October 2011 - Page 5 of 9

Tue Oct 18, 2011

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/news_101811.mp3 Marine Transportation committee sees pros, cons in new plan; Sitka writer’s “Bight Before Christmas” has long literary legs; Petersburg bear cub...

Author’s Christmas ‘Bight’ featured in Pacific Fishing

A Sitka author who penned a fishy parody of “The Night Before Christmas” nine years ago has discovered that even quick work can have long literary legs.

District to see if math curriculum adds up

Three math education researchers from Texas A&M University will be in Sitka in December to study the math curriculum in the Sitka School District.

Kabler lauded for 12 years on school board

Kabler was appointed to the board in 1999, and decided not to run again this year. Her seat on the school board was filled by Tonia Rioux, who was sworn in to office on Wednesday night, along with incumbent Tim Fulton.

Advisory panel chimes in on transportation plan

Alaska’s ferry advisory panel wants a few changes in Southeast’s transportation system. That could include new roads, such as one across Baranof Island from Sitka, that would shorten ferry routes

It’s debatable

Sitka High debaters Zephyr Feryok and Chaya Pike listen attentively to a "crossfire" from their Ketchikan opponents in the final round of this weekend's Mt. Edgecumbe DDF (Drama, Debate, and Forensics) tournament. Three Sitka teams went 5-1 in the tourney. Feryok and Pike took first based on speaker rank.

Mon Oct 17, 2011

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/interview_101711.mp3 Sean Steele, Swan Lake Senior Center Luau. Friday, October 22, 2011, 5-7 PM. Tickets $15 per person, $25 per...

Mon Oct 17, 2011

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/news_101711.mp3 Sealaska loses two acres of California casino project to foreclosure; Juneau, Petersburg contest proposed borough boundaries; Bipartisan senate group pushes for...

Big Show!

Sitka's New Archangel Dancers entertain a packed house during their annual Alaska Day Performance on Friday night (10-14-11). The event, better known as "Big Show," was a tribute to the five women who have served as dance directors over the course of the group's 42-year history. The Alaska Day festival runs through October 18.