EARLY THANKSGIVING – Mt. Edgecumbe High School students, faculty and guests watch a video presentation made by students about what Thanksgiving means to them, during the school’s annual Thanksgiving dinner at a filled-to-capacity Harrigan Centennial Hall this afternoon. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Today's Voting Starts Wait-and-See for Results
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
Voting was reported steady in Sitka’s two precincts at Harrigan Centennial Hall in today’s municipal election.
Election officials reported to the city clerk just after noon today that 219 voters had cast ballots in Precinct 1 and 261 in Precinct 2.
Polls will be open until 8 p.m. for voters to choose a mayor, two Assembly members and three School Board members.
Election worker Kathy Snelling hands out a ballot this morning at Harrigan Centennial Hall. On the ballot are two Assembly seats, the mayor’s seat, three Sitka School Board seats and two ballot questions. Polls close at 8 p.m. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson
Two ballot questions also are on the ballot, one on a special marijuana sales tax with proceeds going to school activities, and the other about dedicating the $8.18 million from the sale of the old Sitka Community Hospital property to construction of a community haulout and boatyard.
City Clerk Sara Peterson said 719 voters cast advanced in-person absentee ballots, and 143 absentee mail and fax ballots have been received.
Those 862 ballots, and also any late-arriving mailed ballots postmarked by October 4 (today), will be counted Friday.
The clerk’s office said the results from today’s voting will be tallied in the Centennial Hall auditorium after polls close at 8 p.m. Peterson said she doesn’t expect results from the two precincts, located in other parts of the building, will be received before 8:45 p.m. The auditorium will have an area restricted to election officials, and another open to the public wishing to watch the tabulation process.
“After results from both precincts are received, the Canvass Board will count the official write-in candidate ballots,” Peterson announced. Write-in votes will be important in this election because they will determine the winner of the third open seat on the School Board.
Starting at noon Friday the Canvass Board will meet in the auditorium to count the absentee ballots and questioned ballots cast in the election, Peterson said.
The results will be unofficial until they are certified at the first Assembly meeting after the election.
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20 YEARS AGO
November 2004
Sitka Community School’s Thanksgiving Turkey Trot drew 112 runners and walkers. In the 2.5-mile fun run Robert Sowers won in 17:15; Gary Smith was second in 17:54; Eric Speck was third at 18:11; George Wathen fourth at 19:50; Lincoln Wild fifth at 19:53; Torin Lehmann sixth at 20:06; Daniel Erickson seventh at 20:16; Andrew Friske ninth at 21:28; and Dan Baier tenth at 21:28.
50 YEARS AGO
November 1974
The Soroptimist Club met at Revard’s Thursday and began plans for the progressive dinner marking the 25th anniversary of the club’s beginning in Sitka, in 1949. The dinner will start at the home of Betty Shennett at Whitcomb’s Trailer Court, proceed to Marta Ryman’s, then to Bette Shupp’s and end up at Carolyn Young’s.
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