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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Sitka Marks Earth Day Weekend
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Sitkans took to the streets today to promote global ecological awareness in the kickoff of the 2018 Earth Day weekend.
They dressed up as their favorite plant or animal for the 3 p.m. Parade of the Species from Totem Square to Sitka Sound Science Center, where a post-parade celebration was planned. There were prizes for best group costume, best local plant and animal costumes, and best use of recycled materials.
At 7 p.m. tonight the documentary “A Plastic Ocean” will be shown for free in room 229 at the UAS-Sitka campus.
The film documents the environmental impact of plastics in oceans around the globe. A panel and action discussion with scientists, fishermen and activists will follow the film. Audience members are encouraged to bring their own cup for the plastics-free refreshments.
The event is sponsored by Bags for Change, Sitka Conservation Society, and the Sitka Sound Science Center.
On Earth Day Sunday the U.S. Forest Service, Sitka 4-H, and the Sitka Conservation Society will lead an Earth Day community cleanup of Indian River. Volunteers are invited to meet at the trail head of the Indian River Trail at 10 a.m. and bring a water bottle and clothes that can get dirty.
Also on Sunday, St. Peter’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church welcomes all to their special Earth Day Service at 10 a.m. The church is located at 611 Lincoln St. For more info call the church at 747-3977.
Jackson Matthew will be showing his documentary, “Uprivers: A Transboundary Film,” at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship meeting on Sunday. Matthew will share the story of the film’s creation and answer questions about transboundary mining and how it affects people in two neighboring countries.
In another observance of Earth Day the Unitarian Fellowship will be planting apple trees in front of the building after the program.
Fellowship begins at 10:30 a.m. and the program begins at 10:45. Soup and bread follows the program at noon. The Fellowship Hall is located at 408 Marine Street, with parking behind, off Spruce Street.
More than one billion people in 192 countries are believed to take part in the Earth Day celebrations of recent years, making it one of the largest civic-focused days of action in the world.
The Earth Day Network, the organization that leads Earth Day worldwide, lists four major components of the End Plastic Pollution campaign:
• Leading a grassroots movement to support the adoption of a global framework to regulate plastic pollution.
• Educating, mobilizing and activating citizens across the globe to demand that governments and corporations control and clean up plastic pollution.
• Educating people worldwide to take personal responsibility for plastic pollution by choosing to reject, reduce, reuse and recycle plasics.
• Promoting local government regulatory and other efforts to tackle plastic pollution.
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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.