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The Forest Service has a long list of major recreation projects underway this summer on the Petersburg Ranger District…the agency also is also doing initial fieldwork for one new timber sale project ….and its finishing its draft plan for another….both on Kupreanoff island. Matt Lichtenstein stopped by the districts open house earlier this month to take a look

Petersburg Elementary School students are creating a long, sea-themed-tile mosaic for the front of their school. It’s the product of this year's Artist in the School program which is sponsored by the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the local parent teacher group "Parents in Education". The older students are creating individual sea-themed mosaic that will become part of a larger class mosaic. The first and second graders are doing class mosaics…..the panels will form the full mosaic for the front of the building. Matt Lichtenstein stopped by one of the third grade classrooms and produced this audio postcard:

A group of young drummers is bringing its unique style of music to Petersburg for a series of performances and workshops throughout this next week and the Little Norway Festival. Kodiak island drummers, “K.I.D” for short, is a diverse group of children and teens. They combine a variety of drumming styles from Africa, South America and Japan. K.I.D has performed in communities and festivals throughout Alaska. The group was founded by Michael Daquioag (de-key-wa). Mr. D, as he’s called, says the group emphasizes the principals of discipline, respect and unity through music. Matt Lichtenstein listened to some of kid’s music and caught up with “Mr. D”by cell phone. D said the non-profit organization started in 1999 under the Kodiak Island Arts Council and Kodiak School District’s summer arts program:

A national watchdog group is asking Congress to investigate allegations that the Forest Service retaliated against a whistleblower employee from Petersburg. An independent federal agency, which is now wrapped-up in its own controversy, dropped an investigation of the Tongass whistleblower case earlier this year after the employee died.

Petersburg’s city councilors will have a lot of reading to do this week. They were presented with the draft city budget for next year, as well as the school district’s budget Monday. In other news from this week’s meeting, Petersburg power and light customers will want to make some extra efforts to conserve electricity this month……the city is switching to diesel fuel for a couple of weeks and that will mean a surcharge on every kilowatt hour. In other news the city manager is looking into the possibility of leasing the Elizabeth Peratrovich building for a police station. Matt Lichtenstein has more news from this week’s regular council meeting: