Fax News Releases: 907-225-8590 Flora's Health: Jan's
Story by Jan Lively - This article by my friend, Jan Lively,
is a reprint from the current Chi-Lel Qigong Newsletter.
It is an amazing testament to the healing power of chi, the life-force
energy. In publishing it in Sitnews, I hope it brings encouragement
and hope to those in need that they do not have to be victims
of their disease or debilitation. It is used with her permission.
-- Joann Flora - Click
here to read more... Ketchikan: Ketchikan
borough wants state grant to buy cannery - The Ketchikan
Gateway Borough is applying for a $5 million state grant to buy
the Wards Cove Cannery. - Click
here to read more... Ketchikan: No One Injured In Ferry Blaze -
Fire started in second generator on Columbia - More than 165 passengers
and crew of the state ferry Columbia awoke to news of a fire
on board early Wednesday, said U.S. Coast Guard officials. -
Click here to read more... Mike Reagan: Who
Says We Don't Need a Tax Cut? - Americans are overtaxed,
not only at the federal level but also at the state and local
levels. ...When anyone mentions taxes, we automatically think
of income taxes, but that's only a drop in the bucket. We pay
taxes on just about everything we buy or do, day in and day out.
- Click
here to read more... Dick Morris: A
Book About Clinton's Wasted Second Term - A second
term is a terrible thing for a president to waste. Sidney Blumenthal's
new book makes clear how totally Bill Clinton wasted it. He was
a one-term president who lived in the White House for eight years.
- Click
here to read more... Ketchikan: Hospital
Announces Health Care Scholarship - Ketchikan General Hospital
(KGH) announces the Joseph A. Shields Jr. Memorial Scholarship.
This scholarship is designed specifically to assist students
pursuing careers in health care. To be eligible, the student
must have a high school diploma and have graduated at least two
years prior to applying; and be enrolled in or accepted to a
health care program of study. - Click
here to read more... Ketchikan: KGH
Implements Tobacco Free Campus - On May 1, 2003, PeaceHealth
Ketchikan General Hospital (KGH) began a yearlong process of
implementing a tobacco-free campus. The intent is for the entire
hospital and grounds to be smoke-free by National Hospital Week
in May 2004. - Click
here to read more...
Alaska: Murkowski
Says Alaskans Will Benefit Greatly From Tax Bill - U.S. Sen.
Lisa Murkowski welcomed final passage of President George Bush's
major economic stimulus bill on Friday saying it will help both
the nation's and Alaska's economy. - Click
here to read more...
Ketchikan: UAS Ketchikan Announces Honors List - Several
University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan campus students have
made the Chancellor's and Dean's list for the Spring 2003 Semester.
- Click
here to read more... Alaska: Governor
Thanks Legislature for Exceptional Session - In the wake
of the Legislature's late-night adjournment, Governor Frank Murkowski
said he was pleased that the Legislature worked with him to change
the direction of the state toward an economy led by natural resource
development. - Click
here to read more... Ketchikan: USCG
Takes Over Unsafe Tow - Coast Guard Station Ketchikan took
over an unsafe tow outside of Ketchikan Harbor Saturday afternoon,
May 17th. The Coast Guard received information from the vessel
Noname Tomcat that the Valley Queen was being towed into harbor
by its own skiff. - Click here to read more......
Alaska: Gov.
Murkowski Announces Salmon Industry Enhancement Strategy
- Governor Frank Murkowski on Wednesday announced his Salmon
Industry Enhancement Strategy, aimed at Alaska's troubled fishing
industry. The strategy is a $50 million, multi-year, multi-level
plan that includes, among other things, an aggressive, international
marketing program for wild Alaska salmon.- Click
here to read more...
Ketchikan - POW: Additional
POW Sailings Announced - In response to increased Memorial
Day weekend demand, Inter-Island Ferry Authority's operations
manager Stu Vincent announced Wednesday that the M/V Prince of
Wales will make two round-trip sailings between Hollis and Ketchikan
on each of May 23, 24, 25 and 26. The IFA ferry was scheduled
for one daily round-trip through May 31. - Click
here to read more... Ketchikan & Statewide:
TSA
Requires Boarding Passes at the Security Checkpoint at 259 Airports
- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Wednesday
announced that 259 airports - including the Ketchikan International
Airport - are currently participating in TSA's "Selectee
Checkpoint" program. According to information provided by
the TSA this program enhances security and convenience by transferring
the screening of selectees from aircraft boarding gates to security
checkpoints where screening equipment and personnel are concentrated.-
Click
here to read more... Alaska: Governor
Signs ACMP, DNR Lead Agency Bills - Governor Frank Murkowski
on Wednesday signed into law two bills that will streamline the
regulatory and permitting process associated with natural resource
development projects in Alaska. - Click
here to read more... Alaska: Cigarette
Tax Stamp Heads to Governor for Final Stamp - With
a swipe of the governor's hand cigarettes in Alaska will be getting
a new look, in the form of a stamp indicating that the State
has received the taxes it is entitled to under the current cigarette
tax laws. - Click
here to read more...
Alaska - Nationwide:
FTC & States Unite To Thwart Fundraising Fraud - In
the latest efforts to thwart fundraising fraud, the Federal Trade
Commission and Attorney General Gregg Renkes on Tuesday announced
"Operation Phony Philanthropy" - a joint law enforcement
and public education campaign by the FTC, state Attorneys General,
and state charities regulators to highlight fraudulent fundraising.-
Click
here to read more... Alaska: Governor
Raises State Security Threat Level to Orange - On
Tuesday Governor Frank Murkowski approved a recommendation of
his Disaster Policy Cabinet to raise the security threat level
in Alaska to Orange. His move matches an action taken by the
federal government to raise the national security threat level
from Yellow to Orange, which Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge
did at noon on Tuesday Alaska time.- Click
here to read more... Alaska: Stevens Chairs Hearing On Bering Sea/ Aleutian
Island Crab Rationalization Plan - Tuesday afternoon
U.S. Senator Ted Stevens presided over a Senate Commerce Committee
oversight hearing, held at his request on the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council's Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BS/AI) Crab
Rationalization plan.- Click
here to read more... Ketchikan: Ketchikan borough may boost sales tax -
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly wants to more than
double the borough's sales tax, a move that would raise the tax
in the city of Ketchikan to 8 percent. - click
here to read more...
Ketchikan & Statewide: Governor Appoints 51 Alaskans to Boards and Commissions
- Governor Frank Murkowski today announced the appointment of
fifty-one Alaskans to statewide boards and commissions. "The
call to serve has been answered by these fine Alaskans, and I
salute their willingness to give back to Alaska. Responsible
government requires the active involvement of its citizens,"
said Murkowski. - Click
here to read more...
SE Alaska: AK Attorney General Reorganizes & Strengthens
Prosecution Efforts In Southeast - Attorney General
Gregg Renkes announced today a reorganization to strengthen the
district attorney's offices in the First Judicial District.....
Ketchikan District Attorney Steve West will continue to
head up criminal prosecution in Southern Southeast Alaska, including
Prince of Wales Island and Metlakatla. - Click here to read more.....
Ketchikan: Prosecutors.. Three mistrials enough in Ketchikan
case - A man accused of killing his father won't face a fourth
murder trial unless new evidence comes up, prosecutors have decided.
After three mistrials in two years, the state dismissed first-degree
murder charges against 20-year-old José M. "Che"
Mateu. - Click here to read more... Mike Reagan: The Fear Peddlers - Now that it's been revealed
that only a handful of Americans have the vaguest idea of who's
running for the Democrat presidential nomination it's worth taking
a look at another mystery besides that of the nameless nine:
exactly what does the party have to offer the American people.
- Cick here to read more...
Alaska: State Attorneys General Announce Agreement To
Protect Children From Lead Paint Poisoning - Attorneys
General from 50 states and jurisdictions have finalized an agreement
aimed at educating and warning consumers and families about the
risk of lead paint exposure during repainting and other home
renovation work, Attorney General Gregg Renkes announced Wednesday.
- Click here to read more... USA: TSA Allocates $2.3 Billion to U.S. Carriers to
Offset Security Costs - The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) sent out letters to 66 U.S. air carriers
on Wednesday informing them that their share of $2.3 billion
will be electronically transferred into their accounts this week.
The funds are for expenses and revenue forgone related to aviation
security and are required by law to be disbursed by May 16, 2003.
- Click here to read more... USA: HHS Issues New Report on Americans' Overall Physical
Activity Levels - The U.S. Department of Health & Human
Services' Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on
Wednesday released a new report that shows about 1 in 5 American
adults engage in a high level of overall physical activity, including
both activity at work and during leisure time. At the other end
of the spectrum, about 1 in 4 American adults engage in little
or no regular physical activity. - Click here to read more...
Ketchikan: Airport Passes State Inspection - The Ketchikan
International Airport was recently re-inspected by the Alaska
Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF)
and received passing grades regarding all aspects of airport
operations according to information provided by David Allen,
Director of Transportation Services for Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
This re-inspection followed earlier critical comments from the
state that the airport was not being operated as it should have
been. - Click here to read more... Ketchikan: It's Derby Time! The 56th Annual King Salmon
Derby presented by Ketchikan CHARR is scheduled to kick off on
May 24th. Derby days are May 24-25-26, May 31, June 1 and June
7-8. - Click here to read more... Dick Morris: The Importance of Being Present - Presidential
candidate and former House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt
has dug himself an early grave in his pursuit of the White House.
During his campaign, since the first of the year, he has missed
84% of the votes in the House of Representatives, showing up
for fewer than one vote out of every five. - Click here to read more... USA: America's Marine Fish Stocks: NOAA's Annual Report
Released To Congress - Released Tuesday,
NOAA's annual 'Status of U.S. Fisheries Report to Congress for
2002' demonstrates the continuing efforts of government and fishermen
alike to improve America's marine fish stocks. The report states
that an additional fish stock was fully rebuilt, four species
were taken off the overfished list in 2002 as they head toward
full recovery, and 70 overfished species continue to recover
under federal rebuilding plans. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) is an agency of the Department of Commerce.
- Click here to read more...
Ketchikan: Airport Announces Pedestrian & Traffic Disruptions
- There will be pedestrian and vehicular traffic and parking
disruptions at Ketchikan International Airport (KIA) beginning
May 14th. According to a news release, the West Taxiway Project
Contractor will be conducting trench work in the driving lane
immediately in front of the terminal and along parking spaces
leading down towards the West Taxiway Project site. This will
have an impact on curbside parking and loading/unloading, pedestrian
access to the building, and car rental parking. - Click here to read more...
Ketchikan: Flora's Health - Spring Cleaning - Spring has sprung! In Chinese
medicine, spring is the time of renewal and regrowth. The days
get longer and everything becomes more active. It is time to
make a new beginning and surround ourselves with green shoots
of new plants. Spring is about the wood element, the
windy climate, the liver and gall bladder organs, the emotion
of anger and the shouting sound, the eyes and the tears, the
sour taste and rancid smell, the connective tissues of the body,
and making a new start. - Click here to read more...
Ketchikan: Mike Harpold's
Soapbox - STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE
- First it was the
Education President. After enacting the No Child Left Behind
Act with much ballyhoo, Mr. Bush asked the congress for only
three billion of the estimated sixteen billion dollars needed
to fund it. Then it was the Education Governor. After promising
in last fall's election campaign to fully fund K-12 education
Governor Murkowski sent a budget to the legislature cutting Learning
Opportunity grants by a third and reducing pupil transportation
twenty percent, cuts which would have cost Ketchikan schools
$435,000. Responding to public concerns, the legislature appears
ready to restore most of those cuts, but unfortunately at the
expense of the university system. Now it is our turn at bat,
down here at the local level where children are educated, taxes
are paid, and there is nowhere else to pass the buck. - Click here to read more... Alaska: $15 Million Salmon Purchase Announced - USDA
Purchase requested by Alaska's Senators to help move existing
inventories -- Senators Ted Stevens and Lisa Murkowski
announced on Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will
purchase $15 million of existing salmon inventories for its food
programs. These funds were requested by Senators Stevens and
Murkowski to help reduce existing inventories of salmon and potentially
improve market conditions this summer. - Click here to read more... Alaska: Governor Announces Sampson as Alaska Commissioner
of Education - Governor Frank Murkowski announced on Friday
the appointment of veteran Alaska educator Roger Sampson as Alaska's
Commissioner of Education & Early Development. Sampson, an
education consultant and former superintendent of the award winning
Chugach School District, was the state Board of Education's top
choice after a search that began in March. - Click here to read more... Alaska: Governor Gives Flight to New Program to Promote
Interest in Alaska's Wildlife -
Friday Governor Frank
Murkowski kicked off a new program to recognize those able to
identify at least 50 species of Alaskan birds. The new program,
called "Wings Over Alaska," offers certificates to
bird watchers at four levels - from the novice at 50 birds to
the expert at 275 birds. - Click here to read more...
Mike Reagan - Democrats' Panic Getting Out of Hand -
Watching the Democrats' frantic pursuit of an issue - any
issue - that will allow them to find a breach in George Bush's
armor reminds me of the antics of a chicken after its head has
been chopped off - they're running around aimlessly in circles.
- Cick here to read more... Ketchikan: Dry Southeast Conditions Bring Reminder of Fire
Restrictions on State and Federal Lands - Alaska Division
of Forestry and Tongass National Forest officials today announced
that all campfires, warming fires and other fires on lands managed
by the State of Alaska or the National Forest must be attended
at all times, and all fires must be put out before those starting
it leave. According to a news release, unusually warm, dry conditions
and human carelessness have led to nearly a dozen wildfires erupting
on the Tongass National Forest, State lands and Alaska Native
corporation lands within the past two weeks. - Click here to read more... Ketchikan: 'We The People' Suit Against KIC Dismissed By
U.S. District Court Judge - Earlier this year a local Ketchikan
group known as "We the People" and as "Ketchikan
Indian Movement" filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court
against the Ketchikan Indian Community (KIC). According to information
provided by KIC the lawsuit claimed that KIC officials acted
improperly in several instances and claimed only vague remedies
for these alleged actions. - Click here to read more... SE Alaska: Coast Guard and the National Weather Service
Join To Improve Weather Broadcasts - The U.S. Coast Guard
and the National Weather Service (NWS) are partnering to improve
the broadcasting of local weather forecasts, predictions, and
warnings throughout the Southeast, Prince William Sound, and
Kodiak regions of Alaska. - Click here to read more... Ketchikan: KIC General Manager Resigns; Landis Named Interim
General Manger - Ketchikan Indian Community (KIC) announced
on Thursday that James Horton who was hired by KIC in October
of 2003 to be the General Manager had resigned. As General Manager,
Horton reported to the elected Tribal Council. - Click here to read more... Ketchikan: Bringing The Power Of Care To The Community
- Hospitals across the US will unite for one week in May to celebrate
the power of care and its impact on communities, Ketchikan General
Hospital (KGH) employees announced this week. - Click here to read more...
Dick Morris - Queen Noor's Anti-Semitism - OH, that Khadafy!
Jordan's Queen Noor assures us that the Libyan dictator and his
wife are such a "delightful and charming couple," with
whom she spent "a remarkably pleasant evening." - Click
here to read more... Alaska: Alaska Women Urged To Take Care of Health, Get
Check-Ups During National Women's Health Week - U.S. Sen.
Lisa Murkowski on Wednesday urged Alaska women to take a day
to focus on their personal health, saying routine health check-ups
can add years to their lives. - Click here to read more... US: Parents Who Quit Smoking When Their Children
are Young Reduce the Chances of Their Kids Becoming Teen Smokers
- New findings from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
may provide a compelling reason for smoking parents of young
children to kick the habit. Researchers have found that parents
who quit smoking before their child reaches third grade will
significantly reduce their child's odds of becoming a smoker
by the time their senior year of high school rolls around. -
Click here to read more...
US: Air Passenger Identification System Protects
Privacy, U.S. Says - The Bush administration is confident
that an upgraded system designed to confirm the identity of airline
passengers will enhance aviation security while providing "solid
guarantees" of privacy protection, a U.S. Homeland Security
Department official says. - Click here to read more... Alaska: Governor Introduces Knik Arm Bridge & Toll
Authority Bill - Governor Frank Murkowski on Tuesday introduced
legislation to create a Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority to
build and operate a toll bridge between Anchorage and Pt. MacKenzie.
- Click here to read more... Alaska: State eligible for more than $18M in Homeland
Security Grants - Governor Frank Murkowski announced Tuesday
that the State of Alaska is eligible to receive more than $18
million in two Homeland Security grants through the federal Office
for Domestic Preparedness. - Click here to read more... Alaska: House Approves Health Care Directives - The
Alaska House of Representatives approved House Bill 25 by a vote
38 to one on Tuesday. Sponsored by the Representative Bruce Weyhrauch
(R-Juneau), HB 25 offers a simple, yet detailed list of requests
for terminally ill patients. The list is an alternative to Alaska's
current power of attorney that exists for health care services
and directives for the terminally ill. - Click here to read more...
Ketchikan: Mistrial declared in third Mateu murder trial
- A jury in the third trial of a man charged with murdering
his father has failed to reach a verdict, forcing a mistrial
to be called Tuesday. - click here to read more...
Mike Reagan: Media Attack Dogs Shocked, Shocked, At Bennett's
Gambling - Bill Bennett gambles and that is an unforgivable
sin according to the U.S. media which is in full cry, yapping
at the heels of a man far and away the moral superior of the
whole snarling pack of hypercritical liberals. - Click here to read more... Alaska: Information Technology Untapped Resource In Alaska
- Members of the Alaska Legislature participated in a forum about
a resource that the state has yet to fully develop: Information.
The Information Technology (IT) Subcommittee of the Legislative
Council met Friday to discuss the significant role Information
Technology can play in Alaska's economy. - Click here to read more... Alaska: Senate Approves Drug Lab Clean-Up Standards
- The Alaska State Senate unanimously approved House Bill 59
by a vote of 18 to zero on Monday. HB 59 sets basic standards
and requirements for the cleaning and repair of former drug lab
sites, and is sponsored by Representative Jim Holm (R-Fairbanks)
and Senator Gretchen Guess (D-Anchorage). Last year, a similar
bill by former-Representative Guess passed the House but stalled
in the Senate. Over the past four years, more than 90 methamphetamine
labs have been discovered in Alaskan apartments, hotels, cabins,
mobile homes, and boats. - Click here to read more...
Alaska: Governor, Legislators Working to Meet Budget
Targets - Governor Frank Murkowski on Friday said he and
Alaska's legislative leaders are on track toward meeting his
goals of reducing state spending and limiting withdrawals from
the state spending account, the Constitutional Budget Reserve.
- Click here to read more... Ketchikan: HUBZone Bill Introduced To Help Ketchikan
- U.S.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Wednesday introduced legislation that
would solve a technical problem that has prevented Ketchikan
from qualifying as a HUBzone for federal contracting purposes,
a change that should help the Ketchikan Shipyard land more contracts
for the repair of federal - Coast Guard and NOAA - vessels. -
Click here to read more... Ketchikan: City and Borough Reach Agreement on Maritime
Study - Ketchikan Gateway Borough Mayor Mike Salazar and
City of Ketchikan Mayor Bob Weinstein announced today that the
Borough and the City have reached an agreement on the Southeast
Maritime Study. - Click here to read more... Ketchikan: Cholmondeley Decision Offers About 145 Jobs &
Offers Environmental Protection - About 145 jobs in the wood
products industry will be provided by the recent Cholmondeley
Record of Decision #1 (ROD), according to Tongass National Forest
Supervisor Tom Puchlerz. "The Cholmondeley decision is the
first large scale timber supply we've been able to offer for
about two years, and represents a critical step toward supplying
the raw materials our local, family-owned lumber mills need to
keep operating," he noted. - Click here to read more... Alaska & Nationwide:
ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
TARGET INTERNET AUCTION FRAUD - Thousands of Consumers Fleeced
by Auction Scams -- Alaska Attorney General Gregg Renkes
along with 28 other state attorneys general and the Federal Trade
Commission have launched a law enforcement crackdown targeting
Internet auction scams that bilked thousands of consumers out
of their money and their merchandise. - Click here to read more... Alaska: Stevens' Aviation Amendments Approved by Committee
- The Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday adopted two amendments
offered by Senator Stevens to legislation reauthorizing the Federal
Aviation Administration (S. 824). In addition, provisions offered
by Stevens during consideration of similar legislation in the
last Congress were also included in the bill. - Click here to read more... Alaska: Governor Signs
Meyer's Bills on Electronic Harassment - Governor
Frank Murkowski on Thursday signed into law two bills (HB 12
and HB 82) by Anchorage Representative Kevin Meyer to prohibit
electronic harassment and the sending of unsolicited, sexually
explicit e-mail. - Click here to read more... Alaska: Stevens Expresses Concern Over Patrol of Maritime
Boundary Line - Wants New, High-tech Patrol Options Employed
-- At a hearing Thursday of the Senate Appropriations
Committee,s Homeland Security Subcommittee, Senator Stevens expressed
his concern to U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral Thomas H.
Collins over his agency's current patrol capabilities of the
North Pacific's Maritime Boundary Line. The Coast Guard currently
has one vessel patrolling this area.
- Click here to read more... Alaska: Governor Appoints Dersham, Bouse to Fisheries
Board - Governor Frank Murkowski on Wednesday appointed Ed
Dersham to a third 3-year term on the Board of Fisheries ending
June 30, 2006, and Dr. Fred Bouse to a term also ending June
30, 2006. Dersham has been the board chairman since 2001. - Click here to read more... Mike Reagan - This Time Around Let's Not be So Stupid -
Hillary Clinton's assault on President Bush's economic policies
is a dead giveaway to the fact that she's going after the Democrat
presidential nomination next year - not in 2008 as all the so-called
experts have been predicting. - Click here to read more... Alaska: Democrats Charged With Choosing Politics over
Good Policy - According to the Alaska Republicans, after
numerous opportunities to step up to the plate and work together
on a simple issue which would have allowed Gov. Frank Murkowski
to hire a Commissioner of Education prior to the arrival of the
US Secretary of Education in Alaska, Senate Democrats again decided,
for the third time to be obstructionist in their voting simply
to hurt a governor they said over and over again they were willing
to work with. - Click here to read more...
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