RR Crossing Closure

The ARR signal and maintenance group will be working on the crossing signals at Stoney Creek on September 9 and 10. The crossing will be closed to one-lane traffic each day.

Country-Western & Old Rock-n-Roll Night at Seward Playhouse

Cowboy hats and boots are optional, but wear a smile for this fun night of entertainment! Seward Playhouse is proud to bring two local musicians to the stage this Saturday night. Steve Lemme and Peyton Sparks will play your favorite country-western tunes and some old style rock-n-roll, starting at 8pm, this Saturday, August 23rd. The [...]

Community Photo Request

The 2009 Seward Community Calendar will soon be coming to town! A fund-raising effort for the Seward Band & Choir Boosters Association (SB&CBA), the community calendar promotes community spirit and is used to sponsor musical activities for local youth. For 2009, the calendar will have a unique picture each month. To identify suitable photographs, the [...]

CPR & First Aid Training Available – 08/29/08

CPR & First Aid Training will be offered by Chugachmiut & Qutekcak Native Tribe (QNT) on Friday, August 29th from 9am to 5pm at the QNT Tribal Office located at 221 Third Avenue. This training is open to the public for a fee of $25 and to QNT Tribal Members free of charge. Don’t miss [...]

Quilt Raffle Is A Winner

The Seward Community Library Museum steering committee finished their quilt raffle with a drawing of the winning ticket at the library (see photo). The winner of the donated quilt is Madison Campbell of Oregon. Madison lived several years in Seward and now spends summers here with her grandparents. When asked what the Seward Community [...]

Summer Market: We Have Produce!!!

Well, it took a little doing, but we have produce for Thursday (and Friday if there’s any left). I’ve connected with an organic farmer in the valley and we will have fresh, organic broccoli (great for eating now or blanching and freezing for the winter) cabbage, and 3 kinds of beets. We were late connecting [...]

Seward Music Festival Line Up Announced

The Fifth Annual Seward Music and Arts Festival
September 26th, 27th & 28th
Schedule of Performances
FRIDAY
400 Local Seward Dancers
500 BC Music School Students (Originals)
545 Reverend Po Chile
645 Spenard Satans Old Timey Clubhouse Band
800 The 11/20s
915 Stuck In Reverse
1030 The Smile Ease
1145 Stubby’s Crack Co. (Crack Rock For The Kids)
SATURDAY
1200 [...]

City Calendar

Regular Seward City Council Meeting Agenda
Monday, August 25, 2008 at 7:00 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
[...]

Silver Salmon Derby 2008

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Ethan Berkowitz in Seward

Please join Ethan Berkowitz, candidate for Congress, in Seward this coming Sunday, August 24th at the home of Lori Draper (204 Bear Ave) from 5:00 – 7:00 pm.To RSVP, or with questions, please contact Anna Morozovsky at 563-8426, or anna@ethanberkowitz.com.For more information about Ethan, please visit www.EthanBerkowitz.com

Library Seeks Evelyn Blair Paintings

A quick reminder that the Library is still accepting Evelyn Blair paintings for exhibition as part of the Art Walk this September 5th, from 6-8pm. If you or anyone you know has a painting or two, and would be willing to have it placed on exhibit for one month at the Library, it would [...]

Young Fund Raiser Rattles Seward

When Don Young agreed to attend a private, machine-gun related fund raiser [Photos at www.dorenelorenz.blogspot.com] at the Lorenz-Lindsey property in Seward he seemed to have no idea who he was getting mixed up with.
This is Lorenz’s second Turkey Shoot, though first in the name of Young.
The first, at the same Nash Road property in 2006, [...]

Ruth Mai Obituary

Former Alaska resident Ruth Carol Mai, 68, died of leukemia Aug. 13, 2008, at home in Oro Valley, Ariz.
A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. James Lutheran Church in Garden City, Kan. Celebrations of Ruth’s life are planned for October in Oro Valley and this spring in Seward.
Ruth was born Sept. 2, [...]

Weird Book of the Week

Cruise ships come and cruise ships go, but where they discharge half a million gallons of wastewater and sewage each day, nobody knows. How’s that for an opener? Perhaps for a more immediate effect I should have declared, “Giant Cruise Ships Pooping in Alaskan Waters”, but I’m not one to make incendiary statements, especially where [...]

Seward Senior Center Happenings

Seward Senior Center
336 3rd Ave
224-5604
Lunch Everyday At Noon
We have WiFi!
Monday 8/18
10-1 – Foot Care
1-3 – Summer League ~ Oldies, but Goodies ~ Wii Bowling
Tuesday 8/19
10:30-11:30 – Exercise Class
Wednesday 8/20
1-3 – Summer League ~ Soaring Eagles ~ Wii Bowling
Thursday 8/21
10:30-11:30 – Exercise Class
1 – Board of Directors Meeting
1-3 – Summer League ~ Golden Lions ~ Wii [...]

2008 Silver Salmon Derby Winner

The winner of the derby this year is Renee Wellington from Palmer, AK with an 18.57 lb silver salmon. No tagged fish were caught.
[.pdf link to full results]

Elks Soccer Shoot Monday August 18th

SEWARD ELKS SOCCER SHOOT AUGUST 18TH The Seward Elks are proud to offer the youth of our community an opportunity to participate in a new fun event that stresses healthy recreation and lifestyles.

5:30 PM Monday August 18th at the Seward Elementary School Soccer field off Sea Lion Drive The Seward Elks Lodge will be sponsoring the Annual Elks [...]

Thank you Seward

My wife and I, together with two other couples from the Rotary Club of Plimmerton, New Zealand, recently visited Seward as part of a Rotary Friendship Exchange with the Rotary Club of Seward (and other clubs in Anchorage, Homer and Soldotna). Meryll and I were hosted by your editor Paul Tougas and his kiwi-born wife [...]

Grannie Gatorhead’s Alaskan Swims for Drowning Prevention

August is Drowning Impact Awareness Month and 64 year old Kathleen Lawrence of Sun City, Arizona (N/W) of Phoenix has headed north to Alaska!
Grannie’s Northern Exposure began with her cold and open water swims on July 20 th with her swim in Lake Lucille at Wasilla, Alaska. Wasilla is on the way [...]

Cop Talk

Click It or Ticket It
Alaska Law requires drivers and passengers to wear seatbelts.
For violators age 16 or older, the fine is $15.00.
For violators who fail to properly secure a child in a child safety device, the fine is $50.00.
Seatbelts save lives.
Questions, comments, tip suggestions;
coptalk@cityofseward.net

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