Around Town for Thursday, May 23
Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m. every Thursday, The Prospector Hotel.
Women, Infants, and Children walk-in clinic, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor. Free nutrition services for income-eligible women who are pregnant, breast-feeding or just had a baby, and for infants and children up to age 5. Details: 463-4099.
Storytime and crafts, 11 a.m., Douglas library. Details: 586-0434.
Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon, noon, Moose Lodge. Details: 463-3488.
Photo: Whale breach
A juvenile humpback whale breaches in Stephens Passage off the west side of Douglas Island on Tuesday evening. The whale and its mother were seen spashing about for about 30 minutes.
Photo: Mayor meets mayor
Third grade teacher Rocky Eddy, center, introduces Juneau Mayor Merrill Sanford to “Eddyville” Mayor Annika Schwartz during a visit to Gastineau Community School on Wednesday. The third grade students in both Eddy’s class and teacher Mitch Haygood’s class elect a city council, create businesses and invite other classes to visit their towns. Sanford’s granddaughter, Brooke Sanford, is the mayor in Haygood’s class, called “Arts City.”
Statter Harbor phase two up for reconsideration
After celebrating the completion of phase one for the Statter Harbor master plan, the Planning Commission did not grant the conditional use permit necessary for the project’s continuation into phase two. However, it is up for reconsideration on May 28.
The commission heard concerns voiced by the Auke Bay Tower Condominium Association that worried the property would face devaluation and tenants would suffer from increased noise levels.
The permit was denied on May 15.
Police and Fire Calls for May 23, 2013
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Assault
• At 7:39 p.m. Tuesday, the Juneau Police Department responded to a fight in the 10500 block of Mendenhall Loop Road, and a 15-year-old girl was arrested for fourth-degree assault and taken to the Johnson Youth Center.
Domestic dispute
Finance panel OKs Eaglecrest, Airport enterprise budgets
The Assembly Finance Committee Wednesday approved both the Eaglecrest and Airport Enterprise Board budget proposals for FY14.
Eaglecrest saw a 4 percent annual revenue growth from FY08.
Further increase in revenue streams came from a directed focus on getting more users and athletes on the slopes through snow sport and learning programs. This reflected an 8 percent increase over the last fiscal year by $2,800.
Jury selected in David Paul murder trial
A 7-woman, 8-man jury panel has been selected to hear the case against a 24-year-old Juneau man standing trial for murder and manslaughter in connection to his baby’s death.
The 15 jurors were selected over a three-day period and were sworn in at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. Three will later be dismissed as alternates, leaving 12 to decide the verdict.
Attorneys will give their opening statements at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, then testimony will begin. Juneau Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg said he expects the trial to last three or four weeks.
Long-time surgeon retires after 40 years serving Juneau
He began with a story.
An elderly neighbor is in need of more firewood. Unbeknownst to him, a neighbor much younger than he has already gone out to begin chopping and splitting wood. The young neighbor would anonymously leave the wood in his neighbor’s backyard, never once asking for credit.
“But that’s not on the Main Street almost anywhere in America today,” Dr. William Palmer told me on a recently overcast morning in his office at the Juneau Medical Center. The case for Juneau: that sense of community is still felt today.
Photos: Fun run
Harborview Elementary School fourth and fifth graders start off on 21st annual school-wide Fun Run along Glacier Highway on Tuesday. With Montessori Borealis students also participating, nearly 500 students ran or walked the 3.2-mile course as the school year draws to a close.
Around Town for Wednesday, May 22
Parks and Recreation Wednesday hike, 9:30 a.m., call for location. Details: 586-0428.
Day of quilting, sewing and good fellowship, 10 a.m. every Wednesday, Resurrection Lutheran Church. Quilts donated to Lutheran World Relief. Details: 586-2380.
Senior ceramics, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Senior Center. Details: Betty, 463-6176.
“Write For Your Life” group, 11 a.m.-noon every Wednesday, Mendenhall Valley library. Share a journal, memoir, a letter or poetry. Details: Dixie, 789-2068.
Police & Fire for Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Driving without a license
• At 1:34 p.m. Monday, Olen Donald Nordgren, 24, was cited and released for driving without a license during a traffic stop in the 6500 block of Glacier Highway. His vehicle was impounded.
Jury to be seated in murder trial by mid-morning Wednesday
Jury selection continued Tuesday in the trial against the 24-year-old Juneau man accused of murder and manslaughter in connection with the death of his 4-month-old baby.
The presiding judge, Juneau Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg, said he expects the jury to be seated by mid-morning Wednesday allowing the trial to begin.
Seventy prospective jurors were summoned Monday, and an additional pool of 50 jurors were brought in Tuesday as “reinforcements.” Pallenberg ended up dismissing the second pool at the end of the day, saying 70 prospective jurors was plenty.
Jury to be seated in murder trial by mid-morning Wednesday
Jury selection continued Tuesday in the trial against the 24-year-old Juneau man accused of murder and manslaughter in connection with the death of his 4-month-old baby.
The presiding judge, Juneau Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg, said he expects the jury to be seated by mid-morning Wednesday allowing the trial to begin.
Seventy prospective jurors were summoned Monday, and an additional pool of 50 jurors were brought in Tuesday as “reinforcements.” Pallenberg ended up dismissing the second pool at the end of the day, saying 70 prospective jurors was plenty.
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Douglas apartment fire causes approx. $75,000 worth of damage
Fire officials say an apartment fire in Douglas Tuesday morning caused approximately $75,000 in damages, but that no one was injured.
Capital City Fire/Rescue Fire Marshal Dan Jager said sleeping tenants in the apartment complex, located at 2149 Lawson Creek Road, were evacuated.
CCFR responded to the call at about 8:13 a.m. and upon arrival found dark grey smoke coming out of the front door and back bedroom window of a two-story apartment.
Wash. man convicted of killing Juneau woman
A Washington man has been convicted of murdering a 22-year-old Juneau resident near Seattle in January 2012.
King County Prosecutor’s Office Press Secretary Dan Donohoe said a jury convicted Jacob Andrew Mommer, 20, of first-degree murder and second-degree assault on May 1.
He will be sentenced on May 31 in King County Superior Court. Donohoe said Mommer could be facing between 357 months (about 30 years) and 443 months (about 36 years) in prison.
More Alaska Production Act is signed into law
Governor Sean Parnell signed into law several bills Tuesday including the More Alaska Production Act that would enact tax reform for the state’s oil industry.
During a luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce in Anchorage, Parnell outlined his five-year fiscal plan before signing Senate Bill 21.
“This was quite a year of legislative accomplishment,” Parnell said. “We are accomplishing so much together.”
Before the chamber he called the bill signing Tuesday as a “package of opportunity” and the year as a “comeback.”
Photos: Sketch mural
Sophomore Tiffany Isturis shows her original sketchbook drawing of a redtail hawk in front of a new mural on the lockers at the Yaakoosge Daakahidi Alternative High School on Friday. The sketches were drawn during the Artist in the Schools Program with Kathy Hocker. About 20 students work has been incorporated into the mural.
4 indictments issued last Friday
A grand jury handed up four indictments on Friday.
• Dylan J. Eason, 19, was indicted on one count of assault in the third degree for allegedly placing a woman in fear of imminent serious physical injury with a shovel on May 9. That’s a class ‘C’ felony that carries a maximum possible penalty of five years in prison. According to a police citation, the woman reported to police that Eason smashed out the driver’s side window of the locked vehicle she was sitting in and that she ducked to avoid injury.
Police & Fire for Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Attempt to serve
• At 8:35 p.m. Sunday, the Juneau Police Department investigated misconduct involving controlled substances in the 1700 block of Glacier Avenue.
Domestic violence assault
