The Sitka District is part of Southeast ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, covering Sitka south to Ketchikan and east to the Canada border with a population of about 32,000. ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ a quarter of the residents across the district are ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Native, mostly Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian, although the population of some smaller communities such as Kake, Klawock, and Hydaburg is more than 80 percent ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Native. Tourism, mining and fisheries, including mariculture, and a diminishing timber industry drive the local economy. The region is accessible only by boat and plane.
The district offers outreach programs in health, home and family development; and
4-H and youth development.
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Phone: 907-747-9440
Email: sitka.ces@alaska.edu
Our office is located in the UAS Sitka campus building in room 211.
Dietetic student Paula Veshti is teaching a series of culinary classes in Sitka, including one featuring vegan, gluten-free and refined sugar-free desserts.
Sitka workshops focus on heart-healthy desserts
CONTACT: Julie Stricker, 907-474-5406, jestricker2@alaska.edu
Learn to make vegan, gluten-free and refined sugar-free desserts that are so delicious you won't believe they are healthy for your heart.
Two dessert workshops, hosted by the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will be led by Paula Veshti, who is enrolled in the dietetics master's degree program at the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Anchorage. This semester, she is providing nutritional services and education to the Sitka community through a series of cooking classes. She advocates eating a whole-food diet filled with fruits, vegetables, good-quality meat and seafood, and, of course, chocolate.
There will be two sessions: Saturday, March 1, 4-6 p.m., and Sunday, March 2, 3-5 p.m. The cost is $25 each or $40 for both. The class will be limited to eight participants each day.
The workshops will be held at Sitka Lutheran Church kitchen, 224 Lincoln St. Please use the back entrance to the church on Harbor Drive, as the front door will be locked. The entrance is located down a one-way alley, and limited parking is available.
Contact Jasmine Shaw at jdshaw2@alaska.edu or 907-747-9440 for more details.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Shaw. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.