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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...
Several inches of snow fell in town this week, the first of the season, and snowmen like this guy on South Nordic Drive appeared on lawns all around Petersburg....
November 10, 1982: As dredging and parking lot construction for the new small boat harbor nears completion, Department of Transportation Project engineer John Edwards says the harbor may be operational by next fall. The dredging, which began in mid-August, is about 50-60 percent complete. As of Monday night, 288,150 cubic yards will have been removed. DOT is now estimating that 485,000 cubic yards will still have to be removed because the contractor, as allowed in contract provisions, is digging...
Petersburg Parks and Recreation is sponsoring a Turkey Time 5k, Nov. 17 at 9 a.m. Register at Parks and Rec through Thurs., Nov. 15. There is a fee. See the route map at http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/86065855. No ipods, iphones, cell phones, music players or other timing devices including watches and GPS units will be allowed on the race course during the race. The winners will be based on how close the runner comes to their estimated time. Prizes are: 1st (closest) – a full turkey dinner with all the fixings; 2nd (closest) – a tur...
The United States Coast Guard Cutter SPAR arrived in Petersburg Saturday afternoon to honor Laura Marie Nuss-Rokey for her service in the Coast Guard during World War II. “We had no intention of coming to Petersburg,” SPAR Captain Michelle Schallip said. “But when we found out Mrs. Nuss-Rokey was here we had to make the trip.” Nuss-Rokey is City Manager Steve Giesbrecht’s mother in law. On Nov. 23, 1942 legislation was passed creating the Coast Guard Women's Reserve, SPAR, which comes from the... Full story
These seven PHS seniors, (front row) Krissa Davis, Kayley Thorsen, Jael Swanson, Sam Marifern, (back row) Tyler Lantiegne, Casey Menish and Tim Kivisto, proudly posed for a picture with American government teacher Jim Engell after casting their first ever vote in a presidential election....
It was a busy weekend! Starting with Friday night’s cookoff/brewfest, followed by the Oktoberfest Art Share at the Community Gym on Saturday morning. Next came Saturday night’s Petersburg’s Arts Council’s concert at the Sons of Norway Hall featuring the Juneau band Kari Groven and the Wristrockets, seen onstage above. Costumed revelers made the Sons the first stop before heading out to the various costume contests around town. Andrea and Leaf Weathers costumed as a puppet master and his marione...
The 7th Annual Devil’s Thumb Brewfest and Chili Cookoff brought a big crowd out to the Sons of Norway Hall on Friday Night to sample the edible entries. Tiffany Budinger’s Campfire Chili Con Carne was voted the overall winner of the night with other prizes going to Mindy Anderson for stew, Al Peeler for game chili, Marlene Cushing for vegetarian chili, Eric Castro for beer, and Margaret Newlun for wine....
Petersburg Children’s Center celebrated Halloween with fun, food and costumes. Shown here (front from left) Lucas Watkins, Lena Long-Drew, Aldric Jackson, Neil Lombard, Brody Whitethorn, Bradley Johnston and Annabelle Christensen. (second row) Mia Wood, Rhiannon Kivisto, Kaija Wood, Lexie Tow, Zia Hulebak, Cadence Flint, Waylon Jones, Tucker Gibson, Aria Swanson and Quincy Rice. (third row) Edgar Olson, Scotty Newman, Livi Hinde, Damon Bradford, Hannah Slaven, Seamus Davidson, Stella Asplund, A...
Mountain View Manor held its first annual Hallows Eve Fall Ball Saturday, Oct. 13 and the evening was a huge success. Above, Carol Shaake dances with LtJG Rick Mozolic of the USCG Cutter Anacapa.... Full story
October 20, 1982- The Connexion, National Bank of Alaska’s new automatic teller machine, is now operational in five locations in Southeast Alaska. The machines, tied to the bank’s central computer system in Anchorage, are being used by customers in Ketchikan, Juneau and Sitka. Ketchikan and Juneau each have two National Bank of Alaska offices and The Connexion is available at those locations. By using the special “Connexion” card and personal identification code, NBA customers can perform any one of seven banking transactions 24 hours a day....
October 20, 1982- An unfamiliar building, a strange view from the front window, a new bed-it can be disquieting to an adult, let alone a child. Maria Estelle, director of the Petersburg Children’s Center, is getting nervous thinking about helping 40 children adapt to a new day-home. She is nonetheless looking forward to the move into the new Petersburg Children’s Center. The actual move won’t be made until Nov. 1, but a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held on Oct. 22 at 11 a.m. across from the elementary school. Construction of the cente...
Petersburg Bible Church welcomes Demer Webb as a new pastor for the growing congregation. Webb and wife, Dana, have been married for 14 years and have three children, Ethan, 10, Ella, 7 and Elijah, 2. The Webb family moved here from Atlanta and hopes to make Petersburg their home. The Webbs arrived Aug. 5 and will move into their permanent home in November. “I lived in Anchorage for 14 years as a young man,” Webb said. “Until about eight months ago, Petersburg wasn’t even on my radar. The onl...
The young family of Carin Christensen and Emil Tucker approach the finish line at the Community Gym during Saturday Morning’s Beat the Odds Race Against Cancer....
Members of the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department visited the kindergarten at Stedman Elementary School to teach about fire safety and safe practices in case of fire. Above, Mike Turland in full bunker gear demonstrates what they might see if a firefighter were crawling into a burning house to perform a rescue.... Full story
