Mary I. Miller
Dies at Age 85
Mary Irene Miller, a lifelong Sitka resident, died Wednesday at the Pioneers Home. She was 85.
Vendor Registration Opens
For Sitka Farmers Market
Vendor registration is open for the 15th annual Sitka Farmers Market.
The community event is hosted by the Sitka Local Foods Network, a nonprofit working to improve Sitka’s food security. The online vendor registration page, http://sitkafarmersmarket.wordpress.com, is live and ready for vendors to sign up and pre-pay for their spots.
It includes seven markets, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on alternate Saturdays – July 2, 16, 30, Aug. 13, 27, Sept. 10 and 24 – at ANB Founders Hall.
Vendors will pay $40 per market, or $240 for all seven if registered in advance, regardless of whether using a table or a food truck. Vendors can register for one or two markets, or all seven. A special youth market price is available.
The market’s focus is on local fresh produce, fish, baked goods, prepared foods, cottage foods, arts and crafts, and all products must be made in Alaska (preferably in Sitka or Southeast.) Cooked foods may use non-local foods so long as the food is cooked on site. The mission is geared toward food security and space is limited. Vendors who register food booths will have a higher priority over arts and crafts.
Hatchery Salmon
Release Celebrated
Sitka Sound Science Center invites the public to help celebrate the release of the hatchery salmon 5:30-7:30 p.m. May 20.
Each participant can release a salmon into Sitka Sound. Hot dogs, chips, and drinks will be provided with a suggested donation of $5 to support SSSC’s mission of research and education in coastal Alaska.
Trail Planning
Open House Set
Sitka Trail Works invites the public to help shape the future of the local trail system by offering their ideas at a Trail Planning Open House 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, at Harrigan Centennial Hall.
Sought is feedback on priorities for trail maintenance and development. Members of the Sitka Trail Works Board and Trail Plan Committee will be on hand to answer questions. Snacks will be provided and masks are being encouraged.
School’s Out
The last day of school for all students in the Sitka School District is Tuesday, May 24.
Students will be dismissed as follows: first grade and bus, 11:45 a.m.; kindergarten pickup, noon; second through fifth grades, noon; Pacific High School, 12:30 p.m.; Blatchley Middle School, 12:45 p.m.; Sitka High School, 12:50 p.m.
No lunches will be served on the last day.
U.S. Coast Guard
Sets Garage Sale
The U.S. Coast Guard will hold a garage sale 8 a.m.-11 a.m. Saturday, May 14, at the air station hangar, 611 Airport Road.
It is open to the public.
