20 YEARS AGO June 2006 Between 24 homers its players blasted out of the park, and the 12 strikeouts E.B. Crow threw, the Sitka High School baseball team made it clear who's the best team in the state at the state tournament in Fairbanks ... The...
20 YEARS AGO June 2006 Greg Kahler had to survive a week-long wait to claim his $5,000 prize for the biggest king entered in the 51st Sitka Salmon Derby. But by 7 p.m. Sunday it was clear that the 55 pound king he caught May 28 would take the...
20 YEARS AGO May 2006 Photo caption: A Sitka American Legion Post 13 color guard marches down the path of Sitka National Cemetery following Memorial Day ceremonies. A parade went from Totem Square down Lincoln Street to the cemetery where state...
20 YEARS AGO May 2006 Photo caption: Park Service Ranger Peter Gorman helps kindergartners Albert Dundas and Trevor Kluting plant peas in front of the Russian Bishop's House. The kindergartners planting a variety of edible plants in the historic...
20 YEARS AGO May 2006 For the 11th time in 12 years Gary Smith was the winner of the Julie Hughes Triathlon, finishg the running, biking and swimming race in 1 hour, 30 minutes, 39 seconds. Carolyn Heuer was the first female finisher, with a...
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20 YEARS AGO May 2006 Sen. Ken Stedman said Wednesday a $5 million appropriation to develop the Benchlands may seem like a stroke of good luck in the waning minutes of the legislative session. But it wasn't luck, it actually was a project that...
20 YEARS AGO May 2006 Beginning next year, Sitka High School seniors will no longer have to complete a major paper as part of the senior projects that are required to finish in order to graduate from school, Sitka High Principal Howard Wayne...
20 YEARS AGO May 2006 Photo caption: Stan Filler, CHARR president, hands a $3,000 check to members of Sitka Faith in Action to further support the group's volunteer visiting and a respite support program. From left are Jane Demmert, Jean Frank,...
20 YEARS AGO May 2006 The Alaska Marine Highway System said today it will contract with Allen Marine to provide passenger ferry service between Angoon and Sitka twice a week. It was in reaction to a plan to route village ferry traffic through...
20 YEARS AGO May 2006 Sitka High School track team had three individual champs and two relay team champs at the Region V meet in Juneau. Tabitha Fisher won the title in the 100 meter dash at 13.74 seconds; Kelsea Johnson won the high jump at...
20 YEARS AGO May 1976 Sitka Trail Works was founded about 10 years ago to bring together divided elements in the community and employ displaced timber workers while enhancing Sitka's quality of life, the Chamber was told Wednesday. STW executive...
20 YEARS AGO May 2006 The students of Mary Stevens' kindergarten class found the Coast Guard helicopter on one of the 124 quilts in the Ocean Wave Quilters' 24th Annual Quilt Show at the Centennial Building, and the salmon and the bike rider...
20 YEARS AGO May 2006 Construction of new multiuse ball fields, creation of a skate park, and replacement of the Moller field fence and concession stand are among the city Parks & Rec community top priorities, the committee told the...
20 YEARS AGO May 2006 The Assembly unanimously passed a resolution denouncing the cancellation of LeConte ferry service for Sitka, calling for the state to provide round-trip contract service for Sitka and the regional villages. 50 YEARS...
20 YEARS AGO May 2006 Photo caption: Passengers off the cruise ship Zaandam take photos and talk with the ship's eagle mascot at the Crescent Harbor lightering dock this morning. The Zaandam is the first large cruise ship of the season, with a...
20 YEARS AGO May 2006 Travis J. Watson has graduated from Western Illinois University with a degree in construction management and a minor in business. He was on the swim team all four years, and was caption his senior year. He is a 2000...
20 YEARS AGO May 2006 Graham Wichman graduated with honors from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a degree in mechanical engineering. He received the UAF Outstanding Student Award from the Mechanical engineering faculty. A graduate of...
20 YEARS AGO May 2006 May Joy DaSalla-Castro and Jackie Carlos demonstrate tinikling dancing Saturday at Baranof Elementary. Filipino Fun was the theme of the Super Saturday event hosted by Roger and Delia Estrada and Mary Todd Andersen. 50...
20 YEARS AGO May 2006 Ripple effects of the decision for the nation's largest beverage distribution, American Beverage Association, to stop selling non-diet sodas to schools could lead to the removal of high-calorie sodas from the vending...