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The Alaska Marine Highway System is celebrating 50 years of service to Alaskans this year. In light of this, the Wrangell Sentinel is looking back at the stories that shaped the development of the system, which began with one ship in 1963 and has grown to eleven vessels serving more than 350,000 passengers a year. It all began with the M/V Malaspina, when the first ship in the newly formed system docked in Ketchikan on Jan. 21, 1963. Three days later the vessel docked in Wrangell for the first...
Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department officer Jordan Buness walked away with both the EMT and Firefighter of The Year awards for 2012 during the department’s dinner on Saturday, April 13. Out of 261 ambulance calls last year, Buness responded to 208, and of the 21 fires fought, he responded to 17 of the blazes. Buness tied with Assistant Chief Terry Buness, for the Firefighter of The Year award....
The Wrangell Chamber of Commerce has moved from their former location on Front Street to a new home at the Stikine Inn, in the office space formerly used by the Parlor Salon. Cyni Waddington, the office manager for the Chamber, said the move would allow more of the visitors who come to Wrangell to discover facts about the Borough, its businesses, and provide access to the Stikine Inn’s tenants and services. “The opportunity presented itself and we took it because we thought it would be a won...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. April 24, 1913: On the vote for passage for the third reading, the fish trap bill was killed in the Senate last Saturday. Sen. Sutherland, Tanner and Roden voting for passage and Freeling, Tripp, Millard and Ray against the measure. Sen. Sutherland, father of the bill, made a spirited talk in its defense and filed notice to reconsider when the reading had been voted. April 22, 1938: Official observation of May Day-Child Health Week will begin in Wrangell on Saturday April 30. On that day at 2:30...
Two Southeast runners, Dr. John Bursell and Jaime Bursell were safe at the site of the Boston Marathon, where two explosions killed three and injured at least 140 others. The blasts occurred near the finish of the race about two hours after the winners crossed the line. Contacted at their hotel room where they first learned of the blasts, Jaime Bursell said that sirens were still sounding in the area. Bursell finished the race in roughly three hours and they had already gone to their hotel to relax and recover. Bursell finished the Boston...
Monday, April 8 -Two controlled burns were called in. -Report of door left open since weekend. Building was secured. Tuesday, April 9 -Suspicious license plate. Officer spoke with owner. -Welfare check requested. -Officer unlocked vehicle. -Officer followed a truck and gave verbal warning for too high of a load that almost hit the power lines. -Person reported that while parked downtown someone backed into them. -Unattended bags were left behind. Owners notified and came in to pick them up. Wednesday, April 10 -Dog Complaint: Dogs running...
The MV Taku will be available as a hotel ship in Wrangell for the Chief Shakes Tribal House rededication event set for May 2-4. The ferry will arrive at the city dock in Wrangell midday on Thursday, May 2 and will be available to provide nightly accommodations starting at 4:00pm. The vessel will depart Wrangell on Sunday, May 5, and checkout will be required by 11:00 a.m. No food or beverage service will be available on the vessel and the service schedule of the Taku will be held in a restricted status within the AMHS reservations system so...
Welcome to my last Peggy’s Corner for the 2013 session. We have worked diligently in both houses of the Legislature on many pieces of legislation that will affect our state for many years. Throughout the process this year we have been trying to keep our eye to Alaska’s future. We all knew that if we didn’t manage to do something about our oil decline, we would be committing the ultimate crime against the next generation, our children. The cost of doing nothing was simply too great. We need oil production to increase, otherwise, it won’t...
The fourth Sunday after Easter is known in some churches as Good Shepherd Sunday, and Psalm 23 is included in the Scripture readings. The image of the Lord who cares for people as a shepherd cares for sheep was one the Psalm writers knew the Hebrew people would understand. Perhaps this SE Alaska version of Psalm 23 will provide a fresh look at this well-loved Psalm of comfort and hope. The Lord is my captain, I will not be lost. The LORD guides me to sandy beaches where clams and mussels abound and navigates me to calm waters. You refresh my so...
Nels and Holli Otness of Petersburg, Alaska announce the engagement of their daughter Haili Otness, of Petersburg to Darren Lachapelle of Wrangell, Alaska. Darren is the son of Lynn Allen of Wrangell. The couple plan a June 8, 2013 wedding in Petersburg....
A tersely worded letter from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office to Mayor David Jack is spelling out the Trust’s views on issues surrounding a timber sale near the former Wrangell Institute property. In the letter, Paul Slenkamp, who is a senior resource manager for the TLO, said that while his office and Alcan, the winner of the bid to log the area, will work to ensure viewsheds and water/wind quality, there are other issues which his office takes issue with related to recent public c...
STEPHEN PRYSUNKA Why should you be appointed to the Borough Assembly to fill the vacancy left by William B. Privett? I think that I should be appointed to the vacant position because I will bring an open mind to the council. I have no agenda or preconceived notions regarding any of the issues currently facing the Borough. I will be open to all opinions and will educate myself to the best of my ability on the various topics. I will work with other council members and city staff to ensure that our...
If you ask Randy Oliver what is upsetting him most these days, he’ll tell you one thing. “I’m mad as hell,” he said. “And it has to do with theft of ferrous and non-ferrous metals going on at the city dump.” Oliver, who has had a contractual arrangement with the City and Borough of Wrangell since November 2009 for scrap metal removal across the island, said that metals which are valuable, such as copper and others fetching high prices, have been disappearing from the city landfill – and that...
Did you know that red king crabs are cannibals and eat their babies, but blue king crabs do not? Or that deep water golden king crabs along the Aleutian Islands are almost indestructible and appear to resist the effects of ocean acidification? Those are just a few of the secrets being revealed at the nation’s top king crab research lab in Kodiak. Scientists at the Near Island center handle the yearly Bering Sea king crab surveys and use samples to study their biology and breeding. They hope to find clues about why king crab stocks are not retur...
The Wrangell High School Close Up group returned from a student government trip to Washington D.C. and New York City on Monday, April 8 with seven students and one adult. Close Up is a non-profit organization that exists to educate and inspire young people to participate in our democracy. The students spent five days in Washington D.C. and two and a half days in New York City. In D.C. they participated in workshops and heard from speakers like Jonathan Allen, POLITICO’s senior Washington c...
Two young ladies from Wrangell are making a difference through their art and a philanthropic streak that will help both locally and abroad. Sisters Jing and Sophie O’Brien were the winners of the joint Wrangell Medical Center and Alaska Island Community Services poster contest in the third through fifth grade category. With their win they took home the honor of having their art featured – and also a cash prize that will be utilized both in Wrangell and across the world in Nepal. The cash prize o...