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Worldwide demand for Chum salmon is on the rise. Once seen only fit for dog food, the pale fish is showing up filleted and dressed, at restaurant chains across the United States. Melati Kaye talked to some industry professionals to find out why the fish are more valued now and where they else they are showing up.

A former Petersburg resident is celebrating the release of his song on the world wide web. Nathan Lopez graduated from Petersburg High School in 1997, and now works as a pastor at the Wasilla Assembly of God church. This month, Lopez released his first song titled “Satisfy” on Amazon and Itunes. Joe Viechnicki spoke to Lopez over the phone from Wasilla.

Residents near some of the lands included in the legislation say they are not happy with the latest revision of the Sealaska lands bill and say they still don’t feel like their concerns are being heard. Senator Lisa Murkowski released proposed changes to Senate Bill 881 earlier this month and said the legislation was still a work in progress. But opponents still want the senator to withdraw the legislation, despite the changes.

Over the 4th of July, Petersburg residents caught up with old friends and classmates that they hadn’t seen in decades. The four day reunion brought together Petersburg High graduates from the classes of 1956 through 1970. Melati Kaye caught up with some of the alumni during the parade.

A four-day local history project in Petersburg this week is focusing on the formation of a women’s auxiliary network a century ago. It’s part of a larger research effort being conducted by Michelle Dent, who teaches under-graduate writing at New York University. Dent is retracing the 1908 journey of a woman named Mary Hart, commissioned by the Department of the Interior to form a network of women's auxiliaries in Southeast and South-Central Alaska. Hart made her trip in conjunction with the 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle. Dent this summer is stopping in six of the eighteen communities that Hart visited, and holding workshops in each. Joe Viechnicki spoke with Dent about Mary Hart’s work and the history project.

07expo 4:56 “it was right about final product.”
early out with :56 left….in the workshop.”

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dent also plans to hold workshops in juneau, haines, cordova and valdez. The sessions are tonight and tomorrow in petersburg from 6-9 p.m.….as well as friday and saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the petersburg lutheran church. People can sign up by calling the library at 772-3349.