January 2014 - Page 4 of 9

Wed Jan 22, 2014

Sitka man sentenced to four years for drunk driving and auto theft. Sealaska looks for youth advisor. Coast Guard monitors sunken tug boat near Wrangell. Forest Service sets up board to rewrite Tongass management plan.

Sealaska seeks new board youth adviser

Sealaska is looking for a young shareholder to take a seat on its board of directors.

Sitka man to serve four years for DUI, auto theft

A Sitka man will spend four years in prison for felony drunk driving and auto theft. 32-year old Walter D. Peratrovich will also pay a $10,000 fine, and over $9,000 for the loss of the vehicle he stole. According to court records, a patrol officer attempted to stop Peratrovich in the early morning of June 30, 2013, as he drove a 2003 Chevy pickup on Harbor Drive near the O’Connell Bridge. He was later apprehended when he drove the truck into a ditch on Sawmill Creek Road. The truck caught fire and burned.

A tapity tap island

Cheryl Vastola didn't hesitate when asked what kind of island she had washed up on..."sandy with a flat rock right by the water." We found out later that rock was the perfect place to practice her tap dancing. Cheryl was the castaway on Friday, January 17th. Here is a recording of the program, her list of 10 songs and the dessert she would bring with her, because it is after all a deserted island!

Broadway Night an evening of song

Shannon Haugland and Tracy Turner, with Sitka Community Theater, outline the bill for this Friday's Broadway Night fund raiser (6 PM Fri Jan 24, Odess Theater, $30 at Old Harbor Books, includes wine & hors d'ouevres). 12 performances in all.

Tue Jan 21, 2014

As session opens, Kreiss-Tomkins introduces official Native languages bill, remains skeptical of governor's oil tax cuts. MEHS Wrestlers advocate for girls tournament.

Mt. Edgecumbe girls pave way toward sanctioned wrestling

Your high school might have had a wrestling team, but how many wrestlers were girls? There are more than a dozen girls on Sitka’s Mt. Edgecumbe High School wrestling team, and they regularly beat boys in their weight class. The team is tackling more than just gender barriers; they’re paving the way for the first girls sanctioned wrestling tournament in the state of Alaska.

As session opens: Kreiss-Tomkins backs official Native language bill

The second session of the 28th Alaska Legislature opens today (Tue 1-21-14), and Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has something he lacked last year: Experience. While he’s still the youngest legislator on the hill in Juneau, and still a member of the minority, the Sitka Democrat has already pre-filed one bill on Native languages, and remains deeply skeptical of the governor’s efforts to boost oil production by reducing taxes on industry profits.

Poetry in motion, five days a week

Our colleague Dan Olbrych made this short film about the press run at The Daily Sitka Sentinel, a family-owned newspaper celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. While the film has a nostalgic vibe, we're pretty sure that -- like fresh-baked bread or well-crafted construction -- this kind of dedicated, thoughtful newspapering will never go out of style.