Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Accreditation Ends Today
According the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), SJC(?)'s accreditation ends today.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Sale pending on SJ(C?) lots
The uplands and duplexes north of SMC have potential buyers, according to the Davis Realty website.
What will become of the 216 acres of open land?
What will become of the 216 acres of open land?
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Below is good news from Dan Goodness
Good morning, all!
Everything is going great for us here, and I wanted to give you an update. It's springtime in Sitka, complete with February snowshowers, and sunny days, too. We have begun shocking, picking and seeding coho eggs. All of our chinook have hatched, and we will begin ponding them within a month. The pinks and chums are using up their yolk, and we should begin ponding them in March. The feed for this year has been ordered, and so everything is on schedule.
In addition, we have begun the process of coded wire tagging of the Broodyear 2007 chinook and cohos. We started working on the chinook yesterday. All in all, we need to clip the adipose fins from 40,000 fish, (20,000 chinook and 20,000 cohos) and inject these with the coded wire tags recently acquired from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. We will be releasing these tagged fish this coming May, right out in Crescent Bay. Last spring, there were lots of people who volunteered their time to assist us, and learn about this procedure. I am very thankful for all the help we got!! What was especially wonderful was the experience that our local High School students got from this.
In one of the attached photos, you can see Sitka High School students tagging chinook last March.
This spring, I want to once again encourage the community of Sitka, and our local school system, to be an integral part of the continuing educational program that the Sheldon Jackson Hatchery represents, for our City. This is a tremendous opportunity for someone interested in learning about our fisheries resources here. Even if you are an individual who would just like to drop by the hatchery, and watch for awhile, that's OK, too. If you are a part of a group that would like to help us, please reply to this email, and let me know when your group could be here to help. We will be able to do the tagging operation when it's convenient for your participation. This includes Saturdays, if this works into your schedule better. At this point in time, we do not plan to tag fish on Sundays.
There will be hot drinks and snacks for our volunteers. And I want to take lots of photos this spring. So, if you'd like to help, feel free to reply to this note, or call the hatchery at 907-747-8878. Please leave a message if you get the answering machine. I thank you for your interest, and your contributions to our cause. We are dedicated to keeping the educational component of the SJ Hatchery alive, and you are invited to join our group!!
Sincerely yours, Dan
Daniel F. Goodness, ManagerSheldon Jackson Hatchery834 Lincoln StreetSitka, Alaska 99835
Work Phone: 907-747-8878Home Phone: 907-747-3824
Email: daniel.goodness@gmail.comWebsite: www.sjhatchery.org
"Education never stops at the SJ Hatchery"
Everything is going great for us here, and I wanted to give you an update. It's springtime in Sitka, complete with February snowshowers, and sunny days, too. We have begun shocking, picking and seeding coho eggs. All of our chinook have hatched, and we will begin ponding them within a month. The pinks and chums are using up their yolk, and we should begin ponding them in March. The feed for this year has been ordered, and so everything is on schedule.
In addition, we have begun the process of coded wire tagging of the Broodyear 2007 chinook and cohos. We started working on the chinook yesterday. All in all, we need to clip the adipose fins from 40,000 fish, (20,000 chinook and 20,000 cohos) and inject these with the coded wire tags recently acquired from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. We will be releasing these tagged fish this coming May, right out in Crescent Bay. Last spring, there were lots of people who volunteered their time to assist us, and learn about this procedure. I am very thankful for all the help we got!! What was especially wonderful was the experience that our local High School students got from this.
In one of the attached photos, you can see Sitka High School students tagging chinook last March.
This spring, I want to once again encourage the community of Sitka, and our local school system, to be an integral part of the continuing educational program that the Sheldon Jackson Hatchery represents, for our City. This is a tremendous opportunity for someone interested in learning about our fisheries resources here. Even if you are an individual who would just like to drop by the hatchery, and watch for awhile, that's OK, too. If you are a part of a group that would like to help us, please reply to this email, and let me know when your group could be here to help. We will be able to do the tagging operation when it's convenient for your participation. This includes Saturdays, if this works into your schedule better. At this point in time, we do not plan to tag fish on Sundays.
There will be hot drinks and snacks for our volunteers. And I want to take lots of photos this spring. So, if you'd like to help, feel free to reply to this note, or call the hatchery at 907-747-8878. Please leave a message if you get the answering machine. I thank you for your interest, and your contributions to our cause. We are dedicated to keeping the educational component of the SJ Hatchery alive, and you are invited to join our group!!
Sincerely yours, Dan
Daniel F. Goodness, ManagerSheldon Jackson Hatchery834 Lincoln StreetSitka, Alaska 99835
Work Phone: 907-747-8878Home Phone: 907-747-3824
Email: daniel.goodness@gmail.comWebsite: www.sjhatchery.org
"Education never stops at the SJ Hatchery"
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Sitka Sound Science Center & the Old SJ
Here is another story on Raven Radio about what's happening with the Sitka Sound Science Center. Click Here
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Ron and Fred Savok
Anyone who was associated with SJC in recent years will remember Ron Savok and many will remember his father Fred Savok. I received a nice e-mail from Blanche Iliff and attached to her e-mail was an e-mail from Ron about the passing of his father. Blanche asked me to post Ron’s e-mail, so here is the closing to her e-mail with Ron’s attached.
Iknow lots of people will remember him. FYI, this is his second tour in Afghanistan.
Love,
Blanche and Chuck
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Greetings to one and all-It is with great and heavy heart that I inform you all that my Dad- Covenant Church pastor (retired), Fred Savok passed away in Kotzebue Alaska. He was at a store shopping and just dropped. EMS tried to revive him- but God has called him home. He joins his wife, Gladys Savok and my little brother Walter (Peachy) Savok at the Pearly Gates and he is very much welcomed there as Heaven rejoices as another great Christian warrior arrives home.I am currently in Shajoy, Afghanistan and will start another long journey home to bury him in Kotzebue. Although it has only been a couple of months since I went to Bethel to bury my brother Walt, I desire to return to Afghanistan and continue the mission of training the 1-2-205 Hero Corp HHC and Weapons Company for independant operations. It is a job I love and am very good at. I thank you for your prayers and well wishes during this very tough and troubling times, but I am doing good and will be home soon.Best regards and love.1Lt Ronald D. Savok1-2-205 Hero Corp ETT MentorShajoy, Qalat Province, Afghanistan
Iknow lots of people will remember him. FYI, this is his second tour in Afghanistan.
Love,
Blanche and Chuck
***********************
Greetings to one and all-It is with great and heavy heart that I inform you all that my Dad- Covenant Church pastor (retired), Fred Savok passed away in Kotzebue Alaska. He was at a store shopping and just dropped. EMS tried to revive him- but God has called him home. He joins his wife, Gladys Savok and my little brother Walter (Peachy) Savok at the Pearly Gates and he is very much welcomed there as Heaven rejoices as another great Christian warrior arrives home.I am currently in Shajoy, Afghanistan and will start another long journey home to bury him in Kotzebue. Although it has only been a couple of months since I went to Bethel to bury my brother Walt, I desire to return to Afghanistan and continue the mission of training the 1-2-205 Hero Corp HHC and Weapons Company for independant operations. It is a job I love and am very good at. I thank you for your prayers and well wishes during this very tough and troubling times, but I am doing good and will be home soon.Best regards and love.1Lt Ronald D. Savok1-2-205 Hero Corp ETT MentorShajoy, Qalat Province, Afghanistan
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