LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
April 18, 2018 Police Blotter
Police logged the following calls between 8 a.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. today.
April 17
At 10:30 a.m. a caller said two dogs tied up in the garden area behind Blatchley had been barking for the past two and a half hours. The dogs were gone when the ACO arrived.
At 12:35 p.m. a caller asked police for traffic control after a vehicle came off the back of a truck at 1500 HPR.
At 1:52 p.m. a caller said his daughter was in a traffic accident at 1867 HPR. Damage had resulted.
A downtown store said a man had just left with a shirt. Officers found the man and recovered the shirt. The store requested a criminal trespass form.
At 4 p.m. a caller said an eagle was in the water off the 500 block of Lincoln Street, and people were getting close to it and harassing it. Officers contacted the Raptor Center. Meanwhile, a wildlife trooper said the bird had managed to get out and was sunning itself on the dock to dry out.
At 4:33 p.m. a caller said a man was sleeping in a truck at the end of Kramer Avenue, and had come up there almost daily. Officers told the man he couldn’t sleep in his vehicle on the street. He agreed to leave the area.
At 6:28 p.m. a 911 caller said she accidentally set off her fire alarm while cooking and couldn’t get it to turn off. Officers and the fire hall responded, and the alarm was silenced.
At 7 p.m. a downtown caller said a woman living in her vehicle with two dogs was back in the area, and the dogs looked very underweight.
At 7:10 p.m. a caller said a combative man was refusing to leave a downtown building. He left while officers were en route.
At 7:25 p.m. a caller said a man had punched the caller’s vehicle, in the 600 block of Lincoln St. Officers were unable to locate the man.
At 8:26 p.m. a man said a driver almost hit him as he pulled out of a parking lot at 705 HPR, then went on to drive up on the sidewalk multiple times and cross over both lines several times. An officer talked to the driver, who agreed to do tests. He scored zero on testing, and the officer detected no odor of alcohol. The man said he would drive more safely.
At 11 p.m. multiple calls came in about a single gunshot, in the 3200 block of HPR. An officer noted seeing a blue Subaru leave as he arrived.
April 18
An unattended fire was seen on Eagle Way at 1:55 a.m. An officer put it out.
Coast Guard
A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter crew flew a 57-year-old stroke patient from Hoonah to Juneau Tuesday night.
Emergency Calls
Sitka Fire Department received ambulance calls at 4:11 p.m., 6:20 p.m. and 9:46 p.m. Tuesday.
At 10:28 p.m. Tuesday an engine went to Old Sitka docks where a bus had rolled down a hill and appeared to be leaking fuel. The fire crew cleaned it up.
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Photo caption: National Republican Chairman George Bush takes a drink of water offered by Jan Craddick, Sitka delegate, during the Republican convention held here. Mrs. Craddick explained to Bush that the water was from Indian River, which means, according to local legend, that he will return.