NVE marks 25th year of Sobriety Celebration
A Kake elder in red and black regalia adorned with silver buttons approached the microphone at the podium to introduce Kake’s Ke ex’ Kwaan Dancers in the midst of the Native Village of Eyak’s 25th annual Sobriety Celebration.During their introduction, Ruth Demmert announced that she would be stepping down as dance group leader after 40 years.“Tonight, I won’t drum...
BodyVox performs in Cordova
Dancers from the Portland, Ore. dance ensemble BodyVox found an excited fan base in Cordova with their master class Nov. 6 at the Pioneer Igloo and performance on Nov. 7 at the North Star Theater.The setting for dance troupe’s master class, which attracted 14 local students, drew praise from BodyVox artistic director Ashly Rolland, who found the old lodge...
Cordova congregation packs 31 boxes for Operation Christmas Child
Children from Cordova’s Church of the Nazarene are saying Merry Christmas to youngsters in need overseas this year with 31 holiday shoe boxes packed with toys, toothbrushes, wash clothes and more.Over two dozen young members of the church gathered on Nov. 1 to take part in Operation Christmas Child by filling the shoe boxes provided for the Samaritan’s Purse...
Anderson’s tile work featured at Boise WaterShed
Cordova artist Michael Anderson’s intricate tile work featuring designs of animals, plants and their natural habitats line the walls of buildings from Alaska to Idaho, providing education-based art for thousands of visitors.His creative scenes of loons diving, salmon swimming and dogs mushing are on display in schools in Wasilla and Juneau, at the William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery...
Farewell to Carl and Patsy Fisher
Carl and Patsy Fisher at the Little Chapel in Cordova on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. The Fishers came to Cordova from Oregon with their family in 1965, and owned and operated Fisher Cycle Center out of their home in the 1970s. Eventually their business moved to the building now occupied by the Prince William Sound Science Center and, in...
18 take part in 4th Girls on the Run
Eighteen girls decked out in their Halloween finest, ran the fourth annual 5K Girls on the Run on Saturday, Oct. 27, celebrating their fitness after three months of training, and cheered on by a crowd of supporters.“We ask the girls ‘What makes you happy?’” said Tania Carson, coordinator for GOTR, as she laced up her at shoes, dressed as...
First-time hunter draws tag, harvests moose
Steam rose from the chest cavity of Debra Ethier’s freshly killed cow moose, after the first few cuts, as she, J.J. and Jack Stevenson worked in the brisk autumn air to harvest the animal.With both hands, Ethier held back the front leg while J.J. Stevenson made sharp cuts along the moose’s rib cage, opening it up to remove the...
USCG’s Haunted Sycamore attracts big crowd
As the sun began to set, fog billowed over rusty chains, smashed pumpkins and tombstones, and eventually made its way to the water’s edge where the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore rested in the blue haze.Props including the fog machine, fake body parts and blood-stained puddles were just a few of many that adorned the parking lot and cutter...
