LOOKING AT YOU - Pioneers Home resident Vicky Porter shows her pumpkin after carving the eyes Saturday during a jack-o'-lantern making event organized by the Sitka Rotary Club. Pictured are, from left, Daniel Mueller, German AFS exchange student;...
HYPERPHAGIA - Left, Destiny Treshan, 2, gets a lift from her mom to watch bears tear into pumpkins at the Fortress of the Bear Saturday afternoon. The bear sanctuary hosted two open house events on Saturday and Sunday. Hundreds turned out to play...
SPOOKY FISH - Costumed youngsters pick out marine debris at an activities table set up for making monster dolls Thursday night in the Sitka Sound Science Center's Sage Building. Hundreds turned out for the center's annual Haunted Aquarium. The...
WORD BY WORD - Debbie Miller, right, and other members of the Sitka Rotary Club help third-graders at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School look up answers to questions posed on index cards Monday. The Rotary Club for several years has been providing...
With a “Construction” theme on Friday night and a “Fishing” theme on Saturday, the Sitka High School student body, dressed in hard hats, colorful, reflective vests, and waders with a few fishing poles, loudly cheered the Sitka High School girls’...
WEDNESDAY 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Safeguarding Youths of Alaska, Harrigan Centennial Hall, email info@sitkayouth.org, 907-623-0413 11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open Noon White Elephant Shop open Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline...
Police Blotter Sitka Police Department logged the following calls over the weekend Friday, October 23 At 1:13 p.m. a caller asked for a welfare check at Pioneer Park. Police found a mother napping in a car with kids were in it. Police...
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20 YEARS AGO
October 2006
Former state Sen. Richard I. Eliason has become the first Alaskan to be recognized by a Northwest organization for his contributions to the health of wild salmon. Eliason, a lifelong commercial fisherman, said he felt honored not just as an individual but for the state of Alaska. He is the first Alaskan to have been nominated to the hall of fame.
50 YEARS AGO
October 1976
In the Alaska Day races, 7-mile winners were Veronica Howard and Walter Gilmour, pre-high school; Heather Oen and David Licari, high school; Jan Turner, Roger Adams, post high school; and Albert R. Duncan, over 30.
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