20 YEARS AGO December 2005 Sitka High School seniors Tyler Holmlund and Dylan Bergman each finished third in his weight class to lead a group of nine SHS wrestlers at the Auburn Invitational in Auburn, Wash. “It was probably one of the most...
20 YEARS AGO December 2005 SEARHC has received a $750,000 grant from the Rasmuson Foundation for a 32-bed short-term housing facility for patients and their families. Frank Sutton, vice president, said the project will cost over $5 million. 50...
20 YEARS AGO December 2005 Photo caption: Second-graders who won in the Older Persons Action Group art and essay contest include, from left, Misha Bekeris, Mollie Korngiebel, LaNasha Lee, Ray Ozawa, Aaryn van Veen, and Trista Elixman. Not...
20 YEARS AGO December 2005 A Department of Interior solicitor has determined that submerged lands surrounding the World War II causeway west of Japonski Island belong to the federal government and not the State of Alaska, which has managed the...
20 YEARS AGO December 2005 City building official Scott Brylinsky said Friday all but one of the seven houses damaged or undermined by the Nov. 23 Halibut Point Road landslides appear safe to occupy. 50 YEARS AGO December 1975 Thanksgiving...
20 YEARS AGO November 2005 Photo caption: Volunteer servers listen to a prayer prior to Thursday’s Community Thanksgiving Dinner at the Sheet’ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi. Hundreds turned out for the free annual get-together which featured turkey, salmon...
20 YEARS AGO November 2005 Donations of food, cash and gift certificates in the Salvation Army food drive exceeded the goal for the annual pre-Thanksgiving event, Lt. Rick DeGroot reported. Donated food weighed 9,896 pounds. ... About 93 baskets...
20 YEARS AGO November 2005 Record rainfall flooded low-lying property and triggered destructive landslides above the 1400 and 1600 blocks of Halibut Point Road Tuesday. ... Two houses on Davidoff Street and one on the upland side of Halibut...
20 YEARS AGO November 2005 In observance of Native American Heritage Month, the Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum will host Teri Rofkar, Tlingit artist, in a discussion of “Bridging the Ancient and Modern.” Rofkar is a Ravens Tail blanket weaver...
20 YEARS AGO November 2005 Photo caption: Rainy Day Dollmakers Guild President Tam Fondell and member Linda Boord hold up a doll to be raffled in a fundraiser. Behind them is a display of dolls at Kettleson. In a glass case is an American Girl...
20 YEARS AGO November 2005 Sitka School Board President Scott McAdams was elected secretary-treasurer of the Association of Alaska School Boards at the group’s annual meeting in Anchorage. Sitka School District Superintendent Steve Bradshaw...
20 YEARS AGO November 2005 The Harry Potter Triwizard Tournament will meet Thursday. Questions will focus on books five and six. Prizes include three capes made by Gerry vonRekowski at Kettleson Memorial Library. 50 YEARS AGO November...
Sitka Forecast For tonight expect a low of 40 degrees with a 40 percent chance of rain. For Tuesday, a high of 47 degrees with a 60 percent chance of rain followed by an overnight low of 40 with a 50 percent chance of rain. Sitka Weather On...
20 YEARS AGO November 2005 Irene Jimmy, George Ridley, Archie Nielsen and Gerry Hope were elected Tuesday to seats on the Sitka Tribe of Alaska Tribal Council. 50 YEARS AGO November 1975 James A. Broschat, principal of Sitka High...
20 YEARS AGO November 2005 Hundreds of Orthodox pilgrims are expected to visit a Pennsylvania monastery to view a painting of the Sitka icon that believers say has the power to heal. The 19th century painting, called “Mother of God,” has been...
20 YEARS AGO November 2005 Photo caption: Staff Sgt. Ben Miyasato is greeted at the Sitka airport by his family. Miyasato, a 14-year member of the Army National Guard, arrived home on Veterans Day after serving in Baghdad since January. He is...
20 YEARS AGO November 2005 Former Sitkan Romaine Hardcastle will be honored at a reception at Sitka National Historical Park. Hardcastle was museum technician at the park from 1963 to 1967, and worked with Native elders to record their oral...
20 YEARS AGO November 2005 Photo caption: Competitors take off in the annual Whale Fest Run and Walk. Race director Brian Beall said the run had a large turnout. ... Doug Carlton won the 10K race overall in 39 minutes, 24 seconds, for the...
20 YEARS AGO November 2005 Photo caption: Sitka High swimmers pose with their first-place trophy at the state swimming and diving championships in Anchorage. It was the first time a Sitka team has won the title. From left are Tolga Tokman, Ben...
20 YEARS AGO November 2005 Photo caption: Blatchley Middle School students who raised the most money in the annual magazine sale stand at a school assembly. From left are Helaina Bauder, Savannah Holder, James Lysons, Johanna Gluth, Frank...