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Weather, page A-3 $1.75 SATURDAY/SUNDAY, JULY 11-12, 2020 TWITTER.COM/KDNNEWS WWW.KETCHIKANDAILYNEWS.COM 20 PAGES Stand up, America! Boro atty. talks remote sales tax Ordinance 19 will allow collection of sales tax from online purchases By SAM STOCKBRIDGE Daily News Staff Writer A proposed ordinance that would allow the Ketchikan Gateway Borough to apply sales tax to online purchases got one step closer to reality at Monday’s Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly meeting, though not without scrutiny. Ordinance 1917, which the Assembly on Monday unanimously voted to in- troduce, would allow an intergovernmental entity called the Alaska Remote Seller Sales Tax Commission to collect sales taxes from online purchases on be- half of members of the commission. To facilitate that end, the ordinance would adopt the commission’s remote sales tax code as a new section of the borough’s existing tax code, potentially generating between $400,000 and $1 million in new revenues each year for the borough, according to Monday’s agenda statement. Borough Finance Director Cynna Gubatayao — who is the secretary of the commission’s board of directors — and Borough Attorney Glenn Brown have worked closely with Alaska Municipal League to establish the commission See ‘Sales tax,’ page A-5 51 COVID-19 cases reported in Alaska New resident cases spread across Hernando Melendez poses while a friend snaps a portrait on July 4 in front of a large scale American flag at Madison True Value. Staff photo by Dustin Safranek 13 communities, none in Ketchikan KETCHIKAN (KDN) — Alaska Anchorage counted 21 of the res- set a new record Thursday as 51 ident cases Thursday, Fairbanks tal- new positive test results for lied 14 cases and the City of Kenai COVID-19 were reported for state identified three new cases. residents in a 24-hour period, with Wasilla and North Pole each Countries ease barrier for seafarers active cases continuing to outnum- counted two of the Thursday cases. ber those classified as recovered. One new case apiece was identified By K. OANH Ha pore, Greece and the United Arab Seafarers will now get interna- celed flights limited travel. A total of 55 resident and nonres- in Eagle River, Juneau, Nome, the and Krystal Chia Emirates said they would ease coro- tional recognition as "key workers" to "It is time to act for seafarers," said ident cases of COVID-19 were Nome Census Area, Palmer, Se- Bloomberg navirus-related restrictions for sea- enable freer movement and quicker Kitack Lim, secretary-general of the recorded on Thursday, according to ward and Willow. More than a dozen countries with farers and boost commercial flights repatriation, following a virtual In- International Maritime Organization. the Alaska Department of Health Thursday’s cases raised the crucial global shipping hubs agreed to help facilitate crew swaps. The ternational Maritime Summit hosted "Safe ship operations and crew well- and Social Services. Alaska resident total to 1,323 since to ease port and border restrictions pact comes after months of pressure by the U.K. Thursday. Some crews being should not be compromised. The record 51 new resident cases the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in for seafarers to help the more than on governments, ports and shippers have spent more than a year at sea, The humanitarian crisis seafarers was dispersed across 13 communi- Alaska in early March, according to 200,000 workers still stranded on to find ways to get workers off ves- exceeding limits under maritime face has implications for all of us, for ties, none of which were in DHSS. vessels return home. sels after a rash of suicides and an agreements, as border restrictions to the world economy and for the Ketchikan or other southern South- Of the four new nonresident Nations including the U.S., Singa- uptick in expired contracts. halt the spread of Covid-19 and can- See ‘Seafarers,’ page A-2 east Alaska communities See ‘COVID-19,’ page A-2 Alaska judge declines to block virus aid to businesses By BECKY BOHRER of success" on the merits in his underlying those who need them," he said. lenberg "jumped the gun" in weighing in on Dunleavy administration and ratified by law- Associated Press case. Even if Forrer had, Pallenberg in his The order came a day after Pallenberg heard the merits when the case had not been fully makers and included language saying busi- JUNEAUKetchikan — A state court Daily judge NewsFriday de- - 07/11/2020order wrote he would notCopy have blocked Reduced dis- arguments to 54% on the from injunction original request. to fit briefed.letter page nesses that secured federal funds directly nied a Juneau man's request to block distribu- bursement of funds amid the virus' economic The Department of Law, in a statement, said "We'll just deal with it at the Supreme Court available to them under a federal relief law tion of federal coronavirus relief aid under fallout. it was pleased the ruling allows the state "to level," he said. would not qualify. The state later sought to ex- expanded rules proposed by Gov. Mike Dun- "The current situation is too grave, and the move forward with helping to meet the needs The state designated $290 million of the pand eligibility as a way to provide additional leavy's administration. needs of Alaskans too great in the present of small businesses which are the cornerstone more than $1 billion it received in federal aid to businesses and allow businesses that re- Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg ruled emergency, for this court to stand in the way of the State's economy." coronavirus relief aid toward a small business ceived $5,000 or less in certain federal relief Eric Forrer had not shown a "clear probability of the distribution of these federal funds to Joe Geldhof, an attorney for Forrer, said Pal- program. The program was proposed by the See ‘Virus aid,’ page A-2 Ketchikan experiences first no—ships (cruise and steam) season

By DAVE KIFFER on a Seattle-based steam ship, The Active, shortly For the Daily News after resigning as Secretary of State. Seward gave With the recent announcements by Norwegian, a speech in Sitka in which he promoted the idea American and Lindblad cruise lines canceling of an eventual Alaskan statehood, and he also vis- their remaining cruise ship seasons, Ketchikan ited Fort Tongass. will now have its first cruise ship/steam ship free In 1881, the Pacific Coast Steamship Company season since ... well, since Ketchikan became See ‘No ship,’ page A-3 Ketchikan 130 years ago. After the United States purchased Alaska from The Canadian Pacific Railway's coastal Russia in 1867, monthly boat service began between Portland, Oregon and Sitka, with occasional steamer Princess Royal is seen at the dock stops in the other established community in the in Ketchikan, circa 1915. The single-stack region, Wrangell. The initial service was mail and wooden passenger steamer was con- other communications by naval ships, but within structed by the British Columbia Marine a couple of years several different private Railway of Esquimalt for the Canadian Pa- steamships began making their way up the coast, cific Railway's B.C. Coast Service. It oper- The Steamship Ancon is seen underway in some also stopping at Fort Tongass, the brief mil- ated for a time on the Alaska waters in this undated photo from the itary post established near the Canadian border. Victoria-Seattle-Vancouver route and oper- 1880s. An early visitor on one of those steamships was ated on excursions to Southeast Alaska. Image courtesy of Ketchikan Museums: David Nicoll image, Image courtesy of Ketchikan Museums: none other than Alaska purchaser William Henry Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 79.9.9.3 Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 63.9.10.35 Seward, who visited the Alaska territory in 1869

Today’s Trivia: Ketchikan, Alaska "Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved." How many U.S. Navy destroyers visited © 2020 Ketchikan 100 years ago this week? VOL. 93 NO. 161 — D. H. Lawrence (USPS 293-940) www.ketchikandailynews.com Answer, Page A-2

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Anchorage School District plans limited reopening California firm to buy assets of RavnAir for $8M ANCHORAGE (AP) — The Anchorage School District announced a plan to ANCHORAGE (AP) — Large airplanes and regional service certificates begin holding in-person classes two days per week when schools reopen in the owned by Alaska's RavnAir Group are expected to be purchased by a South- fall. ern California firm for $8 million. BY DAVE KIFFER The district announced Thursday that in-person classes are expected to resume Float Shuttle plans to take over six of the Dash-8 aircraft and two federal For the Daily News a five-day schedule after two and a half weeks of reopening, The Anchorage operating certificates owned by RavnAir's services, Corvus and PenAir, Alaska Bartender buzz cut raises $3,139 Daily News reported. Public Media reported Thursday. SKAGWAY — Red Onion bartender Deb Potter decided to do more than District officials scheduled Aug. 20 as the first day of classes since schools The carriers flew passengers from Anchorage to the Aleutian Islands, the just get her hair cut. She offered to get a buzz cut if people would help her closed in March at the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Kenai Peninsula and various rural Alaska destinations. raise money to help locals in need. She expected to raise $200. She raised Schools likely will switch to a medium- to low-risk level in September, with RavnAir cited the economic impact of the coronavirus when the company $3,139. — THE SKAGWAY NEWS students in school five days per week but for 5 1/2 hours per day rather than halted operations April 5, laying off staff and filing for bankruptcy protec- the previous school day of 6 1/2 hours, the district plan said. tion. A rare visitor from the Far East Deputy superintendent Mark Stock said during a briefing Thursday that the The company previously operated more than 400 flights per day, using a KITIMAT — The community had a very unusual visitor last week. A gray- shortened schedule calls for students at each school to be separated into two fleet of 72 aircraft. After the coronavirus outbreak, passenger traffic dropped tailed tattler was photographed at Minette Bay. It was the first known sighting groups, or cohorts, attending on opposite days of the week. more than 90%. of a gray-tailed tattler in Canada. The bird normally ranges from Australia to TheKetchikan district will Daily also News offer - a07/11/2020 virtual school programCopy inReduced which parents to 82% con- from original"This is to a wayfit letter for us page to do what we had hoped to do which is be able to re- Siberia. — THE NORTHERN SENTINEL cerned about exposure to the coronavirus can register children with neighbor- sume Part 121 operations in the state of Alaska and get employees rehired," hood schools and participate in online classes with support from teachers. RavnAir attorney Jane Kim said after a bankruptcy hearing Thursday. Don't eat the shellfish! "Our goal was to develop a plan that can mitigate those risks and provide parents Float Shuttle plans to take advantage of a $31.6 million payroll support loan KLAWOCK — The shellfish advisory remains in place for the Big Salt area. options," Stock said. "We recognize that every plan isn't perfect for every family." the federal government offered to a RavnAir successor, Kim said. Paralytic shellfish toxins remain above the safe level. — THE PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND POST No ship Continued from page A-1 Bad choice, lucky outcome TERRACE — A mother and three children were rescued after spending a of San Francisco took over the mail Company inaugurated service of a traffic for the region. In the meantime, ing, and then Holland America. The night marooned on the Lakelse River. Officials say the family was "tubing" contract for Alaska, and with it 350-foot primarily passenger vessel, though, smaller cruise ships, like the growth was slow and steady over the on a river that is not safe for recreational activities. brought several familiar steamers the Alaska II, on the Inside Passage Polar Star and other Westours ships, next two decades, but in the late 1990s — THE TERRACE STANDARD intro the region including the Eureka, run. While it wasn't the first passen- continued to visit the area, but it was- there was a significant increase, and the Idaho and sidewheeler, the Ancon. ger vessel on the run, it was the first n't until the late 1960s and the rise of then in the mid 2010s it exploded. With the development of the cannery ship to devote more space to passen- the modern cruise ship era, that the Ketchikan was expected to get be- Grand piano repurposed at Loring in the early 1880s, the ger accommodations than the cargo industry truly began to dominate the tween 1.2 million and 1.3 million HAINES — The Haines Bookstore was looking for a display shelf but it Ancon particularly became a familiar storage. In 1932, she received new Ketchikan waterfront. cruise passengers in 2020. Instead, it ended up with an 1889 Knabe square grand piano instead. Store owner Amy sight in "Tongass Narrows" as it ap- turbo electric powered engines and The watershed moment was in will get zero. Kane said it took eight people to move the piano from the home of former proached Loring. Soon,"Tongass Nar- cut the travel time from Seattle to 1970. when the P&O Lines Arcadia When the lines return in 2021, it is Haines School Principal Rene Martin. — THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS rows" or sometimes just "Tongass," Ketchikan to under 40 hours for the and it's 1,300 passengers arrived. It estimated that capacity will be some- was listed as an "as needed" stop on first time. had to anchor in the Narrows because where between 50% and 75%, mean- That was quick the PCSC schedule, even though there The Great Depression of the early it was too big for the docks. Soon, ing somewhere between 600,000 and PRINCE RUPERT — Andrew Samoil is the new superintendent for School was no community yet in the area 1930s put a damper in pleasure travel, Princess Cruise Line ships were arriv- 800.000 cruise visitors next year. District 52. He previously served as the director of instruction. Irene LaPierre around a large salmon stream then and for those years, most of the left the position on June 2. — THE NORTHERN VIEW called — appropriately enough — Fish steamer traffic to Alaska was supplies Creek. By 1887, the first cannery was and people coming and going from the Peratrovich mural unveiled operating in "Tongass Narrows" and Territory. But after World War II, there PETERSBURG — A mural celebrating Alaska civil rights pioneer Elizabeth ships were stopping to drop off sup- was another push to increase tourism Peratrovich was unveiled last week. The mural — painted by local artist Ja- plies or passengers. in the Last Frontier. nine Gibbons — was sponsored by the Petersburg Arts Council and the Pe- Stories about visiting Alaska were It was in this period, that the first tersburg Indian Association. — THE PETERSBURG PILOT also appearing in national magazines "cruise" ships began arriving Alaska. and newspapers, and PCSC noted at Initially, they were converted "high Art fest postponed the time that around 25% of its Alaska end" ships like the Corsair IV, a luxury CRAIG — The Island Wide Art Extravaganza originally planned for Sept. business was tourism-related. By yacht once owned by the J.P. Morgan 19 has been postponed. Organizers plan to reschedule it for sometime in 1891, there was a wharf in the grow- family that operated as a "cruise ves- 2021. — THE PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND POST ing community of Ketchikan — still sel" in 1948 and 1949. sometimes spelled Kichikan — and But elsewhere, particularly in Eu- Publisher retires ships were stopping monthly in the rope and the Caribbean, companies KITIMAT — Louisa Genzale has retired as publisher of the Northern Sen- community. Over the next decade, as were turning surplused military troop tinel. Genzale worked at the newspaper for 22 years. Ketchikan grew, steam ship visits be- transports into low-cost cruise ships. — THE NORTHERN SENTINEL came more frequent and businesses This was also the period in time in developed in the"downtown" area to which traditional steam ship service Lehman newest Eagle cater to their needs. Early curio and to Alaska was coming to an and. CRAIG — Ulric Lehman has attained the Eagle Scout rank. Lehman's jewelry stores popped up along the Many of the ships that had been Eagle project was replacing the covering and windows on the Craig Com- waterfront. Multiple steam ship com- used for passenger and freight service munity Garden greenhouse. — THE PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND POST panies entered the market, including to Alaska were requisitioned by the the newly formed Alaska Steamship government during the war and used Company. With weekly steam ship heavily, and not always well main- Don't let the door hit you... visits now the norm, the local tourism tained, according to the steam ship HAINES — The museum board abruptly fired the museum director last industry continued to grow. The companies. In fact, that government week after getting a budget cut from borough government. Helen Alten, who Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98 control over the ships remained in had been director for the past six years, said the board met in executive ses- caused a boom in the steamship travel place until 1949, further limiting the sion without telling her what it was about, came out of executive session, to Southeast Alaska also led to Cana- resumption of full steamship service told her she was being let go and asked for her key. dian-based steamships entering the to the Inside Passage. — THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS market. Furthermore, the war had brought For the next half century, the steam new airports to many Alaska commu- 'Staycation’ grants ships (and their diesel-engined coun- nities, including Ketchikan and Sitka. HAIDA GWAII — The Gwaii Trust Society has created a new "staycation" terparts) became the primary way that When faced with a choice between a grant of up to $250 to encourage residents to stay on the islands and use people came and went from three-day ocean voyage or a three- local fishing charters, tours, lodges and other accommodations. Ketchikan. Some days would actually hour flight, those who could afford — THE HAIDA GWAII OBSERVER. see multiple steamer arrivals, north- the planes took them, which further bound and southbound. As cut down on the "higher end" rev- Disturbing times Ketchikan's canned salmon industry enues the steamers relied on. In 1954, PETERSBURG — June 24: A disturbance was reported on Haugen Drive. took off in the 1920s, the multiple the Alaska Steamship Company ended June 25: A disturbance was reported on Three Lakes Road. June 26: A dis- downtown wharfs were constantly passenger service to the region. For turbance was reported at an undisclosed location. June 27: A disturbance busy with steamship traffic, especially the next three decades, the only was reported on Hogue Alley. June 28: Disturbances were reported at Ira II during the summer months. While the steamship service to the area would Street, Gjoa Street and S. Nordic Drive. — THE PETERSBURG PILOT majority of traffic remained cargo be on ships of the Canadian Pacific shipping and resident travel, tourism and Canadian National lines such as Chief not leaving after all business was taking up just about half the Prince George and the Princess Pa- HAINES — Police chief Heath Scott has withdrawn his name from con- of the space on the ships, as compa- tricia. tention for the Unalaska police chief job. Scott was one of two finalists for nies continued to promote visiting In 1963, the Alaska Marine High- the position. — THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS Alaska. way System would begin to operate In 1923, the Alaska Steamship and pick up the remaining passenger

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ALASKA U.S. TEMPERATURES By The Associated Press High/low/precip/snow By NOAA Eugene 54 83 Ptcldy Pittsburgh 69 90 .48 Shwrs Fargo 58 83 Tstrms Pocatello 51 85 Sunny Anchorage 70 53 0.00 Low High Prcp Otlk Flagstaff 54 89 Tstrms Portland, ME. 67 82 Shwrs Annette M M M Fresno 72 103 Sunny Portland, ORE. 58 79 Ptcldy Barrow 38 31 0.00 Albany, NY 74 88 Tstrms Grand Rapids 70 81 1.07 Ptcldy Providence 70 85 Shwrs Bethel 61 47 0.00 Albuquerque 67 101 Sunny Harrisburg 74 80 .15 Tstrms Pueblo 72 101 Sunny Allentown 72 76 1.47 Tstrms Bettles 67 45 T Hartford Spgfld 70 86 .04 Shwrs Raleigh Durham 71 95 Tstrms Amarillo 74 104 Sunny Helena 53 79 .09 Sunny Rapid City 59 85 .33 Sunny Birchwood 67 53 T Asheville 66 88 .97 Sunny Honolulu 78 89 Sunny Reno 57 97 Sunny Cold Bay 54 47 T Atlanta 72 92 .07 Sunny Houston 79 100 Ptcldy Richmond 74 94 Ptcldy Cordova 58 46 0.06 Atlantic City 74 80 3.23 Tstrms Indianapolis 74 86 Tstrms St. Louis 71 93 Tstrms Dillingham 69 53 0.00 Austin 78 99 Ptcldy Jackson, MS. 79 95 Tstrms Salem, ORE. 58 80 Ptcldy Dutch Harbor 51 44 0.00 Baltimore 76 88 .06 Shwrs Jacksonville 74 95 Tstrms Salt Lake City 75 94 Sunny Fairbanks 69 54 0.40 Baton Rouge 77 94 Ptcldy Kansas City 63 93 Tstrms San Antonio 79 103 Ptcldy Billings 59 82 .25 Sunny Key West 82 94 .05 Tstrms San Diego 66 80 Sunny Gulkana 72 43 T Birmingham 76 92 Sunny Knoxville 72 92 .39 Sunny San Francisco 52 73 Sunny Homer 67 48 0.02 Bismarck 56 82 Ptcldy Las Vegas 81 109 Sunny San Juan, PR 80 91 .18 Shwrs Juneau 62 52 0.10 Boise 62 88 Sunny Little Rock 71 92 Tstrms Santa Fe 60 101 Sunny Kenai 68 48 T Boston 70 78 Shwrs Los Angeles 63 86 Sunny St. Ste Marie 72 77 .24 Ptcldy King Salmon 71 46 0.00 Brownsville 80 96 Sunny Louisville 77 89 Sunny Savannah 76 97 Tstrms Kodiak 67 48 0.00 Buffalo 76 97 Shwrs Lubbock 79 102 Sunny Seattle 54 73 Mocldy Kotzebue 57 47 0.00 Burlington, VT. 75 95 Shwrs Madison 67 83 1.25 Tstrms Shreveport 78 95 Sunny Charleston, SC 76 93 Tstrms Memphis 73 92 Tstrms Sioux Falls 64 89 Tstrms McGrath 73 54 T Charlotte 73 94 Sunny Miami Beach 83 97 .35 Shwrs South Bend 72 81 1.10 Tstrms Nome 66 47 0.00 Chattanooga 74 95 Sunny Midland Odessa 77 105 Sunny Spokane 58 77 Sunny Northway 71 47 0.02 Cheyenne 60 96 Sunny Milwaukee 71 85 1.60 Ptcldy Syracuse 74 95 Shwrs Palmer 64 50 0.07 Chicago 71 86 .96 Tstrms Mpls St. Paul 66 85 Shwrs Tallahassee 78 97 .31 Tstrms Petersburg 57 52 0.65 Cincinnati 71 87 .04 Ptcldy Missoula 54 78 .27 Sunny Tampa 80 92 .13 Tstrms Saint Paul Island 53 47 0.00 Cleveland 74 95 .05 Tstrms Nashville 76 95 Sunny Tulsa 75 89 .06 Tstrms Columbia, SC 73 94 Sunny Seward 63 46 T New Orleans 78 97 Sunny Washington, DC 76 91 Tstrms Columbus, OH. 75 90 .71 Tstrms New York City 75 77 2.44 Shwrs Wichita 70 88 1.02 Sunny Sitka 60 52 0.45 Concord, NH 69 87 Shwrs Newark 77 79 2.70 Shwrs Wilkes Barre 70 79 2.31 Shwrs Talkeetna 72 54 0.18 Corpus Christi 80 94 Ptcldy Oklahoma City 76 84 Tstrms Wilmington, DE. 75 77 2.76 Tstrms Valdez 62 49 0.01 Dallas Ft. Worth 78 95 Sunny Omaha 65 93 Tstrms National temperature extremes: Wasilla 69 52 0.03 Dayton 74 89 .16 Tstrms Orlando 77 93 .22 Tstrms Whittier 59 54 0.00 Des Moines 64 91 Tstrms Pendleton 57 87 .06 Sunny • High: 117 at Death Valley, California Yakutat 59 53 0.14 Detroit 75 87 1.59 Shwrs Peoria 70 88 .76 Tstrms • Low: 26 at Peter Sinks, Utah Duluth 62 82 Ptcldy Alaska temperature extremes: Philadelphia 76 76 4.15 Tstrms ——— El Paso 84 109 Sunny Phoenix 91 111 Vryhot m — indicates missing information. • High: 73 at Anchorage • Low: 31 at Barrow