ON PARADE – Children dressed as their favorite animals hold a Sitka Spruce Tips 4-H Club banner as they march down Lincoln Street on Earth Day, Monday. The Parade of Species was held in recognition of Earth Day. It was hosted by Sitka Conservation Society, University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and the Sitka Sound Science Center. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
Jan. 18, 2018, Community Happenings
Artists Invited to
Apply for Grants
Rasmuson Foundation is accepting applications for the Individual Artist Project Awards and Fellowship grants.
Grants of $7,500 and $18,000, respectively, can be used to purchase needed equipment, explore techniques and undertake activities that aid in an artists’ development. Approximately 25 Project Awards and 10 Fellowships are awarded annually. In addition to the grant award, recipients can participate in a course with Creative Capital, an artist skill-building organization. The content will focus on helping artists build the business side of their practices.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old, have lived in Alaska more than two years, and not received an Individual Artist Award in 2016 or 2017. Apply online at www.rasmuson.org before March 1. Call (877) 366-2700 for more information.
An online workshop will be 4 to 5 p.m. Feb. 6. Check www.rasmuson.org for specifics on how to connect.
Pizza Night
Benefit for BES
A benefit for Baranof Elementary School at Pizza Express is slated 4:30-9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7.
Take the night off from cooking and join Baranof families and staff for dinner. Take-out and delivery options will be offered. Call 966-2428 to have food delivered.
Pizza Express is donating a percentage of sales to support school projects.
Lee C. Saunders
Service Feb. 24
A celebration of life for Lee Charles Saunders, 59, is scheduled Feb. 24. He was a 17-year resident of Sitka.
Mr. Saunders died Jan. 18 at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle.
A full obituary will be published later in the Sentinel.
Parents, Teachers
Meet at Blatchley
Parent teacher conferences will be held Feb. 27-March 1 at Blatchley Middle School.
Student-led conferences, in classrooms, will be 4-7 p.m. Feb. 27-28.
Appointments can be made with teachers on March 1, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Call 747-8672 to set up an appointment.
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20 YEARS AGO
April 2004
Michael Stringer, environmental specialist for Sitka Tribe of Alaska and a founder of the community garden, takes the concept of Earth Week literally. This weekend he hopes others will share his appreciation for “earth” and things growing in it by joining him in preparing the community garden just behind Blatchley Middle School for another growing season.
50 YEARS AGO
April 1974
Classified ads Houses for Sale: Price dropped to $36,500 for 2-story, 4-bdrm. carpeted home on Cascade. Kitchen appliances, drapes, laundry room, carport, handy to schools.
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