Posted by Molly Lubbers | Jul 15, 2021
Paula Weisel points to a bidder at a live auction supporting Libby Oaksmith, a cafe manager who was recently diagnosed with cancer. The auction was part of a larger event to raise money for Oaksmith and her family. (Molly Lubbers/KRBD)
Community members are rallying to support beloved Ketchikan cafe manager Libby Oaksmith, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. They’ve brought meals for her family, hung signs in shop windows offering support and opened their wallets. Friends of Oaksmith held a well-attended carnival and auction to raise money and show just how much Ketchikan loves Libby.
The time the Arctic Bar went in the drink
Fishermen went dipnetting for floating bottles in Thomas Basin
By DAVE KIFFER Friday PM (SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - Just about every time there is a high tide in Ketchikan Creek or a storm swells the runoff from Granite Basin, someone mentions the time the Arctic Bar literally went into the drink.
Not everyone gets the date correct, some people think it happened back in the 1930s, others are convinced it was the 1940s or 1950s. Even old photographs show up on-line indicating the wrong date(s). Here is a primer. The actual date the bar collapsed, and spilled its contents under the Stedman Street bridge into Thomas Basin? December 10, 1962.