Sitka Forecast For tonight expect a low of 43 degrees with a 50 percent chance of rain. On Saturday, a high of 50 degrees, and an overnight low of 45, with rain, and on Sunday more rain and temperatures ranging from 50 to an overnight low of 40....
20 YEARS AGO November 2006 The Greater Sitka Arts Council will host a reception for and a reading by newly installed state writer laureate John Straley at Kettleson Memorial Library. Straley, a Sitka writer and poet, will present both new...
20 YEARS AGO November 2006 Sitka will observe Veterans Day Saturday, Nov. 11, with a breakfast at the Elks Lodge; a parade at 11 a.m. led by the American Legion; and the annual Community Veterans Banquet, sponsored by the Alaska Native...
20 YEARS AGO November 2006 Four years ago David “Deuce” Audette raised $10,000 for two young Sitka brothers in need of kidney transplants by raffling off a 15-foot aluminum skiff he built. This year he’ll “push the envelope” and raise even...
20 YEARS AGO November 2006 Sitka Historical Society will host a wine-tasting party to kick off its 50th anniversary in 2007. Tickets are $30. Over-40 Knot Winds will play and a silent auction of framed photos from the Photo Shop Studio...
20 YEARS AGO November 2006 Photo caption: The family of Virginia and Walter Moy invite friends to their 59th wedding celebration and birthday party Friday at the Salvation Army multipurpose room. The couple requested no gifts. 50 YEARS...
20 YEARS AGO November 2006 Rep. Peggy Wilson won re-election despite losing in Sitka to Jay Stelzenmuller. Sarah Palin turned back Tony Knowles in his bid for a third term, and Don Young was sent back to Congress for an 18th term,...
20 YEARS AGO November 2006 Ads for Tuesday election: Diane Benson: a True Alaskan running for Congress Alaska needs a gas pipeline. Vote No on Ballot Measure 2 Re-elect Peggy Wilson Alaskans for Don Young Vote for...
20 YEARS AGO November 2006 Dirk White has been named the 2006 Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist of the Year by the National Community Pharmacists Association. ‘‘You think you’re doing just a normal job, and even still, how did...
20 YEARS AGO October 2006 Halloween! Raven Radio’s annual Stardust Ball and Lip Sync Extravaganza will be Oct. 28 at Centennial Hall. *** Sitka Edgecumbe Youth Football League will present the Haunted Hotel at Shee Atika Totem Square Inn...
20 YEARS AGO October 2006 Advertisement: Moonlight Madness is Coming! Thursday, October 26. Check the Wednesday, October 25 Sentinel for participating businesses & times! Don’t Miss All the Special Bargains! 50 YEARS AGO October...
20 YEARS AGO October 2006 Photo caption: Dan Kelliher makes his way up Harbor Mountain Sunday in the annual Mountain Madness bicycle hill climb. Kelliher was the first rider to reach the top of the mountain, doing so in a near-record 36...
20 YEARS AGO October 2006 Former state Sen. Richard I. Eliason has become the first Alaskan to be recognized by a Northwest organization for his contributions to the health of wild salmon. Eliason, a lifelong commercial fisherman, said he...
20 YEARS AGO October 2006 Winners in the Alaska Day Ball included Celeste Tydingco who won the Frankie Haag Memorial Award of $100 for a ballgown made by the wearer. ... For the parade, Blatchley Middle School Band, Sitka Ninth Infantry,...
20 YEARS AGO October 2006 Shee Atika Inc.’s plans for a new subdivision on Alice Loop Road has prompted concerns that the new development would block public access to World War II historic sites and “possibly threaten the actual integrity...
20 YEARS AGO October 2006 Photo caption: Alaska State Trooper Larry Nicholson swears in members of the Keystone Kops near the Prospector statue. The troupe includes Diane Falk, Kim Smith, Lori Pettigrew, Cyndy Gephart, Jenny Houx, Jodie...
20 YEARS AGO October 2006 Photo caption: Ashlie Romine watches as Kyleigh McArthur kicks a soccer ball between two posts at Blatchley Middle School during the annual Elks Soccer Shoot. Youths under age 10 took 15 shots at a goal 15 feet...
20 YEARS AGO October 2006 Photo caption: Some of the hundreds of participants in the Breast Cancer Awareness Group Walk make their way back over the O’Connell Bridge. The annual event saw a record turnout and raised about $3,500 for the...
20 YEARS AGO October 2006 John Straley, the new Alaska State Writer Laureate, can point to a person who inspired him most in his work. His eighth-grade English teacher encouraged Straley to read his first story aloud to his class. Although...
20 YEARS AGO October 2006 Photo caption: Children of 3-5 Preschool play on new equipment donated by Allen Marine and the Allen family. Improvements were made with help from White’s Pharmacy, Foreign Auto, Coast Guard Spouses’ and Women’s...