FIFTH OPENING – The Sitka seine boats Hukilau and Rose Lee pump herring aboard this afternoon at the end of Deep Inlet during the fifth opening in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery. The opening was being held in two locations beginning at 11 a.m. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
May 27, 2016, Community Happenings
STA CCTC to Meet
The Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s Cultural, Customary and Traditional Committee will meet noon Tuesday, May 31, in the Resource Protection Department offices, 429 Katlian Street. A light lunch will be provided. The public is invited to attend.
Sitka Trail Works Offers
Weekend Hikes in June
Sitka Trail Works’ volunteer board members will lead weekend public hikes throughout the summer.
Hikes help familiarize users with the different trails in the area and are an opportunity to meet others who enjoy hiking, STW said.
First aid supplies, VHF radios, and touring poles are provided.
On June 4, all are invited to join board members at 9 a.m. at the Kimsham trailhead entrance to the Cross Trail for a National Trails Day trail maintenance event from the water tower to Cascade trailhead. Participants should take a water bottle, and favorite gloves, pruners and loppers.
Tickets are available for an off-island hike on the Sea Lion Cove Trail 6 p.m. Saturday, June 11. Hikers will meet at Crescent Harbor for a guided hike on the Sea Lion Cove Trail on Kruzof Island. Reserve a spot by calling 747-7244. Tickets are $100 to cover transportation by Allen Marine Tours and a membership donation to Sitka Trail Works.
A Fort Rousseau Kayak Trek is planned June 25. Contact Sitka Sound Ocean Adventures at 752-0660 to reserve a spot for $99 plus tax. The trek is two hours of paddling and a two-and-a-half-hour stroll, with a few sections of scrambling over rock. Ammunition bunkers and machine gun platforms are along the way. Those who intend to go inside the bunkers will need a flashlight or headlamp. Water and a snack are suggested. Hikers should meet at the Big Blue Bus in Crescent Harbor at 9:15 a.m.
Hikes that begin at trailheads on the Sitka Road system are offered to the public free of charge. Hikes that require marine transportation do require reservations and a suggested donation in support of Sitka Trail Works. More information is available at www.sitkatrailworks.org or by calling 747-7244.
Ranger-Led Walks
Scheduled at Park
Sitka National Historical Park offers daily-guided programs teaching visitors about the park’s natural and cultural resources.
Ranger-guided scheduled programs this week are: May 29, 10 a.m. Totem Walk and 1:30 p.m. Sea Otter Discovery Talk; May 30, 10 a.m. Totem Walk; May 31, 10 a.m. Totem Walk and 11:30 a.m. Sea Otter Discovery Talk; June 1, 9:30 a.m. Sea Otter Discovery Talk, 10 a.m. Totem Walk, 11 a.m. Russian-American History Downtown Walking Tour and noon Totem Walk; June 2, 10 a.m. Totem Walk, 11 a.m. Sea Otter Discovery Talk, noon Totem Walk, 1 p.m. Russian-American History Downtown Walking Tour; June 3, 10 a.m. Russian-American History Downtown Walking Tour, 11 a.m. Totem Walk, 1:30 p.m. Sea Otter Discovery Talk; June 4, 10 a.m. Totem Walk, 11 a.m. Sea Otter Discovery Talk and 1 p.m. Russian-American History Downtown Walking Tour.
The Russian-American History Downtown Walking Tour leaves from the Russian Bishop’s House. All other ranger-led tours meet at the Sitka NHP visitor center on Lincoln Street.
For more information call the visitor center at 747-0110.
Artist Residency Talk
Scheduled for Sunday
Melissa Jolene Shaginoff, an Athabascan and Paiute, and artist-in-residence at the Sheldon Jackson Museum, will give a residency recap talk 1 p.m. Sunday, May 29.
The residency recap talk is open to the public and free of charge, and will give an overview of Shaginoff’s work at the museum, the artifacts in the museum collection that have inspired her, and her impression of Sitka.
She also will finish teaching a procupine quill-wrapped earring class at the museum Saturday. The class is full, but members of the public can stop by to talk to Shaginoff and see students’ progress.
The Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum also invites the public to meet Shaginoff as she works with porcupine quills and painting at the museum 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. most days until June 2. For scheduling information, call 747-8981.
Shaginoff grew up on the southern coast of Alaska in the small community of Kenai.
Through abstraction and indigenous media she investigates the subconscious assignment of visual importance. Shaginoff studied studio art at the Institute of American Indian Arts, has participated in the Ontario College of Art and Design, has participated in the National Museum of the American Indian Art Leadership Program, and was recently in the prestigious Marist-Lorenzo de’Medici Venice Biennale Residency. Shortly before arriving to Sitka, she was profiled in Santa Fean NOW magazine.
The Sheldon Jackson Museum’s Native Artist Residency Program is made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum. The museum is open daily from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. General admission is $5; $4 for seniors, and free for those 18 and under, members of the Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum or Friends of the Alaska State Museum.
Dates Listed for
Farmers Markets
The Sitka Local Foods Network will host seven Saturday farmers markets this summer at the ANB Founders Hall.
Markets are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 2, 16 and 30, Aug. 13 and 20, and Sept. 3 and 10.
Vendors are being recruited. Go to http://www.sitkalocalfoodsnetwork.org/ for more information.
Special Meeting
For Emblem Club
Sitka Emblem Club will meet to remember departed sisters noon Sunday, May 30, at Sitka National Cemetery. Members should arrived by 11:45 a.m.
Shellfish Advisory
At Starrigavan
May 25 samples performed by the Sitka Tribe of Alaska Environmental Research Lab have confirmed that clams at Starrigavan beaches have elevated levels of toxins above the FDA regulatory limit of 80ug/100g, and should not be harvested at this time.
The lab has been collecting shellfish samples to test for biotoxins, specifically paralytic shellfish poisoning.
Shellfish sampling updates are available on the Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research website, www.seator.org. Any additional questions contact STAERL at 747-7395.
UAF Lists Honor
Roll Recipients
The University of Alaska Fairbanks listed the students named to dean’s and chancellor’s lists for spring semester.
Students receiving a 3.9 grade point average or higher are placed on the chancellor’s list, while those receiving a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.89 are named to the dean’s list.
Sitkans named to the chancellor’s list are Ryan S. Adickes, Owen R. Fulton, Tad J. Nelson, Chaya E. Pike and Tristan S. Van Cise.
Those on the dean’s list are Elliott R. Anderson, Evan S. McArthur and Trevor R. Schoening.
Brown Bear
Hunting Ends
Hunters are reminded the Unit 4 registration brown bear hunt, outside drainages, ends May 31. The inside drainages ended May 20.
Successful hunters must report harvests to Fish and Game within 10 days of kill and have the bear sealed within 30 days. All who obtained Unit 4 registration permits for brown bear this spring must return hunt reports by June 15. Reports can be mailed or dropped off at the Sitka Fish and Game office at 304 Lake Street, Room 103.
Unsuccessful hunters and those who did not hunt may report online at www.hunt.alaska.gov. For more information contact the Sitka Fish and Game office at 747-5449.
F&G Warns: Don’t
Disturb Deer Fawns
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation, reminds the public that deer fawns should not be handled, picked up, or otherwise disturbed.
The first fawns of the season are being reported and sightings will increase over the next few weeks. Several consecutive mild winters have resulted in high deer survival in Game Management Unit 4. Wildlife managers expect a high number of fawns this season.
Although a fawn may appear to be abandoned or orphaned, the mother is likely close by and will return to the fawn.
‘‘It is normal behavior for a doe to cache its young while it forages nearby,’’ ADF&G said. ‘‘This behavior actually reduces the potential for a predator to detect the fawn.
‘‘By handling fawns, well-meaning good Samaritans can actually cause the doe to abandon the fawn,’’ the department said. ‘‘Orphaned fawns have little chance of surviving in the wild on their own. It is also extremely difficult to place fawns in zoos since they are so abundant. As a result, most fawns picked up by individuals believing they are rescuing it have to be euthanized.’’
Pet owners are also reminded to keep their dogs under control, so they don’t chase or otherwise disturb does and fawns.
For further information, or if an orphaned fawn is located, contact the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Sitka office at 747-5449 or the Alaska Wildlife Troopers at 747-3254.
CCLT to Meet
Sitka Community Land Trust will meet 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, at the Sealing Cove Business Center, 601 Alice Loop Road.
SCLT is a community supported non-profit working to establish permanently affordable housing in Sitka. Members of the public are encouraged to attend. For more information call 738-2888 or go to sitkaclt.org.
Music Festival
Discussion Set
Music educator Susan Reed will host a one-hour discussion 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, at Stevenson Hall, 104 Jeff Davis Street.
She will discuss the music and performers that will be featured in the first week of the festival. The Cypress String Quartet will perform Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 1. The cost is a $10 suggested donation. For more information visit sitkamusicfestival.org or call 747-6774.
Fireweed Dancers
At Sitka Library
The Fireweed Dance Theatre will offer a special dance performance about books 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Sitka Public Library, as part of the Summer Reading Program ‘‘On Your Mark, Get Set … Read!’’
After the performance, the Fireweed Dance Theatre will offer a mini-lesson in dance filled with free-spirit movement games. The audience will have the opportunity to learn part of the dance and join the company to share the love for books, dance and reading. The program is best for children in kindergarten through fifth grades, but everybody is welcome.
For more information, call the library at 747-8708.
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Matthew C. Hunter of Sitka recently returned from Cuba as part of a St. Olaf College International and Off-Campus Studies program. Hunter, a junior physics major at St. Olaf College, is the son of Robert and Kim Hunter of Sitka.
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