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Linwood Bar and Grill’s Revised Menu

| June 20, 2013 | 1 Comment

by Stephanie Blanchard
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Summer Solstice Music Festival Thursday Schedule

| June 20, 2013 | 0 Comments

by The Seldovia Arts Council
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Thriving Thursdays

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| June 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

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What’s That On the Side of Jakolof Bay Road?

| June 15, 2013 | 0 Comments
by Ian McGaughey
Air Quality Seldovia 1Is it a bird house, UFO, a Little Chief Smoker? No, it’s just air monitoring equipment being used by Seldovia Village Tribe’s Environmental Office to continue its road dust monitoring this summer.
The unusual looking devices are high-volume air samplers, which stand next to gray cases on tripods housing DustTrak II aerosol monitors. Both units collect information about levels of road dust in the air, otherwise known as PM10, which is particulate matter with a diameter of 10 micrometers or less. SVT has installed two of these systems along Jakolof bay Road.
Air Quality Seldovia 2“Exposure to PM10 can cause breathing and respiratory conditions, damage to lung tissue and even cancer,” Environmental Assistant Tracie Merrill said. “The elderly, children and people with chronic lung disease, influenza or asthma are especially sensitive to the effects of particulate matter.” In addition, road dust can substantially reduce visibility, putting motorists and pedestrians at risk.
SVT’s environmental staff will be monitoring the road dust levels from June through the end of September. The high volume samplers are on loan to SVT from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and the aerosol monitors are from the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. For more information, please contact Environmental Coordinator Michael Opheim at (907) 435-3247 or mopheim@svt.org or Tracie Merrill (907) 435-3261 or tmerrill@svt.org.
(photos are of Tracie Merrill working at the air quality monitoring sites along Jakolof Bay Road)

SBE’s Ruth Sensenig Awarded the only Alaskan Fellowship, and Her Thoughts on the Award

| June 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

James Madison Foundation

James Madison Fellowship Award Letter

Letter received by our principal regarding Ruth’s award! Click to view full size.

PRESS RELEASE

The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation of Alexandria, VA, announced today that it has selected 56 James Madison Fellows for 2013 in its twenty-second annual fellowship competition. James Madison Fellowships support the graduate study of American history by aspiring and experienced secondary school teachers of American history, American government, and social studies.

Named in honor of the fourth president of the United States and acknowledged “Father of the Constitution and Bill of Rights,” a James Madison Fellowship funds up to $24,000 of each Fellow’s course of study towards a master’s degree. That program must include a concentration of courses on the history and principles of the United States Constitution.

The 56 James Madison Fellows were selected in competition with applicants from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the nation’s island and trust territories. The fellowships are funded by income Continue Reading