August 2012 - Page 7 of 9

Following in the footsteps of Ricketts and Calvin

Nearly eighty years ago Ed Ricketts and Jack Calvin transformed the way we think about marine biology. Now, new researchers are in Sitka, exploring the beaches that inspired them.

NSRAA manager: Chums looking up for late runs

If you’re fishing for salmon in Southeast, this probably hasn’t been a bonanza year. But the head of the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association says things are looking up for the late chum runs.

Och aye! Highland games test Sitkans’ mettle this weekend

Sitka shares latitude with Scotland and, this weekend anyway, recreational activities. The Sitka Seafood Festival presents the community's first Highland Games. Eric Haseltine tells KCAW's Holly Keen that kilts are required.

Thu Aug 9, 2012

Work continues on sunken seiner north of Sitka. Ferry schedule changes coming to Angoon, Pelican, Skagway, Haines. College course offers lessons from a kayak. Juneau mining co. reports strong Q2 sales. Murkowski holding federal health care forum. Kenai ranch owner named 2012 farm family of the year. Missing boater found north of Knudson Cove.

State: Despite mile-long sheen, amount of oil ‘very small’

The Department of Environmental Conservation said a response team from SEAPRO left Sitka on Wednesday morning, to deploy a boom around the vessel and clean up oil discharges as they occur.

Ferry changes due for some Southeast cities

Angoon, Skagway, Haines, Pelican and some other port cities will see ferry schedule changes next summer. A draft sailing plan for May through September of 2013 alters some times and routes.

Wed Aug 8, 2012

Dive and defueling planned for next week on sunken seiner. Sitka schools' math audit calls for more unity in teaching. 10 federal agencies to meet with region's tribal leaders. Begich launches AK listening tour. UAS focuses on retaining students.

Sitka Seafood Festival has variety of events

Want to eat? Compete? Watch a movie? Hear a lecture? Take your pick: the Sitka Seafood Festival includes a parade, dinners, contests, entertainment, highland games and more. Organizer Alicia Olson and chef Louisa Chu talk about the details.

Audit studies math in Sitka school district

Teachers are doing a good job, students are eager to succeed and parents are invested in what’s going on. But the Sitka School District needs to make sure all three of those groups are on the same page when it comes to math education. That’s the finding of an audit on the way Sitka teaches math.

Star: Fiction writing in Southeast Alaska

Lizzie Star is one of eight Sitka Fellows. Her time in Sitka will be spent writing a draft novel called "Aspersions Everywhere." The book is about a young woman who discovers that her favorite male author (who's grumpy and perhaps a bit misogynistic) is writing romance novels under a female pen name.