ALASKA CULTURE DAY – Mt. Edgecumbe High School sophomore Annmarie Sakar, wearing headdress, and MEHS senior Turtle Larson demonstrate a Yu’pik dance this afternoon at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School during the annual Alaska culture day for fourth-graders. Principal Mindy Barry says the school has hosted the event for at least five years, where high school students from around the state introduce their Indiginous culture through song, dance, activities and language, to the grade schoolers at stations set up around the school. (Sentinel Photo by james Poulson)

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April 2005

Advertisement: Come and help us celebrate the retirement of Steve Brenner, Branch Manager of Spenard Builders Supply! After 25 years of service Steve has decided to seek the joys of retirement. Saturday at Westmark Sitka.

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Sitka Elks Lodge honored some students, members of the media and some of their own members Friday at the annual awards banquet. The lodge was crowded with recipients, and State President Everitt Calhoun said “This is what Elkdom is all about – families gathered together.”

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