text: Nom- It was the cesspool the mill made of Sitka's air and water ;itwas the cost to the federal government of heavily subsidizing log and pulp exports to Japan; it was the degradation to spawning grounds; it was the clear-cutting damage;  But it was also the stimulus heeded to get creative and energetic Alaskan entrepreneurs starting value-added small businesses all over the Panhandle!! - Just a dose of reality for the inertia-laden naysayers  for