Sitkan Appointed
To State Board
Dave Miller of Sitka has been appointed to the Alaska State Emergency Response Commission through July 1, 2023.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy this week announced the appointment of Miller and 37 other Alaskans to various state boards and commissions.
Sockeye Harvest
Limits Increase
At Redoubt Bay
Harvest limits in the Redoubt Bay and Lake subsistence and sport fisheries will be increased 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 10.
Individual/household possession limits of subsistence sockeye salmon at Redoubt Bay and Lake will be 25 sockeye salmon and the individual/household annual limit will be 100 sockeye salmon. The sport fish bag and possession limit will be six sockeye salmon.
The Redoubt Lake weir, operated by the U.S. Forest Service, was installed and operational on June 12. As of July 7, 5,382 sockeye salmon have been counted through the weir, the Forest Service said.
Based on historical run timing, the projected escapement for the 2021 season exceeds 30,000 sockeye salmon.
The Redoubt Bay and Lake Sockeye Salmon Management Plan provides management provisions for subsistence, sport and commercial fisheries that harvest Redoubt Lake sockeye salmon based on an optimal escapement goal of 7,000 to 25,000 fish. The plan directs ADF&G to establish a subsistence individual/household possession limit of 25 sockeye salmon and an annual limit of 100 sockeye salmon, and a sport fish bag and possession limit of six sockeye salmon if the projected total escapement is greater than 30,000 sockeye salmon.
Participants in these fisheries are reminded that no person may possess subsistence-taken and sport-taken salmon on the same day.
Sitka Sound
Cruise July 25
Sitka Conservation Society is offering a cruise around Sitka Sound 7 to 11 a.m. July 25. Participants will go ashore to explore the marine life of Frosty Reef.
Tickets are $65 per person and are available for purchase at Old Harbor Books with cash or check beginning on July 12. For information, call 907-747-7509 or email info@sitkawild.org.
Attendees will explore the intertidal zone during a minus tide and should wear rubber boots and be prepared to walk on rough and slippery terrain. Rain pants are recommended.
Allen Marine Tours is operating with heightened cleaning protocols, and masks are required on board inside the ship.
SFS, Coliseum Set
‘In the Heights’
The Sitka Film Society and Coliseum Theater will present the film “In the Heights” 5 p.m. Friday, July 16, at the Coliseum Theater.
The film is adapted from the smash hit Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda (who also wrote “Hamilton”). The story follows Usnavi, a bodega owner who looks after the aging Cuban lady next door. Usnavi pines for the girl working in the neighboring beauty salon and dreams of winning the lottery and escaping to his native Dominican Republic. The film is rated PG-13 and the running time is 2 hours, 23 minutes. The film scored a 96 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Danette Chavez, critic for the A.V. Club, wrote: “In The Heights’ slice-of-life portraiture suggests a less ambitious undertaking than Hamilton, but it tells a story as expansive as that of a fledgling nation. Through both musicals, Miranda demonstrates how ingrained people of color are in this country’s history ... At the core of In The Heights, on stage or screen, is movement–as migration, as immigration, as dancing, as code-switching, as the shift from friends to lovers.”
Tickets are $9 and available at Old Harbor Books. Those with questions may call 738-0602.
SAFV Board
Meets July 11
The board of Sitkans Against Family Violence will meet online 4:30 p.m. July 11. The meeting is open to the public. Email director@safv.org for a Zoom link to join.
