Local resident Sally Riemer has published her first book. It’s called “Playing with poetry in Petersburg” and contains a collection of Riemer’s poetry from the past three decades. Riemer, a retired teacher, is one of two writer laureates for Petersburg this year. She self-published the book through an online company called X libris and talked about her poems at the public library Monday. Joe Viechnicki spoke with Riemer about her book.
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Petersburg’s municipal parks and recreation department has a new director. Donny Hayes, 32, moved to Petersburg almost one year ago to run a local charter sportfishing business with his father. Hayes, originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, worked in the recreation field for eight years in Rexburg, Idaho and Washington City, Utah before moving here. And he’s familiar with Petersburg recreation facilities after working as a lifeguard at Petersburg’s pool for the past year. Joe Viechnicki spoke with Hayes about his past experience and starting up the job in Petersburg.
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Petersburg has a new city manager. Steve Giesbrecht of Electra, Texas has agreed to take the job offer made by the Petersburg city council Friday. The 50-year-old Giesbrecht has been the city administrator in Electra, a community of around 31-hundred people near the Oklahoma border, since 2003.
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The Petersburg Police Department patrols in cars, on foot, and now, on bikes. Esmay Joyce ‘rode along’ on a bike patrol this month.
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Petersburg artist Doris Olsen opens up her second solo art show at the Clausen Museum tonight. The show is called “Embellish” and it features 30 acrylic paintings from the past year. The works will be on display at the museum until August 13th. Joe Viechnicki spoke with Olsen about her latest work, and started out by asking about the title of the show.
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