PETAL PUSHERS ? – Flower shops in Sitka are in overdrive today with hundreds of Sitkans ordering Valentine’s Day bouquets. In photo at top, business owner Angela Ketah, center, is helped by Hannah Nelson, left, and Marleigh Nelson, 6, at the Chocolate Moose. In the photo above, Greta Refshaw, at left, hands a bouquet of roses to co-worker Bev Frost of Bev’s Flowers. Both shops will be working late to fill orders. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
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By JAMES BROOKS
Alaska Beacon
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By JAMES BROOKS
Alaska Beacon
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By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Sports Editor
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By Sentinel Staff
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By JAMES BROOKS
Alaska Beacon
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By JAMES BROOKS
Alaska Beacon
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Sitka Police received the following calls as of midnight last night.
February 11
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By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Sports Editor
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By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
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By CORINNE SMITH
Alaska Beacon
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By YERETH ROSEN
Alaska Beacon
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By JAMES BROOKS
Alaska Beacon
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February 10
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20 YEARS AGO
February 2005
Because of dramatic increases in construction costs, about 100 seats have been cut from plans for the Sitka High School auditorium, City Engineer Dan Jones said at the Sitka School Board meeting.
50 YEARS AGO
February 1975
Police Blotter: Four youths were warned it is illegal to ride motorcycles on Swan Lake. Hames Corp. reported three cases of larceny by check. One auto on Lake St. across from the Fire Department and two autos on the Alaska Federal Savings and Loan parking lot were impounded. Mrs. Eugene Buchholz reported the theft of a car battery, valued at $35.