FISH TO SCHOOLS - Jerick Keith, 13, carries his rockfish taco lunch to a table at Blatchley Middle School Wednesday. The lunch was part of the Fish To Schools program, which is marking its fourteenth year of incorporating wild, local seafoods into Sitka’s school lunches. In an email, the Sitka Conservation Society, which manages the program, thanked Sitka’s fishermen as well as processors, Sitka Sound Seafoods and Seafood Producers Cooperative, for donating to the program and the Sitka School District food services team for cooking the seafood. The next Fish To Schools day for Keet Gooshí Héen Elementary, Xóots Elementary, Blatchley Middle School and Sitka High School will be January 22. (Sentinel Photo)
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Donor Covers Gap In Fundraising Effort
By Sentinel Staff
In the wake of the Assembly’s recent decision against spending $5,000 in city tourism funds for the St. Michael’s Cathedral renovation, a private citizen is stepping forward to help.
The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, dropped off a check at St. Michael’s this afternoon.
“I have always thought of Sitka as the heart of Alaska, and St. Michael’s as our centerpiece,” the donor said in a written statement. “The building should be beautiful and in good condition with flowers and evergreens around her. We Sitkans see this every time we are downtown. I would be happy to make that contribution of $5,000. How about you?”
“It’s a landmark, for heaven’s sake,” the donor commented to the Sentinel this afternoon.
The Assembly, which had voted 5-2 in favor of the city contribution when it was first introduced, voted it down on a 3-4 vote last Tuesday. Those who had changed their minds said they were concerned about the threat of lawsuits by opponents who have cited the First Amendment principle of the separation of church and state.
Bob Potrzuski, who voted in favor of the contribution in the two votes by the Assembly, said he has received more comments on the final decision than on any other issue. Most of the comments were against the Assembly’s decision against the contribution, he said.
It was on an icy Sunday morning 52 years ago today that the great fire of 1966 leveled the 1848 Cathedral and many other buildings in the heart of downtown Sitka.
From its start in an overheated furnace in a downtown shop, and despite the concerted efforts of the Sitka Volunteer Fire Department and scores of volunteers, the fire spread rapidly, fanned by gusty winds and fueled by the wooden buildings, many over a century old. Fortunately, no lives were lost, but property damage was estimated at the equivalent of $26 million today.
Low-interest disaster loans and insurance proceeds allowed the major structures to be replaced within a couple of years. A non-denominational fundraising campaign was started to assist the Russian Orthodox church in replacing the historic St. Michael’s Cathedral.
Completion of the replica in 1977 removed the last outward sign of the disastrous 1966 fire.
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20 YEARS AGO
December 2004
Photo caption: Dave Dapcevich receives the Girl Scouts Business Donor of the Year plaque from Tongass Alaska Girl Scouts members April Jensen and Kay McCarty. Dapcevich Accounting donates money collected in a client project to youth programs.
50 YEARS AGO
December 1974
Sitka High School has announced the names of students who made 4.00 grade point averages for the quarter: seniors Mary Christoffel, Louise Dennard, Roger Hames, Helen Hannigan, Roxanne McGraw, Peter Munro, Teresa Redston, Christy Roth, Pam Stromme, Gayle Swain and Jack Turner.
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