By Jim Craig
I had dinner with Jack London the other night. We dined casually. I had the Country Herbal Chicken dinner by Healthy Choice. The green cardboard container and black plastic microwavable tray held all the essentials. Entrée, veggies and even a small dessert.
Jack had the drippings. Guys with beards know what I mean. Anything sticky and juicy tends to jump all over a guy’s mustache. Then it dripped on Jack…well, Jack’s picture, that is. The one on the cover of The Portable Jack London I was reading for the fourteenth time. His stories of the cold and the raw harsh conditions in the North country and its strange and fascinating characters inspire me again and again.
You might think having a conversation with a man dead for almost a hundred years is strange. It is. And yet, not that hard to make happen. If you let your imagination float freely with the prevailing southerly breeze and listen to the leaves fluttering and the water of Salmon Creek gurgling near your feet, you can feel the presence of a thousand old souls that passed before us. Old sourdoughs, miners, explorers, hunters, trappers, people from the Bush who lived in the wilderness and shunned cities and the creature comforts we have become so dependent upon these days. The kind of people that Jack wrote about and brought to the attention of the more civilized world.
He was a handsome man with a twinkle in his eye. Even laying there on my desk I could see the friendly open nature of a great storyteller. It didn’t matter that he had herbal chicken gravy on his nose.
I’ve always wanted to ask him about his writing. So I wiped my face, and his, and asked him. “So, Jack, what made you come up here?”
“Are you kidding? I was twenty one and looking for something exciting to do. I heard about the Klondike Gold Rush and in 1897 left San Francisco to find my fortune.”
“Find any gold?”
“Nah, that’s hard work, let me tell ya. I got scurvy and almost died. It was during those days that I figured out pushing a pencil was a lot easier than working for a living.”
“You found great success with that pencil, Jack. You were one of the first to be a commercially successful writer. What was your secret?”
“Not much of a secret really. Escape. People love to read about stuff that helps them leave the boredom of their daily routines. They want dream material. I found an amazing setting in the frozen north, loads of interesting characters, the excitement of gold and one thing that really set the hook.”
I leaned forward and waited for him to tell me. He looked back at me but said nothing. The minutes crawled by like spiders on cold glass. “You gonna tell me, Jack?”
“You expect me to just hand it to you?”
“C’mon, Jack. This is my daydream. How’d you set the hook?”
“Puppy breath,” he said.
“What?”
“You heard me. Puppy breath. The Call of the Wild was a dog story. Plain and simple. People go nuts for puppies.”
“But you were a deep thinker, Jack, into Darwin, Socialism and the class struggle. And you wrote about the collective unconscious and the meaning of life and stuff like that.”
“Nah, it was just a dog story.”
“Call of the Wild, just a dog story? No way, Jack, that was way deep.”
“Okay, if you say so. But there’s really no secret. I just wrote a lot and got lucky. The times were right for exciting stories and cute little dogs. Besides, dreamers wind up with a bag of dreams. Writers write.”
I looked up then and gazed at the side of Mount Alice. She stood green and proud across from the airport with her snow fields reflecting the late evening sun. A pink glow softened the jagged edges of the hard rock ridges leading to her stony peak.
I looked back down at Jack but he was gone. Only his slightly greasy book cover portrait lay on my desk. I wiped it again with the back of my sleeve, slid the black plastic tray into its green box and dropped it in the trash. Then I opened my laptop and watched my fingers start to move across the keys.
[Admin’s Note: Jim Craig is now a featured writer for the Seward City News. Jim flies air taxi and scenic flights from the Seward airport for Scenic Mountain Air. His new novel, North To Disaster, is available locally or at www.bushakpress.com. If you are interested in being a featured writer on The News, with your own bimonthly column, please email us at sewardcitynews@gmail.com.]
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Sports & Recreation News:
TRECK (Transition from Recreation to Education Camp for Kids)
Join the SPRD staff for end of the summer fun in the sun! Wind down the summer and get geared up for school with two final days of hikes, sports, crafts, games and team building challenges and more with the help from Seward Ranger District for the US Forest Service. Through a unique partnership with the USDA Forest Service and the City of Seward’s Parks and Recreation Department, we anticipate on getting 45 children “into the woods” for a Chugach Discovery Day. The day will be spent exploring sights and environmental points of interest along the scenic Seward Highway as we travel to our destination of the Chugach National Forest’s Begich Boggs Visitor and Interpretive Center. We will also spend a day at the Tern Lake Use site where youth will have an opportunity to learn more about the Chugach National Forest and associated resources. In addition, youth will have the opportunity to learn about the life cycle of salmon and will also get to participate in a fun “Chugach Challenge” educational awareness exercise.
Meet at the Sports & Rec gym by 9 am or you will miss the bus.
Dress for the weather as we will be outside.
NOTE: TYC Closed!
Dates: Aug 18 & 19 Times: 7:45 am to 5:30 pm
Pups Grades 1, 2 & 3 Rookery Grades 4, 5 & 6
Earlybird Fee: $19 due Friday, Aug 8; Regular Fee: $24 due Friday, Aug 15; Late Fee: $29 after Friday, Aug 15 if space available
Need 15 paid participants by Fri, Aug 15 to hold camp.
Campers must bring a cold sack lunch. Call 224-4054 for more info.
BASICS Girls Hoops Camp
Girls don’t miss out! Save the dates! T’Neisha Turner along with her colleagues Robin Smith and Cotelia Bond-Young will be offering a basketball camp for girls ages 9 to 18 this summer. This one week camp will run July 28 to Aug 1, from 8 am to 5 pm at the Sports & Rec gym. Seward Parks & Rec is distributing camp registration forms now only $250 for the entire week. Payment plans are available call 224-4054 for more information.
TYC News:
H2Oasis Pool Day Trip
Fri, Aug 1st. Prices vary depending on how early you register. For prices and to register call the TYC at 224-5472. Earlybird fee due 3 weeks prior to trip, Regular fee due 2 weeks prior to trip and Late fee due 1 week prior to trip if space is available. Non Campers add $15 to regular fee. Participants must bring their own sack lunch.
Nikiski Pool Day Trip
Fri, August 15th. Prices vary depending on how early you register. For prices and to register call the TYC at 224-5472. Earlybird fee due 3 weeks prior to trip, Regular fee due 2 weeks prior to trip and Late fee due 1 week prior to trip if space is available. Non Campers add $15 to regular fee. Participants must bring their own sack lunch.
Public invited to the following free events with the TYC:
Pet Parade
When: Fri, July 25
Where: Wellington Picnic Area
Time: 3 pm
Hawaiian Luau
When: Fri, Jul 30
Where: 1st Lake (behind 2nd Ave AVTEC building)
Time: 1 to 4pm
Join us for music, limbo, food and fun as we celebrate the end of summer Hawaiian style.
After Los Angeles comedian Steve Mittleman entertained a packed house last Thursday night, Seward Playhouse will welcome another performer from California this Friday. John Craigie, a folk singer from San Francisco, recently added Seward as the twelfth stop on his Alaskan summer tour. “John played in Seward two years ago,” said Seward Playhouse owner Jennifer Swander, “and he’s excited to be coming back.”
Since its opening on July fourth weekend, Seward Playhouse has seen a variety of talent take the stage. Even the types of music have been quite diverse, which was evident during the Open Mic/Jam Session on Friday. Local jazz musician and instructor, Mark Teckenbrock, invited his friend Meghan Holden, founder of Anchortown Circus, to play clarinet with him. A few playhouse patrons commented that the place turned into a little jazz club for twenty minutes. “We will definitely schedule a jazz show soon,” Swander said, in response to the requests.
And more local talent continues to emerge. After an audition this weekend, His Grace, a talented group of young men from Resurrection Bay Baptist Church, has booked upcoming performances. “Tourists came in and sat down during the audition Sunday afternoon, so we decided to actually do an open house show the same time next Sunday,” mentioned Swander. Also there as the piano accompanist for His Grace was Stacie Werner. She commented, “I’m inspired by a young group of guys who want to have fun serving the Lord with their talents.”
Upcoming events at the playhouse include:
Friday, July 18, John Craigie, 8pm;
Saturday, July 19, Open Mic/Jam Session – all musicians welcome, 8pm;
Sunday, July 20, His Grace, 2-4pm open house.
Seward Playhouse is located at 215 #B Fourth Avenue, downtown Seward. It is a smoke-free environment and does not serve alcohol. The box office and concession stand open 30 minutes before each show. For information about viewing or booking shows, please call (907) 224-ARTS or email sewardplayhouse@yahoo.com.
Advance tickets for John Craigie can be purchased for $8.00 at Seward Playhouse, Monday-Thursday, 5:30-9:30pm, and at Artic Glow (across the street), Monday-Friday, 10am-7pm. Tickets will be $10.00 at the door. www.johncraigiemusic.com www.myspace.com/johncraigie
Merlot. Chocolate. Blueberries. Lasagna. Romantic? Perhaps. But dangerous? Definitely.
Though you might give pause to hear it, this seemingly innocent entourage of edibles has all the makings for total disaster. Why, ever since the first cavewoman donned the first sleek, satin zebra skin wedding gown, food has not always been our friend. At times it is here to comfort. At others, only to destroy.
We’re talking stains here. You know them. You begrudge them. You can’t escape them. For whether you’re a muck-raking man of mystery or a Chablis sipping maiden of matrimony, there will come a day when you are faced with a stain of such strength that mere plebian powers are naught against it.
With the exception of nudists (though the awesome staining power of cod-liver oil might render this implausible), not one of us is immune to this threat. Each new day presents a fresh challenge to fastidious friends and foes alike, who seek, at times in vain, to keep their garments clean and bright. From Ultra, Tide, to Biz or Bounty. Era, All, or Gain and Downy, the choice is yours when trouble calls. You’ve got ‘em now, right by the…hey now hold the horses. This is supposed to be family entertainment here. My apologies.
Well Moms and Dads, I guess it only goes to show that cleanliness truly is next to godliness. If you mess around with dirty stains long enough, your mouth might just end up needing a little soap as well.
Speaking of soap, did you know the detergent industry spills over 2 billion dollars into their coffers every year! Now I know I’m kind of a sucker for conspiracy theories, but that’s a whole lot of money getting laundered right under our nose. Why it’s enough to make one dream of kinder, simpler times when stains weren’t such a problem. Like back in the days of disco delights, black leather pants and Crystal Pepsi. Where are you now Van Halen? We sure could use your guiding light.
But I suppose we better wash our hands of this book before things get messy. Just remember when you’re out about town though. Whether it’s a heroic dive for the ball across the end zone, that feisty a’meatball that leaps from your fork or even a leaky canine companion, The Stain Removal Handbook has got you covered. There’s no need to be afraid anymore. So toss that bib, grab some ribs, and dive on in. Life just got a little easier.
Fresh produce and grilled sausages every Thursday. We need lots of local support to keep Annette coming from Soldotna. She said she would try to have Romaine lettuce today. Nachos with “the works” available Thursday-Sunday. The summer market is for our community—we need vendors—contact Joanie at 760-815-8498 or thegrazingmoose@gmail.com for information. Interested in selling baked goods at the market? Click on the link to find out the DEC requirements to provide a safe product: http://www.dec.state.ak.us/eh/fss/establishments/home_bakers_guidelines.pdf
The Seward Community Library Museum raffle quilt has moved around the corner to the new book store Cover to Cover. Located at 300 Washington St, Cover to Cover is open 7 days a week 9am to 10pm. Stop in to see the beautiful quilt, browse the books and don’t forget to buy your raffle ticket! Tickets are only one dollar and are going fast.
All proceeds are going to the building project for a new Library and Museum location. Tickets are available at: Seward Library, Seward Museum, Teresa Roy at First National Bank, Mary Tougas at Hertz, Karla Oates at Sew-n-Bee Cozy and Vanta Shafer at Cover to Cover.
Thank you Cover to Cover for displaying our quilt! Drawing will be August 20th, noon, at the Library. We’ve had questions about shipping the quilt if someone from out of town wins it. The answer is Yes! of course we will ship it!
www.somethingforus.org
Los Angeles headliner comedian, Steve Mittleman, who has made appearances on The Tonight Show and David Letterman, will entertain an audience at Seward Playhouse this Thursday night.“I’m excited to have such a big name comic come to Seward,” said Seward Playhouse owner, Jennifer Swander. 
Seward’s new community playhouse experienced a successful grand opening weekend. On July 4th evening, Nellie and Eric from the Moose Pass jug band Big Nellie & the Empty Bottle Boys, took the stage for two shows. And a group of music enthusiasts showed their appreciation on the dance floor. After the 7:30 show, local business woman, Cindy Clark, from The Flyin’ Skein, commented, “Seward really needs a place like this.” And the youth of the community would agree, because by 10:30 the volume was turned up, and Palmer heavy metal band The Suicide Nation rocked the house. When asked why she opened the playhouse, Swander, who recently moved to Seward from California, responded, “I wanted to create a place for the community, as well as visitors, to enjoy performing arts.” A goal of the playhouse is to provide a venue for musicians, actors, dancers, comedians, storytellers, poets, and the like, to showcase their talents. “It’s great to be able to book a huge act like Steve Mittleman one night, and then open the stage for local musicians to jam the next night,” she added.
Swander, a high school English teacher, wants to encourage more young people to get involved. The July 5th jam session gave Seward High School students Dakota Plush, Jacob Stauble and Tyler Haddow an opportunity to jam with veteran musicians like Jerry Washburn and Kurt Sutton. “It was an amazing mentoring opportunity, and that’s the type of thing I like to see. In fact, the students wanted to know when they could do this again. So we have scheduled another open mic/jam session for this Friday night at 8:30.”
In addition to Thursday’s comic show and Friday’s open mic/jam session, Tuesday, July 8th, New York singer/song-writer Liana Gabel will play folk and jazz music for two shows, 7:30 and 9:00. And just added for 1st Friday’s Art Walk from 6-8pm, Kurt Sutton and Gene Dunham will entertain with Alaska Roots music.
Seward Playhouse is located at 215 #B Fourth Avenue, downtown Seward. It is a smoke-free environment and does not serve alcohol. The box office and concession stand open 30 minutes before each show. For information about viewing or booking shows, please call (907) 224-ARTS.
Advance tickets for comedian Steve Mittleman can be purchased for $25.50 at Seward Playhouse, Monday-Wednesday, 5:30-9:30pm, and at Artic Glow (across the street), Monday-Thursday, 10am-7pm. Tickets will be $32.50 at the door.
This beautiful quilt is on the move this week to Sew-n-Bee Cozy. Seward’s own quilt shop located at 211 4th Ave. Sew-n-Bee Cozy is displaying the quilt through the holiday weekend. Stop by and see the quilt and get your raffle tickets during their business hours of 10am-7pm M-Sat and Sundays 12-5pm. www.sewnbeecozy.com
The raffle proceeds go to the Seward Community Library Museum building project. Tickets are only $1 each and tickets sales are going fast. Drawing will be at the Library August 20th at noon. A 3-D model of the project is on display at the Library, stop by to see the model and look at the plans. More information is on our website, www.somethingforus.org.
Thank you Sew-n-Bee Cozy for displaying the quilt! Donated by Pam Ventgen, a quilter from Anchorage. Pam will be in Seward doing quilting classes for Seward’s local quilters in October and January.
Tickets available at the Library, Museum, Teresa Roy at First National Bank, Mary Tougas at Hertz, Karla Oates at Sew-n-Bee Cozy, Vanta Shafer at Cover to Cover.
A busy week at the market…Thursday, July 3rd: Fresh Produce: hot house tomatoes and cucumbers, potatoes, onions—all Alaska grown. Annette will also have fresh baked goods and flower baskets and don’t forget the grilled reindeer, bratwurst, and beef sausages!Come check out Abby Wentworth’s illustrated new book: “A Pea Book” and Catherine Richardson’s hand crafted wood items.”Real” Nachos Thursday-Sunday and we might even have a few special nacho selections for the 4th—all are vegetarian and we use as much organic ingredients as we can get our hands on. Mermaid art by local artists in the little house. Friday, July 4th Dyan Ferrin’s artwork and sculpture; Regina McAbee’s Birch bark vessels and jewelry and her wonderful sourdough starter kits; Kathie’s unique gifts; Catherine Richardson’s wood crafts; and Abby’s earth flags, art, and cards.Saturday, July 5th: Abby and Kathie (see above) and we’re hoping for the Belly Dancing Troupe to drop by to entertain us!Sunday, July 6th: Nachos, art and gifts in the little house.
The hour is fast approaching when Lee Poleske will be giving his Third Annual Summer Solstice Cemetery Tour. If it sounds a bit spooky, don’t worry. The sun will be there to scare any unruly ghosts or spirits away.
The tour begins at 10:30pm at the American Legion Cemetery, near the Chamber of Commerce, and continues on to the Jesse Lee, Masonic, Pioneer, and city sections of the cemetery.
Each person’s story will be taken from contemporary obituaries or news articles. This is a good opportunity to learn about some of the famous and not so famous departed citizens of Seward. The persons covered will be different from previous tours.
The tour is free, but there will be a donation jar for the Library/Museum Building Fund.
The Seward Music and Arts Festival celebrates its fifth anniversary in the fall of 2008 with musicians and performers from all over the state along with artisan booths and food vendors. The music begins Friday, September 26th and wraps up on Sunday, September 28th.
The revival of the Seward Music and Arts Festival began 5 years ago with the desire to create a quality multi-media arts festival in Seward. Our festival remains committed to youth involvement, education, and creative inspiration, as well as a low environmental impact philosophy. Port City Players promotes a family friendly festival with children’s activities and artist projects throughout the three days, including a mural-in-a-day and various workshops.
Musicians already slated to perform include Emaline Delapaix and the Delistocracy, Randy Altermatt, The Smile Ease, J.J. Tranquilla, The Anchortown Circus, Merrill Miller, The Jason Aigeldinger Five, The 11/20’s, Muse Tribal Belly Dance, and Sarahndipity.
Look for further details coming soon, and please join us for this exciting event!
Thank you to Major Marine Tours and Doug Capra for the delightful tour, meal and play (Into Alaska A Woman Came) shared with many Sewardites last Saturday night. As always the meal served by Major Marine Tours was scrumptious. But, the added entertainment of Linnea Hollingsworh playing Alaska Nellie in the play “Into Alaska A Woman Came”, was truly an evening to remember. Being on Resurrection Bay with the splendor of the Chugach Mountains surrounding us added to the moment as the memories and stories of Alaska Nellie were told. I think your idea Doug is a great one of combining a wonderful dinner cruise with the play of Alaska Nellie. Giving our guests one more special treat while visiting Seward. I will be sharing this trip with my guests and encouraging them to partake in the experience. Make sure you let friends, family & guest know this will be happening on 6/14-21-28, 7/12-19-26 & 8/2-9 (most Saturdays). If you do not get a chance to enjoy the show on the Major Marine Tour, check out the show at Resurrect Art on 6/13-27, 7/25 & 8/8-15 (most Fridays). Thank you again for inviting us on your maiden voyage.
The big gold star represents the 49th star
placed on the American flag,
taken from the Big Dipper
on the Alaska flag.
“Wild Salmon on Parade” has returned to spawn for yet another year with 21 fish decorated by Alaskan artists chosen by jury. This year the theme was Alaska Statehood - 50 years.
The public was invited to see all the fish in one location during a reception at Conoco Phillips on Sunday, June 8, before they are distributed to locations around Anchorage for the summer. They will be auctioned off on Sept. 6 for various charities.
Dot Bardarson’s king salmon will be displayed at Holland America - Gray Line at 4th Avenue and H St.
June is Paint-Out month in Seward. That’s when artists come to take away some of its beauty on canvas. They come from Anchorage, Palmer, Homer and the lower forty-eight and hope to rub shoulders with Seward artists who like to paint outdoors. Its called painting in plein air.
On Friday, the 13th, the artists begin to set-up at their chosen vantage points to capture the grandeur of the mountains, the color of the boat harbor, or the character of downtown Seward. Wherever easels are seen around town, small treasures of art will be “under construction.”
The annual Paint-Out is organized by Anchorage artist, Andy Sonneborn, well-know there for her colorful pastels and oils. She is also a teacher and will be conducting a mini plein-air workshop during the weekend to introduce new artists to the concept of painting on location.
If the rains drive the group indoors, they will find refuge somewhere as they did last year when they painted from the Windsong Roadhouse dining room. Despite the weather, every window provided inspiration.
On Sunday at 1:30pm there will be an art show of the pastels, watercolors and still-wet oils, mostly unframed, but ready to sell. Sunshine will allow the group to display the weekend’s creations on the sidewalk and in the parking lot of the New Seward Hotel. In the event of the “R” word, the public is invited into the lobby to enjoy the art and refreshments there.
For information on the workshop or Paint-Out, call Dot Bardarson at 224-3131 or email her at dot@seward.net or Andy Sonneborn at 277-3712 or e-mail at paintspotinak@aol.com .
Seward Senior Center
336 3rd Ave
224-5604
Lunch Everyday At Noon
Monday 5-26
Closed in observance of Memorial Day
Tuesday 5/27
Movie @ 12:45 ~ In the Underground Theatre
Wednesday 5-28
Beginners Wii Bowling 1-3 Sign-Up to learn!
Thursday 5/29
1-3 – Summer League Wii Bowling
Friday 5/30
Last Bingo for the summer @ 12:45
I have had the greatest experience for the past 6 days! I met and really got to know our little Seward kiddos (ages 6 months to 5). It was terrific! We have some wonderful, smart, cute, funny and creative little kids. I really enjoyed having this opportunity and I can’t wait to see what great things these kids are going to accomplish when they have had such a fine example set by their parents. The playground took a lot of time and effort on these young parents part, and they have created a fantastic place for their children and for all the children in our community. Thank you parents for this idea, and for letting me be a part of it. Vanta Shafer
Photos courtesy of ONE SHOT PHOTOGRAPH more photos on their website, be sure to order the photos of yourself on this project!
Seward Music Fest Call to Artists The Seward Music and Arts Festival Planning Group is now looking for interested artists to submit a design for the 2008 SMAF poster. The theme is maritime, and we ask for logo only. No lettering necessary. send inquiries to mountainanarchist@gmail.com. see attached poster.
This spring I was privileged to take an incredible course in “Community Awareness.” It was an unannounced course brought about by a large painting. The painting, “Remembering Exit Glacier” created by Dot Bardarson and collaborated on by many others will soon be unveiled on the side of the Avtec building.
This painting inspired another collaboration between the National Park Service, sixteen Seward school classrooms and 12 Seward artists. For the last 3 weeks artists made appearances in Seward classrooms sharing their work and helping students interpret this year’s National Park Art Contest theme “remembering Exit Glacier .” Our local community of artists volunteered to help with this project even though they had many other volunteer commitments with playground paintings, murals, and the NOSB all happening simultaneously.
Seward students were introduced to seven different media from silk painting to ceramics. They were taught by an inspired and inspiring group of artists: Kerry Cline, Sharon Irvin, Jean Schwafel, Dot Bardarson, Joanie Merritt, Jennifer Carr, Jeannie Shirk, Katy Toth-Stauble, Jenne Danzl, Marcie Treadwell and Gail Richards. The students learned a lot about art and created great artwork.
I was lucky enough to attend most of the classes and I can’t wait to put brush to paper and get busy with what I learned about art. But what I learned about community is a lesson that deserves a very special frame. I knew this town had a pretty outstanding collection of artists and my initial intent was to help the students of Seward see this on a level that affected them, and helped them to understand they too were artists. What I learned was that it’s not just their art that makes our artists special. It’s their HEART.
Thanks so much for your help Seward Artists!
CJ Rea
Park Ranger
Kenai Fjords National Park
The Design Committee of the Seward Community Playground will be hosting a Historical Photos Mural Reception at the Resurrect Art Coffee House on May 10th @ 6pm. There will be an unveiling of early childhood life in Seward-Pre 1940’s @ 6:30pm.
The photos will be transferred on to ceramic tiles which will be permanently placed at the Seward Community Playground. The theme is “early childhood life” so you will see photos of children and scenes from early Seward. You might even recognize someone as your grandmother or grandfather. In fact, do you recognize anyone in these photos?
We hope you can make it and enjoy LIVE Music by Dan Olsen & Richard Jacoby PLUS free hors d’ oeuvres, wine & other refreshments.
For more information about the Seward Community Playground or to volunteer, please visit the website at www.sewardplayground.com.
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Arts and Crafts Fair
Sunday, May 18, 2008
11:00am – 7:00pm
QNT Culture Center
Seward, Alaska
Native Arts and Crafts Vendors
You are Invited
Qutekcak Native Tribe will host its first Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Fair on Sunday, May 18, 2008 at its culture center at 221 Third Avenue in Seward, Alaska. Native artists and craft persons are invited to exhibit and offer for sale their original handmade Native arts and crafts products. The fair hours are 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (setup begins at 8:30am).
Vendors must submit an application form including applicable fees so that they are received by Wednesday, May 7, 2008 (early bird applications by Thursday, May 1, 2008.) For information, vendor applications with fair guidelines and fee schedule, please contact Chellie at QNT by telephone at (907) 224-3118 or by email at bookkeeper@qutekcak.net.
We are pleased to announce that the Seward Community Library has been selected to receive a We the People “Created Equal” Bookshelf Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The bookshelf, a collection of 17 classic books on the theme of “Created Equal”, was awarded to 3,000 libraries across the country for 2008. In addition to the focus on equality, a resource kit on Abraham Lincoln is included to help stimulate discussion as we approach Lincoln’s Bicentennial in 2009.
With this wonderful addition to the Library collection, we hope to strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture.
The Library will also be sponsoring a “We the People” float in the Fourth of July Parade this year. If anyone is interested in taking part, creating costumes, or throwing confetti, please stop by.
For those of us hit hard by taxes and winter’s high utility bills, I have good news:
Your troubles are over!
The Worm Has Turned to Peat Moss: A Contemporary Guide to Successful Worm Farming is here to drive away those winter blues.
From the authors…”We hoped to find something we could do at home, that required minimum labor, and provided a good income. The impossible dream? Well, maybe not.”
Maybe not indeed. Inside this rare treasure you’ll find the answers to such pressing questions as “Where do I sell my worms?” and “Why peat moss?”, all while learning the tools of the trade, which evil earthworm enemies to keep an eye out for, and “a little about earthworm babies“. Nobody wants to know too much.
Sweet Chops not required, but they do help with sales.
Seize the moment, become a Master Vermiculturist and begin your personal path to riches today!
Seward High Drama Productions is once again proud to present, “You Can’t Take It With You.” At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world it really nuts.
Shows begin nightly at 7:00 PM in the high school theater. Show dates are:
Saturday, April 12
Sunday, April 13
Monday, April 14
Tuesday, April 15
Children under 12 must be accompanied by adults.
