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...
Lake Street will reopen by October 28, after contractors finish the replacement of underground infrastructure, the city public works department announced. “The contractor would like to do it as quickly as they can,” said city engineer Mike...
ALASKA DAY FESTIVAL - The stars and stripes are raised on Castle Hill during the reenactment of the 1867 Transfer Ceremony as part of the Alaska Day Festival Sunday. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
The Hames Center gym floor has never looked brighter – at least not in the past four decades. On Saturday, the Sitka Fine Arts Camp will mark the completion of a project to sand the floor, replace sections and make other improvements. The “soft...
Sitka National Historical Park reminds residents and park visitors that collecting natural and cultural materials from the park's shoreline and tidelands is generally prohibited. ‘‘While exploring the beach and discovering interesting objects...
Police Blotter Sitka Police. Department logged the following calls Thursday. A caller reported possible bank fraud. No theft had occurred. The caller was advised on how to secure information. A sexual assault was reported and is under...
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20 YEARS AGO
October 2006
Winners in the Alaska Day Ball included Celeste Tydingco who won the Frankie Haag Memorial Award of $100 for a ballgown made by the wearer. ... For the parade, Blatchley Middle School Band, Sitka Ninth Infantry, Juneau Shrine Club and Sitka Community Hospital won first place in their categories.
50 YEARS AGO
October 1976
Crowds were large and rainfall light for Sitka’s 109th anniversary of the transfer of Alaska from Russia to America. An opening event was raising and dedication of the Bicentennial Totem Pole, carved by Duane Pasco of Seattle, in the National Historical Park. .... For the Arrowhead Lions Club-sponsored fireworks every parking space around the Crescent Harbor area was full.
Costume prizes at the Lord Baranof Ball went to Willa Long and Warren Christianson, best-dressed couple; Jose Ashby, best dressed man; Jo Patterson, Native lady; Dorothy Streit, ballroom costume. Beard winners were Wayne Olson, longest; Jim Daubney Best of Show; and John Henson, Scrawniest.
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