Carbon Offset
Funding Offered
The Sitka Carbon Offset fund is offering financial assistance to help qualifying Sitkans convert from oil-based heating systems to efficient heat pumps powered by renewable hydroelectricity.
Email chandler@sitkawild.org to request an application. More information is available at sitkacarbonoffset.com.
Registration On
For Little League
Sitka Little League’s registration is open for baseball, softball and T-ball.
Tryouts and opening day information will soon be announced. Early-bird discount of $20 off expires Feb. 27. Register online at sitkalittleleague.org.
On Honor Roll
Aidan G. Raffaele and Mattey M. Stroemer of Sitka have been named to the dean’s list at University of Idaho, Vandals.
To qualify, students must maintain at least a 3.5 grade point average while taking a minimum of 12 graded credits for the semester.
Conservation Society
Sets Annual Meeting
Sitka Conservation Society’s annual meeting will be held virtually 5-6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21.
All are welcome to join staff and board members as they announce the board election results, conduct official business, and answer questions. Registration for the Zoom link can be found at the SCS website or at bit.ly/scs-2021.
For more information contact ryan@sitkawild.org.
Climate Meeting
Set for Saturday
Sitka Citizens Climate Lobby will hold its monthly Zoom meeting 9:45 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, following the national meeting at 9 a.m.
The national speaker is Diane Randall, the general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, which supports members to engage with lawmakers on peace and justice issues. For Zoom links for national and local meetings and the agenda, email sitkaclimatelobby@gmail.com by Friday evening.
‘‘Many means of exercising your nonpartisan political voice on behalf of our climate emergency are available to suit whatever time you have,’’ organizers said.
Fish and Game
Advisory to Meet
The Sitka Fish and Game Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting via webconference 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17.
For the Zoom meeting Link, go to: https://zoom.us/j/91951653346?pwd=SGV2T1JQTnNXK2ttYlQ3T0tJVWc4QT09. The phone number is +1 253 215 8782; meeting ID is 922 4949 8537; and passcode, 983872.
The agenda will include: Sitka AC meetings schedule; Board of Fisheries groundfish and shellfish proposals; and other business.
Meetings are open to the public.
For further information and questions, contact Heather Bauscher, chair, heatherbauscher@gmail.com or Andrew Thoms, secretary, 907-747-7509, andrew@sitkawild.org or Annie Bartholomew at the Department of Fish and Game, annie.bartholomew@alaska.gov.
To be added to the electronic email notices for Sitka AC meetings, send an email to Bartholomew.
Deadline Near for
Paper Chain Project
The deadline to participate in Sitka Public Library’s Kids for Peace Linked by Love campaign to set a new Guinness World Record is Feb. 15.
To contribute to the 110-plus-mile inspirational paper chain should use recycled paper to create strips of paper between 11 and 18 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. The strips need to be decorated with ‘‘love’’ and ‘‘hope’’ and placed in an envelope with name and address. The envelopes should be taken to Sitka Public Library any time before Feb. 15 to be mailed to Kids for Peace.
Once COVID-19 pandemic social-distancing is lifted, the Linked By Love paper-chain will be assembled, the library said. After the chain is officially measured for the Guinness World Record, Kids for Peace will distribute sections to hospitals, senior centers, libraries and more as a reminder that ‘‘we are all Linked By Love,’’ organizers said.
For information e-mail Maite at maite.lorente@cityofsitka.org.
