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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June 23, 2017, Community Happenings

Fine Arts Camp

Faculty Shows Set

The Sitka Fine Arts Camp is hosting faculty art shares this week and next during the middle school camp.

Friday’s faculty art share will celebrate the beat in the Hames Center at 7 p.m. with music, movement and art.

No art share will be held Saturday.

The Sunday art share is 7 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center. Original choreography, artistic collaborations, and poetic tunes are to be offered.

On Monday, June 26, at 7 p.m. a student talent show is planned in the Odess Theater.

 

A live performance and original art will be offered at the art share 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Odess Theater.

Artist Ryan Sets

Recap Talk July 1

The Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum invites the public to a free recap talk by artist-in-residence Tsimshian artist Abel Ryan 2 p.m. Saturday, July 1.

Ryan will informally share projects and carvings he has worked on while at the museum. Since his arrival, he has worked on numerous pieces of jewelry and has been teaching elementary students at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp about formline and carving halibut hooks.

His residency began the first week of June. July 1 will be his last day. 

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 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. General admission is $7; seniors, $6; and free for those 18 and under, members of the Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum or Friends of the Alaska State Museum. A museum pass that gives visitors unlimited access to the Sheldon Jackson Museum and the Alaska State Museum is available for $35.

For information about the program, call the museum or visit www.friendsofsjm.com to see the Artist-in-Residency Calendar for June online. 

 

 

Offices Close

The Sitka School District offices will be closed Tuesday, July 4, in observance of the Fourth of July holiday.

The district office also will be closed on Monday, July 3, and have limited hours July 5-7.

Call 747-8622 with questions.

 

Family Event at

ANB Hall July 4

The Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 4 and the Sitka Local Foods Network will co-host the July 4 Family Fun Celebration at the ANB Founders Hall.

The fundraiser, to be held inside and outside the building, is to benefit travel to the ANS Grand Camp Convention in October to Portland, Oregon.

Tables can be rented for games, sweet treats, baked goods, specialty foods, and items for sale or resale. Propane tanks may be used in the parking lot for cooking. Chef Nina Vizcarrondo will cook hamburgers and corn on the cob. Special rates will be given to Farmers Market vendors. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information, call Debe Brincefield at 738-4323. 

 

Sitka High Grad

Earns Master’s

Hayley Marie Whitson graduated from Oregon Health and Sciences University June 16 with a master of science degree in medical physics and diagnostic imaging.

She successfully defended her thesis on June 13.

Whitson has officially accepted a Ph.D. research position at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, which she began June 20. The position will lead Whitson to achieve her Ph.D. in medical sciences, medical physics.

She is a 2008 graduate of Sitka High and a 2012 graduate of Willamette University. She is the daughter of Kelley Whitson and the late Duane Whitson.

 

Barn Dance Set

For Fourth of July

A free community barn dance is set noon Tuesday, July 4, at the Crescent Harbor shelter.

Live music will be provided by the Fishing for Cats band. Beginners and seasoned dancers of all ages are invited. Dances are taught and called. NO partner is needed and no dancing experience is necessary.

For more information call 747-4525.

 

STA Picnic Set

For July 22

The Sitka Tribe of Alaska will hold its annual community picnic 11 a.m.-2 p.m. July 22 under the covered area at Baranof Elementary School.

This year’s carnival-themed picnic will include games and prizes along with a dessert contest. The menu includes picnic, barbecue and traditional native foods.

The no-smoking, no-drinking, no-pet event is open to the public. All are invited to take advantage of the free transportation provided through the Ride from several locations. Questions on the schedule call 747-7103. Additional information is on the STA Facebook page and STA wibsite, www.sitkatrib.org.

 

Buseys Visit Sitka,

Sermon on Sunday

Former Sitkans Dave and Jane Busey are visiting Sitka until Monday, June 26.

Dave is a former Sheldon Jackson College professor, and Jane is a retired Presbyterian pastor. She will be preaching at the First Presbyterian Church at the 11 a.m. Sunday, June 25, service. Her topic is ‘‘Hagar.’’

Following the service, a finger-foods potluck reception will be in the church’s Latta Hall. Those attending can take an appetizer.

 

The regular Manna mission meal will be at 1 p.m.

Convention, Visitors

Committee to Meet

Sitka Convention and Visitors Committee will meet 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 26, at 104 Lake Street. For more information, contact Visit Sitka at 747-8604.

The group will receive an update on People Mover for downtown shop/eat; discuss Google locator and how to check map location; discuss city’s possible airport terminal improvements project; receive an update on statewide funding for destination marketing; learn more on Southeast Conference progress on ferry review and how to advocate for Sitka service; watering downtown baskets for July; and simple and inexpensive fixes for drawing cruise visitors from stoplight to church and beyond.

 

Harp Sing Set

The fourth Sunday Sacred Harp Sing  is scheduled 3:30-5 p.m. June 25 at the Pioneers Home Chapel.

If the weather is sunny, the group will meet on the front porch. Call 738-2089 with questions.

 

 

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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 .....

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