Photo courtesy of Sharon Nelson

Fresh out of Loyola dental school in Chicago, Jim and his first wife Sharon Shaver moved to Haines in 1968 after buying William Sieg’s dental practice in the old medical building above the harbor. An ancient hand crank dental chair, outdated dental instruments and an unpredictable furnace didn’t dampen his enthusiasm. But when Dr. Stan Jones built a medical center in town in the early 1970s he was happy to…