Mountain Goat
Closure Noted
The Upper Blue Lake Zone RG150 will close by emergency order at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10.
Hunt managers set a harvest quota of three males or one female for the zone. To date, three male goats have been harvested.
Portions of Unit 4 not affected by this emergency order will remain open until harvest quotas are reached or the season concludes.
For additional information contact the Sitka area office at 747-5449.
SJ Museum Closure
The Sheldon Jackson Museum will be closed on Friday, Oct. 18, in observance of Alaska Day.
Winter hours resume Oct. 19 – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The museum is closed on observed state holidays.
Admission is $5 adults and $4 for seniors. Visitors 18 and younger, Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum, and those with passes are admitted free. Assistance is available for those who have special needs by calling visitor services at 747-8981 before the visit.
9th Army Band
Concert Oct. 16
The 9th Army Band will present a concert featuring music from various genres 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Sitka Performing Arts Center.
The concert is free and open to the public, and is part of Sitka’s annual Alaska Day Festival.
SFS, Coliseum
To Show ‘Brittany
Runs a Marathon’
The Sitka Film Society and Coliseum Theater will screen the comedy “Brittany Runs a Marathon” 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Coliseum.
In the story, a hard-partying woman receives a startling wake-up call when a visit to the doctor reveals how unhealthy she is. Motivated to lose weight, she soon takes up running to help her prepare for her ultimate goal of competing in the New York City Marathon.
The film received 88 percent positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. “Far from being just a simple comedy about fitness and weight loss, Brittany’s journey includes the healing and forgiveness it takes to really meet those goals,” said rogerebert.com.
Tickets are $8 at Old Harbor Books. It is free to the volunteer community (Sitka Fellows, AmeriCorps, VISTA and Jesuit Volunteers). The film is rated R for coarse language, sexuality and references to drugs.
Food Safety
Training Oct. 29
Food safety management training will be by videoconference 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 29 in several Alaska communities, including Sitka.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will offer the workshop.
State regulations require that all food establishments have at least one certified food protection manager to ensure compliance with food safety regulations.
Oct. 15 is the deadline to sign up and receive a study guide before the class. Registration, locations and more information are available at http://bit.ly/cesCFPM. The $200 fee includes one certification exam. For information or to request another location contact instructor Julie Cascio at 907-745-3677 or jmcascio@alaska.edu.
Alaska Airlines
Adds to Festival
Alaska Airlines is being recognized by organizers of Sitka’s annual Alaska Day Festival for its role in successfully transporting many visitors to take part in this commemoration of the historic 1867 Transfer event at Sitka.
Alaska Airlines has donated two vouchers for round-trip travel system-wide valid for one year to be presented as a door prize at the Festival Ball on Thursday, Oct. 17, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. Ball ticket holders must be present to win door prizes.
“As a good corporate citizen, it is our ongoing aim at Alaska Airlines to make a meaningful contribution to the communities that we serve, and we hope that this support will be helpful,’’ Tim R. Thompson, manager, Public Affairs, said.
Each coach ticket is valued at $1,250, and does not have any blackout dates applied.
Calvary Chapel
Meeting in Sitka
The Feast of Tabernacles (Ingathering), the last of Israel’s fall feasts spoken of in Deuteronomy 16, will be celebrated at Calvary Chapel Sitka, at the Methodist Church, 3 p.m. on Sunday.
The ‘‘Season of Joy’’ teaching will be a celebration to ‘‘cheer up,’’ the church said.
Call Pastor Dug at 747-5454 with questions.
Free Admission,
Film Showing
At SJ Museum
The Sheldon Jackson Museum will be open to the public with free admission in observance of Indigenous Peoples Day, Oct. 14.
As part of the celebration of the holiday, a screening of the stereotype-breaking film ‘‘A Matter of Respect’’ will show at noon in the museum gallery. It tells about the meaning of tradition and change and the challenges of balancing life in two cultures while honoring ancestors’ ways of life through teaching, harvesting and preparing traditional foods, restoring community cemeteries, dancing, carving and weaving. The film was made by award-winning filmmaker and Sitkan Ellen Frankenstein.
Immediately following the film, the Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum will host a reception in the lobby between noon and 1 p.m., offering baked goods and juice.
Winter hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, except holidays. Winter admission is $5 for adults and $4 for seniors. Visitors 18 and younger are admitted free of charge. Assistance is available for visitors with special needs. Contact the museum for more information at 747-8981.
Alaska Day Festival
Parade to Line Up
A list of entries for the annual Alaska Day Parade on Friday, Oct. 18, is Mindy Lowrance at 738-2418 or mindylowrance@live.com.
Proper spacing will be laid out for organization marching units, decorated vehicles and trailers, classic cars, bands, and other parade participants.
No registration fee is charged.
All organization entries in the parade line should be well identified with signs or banners both for award judges and spectators.
Line up will begin at 12:30 p.m. along Lake Street from Sitka High School to the intersection with Sawmill Creek Road. To reduce congestion on Laake Street, entrants should approach line up from the high school end.
The parade is part of the annual commemoration of the historical Oct. 18, 1867, transfer of Alaska from Russian claim to the United States at Sitka. “Frontier First Responders” is the special theme this year.
Cash prizes of $150 for first place, $100 for second, and $50 for third will be awarded for parade entries as named by the anonymous judges in categories for civilian marching units, symbolic of 1867, organizations, businesses, and this year’s “Frontier First Responders” theme
Cash awards also will be made by the Alaska Day Committee to the welfare/morale funds of the military units judged first place, second, and third.
Alaska Day Ball
Slated Oct. 17
The annual Alaska Day Festival Ball planned for Harrigan Centennial Hall on Thursday, Oct. 17, continues a long tradition for that gala event in semi-formal attire for men and women, military uniform, Native regalia, or period costume reminiscent of the 1867 Alaska Transfer era.
Advance purchase of tickets at $25 is urged because room capacity is limited. Ticket information is offered at 747-5466.
Restricted to adults age 21 and older, admission includes complimentary hors d’oeuvres served by Sitka Emblem Club. Cash bar service by The Nugget will be available. Photography is offered by Forget-Me-Not Antique Photo Parlor.
Doors open at 7 p.m. for seating. Varied dance music will be provided until near midnight by ensembles from the 9th Army Band.
Judging of period costumes will be done prior to 9 p.m. The traditional promenade will display Native regalia and 1860s costumes of men and women. Awards will be announced in several categories, including costumes for American or Russian military and civilian attire for daytime or evening wear.
Ticket holders must be present to qualify for door prizes including Alaska Airlines travel vouchers.
For more information, contact ball coordinator Mindy Lowrance at 738-2418 or mindylowrance@live.com.
Historical Society
Annual Meeting,
Events Scheduled
Sitka Historical Society and Museum will hold its annual meeting 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, at Centennial Hall. The public is invited to attend.
The business meeting begins at 6 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres, and tours of the museum and new Reis Research Room technology, are at 6:45 p.m. The museum has secured brand-new computers from a Rasmuson Foundation grant to provide members and the public with access to its collections, which includes thousands of historic photos, archives and collections.
At 7 p.m., Matt Hunter will present “Gold Fever, Scandals and Family – The Story of Sitka’s Mining Industry in Silver Bay.’’ The mines were Sitka’s primary industry in the late 1800s, the museum said. Though the mines produced next to nothing, some Sitkans grew wealthy.
Sitka Historical Society and Museum will unveil its new logo.
Other October activities for the museum and society include a beer-pairing dinner 6 p.m. Oct. 11 at Westmark Sitka at $50 per plate; Brew Cruise, 1:30-4 p.m. Oct. 13, departing at Crescent Harbor, $50 a ticket, music, beer, wine and food; and Alaska Day Brew Fest 2:30-6:30 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Centennial Hall parking lot. The Brew Fest will include a barbecued brisket cook-off.
For tickets and more information contact Sitka History Museum at 738-3766. Brew Cruise tickets also are available at Old Harbor Books.
Sacred Harp
Sing Set Oct. 13
All are invited to learn to sing four-part a capella harmony in an American tradition 3:30-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, at the Pioneers Home Chapel.
Beginners and listeners are welcome. Singing is from the red Denson book, and loaner books are available. For information call Sara at 747-2915.
SCLT Home
Designs Ready
The non-profit Sitka Community Land Trust has new one-, two- and three-bedroom home designs available.
Homes will be built at Halibut Point Cottages, which has been designated for affordable housing. For more information about the energy-efficient cottages, go to sitkaclt.org or call 738-2888.
