...aid veterans passed the Senate unanimously Saturday. The Senate approved a bill that makes permanent the Alaska Veterans' Advisory Council, which the governor established by administrative order. The 20-member council is responsible for making...
...endowment was easy because the other half the funds have already been donated by public and private sources. The Alaska Veterans Advisory Council bill is essential because the Council is the starting point for much of the good veterans' legislation proposed...
...Knowles signs veterans bill JUNEAU - Gov. Tony Knowles signed into law on Friday a bill that casts the Alaska Veterans Advisory Council into state law. The council had been created by Knowles through a 1996 executive order to advise the governor...
...Ron Duncan at GCI. On behalf of our council and Alaska veterans, thank you. Pat Carothers, Chairman Alaska Veterans Advisory Council . ..for help and care We would like to express our appreciation and thanks to a number of people who helped...
...his six years service as chairman of the Alaska Veterans Advisory Council, long-time Juneau resident Pat Carothers...so it can't be abolished." The current Alaska Veterans Advisory Council, appointed by Gov. Knowles, will be dissolved...
...retired lieutenant colonel and 36-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, has been chairman of Knowles' Alaska Veterans Advisory Council for the past five years. He represented the governor last Veterans Day at a Washington, D.C., ceremony...
...governor's commitment to making veterans a priority in the state-run Pioneers' Homes. Before a meeting of his Alaska Veterans Advisory Council at the Governor's Mansion, Knowles held a brief ceremony to sign the transmittal letters introducing his...
...Alaska veterans will have several chances to talk about their concerns about service in the state. The Alaska Veterans Advisory Council is hosting several meetings around the state where officials will provide guidance in health care, home...
...retired lieutenant colonel and 36-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, has been chairman of Knowles' Alaska Veterans Advisory Council for the past five years. He represented the governor last Veterans Day at a Washington, D.C., ceremony...
...preference within the six existing state-run facilities. Knowles also offered a separate bill to put the Alaska Veterans Advisory Council, created by his administrative order in 1996, into law. The governor is asking the Legislature for almost...
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