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Wrangell's City and Borough Assembly elected to update its capital projects list for the 2017 Fiscal Year at its regular meeting Tuesday. The selected projects will be submitted to the state Department of Environmental Conservation for competitive review. Water main distribution system replacement will top the revised list, with Shoemaker Bay Harbor float replacement moving up to the number-two slot. This year's list was topped by improvements to the community pool and boatyard. Projects from around the state are weighed on a point-award...
Health care staff and intrigued residents alike were invited to meet one of the state's few certified brain injury specialists last Friday. A presentation was delivered at the Alaska Island Community Services clinic by Dr. Amy Murphy, who is also medical director for Providence Medical Group Brain Injury Services in Anchorage. Brain injury is a medical subspeciality, with only 312 certified specialists in the U.S. As such, it was a unique opportunity for her visit, which was sponsored through a Rural Veterans Health Access Project by the...
The Red Chris mine in neighboring British Columbia passed its final bureaucratic hurdle, after the province’s Ministry of Energy and Mines issued a Mines Act permit amendment last Friday. The mine’s owning company, Imperial Metals, had earlier been granted its Environmental Management Act Permit on June 15, allowing Red Chris to begin discharging tailings into its tailings storage facility. From there, water can be discharged subject to provincial water quality guidelines. The Red Chris property is located in the province’s northwest, approxima...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. June 17, 1915: If there ever was a time in the history of our country when we should be proud and properly celebrate the happenings that occurred in Philadelphia July 4th, 1776, that made our country a free and independent nation, this is certainly the time. It is true we have had and still have some internal disturbances, but the Spirit of '76 has always prevailed and today, when almost the whole civilized world is engaged in cruel bloody war, our nation stands yet more firmly by and for the...
Monday, June 22 Wilson T. Boon, 26, appeared before First District Judge Trevor Stephens for revocation of probation. The court found the defendant had violated conditions by ordering methamphetamine through the mail and possessing alcohol. Boon was ordered to serve two years previously suspended, with the court recommending a rehabilitation program or halfway house; and to pay $100 in surcharges....
Monday, June 15 Domestic – Verbal. Officer responded. Fraud – Identity Theft – Individual spoke with officers. Tuesday, June 16 Agency Assist – Report of eagle in water. Officer responded and retrieved eagle. Report of Trespassing. Citizen Assist – Officer unlocked vehicle. Verbal Dispute. Officer responded. Noise Complaint. Wednesday, June 17 Animal Complaint – Deer – Report of injured deer with two fawns. Officer responded, UTL. Citizen Assist – Officer assisted individual with vehicle. Driving Complaint. Thursday, June 18 MVA – Car vs. B...
Wrangell Medical Center interim CEO Marla Sanger last week announced her intention to conclude her contract on October 30. In a letter addressed to friends and colleagues, she explained the decision was a difficult one, but Sanger will be returning to Vancouver, Wash., to be with family. Sanger had initially been brought aboard in November 2012 as part of PeaceHealth’s leadership contract with Wrangell’s hospital. Initially the contract was to have lasted only a year, but Sanger stayed on as the hospital transitioned past a troubled att...
APT/KSTK Golf Tournament Results Saturday, June 20 NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 14 1st place: Colter Barnes, Joe Delabrue, John Sweet, Rick Teague. Net score 19, team handicap 16. 2nd place: Jim Abbott, Betty Abbott, Wayne Harding, Grover Mathis. Net score 20, team handicap 17. 3rd place: George Woodbury, Brett Woodbury, Chris Ellis. Net score 21, team handicap 13. 4th place: Eric Kading, Pam McCloskey, Faye Kohrt. Net Score 23, team handicap 16. Straightest Drive: Brett Woodbury 18”. Elks BPOE #1595 Golf Tournament Results Sunday, June 21 NUMBER O...
Former resident, Katie Marley (Miller), of Anchorage recently graduated from the University of Alaska. She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting. She is employed with Alyeska Service Pipeline Company in Anchorage and is also expecting her first child with husband Casey....
Starting in July The Salvation Army plans to launch a Christian based recovery program, entitled Recovering from Life’s Hurts. The program is modeled after the Celebrate Recovery program that was developed by Pastor Rick Warren and the staff members of the Saddleback Church. Like Celebrate Recovery, Recovering from Life’s Hurts merges the principles of 12 Step programs with Jesus’ Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12). While most recovery groups focus on people with addictions issues, this program includes anyone recovering from life hurts. In John...
The United States Forest Service this month released a new fact sheet regarding wild salmon populations in the Tongass National Forest, available online and at the agency’s various offices. “It’s to demonstrate to the public just how important salmon are,” explained Martin Hutten, a supervisory biologist with the Wrangell Ranger District. The facts speak pretty clearly for themselves. The waters of the Tongass National Forest produce more wild salmon than all other national forests combined. Supporting these populations, TNF biologists have re...
This year the Rasmuson Foundation has presented a Wrangellite with an $18,000 fellowship for literary arts. Vivian Prescott, currently of Sitka, received the award in order to conduct research and complete a poetry manuscript. “It’s about migration and living among Alaska Native peoples,” she explained. Born and raised in Wrangell, her family can be traced back on the island for five generations. Prescott’s upcoming work relates the worldviews of her Saami and Finnish heritage to the landscape of Southeastern Alaska, and explores how those worl...
Working through the month of May, Hope Community Church of God finished putting a new, metal roof over its rollerskating rink. Built as an addition to the church three decades ago, metal components in the rink’s roof had rusted over time and the structure was in general need of replacement. “It was a timely venture,” said Mike Powers, with the church. “We price-checked a couple of things and it looked like the metal would work out well.” The church had been socking away funds for the project, which cost around $20,000 in all. “They’d b...
As Alaska’s salmon season heads into high gear, a few bright spots are surfacing in an otherwise bleak global sales market. Sales and prices for all salmon (especially sockeye) have been in a slump all year. And amidst an overall glut of wild and farmed fish, Alaska is poised for another huge salmon haul, with the largest run of sockeye salmon in 20 years predicted along with a mega-pack of pinks. Meanwhile, the single toughest thing stacked against Alaska’s sales to traditional overseas customers is the strong US dollar. “Overall, the dolla...
Twenty-three area residents were issued letters last week informing them Wrangell Medical Center will no longer be offering its Call Care services after July 31. The program helped primarily elderly residents, allowing them to summon help in the event of a fall or other medical emergency with a call device worn around the neck or on the wrist. Hospital staff would immediately respond to Call Care alarms by notifying a designated care provider to check on the participant in the home. In a letter dated June 16, the hospital’s interim head M...
In the June 18 issue of the Sentinel, it was mistakenly reported the next SEAPA meeting would be held in Wrangell on Sept. 23 and 24. It will actually be held in Petersburg. We apologize for the error....