TRUCK FIRE – Firefighters knock down a fire in a Ford Explorer truck in Arrowhead Trailer Park in the 1200 block of Sawmill Creek Road Saturday evening. One person received fire-related injuries and was taken to the hospital, Sitka Fire Department Chief Craig Warren said, and the truck was considered a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Warren said. The fire hall received the call about the fire at 5:33 p.m., and one fire engine with eight firefighters and an ambulance were dispatched, he said. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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John Gassman Services to Be Held on Sept. 1
John William Gassman, a longtime Sitka resident, died Aug. 21 at his home in Sitka, surrounded by his family.
Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at St. Gregory’s Catholic Church with a reception to follow in the Church Hall.
John was born Oct. 2, 1943, in Eugene, Ore., the son of William and Ruthellen Gassman.
John and Jan Davies were married on Sept. 20, 1969, in Seattle, Wash. John visited Sitka at least twice a year and liked it so much he and Jan moved here in 1973.
He loved to golf and his favorite place to golf was on the Big Island in Hawaii with T. Cole, also of Sitka.
John held a few different jobs throughout his time in Sitka. He worked for the Alaska Pulp Company for 20 years, and when the mill shut down in 1993 he was the Wood Room foreman.
John also giving visitors tours of Sitka, and worked many years at Sitka Tours as a tour guide and doing ferry pick-ups.
Finally, John worked for Alaska Airlines for 12 years as a ramper, in Operations, and as a Customer Service Agent.
John was preceded in death by his parents, William and Ruthellen Gassman, and a son, Gregory Gassman.
Immediate survivors include his wife, Janet Gassman; son Ted Gassman and his wife Lisa; son Michael Gassman and his partner Karleen Leighton; granddaughter Emma Gassman; mother-in-law Megan Davies of Vancouver Island; brother Richard Gassman and his wife Terri of Portland, Ore.; sister Carol Gassman of Springfield, Ore.; nieces Gwen and Julianna and their families; brother-in-law Alan Davies of Anchorage; nephews Shawn and Roben Davies and their families; and numerous cousins and their families.
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20 YEARS AGO
March 2004
Businesses using the Centennial Hall parking lot testified Tuesday against a proposal to charge them rent in addition to the $200 annual permit fee. City Administrator Hugh Bevan made the proposal in response to the Assembly’s direction to Centennial Hall manager Don Kluting to try to close the $340,000 gap between building revenues and operational costs.
50 YEARS AGO
March 1974
Alaska Native Brotherhood Grand President William S. Paul Sr. will be special guest and speaker at the local ANB, Alaska Native Sisterhood Founders Day program Monday at the ANB Hall.