BIG RIGS – Max Bennett, 2, checks out the steering on a steamroller during the 3 to 5 Preschool’s Big Rig fundraiser in front of Mt. Edgecumbe High School Saturday. Hundreds of kids and parents braved the wet weather to check out the assortment of machines, including road building trucks, a U.S. Coast Guard ANT boat, police cars and fire department rigs. Kids were able to ride as passengers on ATVs. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
April 23, 2019, Community Happenings
Health Network
Lunch April 26
The monthly Woocheen Health Networking and Learning lunch will be noon-1:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, at the Sitka Community Hospital classroom.
Legacy Giving
Is Topic of Talk
Sitka Legacy Foundation will offer an informal workshop on legacy giving 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, at the Pioneers Home Chapel.
Local experts Cynthia Gibson, financial adviser with Waddell and Reed, and Attorney Brita Speck will provide basic information on why and how to include charitable giving in retirement and estate planning.
The free workshop is appropriate for Sitkans who care about their community. It is especially relevant for anyone who is writing or updating a will or estate plan, and would like to consider including charitable gifts without jeopardizing their retirement income.
Presenters will be available to answer questions. The event is not intended to address issues specific to individual financial, legal and tax circumstances.
Sitka Legacy Foundation (also known as Greater Sitka Legacy Fund) is a local affiliate of the Alaska Community Foundation, a statewide charitable organization.
‘‘It connects people who care with causes that matter,’’ the Sitka Legacy Foundation said. ‘‘We hope that this workshop will encourage attendees to explore planned gifts to some of the wonderful nonprofit organizations that benefit Sitkans.’’
Sablefish Summit
Slated April 30
Alaska Department of Fish and Game will hold a sablefish industry meeting 1-5 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, at UAS-Sitka Campus, Room 106.
The meeting will include a fishery review and quota outlook for the state Clarence Strait and Chatham Strait fisheries, and presentation on the Gulf of Alaska stock status.
Alaska Longline Fishermen Association staff will provide an update on the sperm whale avoidance network.
Call-in and webinar options are available for fishermen unable to attend in-person. For further information contact Alaska Longline Fishermen Association staff at 747-3400, alfa.staff@gmail.com or Andrew Olson (907) 465-4259, andrew.olson@alaska.gov.
Health Summit
Action Group Set
The Sitka Health Summit’s improving services and housing options for elder’s action group will meet 1:30-3 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, at the Swan Lake Senior Center.
All are invited to attend.
Community
Events Slated
SAIL and the Center for Community are partnering on monthly community events open to the public.
Hank Moore will give guitar lessons 1-2:30 p.m. April 29 at the SAIL Office, 514 Lake Street. No previous experience is required.
Also, SAIL will host an Allen Marine wildlife and ice cream cruise 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 5. In observance of Mother’s Day, those who purchase a ticket can take their mom for free. Tickets are $50 and available at the SAIL Office, Old Harbor Books, or online at sailinc.org.
All proceeds benefit SAIL’s mission of inspiring personal independence for seniors and people experiencing a disability. The vessel is wheelchair accessible and the crew is trained to assist.
Walk, Run for MS
Slated on May 4
Walk/Run MS Sitka in collaboration with Stride365.com will host an event 10 a.m. May 4. Registration begins at Crescent Harbor shelter at 9:30 a.m.
Walk MS connects people living with multiple sclerosis and those who care about them. The donations fund research, scholarships and advocacy.
Refreshments will follow at the shelter.
For more information: Facebook.com/WalkMSSitka; Colleen Dahlquist, Walk MS Sitka volunteer, 738-0477; or Heleena van Veen, Stride 365 SEARHC, 966-8914, heleenav@searhc.org.
LIO Testimony
Taken this Week
This week the Alaska Legislature will take testimony on repealing fisheries tax sharing with municipalities; prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression; and supporting the National Native American Veterans Memorial.
The full public testimony schedule is at testify.akleg.gov, or call the Sitka Legislative Information Office at 747-6276 for more information.
School Board,
Assembly to Meet
Members of the Sitka School Board will attend the special Assembly meeting 6 p.m. April 25 at Centennial Hall.
The city’s contribution to the school district budget will be discussed.
Big Rig Event
Slated Saturday
Kids of all ages are invited to the Big Rig fundraising event 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the MEHS parking lot.
The seventh annual event is sponsored by 3 to 5 Preschool, and will be held rain or shine.
Kids can have their faces painted and get up close and discover the many vehicles at the event.
Hot dogs, homemade pancit, hot and cold drinks and sweets, including cotton candy and snow cones, will be for sale at the food table.
Also planned is the third annual Big Rig Run for Education Fun Run and 5k that starts at 10:30 a.m. A link to sign up is on 3 to 5 Preschool’s Facebook page, stop by the preschool ahead of time, or register at the event starting at 8 a.m. The race is for people of all ages and no prior running experience is needed.
Anyone participating in the race gets free admission into the Big Rig event by showing their race bib. They also win a medal and will be entered into a raffle for a gift certificate donated from Grind Fitness for the 5k or Coliseum Theater for the Fun Run
Admission to the Big Rig event is $5 a person or $20 for a family of four or more. Children under 2 years are free. Attendees will be entered into a raffle for a ride on Sitka Fire Department’s ladder truck.
Appreciation is being extended to the sponsors of the event, Absolute Tree Care, AC Lakeside, Allen Marine, Arrowhead Transfer, GCI, MGConstructors, Prewitt Enterprises and Tisher Construction.
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20 YEARS AGO
April 2004
Responding to the requests of athletes, coaches and parents, the Sitka School Board voted unanimously Monday against a proposal that would have changed Sitka High School’s classification from Class 4A, which includes Juneau and Ketchikan, to the 3A, which has schools with enrollment of 100 to 400 students.
50 YEARS AGO
April 1974
Memories of Sitka’s first radio station have been revived by a St. Louis, Mo., man who was one of the founders. Fred A. Wiethuchter recently wrote a letter to “Mayor Sitka, Alaska” asking about the town since he was here during World War II. He was an Army private at Fort Ray when he was attached to Armed Services Radio Station KRAY and WVCX ....
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