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Hello again from the Legislature. Now that we’re down to the last two weeks of session, the pace is really picking up and the hours getting longer. I was very pleased that my resolution to recreate the state’s dedicated transportation fund received approval of the House on Friday. House Joint Resolution 4 would put a constitutional amendment before the voters in November to amend the Alaska Constitution - reinstating a dedicated Alaska Transportation Infrastructure Fund (ATIF). As the state’s po...
Just when you thought it was safe to turn on the TV, another reality show hits the little screen. But this time, the new show Dangerous Waters, which premiered at 7 p.m. Tuesday on GCI channel 1, has local ties. The show chronicles the adventures of outdoor enthusiast and California-native Steven Moll who came up with the idea to take a group of guys on SeaDoo personal watercraft from Washington state through the Alaskan inside passage and onward toward Russia. Dangerous Waters Season 1 will las...
City Manager Steve Giesbrecht reported to the City Council on Monday that several city projects are right on schedule. • Municipal Power & Light has completed “Witness testing” a new stand-by diesel generator, the city is purchasing from ASCR McGraw Constructors in Phoenix. The unit will be shipped to Seattle and then on to Petersburg. • There was a pre-bid teleconference on March 29 regarding the new library project. The deadline for bids is April 12. • The downtown road improvement bids have a deadline set for May. The good news for busin...
The USCG Cutter Hickory last week made a brief stop in Petersburg. The multi-mission cutter was docked in the South Harbor in March. During the brief visit, the crew of 43 enlisted men and seven officers got a chance to explore Petersburg before heading back out to sea. The Hickory is currently stationed out of Homer, and spends much of its time in Kachmak Bay, Cook Inlet and along the Aleutian Islands. The Hickory is equipped as a buoy tender and is responsible for maintaining up to 200 buoys....
March 21 Police investigated suspicious activity at Narrows Inn. School maintenance workers were testing the school's fire alarms, which alerted police dispatch. A group of juveniles were playing with fire at the corner of Kiseno and S. 2nd streets. An officer issued a verbal warning during a traffic stop Haugen Drive. March 22 Officers issued a warning to a camper in the parking lot at South Harbor. Police responded to a parking violation on 1st Street. Maintenance workers were working on the alarms at the Hallingstad Peratrovich Building....
March 23, 1962 (Wrangell Sentinel) - Construction was started Monday on the Mitkof highway extension to Dry Strait after the winter shut down. About 20 men were on the job, mostly men called back from last season's operations with the addition of several mechanics and a shovel operator. Between 65 and 70 men will be employed during the summer, according to Supt. Joe Hanus. Preliminary work involves removal of fallen trees, rocks and boulder drilling. Additional equipment is being added. A barge...
March 14 Caller reported suspicious activity in the South Harbor. Officers responded to a call regarding an intoxicated, aggressive individual. March 15 EMS responded to a call at the air terminal. An abandoned 4-wheeler was found in the forest off a trail behind the ball field. March 16 Daniel Torrence, 53, was cited for improperly backing up and causing a minor accident in the Middle Harbor parking lot. Caller reported smoke in the area of Haugen Drive. Suspicious activity was reported at a business on Hungerford Hill Road. March 17 A...
Petersburg City Manager Steve Giesbrecht said that letters are being sent out to local business operators who advertise on Facebook's “It's My Business” page, without a business license filed with the City and without filing sales tax returns. “It's just kind of a reminder letter to let people know that if you are going to run a business you need to have a business license, that doesn't cost you anything. But you do need to file your sales tax,” he told the City Council on Monday. “We've had some people do that, and some people pretty up...
Alaska Congressman Don Young spoke about a program to revitalize Southeast schools, local businesses and sea otter pelt market possibilities during a brief stop in Petersburg on Tuesday. Young met with the Economic Redevelopment Council on Tuesday in City Council chambers. The hour-long round-table invited members of the council and the community to speak their minds. Young first spoke about the importance of the fishing industry in Southeast Alaska: “You can't just build up a work-force over ni...
A long-time Petersburg doctor is now living and working in Antarctica. Dr. John Bergren, 50, is currently serving as the Lead Physician at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Bergren is one of only 160 residents who will stay in McMurdo over the winter months, which runs from early February thru mid-October. Bergren arrived at the beginning of winter, when the population was about 1,000, he said. “There were some exciting moments for the medical staff about two weeks prior to our arrival,” Ber...
Newly installed security cameras at the city harbors have enabled the department to photograph freeloaders attempting to stuff personal trash into harbor dumpsters. While boat owners are entitled to dump reasonable amounts of boat related trash into harbor dumpsters, oven ranges and full-size chest freezers don’t belong in the public trash bins, according to Harbormaster Glo Wollen. On March 5 in the South Harbor near the city crane dock, security cameras clearly captured images of i...
A traveling exhibit, which includes 12 historic and recent photographs, that tells the story of the Japanese occupation of Kiska Island has come to The Clausen Memorial Museum. “[The exhibit] shows the importance of World War II history and how it relates to Alaska,” said Sue McCallum, Clausen Museum director. On June 3 and 4, 1942, Japanese forces attacked the U.S. Base at Dutch Harbor. On June 6 and 7, those forces invaded Attu and Kiska, setting up a submarine and seaplane base on Kiska. It i...
Petersburg Municipal Power & Light has purchased a new stand-by diesel generator that will assist in high-energy demand cycles, when the city is cut-off from its main power supply, Tyee. Petersburg City Council on Tuesday approved a bid from ASCR McGraw Constructors for $724,000, for the construction of a concrete platform, the construction of a control shack and installation of underground wiring. “It is a stand-alone unit that is to be used in case the city is ever cut off from Tyee,” said PMPL Superintendent Joe Nelson in a phone int...
March 3, 1982 - The “Jaws of Life” was recently purchased by the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department, with $10,000 in donations from the community. The hydraulic rescue tool can exert approximately 25,000 lbs. of force for lifting, breaking and prying parts of cars, when victims are trapped inside. The equipment has other accessories and can be used in a variety of rescue applications. February 27, 1992 - Oil spills in the Petersburg Harbor have become so frequent in the last year that if the...
The Governor's 2013 budget will include $3.5 million for the North Harbor Replacement as well as $3.4 million for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging of the North Harbor, said Petersburg City Manager Stephen Giesbrecht to the City Council on Tuesday, Feb. 21 in his regular report. • The city has requested a proposal from PND Engineers for design services and the landfill slope stabilization project to allow for the placement of the North Harbor dredge material and the landfill. • The Mountain View Manor Assisted Living, 12-unit fac...
Sunny skies illuminated the majestic LeConte Glacier on Sunday. Local jet boat operator Breakaway Adventures led its first trip of the year to the enormous glacier with about 14 passengers. Since last summer, Breakaway Adventures owner and this weekend’s boat captain Eric Yancey, said the center portion of the face of the glacier has pushed forward about 200 to 300 yards. Once warm weather creeps into LeConte Bay, that ice will begin to break off from the glacier and join the other many b...
Feb. 15 - Fire alarm activated on 100 block of N. Nordic. Fire dept. responded. Officers reported to a possible intruder on Wrangell Ave. It turned out to be a contractor. Caller complained of youths yelling and jumping on cars on 3rd Street. The youths were gone by the time officers responded. Officers responded to a family dispute on S. Nordic. Officers reported to a possible intruder on Sandy Beach Rd. Feb. 16 - Caller requested EMS, officers assisted. Caller reported an angry driver who sped-off from the High School. Officers issued a...
After years of planning and negotiating, the Raven's Roost trail will soon have a new trail head. The Petersburg City Council on Tuesday voted to approve of an easement to connect the U.S. Forest Service’s Raven’s Roost Trail with a location near Sandy Beach Park. The proposed access to the trail will be located behind the dog shelter. The new trail head will not interfere with the dog shelter. “This has been going on for years,” said Planning Director Leo Luczak. But the U.S. Forest Service has secured the funds from the state and Alaska...
Call it added security, or call it Big Brother, the Petersburg Harbor has six new high-definition security cameras affixed to various locations. Two “fixed,” or hard-wired cameras, and four wireless cameras, have been installed in the North, Middle and South harbors. The cameras also capture activity in 3.5 miles of area including: the fueling station, parking lots, garbage dumpsters, and commercial cruise line routes. The recordings feed back to the Harbormaster's office. “The system is up, a...
The North Harbor community will soon say goodbye to the 99-year-old, red and white, floating machine shop that has serviced thousands of boat engines over the decades. Piston & Rudder Service is relocating the 1,040 square-foot former barge next to the old Petersburg Shipwrights, which is now owned and operated by Piston & Rudder. The company employs 17 workers and services more than 300 boat engines per year, said Piston & Rudder Service majority owner Mike Luhr. “We deal with boats on the h...
Ronald Bruce Simpson, 74, lost his battle with cancer on December 24, 2011. Ron was born on August 4, 1937, in Cashmere, Wash. to Orwan and Barbara Simpson. Ron’s very early years were spent in the Cashmere area. In 1943 the family moved to Anchorage, where Orwan, Ron’s father found work. In 1948 the family moved back to Cashmere, as Ron’s sister Sondra needed medical attention. The family resided there through Ron’s school years. He graduated from Cashmere High School, working at various jobs in the valley. He worked in the fruit industr...
Richard Henry Greenway was born September 16, 1936 and died February 7, 2012 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Washington. Richard’s zest for life involved anything outdoors. His free time was spent fishing, hunting and spending time with his sons. He was an avid animal lover and had many animal companions throughout his life. He served in the Navy on the U.S.S. Thor, laying sonar cables in the Pacific Ocean for two years. When he was discharged, he went into construction with his uncle a...
John Charles Ellis, the youngest of four children was born to Chet and Margaret Ellis on May 20, 1947 in Juneau, Alaska. The Ellis family lived near the Mendenhall Glacier, homesteading behind Auke Lake. Young John spent his first ten years subsisting with the family in the lifestyle of wood stoves, coal oil lamps, outhouses, and water buckets. They survived on a menu of venison and fish in addition to vegetables grown in a big garden. Early on in John’s life he spent summers trolling with C...
Plans to dredge and rebuild Petersburg's historic North Harbor are closer than they ever have been before, said Harbormaster Glorianne Wollen. Funding is available for the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the harbor. With the assistance of U.S. Senator Mark Begich, more than $3.4 million is earmarked for the project that is expected to get underway in September. “The harbor was built pre-statehood, so it's the Corps’ responsibility to do the dredging,” Wollen said. If all goes as plann...
February 10, 1982 - Petersburg’s spirit exists in its harbor, and that is where the local Task Group for the Alaska 1984 celebration will focus its energies - lobbying for construction of a new harbor master’s building and a waterfront park area. The group will present a schematic plan and estimated cost of the project to the state of Alaska ’84 Committee in Anchorage Feb. 18-19. The group’s top priority project includes construction of a new Harbormaster’s building with public showers a...
