20 YEARS AGO September 2006 Photo caption: Erik Davenport of Maple Leaf Construction cuts siding for the historic Cable House on Lincoln Street. The building, which will be 100 years old in 2008, is being restored with grants totaling $300,000...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 The Assembly approved a lease of city property at Sawmill Creek Industrial Park to a new fish processing company, including a cash grant of up to $350,000 for employee housing. Sitka fisherman Troy Denkinger is the...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 Sawmill Creek Farm education liaison Bobbi Daniels said the two most often asked questions at the farm are “When do we get to see bears?” and “Will you guys get horses?” The answer to the second: Yes, on the 23rd of...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 Sitka Film Society has added a second showing of the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” at the Downtown Coliseum Theater. The Friday show is sold out. Al Gore narrates the story of global warming, its origins, and...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 Park Service Ranger Lisa Matlock helps Chelsea Michael cut rhubarb in front of the Russian Bishop’s House. Gina Lawson’s Baranof Elementary School first-graders were harvesting vegetables in the historic garden they...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 State officials say they won’t finish a study of northern Southeast transportation, and they have delayed studying a road route to a new Sitka ferry terminal, but they’re moving ahead with research for a road...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 Photo caption: Sitka’s Soggy Joggers competed over the weekend in the Klondike Trail of ‘98 International Road Relay between Skagway and Whitehorse, finishing 32nd out of 57 teams. From left are Terry Lovett, John...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 Alaska State Troopers have determined a juvenile bear shot in defense of life or property Sunday in the 2400 block of Sawmill Creek Road was a bear that had been frequenting the area for about a week. Troopers...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 Sitka High football team shut out a young Skyview team 20-0 at Moller Field to improve to 2-1 on the season. Cory Hansen had one touchdown and Shane Hargus had two. Freshman quarterback D.J. Hatmaker played the entire...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 Park Ranger Peter Gorman will present the program “The Park’s Seldom-Seen Treasures,” in the park visitor center. It’s the centenary of the Antiquities Act, which made possible designation of the park as a National...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 Adult musicians are invited to “dust off your old instruments and join in the fun” as Sitka Community Band begins rehearsals at Blatchley for its ninth season. The group, under the direction of Mike Kernin and Jan...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 Photo caption: Kettleson Memorial Library staff gather around one of the new computers set up around the library Thursday. From left are Joanna Perensovich, Brooke Schafer, Cheryl Call, Cheryl Pearson and Maite...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 The Alaska Department of Transportation has requested proposals from private transportation providers to offer passenger ferry service between Sitka, Angoon, Hoonah, Tenakee Springs, Kake and Juneau. Sitka...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 Work has begun on a roughly $6.82 million Thomsen Harbor replacement which will increase the number of slips for 30- to 40-foot vessels and help relieve the long waiting list for slips in that size range. ... The...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 A fire early Tuesday burned the Port Alexander general store to the ground, but the owner, Lee Lawson, was able to escape without injury. The fire started in the rear of the building but it wasn’t known what started...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 After missing last weekend’s meet in Ketchikan, Sitka High cross-country runners Ben Hughey, Jonathan Kreiss-Tompkins and Torin Lehmann placed in the top 20 in the boys race in last weekend’s cross country meet here....

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 Photo caption: Sitka Sportsman’s Association Vice President Foy Nevers presents a check for $1,000 to NSRAA General Manager Pete Esquiro. The donation is from proceeds of the Salmon Derby. The goal of the fund is to...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 “Gumboot Determination: The Story of the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium,” written by Juneau author Peter Metcalfe, has been named one of a dozen winners of the 27th Annual American Book Awards. The...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 Classified ads for rentals: Waterfront 3 bdrm. with tram to dock.$1,900 *** Furnished 2 bdrm. apt. Avail. Sept.-May. $795 mo. *** Efficiency apt., beach $750. *** House for rent Oct. 1-April 15. 2 bdrm, loft, fully...

20 YEARS AGO September 2006 Friends and family are invited to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of Michael and Lois Perensovich at St. Gregory’s Catholic Church. The Perensoviches request friendship as the only gift presented for the...