JUNEAU DAILY NEWS MINUTE
Friday, January 24, 1997 (c) Alaska Juneau Communications
*A grant of $200,000 was recently received by the Juneau Police
Department. It came from the Community Oriented Policing
Services division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the
focus of the grant is improved prosecution of domestic violence
perpetrators. Captain Michael DeCapua says that as part of the
grant, JPD will initiate the use of their Domestic Violence
Service Team on Tuesday. The Team will arrest people who have
failed to comply with domestic violence related court orders.
DeCapua hopes the Team will hammer home the message that domestic
violence perpetrators must comply with court orders and complete
the terms of their sentences.
*Residents of Peterson Creek, along with members of environmental
groups will be hiking the area that has been proposed as the site
of a golf course on West Douglas. Randy Bayliss, project
manager, says they will be taking interested individuals on a
walk of the site tomorrow morning at 9, to show flagged areas,
and the areas that would eventually become the fairway. Bayliss
says the next step is putting together applications for federal,
state, and local permits, that address any concerns that are
raised by residents and the environmental community.
*Last night's Assembly Finance Committee meeting dealt with a
review of the Docks and Harbor Board finances. The Board
requested that revenues generated by the state Raw Fish Tax be
funneled into the Docks Budget, along with funds raised by the
lease of lands to the Mt. Robert's Tram. The request was
approved by the Committee. Also approved last night was $50,000
to cover Juneau's part of a scoping survey of resolutions brought
forward by the Southeast Mayor's Conference, dealing with
regional transportation, an intertie plan, solid waste
management, and an economic analysis.
*The University of Alaska Southeast will be the site of the 1998
convention of the National Council of Professors of Educational
Administration. Dr. Lawrence Lee Oldaker, chair of the education
faculty at UAS extended the invitation to the NCPEA, and was able
to put together an impressive package with the help of the Juneau
Convention and Visitor's Bureau, and campus officials. UAS had
been trying for two years to get the convention, and was finally
successful with the package that stressed Alaska's attractions to
the group.
*The third annual Lord Baranof Ball will be held tomorrow night
at the Baranof Hotel, and organizers say they have well over 200
auction items, most donated by big name celebrities like Clint
Eastwood, President Clinton, and John Travolta, that they hope
will net them money to fund programs such as Meals on Wheels and
Care-A-Van. The Ball is sponsored by Catholic Community
Services.