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December 5, 1919 On Tuesday the citizens of Petersburg will vote on the question of the bond issue for the construction of a school house and municipal electric light and power plant. Every citizen of the United States is entitled to vote at this election. Income from the present light plant last month amounted to $600. If the power were available, the income could easily have been four times as large. A conservative estimate of the annual income from the sale of Light and Power with the new plant would be $25,000 per year. December 1, 1944 Lon...
Brooklyn Dormer, a soprano, was selected to perform in the all-state mixed choir at the All-State Music Festival in Anchorage on Saturday. She was the only student at Petersburg High School that was chosen to participate in the festival. She submitted an online audition in late September and then spent weeks practicing six songs in preparation for the festival. PHS music instructor Matt Lenhard was also awarded the music educator of the year by the Alaska Music Educators Association at the...
All 14 Petersburg High School wrestlers placed in the top three at the Mt. Edgecumbe High School Invite on Friday. Reed Anderson, Kyle Biggers and Jolyn Toyomura took first place in their weight class. Merrick Nilsen, Owen Anderson, Kole Sperl, Kayden Geelan and Deirdre Toyomura each placed second in their weight class. Adam Ware, Devon Guthrie, Wyatt Litster, John Bisset, Jack Engell and Ruby Massin took third place in their weight class. Head Coach Tyler Thain could not be reached for comment. The next tournament will be this weekend in...
After a well-fought battle, the Petersburg High School volleyball team took fourth place at the regional tournament in Wrangell last week. "Overall, a really, really good performance from the kids," said Head Coach Jaime Cabral. "They played very hard to the very end." In their first match of the tournament, the Vikings went up against Metlakatla and beat the Chiefs in three sets. Up next, the Vikings played against the Craig Panthers, but lost the match, 1-3. Due to their loss against Craig,...
Ashley Lohr let her artistic instincts and habits guide her in eight new compositions on display in a solo exhibit at the Clausen Memorial Museum. Lohr's pieces are abstracts that are dominated by elements of color and shapes. She held a similar exhibit last year, but this year, she decided to include circles in her art. The circles manifested through artistic instincts, the cycle of motherhood and her schedule. Two of her compositions show a cosmic influence. Lohr said she just let her...
Four career and technical education students gave an overview of their presentation at a conference in October before the Petersburg School Board last week. People were lined up out the door to hear Thomas Durkin, Maddy Gilpin, Jaden Perry and Zephrie Whitethorn speak about their accomplishments in wood and metal shop classes at PHS during the Alaska Career and Technical Education Conference in Anchorage, according to Industrial Arts Teacher Dave Owens. Whitethorn spoke about how working...
The Petersburg High School volleyball team went 1-1 in two exhibitions matches over the weekend against Wrangell, before competing in the regional tournament this week. Every year, the Petersburg and Wrangell volleyball teams play each other in a home game for their senior appreciation night. On Friday, Petersburg traveled to Wrangell, and on Saturday, Wrangell came to Petersburg. In the first match, the Vikings went four sets against the Wrangell Wolves. The Vikings lost the first set, 23-25,...
Stan Eilenberger had just finished a week's worth of finals at Colorado State University in December 1960 when he met a United States Marine Corps recruiter. A few days later, he was a Marine. "Monday morning, I was sitting in San Diego," said Eilenberger. "I said, 'Did I make a mistake?' Out of the few mistakes I made, it was a good one." Eilenberger was studying electrical engineering in college, so after he finished boot camp, the Marine Corps began training him to be a radio relay technician...
November 21, 1919 The Red Cross Roll Call for the 1920 memberships is now under way in Petersburg under the direction of J. W. Maakesad, membership chairman of the local committee. Subscription lists have been placed at various places and the girls of the High School are canvassing the town. The roll call is for the purpose of having the members renew their memberships for the year 1920. It is not a campaign to raise money, but is merely one to keep the membership up. Every true American, whether by birth or adoption, should subscribe one...
Four seniors on the Petersburg High School wrestling team competed in the Anchorage Christian School tournament last weekend and placed fourth and sixth in their weight class. The tournament began with a preliminary round and moved on to quarterfinals. Merrick Nilsen, Alex Worhatch, Kole Sperl and Adam Ware won all their matches at the start of the tournament and were able to compete in the semifinals. The four seniors lost a match in the semifinals, and were moved into the backside of the...
In his last swim meet of his high school career, senior Peter Kowalski placed fourth in the boys 500 yard freestyle at the state championship on Saturday and set a new Viking Swim Team record. "Peter swam really well in the finals," said Head Coach Andy Carlisle. Kowalski competed in both the 200 and 500 yard freestyle at State and came in sixth and fourth place respectively. He completed the 500 yard freestyle race in 4:51.59, which is a new Viking Swim Team record, according to Carlisle....
The Petersburg High School volleyball team went 3-3 at the last conference tournament of the season last week in Klawock and earned themselves the fourth seed at Regionals. The Vikings won their matches against Haines, Metlakata and Skagway and lost against Klawock, Craig and Wrangell. Head Coach Jaime Cabral said the young team is still trying to get over hurdles, but he believes that they will peak at the regional tournament in Wrangell next week. In the meantime, Cabral will have the Vikings...
Petersburg High School seniors Maria Pfundt, Maddy Whitethorn and Peter Kowalski qualified for the swim and dive state championships in Anchorage this weekend in two of their events. The three seniors had to first compete in the preliminary round of the regional meet last Friday in Sitka before swimming in the finals. Those who finished in the top eight of their events progressed to the finals on Saturday. Then, the swimmers swam to qualify for State. Pfundt took third place in the girls 100...
Three Petersburg High School wrestlers took second place in their weight class in the Bill Weiss Tournament in Ketchikan last weekend. Kyle Biggers, Deirdre Toyomura and Ruby Massin took second place in the boys 285, girls 112 and girls 135 weight class respectively. Additionally, Merrick Nilsen placed third in the boys 103 weight class and Adam Ware took fourth place in the boys 189 weight class. "I'm super happy," said Head Coach Tyler Thain. "Everyone is improving, and that's all you can ask...
Damon Bell-Holter, formerly of the Boston Celtics, was in Petersburg last week to empower the students in the Petersburg District by promoting leadership and communication. Bell-Holter spent three days meeting with students during their physical education classes and lunch periods. On Oct. 25, Bell-Holter held an assembly for the students in fifth through eighth grade. He spoke about a need for the students to reach out to each other to understand what the other is going through and why they do...
The Petersburg High School volleyball team won three of their six matches at the first seeding tournament by defeating their opponents in the first three sets of the match this past weekend. All seven teams in the conference played each other in the seeding tournament in Skagway. The Vikings are ranked fourth overall in the conference, but a second seeding tournament in two weeks could change that. First up against the Vikings in the tournament was Craig. Petersburg lost the match, winning only...
October 24, 1919 John Otness, superintendent of the local light plant, and Hans Runstad, owner of the fish boat Reliance, were both granted their full naturalization papers in the Ketchikan court last week. The two men passed excellent examinations. They returned early this week from there, accompanied by L. J. Israelson, city councilman, who had gone south as a witness. October 20, 1944 Starting out right by purchasing the most War Stamps, the Grade school outshone the High school 92 per cent at the weekly War Stamp sale last Friday. Allowing...
Petersburg High School seniors and relay teams took spots in the top three in their events at a home invitational swim meet that included seven schools and 108 students. "It was a pretty good meet for us," said Head Coach Andy Carlisle. "The kids are really coming around on their fitness level and their training. Their races are starting to look pretty good." Seniors Peter Kowalski, Maria Pfundt and Rylan Wallace each took first place in their events. Kowalski took first in the boys 100 yard fre...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team tied Wrangell High School for the second place spot at their first tournament of the season at the Tom Sims Invitational in Wrangell. The Vikings had a combined score of 130 points, and came in second place, with Wrangell, behind Ketchikan High School which had 268 points. Merrick Nilsen, Kyle Biggers and Alex Worhatch all took first place in their weight class. Reed Anderson, Jolyn Toyomura and Ruby Massin, who was last year's state champion in the...
October 17, 1919 A Community Sing was organized at the Union hall Wednesday evening. The following officers were elected. President Mr Maakestad, Secretary and Treasurer Miss Garey, Director Mr. Halgeson, Pianist, Mrs. Allen. October 13, 1944 Color restrictions have been eliminated on all types of footwear other than two-tone shoes. Previously only black, white, army russet, town brown and natural colors were permitted. Other relaxations of footwear production provide that new designs, lasts and patterns may be introduced provided the...
The Petersburg High School volleyball varsity team came in fifth overall at the Juneau Invitational Volleyball Extravaganza over the weekend, but Head Coach Jaime Cabral said the team gained plenty of experience. "From the girls' standpoint, we probably could have done better, but we learned a lot, and it's a lot of things to work on, which is great because we don't want to peak so early on," said Cabral. The Vikings played four pool play matches on Friday that consisted of two sets of only 21 p...
William K. Neumann aka 'Swampy Creek Bill' passed away peacefully October 5, 2019 of recently discovered bladder cancer at home in Petersburg in his newly acquired and beloved electric reclining chair surrounded by the echoes of the countless memories in his "Great Story Telling Room" in the house he and his late wife Fran designed and built in 1978 with close friends. Bill was a unique and rare individual who was blessed with a remarkable and full-life surrounded by countless friends and... Full story
Doug Larson passed away on October 11, 2019 in Petersburg, Alaska. Services and a Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, October 20, 2019 in Petersburg at the High School Gym at 4pm. An obituary will be published at a later date.... Full story
