‘Smoke Signals’
Film to Show
Sitka Public Library will host a free screening of “Smoke Signals” (PG-13) 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, in observance of Native American Heritage Month.
All are welcome. Snacks will be served. For information, call 747-4025.
Elks Fundraiser
For Gymnastics
A dinner benefit for Sitka Gymnastics Booster Club will be 5 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Elks Lodge.
Burgers and fries will be served, and a dessert auction is planned. It is open to Elks members and invited guests.
SJ Museum Closed
On Veterans Day
The Sheldon Jackson Museum will be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 12, in observance of Veterans Day.
Winter hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. The museum is closed on observed state holidays.
Discounted winter admission is $5; $4 for seniors. Visitors 18 years and younger, Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum, and those with passes are admitted free. Assistance is available for visitors who have special needs. Contact visitor services at 747-8981 prior to the visit.
‘Child Find’ Sets
Preschool Screening
Sitka Borough School District provides Child Find Preschool Screenings for children ages 3-5 at the Rasmuson Building on SJ Campus. An appointment is required. The next screening will be Monday, Nov. 18 For more information, or to schedule one, parents should call 747-8356.
The Child Find program is provided without charge to families who live within school district boundaries.
The program identifies children who are having difficulty in their development, and provides special education services to them, when it is appropriate.
Parents may have concerns about their child’s development in the areas of hearing, vision, speech/language skills, motor skills, thinking skills or emotional or social skills.
A screening is a series of short tests and professional observations in various developmental areas. The screening is not enough to determine that a child is delayed, only signals whether further investigation into a child’s developmental progress is necessary, the school district said.
Screenings will be held at least once per quarter, and those dates will be publicized. Additional appointments at other times or locations may be scheduled as needed.
Cycling Club
Meets on Nov. 6
The Sitka Cycling Club steering committee will meet noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at the Fisheye Organic Cafe, 327 Seward Street.
Agenda items include improving bike parking, mountain bike trails, the December group ride, and club goals for 2020. Everyone interested in promoting safe cycling is welcome to attend. The Fisheye Cafe offers a 20% discount as part of the bicycle benefits program. For more information or to sign up for the club’s monthly e-newsletter go to www.sitkacycling.wordpress.com.
NSRAA Board
To Meet Nov. 13
Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association Inc. will hold its fall board of directors meeting 9 a.m. on Nov. 13-14 at the NSRAA conference room at 1308 Sawmill Creek Rd.
Copies of the agenda will be available in the NSRAA office. The meetings will be open to the public.
Office Hours for
Rep. Kreiss-Tomkins
State Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins will hold public office hours on Monday, Nov. 11.
He will be at Fisheye Cafe 9-10 a.m. and 10-11 a.m. at Highliner Coffee. No appointment necessary. Those with questions who can’t make it to the office hours may email jonathan.s.kt@gmail.com or call his office at 747-4665.
Sitka Outreach
Group to Meet
Sitka Outreach and Support (SOS): Lifeline group will meet 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at St. Peter’s See House (upstairs).
The collaborative community addresses the needs of people experiencing poverty and/or homelessness. For information, contact Julia Smith at 738-6336, eastergroupsitka@gmail.com.
120th Anniversary
Celebration at
St. Peter’s Church
St. Peter’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church will host the community 4 p.m. Dec. 1 to celebrate its 120th anniversary.
The first church service was held on Thanksgiving Day 1899.
A community concert in the church, special presentation by Nancy Ricketts, and a salmon chowder dinner in the See House, which is located behind the church, will be included in the celebration.
Suggested donation for the salmon chowder dinner is $10. Donations will be used for the emergency roof repair on the See House which is widely used throughout the year for various community groups and gatherings.
The church is located at 611 Lincoln Street. Church contact information is 747-3977 or stpetersbytheseak@gmail.com.
ANS Camp 4
Meets Nov. 12
Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 4 will meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the ANB Founders Hall.
The public is invited to attend the meeting which will include the second round of nominations for 2020 local camp officers.
Climate Lobby
Meeting Nov. 9
The Sitka chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby will meet 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at the See House behind St. Peter’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church.
Andrew Hoffman, professor of sustainable enterprise at the University of Michigan, will speak. All concerned about global warming are welcome.
Submissions
Sought for
‘Tidal Echoes’
University of Alaska Southeast’s ‘‘Tidal Echoes 2020’’ editorial board is considering submissions from current full-time residents of Southeast Alaska. A portion of the journal also will be set aside for UAS students from all three campuses – Juneau, Sitka, and Ketchikan.
The deadline is Dec. 1.
‘‘Tidal Echoes’’ includes prose, poetry and artwork. Entrants may submit up to three pieces of prose, including fiction, non-fiction, transcribed oral stories, memoir or drama. Poetry of all types is accepted, with a limit of five poems per person. In addition to writing, artwork of all mediums is accepted digitally, with a limit of five per person. This allows the journal to include sculpture, painting, ceramics, photography and drawing.
“Southeast Alaska is rich with talent,’’ said faculty adviser Emily Wall. ‘‘Our communities support writers, storytellers, playwrights, photographers, basket weavers, carvers, and many other types of artists and writers. As a literary journal, ‘Tidal Echoes’ aims to bring together all the voices and visions of Southeast Alaskan artists and writers.”
The spring launch event for ‘‘Tidal Echoes’’ is scheduled for April 10 in the UAS Egan Lecture Hall in Juneau. Complete submission guidelines are available at uas.alaska.edu/pub/tidal-echoes. Send questions about submissions to uas.tidalechoes@alaska.edu or call (907) 796-6113.
Parade Monday
On Veterans Day
A Veterans Day parade is being planned for 11:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11. Lineup is at Crescent Harbor parking lot at 11 a.m.
Veterans, families wanting to honor a veteran, and others can march in the parade to support the veterans. All are invited to march.
A luncheon will follow the parade at the American Legion Hall.
For more information call the Legion after 1 p.m. at 747-8629.
Pie Sale Set for
American Legion
The American Legion will hold its annual Thanksgiving pie sale 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, at Sea Mart.
To place an order, call 747-8629.
Story Time at
Library on Tap
‘‘Go Away, Big Green Monster!’’ by Ed Emberley will be one of the readings at the preschool story time 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, at Sitka Public Library.
Readings, rhymes and a craft project will be part of the program. For information, call the library at 747-8708.
‘Country Music’
Film at Library
‘‘Country Music,’’ a film by Ken Burns, will be shown 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at Sitka Public Library.
The free 45-minute screening explores questions such as “What is country music?” and “Where did it come from?” while focusing on the biographies of the characters who created and shaped it. From the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers and Bob Wills to Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Garth Brooks and others, the film explores stories as well as the times in which they lived.
Snacks will be served. All are invited to attend. For information contact Maite at 747-4022.
