Daily Sitka Sentinel

08/08/2025

FRIDAY
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sitka Tribe of Alaska fish distribution, Seafood Producers Cooperative
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 907-747-8866 for information
5:30 p.m. NA Meeting, St. Peter’s Church basement
7 p.m. Mina Brooks-Schmidt concert, Opera By the Sea, St. Peter’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
7 p.m. AA, St. Peter’s basement, 611 Lincoln Street, hotline 907-747-8866
SATURDAY
10 a.m.-noon Imagination Library Story Walk, Pioneers Home lawn (entrance off Katlian Street)
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sitka Farmers Market, ANB Founders Hall
11 a.m. Sitka Trail Works work party, Halibut Recreation Area staircase, [email protected].
11 a.m. Sitka Tribe of Alaska Family Picnic, Halibut Point Recreation Area Main Shelter
Noon Vigil for Democracy, Roundabout
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
Noon-4 p.m. Salvation Army Little Store open
Noon-3 p.m. White Elephant Shop open
1-5 p.m. Open Gym, Blatchley Middle School
1-3 p.m. Open Skate, Blatchley Middle School
7 p.m. AA, St. Peter’s Church basement, call 907-747-8866, potluck upstairs at 6 p.m. on last Saturday of the month
SUNDAY
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
3-4:30 p.m. Sacred Harp Sing, Pioneers Home Chapel
3 p.m. Parent-Tot Time, Blatchley
3 p.m. Open Recreation, Blatchley
5 p.m. Beginner ukulele instruction, Pioneers Home Chapel
7 p.m. AA, St. Peter’s basement, 611 Lincoln St., hotline 907-747-8866
MONDAY
6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
5:30-6:30 p.m. AA, Sitka Pioneers Home Recreation Kitchen, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
6 p.m. White Elephant Shop open

08/08/2025

08/07/2025

THURSDAY
11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open
Noon Virtual Foster Care Forum, Alaska Center for Resource Families, register at acrf.org
Noon STA Enrollment Committee, 204 Signaka Way
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, AA hotline 907-747-8866 for information
Noon Alanon Zoom, [email protected], for login info
Noon White Elephant Shop open
6:30 p.m. Women’s AA, Unitarian Fellowship Hall, AA Hotline 907 747-8866
7 p.m. AA, St. Peter’s basement, 611 Lincoln Street, AA hotline 907-747-8866
FRIDAY
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sitka Tribe of Alaska fish distribution, Seafood Producers Cooperative
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 907-747-8866 for information
5:30 p.m. NA Meeting, St. Peter’s Church basement
7 p.m. Mina Brooks-Schmidt concert, Opera By the Sea, St. Peter’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
7 p.m. AA, St. Peter’s basement, 611 Lincoln Street, hotline 907-747-8866
SATURDAY
10 a.m.-noon Imagination Library Story Walk, Pioneers Home lawn (entrance off Katlian Street)
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sitka Farmers Market, ANB Founders Hall
11 a.m. Sitka Tribe of Alaska Family Picnic, Halibut Point Recreation Area Main Shelter
Noon Vigil for Democracy, Roundabout
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
Noon-4 p.m. Salvation Army Little Store open
Noon-3 p.m. White Elephant Shop open
1-5 p.m. Open Gym, Blatchley Middle School
1-3 p.m. Open Skate, Blatchley Middle School
7 p.m. AA, St. Peter’s Church basement, call 907-747-8866, potluck upstairs at 6 p.m. on last Saturday of the month

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08/07/2025

UNLOADING – Fishermen aboard the F/V Ocean Hunter and F/V Provider, both home ported in Kodiak, unload their packaged catch of weathervane scallops, also called giant Pacific scallops, at the Sea Wall today. A member of the crew said the ships have been at sea for about two months. The scallop fishery is jointly managed by NOAA Fisheries and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The ships host onboard observers, a requirement to fish scallops in Alaska (except Cook inlet) since 1993. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

08/07/2025

RECITAL- Organist Edie Hockspeier, of Savannah, Georgia, plays the Sitka Lutheran Church's Kessler organ Tuesday afternoon for visitors sitting in the church pews. Hockspeir, who holds a master of sacred music degree from Wittenberg University, will be presenting programs August 12, 19 and 26 at 12:15 p.m. The Ernst Kessler Organ Works pipe organ was manufactured in Estonia and shipped to Sitka in 1846, making it one of the oldest on the Pacific Coast.

08/06/2025

Community Calendar
WEDNESDAY
6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Made in Sitka Market, Harrigan Centennial Hall
11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open
Noon White Elephant Shop open
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
Noon STA Tribal Council, via Teleconference and 204 Siginaka Way
4:30 p.m. Sitka Parkinson’s Support Group, 1212 Seward Ave. (the old BOQ) 907 747-3461
5:30 p.m. Gaza Vigil, Roundabout
5:30 p.m. Free Zumba classes, open to all, STA sponsored, Blatchley school
7 p.m. Planning Commission, Harrigan Centennial Hall
7 p.m. Historic totem pole carvers discussion with Dr. Emily Moore, Sitka National Historical Park visitor center
7 p.m. Sitka Sportsman’s Association Indoor Range open
7 p.m. AA, St. Gregory’s Church, 606 Etolin Street, info: 907-747-8866
THURSDAY
6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open
11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open
Noon Virtual Foster Care Forum, Alaska Center for Resource Families, register at acrf.org
Noon STA Enrollment Committee, 204 Signaka Way
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, AA hotline 907-747-8866 for information
Noon Alanon Zoom, [email protected], for login info
Noon White Elephant Shop open
6:30 p.m. Women’s AA, Unitarian Fellowship Hall, AA Hotline 907 747-8866
7 p.m. AA, St. Peter’s basement, 611 Lincoln Street, AA hotline 907-747-8866
FRIDAY
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sitka Tribe of Alaska fish distribution, Seafood Producers Cooperative
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 907-747-8866 for information
5:30 p.m. NA Meeting, St. Peter’s Church basement
7 p.m. Mina Brooks-Schmidt concert, Opera By the Sea, St. Peter’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
7 p.m. AA, St. Peter’s basement, 611 Lincoln Street, hotline 907-747-8866

08/05/2025

The Coast Guard Cutter Storis lies at anchor near the Causeway Sunday. The 360-foot ship was on its maiden voyage as a cutter to Juneau where it will be homeported. On November 20, 2024, the Coast Guard purchased the ship, M/V Aiviq, a U.S.-built polar class 3-equivalent icebreaker for $125 million from Offshore Surface Vessels LLC. It is the first icebreaker added to the Coast Guard fleet in 25 years. It’s named after the original Storis, a light icebreaker and medium endurance cutter, commissioned in 1942, that went out of service in 2007. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

08/05/2025

TUESDAY
Noon STA Finance/Economic Development Committee, 204 Siginaka Way
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
Noon Rotary Club, UAS-Sitka Campus Room 230
12:15 p.m. Kessler Organ concert, Sitka Lutheran Church
4:45 p.m. STA Cultural Resources Committee, 204 Siginaka Way
6:30 p.m. Alaska Native Brotherhood Camp 1 nomination of officers, ANB Founders Hall
WEDNESDAY
6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Made in Sitka Market, Harrigan Centennial Hall
11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open
Noon White Elephant Shop open
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
Noon STA Tribal Council, via Teleconference and 204 Siginaka Way
4:30 p.m. Sitka Parkinson’s Support Group, 1212 Seward Ave. (the old BOQ) 907 747-3461
5:30 p.m. Gaza Vigil, Roundabout
5:30 p.m. Free Zumba classes, open to all, STA sponsored, Blatchley school
7 p.m. Historic totem pole carvers discussion with Dr. Emily Moore, Sitka National Historical Park visitor center
7 p.m. Sitka Sportsman’s Association Indoor Range open
7 p.m. AA, St. Gregory’s Church, 606 Etolin Street, info: 907-747-8866
THURSDAY
6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open
11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open
Noon Virtual Foster Care Forum, Alaska Center for Resource Families, register at acrf.org
Noon STA Enrollment Committee, 204 Signaka Way
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, AA hotline 907-747-8866 for information
Noon Alanon Zoom, [email protected], for login info
Noon White Elephant Shop open
6:30 p.m. Women’s AA, Unitarian Fellowship Hall, AA Hotline 907 747-8866
7 p.m. AA, St. Peter’s basement, 611 Lincoln Street, AA hotline 907-747-8866

08/04/2025

Kayaker Wim Edwards, 13, accompanies Aela McCarthy in the 1K Change Your Latitude ocean swim race Sunday in front of the Sitka Sound Science Center.
Partial results from the open water swim are printed on page 4 of today’s Sentinel, with more results on Tuesday. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

08/04/2025

Calendar of Events:
MONDAY
6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open
Noon STA Governance Committee, 204 Siginaka Way
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
5:30-6:30 p.m. AA, Sitka Pioneers Home Recreation Kitchen, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
6 p.m. STA Energetic Yoga, Yoga Union, open to all
6 p.m. White Elephant Shop open
TUESDAY
6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open
Noon STA Finance/Economic Development Committee, 204 Siginaka Way
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
Noon Rotary Club, UAS-Sitka Campus Room 230
12:15 p.m. Kessler Organ concert, Sitka Lutheran Church
4:45 p.m. STA Cultural Resources Committee, 204 Siginaka Way
6:30 p.m. Alaska Native Brotherhood Camp 1 nomination of officers, ANB Founders Hall
WEDNESDAY
6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Made in Sitka Market, Harrigan Centennial Hall
11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open
Noon White Elephant Shop open
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
Noon STA Tribal Council, via Teleconference and 204 Siginaka Way
4:30 p.m. Sitka Parkinson’s Support Group, 1212 Seward Ave. (the old BOQ) 907 747-3461
5:30 p.m. Free Zumba classes, open to all, STA sponsored, Blatchley school
7 p.m. Historic totem pole carvers discussion with Dr. Emily Moore, Sitka National Historical Park visitor center
7 p.m. Sitka Sportsman’s Association Indoor Range open
7 p.m. AA, St. Gregory’s Church, 606 Etolin Street, info: 907-747-8866

08/01/2025

Community Calendar
FRIDAY
10-11 a.m. Bingocize, Swan Lake Senior Center
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 907-747-8866 for information
2 p.m. Sheldon Jackson Museum artist-in-residence Shirley Ho**ch, SJ Museum
4-6 p.m. Open House at Sitka Studio of Dance
5:30 p.m. NA Meeting, St. Peter’s Church basement
6-7 p.m. Sitka Police Chief Meet and Greet, Harrigan Centennial Hall
7 p.m. ‘‘The SpongeBob Musical,’’ by Sitka Fine Arts Camp’s musical theater intensive, Sitka Performing Arts Center
7 p.m. AA, St. Peter’s basement, 611 Lincoln Street, hotline 907-747-8866
SATURDAY
9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Open Practice, Sitka Sportsman’s Association indoor pistol range
10:30 a.m. “Moo Moo in a Tutu” Babies & Books program, Sitka Public Library
10:30 a.m. Outdoor Trap and S***t, Sitka Sportsman’s Association
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
Noon-4 p.m. Salvation Army Little Store open
Noon-3 p.m. White Elephant Shop open
2 p.m. ‘‘The SpongeBob Musical,’’ by Sitka Fine Arts Camp’s musical theater intensive, Sitka Performing Arts Center (doors open at 1 p.m. for ‘‘Tutu’s Tide Pool,’’ the Sitka Sound Science Center’s mobile touch tank)
4 p.m. Sitka Studio of Dance Open House
7 p.m. ‘‘The SpongeBob Musical,’’ by Sitka Fine Arts Camp’s musical theater intensive, Sitka Performing Arts Center
7 p.m. AA, St. Peter’s Church basement, call 907-747-8866
SUNDAY
9 am Change Your Latitude races, Sitka Sound Science Center beach
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
7 p.m. AA, St. Peter’s basement, 611 Lincoln St., hotline 907-747-8866
MONDAY
6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open
Noon STA Governance Committee, 204 Siginaka Way
Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
5:30-6:30 p.m. AA, Sitka Pioneers Home Recreation Kitchen, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information
6 p.m. STA Energetic Yoga, Yoga Union, open to all
6 p.m. White Elephant Shop open

08/01/2025

Theresa Reich, right, a grade school teacher in Anchorage for 28 years, gives youngsters their assignments as they design a Mars colony at the Sitka Public Library Thursday afternoon. The activity was part of the two-day Ready, Jet Go Space Camp, offered by the Alaska Public Media’s Education Engagement team and its partners with the Arizona Public Broadcasting System. About two dozen 6- to 10-year-olds attended the free camp, learning about space travel and what’s need to create a colony on Mars. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)