FIFTH OPENING – The Sitka seine boats Hukilau and Rose Lee pump herring aboard this afternoon at the end of Deep Inlet during the fifth opening in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery. The opening was being held in two locations beginning at 11 a.m. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
House Cat Gets Stuck In Tree on Rare Outing
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
The Sitka Fire Department and the animal control officer teamed up Tuesday morning to rescue a family cat trapped 35 feet up a tree on the Gavan Hill trail.
On Sunday, the Barker family reported their cat Luna – described as white, with blue eyes and six toes on his front paws – had been missing from their Monastery Street home for a few days, said Animal Control Officer Ken Buxton.
Luna is an indoor cat, but had somehow gotten out, Buxton said.
Animal Control Officer Ken Buxton holds Luna. (Photo provided)
Around 10:30 p.m. Monday night someone reported seeing a cat high in a tree on the Gavan Trail near the footbridge. Buxton got the message when he went on duty Tuesday morning, and he called the fire department for help.
“The cat was perched pretty precariously,” he said. “You never see a dead cat (from being) up a tree, but you do see ones with broken legs and tails.” He talked to the cat while waiting for firefighters with a ladder.
It was over pretty quickly, Buxton said. He climbed up the ladder, collected the cat with a six-foot snare and came down slowly. Once on the ground he found the cat was calmer than he expected after its ordeal in the treetop.
“It was a dream – it was one of these cats that will change your opinions on cats,” Buxton said.
Since the cat matched the description of one reported missing on Sunday, he called the Barkers. He took the cat to veterinarian Vicky Vosburg for a checkup and then went to his office to wait for the owner. Pat Barker, the grandfather of the owner, Philip Barker, met him there to claim Luna, said Pat’s wife Marti.
Buxton said the owners were pleased for the return of seven-month-old Luna, which the animal control officer said is understandable.
“Negative cat people – they need to see one of these cats once in a while,” he said.
Marti agreed. “Luna is very loving,” she said. “We’d like to thank everyone who helped find her.”
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20 YEARS AGO
March 2004
Matthew C. Hunter of Sitka recently returned from Cuba as part of a St. Olaf College International and Off-Campus Studies program. Hunter, a junior physics major at St. Olaf College, is the son of Robert and Kim Hunter of Sitka.
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March 1974
Eighth graders have returned from a visit to Juneau to see the Legislature. They had worked for it since Christmas vacation ... Clarice Johnson’s idea of a “White Elephant” sales was chosen as the best money-maker; Joe Roth won the political cartoon assignment; highest government test scorers were Ken Armstrong, Joanna Hearn, Linda Montgomery, Lisa Henry, Calvin Taylor and David Licari .....