Seward Parks and Recreation Bulletin

Sports & Recreation News:

TelAlaska Team Wins Adult Basketball League Championship

At first it looked as though the TelAlaska team, managed and coached by Travis Stubblefield, was going to take their champion status without much effort this past Tuesday night (March 18). Eight and a half minutes into the first half, TelAlaska was beating top-seeded Tony’s Pistols, [...]

Have a Beer at the Library!

The Seward Community Library will be presenting a three part series on The Art of Homebrew beginning Thursday, April 17th at 7pm and continuing the two following Thursdays, the 24th and May 1st. The first part of the series will focus on the rich history and culture surrounding our favorite malt beverage, as well [...]

Spring Garage Sale – Support your new Community Playground

Support the Playground – Clean out your Garage!
Spring is in the air (well, it is somewhere!) and PARKS is holding its second community garage sale on Saturday April 12th from 10am – 2pm.
Since your trash is someone else’s treasure, please bring your donated items to the AVTEC gym between 8:30-10:00am.
(You may ask for a receipt [...]

Cop Talk

Clarification:
Regarding vehicles (including school buses) pulling over for delaying five or more vehicles, the statute says that the law does not apply in urban areas and the delaying vehicle shall pull off the roadway at the first opportunity to do so safely.

Questions, comments, tip suggestions;
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April Events at the Library

It will be a busy April at the Seward Community Library. The library is extending the celebration of National Library Week to encompass all of April.
The library will open the Book Sale for the month of April, so that locals may have first choice of the many items that accumulated during [...]

Noted Holocaust Survivor to Speak in Moose Pass

ANCHORAGE, AK – Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein, who married one of the GIs who liberated her and her fellow prisoners in 1945, will visit Alaska late this month for three appearances.

Klein’s visit comes courtesy of the small community of Moose Pass on the Kenai Peninsula and in particular its “righteous Gentile,” Erin Knotek, who [...]

City Calendar

Seward City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
Monday, March 24, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
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

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“Naked as you will”

What are Mayor Corbridge, Vice Mayor Dunham, and Councilmembers Valdetta and Smith thinking? At the March 14th council meeting, the City Finance Director pointed out that there are unexpected revenues of over $200,000 in sales tax and we have a budget surplus. Nevertheless, these councilmembers decided to vote to maintain the increase of [...]

Seward Senior Center Happenings

Seward Senior Center
336 3rd Ave224-5604
Lunch Everyday At Noon
Monday 3/24
AARP Tax Aide 8-10 & 2-4 By appt only.
AARP Driving Class 8-12 $10 fee for 2 day class. Must sign up to participate.
Wii Bowling League 1-3pm Sign-Up to Play in the Underground Theatre!
Grief Counseling ~ 1pm on the 3rd Floor
Tuesday 3/25
AARP Driving Class 8-12 [...]

Sporadic Bird Report: Western Screech Owl

March 19, 2008
Seward, Alaska Sporadic Bird Report
Sunrise 8:00 am, sunset 8:11 pm, length of day 12 hours, 11 minutes; tomorrow, Spring Equinox, will be 5 minutes and 30 seconds longer.
Weather: 23º this morning with a soft, gray wall of snow-bearing clouds creeping up the bay from the Gulf of Alaska. After a week of mostly [...]

Beachwatchers and Birders Wanted

for coastal observation and seabird survey team (coasst)

On Saturday March 29, 2008, from 10:00am to 4:00pm, the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) will deliver a free training session at the Alaska SeaLife Center. COASST volunteers help make a difference for the environment by collecting data on beach-cast carcasses of marine birds on a [...]

Good Friday and Easter Sunday services

Just a reminder that the Seward Ministerial Association is sponsoring our annual Good Friday Service and Memorial at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on Friday, March 21 at noon.
Also, the Seward Ministerial Association is sponsoring our annual Community Sunrise Easter Service will be held at the SeaLife Center at 7 am on Sunday, March 23rd.

The Library Presents: Weird Book of the Week

In the hope of shedding some light, and perhaps losing a little dust, on the depth of resources here at the Library, we’re going to showcase an unusual book from the collection each week that may be of interest to the community. So if anything catches your eye, stop in and check it out.
This week’s [...]

Representative Paul Seaton’s March 17, 2008 Newsletter

March 17th, 2008 Newsletter
From the desk of
Rep. Paul Seaton
Issue 58
Contact Information
Toll Free :( 800) 665-2689
Fax :( 907) 465-3472
Website: http://www.RepPaulSeaton.com
Email: Rep.Paul.Seaton@Legis.state.ak.us
Greetings from Juneau on this 63rd day of the legislative session. I was able to go home for the first time this weekend since we had a technical session on Friday. I had a [...]

Seward Winter Film Series – presents “A Tale of Two Crossings”

A Vintage Slide Show of the 1st. documented crossing of the Harding Icefield in 1968 by Vin & Grace Hoeman, Dave Johnston, Bill Babcock & Yule Kilcher. In conjunction with a 1996 Traverse from McCarty Fjord to Exit Glacier. Both shows will be presented by local climbers Clinton Paul & Tom Gillespie.
The “Film Series” will [...]

Port City Players Thank You

Port City Players would like to thank Edgeware Productions for bringing a fantastic show to Seward. Othello was one of the most professional shows to perform here in a very long time. Thanks go to many people and businesses in Seward who helped make this show a huge success. Thank you [...]

Why Fuel Prices are Obscene

Gas prices reflect refinery gouging
By: CHARLES LANGLEY – for the North County Times
Big Oil’s earnings statements read more like a confession than a profit report.
As North County’s gas prices edge toward $3.50 a gallon, consumers should know that gasoline now costs 11 cents more than it did last year when oil was selling for $11 [...]

Seward Senior Center Happenings

Seward Senior Center
336 3rd Ave
224-5604
Lunch Everyday At Noon
Monday 3/17 Happy St. Patrick’s Day
AARP Tax Aide 8-10 & 2-4 By appt only.
Wii Bowling League 1-3pm
Sign-Up to Play in the Underground Theatre!
Tuesday 3/18
Tuesday Movie – 1st Floor in the Underground Theatre @ 12:45
Wednesday 3/19
AARP Tax Aide 8-10 & 2-4 By appt only.
Alaska Hearing Aide with Barry White [...]

Seward Church of the Nazarene

Invites you to Revival with Pastor Chris Williamson.
Time & Dates:
Friday 3/28/08 @ 7 p.m.
Saturday 3/29/08 @ 7 p.m.
Sunday 3/30/08 @ 11 a.m and 6 p.m.
Location:
Seward Church of the Nazarene
809 4th Ave – Seward, Alaska
For More Info Call:
Church office at 224-5617
Pastor Williamson is from the Homer Church of the Nazarene and has a wonderful message [...]

Cop Talk

Avoiding Identity Theft
An educational program for general audiences.
Wednesday April 2, 2008 7pm
Soldotna High School Auditorium
Free Admission
Sponsored by Alaska Peace Officers Assoc. and Central Peninsula Crimestoppers

Questions, comments, tip suggestions;
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