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Despite the rain and cold, Petersburg residents gathered Saturday to celebrate Elizabeth Peratrovich, a civil rights activist who worked on behalf of equality for Alaska Natives. Peratrovich was credited with advocacy that gained the passage of the territory's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, the first anti-discrimination law in the United States. According to the National Women's History Museum, Peratrovich was the last person to speak at the Territorial Senate beginning her speech saying,...
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....
In 1945, the Alaska state legislature signed the Anti-Discrimination Act into law, and began an era of improved racial relations in the state. Civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich was instrumental in this bill’s passage and her work is celebrated across the state on February 16, Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, the anniversary of the signing of the Anti-Discrimination Act. Festivities in Petersburg on February 16 will include a parade through downtown at 4 pm and an event at the Seaside House f... Full story
Adult Reading Raffle - Enter weekly to win a KINDLE FIRE and other great prizes online at psglib.org or at the Public Library. Open to adults 18+. Hunger Games Party/Little Kid's Rock Concert – 3 pm. Free book for kids 10 am - 4 pm. Celebrate the Hunger Games film release with a reaping, Cornucopia snacks, and a performance by Little Kids Rock. Participants are encouraged to bring Hunger Games themed snacks to share. Garden Forum & Information Exchange - Fri, Feb 10 at 7 pm. Instructor Bob Gorman, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, bring y...
Adult Reading Raffle - Enter weekly to win a KINDLE FIRE and other great prizes online at psglib.org or at the Public Library. Open to adults 18+ Snacks+Music+Fun=TAG - Sat, Feb 4 - 11 am-1 pm Have an impact. Join the library’s Teen Advisory Group (TAG). Open to teens 6th grade and up. Invasion of the Afterschoolers presents - Woven Hearts - Tuesday Feb. 7, 3:30 - 4:30. Make woven paper hearts for Valentine decorations. A drop-in program for kids ages 6 and up. Baby Bookworms - Wednesday, Feb 8 at 10 am – 11 am. Entertaining our youngest pat...
