The Sitka Tribal Council has appointed two members to seats vacated after last month’s closely-contested Tribal elections. Former council members Harvey Kitka and Clara Gray have been appointed to serve out the terms of Dale Williams and Wade Martin. Also returning to the Tribal Council for one year will be former chairman Woody Widmark. Widmark was appointed to the vacancy left by Archie Nielsen, who has stepped down for medical reasons.
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Governor Sean Parnell’s capital budget proposes spending about $195 million on Southeast projects.
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Before you start griping again about the cold December rains in Sitka, think back to last Tuesday (12-11-12). Cloudless skies, glorious sunshine, and lots of whales. Photographer Dan Evans and this humpback whale were both having a good day. One difference: the whale is going to spend the rest of the winter in Hawaii!
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Sitka High activities director Mike Vieira and MEHS athletic director Andrew Friske talk about next Monday evening's (12-17-12) contest between the Fab4 Streetball team and the Sitka All-Stars (6PM at the BJ McGillis gym on the Mt. Edgecumbe campus). It’s a benefit for the high school activities scholarship fund, which supports student participation in extra-curricular activies.
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Election outcome leaves Southeast without Native representation in the legislature. Rau offers lessons in life, trolling in As the Gurdy Turns. Roller coaster "Riot" turns kids on to Physics.
A writer and salmon troller has published a new collection of articles written over the course of thirty-five years fishing in Southeast. As the Gurdy Turns is the second book for Ron Rau, who was a frequent contributor to The Alaska Fisherman’s Journal.
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Roger Schmidt, executive director of the Sitka Fine Arts Camp, discusses the 9th Annual Holiday Brass Concert, 7PM Monday (12-17-12) at the Sitka Performing Arts Center. Top brass musicians from San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle will join Schmidt for the concert. Tickets sold in advance at Old Harbor Books or at the Fine Arts Camp office.
Sitka herring harvest to be lower in 2013. A group of teens in Sitka is challenging the norm of violence by practicing healthy communication. Audio postcard: Music, culture to resonate from Sitka. DOE report favors export terminal for Alaskan LNG.
Teenage years are filled with change, and navigating relationships among peers is a big part of everyday life. Bullying and violence are just some of the pressures they face. In Sitka, a group of teens is pushing back against this norm by practicing open and honest communication.
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The Sitka Summer Music Festival’s artistic director, Zuill Bailey, is in Sitka this week to kick off the festival’s capital campaign. Two years ago a board member purchased Stevenson Hall on the SJ campus for use as a headquarters for the festival. Bailey told the Sitka Chamber of Commerce yesterday (11-12-12), that the primary goal of festival fund raising this year was to put Stevenson Hall in the festival’s name. "We now have a mothership in Sitka," he said.
