Seward Windsong Lodge Upgrade

The Seward Windsong Lodge is upgrading the in room TV’s to 32″ LCD flat screens and selling 19″ TV/VCR Combos w/remotes. $50 cash or check. Call Nick Hammond at 362-1889 between 9am-5pm to view and pick up. First come first serve. 57 tv’s total.

Pavilion Project Needs Volunteer Painters

Volunteer painters are welcome to help with the waterfront pavilion, which is being built at the end of Adams Street with City of Seward funding and an Alaska SeaLife Center donation. Volunteer painters are needed to fill shifts from May 18 through May 27. As many as eight volunteers can work per shift, and there [...]

Business & Economic Forum slated for May 13

The Seward City Council is sponsoring a Business and Economic Forum at the Seward High School Auditorium on Wednesday, May 13, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The forum will outline the policies and actions implemented since the last forum, which was held in September, 2007. The forum will also identify the actions and policies [...]

Road Closure Extention

NOW OFFICIAL- ROAD CLOSURE EXTENDED TO 5PM TODAY, MONDAY APRIL 27TH.
The DOT has run into delays in the bridge installation but they are confident that the 5pm deadline will be met.
Rumors of a single open lane are incorrect according to an onsite engeneer. Any further developments will be here on SCN.

Artist, Bren Bataclan, reception at Rez Art

The Seward Arts Council, Seward Elementary School and Seward PTSA invite you to attend an Artist Reception for visiting artist, Bren Bataclan:
Resurrect Art Coffee House Gallery – Monday, April 27th, 6 to 7:30pm.
Bren is noted for traveling around the world giving his artwork away. He includes a note on each canvas that says, “This painting [...]

Ruth Mai’s Celebration of Life Service

The family of Ruth Mai invites you to a service in celebration of her life. Ruth died of leukemia in August 2008. She was a 40-year resident of Seward, teaching at Seward Elementary for many of those years, and enjoyed her involvement with church and school. She and her husband Don moved to Tucson in 2006 to [...]

Sandhill Cranes!

This misty moisty morning,
When cloudy was the weather,
I chanced to watch 300 cranes,
All clothed in feathers.
They began to whoop and holler,
I began to grin,
Welcome home! Happy spring!
And welcome back again!

(Apologies to the original Mother Goose nursery rhyme.)
April 26, 2009 Happy birthday to John James Audubon, born on this day in 1785.
Seward, Alaska Sporadic Bird Report
Sunrise [...]

Project Bookpiglet: ‘The Other Side of Desire’

I like sex. I’m sure you do too. And that guy who lives across the street, with the hamster ranch, pirate flag and Alaska’s largest collection of Cabbage Patch dolls? Oh yeah. You bet he does.
So we all have something in common. Sort of. Because although we may all enjoy that most frivolously sacrosanct of [...]

Lets get our hands dirty and talk about coal

AlAska Coal workshop series
Coming to seward Thursday may 7
7   9 pm at the institute of marine science
rae building auditorium    3rd and railway
Coal experts will share their experiences having faced the destructive impacts of coal strip mining and coal power plants in Appalachia.    They will educate Alaskans about the myth of clean coal and discuss the [...]

The Highway is now closed

2nd AMENDMENT RALLY

Rally at SOLDOTNA SPORTS CENTER on Tues. APRIL 28 at 7:00p.m.
sponsored by 2nd Amendment Task Force of KPB.
SPEAKERS INCLUDE WAYNE ANTHONY ROSS AND 3 STATE LEGISLATORS FROM MONTANA also LOCAL STATE LEGISLATORS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE. Law enforcement officers on state and local levels are invited to sit on a [...]

Seward Senior Center Happenings

Seward Senior Center
336 3rd Ave
224-5604

Senior Center Happenings
Lunch Everyday At Noon
We have WiFi!
Monday 4/27
10:30-11:30     Core Balance Class
1:00                 Post Office Run

Tuesday 4/28
9:30-10:30       Strength Training
10:00               Art Class – led by Laura Corso
10:30-11:30     Exercise Class
12:00               Lunch Time Talks with Dr. Forman – Sleep Disorders
1:00                 Bank Run
1:00                 Quilting of the “Sue”

Wednesday 4/29
10:30-11:30     Line Dancing
1:00                 Winter League Bowling Party

Thursday 4/30
9:30-10:30       [...]

Seward Elementary Band Night!

Have you ever wanted to play a musical instrument? Admired rock stars, jazz artists, or sidewalk performers? Have a band instrument collecting dust in a closet or crawlspace?
You are in luck! Seward Elementary School is starting a band program in the 2009-2010 school year, and we need you! Current 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students [...]

Parking fees in harbor

April 22, 2009
Re: Resolutions 2009-034, 035, and 036
Dear Mayor Corbridge and Council,
I remember all the budget discussions last winter concerning the alarmingly low level of emergency reserves and the need to really cut down to essentials to balance our budget. It was very hard to decide where and how to cut the services, and where [...]

Super Saturday Clean Up

Super Saturday Clean Up: Saturday, May 9th, Parks and Recreation invites your families, class groups, churches, scouts, sports teams, agency, clubs or organizations to help beautify Seward! Compete for prizes in various categories for most litter and trash picked up. Pick up bags and register for the clean up at the SPRD gym (AVTEC, 519 [...]

Non-tenured contracts for school district

From: Donna Peterson, Superintendent
Date: April 23, 2009
After the worksession Tuesday with the Borough Assembly and discussion yesterday with the leadership team, it is the District’s intent to move forward at the next School Board meeting on May 4 with the non-tenured teacher contracts originally scheduled for action on April 13. The thought of using [...]

What do I do for Power on Extended Trips in the Field?

The Latest from Niebrugge Images Photo Blog

Camping in the Chuach National Forest, Alaska.
How do I handle the power needs for my digital camera and file storage on long trips away from electricity? This was an ask Ron question brought up by two fellow blog’en photographer friends of mine Richard Wong and Gary Crabbe. Both guys [...]

LAUREN PELON MUSIQUE COMPANY

The Performing Arts Society will present a unique concert on Saturday, May 16, 2009, 7:00 p.m., at Resurrect Art Coffee House Gallery in Seward.
Under the title, The Living Roots of Music, Lauren Pelon performs music from the 1st to the 21st centuries on guitar, lute-guitar, lyre, recorders, gemshorns, cornamuse, krummhorn, schreierpfeife, shawm, rackett, pennywhistles, concertina, [...]

Bridge Website

The DOT now has a website for the bridge replacement project.
http://www.dot.state.ak.us/creg/sewardbridges

Library Museum Telephone Survey Starts Today

An important Telephone Survey on the new Seward Community Library Museum begins today. The purpose of the survey is to determine community interest in the new Library Museum in Seward. We value your opinion and if contacted by the McDowell Group, please take a few minutes to complete the survey. Financial support for the survey [...]

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