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November 5, 1920 The pupils of the 5th and 6th grades wrote original Halloween poems last week. The five best ones were put on exhibition. They were written by Anita Allen, Adolf Matheson, Hedvig Mjorud, Jonas Hallingstad, and Ruby Rodgers. On Thursday afternoon a Halloween party was given in the primary building for the first grades. Bobbing for apples and other Halloween games were played and apples, doughnuts and animal cookies were refreshments. November 2, 1945 At a meeting of the Town Council on Thursday, the City of Petersburg accepted...
Castle Island Barium-Barite Mine was located in the Kupreanof Mining District from 1966 to 1980 and operated by three companies – Alaska Barite Co., Inlet Oil and Chromalloy America. Castle Island produced about 750,000 metric tons of ore during that time. Mostly a large offshore rock, the site now sits under water. Barium is critical to well-drilling for the petroleum industry and used around underwater pipelines. It is valuable because of its denseness, chemical inertness, and softness. At p...
Southeast Alaskan electrical vehicle owners are hosting a one-hour knowledge sharing session outlining the economic and environmental advantages of EV ownership, including saving money, supporting the local economy, and reducing CO2 emissions. There are now several hundred EVs in both Sitka and Juneau. The fundamental advantages of EV ownership that exist in Sitka and Juneau also exist in other locations, as the presentation will outline. After the presentation, there will be a Q&A session for...
The Aurora borealis lit up the night sky and gave a green tint to the Wrangell Narrows last week....
October 29, 1920 A rare treat was given to the lovers of the beautiful when the exhibition of the hand colored photographs of the various glaciers and other Alaskan scenes were placed on exhibition at Howel’s Camera Shop here yesterday. The exhibition was well attended and everyone expressed their delight in the wonderful coloring of the ice of the famous Taku and Dawes glaciers. Mrs. E. Chester Roberts, the artist who did these pictures has her studio in Juneau, and she certainly is an artist in every sense of the word, as she has the c...
Tombstones and skeletons stand ready to greet trick-or-treaters this Halloween at the Bisset residence at 1304 N. Nordic Dr....
New security gates are being installed along the perimeter of the James A. Johnson airport this fall. Island Contractors of Juneau is completing the $2,220,666 project, according to Garrett Paul construction project manager for AK DOT-PF. New style hatchet or cantilever gates are replacing rolling gates and the project includes seven pedestrian and four vehicle gates. Pictured above are passenger gates near the Alaska Airlines terminal and a vehicle gate at the DOT-PF maintenance facility on...
Residents were able to shop from about 35 different vendors on Oct. 24 at the 44th annual Oktoberfest Art Share. Polly Koeneman, one of the organizers of the event, said there was a steady flow of people throughout the five hour long event that was hosted by the Muskeg Maleriers in the Parks and Recreation's community gym. Not once was there a moment where the flow of people to the gym stopped, she said. Those that attended were happy to follow the COVID-19 mitigation plan that was in place and...
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Eight members of the Devil's Thumb Shooter's Shotgun Marksmanship Club competed in the Juneau SE Fall Shoot Invitation on Oct. 17 and 18. The team won a total of 18 awards during the event, which included shooters from Sitka, Juneau, Ketchikan, Eagle River, Palmer, Wasilla and Petersburg. Most of the current team are middle school aged athletes who have been in the program for several years. Jonas Anderson took four placement awards and first place overall in the junior varsity category. Cayden...
Jeremy Collison atop Crystal Mountain on Saturday....
The M/V Kennicott travels north to Juneau after departing Petersburg at approximately 2:30 P.M. on Tuesday, almost 11-hours behind schedule. According to a press release for the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities, the M/V Kennicott is currently delayed in Juneau while technicians fix a technical issue. The delay caused cancellations for the week's scheduled stops at Kodiak, Port Lions, Seldovia and Homer. The ferry is expected to resume service on Oct. 24...
October 22, 1920 The school phonograph has arrived. It is an Edison of medium size which can be easily carried from room to room. It was purchased with part of the money raised by the entertainment given by the school last spring. As yet only four of the records that were ordered have come. Also the school children have during the past week been making contributions for the Gift to France, a statue to be erected on the banks of the Marne as a gift from America. October 19, 1945 A discussion regarding the Teen Age Club was held at Monday’s S...
The muskeg near Twin Creeks Rd. is a popular destination for snowmobilers and skiers during the winter. It's also a good place to pick cranberries in the late fall. The snow capped mountains in the background make up a part of the Alaska Coastal Range....
Glimpses into 1935 Tourism This brochure describes Alaska life and industry in 1935, noting "the poor man has more independence in the north and. . .chances for advancement are much better". An unorganized territory until 1867, Congress established Sitka as Alaska's seat of government in 1884, and made the laws of Oregon applicable to Alaska. In time the capital was moved to Juneau, and laws were instituted to allow incorporation of towns. Petersburg was the eleventh to do so. By 1935,...
Members of the Petersburg Rotary Club along with other project participants broke ground for the installation of new playground equipment at Sandy Beach Park on Wednesday. Rock-n-Road Construction will remove the old equipment and grade the site to improve drainage before new equipment is installed. Pictured left to right are Glo Wollen, Brenda Norheim (representing Petersburg Indian Association), Irene Jo Littleton, Desi Burrell, Club President Bennett McGrath, Karen Dillman, Nancy Murrison...
October 15, 1920 Petersburg for the greater part of the week has been a lightless and waterless town. The light and power plant shut down entirely on Tuesday while Robert Allen and his force of men were relining the generator and the old engine with the new one. After tearing out the generator it was found that the shafting was badly worn by the five years of hard usage it has been given and it was necessary to turn it down and put in a bushing. This necessitated the shut down of the plant. All stores report an exceptional sale on lamps and...
Gregg Jones, a fisherman and member of the Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association (ALFA), connects a container of salmon to a crane in Sitka late last month to be donated to families across the region. ALFA's community support program, Alaskans Own, secured $250,000 to distribute salmon to Southeast families that were unable to put up fish for the winter as a result of the poor salmon season. Sealaska donated an extra $126,000 when the ALFA realized the need was greater than the original...
October 8, 1920 A determined drive is being made by a committee appointed at a recent meeting to raise money amounting to $8,500 for the benefit of the local Hospital, the money to be used in paying for the new heating plant, dividing the present large rooms into smaller private ones, and paying for other equipment installed. The needs of the Hospital were discussed at great length and ways and means considered for raising the money. At the end of the meeting a committee was appointed to carry on a two week stock selling campaign, which will...
