FAIR WEATHER – Parent volunteer Geoffrey Goudeau sits on the dunk tank hot seat as youngsters wind up for their throws during the Xóots Elementary School annual Spring Carnival Saturday on the school playground. The improved colorful dunk tank was new to the carnival that also included games, a silent auction, prizes and several events to raise money for the school. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

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20 YEARS AGO

March 2005

Within the next few years two of Sitka’s small boat harbors, Old Thomsen and ANB, will have to be replaced, and Harbor Master Ray Majeski says the millions of dollars needed for the projects still must be found. ... Sitka Port and Harbors Commission has recommended raising moorage rates by 55 cents per foot per month, but the Assembly in an ordinance introduced at its last meeting called for 45 cents, which would make the new rate $1.75.

 

 50 YEARS AGO

March 1975

Photo caption: Mrs. Leola Calkins, Women of the Moose Sitka Chapter, presents a blood pressure tester to Mrs. Joyce Haavig, Sitka Heart Fund Drive chairman. The tester was given to the Sitka Heart Association to be used in community hypertension evaluation clinics.

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