face protectors, and body armor made of thick leather and wooden slats. The helmets have elaborately carved sculptures of clan crests, ancestors, and spirits.

8

Profile America: Flower Shows

9

Profile America: Ski-Joring

The Arts This Week (schedule of local events updated weekly)

Parks & Recreation

 

 

 

 10

Profile America: Telephone Invented

March 10 -14: Tlingit Carver Fred Trout Teaches NWC Design Transfer

Grant deadline March 10 - UAS Ketchikan Natural Resources Career Exploration Workshop Taking Registrations & Offering Travel Grants


7:00 pm - KGB Special Meeting - Public Hearing Proposed South Tongass Water Service Area - Borough staff will be available to answer questions about the service area - Ted Ferry Civic Center

Agenda
Packet

Special Meeting Additional Info


7:00 pm - Special City Council Meeting - City Council Chambers
Agenda
(73 KB)
Packet
(6.9 MB)

11

Profile America: Frozen Foods

KGB Special Election - North Tongass Fire & EMS Service Area: Polls are open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. Polling places are the old KPC Administration Building Cafeteria and Hal's Equipment. (click here for more information)

Sample Ballot

12

Profile America: Earmuffs

9:00 am - KGB Canvass Board will meet. Purpose: To open and tally questioned & absentee ballots and prepare a Grand Tally of the March 11, 2003, special election results. The public is invited to attend.

6:00 pm Ketchikan School Board Meeting - City Council Chambers

Agenda

 13

Profile America: Storm of the Century

Noon: Ketchikan Legislative Liaison Debriefing Meeting - City Council Chambers - Purpose to hold a debriefing of the recent fly-in trip to Juneau. The meeting is open to the public.

14

Profile America: Casey Jones

3:00 pm - KGB Assembly Airport Affairs Committee meeting - City Council Chambers -Topic will be discussions regarding TSA. The public is invited to attend.

7:00 pm - Friday Night Insight Program - SE Alaska Discovery Center - Passenger Safety - Flying in small aircraft in Alaska. Patty Mattison, operations safety program manager for the Federal Aviation Administration in Juneau will cover the choice of an air carrier, the importance of a thorough pilot to passenger briefing, and clothing to wear and how to make an educated go no go decision - Every Friday from 7 to 8 PM we offer free audiovisual and speaker programs in our theater. We invite you to join us for education and entertainment about Alaska's ecosystems, wildlife, natural resources, public lands and Native cultures.

15

Profile America: Boardwalk & Park Place

16

Profile America: First Black Newspaper

The Arts This Week (schedule of local events updated weekly)

Parks & Recreation

4:00 to 7:00 - All KIC Tribal members are invited to a KIC Community Dinner on Sunday,
March 16th, 2003 at 429 Deermount Street. Come socialize and
meet the newly elected KIC Tribal Council, Health Board and General Manager, James. Horton. Don't forget to sign up for the door prizes!

17

Profile America: St. Patrick's Day

March 17th, 18th, and 19th - Ketchikan School District Pre-school screening. Questions call Kim @ 247-2115


5:00 pm KGB Assembly Special Meeting - City Council Chambers
Agenda
Info Packet

5:15 pm KGB Session of the Board of Equalization - City Council Chambers
Agenda

5:30 pm KGB Assembly Regular Meeting - City Council Chambers
Agenda

Information Packet


18

Profile America: Electric Razors

March 17th, 18th, and 19th - Ketchikan School District Pre-school screening. Questions call Kim @ 247-2115

5:30 pm Greater Ketchikan Area Local Emergency Planning Committee meeting - Ketchikan Gateway Borough conference room, 344 Front Street. One of more Borough Assembly Members may be present. The public is invited to attend.

19

Profile America: Staying Safe from Poisons

March 17th, 18th, and 19th - Ketchikan School District Pre-school screening. Questions call Kim @ 247-2115

3:00 pm Support Our Troops Rally - click here for info

5:30 pm KGB Board of Equalization - City Council Chambers - Discussion will be on procedural orientation & review. The public is invited to attend.

20

Profile America: Spring is Here


7:00 pm Ketchikan City Council Regular Meeting- City Council Chambers
Agenda (95K)
Information Packet (23 MB)


21

Profile America: California Wines

3:00 pm KGB Airport Affairs Committee meeting - City Council Chambers - Topic will be TSA - The public is invited to attend.

7:00 pm THE DAY THE KITTY CAT SPOKE.. Performance to be held at Kayhi Auditorium... click here

7:00 pm - Friday Night Insight Program - SE Alaska Discovery Center - The Mysterious World of Tongass Narrows Plankton. Gary Freitag, research evaluation manager with Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association will present a slide show on this wide observation event. Co-sponsored by the Tongass Coast Aquarium. - Every Friday from 7 to 8 PM we offer free audiovisual and speaker programs in our theater. We invite you to join us for education and entertainment about Alaska's ecosystems, wildlife, natural resources, public lands and Native cultures.

 22

Profile America: Women's Basketball

10:00 am Support Our Troops March - click here for more info...

 23

Profile America: Lasers

The Arts This Week (schedule of local events updated weekly)

Parks & Recreation

 24

Profile America: Fender Benders

25

Profile America: First Anesthetic

6:00 pm - KGB Planning Commission / Platting Board regular meeting - City Council Chambers - The public is welcome to attend...

 

 

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26

Profile America: Taming a Childhood Killer

6:00 pm Ketchikan School Board Regular Meeting - City Council Chambers
Agenda

 27

Profile America: The Buying & Shaking of Alaska

 

 

28

Profile America: Three Mile Island

7:00 pm - Friday Night Insight Program - SE Alaska Discovery Center - Wilderness in the Last Frontier - The National Wildlife Refuges of Alaska - This video, released in October 2001, will feature many of the sixteen National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. The National Wildlife Refuge System is celebrating 100 years of wildlife protection this month. Produced by the Alaska Natural History Association and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. - Every Friday from 7 to 8 PM we offer free audiovisual and speaker programs in our theater. We invite you to join us for education and entertainment about Alaska's ecosystems, wildlife, natural resources, public lands and Native cultures.

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Profile America: Mom & Pop Stores

 30

 Profile America: Pencil Invented

The Arts This Week (schedule of local events updated weekly)

Parks & Recreation

  31

Profile America: U.S. & Japan

5:30 pm - KGB Board of Equalization - City Council Chambers - a list of appellants may be obtained from the Assessor's office. The public is invited to attend the meeting.

 

   

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2:00 - 7:00 pm Gravina Access Project staff will be available at the project office (430 Dock Street). Come take a look at the scale model of the proposed alternatives -- View technical reports and graphics -- Ask questions and get information about the project -- For further information, please contact HDR Alaska, Inc. at (800) 478-2514, or the project office at (907) 247-8335 during office hours.


KGB Special Assembly Meeting - City Council Chambers - Consideration of resolution No. 1725 supporting the SE Alaska Intertie Project and the intertie work of the SE conference - Public hearing making a supplemental appropriation of $4,500 form the general fund; $609,985 appropriation for the Economic Development Assistance Fund (for expenditures related to the Ward Cove Mill Site)... see agenda for more info and details....
Agenda

Information Packet

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10:00 - 6:00 pm Gravina Access Project staff will be available at the project office (430 Dock Street). Come take a look at the scale model of the proposed alternatives -- View technical reports and graphics -- Ask questions and get information about the project -- For further information, please contact HDR Alaska, Inc. at (800) 478-2514, or the project office at (907) 247-8335 during office hours.

 

10:00 am - 8:00 pm - University of AK Land Managment Public Workshop - Ted Ferry Civic Center - Haha Bay Meeting Room Located at 888 Venetia Avenue, Ketchikan. A public workshop to discuss University Investment Properities located in the Ketchikan area. For information packets, visit the University of AK Land Management's website and select the Information button on the webiste. You may also contact the office directly at (907) 786-7766


7:00 pm Ketchikan City Council Regular Meeting- City Council Chambers
Agenda (90K)
Information Packet (2.3 MB)


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9:00 am - 3:00 pm Gravina Access Project staff at the project office (430 Dock Street). Come take a look at the scale model of the proposed alternatives -- View technical reports and graphics -- Ask questions and get information about the project-- For further information, please contact HDR Alaska, Inc. at (800) 478-2514, or the project office at (907) 247-8335 during office hours.

7 to 8 PM - Friday Night Insight- Alaska Discovery Center - Karen Petersen and Chad Van Ormer will present a program
entitled "Prince of Wales Island - Your Backyard Playground"

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7 to 8 PM - Friday Night Insight- Alaska Discovery Center - first special program - In conjuntion with the "Behold the Bead" exhibit at The Mainstay Gallery, the Discovery Center will have a program
on "The Beaded Shoe" - click here for more information...

 

April 2003

 

April 2-3 - UAS Ketchikan Natural Resources Career Exploration Workshop Taking Registrations & Offering Travel Grants (Grant deadline March 10)

April 12-13: Drug-free conference features rap contest - click on this link for more information.

Enrollment Ends April 15th: The enrollment for the Tongass School of Arts & Sciences will end April 15th. Contact the Tongass School at 247-9663 or 225-2058.

 

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Past Calendars

February 2003  SJanuary 2003  SDecember 2002  SNovember 2002
September 2002-----August 2002----- July 2002

 

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