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....
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 Box Ad: Happy 72nd Anniversary, Al & Lois Richter! Lots of love from your big family! Box Ad: Hoonah Postmaster Retires! Congratulations Peter Wae Schneeberger! 51 years, 7 months, 14 days of faithful diligent...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 A man on a heavy tricycle waded to safety Thursday after he – and it – fell through the ice of Swan Lake, about 30 feet from the edge, police said. ... Police shooed everyone off the lake, including kids around the edges...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 Westmark Sitka Executive Chef Joanne Michalski has been honored by the Celestial Seasonings tea company as one of 10 top female chefs in the U.S. invited to submit heart-healthy recipes for the collection “From Teapot to...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 Assembly members scrapped a proposal that would have allowed residents to opt out of mandatory garbage pickup. Mayor Marko Dapcevich and Jay Stelzenmuller co-sponsored the ordinance. 50 YEARS AGO March 1976 Wednesday...
20 YEARS AGO March 2006 Photo caption: Kindergartners Emmitt Anderson and Damien Clark choose a Dr. Seuss book to read from teacher Linda Fredrickson, at Baranof Elementary. The children were joining a nationwide celebration of author Theodor...
20 YEARS AGO February 2006 The much-anticipated road paving project on Tongass Drive and Seward Avenue has created some problems for both users and the contractor, Southeast Earthmovers. The $2.3 million project was begun last August but Mitch...
20 YEARS AGO February 2006 “It’s a lot different to wrestle against another girl than against a boy, said Sitka High School senior Abby Gillaspie. “ Girls have such a different attitude when they’re wrestling each other ... they don’t want to...
20 YEARS AGO February 2006 Advertisement: Special Valentine offer: TWO FREE FLIP PHONES! Share 1250 nationwide anytime minutes and both lines get: Free nights & Weekends Free Mobile to Mobile Free Nationwide Long Distance Free Incoming Text...
20 YEARS AGO February 2006 A panel of residents will share their memories of the “shore boats” that ferried people between Sitka and Japonski Island, during the Sitka Maritime Heritage Society’s annual meeting. From the late 1940s until the...
20 YEARS AGO February 2006 Classified Ads – Rentals: 3-bdrm house, in town $1,300 a month 1-bdrm apt. $850/mo. Great location! 3-bdrm., 2-bath, family room, covered patio, 1,400 sq. ft. $1,500 4-bdrm. home on the water $,800 plus...
20 YEARS AGO February 2006 With a $31,600 appropriation from the Assembly, the Long-Range Planning Commission has begun work on developing a Sitka tourism plan. A steering committee comprised of Brian McNitt, John Litten, Hugh Bevan, Cleo...
20 YEARS AGO February 2006 Photo caption: Al Duncan speaks about hunting in the 1950s during a panel discussion of the history of Native marine mammal management. A three-day regional workshop on the subject is underway. From left are Walter...
20 YEARS AGO February 2006 KCAW-FM, Sitka’s public radio station, will be off the air three to five days while engineers replace worn-out transmission equipment and add an HD Radio (digital) transmitter to the system. ... The upgrade is being...
20 YEARS AGO February 2006 The Sitka School Board gave unanimous approval to a 1.5 percent salary increase for district teachers in the 2006-2007 school year. Later in the meeting, after an executive session to discuss Steve Bradshaw’s...
20 YEARS AGO February 2006 Sitka High School seniors Dylan Bergman and Tyler Holmlund each placed second in individual competition at the Class 4A State High School Wrestling Championships, leading the Wolves to an 8th-place team finish. 50...
20 YEARS AGO February 2006 It takes volunteer archivist Joan Vanderwerp to decide what she likes about sorting though the 2,000 photos donated to the Isabel Miller Museum. “All these people are smiling at you.” Photo Shop Studio owners Margaret...
20 YEARS AGO February 2006 Photo caption: Salvation Army Lt. Rick DeGroot accepts a $2,350 check from members of Sitka ANS Camp 4. The money is to help those made homeless by the Sitka Hotel fire. From left are Duna Williamson, Marta Ryman,...
20 YEARS AGO February 2006 Early projections show Sitka should have a record number of cruise ship visitors in 2006, City Administrator John Stein notes. Estimates provided by Cruise Line Agencies show Sitka having 267,602 visitors this summer,...
20 YEARS AGO February 2006 “Things in Sitka right now are pretty good,” Mayor Marko Dapcevich said in his state of the city address before the Chamber of Commerce. He said Sitka’s economy is holding steady, the city’s short-term budget “looks...