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AARP:
An organization of people 50 and older. No longer the American
Association of Retired Persons, just AARP.
Contact: Office
341-2277; Information center (888) 805-1540; www.aarp.org/states/ak/;
ak@aarp.org
State
President: Liz Lucas, State Director: Eddie Rivera
Aiding
Women in Abuse and Rape Emergencies, or AWARE:
Juneau
’s battered women and
children’s shelter and counseling center. Serves other Southeast
communities.
Contact: 586-6623; www.juneau.com/aware/
Aircraft
ownership: If you have the registration number of a plane (all NTSB
reports list this ... it’s the number that starts with an ‘N’),
you can find the name and address of the plane’s owner plus vitals
about the plane itself. It’s on the Internet at www.landings.com.
Scroll down to Aviation Director and click on ‘search databases.’
Under ‘A/C registrations,’ click ‘US.’ Click ‘basic search,’
and enter the number. In addition to the owner info, it gives specific
information about the type of plane ... average cruise speed, maximum
weight, number of seats, number of engines, etc.
Alaska/Alaskan: An Alaskan is a person. When used as an
adjective, almost never use Alaskan. Example: Six Alaskans traveled to
Montana
for the race. Six
Alaska
mushers traveled to
Montana
for the race.
Alaska Department of
Health and Social Services: (see "Department of Health and Social
Services (Alaska)")
Alaska
Earthquake
Information
Center
: Part of the
Geophysical Institute of the
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
. Contact:
474-7320; www.aeic.alaska.edu/
Alaska
Electric Light and Power:
Juneau
’s privately owned
electrical power company. Most of its electricity comes from the
state-owned Snettisham Hydropower Project. The rest comes from Salmon
Creek and Annex Creek power plants and generators, when needed. A
subsidiary of Alaska Energy and Resources Co.
Contact: 780-2222; www.aelp.com
President: Tim McLeod, 463-6307 Spokesman: David Stone, 463-6302
Alaska Federation of Natives: Non-profit
advocacy organization created in 1973 to improve the welfare of Alaska
Natives. Members include Native regional corporations, non-profit
Native associations, rural village representatives, and individuals.
Contact: 274-3611,
www.nativefederation.org
President, Julie Kitka, 274-3611.
Alaska
Forest
Association:
Timber industry organization based in Southeast.
Contact:
225-6114; www.akforest.org/; afa@akforest.org
Executive Director: Owen J. Graham, 225-6114, 723-5040 President:
George Woodbury, Woodbury Enterprises, Wrangell, 874-4140,
723-7021 Vice President: Kirk Dahlstrom, Viking Lumber, 755-8880
Alaska
Longline
Fishermens Association: Sitka-based longline fishing group, mostly
halibut and black cod fishermen.
Contact:
747-3400
Executive Director: Linda Behnken
Alaska Pulp Corp.: Japanese-owned company that once ran mills in
Sitka
and Wrangell. Opened
in the 1950s under a 50-year timber contract with the U.S. Forest
Service. Closed in 1993. Its attorney was Jim Clark, now Gov. Frank
Murkowski’s chief of staff.
Alaska Shellfish Growers Association:
Non-profit organization representing shellfish farmers and farm
developers. Includes farmers of oysters, geoducks, clams, etc.
Contact: Vice president Rodger Painter, 463-3600,
www.alaskashellfish.com
e-mail:
rodgerpainter@hotmail.com
Alaska
Ship and Drydock: The company operating the state-owned Ketchikan
Shipyard.
Contact:
225-7199; www.borough.ketchikan.ak.us/assembly/mayor/asd/shipyard.htm
Director of Shipyard Development: Doug Ward, 228-5302
Alaska
State
Museum
: Official museum of
the state, in
Juneau
, run by the Division
of Libraries, Archives and Museums in the state Department of Education.
Includes permanent exhibits on natural and Russian-American history,
frontier life and Native culture. Temporary exhibits include artifacts
and modern art.
Contact:
465-2901; www.museums.state.ak.us/asmhome.html
irector: Bruce Kato
Alaska
State
Troopers:
Alaska
State
Troopers provide basic
police services, search and rescue coordination and fish and wildlife
law enforcement. Contact:
Press contact Greg Wilkinson, 269-5413; www.dps.state.ak.us/ast/
Craig
troopers: 755-2291
Haines troopers:
766-2552
Hoonah troopers: 945-3620
Juneau
troopers: 465-4000
Ketchikan
troopers: 225-5118
Klawock troopers: 755-2918
Petersburg
troopers: Dan Shamhart
772-3983.
Sitka
troopers: 747-3254
Wrangell troopers: 874-3215
Yakutat troopers: 784-3220
Alaska
Trollers
Association: Juneau-based non-profit trade organization representing
Alaska's commercial hook and line salmon fishermen. Not to be
confused with "trawlers".
Executive
Director: Dale Kelley, Contact: 586-9400
Alaska
Tsunami
Warning
Center
: Center for
information on
Alaska
and West Coast
Tsunamis.
Contact: 745-4212; www.wcatwc.gov/
Angoon:
(an-GOON) A traditional Tlingit community of about 500 on
Admiralty Island
, on the southwest
coast at Kootznahoo Inlet 55 miles southwest of
Juneau
and 40 miles northeast
of
Sitka
. A second-class city.
Contact:
788-3653 Mayor: Walter Jack
Schools: Angoon is the home of
the
Chatham
School District
, 788-3302, which also
includes Gustavus, Angoon, Klukwan, and Tenakee Springs. Economy:
Fishing, subsistence.
Tribal government: Angoon Community
Association
Aquaculture
Association of
Canada
:
Eastern Canada
fish farming group
Contact: (506)
529-5932; robinsonsm@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
President: Shawn Robinson
Association of
Alaska School Boards: Juneau-based organization, involved in a
variety of education issues. Executive director: Carl Rose,
586-1083.
Auk/Auke:
Tlingits who once lived in what is now called call the
Auke
Bay
area are the Auk tribe
or Auk Kwan. The bay is called
Auke
Bay
. The recreation area
is Auke Village Recreation Area. The tenting site is the Auke Village
Campground.
Alaska-Juneau
gold mine: Also known as A-J mine. Former gold mine that once
dominated
Juneau. Closed mostly in
1944. Attempts to reopen in 1980s and ‘90s by
Echo Bay
Alaska
failed.
Alaska
Native
Brotherhood/Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANB / ANS): Nonprofit,
Southeast-based organization begun in 1912. Member groups are called
camps. The executive organization is the grand camp.
Contact:
www.anbgrandcamp.org/;
586-2624 (
Juneau
).
ANB Grand
Camp
President
: Dewey Skan, Klawock,
755-2206
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Canadian
Aquaculture Industry
Alliance
:
Contact: (613)
239-0612; rideoutcaia@aquaculture.ca
Executive Director: David
Rideout
Cape Fox Corporation: Urban Native corporation for
Ketchikan
. Divisions including forestry/wood
products, retail, tourism/hospitality, hydroelectric power, and real
estate/development/land management.
Contact:
225-5163; www.capefoxcorp.com
CEO: Bruce Borup, 225-5163
Capital City Fire and Rescue:
Juneau’s fire department and
ambulance service.
Contact:
586-5322.
Carhartt: Proper name of a popular brand of work and outdoor
clothing. Note the two ts.
Chatham
School District
: REAA serving Gustavus,
Angoon, Klukwan, Tenakee Springs.
Contact:
788-3302, www.chathamsd.org
Superintendent:
Connie Newman.
Clans:
Moiety (Eagle or Raven for Tlingits) goes first, followed by clan name
(such as Thunderbird, Otter or Killer Whale). The words moiety and clan
are always lowercase. The moiety and clan names are always uppercase. Paul
Jackson, for example, was a Tlingit of the Raven moiety and Sockeye clan.
Clearcut:
A method of cutting timber where an entire area is cut. Also, an area that
has been clearcut.
Coastie:
A term used by some to refer to Coast Guard personnel. Considered
derogatory by many. Do not use unless in a quote.
Coffman
Cove: City near the northern end of
Prince of Wales Island
, population 228.
City government: 329-2233 School:
Southeast
Island
School District
, 828-8254
Economy: Begun as a Ketchikan Pulp Company logging camp in the
1950s. To be the site of an Inter-island Ferry Authority terminal for the
northern route ferry connecting the island, Wrangell and
Petersburg
. Aquaculture is also a
budding industry.
Craig:
Largest city on
Prince of Wales Island
, on western side. Population 1,500. First class city,
incorporated in 1922.
Contact:
826-3275
Mayor: Dennis Watson,
826-3275 (work) or 826-3438 (home)
City
Administrator: John Bolling, 826-3275
Craig School Superintendent: Ron Erickson, 826-3274
Craig Police Chief: Jim See, 826-3330
Craig Community Association: Millie Stevens, 826-3993
Economy: Fishing, timber, lodges and charter boats.
Cruise
Week: A North Carolina-based publication offering independent news and
analysis of the cruise ship industry.
Contact: Mike Driscoll, 910-790-3893.
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