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Despite the unseasonably agreeable weather this winter, Wrangellites can still shake off some of the mid-season lassitude at the town's annual Tent City Days celebration. The festival harkens back to frontier days of the 19th century, when Wrangell played an active role in both the Southeast Alaska and the Klondike gold rushes. The celebration kicks off tonight with a first-time chowder cook off, held at the Elks Lodge at 6:30 p.m. Contestants are asked to bring pots of their finest by 5 p.m....
Wrangell’s waterfront is continuing to take shape, as the City and Borough Assembly approved a pair of project contracts and gave plat approval to Sea Level and Trident Seafoods for continued development and those companies’ lots. This follows on the heels of a set of waterfront planning sessions held last month, which will eventually develop the fill area along Campbell Drive into a mixed-use property for businesses, locals and visitors to enjoy. A team of architects and civic planners were brought on board to begin drafting a master plan for...
Tomorrow the local Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (IGAP) office will conclude its elder property cleanup program, which was first started in October. The need had been one of those identified through listening sessions hosted last year by IGAP and the Wrangell Cooperative Association. Operating through an Environmental Protection Agency grant, the program first sought out elderly residents within Wrangell's Native community who needed help collecting and disposing of various...
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly is considering whether or not to pursue a ban on commercial marijuana while regulations are developed by the state. The assembly is set to discuss the issue Monday, the Ketchikan Daily News reported. Recreational marijuana becomes legalized this month under a ballot initiative approved by voters in November. Ballot Measure 2 decriminalizes the possession, use and non-sale transfer of up to an ounce of marijuana when the new law takes effect Feb. 24. The initiative also set in m...
February 11, 1915: For the purpose of boosting the proposed new hall for the Moose Lodge the ladies of that organization will give a unique affair on Saturday evening in the Redmen’s Hall. We were told that it would be a “necktie party.” In the state of Alabama where we were raised a necktie party meant a hanging. Knowing that the Moose ladies are not going to string us up (even if we do deserve it) we asked for an explanation, and two charming little ladies told us all about it. As nearly as we can remember it is like this: Ladies are reque...
“Discombobulation” Forgetting left from right, Dennis McMillian was misidentified in the picture on the front of The Sentinel’s Jan. 29 issue. The Foraker Group CEO is at the photo’s far left; at the right is Alaska Island Community Services executive director for Wrangell, Mark Walker....
Monday, January 26 Road Debris. Tuesday, January 27 Driving Complaint. Unsecured Premises. Report of Theft. Criminal Mischief. Wednesday, January 28 Nothing to Report. Thursday, January 29 MVA/Property Damage. Friday, January 30 Report Possible Scam. Citizen Assist/Vehicle Unlocked. Saturday, January 31 Nothing to Report. Sunday, February 1 Possible Gunfire. Disturbance/Verbal. PossibleGunfire/Fireworks There were two ambulance calls and one dog complaint during this week....
Monday, January 26 Joel P. Franks, 49, appeared before First District Judge Kevin Miller on charges of Driving Under the Influence in Watercraft, a Class A misdemeanor. The defendant entered a guilty plea. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail with 95 suspended, ordered to pay $4000 in fines with $1000 suspended and $225 in fines with $100 suspended, and must complete treatment recommended by an alcohol safety action program and pay costs. The fines must be paid by Jan. 1, 2017, and Franks will be placed on probation until Jan. 26, 2017. Kelly...
Be kind and compassionate to one another . . . Ephesians 4:32, NIV When June and I lived on Maui, I met a widow whose husband was a Christian pastor for many years. Reflecting upon her recently deceased husband the widow said, “My husband did not set the world afire.” She then smiled and said with obvious pride, “But, he did his part to warm it up a little.” The husband in his ministry did not lead any mass crusades. He was not known as an outstanding church administrator. No one wrote books about his ministry. He was just a faithful pastor...
Longtime Wrangell resident Lenora Moore, 95, passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter Susan in Salem, Ore. on January 27, 2015. Lenora Fern Staggs was born in Fort Collins, Colo. on May 3, 1919 to Milton Staggs and Norma Hucka. After her mother remarried she took the name of her stepfather John Tracy. The family settled in the Seattle area where Lenora attended Franklin High School. This is where she met and fell in love with her high school sweetheart Richard Moore. Upon graduation...
In a Jan. 30 media release, an independent review panel delivered the final report on its investigation into the tailings storage failure at Mount Polley mine in British Columbia last summer. The Mount Polley Independent Expert Engineering Investigation and Review Panel – made up of three geotechnical experts – concluded the Aug. 4, 2014 breach was caused by a failure in the foundation of the embankment. The breach released about 31 million cubic yards of metals-contaminated matter into surrounding water systems, threatening valuable salmon fis...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Patricia Ann Roppel arrived in Ketchikan as a newlywed home economics teacher in 1959, the same year Alaska became a state - and she was quickly captivated by its history. Canneries, fishing, old mill sites, mining; for decades she, husband Frank Roppel, and, later, their children, John and Cindy, explored Southeast Alaska’s beaches and its forests, looking for pieces of the past. The first historical place the couple found together, Frank said, was an old mining mill site. “That sparked her interest. She just kept dig...
Freezer displays at Walmart superstores in Alaska and Washington now include a new lineup of 14 Alaska seafood items. The world's largest grocer announced the expanded commitment to Alaska seafood last week. "We are so proud to bring these to our customers, and we also know how important it is to local fishermen and folks across the state," said John Forrest Ales, Director of Corporate Communications for Walmart. Company stores already carry Alaska halibut and sockeye salmon. Added to the mix...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – State education commissioner Mike Hanley said the department, schools and districts will have to work to find efficiencies in light of the state’s budget deficit. But he said education will have to be protected at some level and expects there to be a conversation as to what that level should be. Alaska faces a projected multibillion-dollar budget deficit amid a crash in oil prices. Gov. Bill Walker has said he wants to insulate education to the greatest extent possible, but he also has said nothing is off the table as the...
Seven teams and 74 wrestlers travelled to Wrangell last weekend for the 2015 Stikine Invitational Middle School Wrestling Tournament, coming out from Ketchikan, Craig, Hydaburg, Thorne Bay, Klawock and Petersburg. "It's gone really, really well," said Wrangell Public Schools' activities director, Jack Carney. There were no serious injuries or adverse weather, and enough help to make the tournament proceed ahead of schedule. Refereeing for the weekend were Marty Massin of Petersburg, formerly a...
A special statement from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Radio was put out Tuesday by www.WeatherUnderground.com, warning of strong outflow winds over Alaska’s northern and central Panhandle through Saturday. A cold, Arctic airmass and associated high pressure system will develop over northwestern Canada today, resulting in strong winds with gusts from 40 to 70 mph near interior passes such as Lynn Canal, Taku Inlet, Disenchantment Bay, the passes east of Yakutat and the Stikine River Valley. Wind speeds from 50 to 60 m...