Thursday, January 29, 1998
Malaspina
a step closer to "day boat" option
Alaska Marine Highway System Director Bob Doll yesterday told the House Transportation
Committee that the Malispina would carry nearly 100-thousand passengers and 27-thousand
vehicles each year if run as a day boat in northern Lynn Canal. The proposal passed
it's first legislative hurdle yesterday, and will now move on to the House Finance
Committee. It's estimated that $816-thousand will be needed to repair and operate
the aging vessel this year, and another $4-million will be needed next year.
Blockaders
to talk Monday
Prince Rupert fishermen involved in the lawsuit brought by the State of Alaska regarding
the illegal blockade of the Malispina last summer will hold a province-wide conference
Monday to discuss the pending settlement that was brokered by the Canadian federal
government. If the fishermen accept the deal, Alaska will drop its $3-million
lawsuit, and the fishermen would be expected to drop their counterclaim. If no
agreement is reached by February 6 then both sides will end up in court on February 16.
Public
comment sought on domestic violence
A statewide teleconference will be held until 4 this afternoon as a follow up to the
Governor's Domestic Violence Summit. Executive Director of the Council on Domestic
Violence and Sexual Assault, Jayne Andreen, says the purpose of the teleconference is to
solicit public comment on the statewide action plans developed during the summit.
Following the teleconference, comments gathered will be put into a report to be
issued in mid-February.
USFS wants
input on Chilkat project
*Public comments on a proposed watershed rehabilitation project located north and west of
Couverden Island, on the southern extension of the Chilkat Range, are being sought by the
Forest Service. The purpose of the project is to improve the degraded watershed
conditions, minimize the soil erosion associated with landslides that occurred in
September of 1996, and to improve the waters availability and quantity. Comments are
due by February 27.
JDHS
considers drug dogs
A recommendation by the Juneau Douglas High School site council to use drug dogs to
conduct random searches of the facility needs more research. District Superintendent
Mary Rubadeau says she needs to do legal research and get advice before any decisions are
made as to whether or not go along with the plan. So far neither City Attorney John
Corso, or the District's attorney, Anne Gifford, have been asked to research the matter
further.
Getting
the kids outside
The evening sessions of the Forest Service's Winter Lecture series begins tonight with a
presentation by Kim and Barb Turley on Raising Outdoor Children. The free slide
program will feature thirty years of outdoor adventure with the Turley's, their children,
and grandchildren. The program will begin at 7 in the Forest Service Information
Center in Centennial Hall. Two other programs in the series will be held in February
and March.
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