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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Election Night Results Hold in Friday Count
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
Friday’s count of absentee and questioned ballots in the Oct. 3 municipal election didn’t change the outcome of the election.
Richard Wein and Steven Eisenbeisz, the incumbent, were the highest vote-getters and will take the two three-year seats on the City and Borough Assembly. Ben Miyasato, third in the results, will serve out the third year of Matt Hunter’s term that was vacated when he was elected mayor.
The final unofficial results, with absentee and questioned votes listed first followed by the total:
Richard Wein 194, 1,555
Steven Eisenbeisz 148, 1,178
Ben Miyasato 103, 948
Sheila Finkenbinder 109, 882
Jaime Ackley 46, 516
Write in candidate Kitty Sopow 47, 386
Sonya L. Smith 41, 304.
The Assembly will certify the election results at the Oct. 10 meeting, which will be followed by the swearing in of Wein, Eisenbeisz and Miyasato.
The terms of Aaron Swanson and Tristan Guevin will end with the start of the New Business section of Tuesday’s agenda. Both have said they plan to attend the meeting, Guevin by telephone, since he has moved out of town.
After the Assembly certifies the election results, the outgoing Assembly members will be recognized and there will be a short recess. The three elected Assembly members will be sworn in and take part in the rest of the business on the agenda.
One item is a follow-up on an issue from the last Assembly meeting, when the Assembly agreed to direct city staff to draft an agreement with the Community Land Trust offering up to $47,267 in city funds to help cover contaminated soil remediation costs at the old city shops site.
Other items include the election of deputy mayor and a vice deputy mayor, and assignment of liaisons to city boards, committees and commissions.
The Assembly will also schedule a visioning session.
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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.