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Ginny Ware graduated with a Masters of Science in Biology with an emphasis in Human Genetics from Northern Arizona University on May 9. She was recently invited to participate in a week long genetic counseling internship at Northwestern Univeristy in Chicago, Ill. Ginny will begin applying to genetic counseling programs this fall....
May 16, 1914 – Considerable interest has been aroused in medical circles in Germany by a man who can swallow small animals and return them alive. The doctors supposed that performances of this characters, which are frequently given at county fairs, were tricks by which the eye of the onlooker was in one way or another deceived. In this case, however, a medical practitioner of the highest standing reports that the animals were undoubtedly taken into the stomach. May 17, 1974 Celebrating the Pilot's 40th Year – The 17th annual Little Norway Fes...
May 9, 1914 – One week from tomorrow the local Norwegian people, not to be outdone by their mother country, will celebrate the one-hundredth-year since they separated from the inglorious union with Denmark and re-established the old kingdom of Norway with a constitution as democratic, if not more so perhaps, as any republican form of government now in existence. For a year or more Norway has been preparing for this celebration of national independence. Commencing on May 15 to October 15, an exposition is planned to exploit the wonderful a...
May 2, 1914 – Administration leaders today laid plans for raising war revenue in case the army has to go into Mexico. The first measure planned would impose a stamp tax on checks and legal documents. Another would tax sweet wine and fortified brandies and probably beer. According to the estimate, this measure would net the treasury about one hundred and sixteen million dollars a year, and if the situation demanded, a tax would be imposed on cigarettes, cigars, and tobacco. May 3, 1974 Celebrating the Pilot's 40th Year– Paul Bowen runs a prestig...
The Nilsen family were among the many participants at the Elk Lodge's long-standing annual Easter egg hunt at Sandy Beach Park. Volunteers hard boilled, colored and hid 1,200 eggs for the event....
Nine Petersburg High School students are heading to this year’s Art Fest held in Yakutat this weekend. Petersburg school’s art teacher Ashley DuRoss is chaperoning the students and will teach a mask-making workshop. Students will have two, 15-hour workshops to choose from. “It’s really a jumble of art teachers and artists and people in the community that are excited about it,” DuRoss said. We’re all globbed together for one week and it’s a lot of fun. The kids will have 30 hours between the two workshops of intense focus and attention on the su...
April 25, 1914 – In the fall of 1913, Dr. Kirby of Chicago closed his banking establishment owing some $30,000 to the depositors. Recently and just before his death, he requested that his brain be examined to prove his contention that he was insane. According to his wish and immediately after his death, an examination was made which revealed a tumor at the base of the brain that accounts for the doctor's contention. April 24, 1974 Celebrating the Pilot's 40th Year– Linda Weaver of Seward is the newest officer in the Petersburg Police Dep...
