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Tlingit Drum Design - Friday, April 13, 6 - 9 and Saturday, April 14, 10 – 1 pm. Council Chambers, call the library at 772-3349 to register. Open to adult & teens 6th grade and up - Free Get ready for Celebration 2012. Design a Tlingit motif for a hand-drum with Ross Nannauck III. You must bring your own undecorated drum. This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and is presented in cooperation with the Petersburg Indian Association. Invasion of the Afterschoolers - Light Switch Covers, T...
Free Books for Kids/Stuffed Animal Sleep Over - Friday March 30, 10 am – 4 pm. Choose a free book and drop off your favorite stuffed animal for a wild night at the library. What trouble will your critter get in when the library locks its doors? The library's Teen Advisory Group (TAG) will leave tons of fun and exciting books for them to read and stacks of movies for them to watch. They will have the time of their lives enjoying their all-animal library sleepover. Bring one of your favorite stuffed animals to the library by closing time on F...
Last week, residents with a landline received an automated phone call asking them about their interest in bio fuels — an alternative form of energy that could be used to heat homes. The Feb. 23 phone survey was conducted by the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC) and asked both Wrangell and Petersburg residents two things: what their primary source of heating is, and if they would consider using a locally manufactured bio fuel product to heat their home. According to the survey results, Wrangell was more open to bio fuel use than P...
The Petersburg Indian Association (PIA) held elections on Friday for a board of director chair position and four open board seats. According to election results, Ronelle Beardslee will serve as the new chairman. This is a one-year term. Beardslee ran uncontested. Christina Sokamoto, who also ran uncontested, took the one available one-year term as board member. Mary Ann Rainey and Chris Lopez nabbed two of the available two-year terms. Derek Lopez, who was a write-in candidate, took the last available two-year term. Serving one-year terms on...
A claim for unemployment insurance benefits made pages of Petersburg Indian Association emails and financial statements public last week, and reveals reasons why two employees and four board of director members resigned last October. Susan Harai was the director of the Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) program for the PIA and claimed there was a $300,000 to $360,000 deficit and discrepancy involving the IRR grant monies, according to the report of the State Employment Security Division’s f... Full story
A concerned tribal member To the Editor: It is with troubled emotions that I write this letter concerning the outcome of the unemployment hearing of Susan Harai and Petersburg Indian Association. Tribal members have not been able to get clear information of what is the financial condition of the tribe. Profit and Loss statements have only been let out to board members for review then required to return them before the meeting closes. The exhibits listed on the unemployment hearing site are alarming especially when the hearing officer states in...
Two Petersburg Indian Association tribal council members presented testimony at the unemployment benefit hearing on Feb. 9 for employee Susan Harai showing their determination to resolve the financial crisis reported to them by Roads Director Susan Harai and bookkeeper Nicole Dean. Ultimately, distrust of tribal leadership along with failure to secure a new, outside auditor to look at the tribal books resulted in their resignations from the tribal council. Jeanette Ness, former council...
The Petersburg Indian Association (PIA) will be holding board elections on Friday, Feb. 17, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. According to Tribal Administrator Will Ware there are four seats open, including three board seats and the position of chairman. “Usually, there are three seats open, plus the chairman,” Ware said. “This year there is an extra seat available.” According to Ware, Ronelle Beardslee is running uncontested for the chairman seat. Christina Sokamoto is running for a one-year term seat. Five people...
In 1945, the Alaska state legislature signed the Anti-Discrimination Act into law, and began an era of improved racial relations in the state. Civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich was instrumental in this bill’s passage and her work is celebrated across the state on February 16, Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, the anniversary of the signing of the Anti-Discrimination Act. Festivities in Petersburg on February 16 will include a parade through downtown at 4 pm and an event at the Seaside House f... Full story
Christine J. Ware, 37, appeared before Judge William Carey for felony sentencing under terms of a plea agreement with prosecutors in which she pleads to one felony charge of 2nd degree theft and one misdemeanor charge of attempted falsifying business records. Ware was given a suspended imposition of sentence for five years on the condition she serve 60 days in jail, complete 300 hours of community work service, provide restitution to the Petersburg Children’s Center board of directors, obtain a behavioral evaluation within 30 days of her r...
The city council conducted business quickly Tuesday night, aided in part by the postponement of the debate on the requirement for property leaseholders of city land to provide pollution insurance. The topic has been a subject of debate for over a year. Harbormaster Glo Wolen said the harbor advisory board will meet at noon Wednesday, Jan. 11 to seek solutions on the insurance requirement. Under the city manager’s report, Steve Geisbrecht wrote: -- The Birch Street reconstruction is substantially complete. -- The Petersburg street r...
Jan. 6: A solitary case of “whooping cough,” was reported by the Public Health Nurse. Bordetella Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory infection that is easily spread and can be treated with antibiotics. The city council asked Petersburg Municipal Power and Light superintendent to re-evaluate its request for a back-up generator after bids came in at over a million dollars beyond the budgeted $1.8 million cost. Jan. 20: The Petersburg Police Department filed a 19-page petition to forego re...
