August 29, 2013 Community Happenings
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Volunteers Sought
For Health Fair
Volunteers and exhibitors are being sought for the upcoming Sitka Health Fair.
The fair, which kicks off the Sitka Health Summit and is partnered with Alaska Health Fairs to provide low-cost lab draws, will be 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sept. 21 at Sweetland Hall on the SJ Campus.
Exhibits must be educational. No selling of items or soliciting is allowed.
Volunteers are needed for set-up and take-down, registration, taking blood pressures, drawing blood, and other activities. Those interested may contact Alyssa Sexton at 747-0388.
Identifying Mushroom
Class Date Changed
UAS-Sitka Campus, Office of Continuing Education, will offer a workshop in identifying Southeast mushrooms 7-8:30 p.m. Sept. 6 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 7.
It was originally scheduled Sept. 8.
Students will learn to recognize several species of locally common mushrooms and understand the basic biology of fungi and their role in the ecosystem. Cooking and preservation of mushrooms will be discussed. Participants should dress for the outdoors as field trips will be followed by in-class time.
Kitty LaBounty will instruct. The cost is $49. For more information or to register, call 747-7762.
Tribal Council Meets
The Sitka Tribe of Alaska Tribal Council will hold an action-only meeting 6 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Sheet’ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi.
The brief meeting will be followed by an open forum to talk about the relationship between STA and the Sitka Native Education Program. Action-only meetings are for action items only. Topics for discussion and persons to be heard are reserved for the third Wednesday of the month.
Sexual Violence
Task Force Meets
The Sitka Domestic and Sexual Violence Task Force will meet noon-1 p.m. Sept. 3 at the Sitka Community Hospital classroom.
The task force strives to create a community where interpersonal violence is not tolerated. The meeting is open to all. For more information, call SAFV, 747-3370.
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20 YEARS AGO
November 2004
Photo caption: Mary Lou Colliver presents Sitka Fire Dept. Acting Chief Dave Swearingen a check for $325 to help restore the 1926 Chevrolet fire truck originally purchased by Art Franklin. Colliver donated the money after her business, Colliver Shoes, borrowed the truck to use during Moonlight Madness. The truck is in need of an estimated $20,000 worth of restoration work, Swearingen said.
50 YEARS AGO
November 1974
Sitka Community Hospital Administrator Martin Tirador and hospital board chairman Lawrence Porter told the Assembly Tuesday about the need for a new hospital to replace the existing 18-year-old one. The cost would be about $6.89 million with $2.2 million of that required locally.
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