January 12, 2016 Community Happenings
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SCT Presents
‘Broadway Night’
Sitka Community Theater will present Broadway Night, an evening of local celebrities and friends singing show tunes, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, at Odess Theater.
Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $40, which includes wine, hors d’oeuvres and sales tax, are available at Old Harbor Books. Tickets go on sale Jan. 15.
Proceeds from the show will help cover the costs of producing SCT’s first musical production “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”
For more information call 738-0602.
SCT is a project of the Greater Sitka Arts Council.
Youth Advocates
Board to Meet
Youth Advocates of Sitka’s Board of Directors will meet 5:15-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at YAS’s 805 Lincoln Street office.
Meetings are open to the public. The board is accepting letters of interest for a new member. Those wanting to join a team of professionals working together to support the mental health of Alaska’s youths and their families, or wanting to learn more can callt Annette at 747-2910.
Work Party Set
On SJ Campus
Sitka Fine Arts Camp will hold a work party 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, on the SJ Campus.
Tasks for all skill levels will be available, including laying down insulation and flooring in the Yaw Arts Center attic. Hot lunch is provided. Wear warm clothes to work in. Volunteers will meet at the Yaw arts building. Call 747-3085 with questions.
‘Celtic Cinderella’
To be Presented
‘‘Celtic Cinderella,’’ presented by the Sitka Spruce Celtic Dancers, performs 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Performing Arts Center.
Tickets are $15 for general admission, and $5 for students and senior citizens. Children under 5 are admitted free. For more information call 747-3085.
Fish and Game
Panel to Meet
The Sitka Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet 6 p.m. on Jan. 28 at the Sitka Sound Science Center, 834 Lincoln Street. It is open to the public.
Six seats are up for election – Hand Troll, Subsistence, Alternate, Hunting, Seine and At-Large.
The meeting will discuss statewide Board of Fisheries proposals. Those with questions can be directed to Jessica at 738-5528 or John 738-6212.
‘Tangaroa’ Film
To Show Sunday
‘‘Tangaroa,’’ a documentary about a Norwegian raft expedition from Peru to Tahiti in 2006, will be shown at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 17, at the Coliseum Theater.
The Tangaroa expedition followed the route of Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki voyage which was across the South Pacific 60 years earlier.
The film documents the success of a large balsa raft steering with “guara boards” and shows the navigation skills needed for ocean crossings.
Admission is $5 in support of Paths Across the Pacific IX.
Thanks to the generosity and expertise of the the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska broadband department, Tidal Network ; Christopher Cropley, director of Tidal Network; and Luke Johnson, Tidal Network technician, SitkaSentinel.com is again being updated. Tidal Network has been working tirelessly to install Starlink satellite equipment for city and other critical institutions, including the Sentinel, following the sudden breakage of GCI's fiberoptic cable on August 29, which left most of Sitka without internet or phone connections. CCTHITA's public-spirited response to the emergency is inspiring.
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20 YEARS AGO
September 2004
Photo caption: Nikko Friedman and Gus Bruhl of the Rain Forest Rascals running team, dressed in skunk cabbage and boots, make their way down Lincoln Street during the annual Running of the Boots. Scores turned out for the event, a fundraiser for the Dog Point Fish Camp.
50 YEARS AGO
September 1974
The freshmen students initiation will be Friday at the school. Dress will be respectable. ... Suspension of three days will be enforced for any of the following violations: throwing of eggs; spraying of shaving cream; cutting of hair; and any pranks which could be harmful to the welfare of the students.
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