If we need something, we try to accomplish it for ourselves. We don’t stop there, either. If someone else needs something, we scramble to make it happen for them. We don’t worry about whose “job” it is —?we just work to get things done.
In other words, Ketchikan is a hotbed of volunteering.
Those who volunteer don’t do so for credit, but it’s lovely to honor those who do so much for the betterment of others’ lives and the life of our community, our state and our nation.
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Maybe it’s the sound of “can” at the end of our town’s name, but in Ketchikan, we don’t take admonitions like “it can’t be done” seriously.
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Years — we say years — ago, before it was in fashion, your Ketchikan Daily News averred that there should be a new beginning for groundhog day. For, it was apparent, we in Ketchikan and elsewhere in Southeast have no groundhogs, rendering the shadow-spotting possibility moot.
We, along with Wasilla Rep. Lydia Menard, recommended adopting the marmot (hoary in nature) instead. In fact, the state did just that. Rain City Ralphie did nicely for us (a/k/a Revilla Roy), predicting an early spring. And that early-spring prediction is why we hire the little creature, isn’t it?
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It’s getting unwieldy, this bandwagon.
Years — we say years — ago, before it was in fashion, your Ketchikan Daily News averred that there should be a new beginning for groundhog day. For, it was apparent, we in Ketchikan and elsewhere in Southeast have no groundhogs, rendering the shadow-spotting possibility moot.
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That tells you how important to Alaska and Alaskans selecting another Supreme Court Justice is. There are only five. History shows that most members take a turn as the chief justice.
Currently, there is a position on Alaska's highest court because of Justice Morgan Christen's appointment to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Alaska Judicial Council advertised for applicants to fill the position vacated by Morgan, and 14 attorneys and judges from around the state applied.
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Alaska has three branches of state government: Executive, headed by Gov. Sean Parnell; legislative headed by Senate President Gary Stevens and House Speaker Mike Chenault, and judicial, headed by Chief Justice Walter Carpenetti, who is one of five members of the Alaska Supreme Court.
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Alaska had 21 years of job gains up until 2009. After a year without, Alaska added 1,800 jobs in 2010 and 5,200 in 2011, according to the Alaska Department of Labor.
State economists predict 3,900 new jobs in 2012.
State economists predict 3,900 new jobs in 2012.
Oil prices, from which the state receives 90 percent of its revenue, a recovering tourism industry and federal dollars are benefiting Alaska overall. But the only industry that experienced any significant job growth in 2011 was health care — perhaps a clue to what Ketchikan Medical Center and the medical community mean economically to Ketchikan and southern Southeast for the future. Construction and financial activities recorded losses, while professional and business services and federal government sustained their job numbers.
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Ketchikan has job potential.
Alaska had 21 years of job gains up until 2009. After a year without, Alaska added 1,800 jobs in 2010 and 5,200 in 2011, according to the Alaska Department of Labor.
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