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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September 20, 2017, Community Happenings
23rd Running of Boots
To Celebration Sitkans
The 23rd annual Running of the Boots kicks off at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23, at Totem Square Park on Lincoln Street. This year the costumed family friendly run/walk fundraiser benefits two local nonprofit organizations – the Sitka Local Foods Network and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska.
Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. The entry fee is $10 per person or $30 per family. Costume judging is at 11 a.m. and the race begins at 11:30 a.m. It will be from Totem Square, down Lincoln Street to the light and back.
After the race under the big tent, prizes will be awarded for costume and painted boots. Kids Sumo will run noon-2 p.m. The Sitka Local Foods Network farm stand with fresh veggies will be offered.
The activities are part of the Season’s-End Celebration festivities hosted downtown by the Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce and the Alaska Cruise Line Association.
To learn more about the event, contact Kealoha Harmon of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska at 747-3500 or by email at kealoha.harmon@bbbsak.org, or Charles Bingham of the Sitka Local Foods Network at 623-7660 or email charleswbingham3@gmail.com.
Season’s End
Celebration
Set Saturday
The 10th Annual Season’s End Celebration is set for Saturday, Sept. 23. The Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce, with contribution from Cruise Lines International Association Alaska, hosts the event to celebrate Sitka’s largest industries, tourism and seafood. The Running of the Boots kicks off at 10:30 a.m. with registration, costume judging at 11 a.m., and the boots race starts at 11:30 a.m.
Lincoln Street will be lined with tents and grills serving up hamburgers and hot dogs from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Co-sponsors Seafood Producers Co-op, Sitka Sound Seafoods and Silver Bay Seafoods will be serving up more than 200 pounds of locally caught, wild Alaska salmon. This year’s donation of $2 per meal will go towards Big Brothers Big Sisters, Sitka, Alaska.
For questions, or for more information about the celebration, contact the Sitka Chamber at the 747-8604 or info@sitkachamber.com.
Museum Day
At SJ Museum
The Sheldon Jackson Museum will open its doors free of charge on Saturday, Sept. 23, as part of Smithsonian Magazine’s 13th annual Museum Day Live!, an initiative in which participating museums across the United States emulate the spirit of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington, D.C.-based facilities, which offer free admission every day, and open their doors for free to those who download a Museum Day Live! ticket.
The Museum Day Live! ticket is available for download at Smithsonian.com/museumday. Visitors who present the Museum Day Live! ticket will gain free entrance for two at participating venues on Sept. 23. One ticket per email address is permitted. For more information about Museum Day Live! 2017 and full list of participating museums and cultural institutions, visit Smithsonian.com/museumday.
Hours will be 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. For more information, call 747-8981.
Author to Read
Lizbeth Meredith, author of “Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters,” will read and discuss her work 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, at Sitka Public Library.
The presentation is being held in conjunction with Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The public is invited to attend. Call the library at 747-8708 for more information.
Library to Screen
1950 Classic Film
Sitka Public Library’s Film Noir Club will screen the 1950 classic “In a Lonely Place,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14.
It is free to the public, and free refreshments – including popcorn and “Noireos” – will be provided. For more information, call 747-8708.
Fall Membership
Drive at Raven
Raven Radio’s fall membership drive will be held on air Oct. 2-6. The community radio station’s goal is $78,000.
Go to kcaw.org or call 747-5877.
Bear Cove
Fishing Closed
The saltwater area of Bear Cove near Medvejie Hatchery closed today to sport fishing. The closure includes all waters of Bear Cove east of a line from a point on the Baranof Island shoreline at 57°00.63’ N. latitude, 135°09.80’ W. longitude to 57°01.07’ N. latitude, 135°09.93’ W. longitude.
Coho salmon returning to Medvejie Hatchery are not expected to meet broodstock goals in 2017. To date, no coho salmon have been collected for broodstock while 3,000 are needed. The closure is necessary to provide sufficient numbers of coho salmon to meet broodstock needs.
School Candidates
Forum Thursday
Raven Radio will host an on-air election forum for the two candidates for Sitka School Board 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21.
Listeners can call in with questions during the forum, email questions to news@kcaw.org, or post a comment on the forum thread on the Raven Radio Facebook page.
‘Sitka Cemeteries’
Subject of Talk
Sitka Tlingit storyteller Bob Sam will present “Sitka Cemeteries” 7 p.m. Sept. 27 at Sitka National Historical Park visitor center as part of the Sesquicentennial Speakers Series.
Sam estimates that over the last 30 years, he has restored more than 100,000 graves and repatriated more than 800 bodies.
Sam, now 60, began cleaning up cemeteries full time 30 years ago after a housing project “completely destroyed” an old cemetery in Sitka. He found a niche researching and remembering the “forgotten places” of Southeast Alaska.
“There’s something nice about going places where your ancestors used to be,” he said. “Most people are afraid of these kinds of places. I lost my fear a long time ago.” On the contrary, Sam said he enjoys finding “something tangible I can have with my ancestors.”
Sam is a Sitka Tribe of Alaska Tribal Council member. He first served in the mid-90s and was re-elected in 2014 and 2016. Sam also is a long-time story teller in Japan, and has several books published there.
Alaska Day Items
At White E Shop
Starting Thursday, noon-3 p.m., the White Elephant Shop will have Alaska Day items for sale. Several types of items will be for sale to assist in making Alaska Day attire.
Prayer, Blessing
Service at St. Peter’s
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church will have a special prayer service and blessing of the land, water and people of Alaska 1:30-2 p.m. Saturday.
It coincides with the House of Bishops gathering in Fairbanks. The gathered Episcopal bishops, and the local Episcopal churches throughout the state, will participate in a Liturgy.
The church is at 611 Lincoln Street. All are welcome to attend.
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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.