Tickets still available for cruise this Saturday – don’t miss out!

Start your Labor Day weekend with a Dinner Cruise to Fox Island!
Support Volunteer Firefighters

$50 donation for Cruise & Dinner

Kenai Fjords Sightseeing Cruise to Fox Island
Prime Rib & Salmon Dinner on Fox Island
No Host Bar – Alaskan Beer & Wine
Outcry & Silent Auctions* *Credit cards accepted

Bring your piggy bank – all proceeds go directly [...]

Founders Day at Seward Museum

Seward Museum hosted another Founders’ Day event Saturday. Seward Historical Association members and visitors chatted, and snacked. Sue McClure played old favorites on the organ. The mens’ restroom was decorated by old magazine covers and this delightful Mountain Goat mount, found at the dump and donated by Carol Griswold.

PUBLIC INVITED!!

Who knew when the idea of hosting a small Labor Day event for Iditarod pioneers Jujiro Wada and Alfred Lowell, it would coincide with a 100-year Anniversary Commemoration of the Iditarod Trail that would be simulcast across Alaska, Japan and Yukon Territory?
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to attend the 100th Anniversary Commemoration event sponsored by the [...]

Weekend Treasure Trove!!

The Phoenix Chapter of the Alaska State Firefighters Association is hosting a Rummage/Bake/Quilt Sale on August 21 & 22 (today and tomorrow)! In addition to unique rummage sale finds, you’ll also find new handmade quilts from local quilters and homemade sweets.
Event:          Rummage / Bake / Quilt Sale
Location:    Seward Elk’s Lodge
                    419 Fifth Avenue (next to Sacred Heart Catholic Church)
Date:          [...]

You’re Invited to a COMMUNITY PICNIC!

Qutekcak Native Tribe invites you to attend its annual Celebration of Healthy Lifestyles. This year’s event will take place on Seward’s waterfront in the Branson Pavilion on Sunday, August 29th from 12noon to 4pm. This is an old fashioned COMMUNITY PICNIC and QNT is providing the main course (burgers, hot dogs & halibut), dessert and [...]

Rummage / Bake / Quilt Sale – Aug. 21

Seward Silver Salmon Derby Begins Saturday, August 14th

The excitement is building with just 2 days to go until the 55th Seward Silver Salmon Derby begins bright and early at 6:00 am Saturday morning!
The Tagged fish prizes this year are worth $50,000, $10,000, $5,000, as well as some $100s!
The 55th Annual Seward Silver Salmon Derby is proudly brought to you by The Seward [...]

Dinner Cruise to Fox Island – Labor Day Weekend

Start your Labor Day weekend with a Dinner Cruise to Fox Island!
Support Volunteer Firefighters

$50 donation for Cruise & Dinner

Kenai Fjords Sightseeing Cruise to Fox Island
Prime Rib & Salmon Dinner on Fox Island
No Host Bar – Alaskan Beer & Wine
Outcry & Silent Auctions* *Credit cards accepted

Bring your piggy bank [...]

Public Lecture Thursday

Please plan to join us in Bear Mountain Conference Room on Thursday, August 12, for a free public lecture from our own Dr. Ian Dutton! Ian will be covering the topic of Coastal and Marine Spacial Planning. You can learn more by checking out the attached flyer.
This is a free seminar and is open to [...]

Vagina Monologues: A must see!

The twelve dollar cover charge is well worth it.
The monologues performed brought the fifty viewers in the packed house to laughter, tears and nervousness.
I highly recommend everyone go.
Tickets are going fast for the show tonight.
Buy them at the Resurrect Art Coffee House anytime before the show starts at 8 pm

Kenai Fjords National Park Celebrates Completion of Exit Glacier Pavilion

Kenai Fjords National Park invites you to celebrate the completion of the Exit Glacier Pavilion, the first of several planned improvements for the Exit Glacier area. The park will be honoring the companies and organizations that participated in the tour boat booklet program, which generated half of the revenue used for Exit Glacier area improvements. [...]

Kenai Peninsula Borough, City of Seward to Conduct Warning Siren Tests

Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at 12:00 noon, a series of tests will be conducted on the All-Hazard Siren warning system located in the communities of Homer and Seward. The tests will be conducted using chime tones and a voice message. Assistants will be located at each siren site to report their activation.
Two to three tests [...]

Golf Tournament

Seward Seahawks Athletic Booster Club Golf Tournament
July 24th – Birch Ridge Golf Course, Soldotna

The annual Booster Club Golf Tournament will be July 24th at the Birch Ridge Golf Course in Soldotna. The tournament format is a best ball scramble with an 8am shotgun start. Cost of the tournament is $100 which includes the [...]

Seward Halibut Tournament Final Results

337 Pounder Stands Alone to Win the $10,000!
Aaron Buscher of Conifer, CO, has won $10,000 and the 2010 Seward Halibut Tournament! His 337 lb Halibut was caught on June 14th aboard the Crackerjack Voyager of Crackerjack Sportfishing Charters with Captain Andy Mezirow. Although many anglers gave it their best, no one came near the [...]

Philanthropic Group Visits Seward and Gives

By Heidi Zemach for Seward City News

The Rasmuson Foundation board of directors held their 55th anniversary meeting in Seward June 30-July 1. The foundation is an Anchorage-based philanthropic organization that supports arts endeavors throughout Alaska, as well as libraries, museums, public radio, health care and recreation activities. At a reception at the Windsong Lodge, Chairman [...]

“She soared like an eagle off that mountain”

By Heidi Zemach for Seward City News

The 83rd July Fourth Mount Marathon race brings so many emotional stories to tell, so many personal victories, and triumphs, and of course, as with any sporting event—disappointing defeats. There was immense pride streaming from the crowd when Cedar Bourgeois, 34, a Seward mother and businesswoman overtook Olympic Nordic [...]

CD Release Concert July 16 @ Resurrect Art

Anchorage’s Hurricane Dave will perform at 7 p.m. July 16 at Resurrect Art. The free acoustic concert will celebrate the release of Dave’s new CD, “The Cheechako Chronicles — Postcards, E-mails & Tweets From Alaska.”

Food for the 4th!

SCN to the Seward Chamber
Hello Cindy,
A purely for fun request. Me and other foodies are dying to know what food booths will be in the line up for this weekend. Do you have a list of the booths? I hear there are more then ever this year.
Paul
Chamber to SCN
Hi Paul,
These are the food vendors signed [...]

2010 Schedule of Independence Day Celebration

Independence Day Celebration
Seward, Alaska
Schedule of Events
Friday July 2nd
12 – 6 PM Food & Crafts booths open on Adams Street
Saturday July 3rd
9 – 6 PM Food & Crafts booths open on Adams Street
5 – 7 PM Pasta Feed sponsored by Seward Nordic Ski club/Ski team at SHS
5 – 8 PM Bib pick up at Seward High [...]

Hooked on Freedom

Okay so you aren’t a Mt. Marathon Runner. You can still enjoy the cheering of thousands this 4th of July by entering the Seward Independence Day Parade. The crowds will adore you, we all love a parade!
July 4 Parade Application 2010.pdf
Wish you could be a part of the solution? Please consider [...]

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