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Police Chief Position Available in Seldovia
by City of Seldovia
CITY OF SELDOVIA
POLICE CHIEF
The City of Seldovia is now accepting applications/resumes for the position of Police Chief. The City of Seldovia is a first class city located on the south side of Kachemak Bay within the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
Reporting to the City Manager, the incumbent will serve as the only officer in town, responsible for enforcing criminal and traffic laws, statutes and city ordinances.
Qualifications include high school diploma or GED, working with the public helpful. Applicant must meet Alaska Police Standards Council for certification as an Alaskan Peace Officer. The graduation from the Police Academy in Sitka and certification is highly desirable. If not certified, be able to complete the academy within the first year of employment.
This is a full time position and salary will be DOE.
Closing date: until filled
Please submit cover letter, resume and APSC Form F-3 to:
City Manager
City of Seldovia
PO Box B
Seldovia, AK. 99663
Or email: citymanager@cityofseldovia.com
Just say “E hele mai ana au” – I’m coming!
by Jenny Chissus
As you may have noticed – I’m so excited about these three gentlemen coming to Seldovia! Our final glimpse will be of Richard Ho’opi’i who is accompanied in this video by George Kahumoku, Jr.. This concert will feature all three artists: Led, George and Richard – and I didn’t want to give it all away by putting them all together – so you will just have to show up Tuesday night at 6:30pm for the potluck and 7:30pm for the concert! Bring your favorite Alaskan dish to share and get an opportunity to meet these grammy award-winning Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters!
UNCLE RICHARD HO’OPI’I is one of Hawai’i’s most beloved singers. Known as one half of the popular Maui duo, The Ho’opi’i Brothers, which recorded 7 albums, he has practiced the traditional Hawaiian art of leo ki’eki’e (falsetto) for most of his life. He and his late brother, Solomon were recipients in 1997 of the prestigious National Endowment of the Arts Folk Heritage Fellowship, America’s highest honor for traditional artists. After the passing of his brother, his 2003 CD Ululani represented a new journey for Richard as a solo artist. Richard is featured on four of George Kahumoku’s compilation CDs. Born in the tiny village of Kahakuloa on Maui’s remote Northwest coast, Uncle Richard grew up immersed in the rural Hawaiian lifestyle of family, church, taro farming, fishing, and homemade entertainment. There was no TV, not even much radio, so everyone in the village made music. “They taught us so much more than music; it was a whole way of living.” Uncle Richard knows that, like all Hawaiian artists, he maintains a rich cultural legacy. “When you sing Hawaiian music,” he says, “you’re representing the kupuna (elders), who have guided and inspired you, and all the musicians that came before and will come after.”
Biographical information is taken from the press release prepared by Pasifika Artists Network LLC. More about each artist may be found on his website.
Masters of Hawaiian Music:
George Kahumoku Jr,
Led Kaapana,
“Uncle” Richard Ho‘opi‘i
coming to Seldovia with much Aloha and fun.
September 23
Bring your family to this community event at
Susan B. English School.
Alaskan/Hawaiian Potluck at 6:30 P.M.
Special performance at 7:30 P.M.
Tickets: $15.00 for adults, $8.00 for children and $35.00 For families.
Hele mei hoohiwahiwa! Come Celebrate!
by Jenny Chissus
Here’s another peak into the treat we are in for in Seldovia on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 – as Grammy Award Winning George Kahumoku Jr. is coming to Seldovia along with two other Hawaiian slack key guitar masters for an intimate concert at SBE for Seldovia! Don’t miss this fabulous event! Bring your favorite Alaskan dish to share at the potluck at 6:30pm and then the concert begins at 7:30pm. See you at the school!
GEORGE KAHUMOKU JR. lives on Maui with his wife, Nancy, maintaining their 3-acre farm, growing fruit and vegetables, dry-land taro (for his famous home-made poi) and tending goats, chickens, ducks, and miniature horses. With over 25 solo, collaboration, and compilation CDs to his name, George celebrates over 10 years of his famed weekly Slack Key Show on Maui, which produced 4 Grammy-winning CDs; his most recent solo CD was nominated for a 2012 Grammy in the Regional Roots category. He founded the Hawaiian Music Institute at University of Hawai‘i-Maui College to preserve the legacy of Hawaiian music and to prepare the next generation for careers in music. A renowned storyteller, George collaborated on the book A Hawaiian Life with long-time friend Paul Konwiser to capture his hilarious, entertaining on-stage stories. This project led to his film biography Seeds of Aloha. For the last 15 years, George Kahumoku Jr.’s Annual Maui Slack Key Guitar and ‘Ukulele Workshop creates one of the great musical learning experiences in the Islands today, and embodies George’s belief in sharing, celebrating, and perpetuating the unique music and culture that is Hawai‘i. www.kahumoku.com.
Biographical information is taken from the press release prepared by Pasifika Artists Network LLC. More about each artist may be found on his website.
Masters of Hawaiian Music:
George Kahumoku Jr,
Led Kaapana,
“Uncle” Richard Ho‘opi‘i
coming to Seldovia with much Aloha and fun.
September 23
Bring your family to this community event at
Susan B. English School
Alaskan/Hawaiian Potluck at 6:30 P.M.
Special performance at 7:30 P.M.
Tickets: $15.00 for adults, $8.00 for children and $35.00 For families.