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Alaska Island Community Services teamed up with Petersburg Mental Health Services to perform a study regarding underage drinking and adult heavy and binge drinking. Alaska Island Community Services program evaluator Desiree Shepler, relayed results of the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant to the Petersburg City Council during its regular meeting Monday evening. The Strategic Prevention Framework Incentive Grant is a federally funded program that is awarded to different states. “Each state takes the grant and performs the s...
City official continue to handle questions regarding the borough election issues. These issues are being forwarded to the two State agencies involved in the election, the Election Division and Alaska Public Officials Office, APOC. “The State is running this election,” Petersburg City Manager Steve Giesbrecht said. “We can answer some of the less confusing issues, but most of the questions need to be taken to the election officials.” The Borough Promotion Committee will hold its first official meeting at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19. “We will be g...
The Petersburg Road Improvement Project continues along Nordic Drive and Dolphin Street. Construction progress to date includes all phase one drain pipes and storm drain structures on Dolphin Street and Nordic Drive, including the Dolphin Street outfall. “All of the pipe work has been done,” Dowl HKM Project Engineer Matt McGuan said. “We will not be putting any more pipe in the ground.” The Nordic Drive pavement, curb and gutter and sidewalk has been demolished and the D-1 base course has been placed and graded on Dolphin Street East and the...
Dan Tate, father and employee of Petersburg City Schools spoke with the Petersburg City Schools Board to add athletic programs to the middle school. “I had the opportunity to chaperone 19 middle school students from the running club to Ketchikan,” Tate said. “They are a remarkable group of young people.” According to Tate, most kids do better in school as well as in life in general, if they have some type of physical activity. “I would like you, the Board, to consider implementing a more active athletic program for the middle school students,...
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
Just after 7 p.m. Thursday, Petersburg Police responded to a report of a suicidal individual armed with an assault weapon on Frederick Point North. Petersburg officers and dispatchers made contact with Jace Cunningham, 30, by cell phone. “We get these types of calls all the time,” Petersburg Police Chief Jim Agner said. “It was just a little more stressful this time.” According to Agner these situations usually end with the individual receiving the help they need from mental health professionals and the information goes no further. “This t... Full story
On a beautiful Saturday, the Humpy 500 was held indoors at the Community Gym. The day continued as a success even if not in its normal venue, normally down PFI hill. Teams went head to head with carts built by the teams to represent sea life. Six teams competed in a cart race, and costume and cart design contests. In the race, the Super Sea Urchins cart with Trinity Davis as team captain, won first place; the Clamorous Clams with Allies Davis as captain came in second; and the Hammerhead... Full story
The Petersburg Planning and Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit for Ocean Beauty Seafoods to place container bunkhouses at the site of the old bunkhouse at 15 Harbor Way Tuesday evening during their regular meeting. “The purpose of this move is for the bunkhouses to be more convenient for our workers,” Ocean Beauty Plant Manager Cheryl Romeo said. “They will be closer to work and closer to town, which will be good for the City as well.” Six, 8 by 40-foot container buildings will take the place of the old building. One of the...
The Petersburg City Council met Friday to finalize the results of Tuesday’s municipal election. The question to raise the sales tax cap in Petersburg from $1,200 to $1,700, failed by six votes. Petersburg Mayor Al Dwyer and council tallied the votes of three questioned ballots and two absentee ballots that were received through the mail. These votes did not change the outcome on proposition two. After the election, this measure was failing by only two votes and another four votes from the remaining ballots were all opposed to the increase. The...
The Petersburg Road Improvement project continues and SECON Project Superintendent Bryce Kidd and Dowl HKM Project Engineer Matt McGuan held a meeting to let the public know how the project is progressing. As of Thursday, Oct. 4, all Dolphin Street storm drain pipes and storm drain structures have been installed. The sanitary sewer manhole in the intersection of Nordic Drive and Dolphin Street has been repaired. Six inch minus shot rock has been installed on Dolphin Street east and west and D-1...
Rates for services and storage at Petersburg Community Cold Storage will increase as of Nov. 1. The Petersburg Economic Development Council owns PCCS, which is a non-profit organization. “Our anchor tenant has been Ocean Beauty Seafoods,” PEDC Coordinator Liz Cabrera said. “With the facility closing for the season, due to the ferry accident, we faced a financial loss with the PCCS.” Cabrera explained that the board tossed around many options and they talked to users of the facility to find solutions to this problem. At this time there are no...
Petersburg Medical Center Board has chosen Bettisworth North Architects and Planners, Inc. to design the remodel project for the long-term care facility. Two proposals for the project were reviewed by the board, with the second proposal coming from Jensen, Yorba and Lott. “Jensen, Yorba and Lott made several changes to the design,” Petersburg Medical Center CEO Liz Woodyard said. “These changes will raise the price exceedingly more than we have money for.” The PMC Board placed the Long Term Care facility on the City’s capital improveme...
With the only contested race on the ballot being for two seats on the Harbor Board, the propositions in this election become the hot topics. Petersburg voters returned with a resounding no to the purchase of the Reid Marine Property by an almost two to one vote. In unofficial results, 515 people voted no, and 274 voted yes for the Reid property purchase. The asking price for the land is $1.4 million and was to be paid for with a mix of local funding sources including a hike in harbor rates. According to Trident Seafoods Plant Manager Dave... Full story
Petersburg police arrested 22 year-old Levi O’Connor after alleged threats prompted the lockdown of Petersburg City Schools, the Petersburg Medical Center, Petersburg Children’s Center and several other downtown businesses on Tuesday morning. O’Connor was apprehended in front of Petersburg Medical Center with a couple of pocket knives in his possession, but officers had reason to believe he was more heavily armed. “We received a call around 8:30 a.m. involving domestic violence,” said Petersbur... Full story
Due to the road construction downtown, the regular program for the annual Humpy 500 has been changed to an indoor race, Saturday, Oct. 6. “The event will be held in the community gym,” Petersburg Fisheries Plant Manager Patrick Wilson said. “The Petersburg Parks and Recreation Department has been kind enough to allow us to use that facility.” Wilson explained that the down side of this is that the kids will not be able to sit in and drive the carts this year. “There will be smaller models ma... Full story
With the borough election set for Dec. 18, the Local Boundary Commission has decided to postpone the petition from the City and Borough of Juneau until after the Petersburg incorporation election. “The LBC will hold off deciding on the Juneau petition until after our election,” Petersburg City Manager Steve Giesbrecht said. “If the Borough vote fails, they will revisit Juneau’s boundary line issues.” Giesbrecht explained at the Monday evening council meeting, that if our petition passes, it would change the whole dynamics of the Juneau petition...
The Viking Cross-Country girls traveled to Anchorage for State competition last week and came home ninth place winners. “It was a muddy fabulous race,” Head Coach Jo Ann Day said. “We woke up to snow on the ground, but it melted and turned into a beautiful day to run on the hilly Bartlett trails.” Top Petersburg finisher for the season, Grace Weller, finished seventh in 3A with a time of 21:13. “Grace had a great race,” Day said. “She has worked so hard this season and all summer. I’m really gl...
The Petersburg Parks and Recreation Department has several activities that are gearing up for action. “We are working with PFI on the Humpy 500,” Petersburg City Manager Steve Giesbrecht said. “This event will take place in the community gym due to road construction downtown.” Giesbrecht also announced that the youth basketball clinic will run in conjunction with the high school basketball team as a fundraising initiative and P & R is prepping for the beginning of adult indoor soccer. Accordi...
Petersburg City Council voted to declare Friday, Oct. 12 as the second sales tax-free day for 2012. Resolution 2026 sets the date for the tax-free day and clarifies that merchants may choose to option out of the sales tax-free day if they desire. “This was a wonderful opportunity for Petersburg businesses,” business owner and Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee Chair Savann Guthrie said. “Even with the loss of the tax revenue to the City, this is a great way to bring in business for the commu...
Petersburg Municipal Power and Light Superintendent and Southeast Alaska Power Authority Board member Joe Nelson brought streamlining suggestions to the Petersburg City Council during the regular council meeting Monday evening. During the regular board meeting of SEAPA, Sept. 19 and 20 there was a suggestion to change contractual obligations with Thomas Bay Power Authority and Ketchikan Public Utility. “These contracts date back to when the state owned the facilities and were last updated in 1996,” Nelson said. “We hired a consultant to see i...
Petersburg Police Chief Jim Agner, Sgt. Heidi Agner and Investigator Kalin Rosse received a letter of appreciation from the United States Postal Inspection Service Inspector in Charge Brad Kleinknecht for their participation in “Operation Last Frontier.” “This operation was the largest multi-agency narcotics interdiction in the history of the Seattle Division,” Kleinknecht stated. “Your individual efforts contributed to the overall success of the operation.” Overall, the interdiction, which took place between July 9 to 14, resulted in 22,723 p...
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced last week that the Alaska Red and Blue King Crab commercial fishery will be closed for the 2012/2013 season. According to Alaska Department of Fish and Game Biologist Joe Stratman, the biomass of mature male red king crab has been declining since 2001 and is currently at its lowest level in 22 years. ADF&G policy states that the department shall close the fishery if the department’s estimate of available harvest is below the minimum threshold of 200,000 pounds of legal male red king crab. The e... Full story
The Viking Cross-Country team traveled to Juneau for Regional competition last weekend and the girls came in third place behind Mt. Edgecumbe and Sitka. Grace Weller finished second with a time of 21:42 with Fran Abbott not too far behind in 11th with a time of 23:23. Robyn Schwartz finished 17th with a time of 24:05; Kylie Wallace came in 25th at 24:39; Stephanie Pfundt crossed the finish at 26th place with a time of 24:50 and Nicole Peterson came in 34th at 26:10. “Stephanie and Fran both had... Full story
Alaskan wife and mother of three, Vicki Sarber, was recently named Mrs. America for 2012. “I was thrilled to represent the amazing and diverse married women of Alaska,” Sarber said. “My family and I are so lucky to call this place home.” Vicki was raised in Anchorage and is married to Greg Sarber, who spent much of his childhood summers in Petersburg. The Sarber family now reside in Homer where Vicki says they spend most of their time on the beach, fishing, clamming, bird watching, skiing,...
The Viking girls make a quick stop in Juneau for games Wednesday before heading to Sitka and came up short. The junior varsity lost to Juneau-Douglas three games to one and varsity lost two games to three and two games to none. The girls fared better as they made their way to Sitka. The junior varsity lost three games to two Thursday and three games to one Friday. The varsity girls played North Pole Thursday and lost two games to four and two games to one. They also played Sitka Thursday and...
