JUNEAU DAILY NEWS MINUTE
Wednesday, January 8, 1997 (c) Alaska Juneau Communications
*Juneau Police responded to a complaint from a woman at 7:20 last
night that her 1994 gold Chevrolet Lumina had been stolen from
Donna's Restaurant in the Valley. About 20 minutes later, a
Juneau Citizen's Patrol unit reported seeing the Lumina leaving
the Carr's parking lot. Two JPD units were dispatched, and they
were able to stop the vehicle near Kodzhoff Acres. They arrested
34 year old Guy Kenneth Sanders for auto theft in the first
degree, resisting arrest, two counts of assaulting a police
officer, misconduct involving a controlled substance in the sixth
degree, driving while revoked, driving while intoxicated and
refusing the breathalyser. Sanders is being held at Lemon Creek
Correctional Center, the two officers that were assaulted
suffered only minor injuries.
*High school graduation requirements were discussed at last
night's School Board meeting. There is a proposal to raise the
math and science credits to 5, and the fine arts credits needed
to one and a half. Final action on the proposal will not be
taken until February 4th, so the Board can discuss the issue at
their January 28th work session. Also discussed was a proposed
resolution asking the city to include a combined football,
soccer, and track facility in the Diamond Park Master Plan for
the new high school. The resolution will come before the Board
again on the 21st.
*With less than a week to go until the Legislative session
starts, Juneau Representative Kim Elton says he has already pre-filed
two bills. One would lower the blood alcohol level needed
to qualify for driving while intoxicated from .10(point-one-oh)
to .08(point-oh-eight). This was filed last session, but never
had a hearing. It was attached to another bill that was narrowly
defeated. The other bill would prohibit insurance companies from
denying insurance coverage to victims of domestic violence. The
practice has been a problem in other states, but has not surfaced
in Alaska. It too had been filed last year, but got lost in the
end of the session.
*Georgio At The Pier will be serving their last dinner this
Saturday. Leeza St. Claire, accounting manager, says the reason
for the closure is that only about 6 percent of the population of
the city regularly patronized the restaurant, if there had been a
greater regular customer base, they would not have to take this
action. The Galleon Bar will remain open until February first.
The two businesses employ about 45 people, both full and part-time.
St. Claire says other, unnamed businesses are interested
in the building.