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Lovers of golf in Southeast Alaska came out in a big way as Wrangell’s Fourth of July events kicked off last weekend at Muskeg Meadows Golf Course. A total of 27 golfers took part in the Ottesen’s True Value 4-person “best ball” tournament that began on Saturday – and saw store manager Ernie Christian’s team of himself Faye Kohrt and Eric Kading take the top spot in competition with a net 18 score on a 14-shot handicap. Christian said being able to host the tournament on the opening day of Four...
The Nolan Center is currently undergoing work to beautify and improve the look and feel of the facility, according to Borough Manager Tim Rooney. The majority of the work is on the waterside green space. “Staff hopes to have the grass planted soon,” Rooney stated. “This area will become ‘Pet Free’ in order to have an area where citizens and visitors can sit on the grass. There has been a new picnic table donated by the Murkowski family that will be installed under the covered area. According...
A Canadian parliamentarian has submitted a bill in the legislature of British Columbia seeking to protect the Stikine, Nass and Skeena rivers Nathan Cullen, Minister of Parliament for the Skeena-Bulkley Valley of Northwestern B.C. has introduced a member’s bill that he says will put the protection back into what he calls a government-gutted Canadian Navigable Waters Protection Act. Cullen said he submitted the bill believing that the Conservative government of Canada has removed what he calls “9...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. July 17, 1913: A terrible accident occurred in the Sheep Creek tunnel of the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company on Tuesday at 5:20 a.m. resulting in the death of one and injury to a score of the workmen. One man was killed, three seriously injured and eight bruised and powder burned. The full crew night shift working under shift boss Miller was preparing for another round of shots with three machines working. After the previous explosion it was noticed that a small portion of the charge in one of the...
Lieutenant Kathryn R. Cyr relieved Lieutenant Commander Ruben E. Boudreaux as commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Anacapa during a formal ceremony at the Sons of Norway Hall in Petersburg on Monday. Boudreaux has commanded the Anacapa since July 2011. Boudreaux’s next assignment will be attending the Joint Military Attaché School at the Defense Intelligence Agency with a follow-on tour as a Coast Guard attaché in Malta. Cyr is reporting to the Anacapa from duties as the operations officer aboard the cutter Dependable in Cape May,...
June 24 - Report of theft June 25 - Noise Complaint - Officer responded. - Traffic Stop -Verbal warning for faulty equipment. - Suspicious Person - Officer notified. - Traffic Stop - Verbal warning for driving habits. - Unattended Vehicle - Officer responded and secured door. June 26 - Traffic Stop - Driver needed assistance. - Courtesy Transport - Officer gave person ride to residence. - Traffic Stop - Verbal warning for faulty equipment. June 27 - Report of theft. - Report of possible theft. June 28 - Report of theft. - Traffic complaint. -...
June 23 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Sitka Post contacted Sean A. Barclay age 29, of Sitka, and Mariyan Aleksiev age 30, of Wrangell, near Redoubt Bay. Investigation revealed the two men were in possession of 26 sockeye salmon, which had been snagged in an area closed to snagging while sport fishing. The men were also over the possession limit of four fish each. Both men were cited for over limit sport sockeye salmon and snagging in a closed area. Total bail was set at $460 for both Barclay and Aleksiev. The fish were seized and donated to a...
First District Court Judge Kevin Miller resolved a civil case that pitted a claim of First Amendment rights on the Internet against a claim of defamation focusing on a local physician late last week. The case, which was filed by Dr. Greg Salard and his wife, Laura Salard, claimed that former Wrangell resident Lisa Gillen defamed him and his practice via private messages on Facebook last year. The charges leveled at Gillen revolved around statements allegedly made in an online chat session about the physician, his family, and his ability to...
Margaret Rose Seimears, 85, passed away at the Wrangell Medical Center on June 30, 2013. A Celebration of Life will be planned for a later date. A full obituary will follow....
The Borough Assembly executive session held on June 25 considered discussion regarding the possible replacement of Borough Manager Tim Rooney. Although the matter was on the agenda, the Assembly took no action....
ANCHORAGE (AP) — The Alaska Redistricting Board will consider seven possible political district configurations it created on its own, plus five others submitted by groups or individuals, as it begins hearings to draw up new boundary lines. The board also will welcome more proposals at hearings in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau, the Anchorage Daily News reported. “They just really wanted to make sure that they looked at all different options, see what people can do,” said board attorney Michael White. “The idea behind public input is, somebod...
In the late nineteenth century an American cinema pioneer named Charles F. Jenkins introduced the world to its first taste of movie going with his Phantoscope film projection system. It was the first true motion picture projector that allowed for crisp, clean and realistic movement to be shown to a mass audience. The year was 1894 – now, fast forward to 2013. Last week Wrangell took a step into the digital generation with the installation of a new projector at Castle Mountain Entertainment t...
