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The process for Dr. Greg Salard to possibly regain privileging at Wrangell Medical Center began last week during a closed-door executive session meeting of the WMC Board of Directors. On Wednesday, Oct. 3, the board met for review and possible action regarding his credentialing at the hospital. Salard lost his bid to retain his interim privileging after the previous WMC board voted on April 15, 2011 to suspend his privileges at the hospital. Because of an Alaska State law excluding reporting actions regarding credentialing matters, WMC board...
The Lady Wolves volleyball team traveled to Metlakatla last weekend to begin their season – and take part in the annual Jamboree held in Southeast. With two days of volleyball to play, the Lady Wolves wasted no time getting started as they began the tournament as the first team up to play. The varsity team went 3-2 overall in the tournament, losing only to a Klawock squad who defeated them once (25-8, 22-25, 15-4) in the opening matches, and again in the final match of the weekend (25-13, 2...
A religious roundtable consisting of all Catholic priests and parish ministers from Southeast Alaska – and including the presence of Bishop Edward J. Burns of the Juneau Diocese – was held in Wrangell last week at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. The meeting, which is held annually in different locations around Southeast, focuses on what the Diocese will work to accomplish in the coming year and includes both religious and secular topics. Bishop Burns said the meeting included Catholic ministers ranging from Metlakatla to Yakutat – and every...
The family of Kaawishté, also known as Chief Shakes V, visited Wrangell last week and was treated to a trip to Shakes Island and the Tribal House and the hospitality of the Wrangell Cooperative Association. Jessica Clark, one of descendents of the Kaawishté who lives in Cypress, Calif., said it was an important experience for her to stand on Shakes Island and learn about her family history. “It’s really enlightening to see where our family came from,” she said. “Both my dad and my uncles ha...
KSTK FM has donated hundreds of audio recordings dating from the 1960s to the 1990s to Sealaska Heritage Institute. The collection donated by the station documents the history and events of the community of Wrangell through interviews and talk shows over the years, said SHI archivist and collections manager Zachary Jones. According to Jones, the recordings deal with topics of interest to both the Native community and Wrangell as a whole. “It’s especially great for Sealaska Heritage Institute because it documents a portion of the Native com...
With school back in session and fall quickly approaching, the beginning of flu season is right around the corner. In years past, the Wrangell Public Health Center has made immunizations available to the community; however the State of Alaska has recently changed its policy and, for the second year running, will no longer be offering flu immunizations to adults at the Front Street clinic. The vaccine will still be available to infants and children, however. There has been a community planning...
Three of Wrangell’s best student-athletes traveled to a wet, snowy Bartlett High School in Anchorage last weekend to participate in the State of Alaska 1A-3A cross-country tournament – with Kayla Rooney (24:04) placing 59th out of 112 girls, and Jacob Marshall (18:27) taking 25th place and Bryce Gerald (18:57) coming 48th out of 122 boys. Rooney, a four-year participant in cross-country, and competitor at the State finals each of those years, said she was satisfied with her finish as a sen...
The Wrangell High School Drama, Debate and Forensics team participated in a meet at Thunder Mountain High School in Juneau last weekend. The meet also included Ketchikan, Sitka, Mt. Edgecumbe, Juneau Douglas and Thunder Mountain. According to WHS teacher Michelle Galla, the participants did exceptionally well. “Molly Prysunka, Malachi Cole, Victoria Ingram, Courtney Haggard, Haley Reed and Ben Florschutz all made it into finals with their dramatic and forensics pieces, with Florschutz taking 4th place overall in Extemporaneous Speaking,” she...
Beginning in early October, two business owners will be combining forces to bring fresh organic foods and healthy baked goods to Wrangellites on a consistent basis. Katherine Ivy, the owner and operator of Tuesday Organics, and Lorena Cano opened Ivy Patch Produce/Bayside Bakery and Market at 628 Shakes Street this week. The store will be located in the space next to the Laundromat that previously housed Island Salon, which recently moved to Lynch Street. Ivy said the collaborative effort will...
The Wrangell Ranger District has awarded three small timber sales through a new program intended to support smaller mill operators and other wood-related businesses in Wrangell. The Roadside Timber Sale Program, authorized in November 2010, provides businesses with commercial salvage harvest of dead, dying, or blown down fuel wood and saw timber resulting from natural disturbance, and the minor harvest of green fuel wood and green saw timber. The program allows up to 500 million board feet of...
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office has recommended a timber sale of approximately 1.2 million board feet of timber in the Wrangell area during the next two to three years. The Trust parcels subject to this decision are located adjacent to the Wrangell Institute property currently owned by the City and Borough of Wrangell. The property is zoned as Timber Management under Title 20 of the Wrangell Municipal Code. The proposed sale area is comprised of the parcel that will be conveyed as part of the Alaska Replacement Lands Program. An addi...
The Consumer Protection Unit of the Alaska Attorney General’s Office is reporting that claim forms went out this week to approximately 2,600 Alaskans who lost their homes to foreclosure between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2011, and who may be eligible for payment under the national mortgage foreclosure settlement. This settlement, which took effect last April, involved the nation’s five largest mortgage service organizations; Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo. As part of the settlement, two million borrowers nat...
Alaska State Senator Bert Stedman has been named chairman of The Energy Council, a legislative organization consisting of members from 11 states, five Canadian provinces, and the country of Venezuela. According to their website, the council’s mission is to provide a forum where leaders can exchange ideas and determine solutions related to energy issues that affect Alaska. “I’m honored to continue serving as part of The Energy Council’s leadership,” Stedman said. “The Energy Council conference is a unique forum for discussing energy policy with...
For those Wrangellites with a sore spot here and there, fear not – hope is on the way. Fairbanks resident Susan Allen will be opening a new massage business on Oct. 10 at 109 Lynch Street and will be working closely with her brother-in-law, chiropractor Todd Smith. Allen is a Licensed Massage Therapist who worked previously in Fairbanks for 13 years in both private and clinical settings where she specialized in massage for relaxation and deep tissue. “I come with extensive knowledge of ess...
Zachary Jones, a historian and archivist for Sealaska Heritage Institute was in Wrangell last week to speak to the public about his ongoing research into documentation of the 1869 Battle of Wrangell. Jones, a Ph.D. candidate in Ethnohistory at University of Alaska Fairbanks, has worked for Sealaska for five years as a curator on Native artifacts. His current studies involve the conflict between U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Wrangell and the local Tlingit people. The study is being funded...
The Wrangell Wolves cross-country team excelled at the Region V tournament in Juneau on Saturday, Sept. 22, sending three runners to the state finals set for this weekend in Anchorage. In the boys’ race, senior Jacob Marshall took 3rd place with a final time of 18:17 – his best time ever – on what is reputed to be the hardest course in the region. Bryce Gerald followed up with a 9th place finish in 18:37 and was the only freshman among the top-20 runners at the event. In the girls’ portion...
The meeting of the Southeast Alaska Power Agency Board of Directors on Sept. 19-20 in Petersburg discussed an agenda item that may signal the end of the Thomas Bay Power Authority, as we know it. A decision by the board to consolidate TBPA and Ketchikan Public Utilities in SEAPA, based on the finding of an internal agency report, will have to wait, however, for input from the Borough Assembly, Petersburg’s City Council and the Ketchikan Borough Assembly. John Heberling of the consulting firm D. Hittle and Associates performed the study of t...
Sentinel writer A pre-trial scheduling conference in the case of the City and Borough of Wrangell and former Wrangell Medical Center administrator Noel Rea, as well as six former members of the WMC Board of Directors, has been set for Nov. 7 at 3:30 p.m. at Wrangell’s First District Court. The case, which was filed on July 11, seeks to have an amendment to the employment contract of Rea voided, and to order that he return a six-figure severance check paid to him after his termination by the board on June 20. According to court documents, t...
The Wrangell Medical Center Board of Directors held their regularly scheduled meeting on Sept. 19 – the first since being reformed during the Aug. 21 special election to replace 8 recalled members. The meeting began with a presentation by staff members Jane Bliss and Brian Smith which showed board members portions of the physical operations plant and kitchen area – where Bliss informed them that more than 12,000 meals were served during the past year. After the presentation, during the Persons to be Heard section of the agenda, Wrangell res...
Jim Holder and Tyver Gillen laid the final shingles atop the renovated Shakes Tribal House last weekend....
If the defense attorney for former Wrangell resident Steve Marshall has his way, his client might see freedom sooner rather than later. Marshall, 52, was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 at a residence in the Bloom Trailer Court after police responded to an argument between him and his girlfriend. He was indicted by a grand jury on a number of charges, including sexual assault, and is alleged to have raped, strangled and hit the victim, as well as threatening her with a machete, resulting in...
The Wrangell School Board met in open session on Tuesday, Sept. 18 to take a number of reports regarding the on-going operations in the district and to approve a series of grants and employment contracts. The meeting began, however, with a workshop dedicated to a board self-assessment. District Superintendent Rich Rhodes explained the purpose of the assessment during a break in the discussion. “I think it’s a self-reflection on what we’ve been doing and whether we have been doing it well,” Rhodes said. “We want to look at continual improveme...
In what was Mayor Jeremy Maxand’s last regular meeting as an elected official in Wrangell, the Borough Assembly met in open session on Tuesday, Sept. 25. In his biweekly report to the Assembly, Borough Manager Tim Rooney updated the group on the lawsuit between the borough and former Wrangell Medical Center CEO Noel Rea. “On Monday, September 17, 2012 the City and Borough of Wrangell filed a motion and memorandum for order for return of laptop computer and iPad to (allow) for forensic examination,” the report stated. The motion and memor...
One of the most popular shows for kids on television in the last decade was Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego as it scoured the world for the location of a thief who steals valuable artifacts from around the globe. For Wrangell High School students and parents, one question could be related to the title of that show – Where In The World Are The Class of 2012 Yearbooks? The yearbooks, which were to be delivered around May of last year, are now scheduled to be in the hands of parents and students in late October. WHS principal Monty Buness s...
