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January 2, 1920 Smaller paper publishers all over the country are faced with temporary suspension or bankruptcy if the condition is not remedied as this price of 13.5 cents per pound cannot be paid by them. Before this was this same paper sold for two and a half cents. The people of Petersburg will not be without their paper, however, for some time as the Report was able to secure a supply at a moderately high figure, just before the last raise and now has enough paper on hand to turn to for nearly a year. Bills have been introduced in...
Haley Kelley graduated from UAA on Dec. 15 with a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing degree. She's the daughter of Loreen Granberg and John Kelley. She graduated from Petersburg High School in 2012....
With the increasing presence of cell phones in the district, the Petersburg School Board held a discussion on the district's cell phone policy at a school board meeting last week. At Rae C. Stedman Elementary School, cell phones are not allowed to be seen during school hours, and must be kept in students' backpacks. Principal Heather Conn said she hasn't seen any cell phones this year so far, though she has seen them in past years. When a student is caught with their cell phone out, they must dr...
Eleven wrestlers on the Petersburg High School wrestling team qualified for State and three Vikings were named Division II region champions in their weight class at the regional tournament in Craig last weekend. At the tournament, the top three boys and top two girls in their weight class qualified for State. Merrick Nilsen, Deirdre Toyomura and Ruby Massin came in first place and claimed the title of Division II region champion in their weight classes. Reed Anderson, Kole Sperl and Adam Ware...
Kenneth LeRoy Hicks, 66 died December 9, 2019 at home in Petersburg, Alaska of natural causes. Ken was born February 20, 1953 in Port Townsend, Washington to Don and Pat Hicks. He attended Oak Harbor High School in Washington. He worked in Petersburg for Icicle Seafoods for 33 years as cannery foreman. He was a member of the Moose and Elks lodges. He is survived by: Parents Don and Pat Hicks of Yuma, Arizona; Daughter Erin Hicks of Renton, Washington; Son and Daughter-in-law and grandchildren... Full story
The Petersburg School Board approved a board policy in its second and final reading regarding restrictions on sex offenders on campus. "We are not putting this policy into place because we are currently dealing with a situation," said School Board President Mara Lutomski. "There is no crisis going on within the school." Board Policy 3515.5 was on the agenda at the October school board meeting, but school board members present wanted to receive clarification on the policy and vote on it with a...
December 19, 1919 The Petersburg Band has been re-organized with H. S. Halgeson as director and with about 30 members, many of whom are old players. The new organization would receive the active support of every citizen of Petersburg as music is one of the recognized necessities of a contented community life. What town can properly celebrate the 4th of July for instance without the assistance of a band. December 15, 1944 The Territory of Alaska has a net cash balance as of September 30, 1944, of $1,352,111.17, the highest balance in its...
In their last tournament before Regionals, two wrestlers on the Petersburg High School wrestling team took first place in their weight class at the Pilot Invitational in Juneau last weekend. Deirdre Toyomura placed first in the girls 112 pound weight class, and Ruby Massin came in first in the girls 125 pound weight class. Behind Massin in second was Jolyn Toyomura in the girls 125 pound weight class. On the boys side, Reed Anderson, Sawyer Bryner, and Clayten Martinsen placed second in the...
At about a week into the season, the Petersburg High School basketball teams scramble to build their offense and defense before their first game on Dec. 20 against Wrangell. Head coach for the boys team, Richard Brock, said the Vikings look to have over 20 kids on the team; although, it is still too soon to tell since some of the players are on the wrestling team or involved in other school related activities. Despite what the final number the boys team will have, Brock said there are four...
Kenneth Edward Hagerman, 77, passed away with his children by his side on November 7, 2019, after a long and difficult battle with dementia and Parkinson's. Ken was born to Edward and Lillian Hagerman on June 17, 1942 in Petersburg, Alaska. In his childhood years, he enjoyed spending time hunting, fishing and scouting with his family. In high school he was on the varsity basketball team, played alto saxophone in the school band and graduated from Petersburg High in 1960. After high school he... Full story
People in Petersburg know her has their school bus driver or driver's education teacher, but on Friday evening Hoopie Davidson was this year's tree lighter during the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Davidson was born in Petersburg, but moved to Squaw Harbor on Unga Island in third grade with her family to catch crab. The family then moved to Kodiak in time to experience the Good Friday earthquake of 1964, an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2 that hit near Prince William Sound. Later...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team invited Wrangell and Craig High Schools to town last Saturday for an "unconventional" tournament, said Head Coach Tyler Thain. Wrangell and Craig wrestlers teamed up against the Vikings in spotlight matches in the high school gym Saturday evening. All the lights were turned off except for one light directly above the wrestling mat. Round after round, a Viking would face off against either a Wrangell or Craig wrestler. Thain said he didn't keep team...
In a couple of months, Petersburg High School senior Kole Sperl has turned a pile of aluminum sheets into a skiff. He has plenty of work left to do before it's seaworthy but Sperl said in its current state, it would float. "There might be a couple leaks that I'd have to patch, but it'll definitely float," said Sperl. "All the main welding is done down by the water line." Sperl spends anywhere from one and a half hours to three hours a week working on his skiff as part of his marine fabrication...
Former Petersburg resident Lawrence E. (Lonny) Heiner was born on 24 August 1938 in Grand Junction, Colorado, to Larry and Lola Heiner, and died on 14 November 2019 at home in Anacortes, Washington. When he was a year old, he and his parents, along with his paternal grandmother and an aunt and uncle, moved to Skagit County, Washington, to join a number of Heiner family members who lived in the area. His immediate family moved to Southeast Alaska when Lonny was 12. Lonny graduated as salutatorian from Petersburg (Alaska) High School in 1956. He... Full story
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...
