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Herb Didrickson, 'The Pride Of Sitka,' inducted to AK Hall Of Fame

...Juneau in 1947.Petersburg captured the first place trophy by defeating Ketchikan but Didrickson, playing for Sheldon Jackson School, captured the hearts of the coaches, fans and players and was given the tournament's Sportsmanship Award...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-02-28/herb-didrickson-pride-sitka-inducted-a
Sports | Gold Medal
Twila Kaiser

...to teach for the Alaska Evangelization Society Mission in Douglas, Alaska. In 1945 she joined the staff of Sheldon Jackson School in Sitka, Alaska where she supervised girls in grades 5 through 9 and traveled throughout Southeast Alaska on...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000162232673
Nancy Moreno

...her uncles were instrumental in forming ANB: Andrew Hope, Andrew Wanamaker, George Benson. Nancy attended Sheldon Jackson School & Wrangell Institute. She began her career as a cannery worker, enjoying all the travel & friends she made along...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000158528678
US Coast Guard, state troopers honor Sitka woman for 1950 shipwreck rescue

...recognized in 1951 when all three were awarded medals by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. Marie was a student at Sheldon Jackson School when she received her medal.In "Courage & Death on the Gulf of Alaska," Carson writes that Laws did not know...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-09-26/us-coast-guard-state-troopers-honor-sit
State
Alaska editorial: A life worth honoring

...valuable lesson: Take care of the old person you are going to become. He also lived in Sitka, where he attended Sheldon Jackson School. His love of learning is illustrated in his ability to translate at the age of 10 for a doctor during the 1918...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-05-28/alaska-editorial-life-worth-honoring
Opinion
Dr. Walter A. Soboleff Sr.

...were unable to survive in Killisnoo without a husband and father, and Walter returned to Sitka where he attended Sheldon Jackson School. He had been in training to become one of the Russian Orthodox Church clergy as a boy, however he said he could...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000151443009
This Day in History

In Alaska In 1882, construction started on the first building on the campus of the Sheldon Jackson School in Sitka. In 1940, artist Sydney Laurence announced he was going to die. After a shave, haircut and a negotiation of a painting...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/091203/loc_history.shtml
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This Day in History

In Alaska In 1882, construction started on the first building on the campus of the Sheldon Jackson School in Sitka. In 1900, a storm in Nome caused a million dollars in property losses along the waterfront. In 1940, artist Sydney...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/091205/sta_20050912010.shtml
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This Day in History

...Sound off on the important issues at In 1882, construction started on the first building on the campus of the Sheldon Jackson School in Sitka. In 1900, a storm in Nome caused a million dollars in property losses along the waterfront. In 1940...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/091206/loc_20060912012.shtml
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Elder's reach felt as far away as Russia

...the capital of Russian North America. At Tuesday's service, Cyril George, a former classmate of Walton at Sheldon Jackson School in Sitka, opened with words in Tlingit and recalled how Walton loved to tell stories in the language. "When...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/112603/loc_russia.shtml
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