Following a second round of interviews yesterday afternoon and evening, the Sitka Assembly decided to invite former SEARHC vice-president Mark Gorman, Pamela Caskie, Jim Pascale, and Cynthia Gubatayao to advance to a final round of in-person interviews. Gorman was selected by five of the seven assembly members for further consideration. Caskie, Pascale, and Gubatayao were each selected by four members.
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Two administrator candidates who have proposed managing Sitka as a team offered a rigorous defense of their idea Tuesday afternoon (8-6-13). Rob Allen and Robin Sherman -- a husband-and-wife duo with close ties to Sitka -- were interviewed by the Assembly, along with four other individual candidates. Four more semi-finalists were scheduled for interviews this evening. (Note: Following the second round of semi-finalist interviews, the assembly narrowed its short list to four candidates. See related story.)
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Maybelle Filler, with the Sitka Women's Golf League, and Sarah Blue outline plans for a co-ed golf tournament, auction, and balloon launch on Sun Aug 18 at the Sea Mountain Golf Course. The event is a fundraiser for the Sitka Cancer Survivors and Sitka Community Hospital Diabetes program.
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Assembly conducts videoconference interviews with administrator semi-finalists. Keku Cannery in Kake named to list of endangered historic sites. Yakutat cold-case murder trial postponed after new evidence is discovered. Ketchikan residents capture injured eagle.
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In June, the Keku Cannery in Kake was named one of the 11 most endangered historic places in the country by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The building is an artifact of Alaska’s salmon canning industry and its a reminder of the different people that worked there.
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Sitkan Hugh Bevan captured yet another trailcam portrait of one of Sitka's local brown bears. This guy was scouting for humpies about 10 miles south of town, at 8:15 in the morning on July 31. Bevan first came across the no-name stream while hunting a few years ago, and noticed fish bones along the banks. He checked this trailcam on August 2, and discovered several other bears had been photographed as well. He's decided to keep clear of "Scary Creek" until October!
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Playwright Sarah DeLappe began her theater career as an actor. She says this is often how people enter the techical side of the business. During her seven-week residency as a Sitka Fellow, she's working on a play about an Alaska radio station, based on her twin sister's experience at KNOM in Nome, and on interviews with staff at KCAW in Sitka.
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State medical examiner's report: No foul play in harbor drowning last month. Sen. Murkowski upbeat on hydro bills, saddened by outcome of Leone case, during Sitka layover. Locals come out ahead in first Cross Trail Classic Marathon. Audio postcard: Voices from Change Your Latitute Open Water Challenge.
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Senator Lisa Murkowski paid an unexpected visit to Sitka this morning, along with a plane full of other Juneau-bound passengers who were unable to land in the state's foggy capital city. KCAW caught up with Alaska's senior senator at the ferry terminal. She's just co-sponsored a pair of energy bills which should reduce barriers to small hydro projects. She also expressed regret over actions taken to discipline former USCG Air Station Sitka pilot Lance Leone.
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The fourth annual Change Your Latitude Open Water Challenge put 22 competitors in Sitka Channel, on a course from the Mt. Edgecumbe High School ramp, out to John Brown’s Beach, and around Battery Island.
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