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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Daily Sitka Sentinel
July 9, 2018, Community Happenings
Beaver Lake
Hike July 14
Sitka Trail Works will offer a free hike along the Herring Cove/Beaver Lake Trail 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, July 14. Hikers should meet at the Herring Cove trailhead at the end of Sawmill Creek Road at 9 a.m.
The roundtrip is about 3.5 miles and 2.5 hours in length. A steep, rocky grade is at the beginning/end of the trail and at the junction with Beaver Lake Trail. The middle section around the lake is mostly level with some stepping stones and log steps.
Hiking poles, water and a snack are recommended. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.
For information call 747-7244, or visit www.sitkatrailworks.org.
‘Ode to Pink’
Story Time Set
The July 12 preschool story time at Sitka Public Library will be an ode to the color pink.
The 10:30 a.m. program will include the book ‘‘Pink Is for Boys’’ by Robb Pearlman as one of the readings. The program includes rhymes, songs and a craft project.
The program is part of the Libraries Rock Summer Library Program. For more information call the library at 747-8708.
Chamber to Meet
Zuill Bailey and the Sitka Summer Jusic Festival’s Cello Seminar faculty and students will perform at the Chamber luncheon noon Wednesday at Westmark Sitka.
Information about the seminar will be given and the group will perform.
Quilt Raffle
Tickets on Sale
The Sitka Cancer Survivor Society will sell quilt raffle tickets at the Sitka Farmers Markets 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, July 21, Aug. 4, 11, 25, Sept. 1 and 15.
Raffle tickets are for three prizes this year. “Christmas Wreath,” created by Ocean Wave Quilt Guild and quilted by Alice Cameron; “Life is a Basketful of Cherries,’’ a large lap quilt hand-quilted by Cheryl Vastola, which won an Alaska State Fair Grand Champion award; and handmade moccasins by Linda Janacek.
Tickets are $5 per ticket, giving three winners a choice for the prize.
Proceeds help fund mini-grants for those dealing with cancer in Sitka. The drawing will be Sunday, Dec. 2.
Anyone who is dealing with cancer can apply for a mini-grant. Contact Candi Barger at Sitka Realty for an application and information.
Redoubt Sockeye
Limits Increased
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game today announced that effective 12:01 a.m. Tuesday harvest limits in the Redoubt Bay and Lake subsistence and sport fisheries will be increased.
The individual/household possession limit of subsistence sockeye salmon will be 25 sockeye salmon and the individual/household annual limit will be 100 sockeye salmon. The sport fish bag and possession limit will be 6 sockeye salmon.
The Redoubt Lake weir, operated by the U.S. Forest Service, was installed and operational on June 16. As of July 8, 13,361 sockeye salmon have been counted through the weir. Based on historic run timing, the projected escapement for the 2018 season exceeds 30,000 sockeye salmon.
The Redoubt Bay and Lake Sockeye Salmon Management Plan provides management provisions for subsistence, sport and commercial fisheries that harvest Redoubt Lake sockeye salmon based on an optimal escapement goal of 7,000 to 25,000 fish.
The plan directs ADF&G to establish a subsistence individual/household possession limit of 25 sockeye salmon and an annual limit of 100 sockeye salmon, and a sport fish bag and possession limit of six sockeye salmon if the projected total escapement is greater than 30,000 sockeye salmon. Fishermen are reminded that no person may possess subsistence-taken and sport-taken salmon on the same day.
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March 2004
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50 YEARS AGO
March 1974
Photo caption: National Republican Chairman George Bush takes a drink of water offered by Jan Craddick, Sitka delegate, during the Republican convention held here. Mrs. Craddick explained to Bush that the water was from Indian River, which means, according to local legend, that he will return.