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Log trusses were being set in place at the Sandy Beach Park shelter on Friday. The shelter is being rebuilt by the Parks and Recreation Dept. under a contract with Dave Nauman. The shelter work is being completed with a $45,000 state grant and the Borough is providing a matching amount for labor....
Wells Fargo is celebrating its centennial in Petersburg Thursday, June 12. The local Wells Fargo Branch began as The Bank of Petersburg, which was organized in September of 1912 with a capital of $5,000—roughly $121,000 in today’s dollars. The first cashier and manager, K.L. Steberg, ran the one-man bank for more than two years. The bank was incorporated in 1914 and the capital was increased to $25,000. By December 31, 1940, deposits totaled around $582,0000—around $9 million today. In 1972, The Bank of Petersburg merged and became the Peter...
Kristin Neuneker graduated cum laude from Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) with a B.S. in biology and a B.A. in environmental studies. Neuneker was a natural sciences research undergraduate fellow and team captain and three-time letter-award winner of the PLU swim team. Neuneker studied abroad in Tanzania, Ecuador, and the Galapagos Islands....
June 6, 1914 – With the advent of the new city council, everybody seems to have taken a new interest in the proposed water system, and the excitement has reached a point where each and every one is willing to "give and take." A very conservative estimate of the revenue and disbursements of the town was made by Mr. K.L. Steberg of the Petersburg Bank, which puts a new light on the question of how to defray the expenses of a water system. At the lowest estimate, Mr. Steberg found that the revenue from federal licenses for the coming year would r...
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht reported the following during the last Borough Assembly meeting: New ordinances have been forwarded to the court for inclusion in the Courtview and TrACS systems. This will allow the court to recognize the revisions and ultimately allow for more efficient processing of citations. Preparation for the annual FERC inspection of Blind Slough has begun and includes installation of a flange and plat over the low-level outlet to facilitate the FERC mandated operation of the outlet valve. The valve hasn’t been o...
Libby Taiber was born June 2 in Juneau to Molly Miller and Anthony Taiber of Petersburg. She weighed 8.5 lbs....
May 30, 1914 – The construction of a water system for the town has actually been started. The new council has taken hold of the work with energy born of a sense of duty that promises to supply the town with a dire necessity. For the last three years, the construction of a plant has been the subject of discussion and irritation, but not much of anything else until the present council, fired with an enterprising spirit started the work. May 31, 1974 Celebrating the Pilot's 40th Year– George Rice's seventh grade capped a year-end class on avi...
The Petersburg Community Foundation awarded its annual grants on May 17, 2014. The grants, valued around $10,000, included: Petersburg Medical Center - $335 to support new instructional materials for the Physical Therapy Department, Working Against Violence for Everyone (WAVE) - $400 to support volunteer advocate training in 2014, Petersburg Public Library - $750, to support the 2014 Amazing Rainforest Race, Petersburg Children's Center - $1,308 to support new teaching materials for S.T.E.M....
Gonzaga University Carolyn Kvernvik has earned placement on the Gonzaga University President's List for spring semester 2014. Students must earn a 3.7 to 4.0 grade-point average to be listed. University of Southern California Robert Davidson, son of Bill and Hoopie Davidson, recently graduated from the University of Southern California with a master of science degree in geographic information science and technology. Robert is a 1993 graduate of Petersburg High School. He is a senior GIS project manager with GeoNorth, LLC in Anchorage,...
May 23, 1914 – With Mayor Finch in the chair, the postponed council meeting was held last Tuesday evening at which the question of a water system was taken up in earnest. The necessary expenditure of some fifteen thousand dollars is an enterprise for a community the size of Petersburg was by the council deemed worthy of serious consideration. After the momentous question was thoroughly discussed, a committee was finally appointed and the preliminaries ordered commenced. It was practically agreed that the council spend the money available in t...
Jerry and Elly Hegar announce the engagement of their son James Hegar to Brie Vining, daughter of Joe and Cinda Vining. The wedding will be held Saturday, August 2 at 6 pm at the Sons of Norway....
