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The Petersburg Community Foundation on Saturday awarded $7,000 in competitive grants to local organizations and a $5,000 discretionary grant to the new City Library. The announcements were made at a donor event held at Glorianne Wollen's home, amidst the busy Little Norway Festival weekend. Foundation board member Liz Cabrera made the announcements and handed out the checks for the third cycle of grant fund bequeathments. The recipients of the competitive grants include: $2,500 to the Clausen...
Sense of irony noted To the Editor: I noted with a sense of irony the listing of several of the City of Petersburg’s witnesses to be called at the upcoming Local Boundary Commission hearing to testify on behalf of forming a borough. Their special area of expertise is listed as the history of the City of Petersburg and its Norwegian heritage. I wonder if they realize they are advocating for the demise of the City of Petersburg. If the borough goes through, the current City of Petersburg will vanish. From the day the borough is formed, they w...
Even organizers are calling the 2012 Little Norway Festival a success. The Scandinavian Style Show and Luncheon, the Annual Festival Parade, the Mitkof Mummers Musical Melodrama, “Wash Your Troubles Away Or…Dirty Deeds Come Clean,” the Little Norway Festival Pageant, art openings and other events were all well attended. Several attendees even walked away from contests and raffles with cash and prizes from some of the events. The first-place winners of the Little Norway Boat Regatta held on Satur...
Let your inner-Norwegian out. The Little Norway Festival begins today. The annual event celebrates Syttende Mai, or May 17, the signing of Norway's Constitution in 1814. Petersburg has been formally celebrating the occasion since 1958. The celebration includes live music, food, traditional dance, art receptions, softball and the return of the Viking/Valkyrie jail. Activities run from Thursday to Sunday. “We are bringing back the classics,” said Little Norway Chair Holli Flint. “The Style Show,...
The library will be closed Saturday, May 19 for Little Norway Paint with Doris Olsen - Vikings & Viking ships, Thursday, May 10, 3:30 -5 pm. Get ready for Little Norway Festival by painting a Viking themed picture. The paintings will be displayed for Mayfest at Java Hus. Open to kids and teens 8+, call the library at 772-3349 to sign up. Preschool Story time - Wednesday, May 16, 10 – 11 am. Open to preschoolers. Stories, songs and activities that help children get ready for school and encourage a love of reading at an early age. Tlingit W...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Marlena Erickson, is the Petersburg Rotary Club’s exchange student and is living in Sweden this year. The following stories and photo were submitted to the Petersburg Pilot by her mother, Kristine Erickson. St. Lucia Day is celebrated in many Scandinavian countries, including Sweden and Norway. Many stories are told about the origins of St. Lucia and one account is provided below. Following is a letter from Marlena, telling her experience of honoring the tradition of St Luc...
