LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which  distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming.  (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

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January 12, 2017 Community Happenings

Alaska Day Festival

Planners to Meet

 Coordinators for Sitka’s 2017 October Alaska Day Festival will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Harrigan Centennial Hall.

On the agenda are election of trustees and proposals for activities marking the sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) of the Treaty of Cession of 1867 between Russia and the United States transferring Russian claim in Alaska.

The Alaska Day Committee will meet each following third Tuesday of the month.

Persons having comments about Festival activities or new volunteers are invited to attend the meetings or contact Chairman Ted Allio at 747-5124 or Vice Chair Steve Dalquist at 752-0750. 

 

Library to Host

Program on Walk

Sitka Public Library is inviting the public to hear five Sitkans talk about their 2000 km walk last spring through England, France, Switzerland and Italy. The program will be 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26.

Julien Naylor, Bridget Kauffman, Ted Laufenberg, Karen Hegyi and Connie Kreiss all walked part or all of the Via Francigena, the historic pilgrimage trail from Canterbury to Rome.  They will talk about the beauties and the challenges of this long walk.

For further information, contact Robb Farmer at (907) 747-8708 or robb.farmer@cityofsitka.org.

 

 

Fiber Friends Meets

Fiber Friends will meet noon Saturday, Jan 21, in the Gus Adams room in the Sitka Library. All those interested in weaving, spinning, dying or other fiber related projects are welcome.  For additional information phone Alice at 747-3931.

 

 

4th Grade Choir

To Give Concert

The 4th Grade Choir concert will be 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Keet Gooshi Heen multipurpose room.

The young musicians have been working together since September during lunch recesses to learn the music they will share.  Admission is free and open to the public.

 

 

Harry Potter Night

Planned at Library

Sitka Public Library is inviting children to “wear your most magical outfit and test your knowledge” at Harry Potter Book Night 6-8 p.m. Feb. 2.

“Travel to the magical world of Harry Potter, discover where your wizardly talents will take you, participate in a quidditch tournament and learn more about the professors of Hogwarts,” the library said.

This program is for children ages 8 to 11. Registration is required and space is limited. For more information call the library at 747 8708.¨

 

Local Women

To Have Own

March Jan. 21

A local Women’s March will be held in Sitka in solidarity with the National Women’s March on Washington, D.C., Saturday, Jan. 21.

The march will start at 3 p.m. at Crescent Harbor, go down Lincoln Street, around St. Michael’s Cathedral and back to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church See House for refreshments and information tables where people can find out about local, regional and national organizations working to protect the rights of all people, all religions, the earth and the environment.

Contact Kathy for more information 738-2393. The event also is on   Facebook at Women’s March on Sitka - Alaska style. 

 

Sitkan to Give

Seminar On

Natural History

At the next Natural History seminar,  Matt Goff will present a program on  “Sitka Nature: Curiosity and Community,” It will be 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19 in room 229 at UAS.

Goff was born and raised in Sitka but it was only when he was an adult that he really started taking an interest in the natural world that is so accessible in Sitka. With his curiosity sparked by photography, he started on a self-described “somewhat obsessive” journey to learn and document as much as he could of the natural history of the area. Motivated by curiosity and supported by other nature enthusiasts, he has documented well over 1,000 species around Sitka. 

In this presentation he will share some of the observations, questions, projects, and discoveries he’s encountered. He will also introduce the Sitka Community Big Year Project, an effort he hopes many Sitkans will join to document and share the rich environment that surrounds Sitka.

The Natural History seminar series is supported by a grant from the Sitka Permanent Charitable Trust to the Sitka Sound Science Center and by the University of Alaska Southeast, National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service.

Those with questions may contact Kitty LaBounty at 747-9432.

 

 

Life Drawing

Class for Adults

Set at Arts Camp

A life drawing class for adults will be held 6-8:30 p.m. Thursdays from Jan.19 to Feb. 9.

Taught by Heather Bauscher, it will be held at the Yaw Arts Center at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp. The cost is $105 plus tax.

“It’s a great opportunity to work from a live model,” a spokesperson said. “All abilities welcome, beginners through established artists, traditional instruction ranging from realism to abstraction.”

Registration is at fineartscamp.org or call 907-747-3085.

 

Broadway Night

Lights Up Jan. 27

Sitka Community Theater will present Broadway Night 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at Odess Theater on the Sitka Fine Arts Camp campus.

The event is a fundraiser featuring local celebrities singing Broadway show tunes in a cabaret-like setting, with wine and hors d’oeuvres. 

Andrew Hames is the emcee for the program, which also features tunes sung by such local luminaries as Hames, Rhiannon Guevin, Tonia Rioux, Zeke Blackwell, Tracy Turner and the Young Performers Theater cast of “Oliver!”

Tickets are $40 and include wine and hors d’oeuvres, and are available starting Jan. 13 at Old Harbor Books.

Doors open at 6 p.m. Catering is by the Nugget Restaurant. Parking is at the Hames Center. 

Those with questions may call 738-0602.

 

SCT is a project of the Greater Sitka Arts Council.

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20 YEARS AGO

March 2004

Advertisement: Tea-Licious Tea House & Bakery 315 Lincoln Street Grand Opening! Freshly Baked Scones, Cakes & Pastries Innovative Salads, Soups & Sandwiches Harney & Sons Tea. Lunch * Afternoon Tea * Supper.

50 YEARS AGO

March 1974

Photo caption: National Republican Chairman George Bush takes a drink of water offered by Jan Craddick, Sitka delegate, during the Republican convention held here. Mrs. Craddick explained to Bush that the water was from Indian River, which means, according to local legend, that he will return.

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