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The 21 members of the Petersburg High School Class of 2023 are gearing up for graduation and spending their final week as students reflecting on what has been a memorable four years. From persevering through the COVID-19 pandemic, to digging themselves through record winter storms, to changes in administration with the departure of former longtime principal Rick Dormer and arrival of Ambler Moss, these students have seen it all. Through their academic work, the Class of 2023 has earned over...
Owen Anderson Who are your parents? Jay and Julie Anderson Number of years in Petersburg schools? 10 Please describe a moment you will fondly remember from your time at PHS. Freshman year when we went home for spring break and school ended due to Covid. What are your plans following graduation? To pursue a second education and use the skills I learned in highschool to do so. What was your favorite class or activity during school and why? Shop, I was able to get certified in welding. What is a favorite book, movie, show, or song that you...
May 18, 1923 – Assistant Forester E.A. Sherman has presented seventy-one volumes as a nucleus for a marine library to the Forest Service boats operating in this district, according to word received by C.H. Flory. The library will be known as the Sherman Marine Library. The books are now on the way to Alaska. They include works of high class fiction, travel, exploration and history. Following the plan suggested for the library, the headquarters will be on the Ranger Tahn and from that boat will be distributed throughout the Forest Service f...
May 11, 1923 – The big freighter Cordova was in port this week and discharged 100 tons of coal for local merchants. While here she took on 143 yellow cedar logs which were shipped by Gordon McDonald and his two partners, Charles Cripe and Jack DeSota. The logs scaled around 23 thousand feet and were logged along the muskegs back of town, being hauled to the beach over snow with a Fordson tractor. May 7, 1948 – A new business will open in Petersburg on Saturday at 2 p.m. and will be known as “Mitkof Ice Cream Parlor.” The owners, Mr. and Mrs...
The Alaska Afterschool Network has announced the Alaska Afterschool Superhero award recipients for 2023. According to their recent press release, this handful of afterschool professionals and educators from across the state were recognized for the way they inspire learning and uplift the young people and the community in which they serve. Petersburg's Becky Turland was among those honored. Turland advocates for a healthier and stronger community through her service on the SHARE Coalition and... Full story
May 4, 1923 – While the tale has not become public property, and while the principal actor in the drama probably would not want it known, the fact remains that Walter Frederickson was lost for four days last week and wandered across Kupreanof Island in his travels. Walter, who is an old time trapper and counted one of the best trail finders in this section, has been camping somewhere in Rocky Pass this past trapping season. Last week he started out from camp and four days later, after having been in the woods without food in the meantime, a...
Pete and Chelsea Keutmann of Petersburg's Sea to Shore Seafood Company recently won a Good Food Award for their smoked pink salmon tins. The national award from the Good Food Foundation recognizes food producers who bring together the principles of social and environmental responsibility and exceptional craftsmanship and flavor. The product prepared by Tonka Seafoods beat smoked tinned king and sockeye salmon in a blind tasting. Chelsea remembers, "When Pete said, 'I want to try smoking and cann...
April 27, 1923 – That a large party of capitalists and others interested in the development of the water power at Thomas Bay and the erection of the ten million dollar paper mill there will visit the power site this summer is indicated by the following article printed in the Seattle Times of recent date. “Indicative of the spreading fame of vacation attractions offered by Alaska, is a letter received by the Chamber of Commerce from F.C. Dougherty, a San Francisco business man asking the chamber’s assistance in finding a sumptuously appointed st...
