March 12, 2015 Community Happenings

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Created on Thursday, 12 March 2015 10:59

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LIO Information

Given for March

The primary purpose of the Legislative Information Office is to provide connection to the Alaska State Legislature.

Individuals are asked to call ahead if they plan to attend a legislative teleconference so the office can be prepared.

Legislative business takes precedence over processing PFDs, the office said.

The LIO is open extended hours on Saturday, March 28, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., for PFD processing.

Those with questions may call Marie Murray at 747-6276.

Hazardous Waste

Collection on Tap

The city’s spring free household hazardous waste collection event is slated 8 a.m.-4 p.m. April 25 and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. April 26.

Households, certain small businesses and government agencies are eligible to dispose of up to 200 pounds of waste per year. Contact the Public Works Office at 747-1806 for more information.

Solvents, oil, paint, antifreeze, cleaners, poisons, acids, batteries, caustics, furniture stripper, herbicides, pesticides, flares, and printing and photographic chemicals can be disposed of.

Explosives, blasting caps and gun powder, reactives such as sodium metal and radioactive wastes and fluorescent bulbs are not allowed.

Items can be taken to the Wastewater Treatment Plant, 100 Alice Loop, located off Airport Road. The city asks that items not be taken before or after the event.

Choose Respect

March Invites All

To Participate

The Sixth Annual Choose Respect March is planned noon-1 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Totem Square.

The Sitka Youth Leadership Committee and Sitkans Against Family Violence invite the public to walk in the march. 

The marchers will leave Totem Square, head down Lincoln Street and gather at the Crescent Harbor Shelter for celebration, art projects and brief speeches from students. 

‘‘Let everyone know that you support the movement to stop the epidemic of domestic violence, sexual assault and child sexual abuse in Alaska,’’ organizers said.

“We know that not only females are the victims. That’s why we particularly encourage boys and men to participate in the march to show solidarity and understanding,” said Vicki D’Amico, SAFV’s executive director. “If you are an employer, please allow your staff members to participate in this community event. Our goal is to be seen, state-wide, as a community that cares.”

Almost every other woman in Sitka (47 percent) has experienced domestic violence, sexual violence, or both, in her lifetime, according to a 2012 survey by the UAA Justice Center.

For more information call Martina or Julia at SAFV, 747-3370. ‘‘We look forward to seeing you there,’’ they said. 

After-School

Art Classes Set

The after-school arts team from Sitka Fine Arts Camp announces new classes for the upcoming session, March 30-May 8.

Classes will include beginning explorations in art for preschoolers, jazz dance, ceramics, playing with puppets, handmade paper and bookbinding, drawing with Norm Campbell, photography and rock band.

A list of classes is available online at fineartscamp.org. Sign up by calling the Sitka Fine Arts Camp at 747-3085, or stop by the office in the Rasmuson building on the SJ campus.

Ukulele 100 Meets

Sitka Ukulele 100 will meet noon Sunday, March 15, noon at the seawalk near the Sitka Sound Science Center for take three of the group performing “Firework” toward the complilation video.

Numbers are still available for those interested.

Free group lessons continue at the Pioneers Home Chapel 5-6 p.m. Sundays for beginners, and 6-7 p.m. for extra practice. Call or text 510-610-0075, Jeannie, for more information.

Unit 4 Spring Bear

Season to Open

The brown bear hunting season opens March 15 in Game Management Unit 4 with two registration hunts.

Both have different closing dates. Inside drainages (RB089) close May 20, and outside drainages (RB088) close May 31. For boundary clarifications, refer to the 2014-15 Alaska hunting regulations and online maps.

Hunters are reminded of the requirement to watch the brown bear identification video called “Take a Closer Look” prior to registering. It can be viewed online ADF&G’s web page by typing “Take a Closer Look” in the search box and will be directed to a link for the video. It can be viewed directly at http://vimeo.com/30511231. The video is also available for loan at Fish and Game offices.

Hunters must have a registration permit, valid hunting license and big game locking tag prior to hunting. Register at a Fish and Game office, or online at www.adfg.alaska.gov. 

Those who fail to report on a permit during the prior regulatory year, may not be eligible to register for the hunt.

Hunters may harvest one brown bear every four regulatory years in GMU4. Successful bear hunters must report to an ADF&G office within 10 days of kill and present the completed hunt report, unfrozen bear hide and skull to ADF&G for sealing within 30 days of kill. Evidence of sex must remain naturally attached to the hide until it is sealed. Hunters who are unsuccessful or unable to hunt must report by close of business June 15.

For more information call the Sitka Fish and Game office at 747-5449.

Unitarians Meet

At Sunday’s Unitarian Fellowship meeting Kathy Kyle will present information on the secret war in Laos and ongoing deaths and injuries from “unexploded ordinance.”

A showing of the 15-minute documentary “Surviving the Peace” will be included. The use of cluster bombs continues in other countries, and treaties that would ban the use of land mines and cluster bombs with their devastating effects on civilians go unsigned by the U.S. and other major powers, Kyle said.

Kyle recently returned from a month in Laos and saw firsthand some of the continuing results of a war that ended 40 years ago.

Fellowship begins at 10:30 a.m., with the program beginning at 10:45. A children’s program is provided. Soup and bread follows the program at noon. The Fellowship Hall is located at 408 Marine Street, with parking behind off Spruce Street.

UAS Sets Open House

The University of Alaska Southeast, Sitka Campus, invites everyone to an open house 4-7 p.m. Thursday, March 12 at UAS.

A wide variety of activities for high school students, parents and others interested in taking college classes will be offered.

Hot dogs will be grilled all evening along with snacks and soft drinks. Door prizes will be presented every half hour.

The art studio will give away free T-shirts that visitors can silk-screen to make their own design – shirts are either black, Mt. Edgecumbe maroon or Sitka High blue.

Adjunct instructor Mark Sixbey will demonstrate his formline design procedures and invite visitors to silk-screen prepared NW-Coast art onto shirts or paper.

Two special information sessions will unveil a new Study Away program in which students can study in the lower 48 states or at colleges in many parts of the world, at UAS Sitka Campus tuition rates.

Student Success Center Director Chris Washko will conduct two tours of new housing options on the Sheldon Jackson campus.

English professor Math Trafton will conduct a film analysis mini class with movie clips and discussion.

Fish Tech Program Director Reid Brewer will guide students in a fish dissection, and Biology Professor Marnie Chapman and Chemistry Prof Jon Martin will conduct eyeball and brain dissection classes.

Information tables will allow visitors to meet faculty and advisors face to face. Professor Leslie Gordon will be on hand to discuss Health Information Management; Chief Sheldon Schmitt will be talk about the Law Enforcement program; and Barb Morse and Alex Najduchs will talk about the Fish Tech program.

Shelley Adams, CNA instructor, will conduct demos and answer questions about CNA and Pre-Nursing opportunities. Pat Hughes will lead a tour of the construction facility. Advisors David Felts and Cheryl Stromme will guide students on paying for college, health career options, the new associate of arts and associate of science liberal arts degrees.

And University staffers and students will welcome visitors and conduct tours of the entire campus. For more information, call the Student Success Center at 747-7717.

Senior Hiking

Club Set by SAIL

SAIL’s Senior Hiking Club will meet 9:15-11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 19. The cost is $5 per participant, which includes transportation to the hiking location, trekking poles, and a snack.

Interested seniors should meet at the Swan Lake Senior Center at 9:15 a.m. Participants will decide together where to hike. Seniors are being encouraged to hike at their own pace. Call or email Bridget at SAIL for more information at 747-6859 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Coin Drive Set

For SHS Girls BB

The Sitka High School girls basketball team will be having a coin drive 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, March 14, to raise money for their travel expenses to attend the state tournament in Anchorage next week.

Members will be going door-to-door and local businesses will being taking donations.

Donations may also be made at the Sitka High School main office.

    Youth Scholarship

Program to Begin

The Sitka Sportsman’s Association has announced its 2015 Youth Scholarship Program for Sitka, Pacific and Mt. Edgecumbe high school students.

Three grants of $1,000 each will be awarded, two to a graduating senior from the Sitka School District and one to a graduating senior from Mt. Edgecumbe High School.

Each applicant must submit an essay on what the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution means to them. Scholarship information sheets are available at each school’s counseling office. Deadline for applications is April 17. For more information, contact the president of the Sitka Sportsman’s Association, Steve Ramp, at 738-7267.

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