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January 5, 1983 - Approval for the city to pay for the repairs of four streets in the Scow Bay area has been given by the Petersburg City Council. The council voted 5 – 1 to pay 100 percent of the cost of repairs for Hungerford Hill, Cornelius Road, Kings Row and Odin’s Lane. City Manager Richard Underkofler asked the council to decide something Monday night about the roads in the area. We have been talking about this since August. It’s time to decide what to do,” he said. January 7, 1993 - The Petersburg General Hospital Board will invite...
The residents of Long Term Care, staff, families and friends celebrated the arrival of 2013 with a countdown to noon on New Year’s Eve, complete with noisemakers, a sparkling cider toast, confetti and singing....
LITCHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Dozens of Minnesota Scandinavians and the people who love them flock to the VFW Club in Litchfield every Thursday from November through January, where a $20 bill will get you a big steaming hunk of the frequently mocked fish dish known as lutefisk. It comes with meatballs, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and the potato flatbread known as lefse — all of which helps to make up for the dubious entree. “Butter helps it slide down your throat,” said Dennis Voss, the husband of a Norwegian-American, revealing his own surviva...
City public works employees didn’t need to transport the city’s Christmas tree far this year. The tree was donated by Gerald Lind who lives at the corner of 6th and Gjoa streets. Lind said of the perfectly shaped tree, “I wanted to let some sunshine into my house,” when asked why he wanted the tree removed....
These cheerful revelers don’t mind a little cold water, when it comes to celebrating the arrival of a new year....
The incredible display at Kevin Granberg’s home, #42 Magill’s Trailer Court, took top honors in the home decorating category of the Chamber of Commerce’s Christmas Decorating contest. Other winners included the Sons of Norway winning for church/organizations, Lee’s Clothing for businesses, Pam Speck’s Sweet Home won for boats, and the Shimmering Sandy Beach Road (the Bryner, Swanson, Paulsen, Short and Dwyer homes) won in the neighborhood category....
December 8, 1982: Petersburg Cablevision announced recently that they will provide four more channels to their Petersburg system sometime in early 1983. Betty Philbin of the Petersburg Cablevision office said the new channels will be made available to customers over a small auxiliary control box that will sit on top of the television sets. At the present time all 13 channels are used for Cablevision programs in Petersburg. December 10, 1992: The Petersburg Moose Lodge hoped to win the distinction of being the biggest donor to the Salvation...
December 22, 1982: At a fireside meeting in the Social Hall (at Mountain View Manor) on Friday evening, it was decided that the Senior Citizen’s should have a newsletter and share all the ‘goings on’ with the rest of Petersburg. Each month we will attempt to write the news of the month; parties, birthdays, new grandchildren, etc. Over the five months that Ann and Alice have been in residence, they have been very busy processing applications, helping tenants get settled, purchasing equipment and supplies, contacting the contractor and subco...
Debbie Tice captivated the children in the audience at the Petersburg Lutheran Church on Monday night with a spirited reading of “A Bad Kitty Christmas....
John and Jeanne Bringhurst of Petersburg announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Jessica Jeanne to William Spencer Hill, son of Jim and Diane Hill of Mapleton, Utah. Jessica graduated from Petersburg High School in 2004. After serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arequipa, Peru, Jessica is pursuing a degree in Public Health. For the past several summers she has worked for the Petersburg Ranger District. Will is attending Utah Valley University in...
Bud Bergen stands for a trombone solo during Monday night’s PHS Winter Concert in Wright Auditorium. Bergen is one of PHS’ all-time most accomplished musicians. This year, on trombone, he was selected to participate in the Region V Honors Music Festival, the All-State Music Festival and the All-Alaska Jazz Band. He is also an outstanding vocalist and was selected to participate as a tenor in the All-NW Music Festival concert choir, an event honoring the top student musicians in a six state reg...
The Sons of Norway Seafood contest had a huge turnout and all were able to enjoy Petersburg’s favorite food - seafood. Winners are: (from left) Kurt Kvernvik for the pickled seafood category with his pickled black cod, Sig Mathisen in the pickled herring category for his South of the Border Herring, Mike Luhr in the smoked salmon category with his smoked sockeye and Bill Olson in the smoked seafood category with his smoked baked black cod....
Staying active during the winter months is the key to a healthy season. These cross-country skiers took advantage of heavy snows last week to get some exercise along Sing Lee Alley....
Joe Viechnicki displayed more than a dozen oil paintings at Miele Gallery’s First Friday show last Friday evening. Viechnicki’s style continues to evolve as he produces landscapes depicting scenes familiar to many. New pieces at this showing included Shakes Glacier and a shoreline scene on the Stikine River. Another smaller canvas depicted two ghostly steelhead swimming through silt-laden water. Big and bold continue to describe Viechnicki’s landscapes reproduced on large canvases with broad...
Saturday there was plenty of traffic on the sledding hill behind downtown’s Federal Building as families took advantage of the fresh snow....
December 8, 1982: Millions of people saw it at the World’s Fair in Knoxville, Tenn., and in the future it is likely that Petersburg will get to see the giant portrait of itself. The Alaska Seafood Marketing institute is “amenable” to loaning the 65 foot long by 8 foot high mural of the Petersburg boat harbor for display here, if a place can be found to accommodate it. The mural was the backdrop to the ASMI booth at the World’s fair, which ended October 31. It is now being shipped back from the fair and will be temporarily displayed on the eight...
Petersburg’s current Writer Laureate Lee Ribich read selected writings, alongside readings by around a dozen community members in Council Chambers on Saturday during the library’s Annual Holiday Literary....
November 17, 1982: Permits, telephone cables, utility wires, cable t.v. lines and limited equipment are all slowing down the moving of the old Norheim house that was purchased by Paul Stoner from the city for $4,000 a few weeks ago. Stoner is required to have the house off the property by March of 1983. The house was moved off the lot last week and now sits in the middle of 2nd Ave. Stoner told the Pilot last week that the house will be sitting in the city right of way for about another 10 day, until they can make firm arrangements with the var...
