GRINDING AWAY – Sitka fiddlers perform a song from “Pirates of the Caribbean” in front of a full house at the Sheet’ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi during the Fiddle Monthly Grind Saturday night. The next Monthly Grind variety show will be the Original Artist Grind 7 p.m. March 15 at the Performing Arts Center. The show, sponsored by the Greater Sitka Arts Council, will include local original acts as well as an art show. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

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20 YEARS AGO

February 2005

Photo caption: S&S General Contractors crew bury conduit along Sawmill Creek Road as part of a sewer line project. They’ve been working only at night, using portable lights to direct traffic. Sitkans living between Shotgun Alley and Indian River Road are asked not to use drains or toilets Thursday as pump stations will be turned off.

50 YEARS AGO

February 1975

Photo caption: Five players selected for the first All Tournament team in the American Legion Southeast Alaska Basketball Tournament hold their trophies. From left are Jeff Klanott, Klukwan ANB; Rick Ludigsen, Ketchikan Webber Air; Al Kookesh, Angoon ANB; Terry Friske, Klukwan ANB; and Mike Erickson, Ketchikan Webber Air.

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