COSMIC CARNIVAL – Kasey Davis performs under black lights at Sitka Cirque studio Wednesday night as she rehearses for the weekend’s Cosmic Carnival shows. The shows are a production of Friends of the Circus Arts in collaboration with the Sitka Cirque studio. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Slated Saturday;
Everyone is Invited
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September 11, 2013 Community Happenings
Running of Boots
Event Sept. 28
The annual Running of the Boots event is changing its venue. The event will be held this year “under the big top” tent next to St. Michael’s Cathedral on Lincoln Street 10 a.m. Sept. 28.
The Sitka Local Foods Network will team up with the Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce, which will serve a complimentary lunch at noon.
Funds generated from the Running of the Boots this year will be dedicated to the development of the Sitka Community Greenhouse. Volunteers are needed to register runners. Those who can help, are asked to call Kerry at 752-0654 or visit sitkalocalfoodsnetwork.org.
Arctic National
Park Discussed
A presentation on “Down the John River: 8 Days in the Gates of the Arctic National Park” will be 5 p.m. Sept. 29 at Kettleson Memorial Library.
Peter Gorman and Mary Therese Thompson, who spent eight days taking a field photography class offered by the University of Alaska-Fairbanks in partnership with the Gates of the Arctic National Park, will be the speakers.
Highlights of the trip included the photography instruction, viewing early homesteads as well as the first ice road to Prudhoe Bay. The support logistics were superlative as were the two National Park Service volunteers.
Walking Topic of
Lunch and Learn
‘‘What Walking Does for You” will be the focus of a Lunch and Learn presentation noon-1 p.m. Sept. 23 at Kettleson Memorial Library.
Dr. Don Lehmann will discuss health benefits of walking following by a presentation on Sitka trails by Sitka Trail Works board members. A pair of new walking poles will be given out as a door prize.
Pledge Drive On
For Raven Radio
Raven Radio’s one-day fall drive is set Friday, Oct. 4. The pledge drive is to help the station reach its goals of 500 pledges and $55,000, with only one day of on-air fundraising.
Pledges are being accepted now at kcaw.org or 747-5877.
Cancer Support
Group to Meet
The Sitka Cancer Support Group will gather 1 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Brave Heart Volunteers in the Pioneers Home Manager’s House, behind the Mt. Edgecumbe Preschool on Seward Street.
Those in cancer treatment and cancer survivors are invited to spend some time with others who understand what they are going through. The support group is sponsored by Sitka Cancer Survivors Society. Call or e-mail Mary Beth with questions. or for a ride to attend, at 623-0842,
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Bake Sale Set
For Bagpipers
A bake sale to raise money for the Seattle Bagpipers is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Wells Fargo Bank lobby.
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20 YEARS AGO
April 2004
The 7th Annual Honoring Women dinner will feature Roberta Sue Kitka, ANS Camp 4; Rose MacIntyre, U.S. Coast Guard Spouses and Women’s Association; Christine McLeod Pate, SAFV; Marta Ryman, Soroptimists; and Mary Sarvela (in memoriam), Sitka Woman’s Club.
50 YEARS AGO
April 1974
Eighth-graders Joanna Hearn and Gwen Marshall and sixth-graders Annabelle Korthals, Jennifer Lewis and Marianne Mulder have straight A’s (4.00) for the third quarter at Blatchley Junior High.
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