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(Note:
All phone numbers begin with 907 unless otherwise listed. All Web sites
begin with http://, which is not needed to link to sites.)
M
Macaulay
Salmon Hatchery: Formal name of Douglas Island Pink and Chum (DIPAC)
hatchery in
Juneau
. Formerly called
Gastineau Hatchery. Named after founder and longtime director Ladd
Macaulay, who died when a drunken driver smashed into the car he was
riding in north of Seward in January of 2000.
Contact: (877) 463-2486 (toll-free0; 463-5114; www.dipac.net/
Executive Director: Eric Prestegard
Marine Engineers' Beneficial
Association: Known as MEBA, represents licensed engineers
working on state ferries.
Contact: 586-6040
Business agent: Ben Goldrich, Juneau.
Marine
Transportation Advisory Board: State panel advising on ferry
operations. Chairman: JC
Conley, 225-5115.
Masters, Mates, and Pilots:
the International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, known
as MMP, represents about 70 deck officers on state ferries.
Affiliated with the International Longshoremen's Association.
Contact: (206) 441-1070, Seattle.
Metlakatla:
(MET-luh-KAT-luh); Town of 1,400, actually an Indian reservation at the
southern end of
Annette
Island
, 15 miles south of
Ketchikan
. Also known as the
Annette Island Federal Reserve and the Metlakatla Indian Community.
Founded by a group of Canadian Tsimshians who migrated from
Prince Rupert
,
British Columbia
, in 1887 seeking
religious freedom. Contact:
886-4441 Mayor: Victor
Wellington Sr.
Misty
Fiords
National Monument: A 2.3 million acre,
mostly wilderness park 22 air miles from
Ketchikan
, extending north from
Dixon Entrance along the Canadian border. Contact: 225-2148.
Moiety:
See clan listing.
Mount
Edgecumbe: A large mountain near Sitka
and an inactive
volcano.
Mount
Edgecumbe
High School: A state-run boarding
school in
Sitka
serving mostly rural
and Native students. Formerly a Bureau of Indian Affairs school.
Contact: 966-2201; www.mehs.educ.state.ak.us/
Superintendent: Bill
Denkinger
Murkowski, Sen.
Lisa: Alaska’s junior U.S. senator, daughter of Gov. Frank
Murkowski.
Communications Director: Danielle Holland, (202) 224-9301.
Press Secretary: Kevin Sweeney, (202) 224-4513.
N
Naukati:
Unincorporated community of 164 on
Prince of Wales Island
, has filed for
incorporation as a second-class city.
School: Part of the
Southeast
Island
School District
, 828-8254
Economy: Building trades, sawmills and aquaculture.
Norquest
Seafoods, now owned by Trident:
Petersburg
plant: Dave Ohmer
plant manager 772-3333
North West
Cruise
Ship Association: Proper name of a Vancouver-based association of
Pacific Northwest
cruise groups and
deals with security services, regulatory issues and government
relations. Contact:
(604) 681-9515; nwcruiseship.org/ President,
spokesman: John Hansen Government
Relations Spokesman: John Shively, Holland-America/Anchorage office,
264-2127
O-P-Q
Ocean
Beauty Seafoods: Petersburg
plant: Carl Johnson
plant manager 772-4242
Pacific
Log and Lumber: Mill in
Ketchikan.
Owner: Steve Seley, 247-3539 (home)
Perseverance
Theatre: Professional theater in
Douglas, has statewide presence.
Contact: 364-2421; www.perseverancetheatre.org/
Petersburg,
City of: Home rule
city, on Mitkof
Island
, in the unorganized
borough of Alaska, roughly 120 miles
from both Juneau
and Ketchikan
Founded 1898 by Norwegian Peter Buschmann. Still celebrates its
Norwegian heritage with annual Little Norway Days.
Population: 3,060, state demographer estimate 2003
Contact: 772-4519 City
manager: Bruce Jones, ext. 22
City clerk: Kathy O’Rear, ext. 23
Mayor: Ted Smith, 772-4429 or 4649
Petersburg Municipal Power and Light: Joe Nelson, superintendent,
772-4203
Petersburg Police: Dale Stone, chief, 772-3838
Petersburg Fire Department: Fire: Dave Berg, volunteer spokesman,
772-3818 (also local travel agent, contact for cruise ship issues in
Petersburg, rotary and several other things)
Petersburg
Indian Association:
Native group in Petersburg.
Contact: 772-3636 Tribal
coordinator: John Havrilek.
Petersburg
School District: Has three schools:
elementary, middle and high school with a total of about 650 students.
School superintendent: Gary Jacobsen
772-4271 Board president
Sheri Wikan: 772-4155
Petersburg
Economic Development
Council: Group trying to build cold storage and other economic
development projects. Contact:
Coordinator Eric Phillips, 772-4042
Petersburg
Vessel Owners
Association: Organization of
Petersburg
fishermen.
Contact: 772-9323
Director: Cora Slaven, 772-9323
President: Arne Fuglvog (FOOGLE-vahg), also member of North Pacific
Fisheries Management Council, 772-9334.
Pulltab:
A game of chance where you rip open a card and find out if you win
anything. Used by nonprofit groups to raise funds. Also known as a
“rippie” to users. Only use that term in a quote.
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