PETERSBURG-AK Petersburg celebrated its Centennial anniversary Tuesday afternoon with a massive, group photo. The mayor declared a half-day holiday and local organizers estimate as many as 15 hundred people, roughly half the population, turned out to the ball fields for the panoramic picture. That included the school districts entire compliment of staff and students. The rainy weather cleared just in time and a city bucket truck lifted the photographer high above the field. She composed the shot with the help of two-way radios and a crowd-wrangler on the ground. Matt Lichtenstein gathered some of the sounds and voices from the brief but historic event
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