Power Outage
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By Sentinel Staff
Downtown Sitka and Japonski Island lost power for more than five hours Saturday morning after a 30-year-old distribution line failed near Seward Street, city officials said today.
The power went out at 6:55 a.m., and was restored section by section, finally reaching all customers downtown at 12:05 p.m., said utility Director Chris Brewton.
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March 2005
Sitka Trail Works President Lisa Busch has been selected as “one of the nation’s top three hometown heroes” in the Volvo Cars of North America’s Volvo for Life Awards. She will receive $25,000 to donate to Sitka Trail Works and another $25,000 that can be distributed among other nonprofit organizations. Busch is one of the founders of Sitka Trail Works.
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March 1975
Photo caption: Cabot Christianson, son of Mrs. William Medlin of Seabrook, Texas, and W.C. Christianson of Sitka, has compiled the best career record of any Swarthmore wrestler in its 30-year history. He has ended his collegiate career by winning the 150-lb. weight category at the Middle Atlantic State Collegiate Athletic Conference championships
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