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The Petersburg High School track and field team kicked off their regular season schedule last weekend in Ketchikan, and the boys and girls both earned third place finishes. PHS had almost 35 athletes make the trip, but they were still the second smallest school at the meet. Sitka had 25 girls competing, compared to only 11 for Petersburg, but the Vikings still managed to stay close in team scores. Sitka took first, followed by Thunder Mountain High School, and the PHS girls ended up beating...
The Petersburg High School baseball team took the field for their first games of the season last Monday night in a doubleheader against Juneau-Douglas High School. The Vikings dropped both games, losing 8-1 in the first game, and having the second game called after five innings with the Crimson Bears up 14-4. In game one, Petersburg went up against JDHS starter Bryce Swofford, a junior, who PHS head coach Jim Engell says is one of the best pitchers in the conference. Swofford tallied nine strikeouts in five innings, and his stuff is not...
Kyle Hagerman's father, Karl, likes to refer to him as "well adjusted." Kyle is soft-spoken, humble about his intelligence and a cancer survivor. Although he only has one, maybe two, memories about the battle with cancer he fought and won. Kyle was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia one week after turning two years old. For Robyn Hagerman, Kyle's mother, the emotion of the day is inescapable. "Let me tell you this, I am the emotional Hagerman, so don't you feel bad," Robyn says... Full story
Karen Hofstad has a collection of a couple hundred or so seafood related cans and labels that would make fishing industry historians salivate. The majority of the collection represents the salmon industry and canneries throughout Alaska, including Kodiak, Petersburg and Wrangell, and they are the inspiration for trash cans worthy of a framed photograph. Last summer Bruce Schactler, a fisherman from Kodiak, contacted Hofstad to ask her to share her labels to create 30 trash cans to help... Full story
Over 50 band and choir students participated in the Region V Music Festival in Ketchikan last weekend, and the results show the PHS music program led by director Matt Lenhard continues to improve. The event brought groups from all over Southeast together and focuses on celebrating the region's close-knit music community. The festival is non-competitive, but offers participants the opportunity to gain ratings. PHS concert band, jazz band and choir performed during the event, and there were two... Full story
Nine Petersburg High School students traveled to Skagway earlier this month for the annual art event known as Art Fest. The event was held April 7-10 and open to high school students throughout Southeast. Over 80 students gathered in Skagway, a destination not really known for hosting regional events. "Traveling to Skagway was definitely a highlight because it's not a typical place that students get to travel to," says Ashley Lohr, PHS art teacher. Of the nine students Lohr took to the event,...
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says there should be above normal temperatures during the summer months of June, July and August, and equal chances for normal precipitation. So expect typical amounts of rain, but more warm days than Petersburg has seen in the past couple of summers, says NOAA forecaster Kimberly Vaughan. “And that’s because we are transitioning from an El Niño to the La Niña,” she says. As for this past winter, Vaughan says it was the second warmest on record for Petersburg, and fifth lowest for snowfall. The average t...
The North End Ferry Authority is prepared to resume ferry service on Friday, after shutting down for the winter due to low customer traffic. The Rainforest Islands Ferry will complete four weekly trips from Coffman Cove to Banana Point with the M/V Rainforest Islander. North End Ferry Authority general manager Kent Miller says a small repair was needed before the start of the season, but other than that, things are looking good. The repair to the vessels’ cooling system required taking the boat out of water in Wrangell, but it was completed e...
Clare Painter has always liked a little adventure in her life, and she recently undertook a challenge she never saw coming–reality TV. She will appear on Fox Network's new reality show "American Grit" on Thursday, April 14, at 5 p.m. local time. Painter moved to Petersburg in 1986, and spent two summers working salmon and black cod at Cold Storage, then spent the next 20 years working on fishing boats. "Fishing was always challenging, it was always changing," Painter says. One of the biggest p...
The Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers earned the championship at the team's second bout of the season last weekend in Ketchikan. Petersburg took on the Sitka Shee Devils and Ketchikan Rainforest Rollergirls during the one-day tournament, and it was two skaters' first competitive bout. "It was going into the unknown, but overall it was an amazing experience," says Sheena Cook, one of the girls skating in a bout for the first time. "I thought it was going to be super stressful, but everybody just kind... Full story
The Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery closed for the season a little sooner than expected last week, without meeting the quota set by Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG). The preliminary total harvest for the season is approximately 10,000 tons, which leaves about 4,700 of the guideline harvest level (GHL) unharvested, according to a ADFG news release. The reason for the early closure on March 29 was test samples showing an increasing mix of smaller herring. The result of smaller herring is a decreased value of addition harvest. On...
Ten members of the Petersburg High School track and field team traveled to Anchorage to open up the 2016 season last weekend. It was the team's first time partaking in the Big C Relays, an event put on by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Coach Brad Taylor says the indoor event is one of a kind, drawing over 1,000 track and field athletes, and the largest meet Petersburg has ever participated in. There was a team from California that made the trip north and brought 50 athletes, joining 1A/2A...
The 6th Annual Circle of Life Run/Walk will take place April 23 at Sandy Beach, and the entire community is invited to participate. The event offers the opportunity to celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer and remember loved ones lost. “It is a time to grieve, a time to find healing and a time to celebrate,” says Michele Parker. “It really is a community event where people can bring their kids, strollers, dogs. It's for everyone.” Parker says the event represents the hope that those lost to cancer will never be forgotten. It also...
Petersburg Children's Center (PCC) teacher Theressa Phillips received the Southeast Alaska Infant Toddler Teacher of the Year award given by the Association for Education of Young Children (AEYC) at its annual conference March 17-19 in Juneau. PCC director Brandi Heppe nominated Phillips for the award, and PCC staff and parents wrote letters of support detailing the great work Phillips does and why she deserved the recognition. "Toddlers is a tough job to do because it's a lot to juggle and... Full story
The motivation for making quilts to give to local veterans came to Carol Kandoll while watching a video during a Quilts of Valor Foundation fundraiser. Kandoll will never forget the impact it had on her, and will hopefully have on others. She even bought a copy of the video and plans on donating it to the library for others to check out and watch. "I was really touched by the testimonies of the returning soldiers, especially the Vietnam vets, one of them said he had been spit on," Kandoll says.... Full story
The last time a Petersburg High School cheer team went to the state competition was eight years ago, but this year's squad qualified and performed well enough to get people talking at the season finale. The team traveled to Anchorage and hit the mats March 23. Coach Veronica Maldonado says she is still waiting for the overall results to be released, but the kids performed great. "We might not have won it, but we were contenders," she says. "People were asking where Petersburg was and where this...
Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department (PVFD) responded to a fire call Sunday afternoon near Rory's Road at Papke's Landing, 10 miles south of town. The fire destroyed a 24-foot trailer home on the property being used as an office and led to a manufactured home sustaining significant damage, according to PVFD spokesman Dave Berg. "The trailer, the one being used as an office, it was almost gone when we got there," Berg said. "The other one, the residence, the vinyl siding had pretty much melted... Full story
Petersburg High School shop teacher Dave Owens traveled to Sitka earlier this month for training on how to better use design software and manufacturing tools. This year is the first for Owens teaching the industrial arts program at PHS, but he spent well over 10 years heading up elementary school classrooms. "It was the best teachers training I have ever been to," Owens says with a big smile. "Hands on is fun, and that's where the most learning takes place." Owens also took a student with him,... Full story
Herring seiners from Petersburg headed to Sitka Sound last week after the sac roe herring fishery went on two-hour notice. The notice was released last Thursday morning at 11 a.m. Prior to the notice, Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) was busy sampling herring and conducting aerial surveys of the area waiting for the sac roe to reach the right maturity to open the fishery. The guideline harvest level (GHL) for the fishery this year is over 14,500 tons, which is a significantly larger target than last year’s GHL of 8,712 tons. In 2...
Andrew Phoenix realized he wanted to be a performer way back in elementary school while part of a school play about Christmas being canceled because Santa was sick. Phoenix's character was a kid covered in soot and his line was, "So we cleaned the chimneys for nothing?" Phoenix added a little flare after saying his line with an improvisation, and received a loud response of laughter from the audience. All he did was blow his nose with a handkerchief and add a big breath of air to animate the...
The Petersburg soccer team traveled to Juneau for a tournament held on March 11-13, and brought home third place. All of the opponents for Petersburg were from Juneau. Normally there is a team or two from Whitehorse at the tournament, but they did not make it this year. Twelve players made the trip, including 17-year-old Axel Vides. The tournament is typically for players over 30, but this year officials loosened age requirements in order to increase participation. Having the youthful legs of...
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team won two games last weekend in Sitka to bring home the 2A Region V title. Head coach Rick Brock said the entire team played well and are looking forward to taking the court at State this weekend in Anchorage. On Thursday, the boys met up with the Craig Panthers. The two teams had faced off in Petersburg the previous weekend in the regular season finale. "It was a good game to start the tournament," Brock said. "The nice thing about Thursday's game,... Full story
The Lady Vikings have been ranked No. 1 among 2A teams for the majority of the season. Winning the Region V title last weekend in Sitka solidified their strangle hold on the top seed at State this weekend where they take on the Dillingham Lady Wolverines in first round action. "It was a great weekend, the atmosphere was incredible with the pep band, the cheerleaders, and all the teams supporting each other," said head coach Dino Brock. "The kids were ready to play and came out fired up." On... Full story
The Petersburg Wild Kings hockey team traveled to Juneau for the Rainforest Classic Old Timers Tournament held Feb. 26-28. Petersburg hit the ice four times, winning all but one game, and brought home the B bracket championship. On Friday, the Wild Kings started the tournament against Juneau Trout Unlimited. The game went back and forth, but Petersburg took the victory, 2-1. Later that night, the Wild Kings went up against the Juneau Humpies from Hell. The Petersburg squad stormed the ice and...
Southeast Alaska Power Agency (SEAPA) board of directors held a special board meeting telephonically to approve a budget increase and construction contract. During a February meeting in Wrangell the board discussed the possibility of completing the Swan-Tyee Intertie Helicopter Pad Project in FY2016. SEAPA staff requested a $937,395 increase to the fiscal year budget to complete the project. The approval of the budget included a $53,165 increase to the overall budget of the project. Voting alternate and electrical superintendent Clay Hammer...
