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In January Rocky and Sue Flint turned the operation of their 33 year-old business, Rocky's Marine, Inc., over to their son Casey and his wife Holli. The business started in 1980 as a dealership for Suzuki outboards and Stihl chainsaws with Flint doing the mechanical work and wife Sue doing the bookkeeping while working a second job as a nurse at the local hospital. In 1983, Yamaha worked to expand their line of outboard engines to the United States and came to Petersburg in search of a dealer....
The Superior Court Judge’s ruling to grant a stay on the demolition of a Petersburg home, which the borough deemed as a dangerous building, left a few unanswered questions. The court was silent on the, “elephant in the room,” fact that the home has been sitting on the ground after falling off its foundation for nearly five years. The homeowners Fred Triem and Karen Ellingstad have had plenty of time to repair the foundation and restore their home to a stable footing on their Wrangell Avenue property. Efforts by the borough to push the proce...
During the Petersburg Borough Assembly’s Feb. 14 meeting, Mayor Mark Jensen reported the following: On July 14, 2013, the Alaska Redistricting Board adopted new boundaries for the Alaska legislative house and senate districts. The Division of Elections adjusted the boundaries of existing voting precincts to align them with the legislative district boundaries. Petersburg Borough is in the Petersburg/Kupreanof Precinct. The Division of Elections is accepting comments on the proposed regulation changes until 4 p.m. March 3, 2014. The Alaska D...
Art and Jeanine Hammer's wedding anniversary is on tomorrow's Valentine's Day. Before meeting Jeanine during the summer of 1953, Art, nine years her senior, was used to the bachelor life. "I was just a loose, single guy doing a lot of hunting and fishing, just bumming around," Art said. Jeanine traveled to town with a friend whose sister was married to Art's brother. The pair met at a family dinner at Art's sisters house. They spent the following two weeks together. "We went out together," Art... Full story
February 14, 1914 – Returning Petersburgers from Seattle on the Admiral Sampson, have brought the unconfirmed, but hopeful news that the Pacific Coast & Norway Packing Company held its annual stockholders meeting, and that it was decided that machinery for sanitary cans was to be installed in the cannery this coming season. That was predicted last fall. It was said at the time that before the company could operate its plant successfully, sanitary cans would have to be used. This involved the expenditure of considerable money, and means a g...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly meets tomorrow (Feb. 14) at 12 p.m. in the assembly chambers. The assembly will hold a public hearing on the borough’s election ordinance. The ordinance maintains the current in-person election process. It will also hold a public hearing on updated criminal code that gives officers more discretion, allowing police to issue fines for certain low level crimes instead of making an arrest. The assembly will conduct its third and final reading of an updated hospital ordinance that outlines the hospital board’s aut...
February 7, 1914 – Everybody has heard about "fearless hunters," but very few have ever known one. The Petersburgers are fortunate however, in that they not only have heard about fearless hunters, but know two of them, they are Bob and Hans. If there is one kind of animal that those boys hate worse than another, it's the bear. On their last trip it appears that they had a trap set, when another kind of fool animal got its hind legs into it. On their next round from a distance, they saw s...
The borough manager reported the following information during his bimonthly report to the assembly. North Harbor main floats one and two are in place. Workers are busy driving the piles to grade as well as laying the waterline so the large fingers can get attached to the north side of float one. Anchor Electric is working long hours and is ahead of schedule. TAMICO, PND Engineers and Harbormaster Glo Wollen attended the pre-construction meeting for the drive down dock. Activity should begin within the next couple of weeks. Sgt. Kerr is back...
This year's Losing Big competition kicked off this week as contestants divided up into two teams led by captains who participated in last year's competition. The competition aims to provide contestants a means to live healthier and more productive lives as they set goals for themselves as the competition progresses. The teams were divided after names were drawn from a hat. Shelly Pope is captain of Team Blue and Christin Fankhauser is captain of Team White. Donnie Hayes, Parks and Rec Director,...
January 31, 1914 – Commissioner Smith, of the bureau of fisheries has completed his annual report which will soon be submitted to the department of commerce. In the report a recommendation is made for the purchase of a fleet of small boats to patrol the Alaska coast, visit the fisheries and otherwise help to enforce the laws in regard to the fishing industry. Besides the commissioner urges the establishment at Seattle of a laboratory for research work similar to those on the Atlantic coast. The fisheries of the Pacific coast including A...
Gonzaga University President Carolyn Kvernvik was named to the Gonzaga University President's List for fall semester 2013. Gonzaga University President David Marifern was named to the Gonzaga University Dean's List for fall semester 2013....
The Irish acoustic quintet Lúnasa will kick of its U.S. tour in Petersburg next Wednesday at the Wright Auditorium. Lúnasa is an all-instrumental band. Band members play fiddle, low whistles, flute, tin whistles, uilleann pipes, double bass and guitar. Band member Cillian Vallely said their music transcends traditional Irish music, according to a press release. "We play a very diverse selection of music, including our own compositions, melodies from other Celtic regions such as Brittany, G...
