October 24, 2014 Community Happenings

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    Preschool Story
    Time on Tap
    ‘‘Mouse’s First Halloween’’ by Lauren Thompson will be one of the readings during the next preschool story time at Kettleson Memorial Library 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 30.
    Rhymes, songs and crafts around a Halloween theme will be part of the program. Everybody is welcome.
    Story times help to promote early literacy skills, expand children’s vocabularies and broaden and enrich their experiences, stimulating brain development, the library said.
    For more information, call the library at 747-8708.

    Senior Painting
    Group Wednesdays
    The senior painting group meets 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays at Swan Lake Senior Center. All are invited to paint and share ideas; there is no instructor.
    Painters should take their own supplies. Water-based paints should be used.
    For more information, call Faye at 747-8746.

In Food Program
Betty Eliason Child Care Center announces its participation in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program administered by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development. Meals will be made available to enrolled children at no separate charge without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.
Anyone who believes they have been discriminated against should write immediately to the USDA Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington D. C. 20250-9410 or call 202-720-5964.

Unitarians Meet
Gretchen Matiatos will present a service on spirituality and trees at Sunday’s Unitarian Fellowship meeting at 10:45 a.m.
Matiatos will explore poetry and pictures of trees from around the world, in past and present cultures. Participants will have an opportunity to create a tree haiku or cinquain poem and art to go around the fellowship bulletin board.
Fellowship begins at 10:30 a.m. Soup and bread follow the program at noon. The Fellowship Hall is located at 408 Marine Street, with parking behind off Spruce Street.

Nondenominational
Book Club to Start
A new, non-denominational book club will start 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29.
All who are interested in spiritual-based readings and open-minded discussion are invited to join in at the Sitka Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 408 Marine Street. To be decided at this first meeting: books to read; a name for the group; and journeys to be started.
Contact Gretchen at 747-1008 for any questions or concerns.

    Animal Blessing
    Listed Oct. 26
    A service of blessing for animals is listed 2 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Sitka United Methodist Church parking lot.
    Animals should be taken in carriers or on leashes. The service is more or less 15 minutes, organizers said.
    For more information call the church office, Pastor Ferdinand Llenado, 747-8775, or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Transportation
Panel to Meet
The Human Services and Transportation Needs Advisory Committee for Sitka will meet 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, in the Rousseau Room at Centennial Hall.
A teleconference line will be available if anyone requests to participate by telephone.
The agenda will review mini-grant applications for transportation capital and services needs for state fiscal year 2016 and discuss transportation needs for the elderly, persons with disabilities, including but not limited to clients of Sitka human services agencies.
Public testimony is welcome.  Contact Gerry Hope at 747-5910 with questions.

SSD Wellness
Team to Meet
The Sitka School District Wellness Team will hold its first team meeting for the school year 3:30-4:40 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27 at Pacific High School.
The meeting is open to the public, and will be mostly informational. Topics to be covered: work accomplished last school year; goals for this school year; District Wellness Policy update; staff wellness initiative. Snacks will be provided.

Bring Your Boo to the Library
Fresh From Kettleson
The Litwit
by Greg Mandel
 Greetings, Kettleheads! It is I, The Litwit, bringing you the latest from Kettleson Memorial Library.
 This week it’s all about Halloween at the …. Li-scary (cue the evil, ghoulish laughter sound effect).
 The fun starts on Friday, Halloween night, with a costume parade. All the little boos and ghouls will gather outside Centennial Hall (mummies and daddies, too!) at 6:15 p.m., then parade to the library at 831 Lincoln Street (our temporary Stratton location). And then the real fun begins. From 6:30 to 8:30, we’ll have spooky stories, giveaways, and a scary (but not-too-scary), age-appropriate movie for kids. Everyone is invited. And don’t forget: bring your boo!
Then, after you and your little ones have been treated for your Halloween stomach aches and recovered from your Candy Corn hangovers, you can turn your attention to some more serious educational and fun activities. Like learning Spanish. There’s still time to enroll your child in our Spanish for Children classes. The classes – for kids ages 6 and up – will be held every Wednesday, starting Nov. 5. Space is limited, so register your youngster today.
And you can also sign up for a new program, sponsored by Sitka Babies and Books: 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten. Register your child at the library and receive a reading log. Write down the title of every book you read to your child. After completing 50 books, you’ll collect your child’s first prize. After 100 books, your little one will receive a free bag. And when you reach 1,000 books, your child gets a free book, plus he or she will be inducted into our Reading Hall of Fame! Eat your heart out, Pete Rose!

Heritage Parade,
Candidate Forum
Sitka Tribe of Alaska invites the community to help celebrate the beginning of Native Heritage Awareness Month by marching or riding in the NHAM parade, or cheering the participants on.
Parade lineup on Sunday, Nov. 2, will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Crescent Harbor parking lot. The parade begins at 2 p.m., processing on Lincoln Street to the Sheet’ka Kwáan Naa Kahídi, where, following the parade, STA will host refreshments for all, and at 2:45 a Meet the Candidates forum for Tribal elections.
The forum will begin with introduction of candidates and the platform statements, and end with questions for the candidates from the audience and the moderator.
The election for four council members and a chairman will be Nov. 11.
For information regarding the parade or candidate forum, contact Sitka Tribe of Alaska offices at 747-3207.

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