America’s Got Talent
Dear Editor: A very deep and heartfelt thank you goes out to an amazing community that is helping make a little girl’s dreams come true. Hunter Lambdin is going to her audition for America’s Got Talent because of you SITKA!
A very special thank you goes to: Melissa Broschat and Highliner Coffee Company for instigating, hosting and donating to our silent auction and fundraiser, and to John Petraborg and Barb Collins for your music, talent and inspiration.
Kirstin Karsunky, Patricia Resch, Connie Oen, Darcie Egerton, Kris Chinalski, Melissa Henshaw, Kelley Whitson, Sarah Eddy, Allison Bayne, Karmon Wood, Heather Gluth, Karen Kluting, Kay Turner, Cindy Conforti, Susie Belisle and Sea Mart Quality Foods for your encouragement, time and wonderful donations that made these events possible.
And for Shannon Haugland at the Sitka Sentinel and Rachel Waldholz at Raven Radio for your awesome coverage in helping get the word out.
The Lambdin Family, Sitka
Benefit for Sitkans
Dear Editor: Sitka Moose Lodge 1350 wishes to thank the following for their donations given for a silent auction held on Jan. 26 to benefit Clara Smith and Derek Bowen.
Thank you, Aurora Business Supplies, Baranof Island Artists Gallery, Brenner’s Fine Clothing and Gifts, Ben Franklin Store, Stereo North, Frank Burkhart, Lou Primacio, Sitka Rose Gallery, Sabrina Smith, Bev’s Flowers and Gifts, The Cellar, Old Harbor Books, 3 Guys by the Church, the Junk Trunk, Agave Restaurant, ALPS Federal Credit Union, Kevin T. Ryan, Christi Jones, Bear Country Gifts and Colliver Shoes, Murray Pacific, Radio Shack, Kelly Goeden, Sitka True Value, Paulla Hardy, the Hair Loft, Kay McCarty Studio, Wintersong Soaps, anonymous, Botanika, Fishermen’s Eye Gallery, Grandma Bowen, Coliseum Theater, Alaska Computer, John and Michelle Upcraft, Sitka Counseling, Harry Race Pharmacy, Sitka Flowers, Premier Training, Goldsmith Gallery, AC Lakeside Grocery, Pizza Express, Maribeth McCormick, Joyce Chandler, and June Guy.
Dinner ingredients were donated by Lou Primacio, Joe Reeves, Sabrina and Grant, and Julene Howard.
A gift certificate from the Hames Corporation, and a check from the William Jester family, were donated to Smith and Bowen,
Volunteers were Julene Howard, Josephine Johnson, Michelle Upcraft, Joe Reeves, Maribeth McCormick, Robert Baines, Lynn Alexander, Laurie Nesheim, Sabrina Smith, Grant Smith and Bjorn Watson.
Thanks again, Sitka!
Lou Primacio and Mike Davis
for Sitka Moose Lodge 1350
Public Bike Shed
Dear Editor: On Tuesday, a new, public bike shed now placed adjacent the Sitka Sound Science Center, the Sheldon Jackson Campus, and the tennis court, was officially dedicated to Sitka. I hope that the community finds it useful.
I also hope that people will, when they see the building, consider the potential for our regional forest to generate timber, particularly second-growth timber. This focus on young-growth is a key component of the USFS Transition Framework as we move away from old growth logging and toward a sustainable timber industry.
Though there are formidable financial barriers to its harvest, there is a great deal of wood which really needs to come out of the forest, for its own health. Much of the logged Tongass is now overgrown with stands of small timber too thick for a healthy forest. Thinning this, and extracting it for construction material and for heating, would be good for the forest and for the local economy.
Randy Hughey, Sitka
