October 2012 - Page 5 of 11

Fri Oct 19, 2012

Audio postcard: Alaska Day 2012. Resident geochemist will spend the month studying the Indian River. Parnell's timber task force wants to put 2-million acres of the Tongass into a state timber trust.

Sitkans get down in Alaska Day parade

Commemorating the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States tops even the Fourth of July for holidays in Sitka.

Fair promotes return to wood energy

Wood energy is making a comeback in Sitka. With fuel prices approaching record highs, locals are returning to firewood, and to other forms of wood fuel lumped under the term “biomass.” This Saturday (10-19-12), the Forest Service, the University of Alaska Cooperative Extension Service, and the Sitka Conservation Society are holding a “Wood Energy Fair” at the ANB Hall in Sitka, to re-introduce residents to wood heat in the home.

Visiting scientist hopes you can help study Sitka river

Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink hopes the public can help study changes in the chemistry of Indian River. The scientist is from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, on Cape Cod, Mass., and is spending a month in Sitka as part of a fellowship program.

Voters opt for new mayor in Yakutat

The southeast Alaska community had its municipal election Tuesday. Cindy Bremner won the mayor’s chair, 104 to 79. Stone leaves the job after seven years as mayor, and four years before that on the Assembly.

Brave Heart open house, volunteer orientation

Brave Heart executive director Willow Moore invites residents to come to an open house following Thursday's parade, at the Pioneer Home Manager's House. Seafood chowder and live music are on the menu. PT Bridget Hitchcock will be today's speaker at the monthly CARE luncheon, discussing in-home therapy (noon at the Pioneer Home Manager's House). Volunteer orientation will be offered this Saturday (10-20-12) from 1-5 PM.

Wed Oct 17, 2012

Authorities shoot one of the three bears believed responsible for the death of a Sitka man. Sen. Bert Stedman makes his first campaign appearance in Haines. Sitka museum curator merges past, present in new exhibit. Commercial fishermen, charter group have mixed opinions on proposed catch-sharing plan.

Sitka the Brave!

Members of the Seattle Firefighters Pipes & Drums perform in the Cable House Monday afternoon (10-16-12), setting the tone for this week's Alaska Day Festival in Sitka. KCAW put the impromptu concert live on the air, thanks to a new downstairs broadcast studio.

‘Paris’ exhibit celebrates Sitka’s past and present

Sitka’s Historical Society and Museum has opened a new exhibit. It’s not your typical show -- it reflects a change in direction that some museums are taking, and Sitka’s curator, Jackie Fernandez, is leading the way.

Tide pool at sunset

Ernest Manewal captured this image of a mountain biker reflected in a tide pool at Sitka National Historical Park, for the photo contest-plus-exhibit Sitkans in Action, which runs through the end of October at the park Visitor Center.