RENAMING – Tlingit elder Harvey Kitka, Yanshkoo.wu, speaks to students at Xóots Elementary School this afternoon during a short renaming ceremony. The School Board adopted the new name, which means brown bear in Tlingit, in March 2024 to replace the old name, Baranof Elementary School. At today’s ceremony, children from the after-school culture class sang in Tlingit, new signs were on display and Charlie Skultka Jr. was recognized for the formline bear design he provided for the school logo. In his remarks, Kitka told those assembled in the school gymnasium about his experience as a youngster in the school when it was brand new. He said speaking Tlingit was not encouraged then. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Sitka Man Recovering in Seattle from a Head Injury
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
Roger Lloyd Hames, the son of Mary and Roger Hames, is recovering in Seattle from a head injury he suffered in a fall on a Sitka dock June 12.
Hames, 33, suffered a subdural hematoma, his mother said. He was treated at Sitka Community Hospital before being medevacked to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle the day after the accident.
Hames is in the Harborview intensive care unit this week receiving care for clots in his lungs from inactivity, but he is responding well, his mother said.
“We’re optimistic,” Mary Hames said Tuesday from Seattle. “It’s a long road ahead. The staff here is totally optimistic. ... It’s a long battle. Sometimes it’s one step forward, two steps back, sometimes it’s three steps back.”
On the day of the accident, Hames was working on a fishing boat in ANB Harbor when he lost his footing on the dock and fell backward, hitting the back of his head. He didn’t believe he was seriously hurt and later went to his parents’ house for lunch. Mary Hames said she prepared an ice pack and gave him an Advil for his headache, but after a short time he complained that he couldn’t hear and fell unconscious.
Mary Hames called 911 and the EMTs responded quickly.
“They were awesome, and they got him to Sitka Community Hospital,” she said.
Local doctors consulted with a neurosurgeon in Seattle, and the prognosis was grim. But that changed the next morning when the staff at SCH saw that Roger was responding, and he was medevacked that afternoon.
Mary Hames said her son is responding to questions with “thumbs-up” and “thumbs-down” signals, but recently has been sedated while he’s undergoing treatment for secondary problems related to his head injury.
Both of his parents are with him in Seattle, along with his longtime girlfriend, Holley Dennison, and her mother, Minnie.
The Hameses said their son can’t receive flowers, but that cards, letters, prayers and posts on Facebook and on the website Caring Bridge are welcome. His progress can be followed on Mary Hames’ Facebook page and the Caring Bridge website: www.caringbridge.org/visit/rogerlloydhames
Cards can be addressed to Roger and Mary Hames, 699 John St., Unit 704, Seattle, WA 98109.
Mary Hames said it has helped to hear from family and friends in Sitka.
“We appreciate every note, every comment,” she said. “We really feel close to home and it’s a big help.”
Roger Lloyd Hames is employed in the family’s grocery business and also as a fisherman.
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20 YEARS AGO
February 2005
Photo caption: S&S General Contractors crew bury conduit along Sawmill Creek Road as part of a sewer line project. They’ve been working only at night, using portable lights to direct traffic. Sitkans living between Shotgun Alley and Indian River Road are asked not to use drains or toilets Thursday as pump stations will be turned off.
50 YEARS AGO
February 1975
Photo caption: Five players selected for the first All Tournament team in the American Legion Southeast Alaska Basketball Tournament hold their trophies. From left are Jeff Klanott, Klukwan ANB; Rick Ludigsen, Ketchikan Webber Air; Al Kookesh, Angoon ANB; Terry Friske, Klukwan ANB; and Mike Erickson, Ketchikan Webber Air.
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