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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Daily Sitka Sentinel
May 22, 2018, Community Happenings
Service Pending For
Michael Littlefield
Services are pending for lifelong Sitkan Michael A. Littlefield. He died Monday at his home at age 70.
Native Artist
Program Noted
At Celebration
“Celebrating 30 Years of the Native Artist Residency Program: A Look Back” will be presented 2 p.m. May 26, at the Sheldon Jackson Museum.
The program celebrates three decades of hosting Alaska Native artists creating art, giving hands-on classes and lectures, studying the permanent collection, and sharing their culture, traditions, and heritage with museum visitors.
Founder of the artist residency program and former museum curator Rosemary Carlton and current curator Jacqueline Fernandez-Hamberg will present the program.
Images of the artists, who have come from every region of Alaska, and samples of their artwork including beading, wood and ivory carving, weaving, textile art, skin sewing, doll-making, silver engraving and painting will be shown.
Sheldon Jackson Museum and Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum are presenting the program.
Organizers thank the artists who have participated in the residency and the sponsors of the Alaska Native Artist Residency Program, which has included the National Endowment for the Arts, the State of Alaska, Alaska State Council on the Arts, Alaska Airlines, Shee Atika Totem Square Inn, the Lila-Wallace Readers Digest Community Folk Life Program, the Sitka Charitable Trust, various cruise ship companies, and most recently, the National Geographic Society/ Lindblad Expedition Fund. The Friends and museum are also grateful for the many partners, which have included the Sitka Fine Arts Camp as a co-host, Sitka Sound Science Center, and Sitka Public schools.
Chamber to Meet
Erin Walker-Tolles, executive director of Catholic Community Service, will be Chamber of Commerce speaker at a luncheon noon Wednesday at Westmark Sitka.
Catholic Community Service includes Southeast Senior Services and Swan Lake Senior Center.
The public is invited.
CO2 Reducers
Meeting Listed
The Sitka Health Summit’s CO2 reducers action group will meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, May, 23, at the Island Institute, 304 Baranof Street.
Decreasing emissions of CO2, the main greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and ocean acidification, was identified as a top goal at the 2017 Sitka Health Summit.
Benefit Open
Mic May 27
Sitka Folk and the Greater Sitka Arts Council are hosting a benefit open mic at the Beak Restaurant 7 p.m. Sunday, May 27.
Those wanting to perform may sign up at 6:30 p.m. For information, call Ted at 747-5482.
Paths Across
Pacific Planned
Paths Across the Pacific will hold a planning meeting for its 10th conference 6 p.m. Friday, May 25, at Centennial Hall.
Discussion will include: What does the Royal Wedding on Saturday, May 19, have to do with what I found on a beach in Half Moon Bay, California, Wednesday, May 16? What are the themes of the 10th conference on Paths Across the Pacific?
‘‘Come to the meeting and think with us about our shared seas, paradigm shifts led by new science, human connections, and navigational knowledge,’’ organizers said.
The date of the conference is July 18-22. For more information go to www.pathsacrossthepacific.org, or check with John Stein, local coordinator, at 747-7811.
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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.