Sorted by date Results 3676 - 3700 of 3721
The Petersburg Community Foundation’s third grant-making opportunity is now open. A total of $7000 will be awarded to a minimum of three nonprofit organizations. Applications are due April 12 at 9:00 p.m. Grant awards will be announced at the Foundation’s donor event on May 19th. The Petersburg Community Foundation recently transferred its application process to a user - friendly online format. To access, go to the Foundation’s website at www.petersburgcf.org and click on ‘grants and community projects’. Please direct your programma...
The Alaska Community Foundation named Kris Norosz as secretary to its 2012 board of directors. Established in 1995, The Alaska Community Foundation grants more than $5 million a year to charitable projects and nonprofit organizations across the state. ACF is comprised of over 280 component funds and endowments, including the Seward Community Foundation, the Alaska Disaster Recovery Fund, the Anchorage Schools Foundation, the Alaska Children’s Trust and many others. The foundation helps individuals, organizations and communities create funds t...
Silas Flor (left) and Chris Bearly clear away the last of chimney at the Lutheran Church on Monday. The chimney has been there for about 100 years. Contractor Jesse West said the chimney was being removed due to safety concerns. Several people who watched the removal took a few bricks as keepsakes West said....
March 3, 1982 - The “Jaws of Life” was recently purchased by the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department, with $10,000 in donations from the community. The hydraulic rescue tool can exert approximately 25,000 lbs. of force for lifting, breaking and prying parts of cars, when victims are trapped inside. The equipment has other accessories and can be used in a variety of rescue applications. February 27, 1992 - Oil spills in the Petersburg Harbor have become so frequent in the last year that if the...
Using donated yarn, these ladies made blankets, scarves, caps, mittens and slippers for children at an orphanage in Zmiev, Ukraine. The orphanage is home to 64 children that range in school grades from first to eighth. Pictured are (top row) Katey Gilpin, Arlene Williams, Cathy Harris, (seated) Ruth Callihan, Winny the Pomeranian, Adelyn Funk and Shirley Short....
Sunny skies illuminated the majestic LeConte Glacier on Sunday. Local jet boat operator Breakaway Adventures led its first trip of the year to the enormous glacier with about 14 passengers. Since last summer, Breakaway Adventures owner and this weekend’s boat captain Eric Yancey, said the center portion of the face of the glacier has pushed forward about 200 to 300 yards. Once warm weather creeps into LeConte Bay, that ice will begin to break off from the glacier and join the other many b...
February 24, 1982 - The new Petersburg Ferry Terminal opened Tuesday, and Monday was moving day for the office crew. Boxes of office supplies sat outside the new ticket counter area which is surrounded by a plush, roomy waiting area for ferry travelers. The new ferry terminal is about 3 times the size of the old facility. February 27, 1992 - The U.S. Forest Service is trying to find out if local residents and agencies are interested in a proposed road that would connect Sandy Beach and Cabin...
Rasmuson Foundation is now accepting nominations for its 2012 Distinguished Artist Award. Rasmuson Foundation offers one $25,000 Distinguished Artist Award annually in recognition of creative excellence and superior accomplishments in the arts. The award is intended as a validation of the artist's creative output and contributions to the state of Alaska. Anyone can nominate someone to receive the Distinguished Artist Award and an application package from the artist is not necessary to receive the award. Eligible artists have created an...
Every student at Petersburg High School was served up ice cream sundays before lunch on Wednesday, much to the delight of state and school officials. The gathering was in honor of sophomore Diane Murph's poster for the state's Choose Respect campaign. “Diane's poster is beautiful, very colorful. The governor chose it to represent the state,” said Alaska's First Lady Sandy Parnell. The poster, which reads “Respect Pass It On” was chosen from a number of entries from 30 schools in the state to pro... Full story
February 10, 1982: A new public safety building may be in the offering in the next few years if the hopes of local emergency services workers take seed. The City Council voted unanimously Feb. 1 to have the city send out requests for proposals for a public safety building which would, if constructed, house the fire department, police department, jail and emergency medical technicians’ office. The building is still in the tentative stages with no source of funding yet determined, although City P...
The Petersburg Indian Association (PIA) will be holding board elections on Friday, Feb. 17, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. According to Tribal Administrator Will Ware there are four seats open, including three board seats and the position of chairman. “Usually, there are three seats open, plus the chairman,” Ware said. “This year there is an extra seat available.” According to Ware, Ronelle Beardslee is running uncontested for the chairman seat. Christina Sokamoto is running for a one-year term seat. Five people...
Pictures from the Petersburg High School Music concert and fundraiser...
Silas Jacob Stanton Gregor was born on January 24, 2012 to Jeigh and Lea Stanton Gregor. Silas weighed 9 lbs 8oz and was 21.5 inches long....
February 10, 1982 - Petersburg’s spirit exists in its harbor, and that is where the local Task Group for the Alaska 1984 celebration will focus its energies - lobbying for construction of a new harbor master’s building and a waterfront park area. The group will present a schematic plan and estimated cost of the project to the state of Alaska ’84 Committee in Anchorage Feb. 18-19. The group’s top priority project includes construction of a new Harbormaster’s building with public showers a...
Adult Reading Raffle - Enter weekly to win a KINDLE FIRE and other great prizes online at psglib.org or at the Public Library. Open to adults 18+. Hunger Games Party/Little Kid's Rock Concert – 3 pm. Free book for kids 10 am - 4 pm. Celebrate the Hunger Games film release with a reaping, Cornucopia snacks, and a performance by Little Kids Rock. Participants are encouraged to bring Hunger Games themed snacks to share. Garden Forum & Information Exchange - Fri, Feb 10 at 7 pm. Instructor Bob Gorman, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, bring y...
Pacific Northwest sculptor, Karsten Boysen, of Port Orchard, Wash., is five for five as he was recently chosen for the 2012 Annual Collective Vision Gallery statewide exhibition in Bremerton, Wash. His welded steel, brilliant yellow sculpture entitled “rockitdog” is one of 137 artworks chosen from over 800 Washington entries. This is the fifth consecutive year Boysen was selected for the annual CVG statewide competition with a different expert curator each year. The artist has numerous lar...
The following PHS art students currently have their work hanging in the SeaLife Center (Seward) in an art show; Bessie Johnson, Joe Zarlengo, Brittany Fonseca, Robyn Schwartz, Rhiannon Kivisto and Ellie Robinson. Carolyn Kvernvik placed 2nd place in the Regional High School group for the Coastal America Student Art Contest. Her art work and essay will be traveling to Washington D.C in March to represent the state of Alaska and the Alaska SeaLife Center and take part in the national competition. She will receive artwork created by the Seward...
Principal Erica Kludt-Painter, Police Chief Jim Agner, Mayor Al Dwyer, City Manager Steve Giesbrecht, School Board member John Bringhurst, and DARE Officer Mike Schwarte proudly stand behind the 27 fifth graders of Rae C. Stedman Elementary who graduated from the DARE program on January 18th in Wright Auditorium....
February 3, 1982 - Petersburg should have a new shooting range by fall if plans by the city and the Petersburg Rod and Gun Club run on schedule. Using funds supplied by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, a basic range used by the Rod and Gun Club and located at mile 13 of Mitkof Highway will be upgraded and opened to the public. Plans call for the addition of an open shed equipped with benches to shoot from in adverse weather, a warming shed, bathroom facilities and two concrete trap...
The State DOT-PF truck plowed Haugen Drive Saturday morning as heavy, wet snow blanketed Petersburg. By that afternoon, snow turned to rain and the melting cycle is expected to continue into the next week. The pictured scene is at the intersection of Haugen Drive and Sandy Beach Road....
Adult Reading Raffle - Enter weekly to win a KINDLE FIRE and other great prizes online at psglib.org or at the Public Library. Open to adults 18+ Snacks+Music+Fun=TAG - Sat, Feb 4 - 11 am-1 pm Have an impact. Join the library’s Teen Advisory Group (TAG). Open to teens 6th grade and up. Invasion of the Afterschoolers presents - Woven Hearts - Tuesday Feb. 7, 3:30 - 4:30. Make woven paper hearts for Valentine decorations. A drop-in program for kids ages 6 and up. Baby Bookworms - Wednesday, Feb 8 at 10 am – 11 am. Entertaining our youngest pat...
January 27, 1982 - Petersburg Processor’s owner, Ray Wood announced the pending sale of Petersburg Processors to Nelbro Packing Co., an American Company headquartered in Seattle. Wood made the announcement at the Monday night meeting of the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce. Wood explained that due to the expected record 1982 salmon pack this year, he and Bob Resoff decided to sell the company which has operated with Wood at the helm for the past 25 years. Wood said, “In the long run, we dec...
Alexander Nahlee Deberry is Petersburg’s New Year’s baby. He weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz. and was born to Monique Davis and Eric Deberry in Anchorage on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 8:06 a.m. Deberry told the Pilot they will return to Petersburg as soon as Monique is released from the hospital. The couple and newborn will receive numerous gifts from Petersburg merchants that were displayed in last week’s newspaper....
Petersburg Arts Council brought the Capitol Steps to Petersburg on Tuesday. The Capitol Steps are a group of political satirists, whose live show feature song parodies and skits roasting the political headlines of the day. They have recorded over 30 albums since their formations in the early 1980s....
The twin girls featured in the historic photo from the Michael Nore collection last week were Marolyn and Carolyn Grinrod. The twins were born in November 1937 and later graduated from Petersburg High School. Their mother Verda was a teacher and father Hank worked in the shipyard. The photo of the girls on tricycles was taken in front of the house next to Ruth Sandvik’s home on 2nd Street. Marolyn now lives in Tacoma and Carolyn in Seattle. Thanks to Lynn Smith and others who provided i...
