TRUCK FIRE – Firefighters knock down a fire in a Ford Explorer truck in Arrowhead Trailer Park in the 1200 block of Sawmill Creek Road Saturday evening. One person received fire-related injuries and was taken to the hospital, Sitka Fire Department Chief Craig Warren said, and the truck was considered a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Warren said. The fire hall received the call about the fire at 5:33 p.m., and one fire engine with eight firefighters and an ambulance were dispatched, he said. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

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Play Canceled

Center for Community-Early Learning Program’s Teach Your Children Well Playgroup is canceled for Tuesday, May 22, because of construction. For questions, contact 966-4229.

 

Chinook Topic

Of Symposium

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game invites the public to attend a Chinook Salmon Symposium 5-8 p.m. Monday, May 21, at Centennial Hall. The symposium is free.

Hosted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the event features presentations on:

–Chinook salmon research and what is known about how local stocks are performing, as well as Pacific Northwest Chinook salmon stocks coastwide.

–A look at the last 10 years of Chinook salmon management for the commercial and sport fisheries including annual allocations, actual harvest, and performance relative to the Pacific Salmon Treaty.

–Conservative actions including management measures in response to poor Chinook salmon production.

–Treaty transparency with a summary of the treaty past, present and future.

–Public process and participation with an overview of the public regulatory process and how to get involved.

–Public question and answer session.

The symposium will be available online at the department’s website: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=chinooksymposium.may2018sitka.

For more information contact Charles O. Swanton, Deputy Commissioner, Alaska Pacific Salmon Treaty Commissioner 907-465-4115.

 

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Closure Given

Sawmill Creek Campground is closed for reconstruction, including access to Beaver Lake Trail for the remainder of the season, re-opening May 15, 2019. Hikers can still access Beaver Lake from the Herring Cove Trailhead.

For more information contact the Sitka Ranger District, 747-6671.

 

 

Iftar Community

Potluck May 27

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church and Sitka AFS student international exchange are hosting an Iftar community potluck 9:15 p.m. Sunday, May 27, at the See House. Members of the public are invited to bring a non-pork dish ready to serve and share with Sitka’s Muslim exchange students and community members. 

“Ramadan is considered the holiest month of the year for Muslims, where some abstain from food and drink during daytime hours as they heighten their focus on spiritual rejuvenation,” organizers said. “Iftar means, “breaking the fast,” and begins at sunset. A primary goal of this iftar is to support and connect people to help facilitate local relationship building among Muslim and non-Muslim people.”

AFS exchange students Shanzila Ahmed from Pakistan and Omar Ali from Egypt will give their perspectives on Ramadan and answer questions about their faith beginning at 9:15 p.m. The potluck will begin at sunset, 9:36 p.m. Omar and Shanzila are recipients of the Kennedy-Luger Youth Exchange and Study Program merit scholarship funded by the U.S. Department of State, established by Congress in response to the events of September 2011. One of the goals of the program is for students to help educate Americans about their countries and cultures. 

 

For further information, contact Krisanne Rice, 738-4932.

ANS to Meet

Alaska Native Sisterhood, Camp 4, will meet 5:30 p.m. May 22 at the ANB Founders Hall.

The main topic of the meeting will be ANS/ANB Grand Camp. The meeting is open to the public.

 

Sitkan Graduates

Erin Davis of Sitka graduated with a master of science in nursing (family nurse practitioner) from Graceland University.

 

Graduates from 39 states and 16 countries earned 582 degrees.

 

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20 YEARS AGO

March 2004

Businesses using the Centennial Hall parking lot testified Tuesday against a proposal to charge them rent in addition to the $200 annual permit fee. City Administrator Hugh Bevan made the proposal in response to the Assembly’s direction to Centennial Hall manager Don Kluting to try to close the $340,000 gap between building revenues and operational costs.


50 YEARS AGO

March 1974

Alaska Native Brotherhood Grand President William S. Paul Sr. will be special guest and speaker at the local ANB, Alaska Native Sisterhood Founders Day program Monday at the ANB Hall.

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