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Where did I put that ….. How many times have you said of heard that? Some of us spend a fair amount of time looking for: keys, billfold, cell phone, a mate for a sock, spouse, friend, son. Some days/months we look for things more important: hope that a child will “find their way”, hope that those suffering from the cold or flu will find relief, hope that those who feel out of place around the Christmas table will once again feel they belong, hope that those searching for meaning and intimacy in all the wrong places will discover direction, hope...
New Year’s Eve is one of the most festive nights of the year, when friends and families gather to count down the waning moments of the year as they anticipate the fun times ahead in the year to come. While adults tend to look forward to New Year’s Eve festivities more than children, there are ways parents can ring in the New Year with their kids. Invite kids into the kitchen. New Year’s Eve festivities often include food, so why not invite youngsters into the kitchen to cook alongside you? Kids may not be interested in preparing the main cours...
New Year's Eve is one of the most popular party days of the year. As the clock ticks down toward a new year, revelers across the globe raise glasses of champagne in celebration of what's to come. Such celebrations are a staple of the holiday season, but so, too, are accidents that result from excessive partying. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, January 1, when many New Year's Eve celebrants are heading home in the wee hours of the morning, is when the highest percentage of deaths related to alcohol occur. In addition,...
December 14, 1917 “The Flag” is the title of a neat little booklet issued for use of the public schools by Professor Lester D. Henderson, territorial commissioner of education. The history of the American flag is given in brief form, together with suggestions and rules for the proper use and care of the flag. In the preface Professor Henderson ssys: “The flag of the United States should symbolize our national ideals and should call to the mind of each individual his duties as a patriotic citizen….” December 18, 1942 Last Saturday evening the Vi...
Full list of winners at the pickled herring contest last Wednesday are as follows: Pickled Herring: 1. Tie between Glo Wollen's cognac herring and dill herring 2. Helmer Olson, traditional herring 3. Glo Wollen, traditional herring Smoked/Cured Seafood: 1. Jim Edgars, smoked eel 2. Sig Mathisen, gravlox 3. Sig Mathisen, smoked eel Pickled Seafood: 1. Kurt Kvernvik, pickled Christmas shrimp 2. Janet Kvernvik, pickled orange salmon 3. Alisa Jestel, pickled ceviche Smoked Salmon: 1. Jim Edgars, smoked winter king salmon 2. Sig Mathisen, cold...
December 14, 1917 The launch Redfish, with Captain Jack Fraizier in command, and William Carl acting as engineer, sailed last Friday for Seattle, where she will be overhauled during the winter and brought north early in the spring for use in connection with the Big Port Walter cannery of the Alaska Pacific Herring Company. The Redfish, which was recently purchased from Jack Hadland, is one of the real old-timers of Petersburg’s mosquito fleet, but is still a very staunch and reliable craft. December 11, 1942 At the meeting of the Chamber of C...
Nolan Hugh Durst was born to Logan and Jenna Durst on Nov. 23, 2017 at Bartlett Regional Hospital, Juneau AK. He weighed 6 lbs. 11 oz and was 19 ¾" long....
Raymond Scott Gillen was born at 6:50am, in Sitka, Nov. 17, 2017 to Geoffrey and Camie Gillen. He weighed 8 pounds 15 ounces and was 22 inches long....
State representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins will be in Petersburg Thurs., Dec. 14. holding public office hours from 8-9 a.m. at Java Hus and from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the Salty Pantry. No appointment necessary, just stop by. If you have questions or can’t make it to office hours, email rep.jonathan.kreiss-tomkins@akleg.gov or call the Representative’s office at 747.4665....
November 30, 1917 — The local lodge of Moose, after a somewhat prolonged vacation, has again become active, and gives promise of holding its place in the future as one of Petersburg’s wide-awake social and beneficial orders. The wake up is largely due to the efforts of Dr. Pigg. The doctor is dictator of the lodge in Wrangell, and has also been active in organizing lodges of Moose in other places. November 27, 1942 — A special meeting of the Town Council was called on Wednesday evening to make arrangements for immediate storage and care of emer...
November 23, 1917 Some time last Saturday night the steamer Mariposa ran on a reef at Strait Island. The first-news of the disaster was received here Sunday noon in a message to the local agency of the company calling for two gas boats and lighters. The Fanshaw, Capt. A.W. Nickerson, left at once, and the Laddie, Captain C.M. Leines, and Baltic, Capt. Victor Swanson, followed shortly after, with Charles Norberg’s scow in tow. The latter two boats returned here Tuesday afternoon with five of the Mariposa’s lifeboats in tow. They had left the...
