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The Petersburg wrestling team took a hit at their third meet over the weekend in Metlakatla after half the team had to stay behind. “We didn't take very many people,” said head coach Daniel Van Swearingen. “Sickness and injuries plagued us.” Fourteen wrestlers were supposed to go, but several of those that did participate scored well. A confident Kayden Geelan came in 6-0. Sawyer Bryner, who has wrestled in the past, is getting back into the rhythm and won five out of his six matches. Adam Ware also finished the meet 5-1. Ruby Massin, who wen...
On Friday, the Petersburg Public Library and the Clausen Museum hosted an opening reception for the De-colonizing Alaska art exhibit. The exhibit seeks to de-colonize Alaska art, which has had representations of colonization and repression, by pulling away from stereotypical depictions of Alaska such as dogsleds, Eskimos and igloos, according to the curator of the exhibit Asia Freeman. The 31 artists featured in the exhibit move towards ideas that challenge historic definitions of Alaskan Art....
The borough assembly passed ordinance #2018-18, which will provide a new development code for the borough, in its second reading at an assembly meeting on Monday. “There’s nothing final about this in case we realize a piece of it doesn’t work,” said vice mayor Jeigh Stanton Gregor. The updated code seeks to streamline and update the current code. There are some meetings that are required in the approval process that don’t need to be there, said community and economic director Liz Cabrera on Monday. Outdated zoning districts have weak standards...
The borough assembly received a letter on Oct. 29 from Petro 49, Inc.'s CFO Jason Werner expressing the company's desire to exchange land with the borough. "That's just a letter I thought we should all be aware of," said Mayor Mark Jensen at an assembly meeting on Monday where the letter was presented. According to the letter, Petro 49, Inc. owns borough land at 703 S. Nordic Dr. which includes a small warehouse and covered loading dock and office. Petro 49, Inc. leases borough land at 100 Dock...
Ocean Beauty Seafoods has put its Petersburg cannery and bunkhouse up for sale with an asking price of $3,390,000, according to a real estate agent with the Carlton Smith Company, which is a commercial real estate agency based in Juneau. The facility has been on the market for about 10 days, according to an agent. He declined to comment on whether or not any offers have been made. The Ocean Beauty Seafood properties include a production area, storage space, a machine shop and bunkhouse for a total of 65,678 square feet, according to the...
At a hospital board meeting on Oct. 24, board members motioned to approve Petersburg Medical Center’s strategic plan for the fiscal years 2019 through 2023. “I’d like to get the document approved, so we can operationalize some of the priorities,” said PMC CEO Phil Hofstetter at the board meeting. The motion was later withdrawn after issues with the strategic plan’s clarity were brought up. One issue was that the strategic plan seemed to make the hospital separate from the borough. PMC CFO Doran Hammett said that the hospital is a component...
The results of an audit conducted on the Petersburg Medical Center were presented at a board meeting last week showing that a high standard of internal control of financial reporting and compliance to laws and regulations were being kept. “That’s really a testament to everyone in the hospital,” said PMC CFO Doran Hammett at a hospital board meeting on Oct. 24. “There’s nobody in the hospital that doesn't affect the finance in some way. Either you’re in the revenue generating department or you’re in the department that spends money. There...
The Petersburg Medical Center has invested just under $1.5 million in three United States Treasury Bills with a yield rate of over 2 percent after board approval was given at last month’s hospital board meeting. The treasury bills will each mature throughout 2019 and reach $500,000 each. Those with a later mature date cost the hospital less, said PMC CFO Doran Hammett at the hospital board meeting on Oct. 24. All of the hospitals investments have a combined total annual interest of $51,853.21, which Hammett said could cover most of the cost o...
Sealaska and Petersburg Indian Association are holding a sea otter skin sewing class from Oct. 31 through Nov. 3 to give native Alaskans the opportunity to become closer to their roots. "Alaskan natives have been working with marine mammal fur since time immemorial," said Marcus Gho, a contractor with Sealaska who will be teaching the class. "It's a good opportunity to learn a little more and strengthen our identity." Participants in the class will work with the pelts to sew items like hats and...
Petersburg, and the rest of House District 35, which encompasses central Southeast Alaska, will be voting on candidates for United States representatives, State Representatives, governor and one ballot measure in Alaska’s general election on Nov. 6. Alyse S. Galvin (U) is running for Alaska’s United State representative as the Alaska Democratic Party nominee even though she has not declared an affiliation with a political party and is running undeclared. Running against her as the Alaska Republic Party nominee is incumbent Don Young (R). For...
Five Petersburg High School swimmers will be competing in the state swim and dive meet this weekend in Anchorage after qualifying at the regional meet this past weekend at home. "It went really well," said head coach Andy Carlisle. "It's hard to be the host and try to keep everything going and still coach the kids. I had a lot of good help." Preliminaries were held on Friday to determine who would be part of the A and B teams for each event on Saturday. The top six in each event were placed in...
Petersburg High School’s varsity volleyball team competed in its first seeding tournament winning four out of six games October 19-20. On Friday, Petersburg defeated both Skagway and Klawock. The game against Skagway went for three matches with Petersburg winning 25-10, 26-24 and 25-13. “Friday's game against a very good Klawock team pushed us to the limit,” said head coach Jaime Cabral. “We found ourselves up 2 games to 1 and in the 4th set down 24-19. Kaili Simbahon assisted in serving us to win the game 26-24 in an exciting game.” Petersbur...
In their second meet of the season, the Petersburg wrestling team came in fifth place at the Ketchikan meet over the weekend. “We had overall a better weekend than we had here,” said head coach Daniel Van Swearingen. “The guys that we brought wrestled tougher. We didn’t put ourselves in as many bad situations as we did here. Overall, I’d say our team is getting better as our season progresses.” Wrangell was the only 2A school that was ahead of Petersburg, which is in the same division. Over the past couple years, Craig has always been placin...
During the summer months of June through September, the Petersburg area experienced below normal accumulated rainfall for each month and temperatures above the normal temperature range, according to the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Warm days will continue into the winter, but above average rainfall is expected, according to NOAA. June began with a normal temperature range of 60 and 44 degrees, according to NOAA. The month ended with a normal t...
Participants in the fifth annual Annabelle Baker Poker Tournament raised $1,500 on Sunday for the Beat the Odds organization, which raises money for support groups and services for local cancer patients. The tournament was established by Jeigh Stanton Gregor as a way to remember the late Annabelle Baker, who was a competitive poker player. "Annabelle was a competitor," said Stanton Gregor. "We thought it would be a fun thing to do to remember her." There were 20 participants total raising $1,500...
The borough assembly met with the Petersburg Medical Center board of directors to discuss the feasibility of a new facility or a remodel to the current facility last week. “I think it would be great if we could all agree that we need something new, different than what we have now,” said PMC CEO Phil Hofstetter. At the meeting the PMC board and staff spoke to assembly members about some of the challenges the current hospital is facing. The number one issue was being able to avoid an event that would cause the hospital to shut down. A shut dow...
The Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers had their first match of the season against the much more experienced Sitka Sound Slayers on Saturday losing 99-177. "Everybody worked really hard and I can't be more proud of our team and how we did in that game," said Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers Captain Alice Williams. "Attitudes were great. Everyone fought hard to the end. We had a really great time." On the Petersburg team, there were 10 women players, with Sitka having nine; however, only five players from e...
Long time Petersburg resident Patti Norheim celebrated her 90th birthday with two birthday parties earlier this month alongside family and friends. On her birthday Oct. 4, she held a small party at Mountain View Manor where friends from the manor, church and around town wished her a happy birthday and gave her flowers and balloons. They were treated to birthday cake and a small concert featuring Norheim on the washboard with thimbles, which she said is one of her favorite things to do. The next...
Carey Case, of Wild Iris Photography, held a reception to display her photos taken throughout 2018 on Friday at Firelight Gallery & Framing. At the end of each year, Case identifies themes in her photography that interests her and holds a reception. This year's themes included mist in trees, landscapes surrounding Petersburg and the Stikine Flats. "I love Southeast [Alaska]," said Case. "That's basically my inspiration." She is a self taught photographer who has been interested in photography...
This year’s moose season finished with a final count of 106 animals, down from last year’s unit record breaking 117, according to Petersburg Fish & Game. Moose season began on Sept. 15 and ended Oct. 15. The final number of moose brought in during this year’s moose season was 106. Although the season ended Monday Oct. 15, hunters had five days to report their kill to fish and game. If a hunter shot a moose on that Monday, then they would have until Saturday to report it to fish and game; as a result, that final number wasn’t available until t...
Since the cost to ship recyclables is lower than the price to ship municipal solid waste, Public Works Director Chris Cotta recommended that the borough continue operating its recycling program during an assembly meeting on Monday evening. “Although the recycling markets continue to be unpredictable, the costs of our program have been reduced to the point where they can be accommodated within the current operating budget,” said Cotta. Although the value of recyclables has continued to remain low, mixed paper, which makes up 1/3 of Pet...
For the past few weeks a bear has been seen near Mountain View Manor, Serendipity Childcare Center and the surrounding neighborhood going through garbage cans. After attempts to secure garbage cans failed to keep the bear out of the trash, the bear was trapped on Friday and euthanized by wildlife troopers, according to Police Chief Jim Kerr. “It seems like every year we’ve had a few [bears] towards the end of the year,” said Kerr. “Hopefully, they should be going into hibernation.” The bear was small to medium sized, said Kerr. The trap was...
The borough assembly passed ordinance #2018-18, which will provide an updated development code for the borough, in its first reading on Monday. On Nov. 5, the ordinance will receive a second reading and the assembly will hold a public hearing to receive feedback. Another public hearing will be held by the assembly on Nov. 19. Community and economic development director Liz Cabrera encourages the public to submit their comments on the updated development code by the Dec. 3 assembly meeting; although, public comments will still be accepted...
A resolution to request the USDA’s inspector general conduct an audit of the Tonka and Big Thorne Integrated Resource timber contracts to determine if Petersburg is owed monies failed in a 2-4 vote by the borough assembly at a meeting on Monday. “This is just my attempt to make sure that specifically Petersburg has all the funds coming to them from these timber sales, and if not, let’s go to the next step and see how we’re going to find out,” said assembly member Jeff Meucci, who request the resolution be put on the agenda. The Washingto...
The Petersburg High School's varsity volleyball team participated in the Juneau Invitational Volleyball Extravaganza over the weekend, finishing in fifth place out of ten teams. "Really, really good matches overall during the weekend," said head coach Jaime Cabral. "A lot of court time for the kids. We finished fifth overall by the end of the weekend, which is really good knowing that our team is young and we're getting better every single weekend." JIVE is a tournament style meet that includes...
