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The Petersburg Assembly is being accused of violating the Alaska Open Meetings Act in a recall application that is sponsored by 12 community members, including city employees and two former mayors. The petition seeks to oust three members from office, including Nancy Strand, Jeigh Stanton Gregor and Kurt Wohlhueter. Member Jeff Meucci is immune to recall because of his recent appointment, according to Alaska Statute 29.26.240. And member Bob Lynn's term is over in October. Mayor Cindy...
A paving project was struck down after failing to reach a majority vote. Petersburg residents with property on Unimak and Vesta Streets couldn’t reach a majority vote to approve a project which they would have paid for to pave their gravel roads, said Chris Cotta, the assistant Public Works director. Thirteen owners on Unimak were in favor, while one opposed --- there had to be 16 for it to pass, a two-thirds majority, Cotta said. Vesta property owners sent seven approvals and five disapprovals. Cotta said it appeared Unimak property owners w...
Three people were allegedly involved in disposing a junked car at the Petersburg Baler Facility last week. Chris Miller, Sr. hired Wayne Collins to help remove five junked vehicles from property he owns adjacent to Birch Street. Collins told The Pilot he was hauling the last of the five cars to the baler facility when the two wheels locked up and left black skid marks on Haugen Drive near the end of the airport runway. Collins said transmission fluid leaked from his truck as he was towing the junked car. He termed Chris Miller, Jr., “his hero...
July 13, 1917 – Up to yesterday evening, 41 cards had been filled out at the S. of N. and Trading Union by men subject to registration for military purposes under the president’s proclamation. Mayor Otness, who is acting as registrar, requests that when fishing schooners reach port the skippers see to it that all members of crew subject to registration are enrolled before the vessel again sails. By doing this they may save a hurry up trip to port when the registration period nears the end. Persons who become 21 years of age on or before Sep...
It’s been a fairly good start to the summer for king salmon fishermen. The first opening of that troll season started on July 1, abruptly ending by emergency order just before midnight on July 4. The order was based on preliminary catch rate and effort data. “It looks like we did take the target harvest,” reported Grant Hagerman, ADFG’s region troll management biologist in Sitka. That target is 63,000 non-Alaska hatchery fish, as laid out by the Pacific Salmon Treaty signed with Canada. A total of approximately 26,000 Chinook and 550 landings h...
Marissa Nilsen learned that 11 months in Europe is beyond a study abroad, not a vacation, rather a huge undertaking with hoops to jump through and language barriers to overcome, making for a Rotary exchange program that thickened her skin, expanded her linguistic skills and furthered her appreciation for home. The 17-year-old high school student wouldn't rewind and change any experiences from her time in Belgium. She found an untapped love for trains, along with Belgian fries that are...
A 73-year-old woman from England who sailed the Northwest Passage was at the Petersburg Library Wednesday evening to present on a novel she wrote during the voyage. Jane Maufe started the presentation by praising her sailing mate, David Cowper. Cowper, 75, has conducted seven round trips from England - through the Northwest Passage - to Alaska and back, a 22,000 mile voyage. Maufe joined Cowper in 2012 when he invited her on his seventh bout through the Northwest Passage. It was the first consid...
A shed fire in Petersburg Tuesday was extinguished within 10 minutes after the Volunteer Fire Department's arrival. The department responded with one fire engine at about 11:15 p.m. to a fully engulfed shed on Lake Street, said David Berg, a department spokesman. No one was injured and there was little damage to surrounding trees due to ongoing rain and neighbors who used hoses to trap the flames, volunteer firemen said. "There were some small propane bottles that exploded that caused a lot of...
July 5 — Police received disturbance calls from Chief John Lott St. and at Red Bone Apts. Police made traffic stops at 600 block N. Nordic, 3.8 mile Mitkof Hwy., 1400 block S. Nordic Dr., mile 1.2 Mitkof Hwy. and on Kiseno St. Police responded to a domestic violence call at LeConte RV Park. Process papers were served at an undisclosed location. July 6 — A theft is under investigation at Excel and N. Nordic Dr. A process service was made at Nordic Dr. and Haugen. David D. Estes, 26, was arrested, but not taken into custody, on a charge of Cri...
June 26 — Judge Carey set the trial date for the divorce of Marisa Martens and Collin Martens for October 12. Judge Carey noted he was friends with the defendant’s father and said the plaintiff could file a request to have another judge hear the case. Judge Carey set a trial date of Dec. 14 to hear a child custody case between Kimberly Cole vs. David Thomas Shulz. Judge Carey set a new hearing date for Angelo Lerma from Kake appearing on a DUI charge, after Lerma failed to call in for the hearing. June 28 — Katie Jo Edfelt was arraigned befor...
A Petersburg family recently bought a full-size flat yellow school bus to travel in. The bus, however, has been gutted and the inside replaced with a plush oak interior, bamboo flooring, a sink, refrigerator, a master bedroom and bunk bed along with a dinner table, scattered cabinets, cupboards and a countertop. Tanelle Olson and her partner, Kory Versteeg two weeks ago bought a school bus turned travel mobile home that they intend to take along the west coast and maybe further. The couple will...
Raffle Winners: Jendy Newman $500 Signe Haltiner $750 Diane Marsh $1000 and Alaska Airline Tickets People’s Choice Baby Photo Contest Winners: Parent/Child Look a like: William and Bjorn Stolpe 18 month to 24 months: Carmella Ford 9 months to 17 months: Greyson Morrison 0 months to 8 months: Mya Maria Whitethorn Best of Parade “Drum Roll” - Erin Pfundt, Madison Whitethorn, Alexandra Bless, Martha Johnson, Jeremey Randrup, Emma Chase, Sydney Guthrie, Susan Erickson, Jeff Erickson, Skipper Erickson, Cody Regula Best Organization Rotary Club...
Robots are cutting up snow crabs in Canada, a sign of things to come in the seafood processing industry. Overall, seafood processing has a relatively small robotic involvement compared to other sectors. Robots have yet to make it into any of Alaska’s 176 fish processing shops, but the lure of reduced production costs, increased fish quality and crews of worker-bots is turning the tide. The CBC reports that the world’s first crab plant robot began work this spring in a plastic chamber about the size of a shipping container in remote Newfoundland...
WRANGELL – Two weeks after the end of a public workers’ strike, a settlement may potentially be reached between the city and its employees. Unionized staff of the City and Borough of Wrangell on Monday voted to approve a package that would amend their current contract, potentially bringing to a close negotiations that have gone on for more than three years. Interim borough manager Carol Rushmore confirmed management at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1547 had forwarded the wage and benefits proposal, which would ame...
On June 20, 2017, at age 76, William "Bill" Rodenberg passed away in Murrieta, CA. Bill was born on June 5th, 1941 in Juneau, AK to Jennie (Hammer) Rodenberg and William "Willie" Rodenberg. He is survived by his wife, Lanore (Bennett) Rodenberg, sister Nancy (Rodenberg) Quinto, brother-in-law Marcelo Quinto of Juneau, brother Ralph Rodenberg of Bellingham, WA, aunt Bev Hammer, aunt and uncle Jeannine and Art Hammer, brother-in-law and sister-in-law Lyle and Carol Bennett all of Petersburg, plus...
City officials and employees held a dedication ceremony last week to unveil the $9.3-million-dollar upgrade to the Borough Municipal Building, which includes a Police Department that more than doubled in size, Chief Kelly Swihart said. The building houses the Administration offices, Community Development, Finance and the Police Department. The Police Department now occupies the whole bottom floor of the building, with new offices, an updated dispatch control center, evidence rooms and six...
