Daily Sitka Sentinel

March 19, 2020, Community Happenings

New Arrivals

Baby Boy Guevin

Arlo Anthony Havens Guevin was born 7:50 a.m. March 17 at Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, California.

At birth, the infant weighed 5 pounds, 8.5 ounces, and was 18 inches long.

Parents are Lauren Havens and Tristan Guevin, formerly of Sitka, and currently of Monterey.

The mom is a nonprofit administrator, and the dad works for Sitka Tribe of Alaska. (Arlo’s middle name, Anthony, honors his late grandpa, Tony Guevin.)

This is the couple’s first child.

Grandparents are Cindy Litman of Sitka, and Lyle Havens and Sam Havens of Davis, Calif.

City Website,

Phone Line

On COVID-19

The city has created a website, and telephone line, in response to COVID-19 outbreak questions.

To access, visit www.cityofsitka.com and click “City of Sitka COVID-19 Information Center” on the home page.

To access a Public Information Officer telephone line, monitored 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, dial 747-1899.

E-mails also may be sent to pio@cityofsitka.org.

The city is working closely with local, state and federal partners to respond to the rapidly-evolving outbreak of COVID-19, a respiratory illness, a press release from the city said.

The webpage has detailed information on COVID-19 and the effects on the community. 

Subsistence Board

Sets Teleconference

The Federal Subsistence Board will meet via teleconference only on April 20-23 to consider proposed changes to federal subsistence hunting and trapping regulations for the 2020-2022 regulatory years, and to discuss other subsistence-related topics.

The regulatory proposals may be viewed at www.doi.gov/subsistence/proposal/current.

To participate in this meeting by teleconference, dial toll-free (888) 566-1030 (passcode 3344290). The full agenda and any available meeting materials will be posted to the website at www.doi.gov/subsistence/board.

To request sign language interpreting services, closed captioning, or other accommodation needs, call (800) 478-1456, or (907) 786-3888 or by e-mail at subsistence@fws.gov at least seven business days prior to the meeting.

F&G Panel Meets

By Teleconference

The Sitka Fish and Game Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting via teleconference 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, due to the COVID-19 health emergency.

Call 1-800-504-8071 and use Access Code 4654046.

 The agenda will include potential proposals for regulatory changes being considered by the Alaska Board of Fisheries with topics including shrimp, king salmon, non-guided halibut, and crab issues. Other business may be included.

The Sitka Advisory Committee invites public comment from self-guided boat rental owners, commercial Dungeness crab permit holders, and sport crab users for the Sitka area.

For further information, contact AC Chair Jon Martin at 747-7752 or Annie Bartholomew at the Department of Fish & Game. To be added to the electronic email notices for Sitka meetings, send an email to Bartholomew at annie.bartholomew@alaska.gov.

Advisory committees are local groups that meet to discuss fishing and wildlife issues and to provide recommendations to Alaska Board of Fisheries and Alaska Board of Game. All meetings are open to the public.

Fish and Game

Encourages

Online Resources

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is encouraging the public to practice social distancing methods by calling department staff and/or using online resources for doing business with the department where applicable to help minimize the transmission of coronavirus.

Locations, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and employee lookup are available at: https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=contacts.main.

Licenses, personal use, and subsistence permits are available online at: https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/Store/.