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Petersburg’s high school baseball team is coming on strong so far this year. The Vikings are now three and one after three big wins against Craig late last week. In their first game of the season last month, Petersburg was able to keep Juneau, the leading team in the region, to four runs. This is the fourth season for the new high school program and as Matt Lichtenstein reports, the team was in high spirits during their home series against Craig.

It looks like the cost of living at Petersburg’s assisted-living home will be going up…a lot. The city council Monday passed the first of three readings for a measure that includes an 80 percent increase over the next year in the basic cost for self-pay residents at assisted-living. The move is aimed at reducing city subsidies to the new facility, which has been operating at a loss since it opened in the spring of 2004. The Council voted unanimously in favor of the ordinance despite concerns from some of the resident’s family members.

It’s back to the drawing board for Petersburg’s borough petition. The city council wants the former borough charter commission to take another look at the overall petition and make some changes that might attract more support for the plan.

Pools and trails, playgrounds and maintenence, funding and safety were all part of the discussions at the Alaska Recreation and Park Association conference in Petersburg last week. Over 50 public and private recreation managers and specialists from across the state were in town to take part in the annual event. They met at locations throughout town….from the City Council chambers and Sons of Norway hall to the community gym, and Petersburg’s new aquatic center. The facility has drawn a lot of interest from other towns looking to build pools. Matt Lichtenstein spoke with several attendees about the conference and some of the issues facing parks and recreation programs in Alaska:

After a 30 years of practicing nursing in Petersburg, working with parents and children, and promoting public health programs, Marlene Cushing is retiring. The long-time Public Health Nurse was honored for her many years of service last month by the Petersburg Childrens Center as “The Champion of Children for 2008”. Cushing took over as public health nurse here in 1978 when she and her husband Dave moved from Ketchikan. Matt Lichtenstein recently spoke with her about the many changes she’s seen in local public health over the decades: