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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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2006 ALASKA SPORTS COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR

Spiew

OK. Before all the civil rights activist groups get their pointy shoes
in a snarl and start painting “Elf Power” posters and picketing the
Homer Tribune, let me make it perfectly clear that I am in no way
making reference to Santa’s elves – or any other non-union elf within a
150-mile radius of the North Pole. Me and Boss Claus are fairly tight.
And ever since we had a few words about the legal defensibility of
subjective words such as “naughty” and “nice,” we seem to understand
each other well.

Fish Factor

Laine Welch

Dutch Harbor/Unalaska easily remained the nation’s top fishing port,
for the 19th year in a row. Nearly 780 million pounds of seafood,
powered by Alaska pollock, were offloaded at the Dutch Harbor docks in
2007.

The rankings were revealed last week by NOAA Fisheries as part of its
popular annual report on U.S. Fisheries. Reedville, Va., followed
Dutch Harbor as the No. 2 port for seafood landings; Empire-Venice,
La., ranked third. The major product landed in both of those ports is
menhaden, used for fish oils and feeds. Kodiak held on to the No. 4
spot for landings at 320 million pounds.

Point of View

Gov. Sarah Palin

As we approach the final vote on AGIA, I sincerely commend the members
of our Alaska legislature for conducting such a thorough review of this
Administration’s recommendation to issue the AGIA License to
TransCanada Alaska.