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Poetry is at the top of Ann Staley’s list

Forty years ago, poet Ann Staley bought her first piece of artwork in Ashland, Oregon. It was a watercolor painting of a tree by Norm Campbell. Staley and Campbell have maintained a long friendship ever since. Over the next several weeks, the pair will collaborate on art and poetry in a new residency program developed by Sitka’s Island Institute. She stopped by recently to talk about how a poet and a painter collaborate. She spoke with KCAW’s Robert Woolsey.

‘Beatrix Potter’ to revive musicals in Odess Theater

The newly-remodeled Odess Theater is going to stage its first musical in decades this fall. The Sitka Fine Arts Camp has launched a new program called the “Young Performer’s Theater.” Auditions will be held Saturday (9-21-13) for the company’s first show: “The Adventures of Beatrix Potter and Her Friends.”

Auditions Saturday for new youth theater program

Elsbeth Poe is the Young Performer's Theater director at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp. She's joined by camp executive director Roger schmidt to discuss a new after-school theater program for kids age 7-18. They'll be holding auditions this Saturday (9-21-13) at Yaw Chapel for their first musical production, The Adventures of Beatrix Potter and her Friends. For complete audition information visit the Sitka Fine Arts Camp online.

Garrison a watchdog for public schools

School board president Lon Garrison has served two terms overseeing Sitka’s schools; this October he’ll ask voters for a third. Garrison, like many board members, was first elected when his kids were in school. Now that his daughters have graduated, he says he’s following his passion, and using experience in policy and legislative advocacy to make a good school district even better.

SHS Football having a better second half

SHS Wolves Football coach Beau Hedrick, and seniors Lucky Miguel and Jaren Sumauang, talk about the season's slow start, as good weather and excellent fishing kept many players on the water longer than expected. The Wolves play next this Saturday (Thunder Mountain, 2PM Sat Sep 21, lower Moller Field).

Southeast population, payroll hit record highs

Southeast Alaska has more residents – and more jobs – than ever. That’s according to a report released during the Southeast Conference’s annual meeting in Sitka.

Examining the effects of yellow cedar decline

Lauren Oakes is a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University. She’s spent the past two years studying yellow cedar decline in the Tongass. Oakes is not trying to learn why yellow cedar are dying -- that’s already been attributed to climate change. Rather, she and her team are studying what’s next: How will the forest plant community be affected by the loss of cedar trees? How will their loss affect us?

WeatherBlur workshop brings climate change into focus

Rachel Thompson, with Maine's Island Institute, is holding a two-part workshop on climate change science. "Communicating Local Impacts of Climate Change" (9AM-5PM Sat Sep 14, Keet Gooshi Heen Room 26, free) will help hone the communication skills of teachers, fishermen, and others interested in communicating climate change research. The "WeatherBlur Orientation" (9AM-4PM Sun Sep 15, Keet Gooshi Heen Room 26, free) will introduce participants to an online learning community.

School board candidates differ on role of super

The two candidates for Sitka’s school board this year agree on much, but also have one key difference: How they view the role of the superintendent. Incumbent Lon Garrison and challenger Stephen Courtright answered questions for about an hour at the Sitka Chamber of Commerce this week (9-11-13), in the first candidate forum of the municipal election season.