Your last opportunity to speak to your Legislators before the session ends will be Thursday, May 3, 6 p.m. at the District R teleconference, at the Seward LIO office.Please give us a call if you wish to participate or come to the office approximately 10 minutes before the start of the teleconference.
E-mail contacts:
Senator_Gary_Stevens@legis.state.ak.us
Representative_Paul_Seaton@legis.state.ak.us
Nancy Erickson
Seward LIO
224-5066
Question: When are studded tires prohibited?
Answer: From May 1st thru September 15th.
Operating with studded tires is a correctable ticket, which means that when issued a ticket for this offense, the operator has 10 days to bring the ticket and the vehicle to the police department and show that the studded tires have been removed. Failure to respond within the 10 days will cost you $50.00.
Do not wait until the last minute to get your tires changed over.
Questions, comments, tip suggestions;
coptalk@cityofseward.net
April 23, 2007
7:45 a.m. Reporting party advised rockslide in northbound lane at 19.2 mile Seward Highway. State Troopers advised and they will contact Department of Transportation. 7:44 p.m. Reporting party from Essential 1 advised she was watching her grandmother’s wheelchair until she got off work, and someone took it over to Three Bears and had it inside the store. Officer contacted four juvenile males. Parents were called and responded to pick up the boys from the store. Reporting party did not want to press charges. Read More>
Seward parent teacher student association meets April 30 at 7 p.m. in the Middle School library.
Main agenda items:
Seward PTSA was chartered in 1990 - Serving all Seward schools.
For additional information and news go to Seward school Edline pages or https://www.edline.net/pages/Seward_Elementary/PTSA_Corner
Task for will meet Monday, April 30, noon to 2:00 p.m. in the Edgewater Conference Room.
The group will be headed by Assistant Vice President for Health Safety and Environment Mark Mitchell, CIH, CSP, and include the City of Seward, appropriate regulatory agencies, and community members.
The objective is to discuss current and future dust control methods at the facility, which is now owned and operated by the ARRC.
For more information call 224-4046.
Seward will be hosting the Borough Assembly for their annual meeting on Tuesday, May 1, 2007.
This is a full day of committee meetings with their regular meeting beginning in the evening in the city council chambers.
You can review their wonderful website for the agenda as time gets close. That address is: www.borough.kenai.ak.us
This is an opportunity for any of you who would like to speak to the issues on their agenda,
Come welcome them to Seward.
Seward City Council Regular Meeting
Action Agenda
Monday, April 23, 2007
The following Resolution Requiring a Public Hearing was approved:
Resolution 2007-032, Confirming The Special Assessment Roll Of The Afognak Acres Electric Improvement District And Providing For The Levy, Payment Terms, And Penalties Of The Special Assessment District.
The following resolutions were approved:
Resolution 2007-037, Authorizing The Negotiation For The Conveyance Of Block 6 Also Described As: T1S, R1W, Section 10 Seward Meridian SW 0000004 Original Townsite Of Seward Federal Addition (School Reserve) Block 6 To The State Of Alaska Department Of Labor Alaska Vocational Technical Center (AVTEC) For Educational Facilities.
Resolution 2007-038, Recommending Kenai Peninsula Borough Approval Of The Vacation Of “B” Street Between First Avenue And Second Avenue.
Resolution 2007-039, Supporting The Qutekcak Native Tribe Federal Recognition Efforts.
Resolution 2007-040, Authorizing Change Order #6 To The Contract With Wm. J. Nelson And Associates For Engineering And Consulting Services On The Japanese Creek Levee, And Appropriating Funds.
Resolution 2007-041, Authorizing The City Manager To Pursue Environmental Permits For The “2007 Red Line” Alignment For The North Forest Acres Levee/Road Project, And To Pursue Property Acquisition.
Resolution 2007-042, Amending Resolution 97-003 To Provide For A Waiver Of Land Management, Sign And Platting Fees For City Of Seward Departments.
Resolution 2007-043, Opposing HB 193 Which Seeks To Change The Composition Of The Alaska Police Standards Council.
Resolution 2007-044, Approving A Contract With Colaska Incorporated, Dba Quality Asphalt Paving, Utilizing The State Of Alaska Competitive Bid Process, For Paving Various Sections Of City Streets, And Appropriating Funds In An Amount NTE $936,500.
Pet of the Week: Budgies! We have five 5-wk old Budgerigars for adoption at the shelter. These are beautiful birds can learn to talk and live up to 10 yrs. Please research these animals as pets before deciding. Cages needed to adopt.We have now been notified by DOT that they will have to have two power outages while they work on lines in conjunction with the Mile 0 to 8 project..
Thursday 4/26 at 9am to 3pm
Friday 4/27 at 9am to 3 pm
Areas affected are Nash Road area, SMIC area, and everything North of Resurrection River. I hear that goes out to Mile 24. –Jean
Monday, April 30, 2006 from Noon to 2:00 p.m.
Edgewater Conference Room
Seward Tsunami’s will be having their swim club fund raiser this Friday afternoon starting at 3pm at the Seward High School pool.
Swimmers are looking for sponsors for the event. In two hours time all swimmers will be swimming lengths of the pool. The older swimmers can make the 200 lengths of the pool in the two hours allowed, while the younger swimmers lengths can be any number up to the 200.
Sponsors can do a flat rate or per length. The swimmers like the sponsors that are brave enough to do a rate per length! How many can a 6 to 8 year old swimmer do in two hours?! Come by and see, or call and sponsor a swimmer @ 224-2056.
The STSC swimmers that participated in the Junior Olympics earlier this month did a fantastic job! The team won the first ever trophy. It will be on display at the pool.
Friday April 27th 3pm, Seward High Pool
-Swim-a-Thon…feel the wave!
April 12, 2007
4:36 p.m. Advised that a child had set the fire alarm off at the Post Office. Everything is fine. 7:35 p.m. Safeway manager called and advised they have an intoxicated male that is being disruptive. Officer responded. Contacted subject and cab transported him to his residence. 8:05 p.m. Citation issued to Scott S. Gray, no age given, for proof of insurance. Read More>
Reception for the new City Manager and his wife, Phillip and Karla Oates
All welcome to come say hello.
Appetizers & drink
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Alaska Sealife Center
There will be a power outage on Thursday, April 26th from 9:00 am thru 3:00 pm.
Area affected will be Nash Road and everything North of Resurrection River.
Weather permitting—DOT working on the lines.
Call city engineering department for further information 224-4073
April 23, 2007
Seward, Alaska Sporadic Bird Report
Sunrise 6:17 am, sunset 9:36 pm, length of day 15 hours, 18 minutes; tomorrow will be 5 minutes and 22 seconds longer.
Weather: Just enough intermittent rain to get annoying spots and dots on the optics and require full raingear. Temperatures remain in the low to mid 40s, but it’s not freezing at night anymore, so the ice is quickly melting off lakes and ponds. Only the snow that was piled up in berms remains in town. Tender green iris shoots poke through the brown grass and brave crocuses flash their cheerful, surprising colors. I must plant more of these early bloomers!
This afternoon I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time and ready. Around 1:30, I watched about 120 SANDHILL CRANES wing their way steadily up Resurrection Bay towards me until they flew right overhead, calling excitedly. Their dark bodies made stitches across the sky in an ever-changing pattern until one bird became the leader of a loose V. They then decided not to land at the salt marsh pond, and flew over town towards the mountains. I thought they might fly over the Mount Marathon bowl, but instead they kept at about 1500 feet, flying over 4 mountain goats feeding in the alders on Mt Benson, and then went up the Resurrection River valley and out of sight.
A smaller group of about 40 geese, possibly GREATER WHITE FRONTED, followed a few minutes later but kept high and headed straight for the pass over the Resurrection River.
45 minutes later, the numbers were reversed and about 100 geese led about 40 cranes alongside the mountains and through the pass. Keep your eyes and ear towards the sky and you may be lucky too!
I would like to thank the many people who supported the “Seward Monthly Winter Film Fest”. It was in my eyes a great success. Our goal was to have local folks share their experiences in the great outdoors via slides, digital images & movies with other who enjoy the same type of life style.
The original format plan was to have a showing every second Tuesday of every month from November through April. And for the most part we pulled that off, with of course a few exception. First of all on the second month (December) I had to move the showing up to the third Tuesday which turned out to be a bad idea because folks turn out on the second Tuesday only to find no one was there. Lesson learned, always try and keep your schedule and never change something at the beginning. The second exception was the last showing (April),I tried real hard to pull that off but I just couldn’t get anyone to commit during that time frame and I wasn’t about to change the time again.
I’m hoping next year I will have folks lined up to fill all the time slots, but I doubt it so I sure could use your help, if you or someone you know has a slide show or a short movie of an outdoor experience please call or email me.
Why a slide show and why in the winter, to most this question does not need to be explained, but for the other just this;
April 20, 2007 Happy Earth Day!
Seward, Alaska Sporadic Bird Report
Sunrise 6:26 am, sunset 9:28 pm, length of day 15 hours, 2 minutes; tomorrow will be 5 minutes and 25 seconds longer.
Weather: April continues to be moody, even while melting the snow in town down to a few stubborn remnants, she has freshened up the snow on the surrounding mountains. Gray clouds continue to sweep overhead with intermittent rain, sprinkles, and dashes of sunshine. Fortunately, it has remained fairly calm. The temperatures have crept up to the high 30s and low 40s, and some freshwater lakes and ponds are at least partially open for the water birds.
The bears are out and about so it’s time to take down the birdfeeders and clean up the yard to keep them from becoming nuisance bears. Time too, to clean out the old nests and debris from the birdhouses in preparation for the swallows’ return. Rubbing the inside top of the birdhouse with bar soap will help discourage paper wasps from invading the box. Please remove any perches, extended bases, or other handy footholds that only make it all too easy for magpies and jays to raid the nest box to dine on baby birds.
April 19: Bear Lake residents reported a small flock of SNOW GEESE standing around on the ice, wondering if they were in the right place. A few were heard passing overhead but not landing. A EURASIAN WIGEON male is still at the saltmarsh pond, which is about half open. PINTAILS, GADWALL, MALLARDS, and COMMON MERGANSERS, swim, feed, and rest nearby.
Pet of the Week: “Char” is a sweet 10-mo old female who is affectionate to people and seems to get along well with dogs and other cats. She is very playful and ready to join an active home.
Wish List: Used pet supplies and animal food is available from the shelter for pets needing some help filling their food bowls. Stop by or call the shelter to add a pet to our list.
Jennifer Carrick Seward Animal Care and Control POB 2934 Seward, AK 99664 907-224-7495
Thursday, May10th, 2007 from 6:30 to 7:15p.m.
Topics:
1) What to expect;
2) Being prepared for next year;
3) Meet the teachers;
4) RegistrationBring your child’s birth certificate and REGISTER that evening and you will receive a special Kinder-Kit!
Children must be age 5 by September 1st.
Seward City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
Monday, April 9, 2007
7:30 p.m. City Council Chambers
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
CITIZENS’ COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT EXCEPT THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA
6. SPECIAL ORDERS, PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS
A. Proclamations and Awards
Proclamation awarded to Melissa Witzler-Stone for her appointment as Behavioral Health Director for the state of Alaska.
Proclamation for Historic Preservation Month.
Proclamation awarded to Brian Hutchinson, Spring Creek Correctional Center Employee of the Year.
The big read – Library
Proclamation for Super Saturday Clean Up Day Saturday, May 5.
Proclamation for Terry’s Tires Bike Rodeo Day Saturday, May 12.
Proclamation welcoming participants of the state American Legion Convention.
April 5, 2007
4:38 p.m. Reporting party advised of a female sea otter having difficulty delivering her baby down behind Ray’s restaurant. Contacted security. 9:49 p.m. Citation issued to Charles McEldowney, no age given, for proof of insurance. 10 p.m. Reporting party advised that the road is washed out in the area of Mill St. Officer responded. Read More>
Please join us at the Alaska SeaLife Center as we raise support for Ron and Peggy Jackson, who recently lost their home. A spaghetti dinner will be served at 7:00 PM, followed by an auction featuring items and services provided from residents throughout Seward and beyond. A silent auction will also take place during the course of the evening. A $10 minimum donation ($5 for children under 12) is requested for entrance. Contact Jonathan (224-6313) or Jenelle (224-6307) for more information or if you wish to donate items or services for the auction
Date: April 21, 2007
Time: 7:00 PM
Alaska SeaLife Center
PO Box 1329
301 Railway Avenue
Seward, AK 99664
Please email jason_wettstein@alaskasealife.org if you would like a pdf or paper copy of a flyer to post at your organization or place of business.
Flipper the Great
50th Birthday Celebration
April 20th 7:00
Seward Elks Club
5th Ave. Seward, Alaska
Hawaiian Style Dress
Potluck
No Gifts
(unless they are gag-gifts)
Music by Seward’s
Steve Lemme
Yes,
we will try to have it a Surprise!
Seward High Drama Department play date change: “The Mirror of Dori Gray” will be performed May 6, 7 and 8th, times to be announced.