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A Chicago-based casting company is looking for Norwegian-Americans interested in learning more about their ancestry. Norway's popular reality TV show Alt for Norge or The Great Norway Adventure, is now accepting applications. "It's not a typical reality show that we'd think of, it's not mean spirited," says Joan O'Connor of O'Connor Casting Company. "It features people who really want to get in touch with their Norwegian ancestry." If chosen they'd be part of a 12-person cast and be flown to...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly held a public hearing regarding the issue of taking over three docks from state control on Monday. The assembly voted to draft a response to the state and asked for $1.2 million for the maintenance, raising the state’s original offer by $500,000, for the Kupreanof and Papke’s Landing docks. The letter respectfully declined the transfer of ownership for the Entrance Island dock. The original offer from the state included that property in addition to Kupreanof and Papke’s with a total of $730,000 for maint...
The Petersburg High School has a new club called Rotary Interact, and it held its first meeting last month with around 20 interested kids. The club is open to any student in the eighth grade or above and the goal is for students to improve their community through regular service work. PHS teacher Ginger Evens says the group will meet once a month and complete a project once a month also. The project could be service oriented like partnering with the Salvation Army for a winter coat drive for tee...
November 11, 1916 – “Gee, but Sunday was an ideal day for ducks!” It wasn't a duck that emitted the exclamation, however, but one of a party of eight who spent the day hunting somewhere in the vicinity of Thomas Bay. They made the trip on Captain Grindrod's launch Lark. It is said that over a thousand shells were emptied by the party. Although C. H. Pautzke didn't make as much noise as some of the others, when the returns were computed it was found that he led with a limit of 25 ducks. November 14, 1941 – Much interest has been shown among t...
The National Ocean Science Bowl Team traveled to Sitka last weekend for a scrimmage, including trivia and presentations about whales, past, present and future. It was the 20th anniversary of Sitka's Whalefest and four students made the trip. "The presentations were quite interesting," said junior Joey Giesbrecht. "The skirmishes were interesting, even though they were first years." PHS competed against inexperienced Ketchikan and Sitka squads, and Petersburg won every match. Anders Christensen...
To the Editor: Thank you for welcoming us into your communities. We are grateful to you for making time to visit with us to discuss the land exchange legislation and share your concerns about potential timber sales on Trust land near your community, if the legislation does not pass. At the meetings, we heard how important public safety is to the Petersburg community. We realize the announcement back in August about the potential timber sales surprised members of the community, and that created great concern. We take responsibility for the way...
The State of Alaska provided Petersburg pedestrians with one of the most important safety measures that money could buy. They completed the Haugen Drive walking path to Sandy Beach Park. It’s a smooth, dry solid walking surface that’s easy to navigate with strollers, bikes, dogs or kids. However, it can only keep walkers safe if they use it. We continue to see people walking along the sometimes very narrow Haugen Drive right-of-way, at night, wearing no reflective clothing and with no light. Certainly there’s no prohibition to walking next...
November 2 A traffic offense occurred on Howkan St. November 3 There was an issue with parking on Lumber St. A traffic stop occurred on N. Nordic Dr. Troy C. Larson was cited on a charge of driving with license revoked/driving with license suspended on Mitkof Highway. November 4 There was a report involving violating conditions of release on S. Nordic Dr. Justin D. Falter was arrested on a charge of violating conditions of release on S. Nordic Dr. November 5 A report involving theft at Towne Trailer Park occurred. A report involving...
November 8 Pamela Stewart appeared before Superior Court Judge Carey. A change of plea hearing is scheduled for Nov. 15. Tyler Melovidov appeared before Superior Court Judge Carey. A change of plea hearing is scheduled for Nov. 17 in Ketchikan. November 9 Justin Falter appeared before Magistrate Judge Burrell for an arraignment. Falter is charged with three counts of minor offense regarding three violations of conditions of release. Falter was arrested and taken into custody on a petition to revoke probation. Bail was set at $1,000 with a...
Over a thousand Petersburg voters made their voices heard regarding national and local politics in the 2016 election that wrapped up Tuesday night. Petersburg Borough voters supported the president-elect Donald Trump who will be the 45th President of the United States of America. The Republican candidate received over 575 votes, amounting to about 55 percent of local voters. Democrat Hillary Clinton earned just over 30 percent on Petersburg and Kupreanof ballots at almost 335 votes. Local...
PHS took six wrestlers to the Anchorage Christian Schools Invitational or ACS last weekend which is a highlight of the season for many athletes statewide. The Vikings at the tournament were aggressive on the mats, making coach Dan van Swearingen smile. “They wrestled well, we were pretty good on our feet,” he says. “We were tough and we were physical.” Buddy Stelmach is at the top of his weight class when it comes to performing, and van Swearingen says the difference between the third best wrestler at 126-pounds and the first is very small....
PHS sent three swimmers to state in Juneau last weekend, and head coach Andy Carlisle said the team had a really good trip. Izabelle Ith qualified for finals in both her events. “It was awesome,” Ith said. “I had a really, really good time.” Ith earned seventh in the 50 yard freestyle and sixth place in the 100 yard freestyle. Carlisle said Ith was a little disappointed with the results of 100, because she went into the event seeded fourth after a good performance in prelims. It was the fourth trip to state for Ith, and she achieved her goal of...
The Community Advisory Board (CAB) of American Seafoods Company, one of the nation’s largest seafood harvesters and processors, is now accepting applications for its Alaska community grant program. The deadline to submit applications is Nov. 16, 2016. A total of $38,000 will be allocated by the American Seafoods CAB to community projects addressing issues such as hunger, housing, safety, education, research, natural resources and cultural activities. CAB evaluates each proposal based on the following criteria; the need in the community, p...
As Alaska’s iconic halibut fishery wraps up this week, stakeholders are holding their breath to learn if catches might ratchet up slightly again in 2017. Meanwhile, prices for hard to get shares of the halibut catch are jaw-dropping. The halibut fishery ends on Nov. 7 for nearly 2,000 longliners who hold IFQs (Individual Fishing Quotas) of halibut. The Alaska fishery will produce a catch of more than 20 million pounds if the limit is reached by the fleet. Last year, the halibut haul was worth nearly $110 million at the Alaska docks. For the f...
The borough assembly had over 20 people attend its Monday meeting this week. Many of the people in attendance were there to talk about the dock issue, and it seemed like the other half were there for the controversial proposal for the borough to sell Lot 10 in the 900 block of Sandy Beach Road. The borough would have to vacate a portion of a public easement to sell the land in question, 919 Sandy Beach Road. Vacation of the easement would mean adjacent property owner Kris Norosz would be unable...
Sue (Susan) Linda (Almquist) Gabrinski, 63, died Oct. 16, 2016, with her family by her side. Sue fought colon cancer beginning in May 2013. Sue was born in Wrangell, Alaska on June 19, 1953. In 1954 the family moved back to Willmar, Minnesota. In 1975, she earned her degree in Special Education from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. While teaching in Petersburg, Alaska, she met and married Tom Grabinksi on Aug. 20, 1977. The family moved to Bozeman in the fall of 1979 and lived there until moving to Troy in 1991. Sue is survived... Full story
