TRUCK FIRE – Firefighters knock down a fire in a Ford Explorer truck in Arrowhead Trailer Park in the 1200 block of Sawmill Creek Road Saturday evening. One person received fire-related injuries and was taken to the hospital, Sitka Fire Department Chief Craig Warren said, and the truck was considered a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Warren said. The fire hall received the call about the fire at 5:33 p.m., and one fire engine with eight firefighters and an ambulance were dispatched, he said. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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City Doing Clean-up
The city’s annual communitywide spring cleanup event will be April 20-28. Residents can clean up their property and haul acceptable refuse free of charge.
Jarvis Street Transfer Station, 206 Jarvis Street, is open 8 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. No batteries, paints or metals are accepted. Unbroken fluorescent bulbs will be accepted from residential customers only. Yellow spring cleanup garbage bags are available at the Sitka Fire Hall. Commercial waste will be charged at the standard rate.
The Sawmill Creek Scrap Yard will be open for junk vehicles (title must be included), scrap metal, water tanks, refrigerators, dryers, washing machines, stoves, aluminum boats, boat trailers and properly cleaned fuel tanks.
Household hazardous waste will not be accepted at the Transfer Station or Sawmill Cove Scrap Yard.
As far as recyclables go, residents are being encouraged to recycle all glass, tin cans, aluminum, #1 and #2 plastics and corrugated cardboard at the Recycling Center, 802 Sawmill Creek Road.
Residential yard waste – up to 5 cubic yards per customer – will be accepted free of charge at the Granite Creek Waste Area, 401 Granite Creek, on the left side weekends only during the spring cleanup. Commercial operators’ waste is not part of the cleanup and must be paid for.
Junk boats will be charged at the standard rate according to size. They must be clean of debris including engines, outdrives and fuel tanks. Metal boats can be taken to the Sawmill Cove Scrap Yard. Wooden and fiberglass boats are being accepted at the Sitka landfill by approval and appointment only, 747-4041.
For more information about the city’s spring cleanup event, contact the city public works department at 747-1804.
Hazardous Waste Collection
Household hazardous waste collection is at the Wastewater Treatment Plant, 100 Alice Loop, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. April 27 and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. April 28 only. All households, certain small businesses and government agencies are eligible to dispose of up to 200 pounds of waste per year. Call 747-1804 for further information.
This includes solvents, oils, chemicals, solvents, antifreeze, cleaners, poisons, herbicides, acids, automotive and boat batteries, printing and photographic chemicals, flares and paint.
Items not eligible include explosives, blasting caps and gun powder, reactives such as sodium metal and radioactive wastes and fluorescent bulbs.
Residents are reminded not to deliver items prior to or after the event times. Collections are being sponsored by the City and Borough of Sitka.
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20 YEARS AGO
March 2004
Businesses using the Centennial Hall parking lot testified Tuesday against a proposal to charge them rent in addition to the $200 annual permit fee. City Administrator Hugh Bevan made the proposal in response to the Assembly’s direction to Centennial Hall manager Don Kluting to try to close the $340,000 gap between building revenues and operational costs.
50 YEARS AGO
March 1974
Alaska Native Brotherhood Grand President William S. Paul Sr. will be special guest and speaker at the local ANB, Alaska Native Sisterhood Founders Day program Monday at the ANB Hall.