ENGAGED PUBLIC – Sitkans fill the Assembly meeting room at Harrigan Centennial Hall Tuesday night for a meeting that included adopting a memorandum of understanding with the Friends of the Animal Shelter group. Phil Burdick, Sitka School Board president, foreground, chews on a pen as he types on his laptop during the meeting. The Assembly passed a resolution 6-0 to be sent to the Legislature in support of a bill sponsored by Sitka’s Rep. Rebecca Himschoot increasing funding for education through a raise in the Base Student Allocation. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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20 YEARS AGO
February 2005
The Assembly Tuesday voted to send out a request for proposal for construction of a deepwater dock at Sawmill Cove Industrial Park. “This is a private dock, to be funded with private dollars,” explained Bob Loiselle, a member of the Sawmill Cove Industrial Park board of directors. “This is not something the city has to fund.”
50 YEARS AGO
February 1975
Mrs. Joyce Haavig has been named chairman of the 1975 Heart Fund Drive. ... Mrs. Haavig, wife of Superintendent of Schools Neland Haavig, will be assisted by Mrs. Marian Harang.