20 YEARS AGO April 2006 The school year will start Aug. 22 under the 2006-2007 calendar approved by the School Board on a 4-1 vote Tuesday. Mollie Kabler cast the dissenting vote, saying that the early start would be "bad for fishing families." 50 YEARS AGO April 1976 Members of Sitka's Baranof Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol received awards at a banquet Saturday. Service ribbons were awarded to Capt. Cecil C. McClain, Lt. Richard Sunde, Lt. John Penman, Lt. Joyce Penman, Lt. Richard Davis, Lt. Joe Winkler, Lt. Sandra Sunde, Lt. Gene Riggs, Lt. Don Craddick, Lt. Tom Pratt, Lt. Ed Scholz, S-M Randall Hames ...
20 YEARS AGO April 2006 Photo caption: Sitka Works and Sitka Comedy Group donate $100 to Kettleson Library for its Comedy Cache. From left are Sheila Finkenbinder, Sitka Works Director; Cheryl Pearson, Kettleson Library director; and Vicky...
20 YEARS AGO April 2006 Photo caption: City crews demolish the old city shop on Halibut Point Road today. The building was built during World War II by the U.S. Army or Navy and later was converted for use by the city public works department....
20 YEARS AGO April 2006 State highway engineers are investigating the possibility of a traffic roundabout to improve safety at the intersection of Sawmill Creek Road and Lake Street, Department of Transportation officials said today. "Right now,...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 Photo caption: Richard Stein break dances at Lake and Lincoln Streets Tuesday afternoon. Stein and fellow Sitka High students Bryan Lovett, Orion Hughes-Knowles and Nate Turner were spending part of their spring break...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 Photo caption: Senior Moment - Sitka High School seniors display their Senior Projects Monday at Centennial Hall. A requirement for graduation, the projects cover a range of topics from ice climbing to newspaper...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 Advertisement: Russell’s/Mac’s 50 Years 1956-2006 4-day Sale. Drawings, Lots of goodies & cookies! Raven’s Brew Coffee! Meet Ray Troll! Merchandise 25% off all 4 days! 50 YEARS AGO March 1976 Photo caption: Sitka...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 Sheldon Jackson Museum’s artifact for March is the nightstick and handcuffs used by Tlingit policeman Kat-le-an, leader of the Sitka Kiksadi, in the 1890s. The late Esther Littlefield bequeathed the pieces that Kat-le-an,...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 About 50 “stakeholders” will be working through October to draft a plan “for sustainable tourism development that maintains Sitkans’ quality of life, recognizing the characteristics that make Sitka attractive to both...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 The city assessor says the average Sitka taxpayer is seeing an increase of $25,000 to $30,000 in the tax valuation of property this year. ... Most of the increased assessed valuation was due to rises in the value of land...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 City Attorney Theresa Hillhouse dealt another setback to a group seeking a public vote prior to sale or lease of city lands for a cruise ship dock at Sawmill Cove Industrial Park. Hillhouse advised City Clerk Colleen...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 A group of education administrators from Russia toured Sitka and the Sheldon Jackson College campus to begin exploring possibilities for Russian students to study on the SJC campus. ... “We’re looking to start an exchange...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 Sitka Tribe of Alaska Tribal Council and the Assembly agreed Thursday to work together to ease land use conflicts in the Indian Village. “I would be just thrilled to help,” Assembly member Doris Bailey said, but the...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 Photo caption: Coho clan leader Herman Davis holds the recently repatriated Coho Clan Post. The post was carved in Dry Bay, 88 miles east of Sitka, in the 1800s. It has been in the possession of Chicago’s Field Museum of...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 Photo caption: Patty Bickar, with grandchildren August, 7, and Teagan Bickar, 10, presents a $600 check from the Sitka Sons of Norway club to Elaine Steinbach and Joyce Pearson of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 Photo caption: Ian Poindexter, Ivan Reifenstuhl and William Patrick display the medals they won at the Southeast Regional Middle School Wrestling Meet in Juneau. Poindexter was first at 105 pounds; Reifenstuhl second at...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 By a unanimous vote, the Sitka Planning Commission approved a motion recommending the Assembly act quickly in granting easements for a 1.7-mile expansion of the Sitka Cross Trail. Sitka Trail Works director Deborah Lyons...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 The Sitka High School auditorium is on schedule for completion by mid-May of next year, but city engineer Dan Jones says he can’t promise the facility will be finished in time for the 2007 SHS graduation. 50 YEARS...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 The Sitka School Board unanimously approved a resolution supporting a geographic cost differential under which the school district would receive a 19.5 percent increase in state funding based on the cost of living in...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 From the Police Blotter: A man said someone had gained access to his on-line poker account and had used up all his money. ... A man with loud children agreed to try to keep them quiet after neighbors complained at 9 p.m....