LOCAL BOUNTY – Scores of Sitkans fill Harrigan Centennial Hall Sunday during the annual Sitka Conservation Society Wild Foods Potluck and annual meeting. The event included several buffet tables of locally harvested meat and produce. Posters honoring longtime SCS contributors Tad Fujioka, Alice Johnstone, Marcel LaParriere and Chuck Miller, who passed away this year, were on display at the event. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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To Feature Sitkans
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May 11, 2020, Community Happenings
Roadless Rule
Webinar May 12
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council will host a webinar on the Alaska Roadless Rule 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, via Zoom.
Individuals can learn more about the process, what’s coming up next, and how to take action going forward. RSVP at seacc.org to get the Zoom link.
Walk, Bike
Conference Set
Using Zoom
The 2020 Alaska Walk and Bike Conference is going virtual, and now it’s free. It will be 9:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. on Tuesday through Friday, June 9-12.
The schedule is still in the works, but each day will open with a speaker discussing a national topic, followed by a speaker discussing an Alaska example. Optional chat rooms will be held after each day’s events.
The topics for each day are:
–Tuesday, June 9: ‘‘Walk to Connect’’;
–Wednesday, June 10: ‘‘Walk to Prevent COVID-19’’;
–Thursday, June 11: ‘‘Parks and Health’’; and
–Friday, June 12: ‘‘Biking to Health.’’
Ana Lucaci and Nicole Huegenin of Denver-based Walk2Connect; SEARHC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Elliot Bruhl of Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center; Bonita Banks, B.S.N., R.N., of South Peninsula Hospital in Homer; Maeve Nevins-Lavtar from the Municipality of Anchorage; Sarana Schell of AARP Alaska; Ken McLeod of the League of American Bicyclists; Lee Hart of the Alaska Outdoor Alliance; and Charlie Lowell of the Sustina Bicycle Institute.
A schedule and free online registration form will be posted in the near future. For more information, contact Dawn Groth at dawn.groth@alaska.gov.
Natural Resource
Panel to Meet
The Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s Natural Resource Committee will meet telephonically 6 p.m. May 13. Those wishing to attend the meeting contact Jeff Feldpausch at 747-7469 or email jeff.feldpausch@sitkatribe-nsn.gov.
The public is invited to join.
Advance Healthcare
Directives Discussed
The public can join SEARHC health educator Erin Matthes and Sitka Public Library for a free virtual class on advance healthcare directives 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 27.
Registration is required by email at margot.oconnell@cityofsitka.org or call 747-4025.
Outer Coast
Deadline Near
The deadline to apply for the fall semester, or both semesters, of the Outer Coast year is fast approaching.
To enroll, submit an application by 11:59 p.m. May 15.
Go to http://outercoast.org/year/apply/ for information and to apply.
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20 YEARS AGO
November 2004
The Digital Cameras for Beginners class has been scheduled at UAS, Sitka Campus. Tim Schroeder will teach the basic operations of a digital camera, the assets and limitations,, and how to get some great shots. Students are invited to take their own cameras.
50 YEARS AGO
November 1974
Les Yaw has been named chairman of the 1974 fund drive at Sheldon Jackson College. ... A goal of $30,000 has been set for the campaign, Ed Scholz, school advancement assistant, said, with money to be used for the SJC aquaculture program.
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