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The Petersburg Medical Clinic, under the direction of PMC physician, Jennifer Hyer, will be offering acupuncture treatments beginning June 6. “Our goal is to have more integrative medicine. We want to integrate eastern and western medicine, the best of both worlds, in order to treat the whole person,” Hyer stated. “I am beginning with acupuncture as the first modality to add to the clinic.” Hyer spent six months training in order to offer this service to the residents of Petersburg. “The pr... Full story
The Petersburg Public Works Sanitation Department will introduce a new and improved recycling program to the community called commingled recycling. This commingled recycling program will accept a wide range of materials all bagged together. This new program will be running in Petersburg as a trial for the next six weeks. “This program is an extension of our solid waste contract,” Petersburg Public Works Director Karl Hagerman said. “As part of that contract we have pricing for the shipp... Full story
Petersburg Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht reported that newly hired Petersburg Police Chief, Kelly Swihart, attended a meeting with various Juneau legislators, Southeast Alaska Police Chiefs and the Chief of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service concerning ongoing cooperation, during the regular Petersburg Borough Assembly meeting Monday afternoon. “He is maintaining a relationship with various organizations to ensure continued support for stopping drug distribution in the post office,” Giesbrecht said. “He will be on the job around the first...
Petersburg resident, Barry Bracken, addressed the Petersburg Borough Assembly to request an ordinance against the spraying of herbicides and pesticides in the Borough area Monday afternoon. Bracken returned to Petersburg several weeks ago to find that the Governor’s Office had adopted regulations to allow state agencies to apply herbicides and pesticides on state property and rights of way without obtaining permits from the Department of Environmental Conservation and without any public review. “This denies our citizens the right to par...
Fourth of July activities will quickly be upon the community and Petersburg Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for a great celebration. Petersburg Parks and Recreation placed three themes for the event on its website for voting by the community. The themes were: America Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Old Values Plus New Ideals and Remember Why it’s the Fourth of July. Remember Why it’s the Fourth of July was the winner of this community-wide vote and will be the theme for this year's event. “I am hoping to see lots of tea party floats and decor...
Dowl HKM and SECON workers continue to make progress on the Petersburg Road Improvement Project down Nordic Drive. “We have completed the work on Dolphin Street at the PFI loading dock,” Acting Dowl HKM Project Engineer Eric Voorhees said. “We have also completed installing the concrete pavement on Excel Street east and half of Excel Street west.” The pavement on Nordic Drive has been removed and workers have begun the installation of storm drain structures and piping. According to SECON P...
Petersburg High School gym was filled will people ready to witness the passing of another class from those hallowed halls as the Class of 2013 graduated 39 seniors last Wednesday evening. The graduates filed into the room with the band playing in the background placing them ever closer to that moment they have strived for so many years. PHS Principal Rick Dormer contemplated on the fact that these students were freshmen when he arrived in Petersburg and this is the first class that he has had fr...
Petersburg High School gym was filled will people ready to witness the passing of another class from those hallowed halls as the Class of 2013 graduated 39 seniors last Wednesday evening. The graduates filed into the room with the band playing in the background placing them ever closer to that moment they have strived for so many years. PHS Principal Rick Dormer contemplated on the fact that these students were freshmen when he arrived in Petersburg and this is the first class that he has had fr...
Petersburg resident, Rich Lowell, has fished in the Petersburg salmon derby for over 15 years and finally checked off one of his goals of winning the derby when he caught a 46.5 pound King Salmon Sunday winning the $7,500 first place prize. Lowell left the Narrows and Petersburg and headed north into Frederick Sound. He would not state his exact location. “I was pretty discouraged Friday and Saturday,” Lowell stated. “I wasn't having any luck, or any bites.” Lowell did catch two halibut during... Full story
Petersburg Harbormaster, Glorianne Wollen, has issued an alert to the public stating there will be no more fish waste disposal allowed in Petersburg harbors effective immediately. “We have had a big problem with aggressive sea lions around the fish cleaning stations,” Wollen said. “It is nice to have the stations, but we seem to be drawing the sea lions in by the fish waste.” Wollen is asking that fishermen clean the fish and throw the waste out before they come back to the harbor, or take the waste away from the harbor after cleaning the fis... Full story
The Petersburg Little League season began May 4 and games can be seen Tuesday through Saturday at the ball field. “Our junior team traveled to Wrangell May 11 and then Wrangell came here during Mayfest,” Petersburg Little League President Cheryl File said. “We played one game each and the softball team let us play for two hours.” Little League is a non-profit, volunteer organization with six board members. “Some of our members are not around all of the time,” File stated. “Our season falls during fishing and many other activities across the co... Full story
A former business office manager of Petersburg Medical Center, Ramona Thompson, attended the regular meeting of the Hospital Board Thursday evening to question the processes of the PMC business office. “In my long experience in hospitals’ practice management, facility bailout consulting work and the revenue cycle, I have seen facilities with far less issues than PMC has, close,” Thompson said. “The PMC business office has been understaffed since the business office manager left in 2011. During 2...
For the last 30 years, students from Petersburg High School have tracked the movement of LeConte Glacier and continue this tradition to this day. PHS teacher, Victor Trautman, along with students have used approved surveying techniques to measure the terminus of the glacier. The group usually does this in the second week of May and they map it from there. “With this map we are able to generate the general idea of whether the glacier is advancing or receding,” Trautman said. “What we have to re...
The Petersburg Medical Center Resource Committee reviewed various requests for capital items over several sessions that were recommended to the PMC Hospital Board during its regular meeting Thursday evening. PMC Chief Financial Officer, Leon Walsh, explained the recommendations to the board. “For the capital budget the total request is for $1.285 million and the committee is recommending $815,000 for approval and $31,000 to be replaced if the existing unit fails during the year,” Walsh reported. “The major item that the committee recommends pro...
Petersburg experienced a power outage Tuesday morning that lasted approximately 45 minutes and the cause was equipment failure. “We had a problem with the new generator at Scow Bay,” Petersburg Municipal Power and Light Superintendent Joe Nelson stated. “One of the components in the high pressure fuel system failed.” The generator, which came from Germany, has not been installed for a long period of time and is still under warranty. “We have contacted the factory,” Nelson stated. “A maintenance...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly passed Ordinance 2013-8 adopting the budget setting the millage rate for the fiscal year 2013-14 in its second reading during its regular meeting Monday evening with a few changes. In the first reading of this ordinance, the total estimated mill rate within the ordinance to support the budget was set at 11.00 and that was including the first time mill levy for the new library debt and was based on the total assessed value of real property within service area 1 being $298,411,100. The mill rate for fiscal year 201... Full story
The Petersburg High School Viking runners traveled to Fairbanks to compete in the State meet over the weekend and each of the participants placed in their events with Grace Weller breaking the school record again and placing third overall in the 3,200 meter run. “Grace started with the 3,200 and it was like 25 degrees outside,” Track Coach Brad Taylor said. “She was really unsure before the race but she ran an incredible 3,200 and broke her previous school record from the previous week by two s... Full story
Petersburg Borough resident Lynn Escola and her husband Paul Johnson questioned the assessment of their property over the past five years during the Petersburg Borough Assembly regular meeting Monday evening. “I am here to question the accuracy of property assessments and the records that the Borough maintains,” Escola stated. “There seems to be a lack of accountability on the part of the Borough for these records and property assessment values.” Escola and her husband own property at 7 mile Mitkof Highway, which are actually two pieces...
Petersburg Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee Chairperson, Savann Guthrie, requested that the Petersburg Borough Assembly reconsider their decision on tax free days Monday evening during the regular meeting. Guthrie gave the Assembly an alternate date of Oct. 5 for consideration in the future. “I was quite shocked when there wasn't even a motion made on the ordinance for the sales tax free day,” Guthrie stated. “I believe the Assembly made a mistake in not approving the sales tax free day.” Guthrie explained that she was there represe...
Petersburg High School senior, Krissa Davis, competed in the State Science Symposium in Fairbanks for her project entitled “Testing Organic Labeling Laws by the Presence of GMO's in Corn,” and took fifth place. For this fifth place finish, Davis qualified to attend the National Science Symposium in Dayton, Ohio. This project essentially tested organic, all-natural and unlabeled food items to see if they would find the GM marker for presence or absence determinations. For the Fairbanks Symposium,...
In celebration of Law Day, May 1, the Alaska Supreme Court sponsored the Justice For All Contest. Petersburg Elementary student, Maia Cowan won first place in the kindergarten to fourth grade category out of 90 entries across the state of Alaska. Students were asked to submit art and a statement on the theme; Fairness, Diversity and Equality. “Our justice system depends on these traits to be successful,” Petersburg Magistrate Desiree Burrell said. “It is refreshing to see how our kids under...
Southeast Alaska Power Agency CEO, Trey Acteson, provided a presentation during the Assembly meeting on Monday night outlining the services and mission of the SEAPA organization. Acteson stated that SEAPA's mission is to provide the lowest wholesale power rate consistent with sound utility planning and business practices. SEAPA exists for the long-term benefit of the member utilities and the rate payers, providing unified regional leadership for project development and prudent management of the...
Despite the rain and cold, the 55th Little Norway Festival was well attended and quite a success. There was a break in the rain for the Annual Festival Parade. The Style Show and Luncheon, the Mitkof Mummers Musical Melodrama, “Way Out West in a Dress or Life's a Hurdle When You're Wearing a Girdle,” the Little Norway Festival Pageant, art receptions and all of the various events that were on the agenda were well attended. The Clausen Memorial Museum saw hundreds of visitors for the festival and the winners of the Little Norway Art Show hav...
Members of the Thomas Bay Power Authority Commission met for their regular meeting on Wednesday, May 15 to discuss possible conflicts of interest within the organization. TBPA Commissioner and Petersburg Municipal Power and Light Superintendent Joe Nelson brought commission policies to light in regard to these conflicts. “Our commission policy states that no one on the commission can hold a direct interest in a contract of a business providing service for us,” Nelson read. “In the past when we had Pac Wing and Sunrise flying for us, the commi...
The 55th Little Norway Festival begins today and Petersburg is ready to celebrate. This festival celebrates Syttende Mai or May 17, the signing of Norway's Constitution in 1814. Over the more than 50 years since its beginning, the Little Norway Festival has expanded to celebrate, not only, Norway's Constitution but also U.S. Armed Forces Day and the coming of spring and the beginning of the fishing season. The activities for this celebration run from Thursday to Sunday. The Little Norway... Full story
