50 YEARS OF DANCE - Dancers, including retired ones, from several Tlingit dance groups perform together on stage at Centennial Hall during the Sitka Tribe of Alaska annual meeting Thursday night. Hundreds attended the dinner meeting that included gifts for elders and door prizes. Sitka Native Education Program, where most dancers learned the traditional dances, is celebrating its 50th year. The final event of Native American Heritage Month will be a traditional dance and potluck at ANB Founders Hall November 29. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Sentinel Staff Writer
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December 29, 2021, Police Blotter
Police Blotter
Sitka Police Department logged the following calls as of 8 a.m. today.
December 28
At 12:08 a.m. officers did a foot patrol near Centennial Hall.
At 9:07 a.m. a woman asked to speak to an officer about her ex, who was posting about her on social media. The officer determined no crime had been committed.
At 9:53 a.m. Public Works said a vehicle was parked on top of a waterline that needed repair, in the 1700 block of HPR. Police got the vehicle moved.
At 1:37 p.m. a parked vehicle was reported hindering traffic in the 500 block of Monastery Street.
A caller on Price Street reported receiving harassing phone calls.
At 6:03 p.m. fireworks were reported going off in the 2400 block of HPR.
At 11:25 p.m. police noted that the license plates of a vehicle parked in the 400 block of SMC were unreadable.
December 29
At 12:28 a.m. an officer who lives in the 4700 block of HPR reported hearing gunshots. Police searched but didn’t find anything awry.
Emergency Calls
Sitka Fire Department received ambulance calls at 9:59 a.m., 12:26 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 10:32 p.m. Tuesday.
Sitka Police
Cipriano Guerrero, 45, was charged early today with driving under the influence.
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20 YEARS AGO
November 2004
Photo caption: Cynthia Dennis and Althea Buckingham present checks to Mary Hames, president of the Sitka Hospital Auxiliary, to start the new Mary Sarvela Commemorative Scholarship Fund to assist local nursing students.
50 YEARS AGO
November 1974
Kettleson Memorial Library is under the guidance of new hands – those of Mrs. Trace Allen, from Maine. She replaces Errol Locker, who resigned after more than two years as librarian. ... Mrs. Allen’s husband, Jack, is in business with his brothers Robert and James at Allen Marine Co.
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