Cancer Survivors
Luncheon Listed
The public is invited to the Sitka Cancer Survivor’s Society annual meeting and no-host luncheon 1-3 p.m. Sunday, March 31, at the Baranof Island Brewing Company.
Those wanting to attend are asked to RSVP at sitkacancersurvivorssociety@gmail.com or let a board member know.
Board of directors are President Susan Suarez; Vice President Candi Barger; Carolyn Fredrickson, public relations; Gloria Scigliano, treasurer; Jill Scheidt and Linda Janacek, secretaries; Bonnie Richards; and Sitka Cancer Support Group leader Mary Beth Palof.
Artistic Excellence
Scholarships Ready
The Juneau Community Foundation and the Brady family of Skagway have announced that the Margaret Frans Brady Fund will make available up to $7,500 in scholarship funding in 2019 for qualifying area students who are pursuing artistic excellence.
All application materials must be received by April 15, 2019. Application forms are available via a link on the Juneau Community Foundation website at http://juneaucf.org/index.php/fund-mf-brady/.
Scholarships are considered for all students pursuing creative arts including writing, music, visual and performance arts. These scholarships include grants to help artists attend arts camps, schools, colleges, symposiums, or conferences.
For information, contact Jeff Brady, MFB Scholarship Committee Chair, at wjbradyak@me.com or 907-973-2354.
Sitka NEST
Board to Meet
The Sitka NEST board of directors invites community members to its meeting 6 p.m. Thursday, March 28, at St. Peter’s See House.
Sitka NEST is a non-profit group dedicated to nurture, empower, support and transform birth options in Sitka.
Current and future goals of the organization will be discussed. Input from mothers, doulas and those connected to families with young children is especially welcome, organizers said. For more information, contact Leah at 738-9893 or sitkanest@gmail.com.
Good News Club
To Begin March 22
Kindergartners and first-graders can attend Good News Club 1:20-3 p.m. Fridays March 22-May 17 at the Sitka Christian Center, 502 Hirst St.
‘‘Children will experience the joy of God’s love through song, Bible stories and puppets,’’ organizers said.
For information or registration forms on this free club, contact Mary Stevens at (907)752-2048. Registration forms also are available at Grace Harbor Church, 747-5706.
Dunleavy Makes
Nominations to
Fisheries Council
Alaska Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy last week made his nominations for the two State of Alaska seats on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.
“I have nominated individuals who are knowledgeable and experienced in the harvest, conservation, and management of fishery resources,” Dunleavy wrote in a letter to Chris Oliver, assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries. “The nominees provide balanced and insightful experience for the NPFMC and will contribute greatly to fisheries management and conservation in the North Pacific.”
Nominees for the two seats are: Seat 1 – Cora Campbell, John Moller and Julianne Curry; Seat 2 – Nicole Kimball, John Moller and Julianne Curry.
Campbell has decades of experience as a commercial fisherman. She has extensive fisheries policy and regulation experience, having served as a fisheries policy adviser for two Alaskan governors, as a former commissioner for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and a lifetime of involvement in fisheries organizations.
Kimball has dedicated her career to fisheries management. She worked as a fisheries analyst for the NPFMC, federal fisheries coordinator for the ADF&G, and now is with the Pacific Seafood Processors Association.
Moller is a lifelong subsistence fisherman with three decades of commercial fishing experience. He has extensive experience with fisheries policy having served on the NPFMC Advisory Panel and other commercial fisheries policy bodies. He currently serves as the commercial fisheries adviser to the governor.
Curry has been a commercial fisherman for over two decades. Her experience includes working with Petersburg Vessel Owners Association, the United Fisherman of Alaska and, most recently, Icicle Seafoods Inc. She also has served on the NPFMC Advisory panel and other commercial fisheries policy bodies.
Dunleavy has sent his nominees to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, for consideration and anticipates an announcement in June. The selected individuals will begin serving in August.
Brown Bear
Season to Open
The spring brown bear hunting season opens March 15 in Game Management Unit 4. Inside drainages (RB089) close May 20, outside drainages (RB088) close May 31.
Prior to registering, hunters must watch the brown bear identification video “Take a Closer Look.” It may be viewed online https://vimeo.com/30511231, and is also available for loan at Fish & Game offices.
Hunters must have a registration permit, valid hunting license, and big-game locking-tag prior to hunting. Register at an ADF&G office, or online at www.adfg.alaska.gov.
Nonresidents hunting brown bear in GMU4 with a relative resident instead of an Alaska-licensed guide must have a drawing permit (DB088 or DB089). All other hunters must use an Alaska-licensed guide.
For more information call the Sitka ADF&G office at 747-5449.
