September 2, 2014 Community Happenings

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Annual Meet Ahead
    For Sitka Trail Works
    Sitka Trail Works members and members of the public interested in hiking and Sitka’s trail system are invited to attend the 14th annual meeting 5-7 p.m. Sept. 7 at the Swan Lake Senior Center.
    Attendees can take a dish to share. Contact the Sitka Trail Works office at 747-7244 for more information or visit the website at www.sitkatrailworks.org.
                                                                                 
    Pioneers to Meet
    Pioneers of Alaska will meet Thursday, Sept. 4, at United Methodist Church on Kimsham Street with social hour at 5:30 p.m., followed by potluck dinner at 6 p.m.
    Focus of the 7 p.m. business meeting will be delegates to the Grand Igloo Convention in Kodiak Sept. 24-27.  More information is available from Sitka Women’s Igloo President Leigh Kainulainen, 747-4703, or Men’s Igloo President Jim Parker, 747-3494.


    Natural History
    Seminar Sept. 3
    The first natural history seminar of the season will feature a discussion of human ecology and natural history in the western Gulf of Alaska with Nancy Huntly, Utah State University and Sitka Sound Science Center scientist in residence.
    The presentation will be 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, at UAS-Sitka Campus in room 229.
    Huntly’s talk will describe the natural history of Sanak Island, other nearby islands, and the western Alaska Peninsula. The western Gulf of Alaska/Alaska peninsula region has been the home of the Aleut/Unangan people for at least 10,000 years, and the Aleut and their livelihoods have shaped the ecology of the region.
    Recent research in the Sanak archipelago describes 4,500-plus years of their ecology and the legacy they have left on today’s soils, plants, animals, and landscape. Islands of the Sanak archipelago that have different histories of natural resource economy show how much the resource choices of people can dictate the local ecology, Huntly said. The Aleut people are and have been vital parts of a number of different ecological communities.
    Those with questions may call 747-9432.

    Chamber to Meet
    Sen. Mark Begich will speak at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon noon Wednesday at the Westmark Sitka.
    His remarks will focus on what has been happening in the Senate this year, the work he has been doing during the August “recess,” the economy, and a variety of other issues.
    Begich is in his sixth year representing Alaska in the U.S. Senate, where his primary focus is building a strong Alaska economy, the Chamber said.
    The meeting is open to the public.

    Woman’s Club
    Meets Sept. 6
    Sitka Woman’s Club will meet noon Sept. 6 at Robin McNelly’s residence, 1307 Halibut Point Road.
    This is the first meeting of the season. A light lunch and refreshments will be provided.
    ‘‘Our club is the oldest club in Sitka,’’ a club spokeswoman said. ‘‘It started back in 1939 and has evolved under various names since. Any woman or man interested in the philanthropic goals of the club is encouraged to join.’’
    Dues are $10 a year and the group meets on the first Saturday of each month, September-May, except December.
    Those attending should RSVP Robin Shull, president, at 738-1934. The meeting will be child-friendly.

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