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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Daily Sitka Sentinel
November 20, 2014 Community Happenings
Annual Giving Tree
Ornaments Ready
The Giving Tree will be set up at the Wells Fargo Bank lobby from Nov. 24 to Dec. 22.
‘‘Please give to those in Sitka who are in need,’’ Sitka Methodist Church, organizers of the event, said. ‘‘The Giving Tree is an opportunity to provide Christmas gifts to those who may not receive this year.’’
The ornaments on the tree are tags with information about the age and gender of a child or adult. Everyone is asked to take a tag, or more than one, purchase a gift for that person, and return the unwrapped gift to the decorated box in the Wells Fargo main lobby.
Gifts will be given to elders in the Sitka Pioneers Home, Sitka Community Hospital Long-Term Care Unit, and women and children at SAFV and Youth Advocates of Sitka.
Donations of Christmas wrap and tape are appreciated, organizers said. Call Julia Smith, 738-6336, or Lauren Allen, 747-6432, with questions.
STA Office to
Hold Open House
Sitka Tribe of Alaska Social Services will host an open house at its new location, 110 American Street, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 25.
Sitka Folk Set
Concert Nov. 28
Sitka Folk and the Greater Sitka Arts Council will present a Fourth Friday Concert at The Loft 7 p.m. Nov. 28.
The Lauren Wild Trio and Cindy Edwards with Jami Guinn-Osborne will perform.
Because of limited seating, 45 tickets will be sold. They are on sale at Old Harbor Books for $10. Call Ted Howard at 747-5482 for more information.
Thanksgiving
Baskets Given
Sitka Tribe of Alaska Social Services department will distribute Thanksgiving food baskets to Tribal citizens who meet the income qualification 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 25 at their new office at 110 American Street.
For more information call STA Social services department at 747-7293.
Sablefish Summit
Slated in Sitka
The Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association will host a sablefish summit in Sitka on Monday, Dec. 1, in room 106 at UAS-Sitka Campus.
Federal managers will provide stock assessment/fishery update and an ADF&G Chatham Strait sablefish manager will be on hand to answer questions. The meeting is open to the public. Contact ALFA, 747-3400, with questions.
Thanksgiving Pie
Sale Set Nov. 26
American Legion Auxiliary will have a pie sale 11 a.m. until sold out on Wednesday, Nov. 26, at Wells Fargo Bank lobby.
The selection will include pecan, apple, blueberry, banana cream, pumpkin and cherry. Those wanting to preorder pies can call 747-8629.
Also on sale will be dinner rolls and bread.
All proceeds will benefit the Legion’s children’s Christmas dinner and party.
Stability Class
For Fishermen
Alaska Marine Safety Education Association will offer its “Upright and Watertight: Vessel Stability Awareness” workshop 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10 at the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association, 1308 Sawmill Creek Road.
Instructor Jerry Dzugan will cover the physics of vessel stability, stability terminology, watertight integrity, operational considerations, damage control, stability calculations and evaluation, stability guide formats, and case studies.
The workshop is offered to commercial fishermen at no cost, thanks to support from the U.S. Coast Guard, the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
For more information or to register,
contact AMSEA at 747-3287 or www.amsea.org.
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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 .....