Yellow Tag Sale
At White E Shop
Items with a yellow tag at the White Elephant Shop are half price noon-3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18.
BHV Board Sets
Annual Meeting
Brave Heart Volunteers will hold its annual board meeting via Zoom 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24.
The meeting is open to the public. The election of executive board positions will be held.
Those who wish to join the board or needing more information can go to the website at braveheartvolunteers.org.
For the Zoom link, email board@braveheartvolunteers.org.
Keet Kids Run
Registration Open
Registration is open for the second season of Keet Kids Run I toowú klatseen, a 10-week virtual after-school program for second- through fifth-grade students of all genders that helps build self-esteem, healthy relationship skills, and respect.
The program, rooted in Southeast Alaska traditional tribal values and culture, will prompt students to get moving with physical exercise, create art, journal, and other activities.
Participants will learn life-long lessons and values that will inspire them to be advocates for others, stewards of the air, land, and sea, and healthy in mind, body, and spirit, organizers said.
This season will bring weekly connection calls on Zoom so participants can stay connected to their coaches and with each other. Physical challenges, incentives, and chances to win free swag will be offered.
The season runs early March through May, when a celebratory and COVID-conscious 5K fun run is scheduled. Register at tinyurl.com/KKRITKRegister by Feb. 28. For information, contact Diana Fulton-Twaddle at 966-1213/twaddled@sitkaschools.org or Kera Jefferson at 747-3493/kjefferson@safv.org.
The program is sponsored by partners from the Pathways to a Safer Sitka Coalition.
Ash Wednesday
Service at St. Peter’s
St. Peter’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church will hold an Ash Wednesday Service noon Wednesday, Feb. 17, via Zoom.
Drive-by ashes will be available in the church parking lot after the service, from 1 to 2 p.m.
Email at stpetersbytheseak@gmail.com to receive the log-on information.
ORCA Program
Get-Together Set
Southeast Alaska Independent Living’s Outdoor Recreation Community Access program will hold a get-together 2:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, via teleconference.
It will include the ORCA challenge, exercises and some games. Contact SAIL at 747-6859 for the Zoom link.
SCLT Meeting
Set for Feb. 25
The Sitka Community Land Trust will hold its monthly meeting 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, on a Zoom call. The public is being encouraged to attend.
The SCLT is a non-profit organization that relies on community support and participation. For information about joining the virtual meeting, contact Mim McConnell at 738-2888.
Tribal Council
Meets Wednesday
The Sitka Tribe of Alaska Tribal Council will meet 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, via Zoom to review the first reading of the Election Ordinance.
Those who wish to make a public comment are being encouraged to attend the zoom meeting. Contact STA at 747-3207 for the Zoom link information.
To make a written comment, email Anne.Davis@sitkatribe-nsn.gov no later than Wednesday, Feb. 17, by noon. The Election Ordinance revisions are on the STA webpage at www.sitkatribe.org. Printed copies are at the STA Administration office, 456 Katlian Street.
Painting Buoys
Subject of Series
A Zoom series to focus on painting buoys with acrylic paints will be Feb. 18 and March 4.
Pat Kehoe, of Island Artists Gallery, will lead the discussion and welcomes input from all artists. Those unable to paint a buoy can paint along on a flat surface.
Kehoe will talk about aspects of a good composition and how they apply to painting on a round surface. Contact islandpainter@hotmail.com for more information, for a hard buoy, and for a Zoom invite.
To paint along, artists will need ideas, a couple pieces of any kind of paper roughly the size of the circumference of the buoy, scissors, a few tubes of acrylic paint, and inexpensive brushes. Those who need a buoy or more info about the project can contact Kehoe ahead of time via email.
“Painting Flat Art on a Round Surface” is a project in support of one of Sitka’s non-profit organizations, Brave Heart Volunteers.
Artists will provide painted buoys that will hang downtown to brighten the main street of Sitka through the summer and then will be auctioned to earn funds for Brave Heart Volunteers in the fall. The theme for this special 20-year celebration is “Be of Brave Heart,” and they are asking the theme to be interpreted in any way in the design of the buoys.
School District
Families Alerted
Sitka School District families are being asked to watch for an email from school principals a link to the Family SCCS survey.
Survey results will help the district improve communication and connections for students and families. Last year’s results can be seen at www.sitkaschools.org.
The district said that implementation of schoolwide Remind in district buildings is an example of action that was taken due to SCCS results.
‘Blind Date With
A Book’ at Library
The public is invited to participate in Sitka Public Library’s Blind Date with a Book program this month.
Gift-wrapped books will be on display at the library through February.
‘‘Read the clues, choose a book, check it out, unwrap, and enjoy,’’ the library said.
For information, call Margot at 747-4020 or email margot.oconnell@cityofsitka.org.
