Sorted by date Results 1 - 15 of 15
For patrons of Muskeg Meadows golf course, at least three fairways are interfering in their game – courtesy of the ubiquitous ravens seen throughout Wrangell Island. According to course co-manager Shannon Booker, flocks of up to 50 ravens at one time have been digging into the fairway looking for grubs and other insects on which to feed. The result has been a tremendous upheaval of grass leading to No. 3, 4 and 5 holes, as well as minor damage to every other hole except Nos. 1 and 9. It’s in...
Wrangellites and visitors to the island gave heartily to the 2012 royalty contestants and raised more than $80,000 in ticket sales to support the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce and their plans for the 2013 Fourth of July celebration in the borough. The 2012 participants; Laura Massin, Jaynee Fritzinger and Veronica Blunt, brought in a record total of $80,318 in ticket sales – an immense increase over 2011’s total sales of more than $45,000 raised by the pair of Loni Buness and Jasmine Her...
Wrangell’s American Legion Post members march with the colors during the Fourth of July parade on Front Street....
July 18, 1912: Dr. Dawes has recently received a modern x-ray machine from northeastern surgical appliance firm and is now prepared to see the exact location and condition of fractured bones. The outfit which is fitted to run on the city's current consists of coil, rheostat, interrupter, volt and amp meter in a compact cabinet. The x-ray tube which throws the greenish penetrating rays operates on a voltage high enough to show a six-inch gap. Mr. A. Crossman, who broke both wrists in a fall several weeks ago, was the first willing victim to be...
Monday, July 2 -Suspicious activity, person needs to speak to an officer. -Citations issued to Alan Lee Cummings, 25, for operating with expired registration and failure to show proof of insurance. -Agency assist, fire department notified, vehicle gas tank leak. Tuesday, July 3 -Intoxicated person. -Brandon Kenfield, 17 and Clayton Stokes, 19 charged with minor consuming alcohol. -Obscene, harassing phone calls. -Parking complaint. -Citizen assist, vehicle unlocked. -Request for ambulance for person who fell. -Citations issued to Michael Shane...
KSTK FM has a new General Manager – and it is someone very familiar with local radio in Wrangell. Mike Symons, a long-time Wrangell resident, Borough Assemblyman, and co-host of his own blues-oriented “Skydog” show on the station has been tapped as the new GM and News Director for the station. His first day at work was July 9. Anyone who knows Symons in the community will know that his affectionate term of endearment for friends is “dogger,” while talking to you. Now, Symons gets to be the “t...
Marine debris trackers are taking to the air any day to get a better idea of where and what is washing ashore from last year’s devastating tsunami in Japan. Best ‘guesstimates’ claim at least 1.5 million tons of debris are afloat on and under the current driven waters that routinely cover Alaska coastlines. The State has funded a $200,000 systematic aerial survey by Airborne Technologies, Inc. of Virginia that will span waters and beaches from Cold Bay to Ketchikan to get a more complete view of the debris problem. “That should give a good pi...
John Henry Schultz, 47, passed away July 6, 2012 in Ketchikan with his brothers by his side. He was born August 12, 1964 in Wrangell to August “Rabbit” Schultz and Loretta Schultz, the youngest of the Schultz family. He lived most of his life in Wrangell. He loved to run the river and to have fun with his friends. John had a contagious laugh and great sense of humor. He loved to live life to the fullest and he had a blast getting there. John was preceded in death by his parents August “Ra...
Britany Lindley graduated from Pacific Lutheran University on May 27, 2012 with a degree in English and a minor in Legal Studies. Britany is the daughter of Jody and Elsie and is a 2008 graduate from Wrangell High School....
Wrangell, for its size, offers nearly a dozen churches of differing denominations and creeds. And now, one of those churches has been blessed with a new leader of its flock. Richard Fincher, the new pastor at Hope Community Church of God, recently arrived from Georgia, where he pastored and assisted at a pair of churches in the northern region of the state. His prior pastorship was at the Mount Bethel First Church of God in Toccoa, Ga., and he was an assistant pastor at Gordon Lake Wesleyan...
The Wrangell Cooperative Association welcomed one of the earliest and largest contributors to the Chief Shakes restoration project to Wrangell last week, as members of the Rasmuson Foundation paid the Tribal House and Carving Shed a visit on June 25. “The Chief Shakes Island Tribal House restoration is exactly the type of project the Rasmuson Foundation likes to get behind,” said CEO Ed Rasmuson, who before becoming President and Chairman of the Board for National Bank of Alaska spent two years running the Wrangell branch after the tenure of...
Chuck Oliver Logging Show Hand Bucking - Idaho Style 1st Place, Scott McAuliffe and Merlin Sabo 1:32:80, 2nd place, Randy Oliver and Ron Schacher, 1:47.25, 3rd place, Sean Kelly and Paul McCaige, 1:57.65 Hand Bucking – Single Jack 1st Place, Karl Franci, 31.75, 2nd place, Mike Lockabey, 48.25, 3rd place Merlin Sabo, 53.94. Choker Setting 1st place Karl Franci :18.72, 2nd place, Leif Larsson, :23.31, 3rd place Ron Schacher, :24.81. Ax Chopping 1st place, Merlin Sabo :29, 2nd place Karl Franci, :...
A crowd gathered near Outer Drive watch the fireworks shot from the south side of City Dock for Wrangell’s Fourth of July celebration....
When Bahá’u’lláh founded the Bahá’í faith in the mid-19th century, it was an outgrowth of a movement related to his Islamic upbringing. His faith, he claimed, was the prophetic proclamation and realization of another closely related religion of the time called Babism. In Babism, it was said, there would be a messenger from God who would unite Islam, Christianity and all other major world religions. The fulfillment of that prophecy, the Bahá’í faith, began in Persia, which is now known as Iran under the leadership of Bahá’u’lláh....
A Wrangell man was arrested July 7 after allegedly causing a disturbance and assaulting a police officer. Nick Howell, 24, of Wrangell, was arrested on three charges of Assault in the 4th Degree, Disorderly Conduct, and Resisting or Interfering with Arrest by Force. All the charges are misdemeanors. The resisting arrest charge arose after Howell allegedly fought with Wrangell Police Department officer Joe Paul outside a bar on Front Street. According to charging documents filed in First District Court, Paul became involved after he drove up on...