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February 9, 1983 – An apartment manager joined the canneries in speaking out against the proposed Petersburg water rate changes at Monday night's council meeting. The city council also had many questions about the proposed water rate changes, and will hold a work session about the proposed water rate ordinance. An Ordinance revising the rates was approved by council in it's first reading, despite the questions that were raised. Frances Hubbard, manager of the Sanitary Apartments, spoke at the public hearing against charging individual users a...
Governor Sean Parnell announced the winner of the 2013 Choose Respect Poster Contest last week – and although a group of Anchorage middle school students took home the top prize, a Petersburg student came close with a runner-up entry. Petersburg High School senior, Noppanun Saensuk created a colorful cartoon concept with the direction of her teacher Ashley DuRoss as an entry that took the No. 2 spot in the competition. This year’s theme was “iRespect.” The runner-up poster was selected for younger audiences with images of children enjoyin...
Saturday mail delivery by letter carriers may soon go the way of the Pony Express and penny postcards. The Postal Service said Wednesday that it plans to cut back to five-day-a-week deliveries for everything except packages to stem its financial losses in a world radically re-ordered by the Internet. The change will not affect Petersburg or Wrangell; the planned change only relates to post offices where letter carriers who make door-to-door or box-to-box service. “Our financial condition is urgent,” declared Postmaster General Patrick R. Don...
Kade Alan Norheim was born January 31, 2013 to Laurel McCullough and Taylor Norheim at SEARHC Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and was 21 inches long....
February 2, 1983 - The acute care building of the Petersburg General Hospital should be “razed, torn down” when the new building is completed, the administrator of the hospital said. Craig Slater said it is estimated that the building would cost $450,000 to renovate. Even then the building is not suited for offices and they could not utilize every portion of the building, he said. Slater spoke to the Hospital Board at their meeting Jan.25. The board decided to bring up the issue at their next meeting. February 4, 1993 - Faced with fewer stu...
This female Snowy Owl spent the afternoon attracting many curious visitors while perched near Petersburg’s Middle Harbor on Monday....
January 26, 1983 - Leroy Fairbanks of Petersburg will be among twenty five recruit Alaska State Troopers and fish and wildlife protection officers that will begin 13 weeks of intensive training this month at the Department of Public Safety Academy in Sitka. Fairbanks is a recruit trooper. They comprise the members of the 37th Recruit Academy for the Department of Public Safety. During the next 13 weeks the recruits will be engaged in a rigorous training program involving 8 – 10 hours of training daily, six days a week. This will include both p...
January 26, 1983 - Depending on who you talk to in town, the Petersburg school propositions didn’t pass last week either because of propaganda and scare tactics or because the proposals did not meet needs the community thought were important. Voters turned down a master plan of a new school: 231 – 654, and $2.25 million general obligation bonds to pay for the plan, 366 – 520. One of the conflicts about the master plan was over the proposed auditorium. Wilmer Oines, school board member, said the proposed auditorium is an expensive issue but it i...
Petersburg High School senior Mizani Rawhani was nominated for appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy by Congressman Don Young, Senator Lisa Murkowski and Senator Mark Begich. Each member of Congress can have five constituents attending the Naval Academy at any time. When one member leaves the Academy, a vacancy is created. “The Navy really caught my attention when the different military branches sent representatives to the school,” Rawhani said. “I have always thought I would love to fly but g...
Lora Jean Lombard was born on December 19, 2012 to Heidi and Stephen Lombard at Ketchikan General Hospital. She weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces and was 19 inches long....
Friday night the Sons of Norway Hall was transformed into a western scene for the elementary school’s Barn Dance, complete with a “chuckwagon” providing meals, volunteers running games and activities for kids and a festive photobooth, as seen above....
A view across the Wrangell Narrows toward Bear Paw Mountain on a recent winter morning....
A donation of $1,200 was presented to WAVE by Alaska Airline General Manager Jon Wright on behalf of the Alaska Airlines’ Community Advisory Board. “We look for philanthropic ways to help the community,” Alaska Airlines’ Community Advisory Board Chair Kris Norosz said. “This organization does a lot for the community and we felt they were the deserving party.” Working Against Violence for Everyone, WAVE, is a non-profit group whose trained staff assists and advocates for people who are experiencing domestic violence in their lives. According t...
The Petersburg Arts Council brought celebrated Canadian blues man Matt Anderson to town for a concert in Wright Auditorium last Thursday. Anderson’s recent accomplishments include winning the top prize at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis and taking 2011’s Entertainer of the Year and Acoustic Act of the Year in Canada’s Maple Blues Awards. His performance received an enthusiastic standing ovation from Petersburg’s music lovers....
The Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department will continue Junior Firefighter training longer under the direction of PVFD Firefighter Devren Bennett. The Junior Firefighter training program usually runs from Oct. 1 to the end of December, but the program has evolved recently with Bennett's contribution. “This is my first year to run the program,” Bennett said. “Previously the program was run by Troy Thynes and Paul Jennings but I have structured things a little different this year.” In previous year... Full story
January 19, 1983 - The Petersburg city council gave up the fight Monday night to use repair money for Main Street which was designated for Mitkof Highway from the ferry terminal to Scow Bay. “I think it would be prudent to stop blackmailing the state,” City Manager Rich Underkofler told the city council at their meeting Monday. “The posture we have had in the past was to move forward and force the state to comply and listen to our wishes,” Mayor Don Koenings said. “I think it would be the recommendation of the city manager and the DOT to ce...
Salvation Army Lt. Caleb Frankhuser presented Petersburg Rotary Club President John Bringhurst with the 2012 Bell Ringing Award for collecting over $3,047 to the Red Kettle in December. Individuals and civic organization volunteers raised a record $16,600 for the Salvation Army services in Petersburg....
Tattoo and all-around artist Tammie Wales arrived in Petersburg Dec. 18 and has since donated her time and talent to the Petersburg Parks and Recreation Department in the form of a mural. “I wanted to give something back,” Wales said. “But I also wanted to get my work out there and seen.” Wales has been drawing and painting for years and has been a tattoo artist for the last three years and plans to open a tattoo shop here in the near future. Wales approached Parks and Recreation Directo...
January 12, 1983 – Alaska Airlines took a DC – 9 Super 80 for a test drive Jan. 5 through Southeast Alaska and made a stop in Petersburg. Alaska Airlines is “looking at the next generation of airplanes,” Kenneth F. Skidds, vice president of services for Alaska Airlines said. Skidds said the airlines is trying to keep the fleet under seven years old. The Super 80 is just one airplane the company is looking at to buy. January 14, 1993 – Some merchants were cheered by increased retail sales in Petersburg during the Christmas shopping season, hopin...
When the residents of Petersburg and Wrangell flip a switch to turn on a light or push a button on an electronic device they probably don’t give much thought to where the power comes from – as long as the electricity keeps flowing. The power comes from somewhere close, tucked away in a picturesque river valley east of the Bradfield Canal, near the southeastern tip of Wrangell Island That place is the Tyee Lake Hydroelectric Project. It is a 20-megawatt power generation facility that sup...
FOR SALE 2007 North River Seahawk O/S 28-ft. aluminum hull. V-Berth, enclosed, stand-up head, seats 6 plus captain, spring ride helm chair, custom seats, large back deck w/hand rails, 140 gal. fuel, twin 150 hp Yamahas with 2200 hours. 8 h.p. Yamaha kicker, elec. start, Wallas heater, Furuno 1824 NavNet radar, plotter, sounder, E-Z loader trailer, 8-person life raft, roof rocket launchers, deck light, roomy 10-foot cabin, 8-ft beam, lots of storage lockers, roof rails, and additional features... Full story
Air Force Airman Rhonda K. Jacobsen – Wilson Graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight – week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Jacobsen – Wilson is th...
