December 15, 2014 Community Happenings

Open House Set

On CGC Maple

An open house on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Maple will be 5-7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22.

All are invited to visit with the crew, take a tour of the ship and have a Christmas Cookie. All ages are welcome.

 

Sitka Skippers

Performance On

Sitka Skippers will perform at the Holland America Tournament Thursday and Friday, Dec. 18 and 19, at the 7 p.m. games during half time.

 

See’s Candies

Fundraiser Set

Sitka Community Hospital Auxiliary is selling See’s Candies to raise funds for auxiliary work.

Candy can be purchased at SCH gift  shop and at Judy Johnstone’s, 306 Peterson. Call 747-3670 to have candy delivered.

 

Sitka Cancer

Support Given

Sitka Cancer Support Group has been on hiatus, but  will meet 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21, at the Brave Heart Volunteers Manager’s House of the Pioneers Home located behind the Mt. Edgecumbe Preschool  on Seward Street.

Those in cancer treatment and cancer survivors are invited to spend some time with others who understand what they are going through. The support group is sponsored by Sitka Cancer Survivors Society. Call or email Mary Beth with questions or transportation to the meeting, at 623-0842, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

 

STA Transportation

Panel to Meet

Sitka Tribe of Alaska transportation committee will meet noon Thursday, Dec. 18, at 456 Katlian Street in the conference room.

Topics include: an update on the bus maintenance facility project; tribal transit portion of the funding for “the RIDE” and the Alaska Marine Highway System’s service to Sitka.

Tribal citizens and interested public members are being encouraged to attend. For any questions contact Gerry Hope, transportation director, 747-5910.

 

Letter to Santa::::

 

 

Dear Santa: This is what I would like for Christmas: Legos, Zoobs, Knex, a cat, and most of all, a stuffed animal that is as big as a great dane and I want it to be a horse! Your friend, Ava Newell

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20 YEARS AGO

December 2004

Photo caption: David Voluck reads a blessing while lighting a menorah during a community gathering observing the eight-day Chanukah festival. Honored speakers included Woody Widmark, STA  president, and Assembly member Al Duncan.

50 YEARS AGO

December 1974

From On the Go: More college students home for the holidays – Bill and Isabella Brady have a houseful. Ralph is here from the Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute, along with his fiancee Grace Gillian; Louise is here from the University of New Mexico, and Jennifer, who’s working with IEA in Anchorage is home with her fiance Lance Ware.

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