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Storyteller Jack Dalton is Coming to Seldovia!
by Jan Yaeger
Tuesday, Nov. 26, 7:00 pm
SVT Conference Center
The Seldovia Museum is thrilled to announce that award-winning Alaskan storyteller, author, playwright and actor Jack Dalton will be giving a free storytelling concert in Seldovia on Tuesday, November 26.
Jack is famous for his humorous and engaging stories that are appropriate for all ages.
He has traveled all over the world, sharing stories that are rooted in his Yup’ik heritage but appeal to people of every culture. Jack has been honored as one of Alaska’s “Top 40 under Forty”, and received the very first Expressive Arts grant awarded by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
Jack will perform for the students at Susan B. English School during the day, and then give a storytelling concert for the public at 7:00 pm at the SVT Conference Center (upper floor of the ATC building on the Bay side). Thanks to generous sponsorship from the Institute for Museum & Library Services, the Seldovia Museum is able to offer this fantastic evening for free. Refreshments will be provided as well.
Don’t Miss This Great Event!
Come enjoy an evening celebrating laughter,
life and our wonderful Alaska heritage!
For more information, contact Jan at jyaeger@svt.org or 435-3245.
Community Signs Discussions to be held November 27
by Tim Dillon, Dillon & Dillon
To everyone in the community:
I am holding a community meeting on Wednesday, November 27 from Noon to One, in the Sea Otter Community Center to discuss SIGNS.
This discussion will be one of two community discussions I will sponsor over the next three weeks. We as a community need to prioritize where signs are needed, what types of signs they should be and what they should say. As a starting point I indicated on the Byways grant that we will have signs at the OtterBahn, Rocky Ridge Trail and in the new Gateway Pavilion to be built on the harbor front.
These signs will be interpretive and informational. They will be fairly large and are required per the grant award. In addition to these signs we need to prioritize directional signage through the community to assist visitors. We have all seen tourists standing here or there with maps in their hands wondering which way to go. We need to address this issue for sure.
Please show up and help out.
Tim, Ila & Amelia Dillon
KPBSD school board member named AASB President
by Pegge Erkeneff
Soldotna, November 19, 2013—Sunni Hilts, KPBSD school board member representing district 9, took leadership in her new position as President of the 15-member Board of Directors for the Association of Alaska School Boards (AASB) during the 60thannual conference and youth leadership institute in Anchorage, Alaska, November 7-10, 2013.
“I am honored to be president of an organization made up of men and women who believe children are our top priority,” said Hilts. “School board members are so important to our children and to our state. I believe that we will make a difference as we use our voice together—a difference for children.”
“All of KPBSD is proud of Sunni taking the helm of the AASB board,” said Dr. Steve Atwater, Superintendent. “I know that she is well regarded by her peers from across the state and will do an excellent job.”
“This recognition is another indicator of how highly esteemed our school district is throughout the state of Alaska,” said KPBSD Board President Joe Arness.
The Association of Alaska School Boards is headed by President Sunni Hilts of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School Board for 2014. Hilts is pictured here with the 15-member AASB Board of Directors. In front (from left) are Charlene Arneson of the Chugach School District; Sue Hull of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District; Tiffany Jackson of the Aleutians East School District; President Hilts; Andi Story of the Juneau School District; Deborah Edwardson of the North Slope Borough School District; and Cass Pook of the Sitka Borough School District. In the back row (from left) are Sarah Welton of the Mat-Su Borough School District; Peter Hoepfner of the Cordova School District; Kathleen Plunkett of the Anchorage School District; Rich Mauer of the Delta-Greely School District; Lon Garrison of the Sitka Borough School District; Mike Swain of the Bristol Bay Borough School District; Ignatius Chayalkun of the Kashunamiut School District; and Angela Washington of the Northwest Arctic Borough School District.
Links
Association of Alaska School Boards, http://aasb.org
AASB Board of Directors, http://aasb.org/content/board-
KPBSD Board of Education, http://www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/
TONIGHT – Susan B. English Students Develop Exhibit for the Seldovia Museum
by Jan Yaeger
Opening Reception This Tuesday
The Seldovia Museum is excited to announce its first community-curated exhibit: “The Native Cultures of Alaska”. Most of the pieces in the exhibit were designed and crafted by the students of Mrs. Bornheimer’s K-5 class at Susan B. English School. The lone exception is a traditional artifact loaned to the Seldovia Museum for the exhibit by Ben Botero. The students also created all of the exhibit labels.
The exhibit explores various aspects of the major Alaska Native cultures, with different students exploring topics ranging from food to dress, housing and spiritual beliefs. Students researched their topics and used what they learned to create displays showing the differences and similarities between the traditional cultures of the Great Land.
The Seldovia Museum will host an opening reception for the exhibit this Tuesday evening, November 19 from 6:30 – 7:30 pm. The public is invited to come and meet the exhibitors, who will be available to discuss their work. Light refreshments will be provided.
This is also a great opportunity to see the exhibit “Each Time I Remember, I Make a Doll”, SVT’s collection of 24 Alaska Native dolls representing work by some of the most well-known doll-makers in Alaska.
The student’s exhibit will be on display through mid-December, and is the first of what the Seldovia Museum staff hopes will be a series of temporary exhibits developed with the help of members of the Seldovia community throughout the year. The Seldovia Museum is now open year-round. Winter hours are Tuesday and Thursday, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, and the Museum can also be opened by special request during regular SVT business hours. The Visitor Center portion of the Museum is always available to the public during business hours.
Come to the Seldovia Museum this Tuesday evening between 6:30 – 7:30, enjoy some refreshments and meet our young artists!
Seldovia is Awarded Grant for Water Storage and Treatment Plant
USDA-Rural Development Alaska State Office
800 West Evergreen Avenue, Suite 201
Palmer, AK 99645-6539
Phone: (907) 761-7705
www.rurdev.usda.gov/AKHome.html
Release No.: 11-13-13
Contact:
Larry Yerich, Public Information Coordinator
(907) 271-2424, Ext. 125
lawrence.yerich@ak.usda.gov
Alaska Native Villages to Receive Upgrades to Water and Wastewater Systems
USDA-RD Awards Nearly $28 million in Grants to Nine Rural Communities
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – November 13, 2013 – U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development (USDA-RD) Alaska State Director Jim Nordlund announced today the award of 11 grants to help rural Alaska villages finance water system upgrades and improve the quality of life for residents.
“These awards will dramatically improve living conditions for residents of these predominately Native rural Alaska villages,” Nordlund said. “They will enable residents to have safe, modern water and sanitation systems.” Continue Reading
Sea Otters Volleyball Team at Kodiak Tournament
Seldovia’s Susan B English School’s Mixed Six Volleyball team is playing at the tournament in Kodiak this weekend, and you can view the games here http://www.kibsd.org. Click on the video link on the right side of the page to view the games live!
The Sea Otters played one game this morning already, and won, but will be playing again this morning at 9:30am – check them out and send off your “virtual support”!
Seldovia Sea Otters to play Saturday at 9:30am!
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