NEWSIES – Lizzie Slogotski, from Victoria, British Columbia, right, hands out crayons to children at Sitka Public Library, Thursday. Slogotski and other cast members of the upcoming Sitka Fine Arts Camp production of “Newsies” wore their costumes as they handed out prizes and activities and sang songs from the Tony Award-winning musical. The show is set to be staged August 2-4 at the Performing Arts Center. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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May 23, 2023, Police Blotter
The following calls were logged as of 8 a.m. today.
May 22
At 12:10 a.m. a man was reported passed out in the Castle Hill parking lot. He was taken to the hospital.
At 7:50 a.m. a man sleeping on a bench at totem park was awakened and agreed to leave.
A case was opened on a report of a sex offense.
At 5:59 p.m. a cruise ship reported a passenger was missing. Police found the passenger and returned the person to the ship.
At 6:30 p.m. a driver reported hitting an eagle, breaking the windshield, near the Halibut Point Recreation Area. Police gave the driver a self-report form.
At 6:30 p.m. an officer went to Sitka High School where families were arriving for graduation ceremonies.
At 10:07 p.m. an abandoned vehicle at Eliason Harbor was tagged.
May 23
At 1:20 a.m. a bartender reported a man was creating a disturbance at a downtown bar. He left before police arrived. Officers talked with bar patrons and determine no crime had been committed.
At 5:23 p.m. a man was reported cutting wood illegally near the shooting range at Starrigavan. Police notified him he was trespassing, and had to stop. A case was opened on the incident.
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Sitka Fire Department received five ambulance calls Monday.
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A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter Monday night medevacked a 56-year-old woman with abdominal pain, from Haines to Sitka.
The helicopter launched at 10:30 p.m., picked up the woman and returned by 1:04 a.m. today. The patient was taken to Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center for care.
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July 2004
The high sockeye returns at Redoubt Bay and Lake have prompted the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to raise daily bag limits to six for sport fishers and to 25 for subsistence fishers.
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July 1974
The Assembly decided Tuesday against municipal participation in the U.S. Bicentennial Year commemorative project because of various objections to the project proposed: construction of a Russian tea house pavilion on the Centennial Building parking lot. The estimated local share of the project would be $37,000.