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Community members and guests attended the annual Petersburg Chamber of Commerce Banquet at the Sons of Norway last Saturday night where they heard from speakers and celebrated award presentations under the lights of the historic hall. Much to the delight of the audience, Petersburg's local bookstore, Sing Lee Alley Books and Gifts, was named the 2023 Business of the Year. The bookstore, owned by Nance Zaic, serves as a welcoming place for ship passengers visiting Little Norway and offers a cozy...
HIP to be Kind To the Editor: Humanity in Progress would like to give a huge thank you not only to all of the amazing humans who joined us Saturday night for our Empty Bowls fundraiser and were so incredibly generous but also to all the wonderful volunteers and donors who helped us to make the event possible. We were able to reach our fundraising goal and our hearts are overwhelmed by the generosity and kindness of the community. These funds will go directly to those experiencing food and housing insecurity in the community and will be...
To the Petersburg community To the Editor: Thank you for supporting the Friends of Petersburg Libraries Used Books and DVD Sale on October 1st. It was a huge success. Many people were involved in setting up and advertising the sale, donating and purchasing books, and showing up to be part of a fun day at the Library. For the first time we had a silent auction of the nicer items. All proceeds are used for the Libraries’ children, teen and adult programs. We look forward to seeing you at our next sale, on December 3rd! Barb Fish Secretary, F...
It all began after Dave Kensinger's buddy started an organic apple orchard in Eastern Washington and was having a hard time selling his produce. It was 1975 and still about two decades too early for organic apples, according to Kensinger, but he stepped in and helped. Commercial sheds weren't able to pack or store them and about the only solid option for unloading stock was a few small neighborhood co-ops. Though after a few years, larger natural food stores gained momentum and markets in... Full story
The Borough Assembly, at their meeting on Monday, approved the Community Risk Communication Plan, which tracks the COVID-19 situation in town and offers guidelines. The Community Risk Communication Plan uses a dashboard that presents the risk level of COVID-19 in the borough, at Petersburg Medical Center and Petersburg School District on a day to day basis. It displays the total amount of COVID-19 tests on the local population and divides the data into different metrics, like the percentage of...
It's simple math To the Editor: Here is some simple math for the local folks who don't want to wear masks because of their constitutional "rights" and because a 1% COVID-19 mortality rate is no big deal. How can a disease with 1% mortality shut down the United States? There are two problems with this question: It neglects the law of large numbers; and it assumes that one of two things happen; you die or you're 100% fine. The US has a population of 328,200,000. If one percent of the population di...
Freddy Yip was on vacation with his family in Oakland, California in January when news of the COVID-19 virus spreading out of Wuhan, China began circulating. Yip said his family has historic ties to that region of China and followed the subject closely. When it became clear to him the virus was going to reach pandemic levels, he began working with his parents, Laney and Wamen Yip, owners of Joan Mei Restaurant, on strategies that the business could take. It was the first time that he had ever...
Joan Mei has created a modern representation of the dragon logo that the restaurant had at its original location in downtown Petersburg after 27 years of no official logo. Joan Mei was founded in 1987 by Jennifer and Chris Yuen. It was located in what is now Coastal Cold Storage's parking lot. At that time, the restaurant was more of a food stand. While serving customers downtown, a hand painted sign stood on top of the business that displayed basic information about the restaurant and featured...
April 28 — John Thomas Dupree entered a not guilty plea to the charge of commercial fishing with having more sable fish than allowed by quota. The court continued the arraignment to June. Jimmy Dee Legget II entered a no contest plea to the charge of unlawful storage of commercial Dungeness crab gear. The defendant was sentenced to a $200 fine, $20 surcharge and will release the crab gear back to the defendant. Nicholas William Anderson entered not guilty pleas to multiple charges including taking deer in closed season, unlawful method and m...
The borough assembly vote unanimously not to pass an ordinance that would clarify language in the Marine Passenger Fee at an assembly meeting on Monday. "At this point, I'd like to just kind of see it go away," said assembly member Jeff Meucci. "Right now we have a sales tax ordinance in place, we have the Marine Passenger Fee in place. The Marine Passenger Fee goes into effect in 2019. It just seems like at one time or another we just get caught up in the minute details of this ordinance that...
Ardis Olive (Anthony) McKay died November 6, 2018. She was born March 8, 1931, in The Dalles, Oregon. She was the youngest of 13 children born to Eble January and Elizabeth Odelia (Cushing) Anthony. The family moved to Walla Walla, Washington when Ardy was in elementary school. They attended Catholic school there and she always shared wonderful stories of having the nuns as teachers and friends. She considered becoming a nun until, at the age of 13, she met a Touchet boy while she was downtown... Full story
The motivation for making quilts to give to local veterans came to Carol Kandoll while watching a video during a Quilts of Valor Foundation fundraiser. Kandoll will never forget the impact it had on her, and will hopefully have on others. She even bought a copy of the video and plans on donating it to the library for others to check out and watch. "I was really touched by the testimonies of the returning soldiers, especially the Vietnam vets, one of them said he had been spit on," Kandoll says.... Full story
Marijuana dispensaries can't set up shop in downtown Peterburg based on Alaska's Alcohol Beverage Control Board's (ABC's) recent adopted marijuana license restrictions. According to the adopted regulations, the ABC Board won't issue a marijuana establishment license "if the licensed premises will be located within 500 feet of a school grounds, a recreation youth center, a building in which religious services are regularly conducted, or a correctional facility." Those restrictions eliminate... Full story
Petersburg shoppers will enjoy two Sales Tax Free Days this year: May 2 and October 3. The Assembly unanimously approved a resolution providing for the two days. Last year’s tax free days resulted in just over $19,000 in uncollected sales tax revenue for the Borough. Assembly member Jeigh Stanton Gregor said the days keep money circulating locally, which he said was a benefit for the community. “I think it makes lot of financial sense because people are spending discretionary money locally, which then gets reinvested in the community, whi...
The assembly unanimously voted to deny an appeal by Joe Aliberti of a conditional use permit issued by the Planning Commission on Feb. 12 for Aaron and Katrina Miller to build a net house on their property on Lot 4 of Bay Estates. Aliberti owns property near the lot and said his appeal was based on the “misrepresentation of fact” in a letter outlining an appraisal performed by Arne Erickson of the Appraisal Company of Alaska. He also said the net house is not in accordance with the residential zoning of the lot. “You’re putting somethi...
Brandon Estes, 20, plead guilty to six counts of Burglary in the 2nd Degree last Monday after being accused of breaking into multiple businesses around Petersburg late last summer. The six Class C felony charges are connected to AP&T, Wikan Enterprises, the Petersburg Parks and Recreation building, Hammer & Wikan Grocery store, Waterways Veterinary Clinic and Petersburg Motors last August. Police received reports of break-ins and burglaries throughout the day on August 28 from those locations and later obtained search warrants after viewing...
A laundry list of charges were filed against Brandon Estes, 20, and Joshua Franklin, 26, during their arraignment August 29. The men are being accused of breaking into multiple Petersburg businesses last week along with the theft of cash and items at those locations. Franklin received eleven felony and four misdemeanor charges including burglary, theft and criminal mischief. Estes racked up 13 felony and four misdemeanor charges of the same nature. Police received reports of break-ins and... Full story
