LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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August 23, 2016, Community Happenings
Yup’ik Wolf Mask Put In
Spotlight at SJ Museum
Sheldon Jackson Museum’s August Artifact of the Month is a Yup’ik wolf mask, collected from St. Michael by Henry Neumann, an agent for the Alaska Commercial Company.
The mask has many features typical of Yup’ik masks, including feathers, moveable parts and pigment, yet its inclusion of gut makes it distinct from the many other Yup’ik animal masks in the museum’s collection.
The mask is made of wood and has a faded blue-grey forehead and stripe down the nose and white on each side of the face. There are brown drip-like stains on each side of the nose and red ochre-colored pigment is painted around the rim of the head and inside the holes for the eyes and the nostrils. Five stripped bird quills extend from each side of the lower muzzle. Four white swan feathers extend in a halo around the top portion of the head. There are stubs of wooden appendages in both eyebrow areas. A piece of gut protrudes from the wolf’s moveable mouth, representing either its tongue or something it is eating, and it has an upper and lower row of wooden pegged teeth.
Masks were not casually worn without respect and honor – they had a purpose. Ann Feinup-Riordan said Yup’ik people traditionally used masks, “calling it agayuliyaraq (way of making prayer) as resolutions to petition God for the things they needed.” The masks were made by people called angalukut and each had a story and dance associated with them.
Masks were made for secular and spiritual purposes. Animal masks were used in the Bladder Festival, honoring souls of the seals killed the previous year, during the Agayuyaraq Festival, a festival to invite animal spirits into the human world where they were made visible through masked dancing, and by people wishing to depict their respective helper spirits.
The August Artifact of the Month will be exhibited until Aug. 31. The museum is home to approximately 120 Yup’ik masks. Many of the masks, along with the August Artifact of the Month, can be seen Tuesday through Saturday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. General admission is $5 and free for those 18 and under or members of either the Friends of the Sheldon Jackson Museum or Friends of the Alaska State Museum. Admission for seniors is $4.
Open Mic Set
Sitka Folk will host an open mic Sunday, Aug. 28, at the Larkspur Cafe.
Sign up is at 6:30 p.m. followed by the 7 p.m. show.
The benefit for Sitka Folk has a suggested donation of $5. Call Ted at 747-5482 for more information.
Film Noir Club
Meets at Library
The Film Noir Club will screen “Raw Deal” at Sitka Public Library 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10.
The classic 1948 noir is directed by Anthony Mann and stars Dennis O’Keefe and Claire Trevor.
Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be provided. Call the library at 747-8708 for more information.
BIHA Board Meets
Baranof Island Housing Authority board of commissioners will meet 5 p.m. Aug. 30 at 245 Katlian Street. The public is invited to attend.
Chutney, Salsa
Canning Class Set
Lisa Sadleir-Hart, MPH, RDN, will offer a class in the Preserving the Harvest series focused on canning homemade chutneys and salsas 6-8:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, at Sitka Kitch in Latta Hall at the First Presbyterian Church.
The class cost is $27.50 plus a food and supply fee that’s divided among the number of participants. Go to https://sitkakitch.eventsmart.com/ to register. Contact sitkakitch@sitkawild.org for more information.
Obedience Classes
For Dogs, Puppies
UAS-Sitka Campus will hold fall puppy kindergarten and beginning dog obedience workshop 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays Sept. 6-Oct. 11 on the UAS campus for dogs of all ages.
Susan Royce and Karen Royce will teach basic good manners and obedience with an emphasis on socialization for puppies. Call 747-6653 for more details or to register.
Apartment Fire
Discussion Set
Residents and neighbors, and those who were involved or witnessed Friday night’s apartment fire at 409 Spruce Street, are invited to a neighborhood fire event meeting 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, at the Sitka Fire Hall commons area.
The group will discuss the fire report, fire safety in apartment buildings, escape routes how to use a rope ladder if available and tenants’ and landlords’ responsibilities.
Zumba Tonight
The final zumba class offering with Jan Turner will be 5-6 p.m. tonight at the Hames Center.
Call 747-5080 or visit hamescenter.org to reserve a spot.
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20 YEARS AGO
March 2004
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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March 1974
Eighth graders have returned from a visit to Juneau to see the Legislature. They had worked for it since Christmas vacation ... Clarice Johnson’s idea of a “White Elephant” sales was chosen as the best money-maker; Joe Roth won the political cartoon assignment; highest government test scorers were Ken Armstrong, Joanna Hearn, Linda Montgomery, Lisa Henry, Calvin Taylor and David Licari .....