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Petersburg's acting public health nurse Erin Michael has been busy since she arrived in town at the end of September. "A big bulk of what I've been doing has been immunizations," Michael said."We also do outreach for STD screenings, birth control and we work with different coalitions in the community." Michael arrived from Juneau where she worked at the Juneau Public Health Center since November of 2011. She will be able to apply for the official Petersburg position in December. According to... Full story
When one thinks of Southeast Alaskan wildlife the tendency is to imagine the grumbles and crashes of humpback whales, bears, moose and wolves trampling through muskeg and salmon ripping up sloughs and stReam. But Joshua Ream lives in a different wild. He turns over logs and peers into shallow ponds looking for and documenting native amphibians. “I chose to work with amphibians here in Alaska because there’s relatively little known about the species we have and a lot of people don’t even realize that they occur here,” Ream said. Ream, a wildlif...
Seth Litsheim, the son of Pete and Theresa Litsheim of Petersburg, Alaska, and Lindsey Barker, the daughter of Cathy Barker of Kittitas, Wash. were united in marriage on November 2, 2013. The wedding was celebrated at Suncadia Resort located on the Cascade Mountain range in Cle Elum, Wash. Lindsey's bridesmaids were Crystal Sloan, Lindsey Lenette von Borstal, Sahara Suval, niece Madelyn Schwilke, and her sister Diane Schwilke was Lindsey's Matron of Honor. Seth was attended by Casey Seaman,...
Petersburg Police Officer Jim Kerr has been promoted to sergeant. Chief Kelly Swihart said a promotion board made up of himself, Captain John Hamilton, Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht and Sergeant Joel Smith from the Wasilla Police Department evaluated four candidates during the review process. "We took a three pronged approach to get a good solid evaluation," Swihart said. "The scores were tighter than I expected. It wasn't an easy decision for the board to make the recommendation." Those up...
Petersburg Mental Health Services will take the reins on running a second Pedometer Challenge this spring after Petersburg Indian Association found out it couldn’t secure grant funding for the program. Interest in last year’s challenge sparked and Mark Banda, PIA Tobacco Prevention Specialist saw participation double from what was expected. “What started out at about 150 assumed participants turned into 200 very quickly and that followed up and turned into over 300,” Banda said. Banda gave pedometers to participants who were able to track h...
The Sons of Norway quilt raffle earned around $1000 for the Wounded Warrior Project-a national organization dedicated to raising awareness and providing resources to injured service members. The Sons of Norway sold 220 raffle tickets and drew the winner last weekend. Michelle Brainard won the quilt, which was pieced by Sally Dwyer. The pattern is from a nationally recognized pattern called 'Quilt of Valor'. "It feels good to be part of a good thing," Dwyer said. "There are thousands of quilts...
A local quilting group that sends its blankets to a charity organization found out its quilts aided those in the Philippines affected by Typhoon Haiyan. The storm has killed thousands and displaced more than half a million people since it struck earlier this month. Heidi Lyons is a member of The Ruth Circle, the quilting group that meets twice a month in the Lutheran church. Every year it donates more than a hundred quilts across the world to those in need. “They’ve gone to Africa and they’ve gone to Southeast Asia,” Lyons said. “All the quilts...
Petersburg High School Choir students Frances Abbott and Stephanie Pfundt attended the National Association of Music Educator's All National Honors Choir in Nashville, Tenn. The girls auditioned for the honors choir last spring and were notified of their acceptance in July. Pfundt received the good news in an email from her music teacher Matthew Lenhard. "I was fishing on my dad's boat," Pfundt said. "It was nine o'clock at night and I was up in the wheelhouse and I started screaming. All the... Full story
Petersburg School District kids will likely eat new and fresher foods at school if the district receives funding from the state to remodel the school’s kitchen. Carlee Wells, Director of Child Nutrition for PSD, said she’s been pushing to renovate the kitchen since she started the job in 2011. Wells and head cook Carol Larson prepare breakfast and lunch for around 200 hungry students and employees every day. The kitchen, located in the elementary school, shares its space with the cafeteria and...
November 15, 1913 – Agent W.E. Nowell, of the Alaska Steamship company, states that he was successful in his application for a change in the steamer schedule that would afford a better service to Juneau and Ketchikan. He made the trip out for the purpose of consulting the officials of his company on this matter and returned on the last trip of the Jefferson. Under the new plan all of southeastern Alaska will be benefited by a reduced time schedule as far north as Juneau. The Jefferson is to go on a 10-day schedule with Juneau as the northern t...
Petersburg School District students and staff hosted a Veteran's Day Assembly in the Wright Auditorium Monday morning. Elementary and middle school students sang songs and played instruments for more than 15 Petersburg veterans and other assembly attendees. After the music those attending the event thanked and shook the hands of the veterans, one of whom served during WW2. Petersburg high school and middle school students attended and watched a video presentation detailing the lives and...
Kevin Colson, Wildlife Biologist with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, gave a presentation in the public library conference room Tuesday night about moose populations and their long journey to Southeast Alaska. To help tell the story, Colson for the past year and a half has worked with Petersburg high school teacher Joni Johnson and her science students as they collect and catalogue moose DNA samples. Before moose made their way to Southeast, a very recent occurrence that didn’t happen until the early 1900s, they lived in the boreal f...
Blue skies greeted more than 30 runners who participated in this year's Turkey Time 5K race. Winners of last Saturday's event guessed closest to their finish time rather than finished the fastest. Runners weren't allowed to carry watches, phones or any device that would allow them to guess or tell the time. The finishing timer also faced away from the runners and they crossed the finish line under the basketball court outside of the community gym. Eleven runners guessed within a minute of their...
The Petersburg Rotary Club is welcoming donations to their Shelter Box program that will provide relief to Philippine residents hit by Typhoon Haiyan. 224 Shelter Boxes are currently en route to Cebu, Philippines and 504 Shelter Box Tents arrived in Manila recently for distribution to the Philippines disaster areas as soon as the freight clears customs. Rotarian Dave Berg said the Shelter Box program provides immediate relief for residents of disaster stricken areas because the box is packed with a large, heavy-duty tent sufficient for a large...
The Petersburg Planning Commission unanimously approved to send a request to the borough assembly to update the current comprehensive plan. A comprehensive plan is a guide to how to develop the community and land within the municipality including things such as utilities, recreation and housing. The plan was last updated in 2001 and updating it is essential to the requirements of borough formation. “We’re giving an overview of the whole process that’s going to take a very long and involved time,” commission chair Susan Thomason said. Officia...
Local writer Edward May is self-publishing his new book "Sourdough Starter: The Mother Sponge." The book is a collection of 27 profiles taken from audio interviews May transcribed and condensed for the Anchorage Daily News between 2006 and 2008. The stories detail the experiences of Alaskans who had lived in the territory before it became a state. May paints the lives of Tlingit fishermen, loggers, trappers and transplants across his pages. "That's the kind of interview I specialize in," May...
Borough residents will soon likely have the option to participate in a co-mingled recycling program after the assembly approved an updated sanitation ordinance during first reading. The Petersburg Borough will incentivize recycling by increasing garbage collection rates by 20 percent—a monthly increase of around $5 for most users. Those who choose to recycle won’t have to pay the difference. “The folks that choose not to recycle for whatever reason would then end up paying higher cost that would help fund the program,” said Karl Hagerma... Full story
