New Extension
Director to Visit
Judy Anderson, new director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension, will be in Sitka next week.
She will hold an in-person coffee hour “listening session” to meet with interested community members, 8-10 a.m. Friday, April 28, at the Back Door coffee shop.
Those who wish to meet with her one-on-one should contact Jasmine Shaw at jdshaw2@alaska.edu or 907-747-9440.
Sitkans Named to
UAF Honors List
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans’ and chancellor’s lists for fall semester. The lists recognize students’ outstanding academic achievements.
Students receiving a 3.9 grade point average or higher are placed on the chancellor’s list, while those receiving a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.89 are named to the deans’ list.
Students named to the chancellor’s list are: Rio Barkhau, Hahlen Behnken and Laura Ekada of Sitka, and Coral Williams of Angoon.
Sitkans named to the deans list are: Alex Johnson, Max Johnson, Zane Mahoney, Alliyah Nay, Jennie Reynolds and Abbigale Wheeler.
GoFundMe Live for
Sitka DDF Team
The Sitka High School Drama, Debate and Forensics team, state champions for the seventh consecutive year, is getting ready to travel to national competition in Arizona in the summer.
‘‘Drama, Debate and Forensics is an after-school activity at the high school level where students participate and perform in over a dozen different styles of speech, debate, and acting events,” Coach Christian Litten said. “Southeast Alaska, and Sitka specifically, has a long tradition of excellence in this activity and now we’re taking the next big step.”
Litten started a GoFundMe asking the community to support ‘‘these bright young minds as they help put Sitka’s program on the map.’’
To view the GoFundMe, visit: https://gf.me/v/c/7h8t/send-sitka-high-ddf-to-nationals.
Artists Topic of
April 21 Exhibit
Stephen Lawrie and Maite Lorente invite the public to a celebration of Pam and Eric Bealer’s lives 6 p.m. Friday, April 21, downstairs at the Mean Queen.
The event is the closing of the exhibition “The Squirrel and the Bear: Eric and Pam Bealer’s Life in the Tongass.”
The presentation will acknowledge the Bealers’ involvement in the Boardwalk Boogie Festival in Pelican. Friends will share anecdotes about both artists while Sitka Conservation Society staff will present information about the Sea Pony Farm, a contribution from Pam and Eric Bealer to the society’s Living Wilderness Fund. SCS also will tell how it is using the space as a creative wilderness retreat connecting diverse artists, writers, and activists to the Tongass.
Pies (Eric’s favorites) will be part of the event. For information call (907)738-7574, e-mail lione@sitkawild.org, or go to www.sitkawild.org/sea_pony_farm_property.
School Board Sets
Special Meeting
The Sitka School Board will hold a special meeting 5 p.m. Wednesday in the district office boardroom to interview candidates and appoint one to fill the vacant board seat until the Oct. 3 municipal election. The public is invited to attend.
Natural Resource
Panel to Meet
Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s Natural Resource Committee will meet in person at 204 Siginaka Way and on Zoom at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20.
For the link to the Zoom meeting contact Elizabeth Borneman at 907-738-3165 or email elizabeth.borneman@sitkatribe-nsn.gov.
Applications Ready
For Grant Award
The Juneau Community Foundation’s Douglas-Dornan Foundation Fund is accepting applications for funding support from April 1 through June 1.
The fund offers grants to organizations that benefit and enhance the health, education, and welfare of individuals in Southeast Alaska.
Applications will be evaluated based on the quality of the program being supported or attended, reasonableness and accuracy of proposed budget, background and experience of the applicant, support from other sources, and appropriateness to the objectives of the Fund.
To find out more about the grant or to receive an application form, visit www.juneaucf.org or contact Paul D. Douglas, Advisor, 3014 Foster Ave., Juneau, Alaska 99801, Phone: (907) 209-3706.
Fisheries Fund
Requests Sought
Requests for proposals for the disbursement of the available $50,000 in the Fisheries Enhancement Fund, established by city ordinance 2006-38 and approved by voters in the regular election held Oct. 3, 2006, will be accepted at the administrator’s office in City Hall or emailed to holley.dennison@cityofsitka.org by 2 p.m. May 24.
Information to be included in the proposal: history of the organization, a current balance sheet, pro forma financial statements, and dollars requested from funds. In addition, state what will be achieved with the funding and explain how this will enhance fisheries within the City and Borough of Sitka.
Contact the administrator’s office for additional information at 100 Lincoln Street, or call (907)747.1812, or holley.dennison@cityofsitka.org.
