TRUCK FIRE – Firefighters knock down a fire in a Ford Explorer truck in Arrowhead Trailer Park in the 1200 block of Sawmill Creek Road Saturday evening. One person received fire-related injuries and was taken to the hospital, Sitka Fire Department Chief Craig Warren said, and the truck was considered a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Warren said. The fire hall received the call about the fire at 5:33 p.m., and one fire engine with eight firefighters and an ambulance were dispatched, he said. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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April 24, 2017 Community Happenings
Traveling Art
Exhibit Coming
Carmel Anderson’s “Unheard Voices, Unheard Wisdom” premieres at Whitmore Hall on the Sheldon Jackson Campus May 4, with an opening reception from 3-9 p.m. and an artist talk at 7 p.m. Anderson’s work will also be on display from 3 to 8 p.m.
The award-winning, traveling art exhibit deals with the experience of victims of domestic and sexual abuse. Viewer discretion is advised. Greater Sitka Arts Council and Sitkans Against Family Violence are hosting the event.
Businesswomen Meet
Businesswomen of Sitka will hold its monthly networking meet-up 7 p.m. May 8, at 2898 Sawmill Creek Road. All businesswomen and entrepreneurs are invited. Those with questions may call Danielle Cassedy at 907-738-6050.
Bike Ride May 6
Sitka Community Bike Ride will start 11 a.m. Saturday, May 6, at Totem Square. The family friendly ride will be down Lincoln Street to the entrance of Sitka National Historical Park and back. The first 20 cyclists to arrive will get a free bottle of chain lubricant.
The Sitka Bicycle Friendly Community Coalition, SEARHC and Sitka Community Hospital are organizing the ride in honor of the first bicycle to be seen in Sitka 126 years ago.
For more information and a list of May’s National Bike Month events go to http://sitkacycling.wordpress.com/.
Park Will Now Be Fee-Free
SITKA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK (April 21, 2017) – The National Park Service has approved Sitka National Historical Park’s request that it be a fully fee-free park. The change is effective immediately.
For many years the park has charged a $4 per-person fee for Ranger-led tours of the second floor of the Russian Bishop’s House, the private residence of Orthodox bishops since the first occupant, Bishop (now Saint) Innocent in the early 1840s.
“What we found is that the administration of the fee program was creating inefficiencies that hardly justified the fee collection, which also created an addition burden for our many visitors,” said Superintendent David Elkowitz. “We strive to keep this national park well maintained and available, so that a resource that belongs to the people can be fully accessed by the people.”
Sitka National Historical Park eliminated fees for the Visitor Center and totem loop trail in 2011.
The Park is also embarking in 2017 on a new and significant project for which visitors will see results by 2020 – the renovation of the first floor museum exhibits at the Russian Bishops House (RBH). “This will be the first major renewal of the space and displays since the renovated RBH was opened to the public in 1986,” said Angie Richman, Chief of Interpretation and project manager. “The project will include significant public scoping and consultation with the Sitka Tribe of Alaska. The project will start with a roundtable hosted by the Park and is planned to include Clan Elders and Russian America subject matter experts, scheduled for this fall.”
The first floor of the Russian Bishops House, one of just four buildings left standing from the Russian American era in North America, has a storied history as a residence for Orthodox clergy, a school for Native Alaskans and an orphanage, as well as the current museum. For more information, please contact Angie Richman at 907-747-0132.
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BP Teacher of Excellence Winners:
Craig High School, Mt Edgecumbe High School and Juneau Douglas High School
Three teachers from Southeast Alaska were recognized as BP Teachers of Excellence, chosen from more than 1,000 nominations statewide. The winners are:
· Craig High School math teacher Deanna Ferguson Claus.
· Juneau Douglas High School math teacher Alexandra Razor.
· Mt. Edgecumbe High School language arts teacher Sara Jacoby.
The BP Teachers of Excellence program recognized 29 Alaska teachers and education personnel in Alaska’s schools. Since the program’s inception in 1995, BP has recognized nearly 750 teachers for their dedication to teaching and inspiring students. This year, the program attracted 1,000 nominations. Each teacher receives a $500 gift card and a $500 matching grant to their school. Now in its 22nd year, the BP Teachers of Excellence program honors K-12 teachers from all school districts statewide, including public and private schools.
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ISLAND INSTITUTE
The Island Institute’s Tidelines Journey (on the theme Signal To Noise) culminates in Sitka with presentations by research-based drawing artist Nina Elder, sculptor Billy Joe Miller, photographer Wendy Given, and conceptual research artist Jimmy Riordan. Event takes place at Naa Kahidi from 7to 9pm on Friday, April 28th. Family friendly. Admission is by donation. More information at www.iialaska.org or by calling 747-3794 or writing peter@iialaska.org.
There is also a meet and greet opportunity with the artists at 304 Baranof st on Wednesday, April 26th from 6-7pm. Snacks and refreshments will be available.
Chamber to Meet
Paula Martin, UAS campus director, will give an update on UAS at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Westmark Sitka banquet room.
Robert McGraw
Dies at Age 72
Lifelong Sitkan Robert Stephen McGraw died peacefully early Sunday morning, with his family by his side.
Rob had been diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, and was at Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage at the time of his death. He was 72.
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Seminar Tonight
On Ocean Science
A program on “Coastal Community Ocean Observers” will be held 7:30 p.m. tonight at UAS room 229, part of the Natural History seminar series. Peter Winsor and Tuula Hollmen of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Science, will present the program on monitoring oceanic environmental variables.
Those with questions may call Kitty LaBounty, 747-9432, kllabounty@alaska.edu.
The next seminar will be 7:30 p.m. April 27, at UAS room 229. Dolly Garza will give an overviews of common edible seaweeds which can be sustainably harvested.
BIHA Meeting
Baranof Island Housing Authority board of commissioners will meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, at 245 Katlian Street.
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20 YEARS AGO
March 2004
Businesses using the Centennial Hall parking lot testified Tuesday against a proposal to charge them rent in addition to the $200 annual permit fee. City Administrator Hugh Bevan made the proposal in response to the Assembly’s direction to Centennial Hall manager Don Kluting to try to close the $340,000 gap between building revenues and operational costs.
50 YEARS AGO
March 1974
Alaska Native Brotherhood Grand President William S. Paul Sr. will be special guest and speaker at the local ANB, Alaska Native Sisterhood Founders Day program Monday at the ANB Hall.