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A forum was held on Thursday to give representatives from KFSK, the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and the Petersburg Pilot the chance to ask the two mayoral candidates questions on local issues. Mayor Mark Jensen and Assembly Member Jeff Meucci were given two minutes to answer each question. Both candidates were asked the same question and the order of the candidates changed with each question. After giving their opening statements, each candidate began answering questions. Some of the...
The borough assembly signed on to a Salmon Beyond Borders letter on Monday to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to act against Canada's inadequate mining regulations in British Columbia. Watershed from Canada's abandoned, proposed, developing and operating large-scale mines in B.C. impact or pose a great risk to American interests as the watershed from the mines flow into the United States, according to the letter. Salmon Beyond Borders asks that the U.S. Department of State work with Global...
Over six emergency flares were fired into the sky just before 8 P.M. on Sunday in the area of Farragut River, but the United States Coast Guard determined that individuals at one of the cabins were just disposing of expired flares. Dennis Rogers and his family were anchored in Francis Anchorage of Farragut Bay when they saw a red parachute flare slowly descending from the Farragut River area, Rogers said in a written statement to the Pilot. Rogers immediately called the Coast Guard Sector Juneau...
A portion of Haugen Dr. near the Petersburg Public Library was blocked off on Monday while crews repaired a bad water valve. While trying to track a potable water leak at the Presbyterian Church property on Friday, Public Works staff closed off a valve in the Haugen Dr. and 2nd St. intersection, according to Public Works Director Chris Cotta. The valve then began to leak. Because work to repair the valve would take place next to a state street, the borough spent Friday coordinating with the stat...
On September 11, Hunt Parr, Sr., 63, of Petersburg was issued a summons by Alaska State Troopers for commercial fishing the closed waters of District 6A. Parr is the permit holder aboard the F/V Somerset, a gillnet vessel based out of Petersburg. Arraignment is set for October 8 in the Petersburg District Court. On Sept. 11, Christopher Haerling, 28, of Petersburg was issued a summons for violating Landing Requirements in the 2019 commercial Dungeness Fishery. Haerling, the permit holder aboard...
Karen Nelson has taught rosemaling all over the country, and last week, she was in Petersburg teaching a hands on course on how flowers and scrolls make up the different styles of rosemaling. It is how each artist puts the flowers together on the item they're decorating and how they paint the strokes that creates a particular style. In the Telemark region, roses are secondary to the C and S strokes. In contrast, the Hallingdal style uses large flowers and smaller scrolls. The rosemaling...
George S. Doyle General Information Age: 66 Experience: Three years Medical Center Board Member Why do you want to serve on the PMC Board of Directors? Supporting a fiscally and professionally strong Medical Center for our community. As a current board member, I've become more aware of how dedicated the staff of the Medical Center is in providing quality care and services. What are your ideas to make the hospital run more cost efficiently? On a day to day basis the Medical Center staff does an...
Three elementary school teachers and one high school teacher have begun teaching in the Petersburg School District. Hillary Mullen is teaching kindergarten. Heidi Cabral was originally going to be a fourth grade teacher at the start of the school year, but she became an elementary special education teacher. Carla Green is teaching fifth grade, and Ioana Ward is the new science teacher at Petersburg High School. Mullen was studying at the University of Wyoming when she participated in an...
A second forum was held last Thursday after the mayoral forum for the four assembly candidates running for two seats on the borough assembly. The candidates gave support for local issues and answered questions from representatives from KFSK, the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and the Petersburg Pilot. Vice Mayor Jeigh Stanton Gregor, Marc Martinsen, Chelsea Tremblay and Aaron Hankins were each asked the same questions and had two minutes to respond. The order of the candidates changed with each...
The Petersburg Police Department served search warrants at 410 Mitkof Highway at approximately 3:50 P.M. on Tuesday, Sept. 10 and found distribution quantities of heroin and methamphetamine with a combined street value of approximately $61,670, according to police. Carter Gueller, 30, was arrested and booked into the Petersburg jail on charges of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the second degree, a class A felony, misconduct involving a controlled substance in the third degree, a... Full story
Following the Public Works fire last month that caused a storage shed to go up in flames, investigators are at odds as to what caused the fire, according to Public Works Director Chris Cotta. An investigator with the borough's insurance company is looking at a potentially faulty extension cord as the source of the fire, but the State Fire Marshal's office hasn't located a definitive source, and has not ruled out any causes, including arson, said Cotta. The Motor Pool shop which is located next...
Members of the United States Forest Service met with the public last week to receive feedback and discuss the Central Tongass Project. The project encompasses many different projects in four categories: watershed restoration, recreation management, vegetation management and access management. Project Leader Carey Case said by lumping multiple projects together, the forest service will be able to work more efficiently. Goals and objectives of the project were identified in the 2016 Tongass Land...
The borough shut off their diesel generators Monday after running them for a week while Southeast Alaska Power Agency was performing maintenance on the Tyee Lake hydro project. A helicopter was used to work on overhead transmission lines, and a crew inspected and tested the soundness of the wooden poles on the south end of Mitkof Island, according to Public Works Director Karl Hagerman. SEAPA also worked on their governors and tested transformers at the Tyee Lake project. Additionally, work was...
In last week’s issue of the Pilot, a story about two Norwegians visiting Petersburg incorrectly identified Gerda Olsen. She was Karl Rasmus Dahle and Arild Jens Dahle’s aunt, not sister....
Cannery Park has been taking shape in the past few weeks, but Icicle Seafoods Plant Manager Patrick Wilson said more improvements are still on the way for the one-time storage lot. Wilson has been spearheading the project, which began about five years ago in the downtown area. The lot that Cannery Park sits on is owned by Icicle Seafoods. The Fryer building was eventually torn down after it began to fall apart, and Icicle Seafoods used it as a storage lot. Wilson said he wanted to display the...
Lee's Clothing has been offering products that have been handpicked with Petersburg residents in mind since 1969, and today, Sept. 5, they will be celebrating their 50th anniversary. When Lee's Clothing first opened, it was located across the street at what is now the Petersburg Pilot. The store focused on men's and young men's clothing, because Roxy Lee, founder and president of Lee's Clothing, saw a gap in the market. She credits her many years of success to good customer service, loyal...
Hailing from a small island in northern Norway, two brothers were in Petersburg last week to see where their aunt immigrated to in the 1920s and to visit her granddaughter, Irene Littleton. Karl Rasmus Dahle and Arild Jens Dahle are twins who were born on May 15, 1942. They live on an island called Andoya with an area of roughly 311 square miles. Karl lives in Stave, a small village of less than 40 inhabitants on the western side of the island, and Arild lives about 25 miles away on the other...
A new group of students began the two-year nursing program offered at Petersburg Medical Center through the University of Alaska, Anchorage last month. "We're really excited," said Jennifer Bryner, one of the instructors and a registered nurse at PMC. "It seems like a great group. They're very eager to get going, but it's a lot for anybody. They really take on a huge commitment." Like a traditional college environment, the students will have to complete four semesters of school, and enjoy...
An assessment of Mountain View Manor by the Fox Group in July found that the facility is effectively run and that there are no recommendations at this time to improve the facility's financial position. "That's a good and bad thing to hear," said Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht at an assembly meeting last month. "It's a good thing meaning it's managed very well. It's a bad thing in the sense that there's not necessarily ways to make that place break even." The borough assembly directed...
There are about 33 projects on Petersburg Indian Association's Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) four-year priority list, but high up on the list are several pedestrian trails and sidewalks. At a TTP meeting last month, Director Sue Harai said the funded projects are based on a four-year tribal transportation improvement program. A long range transportation plan spanning 20-years must be developed and updated by PIA in order to receive federal funding for the transportation needs of tribal gov...
A Petersburg High School graduate broke two 50-year-old school records at the United States Coast Guard Academy this spring. Ben Zarlengo set a new school record in the discus and hammer, throwing 49.7 meters and 56.4 meters respectively. Zarlengo said the two previous school records were about 50-years-old. Both records were broken in April when Zarlengo was competing at an invitational at Connecticut College. In February, Zarlengo broke a weight throw record with his distance of 18.71 meters....
Voters will decide if they want the borough to take out loans to fund eight utility projects totaling no more than $8 million after the assembly passed ordinance #2019-05 in its third reading last week. The loans will be through the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and will be paid back over a 20-year period at 1.5 percent interest. The responsibility of the repayment of the loans would fall on water and wastewater rate payers. The wastewater department has five projects planned...
The Petersburg School District maintains a higher percentage of students scoring proficient or higher in English language arts (ELA), math and science in statewide testing. The Performance Evaluation for Alaska's Schools test is given to students between 3rd and 10th grade each spring. The ELA and math tests are given to all students from 3rd to 9th grade, and the science test is only given to 4th, 8th and 10th graders. According to PSD Superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter, the PEAKS tests are...
An ordinance that would have added language to borough code outlining a procedure for addressing the assembly by written comment was stricken down at an assembly meeting last week. Ordinance #2019-07 would have clearly stated how members of the public could submit written comment to the assembly, but in its first reading, an amendment was made that prevented assembly members from reading written statements by members of the public out loud at assembly meetings. "I think that there needs be a...
Petersburg has found its next magistrate judge and since her arrival earlier this month, she has been getting to know her job and her new home. Debra O'Gara first arrived in Petersburg on Aug. 1 and is replacing the previous magistrate judge, Desi Burrell, who retired in May. O'Gara has been practicing law for over 26 years and was previously serving as presiding judge for the Tlingit & Haida Tribal Court in Juneau. The new position has her tackling a full range of cases, such as civil and...
