Canned Salmon Classic winner announced

The total number of pink salmon cans that were packed in Petersburg this summer was 4,883,627.

That’s the combined total from the two local fish plants Petersburg Fisheries Incorporated and Ocean Beauty Seafoods. The numbers came along with the announcement of the winners of the local guessing game, Canned Salmon Classic. The 2014 winner is Melva Randrup in first place and Deya Edgell in second place. Randrup was off by only 7,084 cans and Edgell was off by 15,748 cans.

For their guesses, Randrup wins $2,000 and Edgell $1,000.