SIGNATURES DELIVERED – Sitka Municipal Clerk Sara Peterson, right, and Jessica Earnshaw, deputy clerk, in doorway, watch this morning as members of the Small Town SOUL group deliver booklets of signatures for a citizen ballot initiative that would limit the Sitka tour season as well as set daily and annual limits. Pictured are, from left, Floyd Tomkins, Earnshaw, Mike Leccese, Klaudia Leccese and Peterson. The group says they have submitted 720 signatures for verification. The group needs 613 signatures for the proposition to go on the ballot (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Rachel Jones Named Magistrate for Sitka
By Sentinel Staff
Local attorney Rachel Jones started work as Sitka’s new magistrate judge Sept. 25.
Jones graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, and was in private practice in Sitka before her appointment in August to the magistrate position.
Rachel Jones (Photo Provided)
She replaces Senior Pro Tem Judge Leonard Devaney, who retired on Sept. 6.
Trevor Stephens, presiding judge for the 1st Judicial District, said Jones was selected after a statewide recruiting process and interviews with other top candidates.
“... Ms. Jones stood out due to her demonstrated legal abilities and her prior experience with the Sitka court,” Stephens said.
Before going into private practice, Jones served as a clerk for Superior Court Judge David George of Sitka.
Magistrate judges hear mostly district court matters such as domestic violence petitions, small claims and minor offense trials; arraignments, summonses and arrest warrants; and search warrants, bail hearings and petitions to revoke probation. They also preside over trials in which the parties agree to be heard by the magistrate judge.
Jones will have rotating on-call evening, weekend and holiday duties and will serve as a special master to the Superior Court for duties that include uncontested divorces, dissolutions of marriage and motions in contested domestic relations matters.
Other responsibilities include handling certain probate, Child in Need of Aid, and delinquency cases; mental health and alcohol commitment proceedings; creditor-debtor matters, landlord-tenant issues and other matters of the Superior Court made by referral, said a news release from the Alaska Court System.
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20 YEARS AGO
February 2005
Classified ads Homes for Sale: Beautiful waterfront Sitka townhouse on Alice Loop. 3 bdrm, 2 1/2 baths, hardwood floors. $345,500. * Beautiful home on Mikele St. 4 bdrm. 2 1/2 baths, outdoor hot tub, 2-car heated garage, heated greenhouse. $450,000. * Local landmark.5 bdrm. 3.5 bathrooms, hickory and tile floors, 9-foot ceilings, radiant heat. $539.000.
20 YEARS AGO
February 2005
Photo caption: Olivia Wilcox, 4, flinches as she watches her dad, Brett, have his blood drawn by David Methson, a Sitka Community Hospital medical technologist during the Community Health Fair at Centennial Hall. Hundreds turned out for the event.
50 YEARS AGO
February 1975
Alaska Department of Public Safety has presented a plaque to Dr. George Longenbaugh, Sitka surgeon, in appreciation of his work with the Emergency Medical Training Program. Commissioner R.L. Burton said Dr. Longenbaugh devoted considerable work and time in the program, which encompasses Alaska and Washington.
50 YEARS AGO
February 1975
Photo caption: Miss Christy Roth, Sitka, meets with U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) during her recent visit to Washington, D.C., as Alaska’s Future Homemakers of America representative. She and her Sitka High home economics teacher, Mrs. Marilyn Wilson, toured the capital and attended FHA meetings. Miss Roth is the daughter of Frank and Ruth Roth.
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