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State Troopers and Coast Guard end
search efforts for Kake boy
The Coast Guard and Alaska State Troopers have ended their search for
14-year-old David Mills of Kake who disappeared during a hunting trip with
his father and another man last week.
The Coast Guard search ended Saturday evening pending further developments,
according to an official in the Juneau Command Center.
Two Civil Air Patrol planes and a helicopter from Air Station Sitka searched
until 4 p.m. and found no sign of the boy.
State Troopers suspended their effort at the end of searching Sunday.
Volunteers in the village decided to continue searching.
The boy's father, 43-year-old Rick Mills, was found dead Thursday at the
north shore of Kupreanof
Island. The body of the third member of the hunting party, 28-year Gery
Davies; was found a dozen miles to the east.
The hunting party left Kake Tuesday morning to hunt deer on the southern
part of Admiralty Island. They were expected to return home that night.
Mills' wife reported them missing to the Coast Guard Wednesday night.
High seas and strong winds delayed the initial search until New Year's Day
morning.
Memorial and funeral services have been scheduled.
A memorial service for all three is scheduled tonight in Juneau beginning at
seven at Chapel By The Lake.
A memorial service for Rick and David Mills is set for Tuesday at 7 p.m. in
the Community Building in Kake.
Funeral services will be held there for all three on Wednesday. A time is
yet to be announced.
A Thank You Dinner for them will start at about 5 p.m. Wednesday in the
Community Building.
Waterfront moratorium and transit
center on Assembly agenda
The Juneau Assembly is scheduled to discuss the proposed downtown waterfront
construction moratorium when they meet for a work session this evening.
(Monday)
The transit center development plan is also on the agenda.
Currently, the buses turn around down by the tram. Drivers can take a break
at a facility located there.
City Manger Rod Swope says they've been trying to relocate the facility
because it's a congested area especially in the summer.
He says one of the options under consideration is temporarily relocating the
center adjacent to the old Capital Motors parking lot across from the wharf.
A temporary facility would be set up.
The work session starts at 5 p.m. in Assembly Chambers at City Hall.
Budget amendment and calendar to
highlight school board agenda
The Juneau School board meets Tuesday evening.
Up for action is an amendment to this year's budget, according to
Superintendent Peggy Cowan.
There was a decline in regular school students, but an increase in what are
called "intensive special needs students. As a result, the
superintendent says there's an increase in the amount of money the district
receives.
There was a decline in regular school students, but an increase in what are
called "intensive special needs students. As a result, the
superintendent says there's an increase in the amount of money the district
receives.
The panel will take up the proposed school calendar for 2004 and 2005 in
first reading. A committee of parents and school staff will present its
recommendations. Cowan says the proposed calendar is very close to this
year's calendar.
An executive session on contract negotiations is also planned at the end of
the meeting.
The regular meeting begins at 6 p.m. with a budget work session starting at
five.
The superintendent says this will be the first official time for the board
meeting as the committee of the whole to examine the budget for the next two
years. The school board will adopt a budget this Spring for 2005 and 2006.
Spring semester registration
continuing at UAS
Registration at the University of Alaska Southeast is ongoing in advance of
the Spring Semester.
School official Kevin Myers says registration will be open from 8 a.m. to 6
p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday.
On-line registration is available at www.uas.alaska.edu
He says there are some interesting classes coming out.
One includes a class taught by former Lieutenant Governor Fran Ulmer. She'll
teach a graduate level course entitled, "The Environment and the
Economy."
Woman ejected from car in two
vehicle accident
A two vehicle accident shortly after six last evening at the Loop Road and
Stephen Richards Drive intersection resulted in one person transported to
the hospital.
A 57 old woman, a passenger in a 1992 Chrysler, was not wearing her seat
belt and was ejected from the vehicle, according to Officer Kim Martin of
Juneau Police.
She says their Investigation revealed that the Chrysler was turning left
onto Haloff Way when it turned into the path of a 1991 Chevrolet.
The woman was taken to the hospital to be examined for an injury to her
right shoulder.
The 58 year old man driving the Chrysler was cited for failure to yield.
Both vehicles sustained about $4,000 damage.
Knowles holds New Year's Eve
fundraiser
As the election year begins, the U-S Senate race between Senator Lisa
Murkowski and former governor Tony Knowles has begun to heat up.
Knowles kicked off the next phase of his campaign with a New Year's Eve
fundraiser. Over a hundred people showed up, most of whom contributed at
least 100 dollars to get in the door. It was not disclosed how much was
raised at the event.
Knowles' most recent campaign filings show that he had raised about
475-thousand dollars through November. Senator Lisa Murkowski had raised
nearly 1-point-5 million dollars over the same period.
Knowles told us today that he raised just over a million dollars in 2003.
When asked how much it will cost to wage a campaign for the U. S. Senate,
Knowles said its hard say, but he's heard it will take a budget of five
million dollars.
The Knowles campaign issued a release today calling on all candidates in the
race to reject third party ads purchased by organizations outside the state.
Senator Murkowski was the subject of one such ad, paid for by the U-S
Chamber of Commerce. The national Chamber praised Murkowski for her work on
behalf of Alaskans in the U-S Senate.
Knowles says he's instructed the Democratic Party not to cooperate in
producing such ads. And he called on Murkowski to do the same.
Drug deal gone bad in Anchorage
results in stabbing
An Anchorage man was stabbed in the chest.
Police say the stabbing resulted in a drug deal that went wrong.
Forty-year-old Keenan Smith was taken to Alaska Regional Hospital with a
stab wound in the middle of his chest.
Anchorage police arrested 42-year-old Myron Hanes. He was charged with
first-degree assault and fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled
substance. He was taken to the Anchorage Jail, where his bail was set at
25-thousand dollars.
Police say Haynes was attempting to buy crack cocaine when the two men got
in an argument and Smith was stabbed.
Skier found in Washington after four
days and nights
A skier missing for four days and four freezing nights in Washington state
has been found alive but hypothermic.
He was found after rescuers spotted his fresh boot tracks by helicopter
Sunday.
Scores of people had been looking for Dan Witkowski since he was reported
missing Thursday. He had failed to meet up with friends Wednesday and his
car was found parked at a ski area east of Seattle.
A law enforcement official says it's unbelievable that Witkowski survived
four tough nights in the teens with no food and water, and wearing only
normal ski gear.
Dock projects proceeding in
Aleutians East Borough
With a 21-million dollar bond package in hand, the Aleutians East Borough is
dashing forward on several dock projects.
Borough manager Bob Jetner says the boat launch in Cold Bay is all but
completed. The travelift dock in Nelson Lagoon is finished and just waiting
for the travelift, which is expected to arrive next spring.
Final design on the False Pass boat harbor is underway. Jetner expects
construction to begin on that project and the Sand Point boat harbor in
2005.
Meanwhile the largest construction project in the borough, a new school for
King Cove, also is well on the way.
Jetner says architects will begin work on the design for the King Cove
School in about three weeks, with bids going out by the end of the year, and
construction to be completed in 2006.
(Copyright ©2003
Alaska Juneau Communications - KINY Radio)
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