Police Blotter Sitka Police Department received the following calls over the weekend. May 9 At 8 a.m. a vehicle clipped a one-way traffic sign on Barracks Street. Public Works was notified. At 10:56 p.m. a woman said she had been gardening on...
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20 YEARS AGO
May 2005
Photo caption: Teachers retiring at the end of the school year – Linda Swanson, Linda Selvig and Marilyn Guhl – have cake at a retirement party held before the School Board meeting. The three, along with fellow retiring teacher Cal Hayashi, were honored at the retirement celebration.
50 YEARS AGO
May 1975
Baranof Senior Squadron-Civil Air Patrol is asking for help from all Sitka boaters. To better operate as a search and rescue unit, the group is attempting to compile a list of all boats in the Sitka area and surrounding logging camps. ... The Baranof Senior Squadon has volunteered to patrol the Sitka Sportsman’s Association Salmon Derby this year.
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