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State of Alaska

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNORSarah PalinGovernorP.O. Box 110001Juneau, Alaska 99811-0001NEWS CLIPS

Sharon LeighowDeputy Press Secretary

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ALASKA CRUDE OIL PRICE

Thursday’s closing

North Slope oil: $45.82, up $1.37

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ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS

Knik Arm bridge’s chances in danger

VOTED DOWN: Agency begins process that might remove span from city’s long-term plans.

The ground beneath the proposed Knik Arm crossing got a little shakier Thursday, when a slim majorityof an important state-city planning agency voted to put it on a track to nowhere.

Technically, the 3-2 vote of the AMATS Policy Committee starts a lengthy series of publichearings and review about whether the nearly $700 million bridge project should be removedfrom the city’s long-range transportation plan. It has to be there in order to get federal fundingand approval from the Federal Highway Administration.

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Palin searches for AG replacement candidate

The Associated Press

Published: April 23rd, 2009 10:40 PMLast Modified: April 23rd, 2009 10:40 PM

A week after Alaska lawmakers rejected Gov. Sarah Palin’s nominee for attorney general, aspokeswoman for the governor says she’s in the review process for a replacement.

The Alaska Legislature on April 16 voted 35-23 against Wayne Anthony Ross, an outspokenAnchorage attorney and a board member for the National Rifle Association.

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Alaska Airlines adds $15 fee for first checked bag

JULY 7: Announcement came with quarterly report that showed a loss.

Some Alaska travelers expressed disappointment Thursday when Alaska Airlines announced it will startcharging July 7 for a first checked bag, like most other airlines.

Seattle-based Alaska Air Group said customers traveling between Alaska airports won’t have topay the $15 fee. They can still check three bags for free.

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UAA students rally to pack heat on campus

FIRST RESPONDERS: They see themselves as police stand-ins.

By JULIA O’[email protected]

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George Hines, a UAA student in his 40s, gets nervous sitting in class without his .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol.

"I don’t ever want to be in a small room unprotected," he explains, "when I know there arepeople in this country that have proven time and time again that they want to cause damageand hurt people."

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Greed behind climate crisis, delegate says

SUMMIT: Indigenous peoples urged to work in unity to combat warming.

Indigenous people from around the world attending a summit on climate change were encouragedThursday to stand united in the struggle over how to reduce greenhouse gases and mitigate globalwarming.

Indigenous people are among those contributing least to the worsening problem of greenhousegases and climate change, said Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, president of the United NationsGeneral Assembly. However, he said they are the first to feel the impacts of climate change.

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Separate classes create comfort zone for students

Tribal nonprofit pays for Anchorage public school program

Walk into this Bartlett High School classroom and it may seem just like any other class in Anchorage.The teacher demonstrates math problems on the white board. The students look as if they need moresleep. The room is decorated in the chaos of inspirational quotes, posters and bric-a-brac.

But look more closely and you’ll see that unlike the rest of the building where there’s a rainbowof ethnicities, in here the students are all Native. And there’s something else different about thisclassroom that’s not easy to see: Unlike other teachers who work for the Anchorage SchoolDistrict, this teacher is privately employed.

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Elders honered as the Native Youth Olympics open at a new venue

Native Youth Olympics at the Dena’ina Center

One by one, banner-wielding teams in this year’s Native Youth Olympics paraded into the Dena’inaCenter’s first-floor exhibit hall Thursday morning, sporting matching T-shirts and workout suits, grinsbig and small, some members with eyes locked upon their shoes, some riding high upon theirteammates’ shoulders.

The Port Graham Killer Whales.

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Officials may appeal over road for .luneau

JUNEAU -- State transportation officials are considering whether to appeal a U.S. District Court decisionwhich overturned approval for a nearly 51-mile road leading out of Juneau.

Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities officials maintain that U.S. DistrictCourt Judge John Sedwick misread the evidence and came to the wrong conclusion.

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Denali Park Road to be opened for traffic Friday

BE PREPARED: Call ahead: Snow is always possible, mud a certainty.

Snow plows have punched through to Mile 30 on the Denali Park Road, leading the National ParkService to announce the route will open to traffic today "weather permitting."

Though the snow has been pushed back, motorists should be aware it can still snow significantlythis time of year in Denali National Park and Preserve.

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Teachers’ contract includes $1,700 raise

Juneau teachers have a new labor contract.

The Juneau School Board has approved the three-year pact.

The agreement reached with the Juneau Education Association calls for the current schedule tobe modified to reflect a $1,700 plus 2 percent annual increase.

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Permanent Fund managers hopeful worst is over

The Alaska Permanent Fund’s investments had a return of negative 4.93 percent in the quarter thatended March 31, with most of that decline occurring in the first part of the three-month period,managers of the

As of March 31, the value of the fund’s stocks, bonds, real estate and other investments was $27.4billion, down $1.4 billion from Dec. 31.

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TransCanada files application with FERC

TransCanada Corp. on Thursday filed paperwork for approval to begin the work needed to get U.S.regulators’ approval for its proposed multibillion-dollar natural gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay toAlberta, Canada.

The Calgary-based company is pursuing one of the two pipelines proposed. The rival project, ajoint venture of North Slope producers BP and Conoco Phillips -- already has applied for the so-called pre-filing status with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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Dead boreal owls sent Outside for autopsies

FAIRBANKS -- About 10 boreal owls have been found dead in the Fairbanks area this month.

The Alaska Bird Observatory and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will send the dead owls to alab in Wisconsin to see if tests can determine how the owls died.

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Alaska Newsreader

Today’s News for the Last Frontier

VIDEO: BREAKUP BLUES IN QUINHAGAK (Ah Alaska!): Western Alaska schoolteacher JimBarthelman has posted a moody little video - black and white, set to Lightnin’ Hopkins -showing that things are "getting a little messy" in the Bering Sea village. But the sunsets havebeen nice.

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East-side residents blame flooding on Fort Rich

Army says runoff is nothing new and calls it residents’ problem

Carla 3o Fargo feels like she’s drowning -- slowly.

For several years now in the spring, as the sun emerges to melt Anchorage’s ice and compacted wintersnow, she’s fought off torrents of water rushing into her backyard from her uphill neighbor, the FortRichardson Army post.

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Toxic mining wastes kill tundra swans in Idaho

LEAD: Contamination shuts down migrating birds’ digestion and they starve.

ROSE LAKE, Idaho -- A grim death toll of migrating tundra swans is again being observed at northernIdaho marshes contaminated with toxic mining waste.

Thousands of swans headed for breeding grounds in Alaska stop each spring at the marshesalong the Coeur d’Alene River.

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Utility upgrade affects credit card machines

KETCHIKAN -- A few downtown Ketchikan businesses didn’t hear the cha-ching when the first cruiseship of the season arrived.

Credit card machines and faxes didn’t work at some businesses Wednesday after KetchikanPublic Utilities recently upgraded a computer switch.

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TransCanada seeks regulator OK to begin pipeline work

The Calgary-based company is pursuing one of the two pipelines proposed. The rival project, ajoint venture of North Slope producers BP and Conoco Phillips -- already has applied for the so-called pre-filing status with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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Fairbanks affordable housing project prepares for next phase

FAIRBANKS -- Fairbanks might see a slump in new building this season, but construction workers atFairview Manor are carrying on with business as usual, despite rising costs of supplies and a slowmarket.

Last August, Fairbanks witnessed the end of an era when developers demolished the first of four bluebuildings to make way for a new housing project off Airport Way.

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Fairbanks bridge construction might force Big I’s demolition after all

FAIRBANKS -- The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities said Wednesday it likelywill need to demolish a popular Fairbanks bar before construction begins on a new bridge downtown.

John Jackovich, owner of the bar commonly known as the Big I, said the news comes as a surprise anda disappointment.

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Coast Guard offers free safety inspection

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FAIRBANKS -- There will be a free Coast Guard safety inspection at Salcha Marine on Saturday from 10a.m. to 5 p.m.

The inspection will ensure that boats are Coast Guard compliant for the upcoming boating season. Bringyour registration and all safety equipment to be checked.

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Fairbanks drive-by shooting trial is delayed

FAIRBANKS -- The trial for a man charged in connection with a drive-by gang shooting on College Roadin August has been pushed back to August while attorneys continue to discuss a plea deal.

Arron Young, 22, is being held at Fairbanks Correctional Center on three counts of attempted murderand six counts of weapons misconduct.

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Cell tower regulation proposal gets city support

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FAIRBANKS -- The Fairbanks city government will support a borough assemblyman’s effort to regulatethe construction of cell phone towers, city Mayor Terry Strle said on Thursday.

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Trucker’s ticket could land Rabinowitz Courthouse a cameo on the History Channel

FAIRBANKS -- Fairbanks’ Rabinowitz Courthouse could be featured in the upcoming season of the hitshow "Ice Road Truckers."

Staff at the downtown courthouse said Bear Swensen, a six-year veteran of the ice roads who wasfeatured in the second season of the show, was at the courthouse to pay a traffic ticket Mondayafternoon. A History Channel film crew documented his every move.

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Memorial hosted for victims of unsolved murders

FAIRBANKS -- Sunday marks the 16th anniversary of Sophie Sergie’s murder on campus at theUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks, and there will be a memorial to remember her and other victims ofunsolved murders in Fairbanks at 2 p.m. at Golden Heart Plaza.

People will gather at the plaza and march across the footbridge to the Doyon Building, where areception will be hosted.

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Borough Assembly rezones land for new charter school

FAIRBANKS -- The Borough Assembly rezoned land for a new charter school Thursday despite concernsfrom a handful of neighbors worried about extra traffic.

The measure will allow the Watershed School, which partly aims to use the outdoors as a livingclassroom, to build this year in the Smith Ranch neighborhood southwest of Fairbanks city limits.

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Tanana River ice at Nenana is holding strong

FAIRBANKS -- If you guessed a May breakup in this year’s Nenana Ice Classic, you may be in luck.

The ice in the Tanana River at Nenana is shrinking, but not very fast, and organizers of Alaska’s richestguessing game said breakup appears to be at least a week away, if not longer.

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TransCanada marks pipeline milestone

JUNEAU -- TransCanada yesterday pre-filed for a pipeline license from the Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission, an important milestone that demonstrates the company’s commitment to building a large-diameter line between the North Slope and markets in the Lower 48.

TransCanada vice president Tony Palmer said he has been talking with FERC and the pre-filedapplication comes about two years earlier than originally anticipated.

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JUNEAU EMPIREJuneau Senate seat dispute may prompt legislation

Some favor special election to fill vacanciesJuneau now has a new senator after not being represented for weeks in the Alaska Senate, but somelegislators are saying the state needs a new process for filling such vacancies.

"For us, we’re just fortunate to have it over, but if something good could come out of it, it would be tosee that no other district has to go through what Juneau just went through," said Rep. Beth Kerttula,D-Juneau.

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Filling Juneau’s ’Empty Bowls’

Annual fundraiser Sunday to aid Juneau’s homelessThe Glory Hole is looking to fill up a lot of hungry bellies with its annual Empty Bowls fundraiser thisweekend.

The sixth annual Empty Bowls will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday at Centennial Hall. Tickets are$30 and are available at the homeless shelter, Hearthside Books and Rainbow Foods.

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Continued losses likely to shrink dividend

Market rebounds in US, overseas averts bigger deficit

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Following a dismal 2008 that saw a 25 percent loss, the Alaska Permanent Fund is down nearly fivepercent more in the first quarter of this year.

Fund managers, though, say a much larger first-quarter loss was averted when stock markets in boththe United States and overseas rebounded sharply.


Assembly calling for ideas, volunteers at Capital City Forum

Gathering to spur public input absent from regular meetings

The Juneau Assembly is hosting a town-hall-style forum on Saturday morning at Centennial Hall tosolicit ideas for improving the city, recruit potential volunteers and generally stir up citizen participationin government.

The Capital City Forum is partially a product of the Alaska Committee, a nonprofit and board ofvolunteers whose goal is to enhance Juneau as a capital city.


Woman robbed in Mendenhall Valley

JUNEAU - Police are searching for a man that allegedly robbed a 27-year-old woman in the MendenhallValley early Thursday morning.

The victim reported that a man approached her and demanded money shortly after 1 a.m. while shewas sitting in a vehicle at a business. Before she could react, the man opened the door and grabbedher purse, according to police. She held onto the purse and was dragged from the vehicle before theman fled the scene with the purse in hand.

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Palin in ’review process’ for new AG

ANCHORAGE - A week after Alaska lawmakers rejected Gov. Sarah Palin’s nominee for attorneygeneral, a spokeswoman for the governor says she’s in the review process for a replacement.

The Alaska Legislature on April 16 voted 35-23 against Wayne Anthony Ross, an outspoken Anchorageattorney and a board member for the National Rifle Association.

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Stevens back in Alaska, honored by UFA

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KODIAK, Alaska -- Former Sen. Ted Stevens was in Kodiak Thursday night to receive a special awardfrom the United Fisherman of Alaska.

It was Stevens’ first public appearance after federal charges for accepting illegal gifts were thrown outby a Washington D.C. judge earlier this month.

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Whittier access still blocked; DOT to blast rocks

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A new plan by the Department of Transportation to blast through a rock slabcould get the road to Whittier back open, but it won’t be for a while.

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It’s been 13 days and counting since a massive rockslide has blocked the road to Whittier.

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Assembly, public dispute bear cop position

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The thought of bears in the city and a so-called bear cop prompted some publicdiscussion Thursday night at Assembly chambers.

Some Anchorage Assembly members want to know just what a bear cop is.

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Preparation begins for summer wildfire season

PALMER, Alaska -- With the summer fire season fast approaching, wild land firefighters are making surethey’re ready.

During their training -- known as the Engine Academy -- firefighters from across Alaska are busy fine-tuning equipment and getting trained on how to use it.

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Knik Arm crossing loses supporters

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A group that sets the transportation priorities for Anchorage put a process intomotion Thursday to remove the proposed Knik Arm bridge from its long-term transportation plan.

Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Solutions, known as AMATS, controls which projects makethe list and which get funding.

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Endorsements pile up as mayoral campaign continues

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The run-off election for Anchorage mayor is just 12 days away and the race isgetting heated.

This week, candidates Eric Croft and Dan Sullivan picked up major endorsements, including one forSullivan from former Sen. Ted Stevens.


Ethics complaint filed against Palin for PAC work

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An ethics complaint has been filed against Gov. Sarah Palin, claiming hernational political interests are hurting Alaskans.

Anchorage resident Sondra Tompkins filed the complaint with the Alaska attorney general’s officeWednesday.

Rockslide causes trash, business problems Whittier says

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Officials in Whittier say the town is in a state of emergency after a rockslideclosed off the only road in and out of the community.

From trash troubles to broken business, the impacts are adding up, Whittier residents say. The WhittierCity Council passed a resolution Tuesday night asking Gov. Sarah Palin to declare a state of emergency.


PENINSULA CLARION

’Budget can be reduced’: Sen. Wagoner reflects on Legislature’s first session

The budgets approved by the Alaska Legislature this year were still "too high" in Sen. Tom Wagoner’sopinion.

Wagoner, R-Kenai, back on the peninsula Tuesday, reflected on the conclusion of the first session ofthe 26th Legislature.

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Fish guide policy passed

New legislation passed this month will allow commercial sport fishing operations on the Kenai River toreplace injured or lost guides, keeping their clients hooks in the water.

The passage of Senate Bill 177 extended a clause requiring commercial sport fish guides across thestate to register with the Department of Fish and Game and continue to keep logbooks.


USAD process remains same; attorney changes

Prior to all of the controversy surrounding funding education to the cap, another item was at theforefront of contentious issues at recent Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meetings -- Utility SpecialAssessment Districts.

In order to address concerns over the current USAD process, specifically the potential for 30 percent ofproperty owners having to pay for a utility they might not benefit from, assembly members GarySuperman and Gary Knopp proposed Ordinance 2009-15, authorizing the borough to loan funds topublic utility companies to finance the installation of utility lines in the area of the borough outside ofthe cities, at Tuesday’s meeting.


Fish guide policy passed

New legislation passed this month will allow commercial sport fishing operations on the Kenai River toreplace injured or lost guides, keeping their clients hooks in the water.

The passage of Senate Bill 177 extended a clause requiring commercial sport fish guides across thestate to register with the Department of Fish and Game and continue to keep logbooks.


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Palin sets up defense fund

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced the creation of a legal defense fund Friday to help pay down legaldebts stemming from a series of ethics complaints.

The Alaska Fund Trust will be run by Iongtime Palin friend and Wasilla native Kristan Cole.

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Letters to the Editor/Opinion

ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWSLetters to the Editor/Opinion

Our view: Light the city for less

These projects are socket-ready

Thanks to a little foresight, Anchorage is prepared to make good use of $2.7 million in federal energyefficiency money. That federal money could save Anchorage taxpayers about $7.5 million over the next15 to 20 years, according to Randy Virgin, city director of sustainability.

Here’s what the city has in mind for the money, which is part of the federal stimulus package:

¯ Retrofit lighting at the Egan Center, Loussac Library, Sullivan Arena and the Animal ControlShelter.

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Salazar is on the right track

Since taking office in January, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has prioritized renewable energy,halted the destructive policies of the last administration’s myopic energy platform andprioritized diversification of energy sources.

The oil and gas industry has enjoyed a privileged, elite, above-the-law status for eight yearsand longer.

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April 24: Global cooling, strange voices and trauma

The earth is cooling

I read with interest your editorial "Here at the front lines" (April 22). While global warming hasindeed happened over the last 30 or so years, man’s contribution to said warming is minuscule.

How minuscule? Less than 3 tenths of one percent of the greenhouse effect is due to man.

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Think Alaska

Home state deserves vacation consideration

Published Friday, April 24, 2009

Alaskans don’t view themselves as tourists in a tourist land, but we are. In fact, we’re among the mostenthusiastic and reliable of tourists. Other folks might visit this state once in a lifetime. We’re hereevery year, all year, and the statistics show we travel a lot.

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Fuel prices

To the editor:

I just drove the Alaska Highway from Washington state. Fuel prices in Washington were about $1.89 forgas and $1.91 for low-sulfur diesel.

In Canada, the average price, until you got to Dawson Creek, was about 90 cents per liter for gas and80 cents for low-sulfur diesel. That equals $3.40 and $3.04 per gallon, respectively.

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Protect rights

To the editor:

As I get older, I’m learning more about our Constitution and the rights we have. I feel the federalgovernment has forgotten it is supposed to work for the people, not the other way around.

Unless we take the time to educate ourselves on our constitutional rights, those rights might be gonefo reve r.

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Protest

To the editor:

I was never so proud to be an American as I was April 15 when I participated with hundreds of otherpeople in protesting a government that has become insanely out of control.

Similar demonstrations were hosted all over the United States with attendance numbering in thehundreds of thousands.

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Petition withdrawn

To the editor:

I would like to thank all the Doyon Ltd. shareholders who voted for me in this year’s election for a seaton the board of directors.

We have withdrawn the petition for a $1,000 dividend for each shareholder, because it would have leftour children and their children with almost nothing; we don’t want that.

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Letters to the Editor/Opinion

My turn: Accusations against Wayne Anthony Ross ’ridiculous’

For days now I have read numerous accusations against Wayne Anthony Ross, the governor’sappointee for the position of Alaska’s Attorney General. These accusations have seemed petty andridiculous, and I hoped they would be given the little amount of attention they deserved.

For the past three years I have been employed as a paralegal in the office of Ross and Miner.

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Sen. Egan will quickly fill Kirn EIton’s shoes

Letter to the editor

Congratulations to Mayor Bruce Botehlo for recommending Dennis Egan, to the Senate Democrats forconfirming him, and a thanks to the governor for appointing someone everyone could agree upon -finally!

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Mixing zones story misses the point

Letter to the editor

The Juneau Empire’s snapshot on Sunday of the battle over mixing zones and cruise ships missed theboat on the two most important points.

First, for a year the cruise lines waged a massive public relations campaign to simply remove the banon mixing zones imposed by the successful 2006 ballot measure.

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