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The Petersburg High School boys varsity team won two out of three games in a basketball tournament in Nome over the weekend, and came in second place over all. On Thursday, the team’s first game was against Grace Christian School. The first quarter ended with the Vikings behind 10-12. Grace Christian is an aggressive and quick team and has a strong half court defense, said Viking head coach Richard Brock. Petersburg went into half time down 18-30. “We missed some makeable shots and they don’t give you very many opportunities to score,” said Br...
The Petersburg High School girls varsity basketball team game came in fourth place in a tournament in Nome playing against Grace Christian School, Nome-Beltz High School and Unalakleet School. “I thought that we did a nice job on the board against games that were big and physical,” said head coach Dino Brock. “Overall, we responded pretty well to it.” The team’s first game of the weekend was against Grace Christian. At the end of the first quarter, both teams were tied at 7-7, but by half time, Petersburg was ahead 15-14. In the third qua...
January The borough assembly received a proposed update to its zoning code that would introduce a new form of affordable housing, an expansion of the historical and industrial districts and the end of a requirement for businesses to include parking downtown. The borough assembly held a work session to discuss a plan to impose restrictions on the senior tax exemption. A possible annual fee to sales tax exemption card holders was agreed upon ranging between $50 and $60. Police Chief Kelly Swihart...
During this holiday season, the Salvation Army brought in $14,241.55 in donations through the red kettles with the proceeds going to services for the community and the Salvation Army Church's yearly budget, according to Salvation Army Major Loni Upshaw. "Considering the economy is down and everything, I think we did pretty well," said Upshaw. Over ten organizations around town volunteered to collect donations for eight hour shifts beginning with Pioneers of Alaska on Dec. 3 and ending with...
To give back to a community that supports them year round, Petersburg High School held their second annual Day of Giving where students in the high school volunteered around town on Friday. "A day like this shows we hear you, we feel it," said PHS principal Richard Dormer. "You support us and this is at least one small thing." Throughout the day, students and staff rotated between three time slots. Students chose from about a dozen activities to fill each slot. Some of the activities where stude...
The Petersburg School Board awarded the food service renovation bid to Jay-Brant General Contractors based out of Homer and transferred $300,000 from the allocated capital funds to the food service renovation. Jay-Brant General Contractors had the lowest bid out of three other bidders at $1,473,322. The state has the project on its capital projects list and will be funding 65 percent of the total costs, according to the school board. The food service renovation will build a full commercial...
December 20, 1918 How about a rousing big box of good things and presents for the boys from Petersburg now in the service at Fort Seward. Many of these boys have no relatives to see that they are remembered and they did their part to win the war as much as the fighters on the battle front. While not in actual danger, they were willing to go and should be remembered. Ladies, men, children, and especially the ladies of the Red Cross: Leave all donations and presents at the Report office where a community Christmas Box will be made ready and...
Marjorie was born on May 6, 1947, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Edward and Eva Tangarone Fischer. She was the youngest of three children and was raised in a family particularly proud of its Italian heritage, since her maternal grandparents were immigrants to the United States. Her family’s history during the Great Depression necessitated a very frugal lifestyle. She learned early in her life that, in spite of limited resources, hard work would eventually win the day. Despite meagre financial reso... Full story
Problem at playground To the Editor: We have a problem on the Stedman Elementary playground. People are not picking up their dog's poop. I have a suggestion. Reuse your bread bags, cereal bags and plastic grocery bags. Tie them on your leash, then scoop your dog's poop. Emi Anderson, 3rd Grade Stedman Elementary Student Council Slow down and consider impacts To the Editor: I was born in Petersburg in 1947, completed grade and high school, married and raised my family, invested in some...
The Petersburg High School girls wrestling team came in third place and the boys team came in fifth place for the Division II schools at the regional tournament in Juneau this past weekend, with four wrestlers placing first in their weight classes. "We wrestled really well," said Head Coach Daniel Van Swearingen. "The kids wrestled tough." Jolyn Toyomura placed first in the 119 weight class scoring the team 20 points. She had been injured most of the season and was cleared last week to go to...
After courageously battling CREST Syndrome, an autoimmune disease, for most of her life. Sherri Lynn (Green) Eide, 68 went to be with Jesus on November 9, 2018 in Salem, Oregon. She was born June 10, 1950 in Sanger, California, to Jacob (Bud) Green and Pauline (Parker) Green. She later moved to Newport, Oregon with her family, graduated from Newport High School in 1968, and then attended Linn Benton Community College. As she had an adventurous spirit, Sherri lived and traveled up and down the... Full story
No papers were published this week in 1918. December 3, 1943 Two local business houses have changed hands this week. On December 1 Ernie Carter, of Sitka purchased Willie’s Cocktail Bar from Willie Johnson and Martin Olsen. At the same time Mrs. Marie Tenfjord became the new owner of the Sweet Shop, purchasing it from Mrs. Willie Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have been in business for seven years and will go south after the holidays. Carter and his wife own Ernie’s Cocktail Bar in Sitka and will take up their residence in Petersburg. Until tak...
Gillian's Jolly Jingle Bell Band, an ensemble of the Petersburg High School band, playing Christmas music Friday evening during the tree lighting ceremony....
The Petersburg School District received its first score from Alaska’s system of school success, as required by the Every Student Succeeds Act, which shows all three schools scoring above the state average. “We are above average, which is often where we are,” said Superintendent Eric Kludt-Painter at a school board meeting last week. “We are not in any sort of targeted assistance or comprehensive assistance.” Rae C. Steman Elementary scored an overall school index value of 62.48, Mitkof Middle School scored an overall school index value of...
At the Region Five tournament over the weekend, the Petersburg High School varsity volleyball team came in third place, just one place short of attending the state championship tournament in Anchorage in two weeks. "I wish we could have gone on to the next one, but for the young group that we had, they really, really learned a lot and I think they grew a lot," said head coach Jaime Cabral. "Their volleyball IQ got better. I couldn't be happier with the progression that they made. They kept...
The Petersburg Elks Lodge hosted their annual Veterans Day dinner, which has been held for over 40 years, for veterans and their spouses, widows of veterans, active duty military and the National Guard. Veterans Day, once known as Armistice Day, is celebrated yearly to mark the end of World War I on Nov. 11, 1918. "This evening allows us to come together and pay tribute to all those men and women who have worn the uniform of the United States Armed Forces," said exalted ruler David Israelson who...
On Saturday, the Petersburg High School volleyball team held a senior appreciation night after both the junior varsity and varsity teams won their games against Wrangell. Five seniors, Trinity Davis, Clair Byrer, Tiare Simbahon, Martha Johnson and Gillian Wittstock, were named one by one and their families embraced them on the court bringing flowers, balloons and gifts. The two seniors from the Wrangell team, Helen Decker and Ashley Allen received applause from the crowd as well. The players als...
The Petersburg Swim Club hosted a home meet over the weekend that saw over 80 swimmers from Craig, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Petersburg participate. "Petersburg did really good," said head coach Andy Carlisle. "We had a couple kids that did great." The swim club operates a little differently from the high school swim team. They have more events and have swimmers from all ages, from kindergarteners to high school seniors. There are about 456 kids in this year's swim club. The season follows the sch...
Over the weekend, the Petersburg High School wrestling team took three students to the Anchorage Christian Schools meet. “Overall, it was a good tournament,” said head coach Daniel Van Swearingen. “A lot of match time for those guys, and it’s always fun to go up to Anchorage.” Kole Sperl and Adam Ware wrestled in the 160 pound weight class. Koren Sperl wrestled in the 171 weight class. Kole Sperl ended up taking third overall, only losing to the champion. “He wrestled pretty tough, but we still have a lot of room for improvement...
Five Petersburg High School swimmers traveled to Anchorage to compete in the state championships, three of whom made it to the individual final events. "It was good," said head coach Andy Carlisle. "It was better than expected. Usually it's hard for the kids to race at regions and then do state a week later." Preliminary events were held on Friday, with the top eight in each event making it to the final rounds on Saturday. PHS's top finisher was Allie Morgan who placed fourth in the final girls...
November 8, 1918 The proclamation issued by the Health Board is as follows: 1. In order to prevent the deadly disease known as the Spanish Influenza from spreading, every person must absolutely comply with the orders and instructions issued by the Health Board.; 2. Keep to yourselves as much as possible, and avoid contact with other persons. Keep your children at home. Do not group on the street. Keep away from the docks when steamships and gas-boats land.; 3. Transact your business and duties with speed and spend no time visiting.; 4. All...
Five Petersburg High School swimmers will be competing in the state swim and dive meet this weekend in Anchorage after qualifying at the regional meet this past weekend at home. "It went really well," said head coach Andy Carlisle. "It's hard to be the host and try to keep everything going and still coach the kids. I had a lot of good help." Preliminaries were held on Friday to determine who would be part of the A and B teams for each event on Saturday. The top six in each event were placed in...
Petersburg High School’s varsity volleyball team competed in its first seeding tournament winning four out of six games October 19-20. On Friday, Petersburg defeated both Skagway and Klawock. The game against Skagway went for three matches with Petersburg winning 25-10, 26-24 and 25-13. “Friday's game against a very good Klawock team pushed us to the limit,” said head coach Jaime Cabral. “We found ourselves up 2 games to 1 and in the 4th set down 24-19. Kaili Simbahon assisted in serving us to win the game 26-24 in an exciting game.” Petersbur...
