August 3, 2015 Community Happenings

Easter Group Meets

The Easter Group will meet on 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, at St. Peter’s Episcopal See House.

The Easter Group works with other service providers in Sitka to end extreme poverty and empower people, and interested people are encouraged to attend.

For more information, contact Julia Smith at 738-6336/ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

 

Races Set for

Seafood Festival

All are invited to join in the Sitka Seafood Festival tote race, fish-head bobbing and fish-head toss contests Saturday, Aug. 8.

Sitka Sound Seafoods, Seafood Producers Co-op, Murray Pacific and Martin Construction are sponsoring the events.

Totes, goggles and rubber gloves are being supplied.

For more information, call Linda at 747-6985 or 206-229-1061.

 

Poet to Read

Ishmael Hope, of Juneau and Sitka, will read from his new poetry collection, ‘‘Courtesans of Flounder Hill,’’ 6-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, at Old Harbor Books, 201 Lincoln Street.

 

 

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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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