STA Tribal Council
To Meet Dec. 8
The regular Sitka Tribe of Alaska Tribal Council meeting has been moved from Dec. 15 to 6:30 p.m. Dec. 8 via Zoom.
The link for the meeting is on the STA webpage at www.sitkatribe.org.
For more information contact Vera Gibson at 747-7317.
Garbage Pickup
Schedule Changes
Alaska Waste has notified the city that garbage pickup for the Thursday, Nov. 25, Thanksgiving Day holiday will be Wednesday, Nov. 24. Alaska Waste can be reached at 907-747-5669.
‘American Utopia’
Set for Nov. 26
The Sitka Film Society and Coliseum Theater will present a screening of “David Byrne’s American Utopia,” a film by Spike Lee 5:15 p.m. Friday. Nov. 26, at the Coliseum Theater.
Tickets are $9 at Old Harbor Books and at the door. Capacity is limited. Face coverings required.
Giving Tree Goes
Up on Nov. 25
The “Giving Tree” at Wells Fargo Bank Lobby will be set up from Nov. 25 through Dec. 19.
Tags can be picked up for a Sitka child, youth or elder in need of a gift this Christmas season. Unwrapped gifts are to be returned to Wells Fargo Bank with the tag attached.
Gifts will be shared with the Sitka Pioneers Home, Sitka Long-Term Care, Sitkans Against Family Violence, Sitka Youth Advocates, and Head Start.
‘‘Please share a Christmas Gift through the Giving Tree to give to children, youths, women and elders in our community who need our help,’’ organizers said.
Donations of gift-wrapping supplies also are appreciated. The Giving Tree is sponsored by the United Methodist Church of Sitka. Call Julia Smith at 738-6336 with questions.
Books Sought for
Library Event
The Sitka Book Challenge is looking for the following books for teams participating in the Sitka Book Challenge, a fundraiser for the centennial celebration of the Sitka Public Library: The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds; Almost American Girl, by Robin Ha; The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins; Vincent and Theo, the Van Gogh Brothers, by Deborah Heiligan; Etiquette & Espionage, by Gail Carriger; and The Martian, by Andy Weir.
The contest, a book trivia contest similar to the Battle of the Books for kids, will be held in February. The library system has a number of copies but more are needed for the teams to have enough time to read the books for the challenge. The 100th anniversary is in 2023.
Call 738-0602 if you have any of these books to donate. Used is fine, organizers said.
