SLAM DUNK UPGRADES – Sitka Parks and Rec Coordinator Kevin Knox assembles a new backboard at the outdoor basketball court next to Blatchley Middle School Thursday afternoon. The new backboards were purchased with grants from the Sitka Recreation Foundation and Baranof Ballers. Sitka artist Will Peterson, X̱út’aa Hídi, designed the formline huskies now on two backboards at the court. Recent upgrades at the court include new court lines, including ones for pickleball; rims and nets; and fabric screens on the chain link fence to block out some of the weather. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Celebration of Life Held For Sitkan David R. Rice
David Russell Rice
David Russell Rice, a lifelong Sitka resident, died Sept. 15, 2021, at Providence Hospital in Anchorage. He was 53.
A celebration of his life was held Sept. 30 at the Sitka Moose Lodge.
Dave was born Nov. 7. 1967, in Sitka, the son of Donald and Susan (Bryan) Rice. His mom was from California and his dad from Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
Dave graduated from Sitka High in 1987. He worked at the Alaska Pulp Co. mill for several years; was a cook at Westmark Hotel; a driver for the Daily Sitka Sentinel; and a taxi driver.
He also was a volunteer for the Salvation Army.
“Dad was funny, caring, and one of the most helpful people I’ve ever met,” a family member said. “He was the type of guy who’d give you the last of anything he had. He was the guy you’d go to when you had a problem – he would try to make you laugh.
“He would do anything for his children, it didn’t matter what time it was and what needed to be done – he would help. Our dad was a helper.”
Along with enjoying his children, Dave liked to fish, and to play pool.
Survivors include his daughters, Shaunte Hill of Gulfport, Mississippi, and Kytela Rice of Wasilla; sons Alex Johnson-Rice and Bryan Johnson-Rice, both of Sitka; brother Robert Rice and nephew Bobby Rice, both of Chehalis, Washington; grandson Felix Rice, Sitka; uncles Murray Rice and Myron Rice of Chehalis; and cousins Karmon Rice and Arron Rice of Chehalis, Merrill Rice of Sitka, and Kendra Nicholson of Kodiak.
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20 YEARS AGO
December 2004
Photo caption: Kindergartners Erika Seehafer, Emma Combs and Sienna Reid stand in the UAS, Sitka Campus, hall during an exhibition of art made by pupils in their class. The kids studied the work of Vincent van Gogh and made their own versions of his art.
50 YEARS AGO
December 1974
From On the Go: We don’t want to let the season pass without a word of appreciation for what has become a Sitka tradition: the pre-Christmas caroling cruise of the decorated ALP tug Alapul. Mill Manager George Gouker poits out that quite a lot of planning and effort go into the event, which is purely a voluntary thing with the tug skipper and crew. So thanks, fellows, for a really nice holiday treat.
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