Ribbon-Cutting at
Pump Track Listed
A ribbon-cutting celebration for the Sitka Pump Track will be 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14.
Construction is complete and open for riding at 801 Halibut Point Road next to the skatepark on the corner of Halibut Point Road and Katlian Street.
School Board, AASB
Retreat this Week
The Sitka School Board and Sitka School District Supt. Frank Hauser will hold a retreat with Timi Tullis, Association of Alaska School Board, Oct. 14-15 in the district office board room.
No business will be conducted.
CG Auxiliary
Meets Oct. 13;
Members Sought
The Sitka Flotilla of the Coast Guard Auxiliary will meet 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, in the small building on the government pier where the buoy tender is tied. The group meets monthly
New members are being sought. They need not have been in the Coast Guard or any other branch of the military to join.
The auxiliary office is in the building on the right on the pier. Parking is available on the lot at the Marine Safety Detachment Station.
The group of civilian volunteers work with the Coast Guard and the main mission is promoting boating safety.
It is a regular meeting; however, time has been set aside to answer questions as to what the organization does and how to join. For further information call (907) 738-8891.
Paralytic Shellfish
Toxin Advisory
Two Sitka area beaches have been reported as having high paralytic shellfish toxin levels.
Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research said today in a press release that both Aleutkina Bay and Behive beaches tested above the regulatory limit in PST levels for pink scallops.
PSTs cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. Consuming wild shellfish from these sites may result in an increased risk of PSP.
SEATOR notes that these beaches are not among SEATOR monitoring sites and do not have regular testing for PSTs. Shellfish data is only available based on species provided for individual testing.
Sitkans Can Take
Tourism Survey
The city’s planning and community development department is conducting an end-of-season tourism survey through Oct. 15 to gather information on how execution of the Short-Term Tourism Plan worked this summer to help inform the Assembly and Planning Commission for the next season.
Visit: https://www.cityofsitka.com for more information and to take the survey.
Call with any questions at 907.747.1814 or email planning@cityofsitka.org.
School’s Policy
Panel to Meet
Sitka School District’s Policy Committee will meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12 in the district office boardroom. The meeting is open to the public.
Pool Closure
Blatchley pool will be closed until Oct. 28 due to swimming lessons.
Film Society, Coliseum
Show Mini Filmfest
The Sitka Film Society and Coliseum Theater will present a film minifest with “See How They Run” 5 p.m. Friday, October 14, and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
“See How They Run” is a comedy mystery in the spirit of Agatha Christie, set in London’s West End in the 1950s. Plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. It stars Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan as detectives. The film is PG-13.
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” is an absurdist science fiction comedy, with a 95 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a poll of 87 critics rated it at the top of films released so far in 2022. Producers describe the film as “a hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can’t seem to finish her taxes.” It is rated R.
Tickets are $9 at Old Harbor Books, starting Oct. 10. Americorps and Sitka Fellows are admitted for free.
Historical Society
Sets Presentations,
Alaska Day Events
The Sitka Historical Society and Museum invites the public to two historical presentations this week.
The group’s annual meeting will be 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Centennial Hall with the topic ‘‘Chichagof Mines: Fact, Fiction and Future.’’ Curt Freeman, past director of Alaska Miners Association, will present.
Participants will learn about the Chichagof area’s gold deposits, miners, townsfolk and rogues. The speaker will examine the mining district’s role as a 21st century geologic model for some of the world’s largest bodies of gold ore.
At 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, at Centennial Hall, Rear Admiral Nathan Moore will present ‘‘‘Tales of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska.’’
Moore will speak on the long history and strong connection the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and U.S. Coast Guard have to Alaska by relating stories of service and sacrifice.
Alaska Day Festival activities being planned by the Sitka Historical Society and Museum are a barbecue brisket cook-off contest Oct. 14-15 and a brew cruise 2:30-5:30 p.m. Oct. 15.
Call (907) 738-3766 for more information.
