SJ Child Care Center

The Sheldon Jackson Child Care Center has received a $300,000 grant from the Rasmuson Foundation that will allow the nonprofit organization to purchase the building.

Along with the board that was put together when the school closed Lolly Miller and her staff are heroes for all their hard work and dedication to the Child Care Center.

Raven Radio Link

Click here to hear the story of Dobler being fired

U of Dubuque to visit again

According to the January 5th addition of the Daily Sitka Sentinel officials from the University of Dubuque will be in Sitka the rest of this week and next to perform due diligence. U of Dubuque Vice President John Stewart will be accompanied by two faculty members, an architect and a building director. The condition of the campus buildings will be assed and faculty will be meeting with various Sitka residents who responded to the survey to determine how many academically qualified people might be interested in teaching. They will also be visiting the Sitka Sound Science Center in the Sage Building and will be meeting with the staff and board of that facility

Good News

To hear the latest on Raven Radio about Dubuque taking over SJ click here: Dubuque

Dubuque shows some interest...

Raven Radio reports on the University of Dubuque visit via an interview of UD's President, Jeffrey Bullock.

National Park Service to Purchase 3 Acres

The National Park Service will purchase 3 undeveloped acres of the former Sheldon Jackson Campus. You can hear the Raven Radio story here.

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"

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

Alaska Day

For those you who did not attend the Alaska Day Parade I thought you might like to see a photo of the Sheldon Jackson Childcare Center marching in the parade. I think a real BIG THANKS needs to go out to Lolly Miller for not only her 20 years of service but for hanging in there and helping save the Childcare Center. She and a very dedicated Board should be credited for all they did to save one more piece of Sheldon Jackson. I’m sure that Sheldon Jackson the man is smiling down on them!

From me, Lolly thanks for all you have given to SJ and to Sitka. There are scores of families all across Alaska and the US who have been blessed by you caring so much for the kids. Thanks, you are the best!

Hatchery Update

Good morning, everyone!

It's been about a month since I last sent out the news. In my last update, I was asking for volunteers for the 2nd half of our pink and chum spawning program. Well, we had a good day on September 6th!! Lots of folks showed up for the event, and we were able to easily take enough pink and chum eggs to make our goal. There were volunteers of all ages, I can tell you that!!

Quite a few Blatchley Junior High students were there helping, as were Chohla's Mt. Edgecumbe High School students. Thanks go out to Abigail and Samantha, both Blatchley Jr. High students, who have been there for the program all summer!! There was at least one student from Sitka High School as well. Sagan and her brother Liam did a fantastic job, helping me collect adults. Everyone had a good time.

What was particularly impressive was the way these students wanted to get geared up in neoprene waders, and help collect adults. There was lots of splashing water, and excitement galore, and by the end of the day, everyone was tired, and soaking wet, but we all got the job done!! You can see in the photos attached that lots of young people helped make it happen. I want to thank each and every one who made it that Saturday, even tho I don't know all your names. Keith and Jolene showed up just in time to help me by cooking the lunch that Lila had bought and prepared. Thanks also to Cheryl Westover, who came by in the early morning, and brought lots of goodies for everyone, but then had to work for the day. Everyone contributed in their own special way, and once again the volunteer effort at taking eggs worked. This is now the second year that the hatchery is surviving, due to volunteer help.

And now, please allow me to introduce Jack. Jack was coming in to volunteer last February and March, when we were coded-wire tagging cohos and kings. He became very familiar with the program, since he was also here to assist with the releases of coho and chinook smolts in May, and has been a tremendous asset to me and the rest of the volunteers!! Jack Lorrigan has been hired by the Sitka Sound Science Center as a Fish Culturist / Assistant Manager in Training. Jack has been on the job now for a month, and is a great help to me. I am finally beginning to take time off on the weekends, and Jack has been getting totally tuned into the idiosyncrasies of the SJ Hatchery. I am teaching him everything I can about this program, showing him all the details of fish culture and management. I must say that after 5 years of working here, I have become very intimately aware of all the strange complications that can pop up. I want to try to get Jack "up to speed" on the details as soon as possible. And I hope that Jack can become a full-time employee soon.

During this month of September, another tourist season wound down to a close. There were thousands of visitors this summer who stopped in to see us. The guest book in the Wetlab was filled to overflowing!! And, of course, we are extremely grateful for all the donations!! We shared our knowledge of Sitka and the salmon ranching industry to people from all over the world. It was a good summer.

For about one week, beginning on September 8th, Sitka Sound Seafoods purchased extra salmon from our adult raceways, fish that were surplus to our broodstock needs. Over 80,000 pounds of pinks, chums and coho were brailled out of the raceways and packed into iced totes. This cost recover effort was possible due to Sitka Sound Seafoods providing the totes, ice, a forklift, and a flatdeck truck, as well as 3 laborers!! Revenue generated from this will make it that much easier for the SSSC to operate the hatchery this winter. Thanks, Jon, for working with the SSSC to make this possible.

On September 12th and 13th, the coho fry rearing in Ponds 13 and 14 were split into 4 ponds, #1, #2, #5, and #6, to reduce their densities by half. Thanks go out to Chohla and her Science class from Mt. Edgecumbe HS, for helping dipnet fish, and carry buckets on Friday, as well as to Jodie and her daughter, Karimae, for helping that Saturday. We used the new electronic scale for this procedure and it worked flawlessly! The coho are all spread out now, and looking good!

There has been a good return of coho adults this month, too. In May, 2007, we released 120,000 coho smolts (these were from Broodyear 2005) and these fish have done well. We have been collecting adult cohos this month for our own broodstock needs. The adults are captured (one at a time) in the concrete raceways, and moved into empty circular ponds, where they will ripen for a month or so. Our goal is to hold to maturity 75 to 80 pairs of adults, so that we can be guaranteed to get our 150,000 fertilized eggs for this year. There has been some fungus in the water, but all in all the adults are doing well.

About two weeks ago, Jack and I turned on a small amount of saltwater to each of the coho and chinook rearing ponds, to help combat the Saprolegnia water fungus that is common in our Indian River water supply this time of year. Using the YSI salinity meter, we can make small adjustments and fine tune the salinities to whatever we wish. The coho have been getting around 4 to 5 parts per thousand, and the chinook have been at 5 to 7 ppt. This addition of saltwater is something that I have done here at the SJ Hatchery every fall, as fungus in our watershed is common following the upstream migration of thousands of salmon, reaching portions of Indian River way upstream of our gravity water intake.

In addition, we have been doing formalin treatments to the 2.1 million eggs that are in incubators. We treat the chinook eggs with a 1667 parts per million concentration for 15 minutes, 3 days a week, and we treat the chum and pink eggs with a 250 parts per million concentration for one hour, 3 days a week. We are seeing very high survivals in our eggs, and this makes it easier to sleep at night!! Soon, the August 30th eggtakes of pinks and chums will be eyed up, and we can shock and pick these eggs. Last year, Pacific High School and Mt. Edgecumbe High School students were very involved with the picking and processing of our eggs, and they all had a good experience!! I would once again like to invite the Sitka School District to participate in fish culture activities here at the SJ Hatchery. I'm pretty sure that Jack and I could no doubt do this alone, but this is too good an opportunity to pass up. Chohla already told me she and her class would like to participate in the "next step" in egg processing!! I encourage the Science teachers at Pacific HS and Sitka HS to let their students know that the educational opportunity is here, and waiting for them as well. I am always happy to schedule tours for school groups wanting to see what's going on.

What about the Aquarium?, you might ask. Lynn and Henry continue to come in to volunteer on a daily basis, doing maintenance, and feeding the remaining animals in the tanks. There has not been an effort to collect new animals. We are all awaiting a decision by the Board of the SSSC as to whether or not the Aquarium will remain active this winter.

The number of visitors has dropped dramatically, since the last cruise ship departed. We are beginning to think about winterizing, and putting all the equipment away for the year. The signs, and the colored flags that had been out front all summer, are now stored in the Sawmill. The air temperature has droppped, and the leaves are falling from the alders. Another winter is almost upon us. We will continue to have the gates to the hatchery grounds open 7 days a week. The front doors to the Sage Building may not always be open, tho. If you would like to look inside the Wetlab, you can always make an appointment with us.

Thanks again to everyone who donated their time and personal resources to the Hatchery and Aquarium this past year. I truly hope the program can continue to survive far into the future.

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Daniel F. Goodness, Manager
Sheldon Jackson Hatchery
834 Lincoln Street
Sitka, Alaska 99835

Work Phone:
Home Phone: 907-747-3824
Email: daniel.goodness@gmail.com
Website: www.sjhatchery.org

You Know You Are From SJ If…..

SJC Alumnus Nicole Paggett asked me to post You Know You Are From SJ if….. Written by Erin Keenan. Since I liked it and thought much of it rang true for past students, faculty and staff I figured I’d post something fun here for a change.

Both Nicole and Erin also send there best to all.

You Know You Are From SJ If…..

1. Your Professor ever canceled class because it was sunny.
2. You have ever volunteered to spawn salmon.
3. Class was canceled to watch the herring run.
4. You were ever afraid to stand in front of David Sweetland's portrait.
5. Celebrated the day they took it down.
6. You know who David Sweetland was.
7. You know ghost stories about him and the cafeteria.
8. Sundays equaled waffles.
9. You could recognize every single state trooper while in uniform.
10. Once a month you wondered when the Whitworth students had arrived, then realized they were the troopers in civilian dress
11. As a freshmen in DSH you could name all the students and where they were from.
12. You lived in NPH or Whitmore and had no clue who the freshmen were and did not care.
13. Ate more food off campus then on.
14. You ate Pizza Express at least once a week.
15. You knew what the phrase "the troopers are coming" meant.
16. You could run from the Raz to DSH in 10 seconds.
17. You weighed 250 and could make it in the same amount of time.
18. You could do it in flip flops.
19. Your shoes of choice were Extra Tuffs, flip flops or sandals.
20. Everyone would notice if your boot were not Extra Tuffs
21. You could wear long johns, two pair of pants, rain pants, a tee shirt, long sleeve shirt, sweat shirt, a hoodie, a polar fleece, down jacket, two pairs of gloves, and a stocking cap and still have to use the blanket you brought with you to stay warm in class.
22. You have slept in the above mentioned outfit and were still cold.
23. Classes were canceled because it was warmer outside then in.
24. You took a cab or the school van to the bank, but would walk over a mile to Lakeside for groceries and carried them back.
25. You know the difference between "Big C" and "Little C"
26. You have to think about the real name of "Little C"
27. You know what donkey meat (or seagull, eagle, raven, crow) was and looked forward to eating it.
28. You have eaten pork for ever meal for two weeks in a row.
29. You now know all the possible culinary uses of pineapple.
30. Some days not even the kitchen staff knew what was in the lasagna.
31. The vegetarian enchiladas were stuffed with chicken.
32. Just a glance at the menu would cause you to eat a $12 bowl of lucky charms.
33. Some times you had to resort to eating a $12 peanut butter and jelly sandwich, because the milk was bad and so was the lunch meat.
34. You gained 40lbs in one semester on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
35. There were days when even the gravy ran away from the mashed potatoes.
36. Fried chicken was on the menu you would get a shriveled up wing because anything bigger would be frozen solid on the inside.
37. Some days the potatoes would make great snowballs that never lost their shape.
38. You have ever been asked by a trooper for meal advice.
39. You have ever stood in the middle of the trooper line, and waved to all your friends.
40. You have seen troopers do push ups in the snow.
41. You have seen troopers do push ups in the main lounge.
42. You have felt bad for that trooper still in the bathroom when the others have already left.
43. You are female and have had a trooper open the door for you and call you Miss.
44. You are female and remember Sgt Spitzer.
45. You have ever been serenaded by troopers on your birthday.
46. You have ever been afraid that people would find out about you birthday.
47. You know what the flume is.
48. You have been thrown in the flume.
49. You have ever jumped in the flume.
50. You have ever seen someone physically dragged from their room kicking and screaming in the middle of the night and taken outside in winter with snow on the ground, surrounded by a mob of people and no one questions it.
51. You were there when it happened to Bryner. (I was, it was great. Erin)
52. You knew when the salmon came in due to the smell of death.
53. You could name every mountain whether you climbed them or not.
54. You walked through Totem Park because you were bored.
55. You could hear the ocean from your dorm room.
56. Though you could see it, you rarely ever walked the beach.
57. You have been told not to walk around campus at night because of bear sightings.
58. You got excited when you saw a deer on campus.
59. You got really excited when you saw a deer behind the cafeteria.
60. You either know him, or know someone who knows that guy that saw a deer behind the cafeteria ran to his room and shot the deer with a bow and arrow out his window.
61. You know the handbook has a rule about not cleaning game or fish in the bathrooms or bedrooms.
62. You know people who have broken that rule.
63. You are one of the people who broke that rule.
64. You don't know where the designated cleaning place is.
65. You are, or know, a hippy tree hugging vegetarian who hates bald eagles and wishes they would all die because they perch on boats and crap everywhere.
66. You know what a bear stick is.
67. You have threatened to hit your best friend with one if the need should arise.
68. You know what the "Gloria" is and still wonder who owns her.
69. You know the location of Superman's phone booth is.
70. You know where the Raz is, but not the Rasmuson building.
71. You and your teachers wore Extra Tuffs to graduation.
72. You have referred to Whitmore as a cult and as a group distrust them.
73. You got excited when the new staircase in NPH and Whitmore were built.
74. You watched the crack in the smoke stack of the laundry room get bigger.
75. You have ever wondered when the Allen building was every going to be finished.
76. You have ever failed a class because the server was down.
77. You can recognize the sound of rage when the internet goes down.
78. You know who Gizmo was.
79. You could recognize a certain person’s whistle and take a different path.
80. You have seen an ice ax, a sleeping bag, and a math book strapped to the same bag.
81. You have worn hip waders and brought your fishing pool to class.
82. You did that after fishing.
83. You have had a beer with a professor.
84. You have been given a hug by Duna.
85. You know which teachers to refer to as Dr. and which go by their first name and to this day still refer to them as that.
86. You have ever been hunting or fishing with a professor, staff member, or VIM.
87. You know what VIM stands for.
88. You had a favorite VIM.
89. You had a VIM you hated with a passion.
90. You know Marcel and speak of him always with high praise whether you knew him or not.
91. You think Pat is pretty much the coolest guy ever.
92. You know who Martin was, even if you have never met him.
93. You have ever been sea sick on a teacher’s boat.
94. Two words. Sock Wars.
95. You know for a fact that in the end, sock wars always turns out to be a battle of the sexes.
96. You have ever been one of the body guards to the last two sock war members.
97. You have ever had Pat Shehan try to set you up on a date.
98. You have ever dated your ex's present partners ex.
99. You realize that the couple that broke up has only been together for two weeks (not two months like you thought) and are now on their forth or fifth girlfriend/boyfriend.
100. The first week or two of classes girls wear makeup, cute clothes, and high heels, then stop due to weather conditions and the fact that no one cares if they are cute or not, but weather or not they will have sex in the woods.
101. You understood what "she is going to Juneau" meant.
102. You remember Cohabitation.
103. You remember when Cohabitation was defined as vaginal sex.
104. You remember when that changed.
105. You laughed your ass off when they thought it would make a difference.
106. You know people who justified having sex during the day, then saying that as long as they were out of the room by curfew they were not breaking any rules.
107. You were one of those people.
108. You did not care and had sex whenever you wanted.
109. You fantasized about Sgt. Spitzer.
110. The smallest rule to break was watching a DVD in one of the lounges.
111. You would hide the DVD and swear it was a movie on TV.
112. You would search for movies that said "Public viewing rights included" just to piss people off.
113. You have ever stood in the snow at night in a towel and wet hair because the fire alarm went off.
114. You have ever had the misfortune of the happening while the troopers were there.
115. You have ever been excited about a trooper saying something, anything, to you.
116. After all this time you still keep track of SJ by reading Bryner's blog.
117. The name Brian Chamberlain causes intense anger and uncontrollable rage.
118. You love Louis Driver.
119. You knew the other mail box es that your mail box key opened.

And last but not least, and I am sure there are many, many more great things that made SJ such a great place...

120. You still know the address to SJC.

One Year After the Ax Fell

One week from today the 29th of June will be the 1st anniversary of the closing of SJ. I was recently asked by another former employee if I was over the closing yet. I had to truthfully answer that I was not and might not ever get over it. How about the rest of you out there? Past students, faculty and staff, how are you all doing one year after the ax fell? I know I’m interested in hearing and I bet others are too. Please post a comment on how things have turned out. Maybe you could list a few good things along with the bad.

Here is my list:

The Bad:

I miss the fine people from students to employees, but most especially all the wonderful volunteers.

I still feel the school could have been saved with proper management and I’m still heart sick that such a historic and important institution closed after 130 years of operations.

I worry what will happen to the historic buildings.

The Good:

I’ve had more time to spend with my family, most especially my grandsons.

I have not missed the middle of the night calls about something being broken.

I had lots of time to work on my house and to find out what partial retirement is all about.

I don’t wake up in the middle of the night worrying about what’s going to break next and I can tell you there has been a lot less stress in my life.

So, as much as I miss SJ maybe the good has out weighed the bad. How about you?

SJ Hatchery Update

There is some good news from the SJ Hatchery. Below is a letter from Dan Goodness. I think we would all have to agree that Dan has gone above and beyond the call of duty to save the hatchery. He is to be commended for his hard work to save the hatchery. I think we would also all agree that the Hatchery is an important thing for this community. If you see Dan please be sure to thank him and Lila for all they have done.

Be sure to check out the new website for the hatchery at this link: http://www.sjhatchery.org/

Dan's Letter:

Good morning, everyone!

It's been an exciting week for me here at the Sage Building this week. Several College students spent the week of Spring Break volunteering at the SJ Hatchery, and boy did we get lots done! I especially want to thank Jennie Smith and her daughter Kat for all their help (Jennie flew up from Oregon to be a part of the team). Thanks also to Victoria and Paul, two more students attending UAS in Juneau, for their assistance in coded wire tagging of chinook, and other projects. Polly, Jack, Lila, Jan and Kathy also did their part in making the week special. Lila fixed a big lunch for everyone on the tagging team on Wednesday. My very sincere thanks to everyone who helped. We have clipped and tagged over 22,000 chinook, and so the tagging of Broodyear 2006 coho and chinook is complete.

Also this week, the Broodyear 2006 coho and chinook in circular ponds began getting a small amount of saltwater mixed in with the fresh. This helps prepare them for life at sea. These fish will be released during May this spring. Ther coho were sampled during the week, and a plan is now in place to spread them out amongst the available ponds to give them more room for the next two months.

A very special gift this week came from Mim McConnell, who is a very talented graphic arts designer, web designer and photographer. She had heard about the "plight" of the SJ Hatchery Program, and offered to create a website for us. She asked me to write the text, and provide photos for this project. I want to thank James Shewmake and Sitka Tribe of Alaska for their movie clips which have been incorporated on this site, and Don Shawler for the use of one of his photos. I have collected digital photos for several years now, primarily of my students, but also of my volunteers, working and learning in the hatchery. Mim, your work is exceptional, and I cannot thank you enough for this generous donation of time! The new website is up and running now, and can be viewed at http://www.sjhatchery.org/. You can see Mim McConnell's works, and business contact information by going to http://www.sheltercovepublishing.com/.

In addition, 650,000 pink salmon have been ponded and transferred into a 20' X 40' netpen, and are being fed daily. The water has been cold (around 3.0 degrees C.) so the chums are developing slowly. But they will be ponded soon, as will the rest of the pinks. The coho eggs have been picked and seeded, and will hatch soon.

In my last newsletter I referred to a meeting to take place in Sitka near the first of April, 2008. This meeting will include people from the University of Alaska Southeast, NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, representatives of PNP hatcheries in Southeast Alaska (this includes me) as well as the Sitka Sound Science Center, and possibly representatives of other educational entities. I don't have an agenda quite yet, but the meeting is planned to go for a day and a half, and I hope to give everyone an extensive tour of the Sage Building, Wetlab, classrooms, and hatchery. We are preparing for everyone's arrival, getting the building and hatchery grounds "shipshape" for this special event. In my next newsletter, I hope to give everyone a summary of this get together. But for now, let me say that I sincerely believe everyone present will come to realize the enormous value of this educational hatchery and aquarium, housed in a historic building, located in a very special spot in Sitka. More news to come.

Our donation account, the "Friends of the Hatchery", at Wells Fargo Bank, in Sitka, Alaska, has raised over $10,000! The donation containers Lila and I placed around town have produced many hundreds of dollars. I don't know everyone who has donated. I wish I could thank each and every one of these folks for their gifts. But the containers and their contents show me that the entire City of Sitka is behind us in our struggle to keep the hatchery alive!!

If you have questions or comments about the hatchery, feel free to email me. Have a great day.

Daniel F. Goodness, Manager
Sheldon Jackson College Hatchery
801 Lincoln Street
Sitka, Alaska 99835

Office Phone: 907-747-3824
Home Phone: 907-747-3824
Email: daniel.goodness@gmail.com

Final Pay and Severance Pay

It looks like SJ somehow pulled together the money to pay former employees. Yesterday several final paychecks were mailed out to laid off employees. Keep your eyes on your incoming mail to see if you get the same nice surprise that I got.

Friends of the Hatchery

As many of you know some dedicated folks are working very hard to keep the old SJC Hatchery alive. This is a reminder that donations to the Friends of the Hatchery can be made by dropping in or mailing in a check to:

Friends of the Hatchery
Wells Fargo Bank, Sitka Branch
300 Lincoln Street
Sitka, Alaska 99835

I also noted that there are donation cans around town a various business. I saw one today at Murray Pacific. Drop your loose change into the can next time you see one of these cans. Every little bit helps!

Thanks!

Sitka Retreat Center

At tonight’s Sheldon Jackson’s Facilities Big Picture Meeting, I announced that there is interest in starting a Sitka Retreat Center. I said I would post an e-mail address on how to contact me if you want more information or you want to be involved. Here it is: sjcwatch@gmail.com


In the near future I will start putting together a web site totally dedicated to the Sitka Retreat Center. For now this blog will have to function as the area to gather ideas and to share thoughts. I would encourage anyone who wants to post whatever they want to on the idea of a Retreat Center. However, I will delete any anonymous post. Sorry, I feel if you won’t post your name then your opinion should not count.

Please also watch for future post on this subject.

One more note; Chris will post an update on what happened at tonight’s meeting. I will just say that there was a lot of positive things said and it looks like there could be some positive things come from a lot of dedicated folks who are working hard to preserve parts of SJ. I assume there will also be a radio piece on Raven Radio so I’d assume that will be posted too. Meanwhile don’t forget you can go on Raven Radio’s web site for news on SJ and other Sitka news at this address: http://www.ravenradio.org/.

Employment & Enrollment Updates

Here's what I know so far:

Employment:
Bryner -AMSEA
Cerissa - Youth Advocates
Patricia - Raven's Way
Pat - Sitka Counseling
Heather - Sitka Counseling
Scott - Sitka Conservation Society
Mike - University of Washington
Angie - Sitka Police Dept.
Ginny - Sitka High School
Tom - Avant Garde Education

Enrollment:
Bill & Karissa - APU
Katie T - Lakeland College
Angela - Marylhurst U
Kiara, Sandy, Jakala, Sarah, Dennis, Brandy - UAS Juneau
Katy Ann, Jesse - UAS Sitka

My best to everyone...

Employment & enrollment updates

I haven't heard much in a while about folks finding work, but some have this past month. Pat Sheahan is working at Sitka Counseling and Prevention Services. Cerissa Payment declined an offer at Raven's Way to accept a position as Case Coordinator at Youth Advocates. Mike Kaplan returns to UW to complete his Phd, and is working at the University.

Please let me know of others...

As for students, I've heard that Karissa has moved to Anchorage to attend APU. I'd love to hear about more of you. Post comments on the site, write on my wall in Facebook, or email me at peoplecallmebryner@yahoo.com.

Cerissa Payment, Patricia Campbell & Bryner hired

Cerissa and Patricia have been hired by SEARHC's Raven's Way Program. The Program is well regarded and I'm sure lucky to have them.

And yes, even I have found work. I'm the new Course Coordinator for the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA). I've been on the job for two days, and love it.

Continue to let me know of other good news.

Hooray for Heather Garrison!

As time passes, the good folks of SJC will land on their feet. I'm proud to announce that Heather Garrison from Lifelong Learning has been hired as an Administrative Assistant. This is good news indeed.

My search continues, as does many others. I'll keep everyone posted as I'm sure each of us will return to work soon.