FIFTH OPENING – The Sitka seine boats Hukilau and Rose Lee pump herring aboard this afternoon at the end of Deep Inlet during the fifth opening in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery. The opening was being held in two locations beginning at 11 a.m. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Sentinel Staff Writer
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Sentinel Staff Writer
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Sentinel Sports Editor
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Sentinel ports Editor
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Vietnam-Era Vets
Invited to Lunch,
Commemoration
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Sentinel Staff Writer
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Sentinel Staff Writer
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April 14, 2014 Community Happenings
Silent Auction
Benefit on Tap
The public is invited to stop by the Homeport Eatery 5-8 p.m. Friday, May 2, for a silent auction to benefit the Imagination Library in Sitka.
Bids will be taken on artwork made by children working with local artists. For every $15 raised, a child age 0-5 in Sitka can receive a dozen books.
Crepes, Pancakes
At Annual Meet
Friends of the Library will hold its annual crepes and pancakes meeting 10:30 a.m.-noon April 19 at the library.
Updates on the library expansion project, discussion of how Friends of the Library can help volunteer for the big move to temporary quarters and a silent auction of artwork and collectible cookie jars loaded with cookies, and pledge challenges are planned.
ANB to Meet
On Tuesday
Alaska Native Brotherhood Camp 1 will meet 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, at the ANB Founders Hall.
Due to the Sitka Native Education Program’s end-of-year program being held tonight, the meeting was rescheduled to accommodate the community cultural program.
Plant Starts
Now on Sale
The Sitka Local Foods Network and Sitka Food Co-op are teaming up to make locally grown garden starts available for Sitka food gardeners.
The plant starts will be available through the Sitka Local Foods Network on the next three monthly Sitka Food Co-op delivery days, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. April 21, May 19 and June 23, at the Sitka First Presbyterian Church.
The sale of the plant starts helps benefit the Sitka Local Foods Network. They are from Sitka gardeners and are plants that do well in Sitka’s climate.
For more information, contact Keith Nyitray at
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Alaska Day Panel
Meets Tuesday
Planning for Sitka’s 2014 mid-October community celebration, the Alaska Day Festival Committee next meets 7 p.m. April 15 and each following third Tuesday of the month.
Persons having comments about Festival activities or new volunteers are invited to attend the 6:30 p.m. meetings at Centennial Hall or contact Chairman Ted Allio at 747-5124.
Other trustees for 2014 are Joan Berge, Helen Cunningham, Steve Dalquist (vice chairman), Jen Houx, Lisa Langenfeld, Marsha Lysons, Elaine Strelow (secretary), Linda Trierschield, MaryLou Vilandre, and Ann Wilkinson (treasurer).
A liaison from the U.S. Coast Guard is to be named. The festival’s mailing address is P.O. Box 1355, Sitka.
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20 YEARS AGO
March 2004
Matthew C. Hunter of Sitka recently returned from Cuba as part of a St. Olaf College International and Off-Campus Studies program. Hunter, a junior physics major at St. Olaf College, is the son of Robert and Kim Hunter of Sitka.
50 YEARS AGO
March 1974
Eighth graders have returned from a visit to Juneau to see the Legislature. They had worked for it since Christmas vacation ... Clarice Johnson’s idea of a “White Elephant” sales was chosen as the best money-maker; Joe Roth won the political cartoon assignment; highest government test scorers were Ken Armstrong, Joanna Hearn, Linda Montgomery, Lisa Henry, Calvin Taylor and David Licari .....