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The Petersburg borough manager on Monday was cleared to start recruiting for an electrical superintendent, requiring that he find an applicant with knowledge of mechanical operations and a supervisor’s background. At a meeting Monday evening, there were four assembly members in favor and three against, enough to approve a job description for the Power & Light top position. The requirements include, among other qualifications, five to seven years of supervision experience, along with knowledge of hydro and utility power distribution systems. ...
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht received high marks from both department heads and assembly members following his performance evaluation for borough work performed between March 1, 2016 and Feb. 28, 2017. “I wholeheartedly support the veracity of this evaluation,” Nancy Strand, an assembly member, said at a meeting on Monday. “I think we should approve and, in addition, repay Steve for following his suggestions.” In its summary, six evaluators said the manager met job standards; eight said his work exceeded job standards and four rated t...
October 19, 1917 – A petition for a cable to Petersburg is being industriously circulated by citizens of Wrangell this week. The petition is being liberally signed. To the Hon. Chas. A. Sulzer, Washington, D.C.: Dear Sir - We, the undersigned residents of Wrangell, Alaska, respectfully request that the U.S. cable be extended to the City of Petersburg, Alaska. This is urgently needed to facilitate the movement of fresh fish and other business which is fast developing to large proportions. October 16, 1942 – As a gesture of goodwill to Pet...
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht's request that the assembly give him a 5-year contract renewal along with a salary increase to $121,000 annually was granted Monday night. "His highest marks were in fiscal responsibility," said Assembly Member Jeigh Stanton Gregor, commenting on Giesbrecht's recent annual performance evaluation. "He's earned those marks because that's his top priority. We've given him a mandate: Save this community money and be efficient." In a memo to the Borough Assembly,...
The assembly on Monday approved a bid award to the Power & Light department for a project that would make restoring power during an outage quicker and safer. In a memo to the borough manager, Public Works Director Karl Hagerman requested about $48,000 for the Retaining Wall Project, which would add a switch to Circuit 63. This would make turning the power back on, or energizing, easier. Also it would isolate Icicle Seafoods and the Trading Union, which are among the borough’s biggest energy users. “Load separation allows the utility to bri...
Sally Dwyer was appointed on Tuesday to represent the Planning Commission on the historic committee in Petersburg, coming after the borough had advertised the seat for at least two years. In her first meeting as a board member on the commission, the 3rd generation Dwyer was asked to become a representative of the Historic Preservation Committee. She accepted the nomination and was appointed to a one-year term after a swift motion, ending years without a representative from the commission. Dwyer...
Mitkof Island is no longer without a pumpkin patch. Bennett McGrath was tired of buying pumpkins at a grocery store, so she orchestrated a patch, and it opened last weekend. Last year McGrath took her children along with some friends to Wrangell just to visit the pumpkin patch there. They made a vacation out of it – visited the bowling alley, got a hotel, explored more of downtown – but the premise was pumpkins. McGrath spent a few hundred dollars on boating and lodging just to get there. "I...
Anglers who purchased an Alaska sport fishing license in 2017 may soon receive a copy of the 2017 Alaska Sport Fishing Survey—an annual mail survey conducted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) to assess where sport fishing occurs and how many fish are caught and kept by anglers in Alaska. This week, ADF&G Division of Sport Fish will begin mailing the first wave of 2017 Alaska Sport Fishing Surveys. The survey is sent to approximately 47,000 randomly selected Alaska resident and nonresident households having a person who purchased...
Hunters still have until tomorrow to get their harvest reports in, but the 2017 moose hunt has already broken the RM038 district record. As of Tuesday afternoon some 117 animals had been logged by hunters in the Wrangell and Petersburg area. It surpasses the 111 taken last year, and marks the fourth year in a row where the harvest has exceeded 100 moose. The month-long season started September 15 and wrapped up Sunday. The majority of moose were taken on surrounding islands, with 48 taken on...
Oct. 11 — Suspicious activity was reported at Ira II and 3rd St. Harassment was reported to police. A bicycle was reported stolen on Fram St. near the hospital. A traffic offense was reported on N. 3rd at Fram. Police assisted the Trooper at a vehicle accident at Woodpecker Cove. Oct. 12 — There was a report of trespassing on Lumber St. Police arrested Stephen L. Waddle, 41, on a charge of criminal trespass in the 1st degree. Harassment was reported. Trespassing was reported on Skylark Way. Criminal mischief was reported on Lumber St. Pol...
The Petersburg Swim and Dive team traveled to Sitka last weekend where Coach Andy Carlisle said most swimmers logged personal record times. The boys' relay team, which Carlisle thinks has a good chance to qualify for the state meet, placed in the top five on Friday and Saturday. "We are either first or second every time we get up there," Carlisle said on the boys' 200-yard relay performances. "They have been all year, so they're pretty stoked about that." The relay team, Britton Erickson, Ethan...
PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) — Petersburg drivers are complaining that the state’s new system for painting street lanes has smeared paint across roadways and stained vehicles. It comes a month after a new paint job left officials in Ketchikan baffled. Petersburg Borough assembly member and former city Mayor Jeff Meucci said he had yellow paint on his vehicle’s mirror, running board and bumper _ similar to what happened to Ketchikan Gateway Borough Mayor David Landis, KFSK-FM reported. Meucci said it looks like the crews had a hard time drivi...
The Petersburg Volleyball team was bested narrowly in the finals at a one-and-done tournament in Juneau last weekend, but did jump ahead in conference play overall. The team attended the 23rd annual Juneau Invitational Volleyball Extravaganza on Friday and Saturday. In the Gold Bracket Single Elimination JIVE Tournament, Thunder Mountain from Juneau beat Petersburg in the championship. Juneau was the number five seed and Petersburg was three, losing by six points in the first match and two point...
The Petersburg roller derby team began its season on Saturday by winning in Sitka by more than 130, a runaway victory that the coach called a testament to preparation and conditioning. The Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers defeated the Sitka Sound Slayers, also known as Shee Devils, on Saturday evening 205 to 72. It was a rematch from last year, said Rebecca Anderson, the lady rollers' head coach. "We had anticipated that they would be coming at us, knowing our strengths and weaknesses and ready to...
Tora K. Thynes, 92 died on September 29, 2017 in Petersburg Alaska. She was born April 8, 1925, along with her twin sister Helga, to Theodor & Hanna Kommedal. Tora grew up on the family farm in Stavanger, Norway. She and her twin were the 6th and 7th of the family's eight children. At a very young age, Tora realized farm work was very hard and so offered to stay indoors and help her mother prepare dinner (the mid-day meal). At the same time, baking and delivering fresh baked goods that her...
Ronnie Lee Duncan, 61, was born in Stockton, California on November 8, 1956 and grew up in a loving family. After school, he joined the United States Marine Corp. and after completing his time, received an honorable discharge from the service. Ronnie worked in trucking for a while. In the late 80s, he came to Alaska and worked on factory fishing boats. Ronnie moved to Petersburg in the early 90s where he continued working in the fishing industry until getting work with the U.S. Forest Service,...
James Allen Sackett, Sr., 75, was born to Hyrom Sackett and Joyce Martin Sackett on November 21, 1941 in Aberdeen, Washington. He is one of six siblings. James belonged to the Salish and Blackfoot tribe of Montana. His career in life was logging in Alaska. He loved fishing and hunting in the Alaska wilderness. He was instrumental in gun safety and fishing skills he shared with his children. He is survived by children; James Sackett, Jr. of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, his son Timothy Bauman of Kelsco,...
To understand a tidewater glacier in Alaska – to picture its movement and how it sheds ice, or how it merges fresh water with salt water and shoots out the front – the first step is to remove it. "Picture a valley without any glacier," said Roman Motyka, a glaciologist and professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. "You have all these streams feeding into the main river that drain through the valley and into the ocean. The same thing is happening, except it's happening underneath the gla...
Officials in Petersburg were scrambling about two weeks ago when the borough recycling program almost shut down because the country recycling is sent to nearly refused to take it. The recycling in Petersburg is exported to China, and in a national effort to become more environmentally friendly, it announced that importation policies would become stringent, said Karl Hagerman, the Public Works director. The borough works with a recycling company called Republic Services that sends disposables to Seattle. From there, most is sent to China,...
Kodiak is at the center of a national push to produce biofuels from seaweeds. Agents from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) recently traveled to the island to meet with a team of academics, scientists, businesses and local growers to plan the first steps of a bi-coastal pilot project to modernize methods to grow sugar kelp as a fuel source. The project is bankrolled by a $500,000 grant to the University of Alaska/Fairbanks through a new DOE program called Macroalgae Research Inspiring Novel E...
