February 10, 2015 Community Happenings

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Drawing Taught

UAS-Sitka Campus will offer a 10-week drawing workshop designed for individuals who have completed a basic or beginning drawing class.

The class will be held 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 17- April 21. 

Instructor Norm Campbell will focus on continuing to develop students’ drawing skills, as well as exploring sources of subject matter and ideas for artwork.

Students should have their own drawing tools and materials, specialized art supplies will be provided. The cost is $80, which includes $10 materials fee. Call 747-7700 for more details or register online at aceweb.uas.alaska.edu.

Unit 4 Fur

Season to End

Trappers are reminded the season for marten, mink, weasel and river otter in Game Management Unit 4 ends Sunday, Feb. 15.

Beaver season will remain open in the unit through April 30. Pelts of marten, river otter and beaver must be sealed by a department representative within 30 days after the close of the season.

Michele Susie. (Photo provided)

Nurse Practitioner

Joins Mountainside

Medical Team

Family nurse practitioner Michele Susie has joined the team at Mountainside Family Healthcare, an outpatient department of Sitka Community Hospital.

Susie earned a bachelor of nursing degree from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, and a master of family nurse practitioner from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky.

Susie has worked for 10 years as a critical care nurse at various hospitals in Lexington, and 18 years as a family nurse practitioner in a variety of settings, including emergency rooms, a mobile health clinic for underserved clientele, and rural settings in Montana and Alaska.

Her hobbies include birding, hiking, biking, skiing and kayaking.

Registration Begins

For Fish-to-Schools

Conference April 2

Registration has begun for the Southeast Farm and Fish to Schools Conference April 2-3 in Juneau.

Those who register before Feb. 28 will be eligible for a travel stipend.

Th event will be the first regional opportunity focused on building connections between Alaska’s school systems and local food entrepreneurs. Anyone interested in bringing more local foods into the school system is invited to collaborate and connect with regional experts to strengthen fish and farm to school programming across the state. 

Southeast Conference, the regional economic development organization, is coordinating the conference in conjunction with the newly formed Sustainable Southeast Partnership, a diverse network of organizations working together on community sustainability in Southeast Alaska. 

“Often we find that the barriers to achieving access to local, healthy foods can be overcome if we work together as a region to make this initiative a priority,’’ said Alana Peterson, program director of the Sustainable Southeast Partnership, Haa Aani LLC. ‘‘By bringing all the key players together for a conference we are hoping to achieve just that.” 

Fish- and farm-to-school programming offers significant economic, environmental cultural and nutritional opportunities to our rural communities and region, she said.   

“Schools in Southeast received more than $500,000 last year to buy Alaskan produced foods through the Nutritional Alaska Foods to Schools grant program,” said Shelly Wright, executive director of Southeast Conference. “However, schools are often limited by what they can procure. There are untapped opportunities for, farmers, fishermen and small business in our region. We are eager to break down barriers and grow the opportunities for everyone.” 

Online registration and more detailed conference information is available at www.seconference.org. Contact Lia Heifetz for more information This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Halibut Observer

Program Discussed

National Marine Fisheries Service invites the public to attend an outreach meeting to discuss the North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at Centennial Hall.

Attendees will hear from NOAA Fisheries about how observer deployment in the small vessel fleet has changed in 2015 and see a demonstration of how to log a fishing trip into the Observer Declare and Deploy System. Information will be available about observer coverage and the observer fee.

An opportunity will be given to provide input and recommendations for improvements.

School Budget

Subject of Session

The Sitka School Board will hold a work session 6 p.m. Feb. 11 at Centennial Hall. The board will be meeting with the Assembly to discuss the budget. The public is invited to attend. 

Budget Hearing Set

The Sitka School Board will hold a budget hearing for school district staff 3:45 p.m. Feb. 18 in the Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School multipurpose room. 

School Board, STA

To Hold Meeting

The Sitka School Board will hold a work session with Sitka Tribe of Alaska 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 17 at the Sheet’ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi.

 It is open to the public. 

BIHA to Meet

Baranof Island Housing Authority Board of Commissioners will meet 5 p.m. Feb. 17 at 245 Katlian Street. The public is invited to attend.

Herring Camp

Registration On

The Sitka School District and the Outdoor Foundation, in partnership with the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and Sitka National Historical Park, will host a free, weeklong marine science and culture camp during spring break, March 16-20, for 20 sixth-grade students.

‘‘Yaa Khusgé Yaaw Woogoo–The Knowledge of Herring’’ camp provides students the chance to explore the cultural and ecological importance of herring in a hands-on camp.

Participants will use cutting-edge technology while working with renowned marine ecologist Michelle Ridgway to study Pacific herring in the field and in the lab.

‘‘Students who take on the challenge of herring camp will be rewarded by valuable experience conducting scientific and traditional knowledge-driven research and will gain a deeper understanding of the critical role herring play in Southeast Alaska’s marine ecosystem as well as the significant cultural importance of this keystone species,’’ the park said.  

Daily camp activities will include observing herring and other marine wildlife during marine field trips, conducting research throughout Sitka Sound and in the lab, learning about herring’s cultural significance from Native elders and culture bearers, exploring Sitka’s coastline to learn about critical herring habitat and using advanced scientific technology.

Each daily session, 12:30-5:30 p.m., will conclude with a presentation or field activity lead by scientists, Native elders or local herring experts. 

Applications are available at Sitka National Historical Park’s visitor center at 106 Metlakatla St., Blatchley Middle School and online at www.nps.gov/sitk. Those who submit an application by Feb. 20 will receive priority consideration. Completed applications should be returned to staff at Sitka National Historical Park’s visitor center. For additional information contact Ryan Carpenter at 747-0121.   

NW Coast Design

Class Set at Park

Sitka National Historical Park in partnership with the Sitka Tribe of Alaska is offering a free Northwest Coast formline design workshop 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays Feb. 10-March 10 in the park’s cultural center studios..

The workshop, instructed by Tlingit artist Robert Hoffmann, will focus on traditional formline design elements and result in participants developing their own Northwest Coast formline design. 

Pre-registration for the workshop is required. Interested parties can register by calling 747-0110 or by registering in person at the park’s visitor center during business hours.

The visitor center is open 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. There are 12 seats available for the workshop, and registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served, basis. Once the workshop has reached capacity, a waitlist will be created.  

For more information call Sitka National Historical Park at 747-0110. 

Better Breathers

Club Meets Friday

The Better Breathers Club will meet 1-2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, at Swan Lake Senior Center. Jim Berry will lead the discussion on better living with COPD.

The Better Breathers Club is a support group for patients with chronic lung disease – especially COPD, but also asthma, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer and other chronic lung diseases. The meeting is also open to caregivers, family, friends and support persons.

Call Rose Manning, 747-5167, for more information.

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