20 YEARS AGO July 2006 The Chamber of Commerce judged New Archangel Dancers best float in the 4th of Jujly Parade, with current and past members showing off costumes. Sitka Fine Arts Camp, whose float including jugglers, clowns and musicians,...
20 YEARS AGO July 2006 McGraw Custom Construction was the apparent low bidder today for a planned vocational education center to be built north of Pacific High on Baranof Street. The bid was $846,800 for the center, which is under the...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 Dan Etulain attributes "laziness and shamelessness" for his success thus far in selling tickets to the Rotary Club annual 4th of July 4th Duck Race. Owner of North Star TV, Etulain has sold more than 350 tickets at $5 each...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 Photo caption: Sitka Summer Music Festival music educator Susan Wingrove, on the keyboard, and festival volunteer Gordon Wright, UAF music professor emeritus, sing lullabies to dozens of toddlers at the library during the...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 Photo caption: Former Sheldon Jackson College library director Evelyn Kelsaw Bonner accepts a Woman of Faith Award at the Presbyterian Church General Assembly in Birmingham, Alabama. Bonner was one of only six woman...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 George Baggen has been chosen to be the Grand Marshal of this year's 4th of July parade. He was chosen because he and his company, Samson Tug and Barge, embody the theme "The American Dream."Sitka Tug & Barge began as...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 Park Supt. Greg Dudgeon has announced Sitka National Historical Park has been selected as one of the seven national parks nationwide to participate in a Health and Recreation Initiative developed by the National Park...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 The Wild Fish Mural, a two-year project of the Greater Sitka Arts Council, will be formally unveiled in its permanent home on the walls of the city's Marine Services Building Saturday. The party starts at the city...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 The Assembly Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution supporting a Sitka-based ferry to take passengers between Sitka, Juneau and four villages – Angoon, Hoonah, Kake and Tenakee Springs. Assembly member John Holst and...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 A one-year extension of the $100 a month lease of the Sawmill Cove Industrial Park property for Fortress of the Bear was granted by the Assembly Tuesday on a 6-1 vote. The non-profit organization plans to operate a...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 From Sitka Russian-America Co. records 150 years ago, June 1856: The late Matrena Nikolaeva Kuritsyn left a credit balance of more than 1,100 rubles. This is to go to her brother, Vladimir Kuritsyn if no other legal heirs...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 Photo caption: Nancy Davis, representing Southeast Alaska Board of Realtors, presents a check of $500 to members of the Big Brothers, Big Sisters program. From left are Matt Keiper, Devin, Ethan Ring, James, Savannah, and...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 Photo caption: Swimming instructor Lauren Wild helps Lillie White, 6, swim on her back today at the Blatchley pool. The summer swim program is one of several youth activities of Community School. 50 YEARS AGO June 1976
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 The Assembly on Tuesday narrowly approved a general fund budget of $23,152,851, an increase of nearly 8 percent over the current budget. John Holst, Doris Bailey, John Sherrod, and Al Duncan Sr. voted for the budget, and...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 Photo captions: Mevedjie 10K top finishers, from left, are Rich Forst and Ashley Moore, who crossed the finish line together at 44 minutes, 27 seconds, and Carolyn Heuer, who placed third at 48:52. Medvejie Half-Marathon...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 Photo caption: Pat Hughes and Finn Straley attach painted panels to form a mural on the Marine Services Building on Katlian Street. The mural was painted on the panels inside the UAS hangar by a group of artists, with...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 Photo caption: Pat Welsh and John Sherrod stand next to the Alaska yellow cedar tree just planted on the approach to the O'Connell Bridge in memory of Ron Welsh, who was Pat's husband and Sherrod's good friend. Sitka...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 Photo caption: Robert Baines putts on a miniature golf course that will be part of the Men's Health Challenge Thursday at the ANB Hall, sponsored by SEARHC and Steps to a Healthier Southeast Alaska. Watching Baines are...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 By a 4-0 vote Tuesday, the Planning Commission granted the state Department of Transportation concurrence for the creation of a roundabout at the intersection of Sawmill Creek Blvd., Halibut Point Road and Lake Street. ...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 Sitka Salvation Army will celebrate its Centennial June 23-26 with a brass band, a parade, a community barbeque, backwards baseball tourney and many other activities. .... Speakers will be former Sitka Salvation Army...