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April 12, 1913 – Are Bound For Siberia: Will E. Hudson, one of the Post Intelligencer's staff photographer, travelling on the boat Polar Bear, Captain Lane, master, together with a Zoological party representing the Smithsonian Institute and Harvard Museum, visited in town several hours Wednesday. Mr. Hudson said that they were on their way North intending to visit the Aleutian Islands, from there will travel by way of Bering sea to Siberia and the Arctic. The Zoological party will be busy gathering up datas for their respective institution w...
The Ad Hoc Sea Otter Management Committee has met twice to discuss ways to enhance or amend Resolution 1958, which was originally adopted in January 2011, to encourage support managing the exploding sea otter population in southeast Alaska. “I believe this resolution states things pretty well,” Committee Chair and Petersburg Borough Assembly member Kurt Wohlhueter said. “I think we can take this and add to it or amend it and use it as a model for what we want to say.” Friday afternoon the committee scoured over information in the US Fish and Wi...
Local Masonic leaders, with leaders of the Grand Lodge of Alaska were in attendance to present new bicycles to two elementary students who reached their accelerated reading goal for the trimester. “These kids have all worked very hard on the accelerated reading goals,” Stedman Elementary School Principal Erica Klundt-Painter said. “We had 80 percent of our students reach their goals for this period.” Each of the students’ names who reached their reading goal were placed in a drawing for the n...
Matt McGuan, Project Engineer for DOWL HKM, reported that the concrete pavement has been poured on the east side of Nordic Drive in front of the Trading Union Hardware Store during a road construction progress meeting Tuesday afternoon. “SECON has completed the installation of the storm drain pipe and structures on the Phase 2 portion of Nordic Drive,” McGuan stated. “They have also completed the demolition of Excel Street with the exception of the south sidewalk.” McGuan also said that the inst...
The Petersburg Public Library has currently archived Petersburg newspapers from the years 1913 to 1931 in order to make information easier to access. In order to see these archived newspapers just visit the Petersburg Public Library web page; a link has been established on the home page. “All of the information is at your fingertips,” Librarian Tara Alcock said. “The beauty of this is we have not had to do this ourselves.” Alcock explained that the library's microfilm was sent to Advantage, a company down south that converted the informa...
Petersburg's own Sydney Guthrie took first place in Short Fiction Writing with her work “Weeping Willow” in F Magazine's third annual Alaska Statewide Youth Art & Writing Competition on March 16. Patricia Jackson and Diane Murph were awarded 'Honorable Mention' in art. Jackson's “Reflection” is a self portrait in pastels. “I was inspired by the difference of perception in how people look at you instead of who you really are,” said Jackson. Murph's “Epiphany” is an elaborate work in ink and penc...
Dozens of Petersburg residents participated in a Choose Respect parade and rally on Thursday, March 28 as part of a statewide effort to put the spotlight on domestic violence, dating violence and bullying. The participants,including students, teachers, city officials and even a few pets began at Trading Union and ended at the Sons of Norway Hall where refreshments were served. The master of ceremonies for the rally was Jo Ann Day; speakers included School Superintendent Rob Thomason, Deputy... Full story
April 6, 1983 – In response to requests from Congressman Don Young and others concerned about the development of ocean resources, president Reagan signed a proclamation establishing an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) extending 200 miles from the shores of the United States and its overseas possessions. The presidential proclamation affirms U.S. sovereign rights over living and non-living marine resources (except for highly migratory tuna). Congressman Young had sought a presidential proclamation of this nature to provide greater opportunities f...
In July 1936, Petersburg’s main street was under construction. The previous street was built on piling and was surfaced with wooden planks. At this time, planks were removed and the street right-of-way was filled in with gravel. The building at the extreme left of the image, with a wood-rail balcony across the front was the local hotel, located where the Scandia House sits today. The construction firm of Stock and Wright which did the street construction work, offered to move the Wheeler Drug b...
The new Petersburg Public Library construction continues. The roof is ready to be shingled and the cement board siding has been installed under the roof overhang. The siding is starting to be placed on the outside back wall. Inside the building the walls are up and it's becoming easier to envision the completed library. Individual rooms are now separated from a sweeping central space where bookshelves will eventually be installed. “Storefront windows will separate a small meeting room and a c...
The borough manager reports that 60 persons have applied for the Chief of Police position. Manager Steve Giesbrecht said Wednesday the borough’s consultant has advised him by email that six Alaskans have submitted applications. Richard Fursman told Giesbrecht his firm will conduct video interviews with the top 18 candidates and narrow the search down to three candidates to be brought to Petersburg with their spouses for face to face interviews on the weekend of April 27. Giesbrecht said he hopes to offer an employment contract to the f...
The Salvation Army of Petersburg is hosting the 2013 Salvation Army's Alaska Congress. The Congress will be held from April 5-7 and will include worship, fellowship, meals, a couple of workshops and also “time for members throughout southeast to just celebrate the Salvation Army,” according to Lt. Caleb Fankhauser, Corps Officer of the Salvation Army in Petersburg. Over 200 participants from all over Alaska are expected to come to Petersburg for the event. The Congress used to be annual but is now held every two years and is in a different loc...
PHS Seniors Eva Kowalski and Patricia Jackson last month participated in the Distinguished Young Women program in Ketchikan. Eight young women participated in a week-long event formerly known as Junior Miss. The competition is to promote and reward scholarship, leadership and talent. The winner of the local event will compete on the national level in Mobile, Ala. The competition, was open to young women who have never been married or given birth, and met GPA and other requirements. Competitors...
March 30, 1983 – Petersburg has a reputation around the nation of being one of the top two places in the country for drug activity. The reputation is unfounded, according to members of the Petersburg City Council and Police Department, but the community still has to overcome the reputation. Still, hundreds of thousands of dollars of drugs go through Petersburg in a year. Police Cief Bob Oszman said the drug problem will never be stopped completely, but could be slowed quite a bit. He is committed to controlling the drug problem in the c...
SECON Construction completed drainage construction and back-filled the west side of Excel Street between the harbor office and Main Street this past week. Work continues heading north on North Nordic Drive where they will install storm and sanitary drains on the Coastal Cold Storage side of the street. State Project Inspector Jim Stolpe said the company is about a week behind schedule due to the recent freezing weather. He said SEACON’s concrete plant arrived in town and is being set-up. He e...
Alaska’s Board of Game took a step toward a potential wolf control program on Gravina Island recently when it directed the state to prepare an “operational plan” for the board to consider in March. Meeting earlier this month in Sitka, the board accepted the feasibility studies completed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game regarding the potential for wolf control programs on Gravina Island and in limited areas near Petersburg to help boost deer populations. “We believe that this is a project that the department could accomplish and be...
Verizon is on its way to Southeast Alaska – just not for the foreseeable future in Wrangell or Petersburg. According to company spokesman Scott Charlston, the move to bring cell and data service to rural Alaska is in its first phase and that network facilities are currently in Juneau only. “It’s no secret that we have towers in Juneau and we can’t hide that,” Charlston said. “But, we are not poised to go into some of the more rural areas at this point. Wrangell and Petersburg would be in that. There might be something in phase two, but I have...
