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Seldovia Museum Mystery for February and January’s Reveal!
by Jan Yaeger
Maybe it’s the weirdly warm weather, or maybe it’s just that time of year, but around Seldovia, fisherfolk are starting to work on nets for the upcoming fishing season. So January turned out to be a great time to ask about fishing floats. Thanks to Rod Hilts and Rick Harkness, who gave great information about not only the wooden ‘corkline’ line floats pictured in our January Mystery, but about other types of floats as well.
Rick tells us wooden floats were made of Port Orford cedar, favored for its rot-resistance. The floats were given extra protection by hot-dipping them yearly in paraffin wax to seal them, which would help prevent softening and splitting as well as rot. Cotton nets were also subject to rot, and were dipped in ‘bluestone’ (copper sulfate) to deter bacterial and algal growth. Wooden floats were phased out in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and cotton gillnet is also a thing of the past. But Rick brought us a fabulous gift, donating an unused shackle of cotton gillnet as well as several spools of mending twine. They are a great addition to our Museum collection. Thanks, Rick!
If you have a mystery for us, please contact Jan at 435-3245!
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February’s Monthly Mystery at the Seldovia Museum is about… March. Specifically, March 27, 1964, and the Good Friday Earthquake that so dramatically changed the face of Seldovia. Next month brings the 50th anniversary of this event, and we are in search of the stories of those who experienced it. Were you here, or perhaps you remember hearing about that day from a friend or family member?!
The Seldovia Museum would like to mount a temporary exhibit in March and April that features the memories of those who experienced the earthquake, either here in Seldovia or elsewhere. Would you be willing to share your story with us? You can write it down, send an email, or come visit us and just talk. Or if you prefer, we’d be happy to come to you! Contact Jan at jyaeger@svt.org, or by phone at 435-3245, or stop in at the Museum office on the top floor of the ATC. Or you can come by the Museum Tuesdays and Thursdays between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm – our doors are open!
Where were you during the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake?
PAC Meeting to Include Community Input Process
by Sandy Geagel
Susan B. English School
Parent Advisory Board / Site Based Decision Making Council
PAC / SBDM Council
DATE: Tuesday, February 11, 2014
January / February meetings Combined
Time change @ 6:30p.m. School Commons
To accommodate Community Input Process ….Selection for a Site Administrator
Tim Vlasak, KPBSD Director of K-12
I. OPENING ACTIVITIES
a. Call meeting to order
b. Roll Call
c. Approval of Minutes: February 5, 2014
d. Approval of Agenda
II. PRINCIPAL REPORT
a. Surveys
b. KPI
c. Health Curriculum
III. OLD BUSINESS
IV. NEW BUSINESS
V. PEOPLE to be HEARD
VI. COUNCIL COMMENTS
VII. ADJOURNMENT
MEMBERS: Mark Janes (term ends 10/2015), Lisa Stanish (term ends 10/2014), Heli Hansen (term ends10/2016), Judy Standafer (Principal/Teacher),Renee Purpura (Classified Rep), Karen Bornheimer (Elem/Sec Rep), Cassidi Little (Community Member since
Games Start Today at 11:30am
Basketball games are on today – starting at 11:30am! Lumen Christi made it in this morning on the Rainbow Connection, and with the help of MANY drivers, we were able to get the team in from Jakolof Bay in time to start the first game at 11:30am this morning, Lumen Christi vs. Nanwalek!
Seldovia Girls team will play Lumen Christi Girls around 12:30 or so, and the Seldovia Boys will be playing Lumen Christi following the girls game! Last night was a great game, with good food, lots of folks who battled the crazy deep snow to get there, and the Seldovia Boys team won the game against Nanwalek!
Stop by and support the OTTERS! See you there!
Ferry Cancelled Friday and Saturday, Game On Tonight at 6:00pm
by Jenny Chissus
Due to rough seas and bad weather, the Kachemak Voyager had to cancel the trips to Homer for our visiting Basketball players coming in from Lumen Christi and Wasilla Lake. Unfortunately, the Wasilla Lake team has headed back to Wasilla today, but the team from Lumen Christi are going to try to wait it out and hopefully make the trip across tomorrow to play against Seldovia and Nanwalek . Nanwalek is already here, as they flew in yesterday!
The game schedule has obviously changed. The only game that is currently planned is for tonight – Friday Night at 6pm. The Seldovia Boys team will play Nanwalek Boys. There is no Nanwalek girls team, so the Otter Gals will join the crowd in cheering for our Otter Guys!
