The Phoenix Chapter of the Alaska State Firefighters Association would like to express our sincere gratitude to the many local businesses that donated to support our dinner cruise and auction on Saturday, August 25.  The Phoenix Chapter is a combined effort of Bear Creek, Moose Pass and Seward Fire Departments, and Seward Volunteer Ambulance Corps, in a joint association to provide advanced training and education for our emergency responders.

Thanks to a sold-out boat full of great community supporters and our generous auction donors, we raised nearly $8,500 that will support firefighter and EMT training in the Seward/Bear Creek/Moose Pass area.  We would specifically like to thank the following businesses for their contributions, with a special thanks to Kenai Fjords Tours for making this event possible for the third year in a row!

• A Touch of Glass / Gary Cornwell
• Alaska Railroad Corporation
• Alaska SeaLife Center
• Alaska Shop
• Authentic Alaskan Gift Shop
• Bay Traders/True Value
• Best Western – Edgewater Hotel
• Breeze Inn Hotel
• CAP Construction
• Chinook’s Waterfront
• Christo’s Palace
• Cover-to-Cover Books
• Donna Glenz
• Helly Hansen
• Hotel Captain Cook
• Hotel Seward
• Icicle Seafoods
• IRBI Knives
• Irvin Pottery
• J-Dock Seafood Company
• Jane Schultz
• Jeff and Wendy Bryden
• Kenai Fjords Tours
• L.N. Curtis & Sons
• Liberty Theater
• Liz Bowen
• Lois Daubney
• Loren Larson
• Marriott Anchorage
• Northern Nights B&B
• Odom
• One Shot Photo
• Oriental Garden
• Phoenix Log
• Pit Bar
• Ray Bulson/Wilderness Visions, Inc.
• Rocky Buttieres and Eric Saucedo
• Safeway
• Sailing, Inc.
• Salmon Bake Restaurant
• Sea Bean Café
• Sew ‘N’ Bee Cozy
• Seward Area Quilters
• Seward Brewing Co.
• Seward Resort
• Specialty Truck & Auto Inc.
• Spenard Builders Supply
• Stanley George
• Thorn’s Showcase Lounge
• Turning Heads Kennel
• Twigs & Tweeds
• Yukon Bar

Seward High Art students created new scenes out of old photos.  For inspiration, students viewed the Abberant Art of Barry Kite.  Kite is a contemporary artists who mainly reworks art history classics by cutting them up and combining them in humorous ways.  Students also viewed triptych artwork from the past and were asked to make their collages in triptych form.  Thanks to the Seward Library for donating encyclopedias and magazines.

1. Miles Knotek 2. Gretchen Lindquist 3. Veronica Wilde 4. Holly Aase 5. Josh Eavis

More can be viewed on the Seward High Art Blog.

Seward High Ceramic students have been busy this semester mastering hand building techniques as well as the pottery wheel. Here are some bas relief tiles and wheel projects by 1. Isi Mayer (flute) 2. Catie Zweifel (guitar) 3. Michaela Thomassen (mermaid) 4. Gabe Stoval (basketball) 5. Mike Thorn (bowl) 6. Mary Goodwater (mug).  Click these links to see more bas relief tiles and bowls and mugs.

ANCHORAGE – 14th ALASKA BIRD CONFERENCE will be held at the Hotel Captain Cook. Every two years, researchers and managers convene to report on all aspects of bird biology, management and conservation in Alaska. Keynote Speaker will be world renowned shorebird and evolutionary biologist, Professor THEUNIS PIERSMA, Avian Ecologist from The Netherlands. Special sessions include Movement Ecology and Long-term Raptor Datasets, Communicating Bird Data Using Google Mapping Applications, and side meetings of the Alaska Shorebird Group, Boreal Partners in Flight, and The Kittlitz’s Murrelet Technical Committee. Registration rates are adjusted for the full conference, 1 Day, 2 Days, Students, and Single Sessions. All bird enthusiasts are invited to attend. For details and registration, go to www.alaskabirdconference.com or email lcosta@audubon.org

Forget the fair – we’ve got two events this weekend and next you don’t want to miss!

Due to popular demand, the ASFA Phoenix Chapter Rummage / Quilt / Bake Sale is being held over to this Saturday! 

Location:      Seward Elk’s Lodge
                    419 Fifth Avenue
Date:            Saturday, August 28
Time:            10:00 am – 5:00 pm

We’ve got something for everyone –

• Handmade quilts & wall décor – made by Seward area quilters
• Hand tools, plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, vehicle parts, shelving, etc.
• Clothing & shoes for men, women, and children (all you can fit in a grocery bag for $5)!!
• Toys and baby stuff
• Bicycles & helmets
• Kitchenware, glassware & housewares
• Holiday decorations & costumes
• Computer equipment
• Exercise equipment
• Books
• And more!

Also remember that the Phoenix Chapter – thanks to Kenai Fjords Tours – is also hosting a dinner cruise to Fox Island next Saturday, September 4!  For only $50 you get a cruise to Fox Island PLUS prime rib dinner!  Visit www.alaskafireconference.com for details and to purchase tickets.

This little pug mix was rescued on May 5th by the awesome maintenance staff at the Windsong Lodge. She was stranded on a sand bar in the middle of the Resurrection River. She has a blue collar. If this sweet little dog belongs to you please call Erik at 491-0173 or 224-6533 ext 2225.

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OK Seward, here is your chance to put your mark on a Roadhouse tradition.

The Resurrection Roadhouse is gearing up for the season and we are looking for this years artwork for the Goliath shirts.

• Deadline is April 15th, 2008
• Artwork should be Alaskan themed with Goliath 2008 somewhere in it
• Artwork can be in any format i.e. digital, paint, etched, sketched
• Winner will receive a 2008 Goliath shirt and $100 credit at the Roadhouse as well as having the shirt framed on the Goliath Bar & Grill wall and walking all over town on the backs of the hearty beer drinking locals
• Entries can be submitted at the Roadhouse M-F

Contact Erik Slater for more information

eslater@ciri.com

Good Luck!

The Resurrection Roadhouse will be open May 9th, 2008

The Seward Legislative Information Office has moved to SeaView Plaza, 302 Railway Ave., into the offices where the Phoenix Log used to be. The office hours are 8 AM to 4:30PM, Monday through Friday.

The public is able to access legislative teleconferences, information on legislation, Alaska State statutes, and send public comments to the legislators. Contact the Seward LIO at 224-5066.

We have an email list if you would like to get updates on legislation and teleconferences. Please send an email to: Seward_LIO@legis.state.ak.us.

We would like to thank the Seward Chamber of Commerce for their years of support for the Seward Legislative Information Office! Your contributions to the community are many.