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October 16, 1925 – There is just one reason for this paper being started – to sell news – news that is news, constructive news. The South Alaska Publishing Company, with papers in Ketchikan, Petersburg and Sitka, is organized to conduct an independent press – a press that will, without bias of fear or favor, no matter what its editorial opinion may be, print both sides of a story. Free speech has made the American nation a great country. Those intolerant of free speech and honest discussion of public issues, though they may call themsel...
Hollywood starlet Alice Walker was 'discovered' in Petersburg, Alaska, by a visiting family friend and it was decided she must go off to Hollywood to become an actress. Born on January 7, 1913, to Adolf and Alice G. Norberg, Terry left her home in Petersburg to chase her dream in 1927. She took classes in singing and dancing, worked as a lounge singer, changed her name (twice!) and went on to secure roles in more than twenty films. This studio portrait was taken circa 1920 at the Fred Hartsook...
Beth Flor's oil painting, Entwined Lemons, was selected for the International Guild of Realism Fall Salon online show. Works were selected from 200 artists from fifteen countries. The show will be exhibited on the IGOR website and the American Art Collector website from Oct 15 to Dec 20....
October 9, 1925 – According to word received by local persons, the New England Fish Company at Ketchikan is looking for fresh smelt (true Silver Smelt), for which they will pay a minimum of 7 cents per pound, freight on board steamer at Petersburg. Large smelt reaching them in good condition will probably fetch a higher price. A good deal of smelt was shipped from Wrangell last year and some shipments have already been made from that district this season. It would seem that there is an opportunity for local men to make some money in a new f...
It took Jack Galaktionoff, part of Petersburg Indian Association's Tribal Transportion crew, a few days to rebuild the roughly twenty-foot section of boardwalk trail that was smashed by falling trees in last week's wind storm. But, as of early this week, the trail is looking good as new....
The kitchen volunteers, including (pictured above, left to right) Tamera Mccay, Naomi Youngberg, Tina Buschmann, Miriam Swanson and several others serving the tables, dished up countless bowls of soup for attendees. Bakers provided a long line of goodies for the dessert auction, local artists contributed bowls as a premium for bigger donations, and some major donors provided a matching grant. Saturday's fundraiser in the Sons of Norway Hall for Humanity in Progress (HIP) raised close to twenty...
With the start of fall comes respiratory illness season, which means it’s also the time of year when medical providers recommend getting your vaccinations. Multiple vaccines are currently available in Petersburg. Free flu shots are available to anyone six months and older at the Petersburg Medical Center and Petersburg Public Health. Regular and high-dose shots are available. On KFSK’s call-in show PMC Live, Petersburg Public Health Nurse Erin Michael said a recent flu vaccine clinic gave out close to 150 flu shots in a day. “And that doesn...
A recent geomagnetic storm sent wave upon wave of charged particles toward the planet. When they reach Earth's magnetosphere and the upper atmosphere beautiful things can happen in the northern sky, as was seen over Frederick Sound on Wednesday night, with more aurora activity in the forecast....
October 2, 1925 – The tidal wave of so-called economy now sweeping over the country is liable to wreck the present system of transporting mail to and from Alaska and outside points, if steps reported as being in contemplation are taken – that of returning to the system in vogue during the late war, when mail to and from Alaska was carried as freight instead of under special contract as at present, when mail clerks were being carried aboard the steamers and the mail handled the same as on trains. Three or four weeks ago special agents of the...
September 25, 1925 – “While many herring are running in the vicinity of Latouche this season, it is said that quantities of them are too small to pack, and many are being used for fertilizer and oil. It is said about 250 pounds of fish will produce five gallons of oil. The outlook for herring is said to be better this year than last.” The foregoing paragraph, clipped from a paper to the westward, suggests to us whether herring is more valuable for oil and fertilizer than for human consumption. September 29, 1950 – Warren Averill, assista...
September 18, 1925 – Everyone is expected to kill a rat or two during “Rat Killing Week,” from September 18 to 24. Miss Helen A. Caldwell of the Bureau of Health, Department of Agriculture, famous throughout the country as a worker in the cause, is in the city for the purpose of assisting Petersburg citizens in exterminating these pests through the use of barium bicarbonate. It may sound like a joke to make war on rats, but these disease-breeding rodents should be exterminated as quickly as possible. “It is estimated that there are two rats or...
There are several contested races in the Oct. 7 borough election. Check out the sample ballots published in this week’s paper to review who is running and to read the ballot proposition asking voters whether Petersburg’s senior sales tax exemption should be limited to low-income seniors only. This Monday, Sept. 15, a live call-in show on the ballot proposition will be broadcast on KFSK at 12:30 p.m. The radio station’s newsroom invites those with questions on the ballot proposition to call in during the show to (907) 772-3808 or email quest...
September 11, 1925 – The Petersburg schools show a large increase in enrollment this year. The elementary school’s enrollment has grown by 27 per cent and the high school will be the largest Petersburg has ever had with an increased enrollment of nearly 100 per cent. A great many of the additional pupils are children of people who have moved to Petersburg during the summer, demonstrating that the town is growing from without. Petersburg is now one of the largest Territorial schools, surpassed in numbers only by Ketchikan, Juneau, Anchorage and...
September 4, 1925 – Probably no better concrete example of the value of the herring industry to Alaska, when handled by Alaskans, could be given than to cite the operations of the Ness Fish Company of Petersburg, which, during its 5-weeks operation here this summer expended some $12,000, practically all of which was spent here. This company put up herring for food which goes to consumers in the middle west. It made another shipment of 200 barrels on the Rogers Thursday, consigned to the Birdseth Fish Company of Fargo, North Dakota. Previous s...
Living close to the land inspires Diyet van Lieshout's songwriting for her band Diyet & The Love Soldiers, which is touring Southeast Alaska and will be stopping for a performance in Petersburg this month. In coordination with the Petersburg Arts Council, the Indigenous singer-songwriter, who draws from Southern Tutchone, Tlingit, Japanese, and Scottish roots, will bring her trio to Petersburg's Wright Auditorium on September 16 for a 90-minute show combining storytelling and music. Diyet...
The Petersburg will host its second annual live music swing dance benefit concert in the Elks Ballroom on Saturday, Sept. 27, with free Lindy Hop dance lessons being offered this month leading up to the fundraiser. The event will benefit The Petersburg Arts Council, The Market in Petersburg which will be providing mocktails, and the Petersburg High School Drama program who are providing appetizers. Matthew Wintersteen, who teaches the swing dance lessons with Elsa Wintersteen, said the Tuesday...
Petersburg's Rainforest Festival is back, after several years with dispersed year-round programming but without the customary fall festival. Taking place mostly on the weekend after Labor Day, September 3-7, the festival will once again offer an immersive celebration of local ecology, art, science, and locally harvested food. "We're really excited to have it back," says Sunny Rice, one of the festival's organizers. "While the dispersed events were lovely, it left us kind of without a Rainforest...
August 28, 1925 – The Alaska Fisherman in its August number makes some very serious charges about the waste of herring that should be investigated. It mentions the names of several persons and alleges that these dumped large quantities of herring into the bay. Herring as a food fish is as valuable, if not more so, than salmon. Its fine qualities are becoming known. It is being put up for the market in increasing quantities each year. Over $12,000 was this season expended in Petersburg by one firm alone for herring for the middle western m...
