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REAA: Regional Education Attendance Area: Basically, a school district for communities too small to have their own school district. Board members are elected. Southeast REAAs include: Chatham , Southeast Islands .

Republican Party of Alaska : Contact: 276-4467 ( Anchorage headquarters); www.alaskarepublicans.com/
Chairman: Randy Ruedrich, 276-2693 (home), 227-3031 (work).
Vice Chairman: Rhonda Boyles, 322-8909 (home), 452-5617 (work).

Saxman: Second-class city of 425 2 miles south of Ketchikan within the Ketchikan Gateway Borough. Formed in 1886 by Tlingits from the old villages of Tongass and Cape Fox . Contact: 225-4166 Mayor: Dan Williams, 225-4166 (city hall), 225-4421 (work) Ketchikan public safety officer: Rich Leipfert, 225-6631 or 225-9615

School ratings: The state Department of Education's online report card on each school and district, listed by school year. It includes attendance and drop-out rates as well as test score summaries.
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/DOE_Rolodex/schools/ReportCard/RCSearch.cfm

Sealaska Corporation: Juneau-based Native corporation for Tlingits, Haidas and Tsimshians of Southeast Alaska. Formed under ANCSA. 17,500 share-holders in and out of the state. Contact: 586-1512, www.sealaska.com Communications Director: Todd Antioquia
Subsidiaries: Sealaska Timber Corporation, Sealaska Environmental Services: (206) 902-4406 Seattle Office: (206) 902-4000.

Sealaska Heritage Institute: Juneau-based cultural organization for Tlingits, Haidas and Tsimshians of Southeast Alaska. Publishes books, hosts language institutes, produces media material, and organizes every-other-year Celebration events. Contact: 463-4844, www.sealaskaheritage.org President: Rosita Worl, rosita.worl@sealaska.com Media contact: Kathy Dye, kathy.dye@sealaska.com

Senate District A: Includes House Districts 1 and 2, which include Ketchikan, Saxman, Sitka, Wrangell, Petersburg, Cannery Creek, Clover Pass, Coffman Cove, Gravina Island, Hollis, Meyers Chuck, Mountain Point, Mud Bay, Pennock Island, Thorne Bay, Ward Cove, Baranof, Elfin Cove, Etolin Island, Hidden Falls, Kupreanof, Mt. Edgecumbe, Pelican, Peninsula Point, Port Alexander and Scow Bay.

Senator: Bert Stedman, Republican. Contact: 465-3922; www.akrepublicans.org/stedman/index.php

Senate District B: Includes House Districts 3 and 4, which is all of Juneau .

Senator: Kim Elton, Democrat. (Up for re-election in 2006) Contact: 465-4947; www.akdemocrats.org/index.php?con_id=15

Senate District C: Includes House Districts 5 (Southeast Islands/Cordova) and 6 (Interior Villages). Southeast communities include Angoon, Annette Island, Cape Pole, Cape Yakataga, Chenega Bay, Colt Island, Cordova, Craig, Cube Cove, Edna Bay, Ellamar, Ernestine, Eshamy Bay, Evans Island, Excursion Inlet, Eyak, Funter Bay, Gustavus, Haines Borough, Hinchinbrook Island, Hobart Bay, Hoonah, Horse Island, Hydaburg, Hyder, Kake, Kasaan, Katalla, Klawock, Klukwan, Labouchere Bay, Long Island, Main Bay, Metlakatla, Middleton Island , Naukati, Point Baker, Polk Inlet, Port Alice , Port Chilkoot, Port Protection, Skagway , Tatitlek, Tenakee Springs, Tyee, View Cove, Waterfall, Whale Pass and Yakutat.

Senator: Albert Kookesh, Democrat Contact: 465-4947; www.akdemocrats.org/index.php?con_id=11

Sitka : Unified city-borough of 8,900 on Baranof Island . Former Tlingit village of Shee Atika , Russian fort and territorial capital of Alaska .Contact: 747-3294; www.cityofsitka.com/ Mayor: Marko Dapcevich, 747-3377 City Administrator: John Stein, 747-1808.

Sitka School District : Five schools. Contact: 747-8622. Superintendent: Steve Bradshaw.

Skagway : First-class city of 850 at the northern end of Lynn Canal . Once a lawless gold rush town. Still home of the White Pass and Yukon Route railway. 90 miles northeast of Juneau at the northernmost end of Lynn Canal , at the head of Taiya Inlet and 110 road miles south of Whitehorse Contact: 983-2297; www.skagway.org Mayor: Tim Bourcy. City manager: Bob Ward. Economy: Tourism, transportation.

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council: Umbrella group for Southeast conservation and environmental groups. Frequent backer of lawsuits against timber and other industrial development corporations. Contact: 586-6942; info@seacc.org; www.seacc.org. Information staffer: Emily Ferry.

Ship/boat names: No FV or MV before names. Say fishing boat or ferry if needed.

Snettisham: The name of an inlet and a power plant southeast of Juneau . Built by the feds, owned by the state, run by AEL&P of Juneau . Provides about 80 percent of Juneau ’s power.

Southeast Alaska Guidance Association: Known as SAGA, this program provides outdoors education, team-building and other training and employment for youths, mostly teen-agers and young adults. Includes Young Alaskans Building Affordable Housing Program. Contact: 789-6172; www.servealaska.org/ Director: Joe Parrish, 790-6403; sagajp@servealaska.org.

Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association: Non-profit, economic development organization representing shellfish, sea cucumber, and other commercial fisheries divers. It also includes processors and community leaders.
Director: Julie Decker, Wrangell.
Contact: 874-3110; info@sardfa.org; www.sardfa.org

Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium: Known as SEARHC, pronounced “search,” a non-profit tribal health consortium of 18 Native communities. Established in 1975 under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act. Took over IHS Juneau clinic in 1982 and Sitka ’s Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in 1986. Other programs in Klawock, Haines, Angoon, Craig, Hydaburg, Kake, Ketchikan , Pelican, and Yakutat. Contact: 463-4000; www.searhc.org/ President: Ken Brewer, 463-4053 Information officer: Barbara Hollian, 463-4049 Mount Edgecumbe Hospital : 966-8300

South East Regional Resource Center : SERRC, pronounced “serk,” provides educational programs statewide, including GED and literacy programs and consulting for school districts. Contact: 586-6806; info@serrc.org; www.serrc.org/ Executive Director: JoAnn Henderson

Southeast Alaska Dogs Organized for Ground Search: Known as SEADOGS (See-Dogs), a Juneau-based search-and-rescue group using dogs. Contact: Bruce Bowler, 789-2582

Stephens Passage: Not Steven’s or Stephen’s. Body of water on the back side of Douglas Island that runs southeast to Frederick Sound.

Stevens, Sen. Ted: Alaska’s senior U.S. senator.
Phone: (202) 224-3004
Press officer: Courtney Boone, (202)224-1028
Commerce Committee press officer: Melanie Alvord, (202) 224-8456

Stikine River : Major Southeast watershed flowing from British Columbia into the Inside Passage near Wrangell. A major source of salmon, as well as a transportation corridor and tourist attraction.

Taku: (Tah-kuu) Name of inlet, river and multiple businesses in and south of Juneau . Means “geese land” in Tlingit. Traditional pronunciation is Tao-kuu.

Tenakee Springs: Small town of about 100 on Chichagof Island ’s Tenakee Inlet. Known for its hot springs . Tenakee is 45 miles southwest of Juneau and 50 miles northeast of Sitka .
Contact: 736-2207
Mayor: Art Bloom, 736-2222
Economy: Fishing, retail, retirees.

Thorne Bay : Second-class city, population 580, on eastern Prince of Wales Island incorporated in 1982 School: Part of the Southeast Island School District , 828-8254 Contact: 828-3380 Mayor: Julie Isom (eye-some), 828-8254 (work) or 828-3380 (city hall) Economy: Was once the world’s largest logging camp. Southeast island school district is based here. Some small-scale mills are still operating.

Think and feel: We rarely report on how people are feeling. So when reporting on someone’s opinion, “think” or “believe” should be used. “Feel” should be reserved only for emotions.

Time and day: The universally accepted style is time-day-place: “The hearing begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Hickel Room at Centennial Hall.”

Tlingit-Haida Central Council: The generally accepted name for the regional tribal organization officially titled the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. Use shorter version unless there’s a good reason to use the longer version. On second reference, use “the council” rather than THCC if possible. Contact: 586-1432; www.tlingit-haida.org/ President: Ed Thomas, 586-7102 Subsidiaries: Tlingit-Haida Housing Authority, Inside Passage Power, Vocational Training and Resource Center, Head Start program, Village Public Safety Officer program.

Tlingit and Haida Indians of the City and Borough of Juneau: Local tribal group in Juneau , formerly the Tlingit-Haida Community Council. Note that Douglas , which is part of Juneau , has a separate tribal group, the Douglas Indian Association. Contact: 463-5680

Tongass Conservation Society: Environmental group based in Ketchikan . Contact: 225-5827; www.ptialaska.net/~tongass/ Executive Director: Elmer Makua, 225-5827

Tongass National Forest : The nation’s largest national forest includes the majority of the land in Southeast. See U.S. Forest Service for details.

Treadwell: A former town and mine just south of Douglas. Only ruins remain.

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