Month: January 2012

Sitka DDF posts wins; MEHS Braves set for “Battle of the Bridge”

Sitka High sophomores Ryan Apathy and Ben Gordon took first in Duo Acting at last weekend's final regional meet in Haines. They say the team is in good shape for the state tournament in Anchorage. Mt. Edgecumbe basketball players Kacy Green (Jr-Hooper Bay) and Cody Sherman (Sr-Nome) say they'll meet Sitka's tough inside game with speed in tonight's "Battle of the Bridge" at Sitka High.

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Tue Jan 31, 2012

New Tlingit "encyclopedia" baffles scholars, Tlingit speakers. Proponents argue for purchase of surplus Inter-Island ferry for use by Alaska Marine Highway.

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New Tlingit encyclopedia baffling to scholars, speakers

A new encyclopedia of the Tlingit language has teachers in Sitka scratching their heads. The massive work by New Zealand scholar Sally-Ann Lambert is extraordinarily detailed, and the product of years of effort. The problem is: The language in the book is not recognizable by contemporary scholars, or Native Tlingit speakers. Ethel Mackinen, a retired teacher in the Sitka Native Education program, says she can't understand the spoken Tlingit in WE International's "Hlingit Word Encyclopedia: The Origin of Copper," or read the 630 pages text. "You have to be a speaker of the language," says Makinen, "before you can develop a book without knowledgeable people."

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Mon Jan 30, 2012

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/news_013012.mp3 Click here for iFriendly audio. Alloy bolts to blame for Sitka’s water line woes. IPHC approves a coast-wide reduction of 18 percent this year, though...

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Fri Jan 27, 2012

Proposed Forest Service rules would improve watershed, habitat protection. Project Homeless Connect event in Sitka draws over 40 people. Texting-while-driving ban on the move in the state legislature. Senate bipartisan coalition to draft its own version of oil tax reform.

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“Magic Planet” shines light on Alaskan climate science

Renae Bookman and Betany Porter, with the Anchorage Museum, discuss the Magic Planet traveling program, which was featured last night at Keet Gooshi Heen's Science Night. The device, which projects images inside a large sphere, integrates pioneering climate research at UAF. Shannon Weiss is the project evaluator. The Magic Planet is funded by a $980,000 grant from NASA.

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