FAMILY FUN – Crystal Johns holds her son Zayne , 2, as she follows her son Ezekiel, 4, up an inflatable slide Saturday at Xoots Elementary School during the annual Spring Carnival. The event included games, prizes, cotton candy, and karaoke. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
May 23, 2016, Community Happenings
Salmon Derby
Incentive Prize
Being Offered
To encourage Sitka Salmon Derby participants to enter all kings they catch each day, Samson Tug and Barge Co. is again offering five hidden weight incentive prizes of $500 each. Owner George Baggen says entering up to three fish each day increases the odds of winning.
Random target weights are computer drawn in advance, one for each day May 28, 29, 30, June 4 and 5. Target weights are announced only after close of the respective days.
Entry forms and instructions will be available at ticket validation and at Crescent Harbor Derby Barge. After each day, contestants may submit an entry form for that day listing weights of one, two, or three fish to come close to the target weight by addition or subtraction.
Contestants may submit an entry for each of the five Derby days. Weights submitted by contestants will be verified by the fish ladder recorder/statistician Marsha Lysons and derby Chairman John McCrehin. Winners for each day will be determined by closest number to the target weight, either over or under.
Contact McCrehin for more information at 738-8636.
Museum Closure
Sheldon Jackson Museum will be closed on Monday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day.
Summer hours of 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily will resume Tuesday.
General admission is $5 for adults, and $4 for seniors, and visitors 18 and younger. Friends of the Sheldon Jackson Museum, and those with passes are admitted free.
Indian River Trail
Hike on Saturday
Sitka Trail Works board members Jeff Arndt and Mary-Alice Henry will lead a free hike up the Indian River Trail Saturday, May 28.
The approximately eight-mile, 5-hour round-trip hike is to the waterfall and back. The trail gains elevation gradually and runs alongside Indian River and then through stands of old growth spruce. Water, a snack, hiking poles and a camera are suggested.
Hikers should meet at the trailhead parking area on Indian River Road at 9 a.m. Call 747-7244, or go to http://www.sitkatrailworks.org for more information.
Community Cafe
Listed for June 1
A community cafe is planned 5:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, at the See House behind St. Peter’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church. Dinner and door prizes will be provided.
‘‘Would you like to connect with other families or be part of making families stronger in Sitka?’’ organizers asked. ‘‘Come meet other families and be part of a community cafe.’’
For more information, contact Lauren at 966-8797.
Agnew::Beck, a consulting firm in Anchorage, will facilitate the event and SEARHC Health Promotion is the local contact.
OSU to Graduate
Three Sitkans
Sitkans graduating from Oregon State University in June are: Rumen M. Doggett, bachelor of science, exercise and sport science; Cooper E. Gale, bachelor of science, electrical and computer engineering; and Mallory A. Kempton-Hein, doctor of pharmacy.
OSU is located in Corvallis, Oregon.
On Dean’s List
Two Sitkans are among the more than 1,300 students included on the Harding University dean’s list for grades achieved during the spring 2016 semester.
John Davis, mathematics major, and Joy Davis, elementary education major, received at least a 3.65 grade point averages while carrying 12 credits or more.
On Dean’s List
Benjamin Gordon of Sitka has been named to the Emerson College dean’s list for the fall 2015 semester. Gordon is majoring in writing, lit and publishing. The requirement to make Emerson’s dean’s list is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher.
Earns Degree
Max Hanson graduated from Fort Lewis College winter term. Hanson received a bachelor’s degree with a major in business administration.
On Dean’s List
Tufts University recently announced the dean’s list for undergraduate students enrolled for the fall 2015 semester. Among these students is John Feryok of Sitka, class of 2016
Dean’s list honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater.
Earns Degree
The University of Evansville has announced that Raeanna Wood of Sitka graduated during the winter commencement ceremony.
She also earned a place on the dean’s list.
Wood majored in archaeology, and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree.
On Dean’s List
Crystal Duncan of Sitka was named to Fort Lewis College’s dean’s list for the spring semester. Duncan’s major is business administration.
To be eligible for dean’s list, a student must carry a semester GPA of 3.6 or better in no fewer than 15 credit hours of graded college level work and have completed all work for which they are registered by the end of the semester.
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Photo caption: Sen. Lisa Murkowski talks with students in Karoline Bekeris’ fourth-grade class Thursday at the Westmark Shee Atika. From left are Murkowski, Kelsey Boussom, Laura Quinn and Memito Diaz.
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A medley of songs from “Jesus Christ Superstar” will highlight the morning worship service on Palm Sunday at the United Methodist Church. Musicians will be Paige Garwood and Karl Hartman on guitars; Dan Goodness on organ; and Gayle Erickson on drums.
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