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A team of architects and civic planners appeared before Wrangell officials and residents last week to start drafting a master plan for the city's future waterfront development. The eventual goal is to develop the fill area along Campbell Drive into a mixed-use property for businesses, locals and visitors to enjoy. Chris Mertl of Corvus Design, James Bibb of North Wind Architects, Dick Somerville of PND Engineers and Meilani Scheijvens of Rain Coast Data make up the team assembled to develop the...
Members of Wrangell’s Public School Board okayed the first step in opening online vocational courses to Wrangell High School students. At its Monday evening meeting, the board endorsed applications for Type M Teaching Certificates for George Bell and Robin Gilchrist. “It’s another avenue to certification to allow a person to teach a class,” explained Superintendent Patrick Mayer. The two are affiliates of University of Alaska Southeast, and will instruct students in college-credited courses...
Wrangell bird-watchers braved crisp weather and rough water on Jan. 3 to participate in this year's 115th annual Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count. Volunteers around the country pick a date between Dec. 14 and Jan. 4, and have 24 hours to record as many birds as possible within a seven-mile radius of a given point. Information is then submitted to the Audubon Society for record-keeping. Alaskans have been participating in the annual count since 1990, though the Audubons have been active in...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. January 28, 1915: According to information given out by the local cable office, the Government has seen fit to place in service a new night letter rate, which will take effect February 1st. The new rating will help in several ways, by taking part of the load off the wires at the busy time and make the charges much cheaper, the new rate being 12 cents per word for a ten word message as to 16 cents by the present day rate. Messages can be filed at any time but will not be sent until the day work is...
Monday, January 12 Agency Assist/DOT. Suspicious Incident. Citation issued to Ann Schnell, 69, for Dog at Large – First Offense and License Required. Citizen Assist/Vehicle Unlocked. Found Property/Wallet: Owner notified. Report of Harassment. Tuesday, January 13 Arrested Randall Fordyce, 55, on charges of Probation Violation. Citation issued to Renee Claggett, 47, for Dogs at Large and License Required. Agency Assist/Alarm. Wednesday, January 14 Citations issued to Valerie Stokes, 54, for Dog at Large and Dog License Required. Dog picked u...
Bishop Edward Burns of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Juneau last month announced the assignment of new priests for Southeast communities. A news release explained it is customary for a diocesan bishop to reassign priests to new parishes every five to ten years. Diocesan priests are themselves not assigned to any particular parish but to the diocese as a whole. Beginning Feb. 9, Father Scott Settimo will leave Holy Name Parish in Ketchikan, beginning a time of prayerful discernment of a vocation to the contemplative life. He will temporarily...
Nondas Leah Taylor Haux, 100, died on January 9, 2015 in Wrangell, Alaska. A memorial service will be held at the Assembly of God Church, on Sat., Jan. 24, 2015 in Wrangell at one p.m. A full obituary will follow....
To the Editor: SPF SIG, a federal and state funded grant, is sponsoring a free workshop/training through Alaska Island Community Services with the assistance of the PSG -WRG community lead Super Coalition. It will be held from 4-8 on Thursday January 22 in the Middle School Commons. The instructor will be Krissy Smith. Perhaps some of you have seen the Prime for Life Drink Wise ad or heard the 123 PSAs on the radio. Prime for Life is an evidenced-based motivational substance prevention program designed to change drinking behaviors by...
KETCHIKAN (AP) – An autopsy has been ordered for a 20-year-old Wrangell man who died of injuries suffered in a Ketchikan jail. Alaska State Troopers say Brendon Sample on Thursday attempted to hang himself with a bed sheet while alone in a cell at Ketchikan Correctional Center. Corrections staff found him unresponsive. He was taken to Peace Health Ketchikan Medical. He stayed in the intensive care unit until 1 a.m. Friday, when he was flown to Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage. Sample was pronounced dead Saturday in Anchorage. Online c...
Rachel Coblentz has been named to the Dean’s list for the fall 2014 term at Liberty University....
PETERSBURG – Though many of the thirty individuals who showed up at the public meeting held last Wednesday to discuss the Kake-Petersburg Intertie (KPI) expressed their support for the project, a spirited discussion also ensued about the various components included in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) released by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the environmental review process. The review process is required under NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) for any projects that will have a significant impact on the e...
Alaska seafood marketers are ramping up promotions and bankrolling a $1 global million media blitz to counteract a tough sockeye salmon market. Sockeyes are by far the most valuable salmon catch, often worth two-thirds of the value of Alaska’s entire salmon fishery, but last summer’s unexpected surge of reds left lots of inventory in freezers, and record US imports of competing farmed salmon from Chile and Norway combined with the prospect of another big run at Bristol Bay make for a sockeye sales squeeze. Alaska’s approach will be patte...
Alaska Island Community Services announced last week the addition of a new dentist to its staff, Dr. Charles Haubrich. "That's a huge enhancement to continuity of care," explained Terry Wagner, CHC operations manager for AICS. Previously Wrangell's dental office used locums, or specialists hired on a temporary basis. Haubrich has over 20 years' dentistry experience, skilled in restorative, crown and bridge, dentures and endodontic work. After operating his own practice in Ferndale, Wash., for...
Wrangell high school boys basketballers split with Metlakatla last weekend, with the junior varsity and varsity squads each winning and losing a game. The junior varsity players lost Friday night’s game, but turned things around the next evening with a win. The varsity Wolves won in Friday’s game, 39 to 36. In the game Blake Stokes scored 14 points, with three assists. Tyler Gillen was right behind with 12 points, also snagging three steals. Players Bryce Gerald and Mikey Ottesen were also there with rebounds, six and three, respectively. “It...
The Alaska Board of Fisheries began its six-day review process for crab, shrimp and miscellaneous shellfish policies in Southeast and Yakutat yesterday at Wrangell’s Nolan Center. Public testimony on the policy changes being proposed began Wednesday morning and will continue today. Part of the regulatory arm of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the board’s main role is to conserve and develop the fishery resources of the state, by setting seasons, bag limits, methods, means and other regulations for Alaska’s subsistence, comme...
