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As Wrangell's high school of seniors prepares to receive their diplomas on Friday, last week 17 students took time to showcase their capstone projects at the gym. Required for graduation, the self-driven projects encourage students to give back to the community as best they can. Projects last at least 25 hours each, which can be difficult to arrange when fitting them in with other priorities. Many of the projects students picked reflected their interests. "I did fire safety training with the...
May 16, 1918 It has been persistently reported in Wrangell that the bakeries of Petersburg were selling bread made entirely of wheat flour. The Sentinel, wishing to know the truth of the statement wrote to T. Elsemore, Food Administrator of Petersburg. Mr. Elsemore’s reply as follows: Gentlemen: In reply to your letter of the 2nd inst., reference the local bakery making bread entirely of wheat flour, I wish to say that to the best of my knowledge there is no foundation for the statements being made. The bakery here makes bread composed of w...
Money appears to be available for Wrangell’s Byford yard cleanup that would allow remaining contaminated soil to be shipped off-island rather than disposed of in a local monofill. At the behest of Gov. Bill Walker, the Alaska Legislature approved $5 million of additional funding to be allotted to the project in its FY19 capital budget. A capital and operating budget had both been passed by the Alaska House and Senate on Sunday, bringing to an end their extended session. Sen. Bert Stedman (R-Sitka) noted it was the first year in a while the r...
May 1 Alaska Wildlife Troopers of the Wrangell post contacted Charles Gadd, 65 of Wrangell. Gadd was issued a $110 citation in the District Court of Wrangell for Failure to Mark Personal Use Dungeness Crab gear. Wrangell Troopers cited Jeffrey Rooney, 47 of Wrangell, for failure to return hunting permit. Rooney was issued a $110 citation at the District Court of Wrangell....
Monday, May 7 Traffic complaint: Speeding by the elementary school. Parking complaint. VCOR and DVO violation. Tuesday, May 8 Catering permit. Agency assist. Agency assist: Police escort. Agency assist. Civil issue. Criminal mischief. Violation of DVO. Summons service. Courtesy transport. Agency assist. Agency assist: Electric department. Wednesday, May 9 Summons service. Two orders extending 20- day Ex-parte. Traffic stop verbal warning for driving habits. Traffic stop for yellow blinking light on top of car. Citations issued: Mikel Smith,...
May Mary Schmohl, 71, passed away on Mother's Day, May 13, 2018 in Wrangell. She was born on May 17, 1946 in Telegraph Creek, British Columbia. A Native Tahltan of the Crow clan Edzerta family, she was the daughter of the late Mona Keso, also of Wrangell. Heritage was important to her and she regularly returning to her ancestral home throughout her life reconnecting with culture and family. After moving to Wrangell as a young child, she attended Sheldon Jackson High School in Sitka, Alaska, and...
To the Editor: In case you missed getting Joyce Phillip’s Peanut Butter Pie recipe: 8oz. cream cheese at room temperature. Whip until fluffy and add: 3/4 C sugar and 2/3 C creamy peanut butter. Fold in 14oz. Kool Whip and pour into two graham cracker piecrusts. Freeze for 30 minutes. Before serving, remove, cut, and add chocolate syrup. Dessert is always ready. Barb Brodersen To the Editor: Last week we received our Sealaska annual report - very interesting. Page one: Our success. Does that ring a bell? Let’s see page seven: Applying wis...
A series of meetings between Southeast Alaska Rural Health Consortium and the City and Borough of Wrangell are planned for early next week. The regional health group is entertaining making an offer to assume control of Wrangell Medical Center, a municipally-run critical access hospital which has in recent years fallen into financial difficulties. Starting Sunday afternoon and lasting through Tuesday, SEARHC will hold a series of meetings with city staff, hospital transition steering committee members and the wider community, in order to go...
A group of fourth graders from Wrangell's Evergreen and Petersburg's Stedman elementary schools combine forces to build a fire during last week's trip up the Stikine River. The Stikine River Jetboat Association took the classes upriver, while instructors from both communities walked kids through the process of catching hooligan, tracking, birding, general survival skills and most importantly of all, how to enjoy nature without leaving any trace behind....
Outnumbered over the weekend, Wrangell’s team of golfers reclaimed the Ray Pederson Ryder Cup from their Petersburg rivals. Eighteen golfers played on Saturday, with a point awarded for the best score on each individual hole. Wrangell led five points to three. With 16 hitting the links on Sunday, Wrangell led 12.5 to 7.5, reclaiming the Ryder Cup. Petersburg had won the trophy at last year’s event, taking it back from Wrangell after it won in 2016. One of the two communities’ enduring rivalries, the cup is named for Petersburg’s former Public...
Alaska’s 2018 salmon season officially gets underway this week with the first 12-hour opener on May 17 for sockeyes and kings returning to the Copper River. The catch there this year calls for 19,000 kings and 942,000 sockeye salmon targeted by a fleet of more than 500 drift gillnetters. Here’s a primer of how fishery managers project the rest of Alaska’s salmon season may play out: Statewide, the 2018 salmon harvest is projected at 149 million fish, down 34 percent from the 2017 take of 226 million salmon. The shortfall this season stems...
Designating this May as Older Americans Month in Alaska, Gov. Bill Walker recognized Wrangell's oldest resident along with other centenarians across the state. In a special luncheon at the Wrangell Senior Center, Lawrence Bahovec was presented with a personalized commendation as a distinguished citizen. At 101 years old, Bahovec is one of 83 Alaskans who have reached the milestone, and was among the 21 other residents of the state so honored with this month's commendations. Celebration...
Second and third budget workshops this month were held Monday and Tuesday night as the city moves closer to a final budget draft for the coming year. A fourth workshop has been scheduled for this evening, to deal with the Wrangell Public Schools budget. Afterward a public hearing of a draft completed budget is anticipated next Tuesday evening during the Wrangell Assembly's regular 7 p.m. meeting. During Monday's session, assembly members and city staff contemplated its revenue outlook for the...
The steering committee for an upcoming mariners’ memorial will be holding its first spring fundraiser this weekend. Taking advantage of the warmer weather, an outdoor fish fry event has been scheduled for 5 p.m. this Sunday at Heritage Harbor. The meal will also feature a silent auction for a number of submitted items. A monument dedicated to Wrangell’s seafaring traditions and its community members lost at sea has been a goal for a decade and a half. After financing designs for a memorial at Heritage Harbor, by early 2017 the Port Commission e...