FIFTH OPENING – The Sitka seine boats Hukilau and Rose Lee pump herring aboard this afternoon at the end of Deep Inlet during the fifth opening in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery. The opening was being held in two locations beginning at 11 a.m. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
August 17, 2015 Community Happenings
Walks, Talks
Slated at Park
Sitka National Historical Park offers daily guided programs teaching visitors about the park’s natural and cultural resources.
This week’s schedule includes:
Tuesday: 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Totem Walks and 2:30 p.m. Salmon Talk.
Wednesday: 10:30 a.m. Russian American Walking Tour and noon Salmon Talk.
Thursday: 10:30 a.m. Russian American Walking Tour; 1 p.m. Totem Walk; 3 p.m. Salmon Talk.
Friday: 10:30 p.m. Russian American Walking Tour; 1 p.m. Battle Walk.
The Russian-American History Walking Tour leaves from the Russian Bishop’s House. All other ranger-led tours meet at the Sitka NHP visitor center on Lincoln Street.
For more information about the ranger-guided tours at Sitka NHP, call the visitor center at 747-0110.
Fiber Friends Set
Fiber Friends, a meeting of spinners and weavers will be noon-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at Alice Johnstone’s house, 213 Shotgun Alley.
School Board Meets
The Sitka School Board will hold a regular meeting 6 p.m. Aug. 26 in the District Office board room. The public is invited.
School Board Sets
Work Session
Members of the Sitka School Board will hold a work session in the District Office board room 4-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, to discuss board goals.
Trail Works Hike
Set for Saturday
Sitka Trail Works will offer a free guided hike 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22. Sitka Trail Works president Brian Hanson will lead the hike from Thimbleberry Trailhead to Heart Lake and back. The 3.6-mile scenic hike is along two lakes.
Hikers should meet at the Thimbleberry Trail head at 9 a.m. Those with questions can call 747-7244.
BMS Gives Back
Event Aug. 27
Seventh- and eighth-graders can sign up for Blatchley Gives Back! community service 9-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27. A pizza lunch will be provided at the school following volunteer work.
Students can sign up for a community service event at BMS. No transportation will be provided to and from the school on volunteer day.
Sixth-graders are reminded that this is the first day of classes.
For more information call the Blatchley office at 747-8672.
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20 YEARS AGO
March 2004
Matthew C. Hunter of Sitka recently returned from Cuba as part of a St. Olaf College International and Off-Campus Studies program. Hunter, a junior physics major at St. Olaf College, is the son of Robert and Kim Hunter of Sitka.
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March 1974
Eighth graders have returned from a visit to Juneau to see the Legislature. They had worked for it since Christmas vacation ... Clarice Johnson’s idea of a “White Elephant” sales was chosen as the best money-maker; Joe Roth won the political cartoon assignment; highest government test scorers were Ken Armstrong, Joanna Hearn, Linda Montgomery, Lisa Henry, Calvin Taylor and David Licari .....