Daily Sitka Sentinel from Sitka, Alaska • Page 9

Native Corp. Closes Sawmill, Lays Off All But 8 Workers Daily Sitka Sentinel, Sitka, Alaska, Friday, October 4,1991, Page 9 Session in Anchorage To Probe Teen Violence SEWARD (AP) Chugach Alaska Corp. has suspended operations at its Seward sawmill and indefinitely laid off all but eight workers, most of them security guards. "The crews have been laid off until further notice," plant Manager Stan Flugel told the Seward Phoenix LOG after the company's decision Monday. At its peak, the mill employed 149 people, according to Flugel, but that number has decreased steadily over the past month.

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The release blamed recent layoffs at the mill on a seasonal decline in market demand for timber. City Manager Darryl Schaefermey- er said it would be a severe blow to Seward if the mill stays closed. "We need to, as a community, to band together on this issue and see if we can make this thing survive," Schaefermeyer said. He estimated the mill has an annual payroll of S6 million when it employs 150 people. Schaefermeyer said the company owes the city more than 3100,000 for wharfage and berthing fees from 1989 to the time parent company Chugach Alaska Corp.

declared bankruptcy March. The $20 million sawmill has a no- charge lease agreement with the city for the 30 acres it occupies as long as it employs at least 15 full-time workers annually. That saves the company as much as $400,000 annually, Schae- fermeyer said. "The main intent was jobs. We're not particularly interested in the rent monies, we're interested in the employment," he said.

Seward Job Service Office Manager Gordon Wicks trom said Tuesday his office has had an increase in mill workers filing for unemployment in the past few days. Craft Bazaar Set Oct. 5 The Autumn Craft Bazaar is scheduled 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct.

5 in the Centennial Building exhibit room. Tables will include face painting, helium balloons, photography by Dan EvansMvon, Tupperware, Park Lane and many hand-crafted items appropriate for Christmas gift giving. Partial proceeds will go to Boy Scouts of America. "It Ain't Over 'Till It's Over" --YogiBerra But YOU and Sentinel Staff Staff Brandt --Ron Wilbur Radio Sitka News Bureau League of Women Voters Chamber of Commerce (My Campaign Chairman) Contributors and MY WIFE SANDRA DANHACKETT Paid for by HackcLt for Assembly, Daniel Jones, Chairman, 719 Sirstad Sitka, AK 99835 ANCHORAGE (AP) Exaggerated and legitimate concerns about crime among teen-agers have prompted Anchorage police to organize a conference to familiarize educators and law enforcement agencies with youth and gang violence. The two-day conference is set for late October or early November, and it will feature specialists on gangs and violence in schools from San Diego, a city with a multitude of gang problems.

"When we talk about gangs, law enforcement people and civilians are talking a different language," said Pat O'Brien, an APD school liaison officer. "We don't have gangs in Anchorage. We have some Police said they will invite teachers and other youth professionals to the conference so they can learn to spot problems with their students. Although there are no gangs in Anchorage, crime among school-age children is still a concern, police said. Students toting guns at school spawned an ordinance last year banning weapons on campus.

Six months after the law passed, many students were still ignoring it, police said. And the school board wants to ban gang-type clothing to discourage violence. Early Bird Bazaar Slated The Blatchley Book Club "Early Bird Bazaar" will be held 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Nov.

2 at Blatchley Middle School. Over 25 individuals and organizations will sell crafts, Christmas items and gifts. Admission will be 50-cents. Also, members of the Blatchley Book Club will offer free child care and have concession stands. A limited number of booth spaces are available for $15 each from the Community School office, located at Blatchley.

Scheduled is an early visit from Santa Glaus. RC Photo will be ori hand to take photographs for those who wish to take advantage of this early opportunity for holiday photos and cards. Proceeds from the bazaar will be used for book club projects. The club was organized to help promote reading. Dog License Clinic Slated Sitka- Animal Shelter will License, Rabies -Yaccin nation 'Clinic 11 a.m.

'to 3 p.m. OCL 12 at the Centennial Building. The clinic jwill offer a free rabies 1 vaccination with the purchase of a dog license. One-year licenses cost $20 for unaltered dogs and $10 for those, spayed.or neutered. Licenses will be issued to dogs over ..6 months of age.

Additionally, free ear tatooing for both cats and dogs will be provided. Ear tattoos offer permanent identification for puppies, dogs who lose their collars and tags or for cats who usually don't wear any identification. Pet owners are reminded that all dogs must be on leashes and cats must be in carriers. Animals must be accompanied by an adult. Those needing further information can contact the Sitka Police Department at 747-3245.

Tin cans qualify! Rinse them, de-label them, remove the ends, squash them and deliver them a collec- bin. GRAB A GREAT FLOOR "The schools are clearly concerned about it," Anchorage Police Capt George Novaky said. "The issue here is to educate ourselves." Novaky said crime among youths is a problem. This summer, a student took a homemade bomb to West High School, which led to the evacuation of the school and an elaborate removal of the device by police. Two teen-age males have been charged in the city's latest homicide after a man was shot in the head in a South Anchorage apartment.

And two Chugiak teen-agers were convicted of second-degree murder earlier this year for a random shooting on the Glenn Highway. There are symptoms of possible violence that authorities want to be well-versed on so they can deal with them when the crimes happen, No- vaky said. Anchorage "is kind of like San Diego was 15 years ago," said San Diego police Sgt. Bob O'Donnell, supervisor of that city's school task force. O'Donnell defines gangs as youths who have given themselves a name, have a leader and claim a certain neighborhood or turf.

The crimes they commit are intended to advance the gang's goals, he said. Gangs also have a certain look to them, including specific colors and tattoos. In the late 1980s, Anchorage police organized a conference addressing the issue because gangs had surfaced in the city to. take advantage of the drug trade. Those gangs are gone, however, and this latest conference will focus more on problems in the schools, No- vaky said.

Although there are no official gangs in the city, there are kids parading around in similar clothing and packing weapons. But are they gangs? "We have to decide what we're talking about," O'Brien said. "Are those little pasty-faced kids hanging around the bus stop a gang?" According to O'Donnell, members of wannabe gangs sometimes turn authentic. "Younger kids start emulating this," he said. "After a while, "it's more than an imitation and it starts being the real thing.

It's just one step away." Your support at the polls is appreciated! Thank you! GOOD TIME, iffi GREAT TASTE. This calendar is sponsored by Fritz Suzanne Sabath of McDonald's Restau- rant -proud supporters of Sitka's youth! SITKA TEEN RESOURCE CENTER OCTOBER, 1991 EVENTS MMJ CLIPANDSAVE! MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY JATiiprS A 7 AIS YOUTH EMPLOYMI AT THE TEEN CENT! 14 AIS 21 AIS YOUTH EMPLOYMI STILL ACCEPTED! 28 1 OPEN REC TEEN COALITION NEW TIME SADD8-9 A OPEN REC TEEN COALITION APPLICATIONS 15 OPEN REC TEEN COALITION SADD8-9 22 PEN REC TEEN COALITION APPLICATIONS 29 OPEN REC TEEN COALITION 2 OPEN REC HOMEWORK NIGHT 7-9 PARENTING CLASS CENTL 9 OPEN REC HOMEWORK NIGHT 7-9 PARENTING CLASS CENTL. 16 OPEN REC HOMEWORK NIGHT CANCELLED SEWARD'SFEED CENTL. BLDG. 23 OPEN REC HOMEWORK NIGHT 7-9 30 OPEN REC HOMEWORK NIGHT 7-9 3 OPEN REC 12STEPMTG.

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