Petersburg Pilot -

Last Friday was the last day at work for Brittany Zenge, the latest director of the Clausen Museum. It's been just over a year since Zenge moved to town after graduating from Monmouth College in her home state of Illinois. Zenge got the job after searching online and applying for jobs in every place and state possible.

"I didn't really have a set goal, I just knew that I wanted to try a place other than Illinois," she says. "Petersburg was the first museum to get back to me."

After going through an extensive interview process, Zenge packed up her car and drove to Bellingham, Wash., and hopped...