NEWSIES – Lizzie Slogotski, from Victoria, British Columbia, right, hands out crayons to children at Sitka Public Library, Thursday. Slogotski and other cast members of the upcoming Sitka Fine Arts Camp production of “Newsies” wore their costumes as they handed out prizes and activities and sang songs from the Tony Award-winning musical. The show is set to be staged August 2-4 at the Performing Arts Center. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
September 14, 2023, Community Happenings
James Dundas Jr.
Dies at Age 81
James Albert Dundas Jr., a longtime Sitka resident, died Wednesday at SEARHC. He was 81.
Randall Nichols
Dies at Age 72
Randall G. Nichols died Sept. 12 at SEARHC. The longtime Sitkan was 72.
Parade, Lunch
Sept. 29 Honors
‘Orange Shirt Day’
Sitka Tribe of Alaska invites the community to a parade and lunch Sept. 29 to recognize, respect and honor First Nation/Indigenous children and families affected by the residential school system.
STA and other partners are observing Every Child Matters locally. Parade lineup begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Crescent Harbor shelter. The parade will start at noon, following a route down Lincoln Street, ending at the Sheet’ká Ḵwáan Naa Kahídi, which is constructed on a site that once housed the Indian government school. It will include a short all-ages program and free lunch.
All are invited to participate; wearing an orange shirt is encouraged. For more information go to https://www.alaskachildrenstrust.org/blog/residential-schools-and-healing.
First Nation people in Canada started Orange Shirt Day/Every Child Matters to call attention to the history of Native boarding schools. It is now recognized as a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
AmeriCorps Spotlight
Anastasia Horton will spend her AmeriCorps year in Sitka serving at the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium in the prevention department.
Her hometown is Memphis, Tennessee, and she shared as an interesting fact about herself that she was adopted from Russia at the age of 9.
Her work experience includes seven years at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, and serving as a social work intern at the Memphis YWCA.
“I joined AmeriCorps to gain more experience in the social work field and to have an opportunity to travel and learn from Alaska,” she said in her AmeriCorps information page. “My passion has always been to learn more about trauma intervention, mental health, and various educational programs that can make me a better social worker.”
Secondary Water
Plant Now Online
The City and Borough of Sitka’s secondary water treatment plant was brought online Wednesday.
Commissioning and programming will continue through November and during this timeframe, customers may notice pressure and flow fluctuations, and cloudy water.
Those who experience any of these conditions should run the cold water for a few minutes until it clears, the city said.
Call the Public Works Department with any questions at 907-747-1804.
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20 YEARS AGO
July 2004
The high sockeye returns at Redoubt Bay and Lake have prompted the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to raise daily bag limits to six for sport fishers and to 25 for subsistence fishers.
50 YEARS AGO
July 1974
The Assembly decided Tuesday against municipal participation in the U.S. Bicentennial Year commemorative project because of various objections to the project proposed: construction of a Russian tea house pavilion on the Centennial Building parking lot. The estimated local share of the project would be $37,000.
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