DIVE PRACTICUM – Dive student Karson Winslow hands a discarded garden hose to SCUBA instructor Haleigh Damron, standing on the dock, at Crescent Harbor this afternoon. The University of Alaska Southeast Sitka Campus Dive Team is clearing trash from the harbor floor under floats 5, 6 and 7 as part of their instruction. Fourteen student divers are taking part this year. This is the fifth year the dive team has volunteered to clean up Sitka harbors. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
The threat of major cutbacks to the subsistence socke [ ... ]
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
With the first vote on the city budget for fiscal yea [ ... ]
By Sentinel Staff
In the final day of play in the recreational division City League volleyball [ ... ]
By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Sports Editor
Three amateur athletes from Sitka were among tens of [ ... ]
By CLAIRE STREMPLE
Alaska Beacon
A proposal to require Alaska schools to keep opioid-overdose-r [ ... ]
By YERETH ROSEN
Alaska Beacon
Alaska’s Kobuk River, which flows out of the Brooks Range above [ ... ]
Police Blotter
Sitka police received the following calls by 8 a.m. today:
April 16
At 8:07 a.m. a woman [ ... ]
Presentation On
Medicare, SS
SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium and Cynthia Gibson, CFP®, an [ ... ]
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
Musicians from Sitka High and Mt. Edgecumbe High scho [ ... ]
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
Whether you enjoy scaling mountains, walking in the p [ ... ]
By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Sports Editor
Two-time Alpine Adventure Run winner Chris Brenk cont [ ... ]
By CLAIRE STREMPLE
Alaska Beacon
Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee expanded a [ ... ]
By JAMES BROOKS and
CLAIRE STREMPLE
The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development is [ ... ]
Sitka police received the following calls by 8 a.m. today:
April 15
A protective order was issued at 1 [ ... ]
Chamber Speaker
Event Wednesday
The Chamber of Commerce speaker series will continue noon Wednesday at [ ... ]
By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Staff Writer
From high costs and low availability to challenges sur [ ... ]
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
A number of participants at Thursday’s community me [ ... ]
By CLAIRE STREMPLE Alaska Beacon TJ Beers stood across the street from the Capitol in a nav [ ... ]
By JAMES BROOKS
Alaska Beacon
When it rains hard enough in the Prince of Wales Island town of C [ ... ]
By YERETH ROSEN
Alaska Beacon
A designated wilderness area in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Fo [ ... ]
By YERETH ROSEN
Alaska Beacon
Julie Kitka, the longtime president of the Alaska Federation of Natives, [ ... ]
Sitka police received the following calls by 8 a.m. today:
April 12
At 5:18 p.m. a caller asked for a [ ... ]
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
Sitka Tourism Task Force reviewed a number of recomme [ ... ]
By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Staff Writer
Almost exactly a century ago, the engines of four modi [ ... ]
Daily Sitka Sentinel
May 21, 2020, Community Happenings
Walk, Bike
Conference Set
Using Zoom
The Alaska Walk and Bike Conference is going virtual. The free event will be 9:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. 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: ‘‘Walking to Connect’’;
–Wednesday, June 10: ‘‘Walking is Good Medicine’’;
–Thursday, June 11: ‘‘Parks and Health’’; and
–Friday, June 12: ‘‘Biking to Health.’’
Some of the speakers are: Ana Lucaci and Nicole Huegenin of Denver-based Walk2Connect; Dr. Elliot Bruhl SEARHC chief medical officer based in Sitka); Bonita Banks, BSN, RN, of South Peninsula Hospital in Homer; Alfgeir Kristjannson, Ph.D., from the University of West Virginia and Reykjavik University (Iceland); Maeve Nevins-Lavtar from the Municipality of Anchorage Department of Parks and Recreation; Dr. Frederick Foote, M.D.; Sarana Schell of AARP Alaska; Ken McLeod, J.D., policy director of the League of American Bicyclists; Lee Hart of the Alaska Outdoor Alliance; and Scott Menzies and Charlie Lowell of the Sustina Bicycle Institute.
To register for the free, virtual conference, go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u_Hpx4yzQtK4khFeIX5BMg. For information, email Dawn Groth, dawn.groth@alaska.gov.
Quilters Meet
Virtually June 2
Ocean Wave Quilters meets 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, via Zoom.
Meetings are open to all, members or not. Those wishing to pay the $25 dues receive the monthly newsletter, discounts on classes and other benefits.
For information call President Sarah Jordan at 738-7272.
Open Sewing
Is Canceled
The Ocean Wave Quilters-sponsored open sewing session for Saturday, June 6, is canceled.
For information call Audrey Curran at 623-0301 or Linda Swanson at 747-3471.
Sitka Cares
Offers Resources
Sitka Cares, a local organization comprised of helpers in the community, can help citizens who are feeling down, depressed or hopeless.
Local and national resources are available, including: Alaska Care line, 877-266-4357 (or text “4HELP” at 867863. Limited hours of availability); SEARHC helpline, 877-294-0074; Alaska Responders Relief, 844-985-8275; Veterans hotline, 800-273-8255, 741741 Text crisis line; and We Are Native 9779 (text only).
Individuals also can contact 911, Sitka Counseling at 747-3636, or SEARHC mainline at 966-2411.
Outer Coast
Seminar Online;
Deadline Extended
The Outer Coast’s summer seminar will not be held in-person in Sitka, the organization has announced.
‘‘This was a difficult decision to make, but protecting the health and safety of Outer Coast students, staff, faculty and the community of Sitka makes it the right one,’’ the group said in a press release.
A virtual model of the summer seminar, created in cooperation with alumni and staff and faculty, will be offered.
Student applications are being accepted through Sunday, May 31.
Guided by four Outer Coast faculty members and six summer seminar advisors, students will engage with academics, service and self-governance throughout the seminar.
Read more about the virtual program at outercoast.org/summer.
Those who have any questions about the application, the virtual program, or want to schedule a time to talk before applying, can contact Johnny at johnny@outercoast.org.
Tap Class Set
For May 24
A tap class will be held 8 a.m. Sunday, May 24, at Ernie’s Old-Time Saloon. The renewal test will be given at 11 a.m. A tap card is required by state law for anyone who serves or sells alcohol. Anybody with questions can call 738-3463.
Login Form
20 YEARS AGO
April 2004
Photo caption: Sitka High students in the guitar music class gather in the hall before the school’s spring concert. The concert was dedicated to music instructor Brad Howey, who taught more than 1,000 Sitka High students from 1993 to 2004. From left are Kristina Bidwell, Rachel Ulrich, Mitch Rusk, Nicholas Mitchell, Eris Weis and Joey Metz.
50 YEARS AGO
April 1974
The Fair Deal Association of Sealaska shareholders selected Nelson Frank as their candidate for the Sealaska Board of Directors at the ANB Hall Thursday.
Calendar
