Celebrate Resurrection Bay Lions Club International Peace Poster Contest Entries at Wells Fargo

Seward Middle School Eighth grader Noah Hamlin’s poster is among the over 350,000 entries submitted worldwide in the 22nd annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest. Lions Club International sponsors the contest to emphasize the importance of world peace to young people everywhere.
Noah’s poster was selected by Resurrection Bay Lions Club members for its originality, artistic [...]

Council favors reopening lease with Seward Ship’s Drydock

By Heidi Zemach for SCN
The Seward City Council recently told City Manager Phillip Oates to proceed with negotiations with Seward Ship’s Drydock, Inc to determine specific capital improvements that the shipyard wants to make, and whether they are appropriate for a lease extension beyond its current 2029 expiration. The shipyards managers are seeking assurance that [...]

Cedar & Sam Strike Again

Cedar Bourgeois and Sam Young traveled to the Muir Beach Race in California to test their mettle against some new competition on November 14, 2009 Sam would run the 17K while Cedar ran the 33K. It was the longest race that Cedar had ever entered, but she felt confident that she could do it in [...]

SEWARD SENIOR CENTER HAPPENINGS

336 Third Ave 224-5604 9:00am-4:00pm Monday-Friday, Saturday 11:30-2:30pm
*LUNCH MENU week of Nov. 23rd: (Mon) SALMON BROC CHEESE BAKE(Tue) MEAT LOAF; (Wed) HAM & POTATOES AU GRATIN ; (Thurs) CLOSED; (Fri) CLOSED; (Sat) CLOSED, NO BRUNCH.
The Center will be CLOSED for the THANKSGIVING holiday, Nov. 26-28th.
Saturdays this winter: SENIOR BRUNCH 9:30-11:30, MOVIE @ 12 pm.
FREE lunches at the Center for SENIOR VETERANS this [...]

A Rose by Any Other Name

No matter what you call it – chew, snuff, spit, snus, dip or iqmik – smokeless tobacco poses health risks from tooth loss to cancer. And although it’s less lethal than cigarettes, it’s not a safe alternative to smoking. All tobacco products pose health risks and all can be deadly.
In Alaska, [...]

Libraries Are Information Repositories

This piece, written by Greg Hill is Fairbanks North Star Borough Library Director, ran in the Sunday edition of the FDNM. (Fairbanks Daily New Minor)
OPINION ARTICLE
By Greg Hill, FNSB Library Services Director, 459-1027
Last Sunday’s Anchorage Daily News ran a front page article, the online version is titled “Are Local Libraries In Process of Checking out?”, [...]

The Green Beet: Giving Thanks

By Jen Ransom
One of my favorite Thanksgiving holiday menus lacked the typical turkey and stuffing fanfare one associates the upcoming holiday with. Living out in Bush Alaska with no family around and little need for a huge meal, my husband and I spent one Thanksgiving with a friend and his dog at our home in [...]

250 Come Out To RBCA’s Beer, Wine, and Food Tasting Event

Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance’s 3rd annual Locally Grown, Close to Home; Beer, Wine, and Food Tasting event was successfully held last night Friday, November 20th at the Alaska SeaLife Center. 250 people came out to support RBCA’s mission and enjoy great beer, wine, mead and food.
More than 33 varieties of beer, wine, and mead were [...]

IMPORTANT CORRECTION!

Tonight’s fundraiser is open to the public, not just to members and guests. Sorry about any confusion.

Auxiliary Christmas Fundraiser Tonight!

Members and guests are invited to the annual Christmas kids and community fundraiser tonight at the Post. Dinner will be served at 6:00 with the auction and raffles following at 7:00. All proceeds are used for the local population.

BENEFIT FOR CAROLYN TANNER

DATE: December 11, 2009
PLACE: Tony’s Bar
TIME: 5pm
EVENTS: Chili Contest : Prizes $100 (1ST) $50 (2ND) $25 (3RD)
Chili & Cornbread Feed $7.00 a person
Dessert & White Elephant Auction (Cash, Check, Visa/Mastercard accepted)
We will be having a fundraiser to help Carolyn Tanner with all her medical and other expenses incurred and still [...]

Seward Sporadic Bird Report: A stroll about town

Seward, Alaska Sporadic Bird Report
November 20, 2009 Cloudy, 14º, relatively calm!
The pummeling north wind finally took a rest today. I seized the opportunity to enjoy a little walk about town with my binoculars. Sheltered in the spruce in my yard, DARK-EYED JUNCOS flitted in the understory, flashing their white outer tail feathers. The usual RED-BREASTED [...]

TOYS FOR TOTS and SPENDARD BUILDERS SUPPLY

This holiday season Spenard Builders Supply will be supporting the Kenai Peninsula Toys for Tots drive. Beginning November 1st through December 18th Seward Spenard Builders Supply will be a location to drop off NEW, UNWRAPPED TOYS. Thank you in advance for helping make this holiday season better for those less fortunate!

FIRE SAFETY FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Cooking and heating-related incidents are the leading cause of residential structure fires in Alaska, accounting for almost 75% of the state’s total reported residential structure fires. With the holidays approaching, warm, cozy homes and holiday feasts play a major role in our preparations for family gatherings. It also increases the [...]

City Calendar

Seward City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
1. Call To Order
2. Pledge Of Allegiance
3. Roll Call
4. Citizens’ Comments On Any Subject Except Those Items Scheduled For Public Hearing.
5. Approval Of Agenda And Consent Agenda
6. Special Orders, Presentations And Reports
A. Proclamations and Awards
1. Certificate of Appreciation for Mike Gillen, Project Manager
For the [...]

Seward Parks and Recreation Bulletin

Turkey Reverse Volleyball Tournament
Interested in playing a fun game of Volleyball?? Join SPRD for a pre-thanksgiving tourney Wed, Nov 25th @ 6pm up at the High School Gym $4 fee to participate and the tournament consists of round robin to single elimination format. Call 224-4054 for more info, see you there!
“Eat Dessert First” at the [...]

The Seward City News Community Calendar: An Essential Resource!

For a small town, Seward has a LOT going on, and local organizations face challenges when trying to schedule public events. What night of the week works best? Is there something going on that evening that will draw the same target audience? How far in advance do you need to set [...]

Design Workshop Tonight 5pm – 7pm

The design team will be presenting tonight at the Seward Community Library basement. The ECI/Heyer design team have met with user groups and individuals all week, plus visiting both current locations and the new site,they will be presenting to the public their results from this input. While still early in their process, it [...]

Seward International Friendship Association (SIFA) Annual Meeting

SIFA Annual Meeting
UAF KM Rae Marine Education Building
125 Third Avenue
6-7pm Monday November 23
2009/10 SIFA sister-city update – Hannah Beutler, Maggie Herbert, Jed Wilde were chosen for the high school summer exchange last year. However, the City of Obihiro canceled all exchanges last summer due to concerns about the H1N1 flu. Hannah, Maggie & [...]

Need something to do Friday?

How about coming out to the Alaska SeaLife Center from 7-10 p.m. to drink some wonderful beer, wine and mead? Enjoy superb food prepared by area culinary enthusiasts competing in the annual Chef Off. Enjoy music by Elite 9 a local jazz band, Fir Og Irish musicians, watch the hypnotic moves of the Luna [...]

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