Wells Fargo
Dear Editor: Recently it was brought to my attention that there are concerns in Sitka that Wells Fargo is closing our office in town. We have no such plans. Please rest assured that Wells Fargo remains committed to serving the community of Sitka for the long haul.
Our roots run deep in Sitka, dating back to 1883 when Wells Fargo & Company opened a seasonal express shipping office to serve local miners and merchants. We have maintained a permanent presence since 1939, dating back to our First Bank of Sitka days when Jack Conway served as bank president. Conway was instrumental in helping Elmer Rasmuson and National Bank of Alaska establish the first statewide branch banking network in 1960.
This year, Wells Fargo is celebrating 100 years of continuous service in Alaska. We would like to thank all of our incredible customers in Sitka for trusting us with your finances. It is a great privilege and honor. We look forward to serving Alaskans for the next 100 years, and many more.
Joe Everhart,
Wells Fargo Alaska
Region President
Museum Funding
Dear Editor: The Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum need your help.
This is a pivotal week for state budget planning and we are asking for your help. The Legislature is meeting in Juneau this week and looking at major cuts of 30 percent to the Alaska State Museum, Library and Archives which includes the Sheldon Jackson Museum’s budget.
Please contact the governor and your representatives this week during the session by calling their offices, emailing or writing them about your support for the State Library, Archives and Museums (Alaska State Museum and the Sheldon Jackson Museum) and express your concern that the cuts will:
–severely cut the State Library, Archives and Museum including SJM;
–reduce services offered by SJM and SLAM and their operating hours;
–result in fewer classroom visits, children’s activities;
–mean no new artifacts may be purchased for the museum collections translating into important losses of history and culture for the state of Alaska;
–result in the permanent loss of four staff positions including of one of only three staff positions at SJM; and
–threaten to stop the SJM hands-on loan program that provides hands-on loan of objects to anywhere between 500 and 1,000 students annually outside of Sitka.
To contact Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, people should call 465-3732 and Bert Stedman at 465-3873 or write emails to Representative.jonathan.kreiss-tomkins@akleg.gov and senator.Bert.Stedman@akleg.gov
Friends of Sheldon Jackson
Museum Board of Directors
