This Week in History
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Kelly Hostetler, center with water bottle, 11 miles away from the finish of her 360-mile Golden Circle run Sunday. Supporters, from left, include Leslie Evenden, daughter Hannah Hostetler and Laurie Mastrella.
2010
Creditors worried as Cruise West flounders
Tour operators and other Haines businesses may be left holding bills for Cruise West, a 37-year-old cruise line with local ties that announced a "restructuring" last week and stopped answering its phone.
It has since sold its largest vessel, the 120-passenger Spirit of Oceanus, suspended bookings and replaced its website with a press release.
Seattle-based Cruise West once had as many as 80 dockings in Haines, although that number was cut in recent years, with sailings shifted to other Southeast ports. This season, only the Spirit of Discovery made weekly stops here at the Chilkat Cruises dock.
1995
Hunters shoot 27 bulls in 5 days
Ending just before midnight Tuesday, the 1995 moose hunting season was, at five days, the longest in years.
As of Wednesday, 27 bull moose had been reported taken, two more than the optimum as seen by wildlife biologists but within the range expected to protect the herd. Three were illegal bulls. The antlers were forfeited to the state and the meat went to charity. The misdemeanor carries a maximum penalty of a $5,000 fine and a year in jail.
1970
Borough planning a new high school
Preliminary plans for a new high school building were examined at the Haines Borough Assembly's meeting last Wednesday.
Supt. Karl Ward showed the assemblymen preliminary plans for a new high school building which would include classrooms, laboratories, gymnasium and locker rooms, auditorium and swimming pool. Estimated cost would be roughly $2 million.
