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A lawsuit filed in Wrangell’s First District Court by Dr. Greg Salard and his wife, Laura Salard, is seeking monetary damages and attorney fees in a defamation case against a longtime Wrangell resident. The case, which was initially filed on July 13, alleges that Lisa Gillen made statements in an online chat session about the physician, his family, and his ability to practice medicine. The filing also seeks damages exceeding $50,000, the Salard’s attorney fees, and any other relief the court may see fit to award. Attorney Michael Nash, who is r...
A proposed resolution to support the development of new hatcheries in Wrangell and Petersburg – and the resignation of a member of the assembly were the main topics of discussion at the July 24 regular meeting of the Borough Assembly. Mike Symons, who has held Seat F on the assembly since 2010, formally tendered his resignation from the assembly after being tapped as the new General Manager and News Director at KSTK FM. Symons said his resignation was spurred on by the nature of his position as the head of the news department at the station. “I...
Wayne Harding, left, can do nothing but look on as members of the Wrangell Fire Department work to put out a fire in the bumper section of his vehicle on July 22 at Muskeg Meadows golf course. According to the department, the fire was most likely electrical in nature....
August 1, 1912: After a very successful season of Stikine Flats fishing in which the value of Wrangell as the location for a cold storage and mild curing establishment was fully demonstrated, the Columbia and Northern Fishing and Packing Co. have commenced extensive improvements on the old Fort Wrangell Brewery building necessary to convert it into a first class cold storage and mild curing plant. The entire building has been reshingled, double walls are to be built, tight floors laid and an elevator installed. The “T” of the wharf has been len...
Monday, July 16 -Arrested John P. Quinsaat on charges of assault in the fourth degree, domestic. -Report of boat trailer missing. -Officer responded to unlock vehicle. -Caller reported a dark black Camaro that ran a stop sign and almost hit an elderly person, officer responded. -Report of dog attacking another. -Person called stating someone had backed into their car. -Verbal warning for driving habits and failure to carry and show drivers license. Tuesday, July 17 -Citation issued to Nicholas D. Lewis, 19, failure to provide proof of insurance...
A largely forgotten piece of Wrangell history may soon come to light, with the awarding of a Sealaska Heritage Institute grant to research the 1869 Bombardment of Wrangell. SHI received a one-year National Park Service Battlefield Preservation grant to document the 1869 bombardment through oral history work with elders. The work will be done in partnership with the Wrangell Cooperative Association. “This is the first ever Battlefield Preservation Grant awarded to an organization in Alaska to s...
Ellen Louise Schirmer, 80, passed away July 11, 2012 after a long illness. Ellen was born in Burns, Ore. on November 2, 1931 to Henry and Julia Geer. She graduated from Eastern Oregon College in 1951 and married Dan Crump shortly thereafter. Her only child, Julie Ann was born in 1957. Ellen and Dan divorced in 1966 and she married Bill Schirmer in 1967 and then moved to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Ellen worked in the Kootenai County Courthouse as Chief Deputy Clerk of the Court until 1975 when Bill r...
To the Editor: As a long time subscriber to the Sentinel, it gives me great pleasure to compliment you for the recent very substantial improvement to the newspaper’s coverage and quality of content. The changes in the past few editions are really noteworthy. I thought the July 12 edition with the pictures and written coverage of the 4th, the ravens’ damage, the local prominent people activities and even the police activity report were very good. Very informative and a real pleasure to read. Frank Roppel...
Fort Wrangell Bastion 1880's. The Sentinel would be grateful for any additional information you may have about photos run in this section....
With the rising costs of heating homes and businesses in Southeast Alaska, an earth-friendly product may be the answer to lower costs – and possibly creating jobs in Wrangell. The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, in collaboration with the Wrangell Cooperative Association, has been working in past weeks to bring a feasibility consultant to the borough in an effort to determine the economic and strategic possibilities of producing a biofuel – or “biobrick” – product locally. Biobricks...
There is an old adage that workplace romances never work. But, what if you brought your romance into the workplace – and held mutual dreams and goals for your life and career? That is precisely what two clinicians at Alaska Island Community Services are doing in the Crossings program. Bethany and Lee Burgess, a married couple who are Licensed Clinical Social Workers in the program, met in college in Michigan and, as the pair says, they fell in love and made their career goal a life’s passion – t...
If all goes according to plan, the Wrangell Roads Improvement project should wrap up within the next 60 days – and Front Street should be reopened completely from the cul-de-sac to Case Avenue. According to project superintendent Mike Ashton, the plan to finish work on the utilities and roadway is seeing an accelerated pace to make their deadline. “As of right now, our substantial completion date is scheduled for Sept. 21,” Ashton said. “We are on schedule. We have a lot of work to get done by...
The OceansAlaska Marine Science Center has barely opened its doors and tiny oysters are already growing out at the new floating facility at George Inlet in Ketchikan. The 28-acre site was granted to the non-profit by the state and Ketchikan borough in 2006. The Center houses the first home grown source of oyster ‘seed’ for Alaska growers, and aims to be the go to place for mariculture research and training. There are 29 shellfish farms producing in Alaska so far in Southcentral and Southeast regions. The main crop is oysters, with sales val...
Thanks to uncooperative weather conditions, the first day of First Bank’s golf tournament at Muskeg Meadows was cancelled, but saw a rescheduled 18-hole and 9-hole event on Sunday, July 22. The event also featured 21 participants taking part in the 9-hole event on the front-9, and had 22 playing in the back-9. The 1st place team on the front-9 was Wrangell Golf Club champion James Brooks, and First Bank representatives from Ketchikan, Matt Hagen and Brian Slick. They took the top spot with a n...
Using what is called a “peremptory challenge,” attorneys for the City and Borough of Wrangell asked for and received an order changing judges in the borough’s lawsuit against former Wrangell Medical Center CEO Noel Rea and six recalled members of the WMB Board of Directors. The order, which was filed July 18, removes First District Court Judge Kevin Miller and replaces him with Ketchikan Superior Court Judge William B. Carey. Peremptory challenges are usually used in courtroom proceedings to rem...
Members of the Borough Assembly, Borough Manager Tim Rooney, and Borough Clerk Kim Flores will be spending time during the next few months engaged in an exhaustive review of the Wrangell Municipal Code. Flores, who is working closely with the group on the code review, said the process will take nearly a year and is meant to bring Wrangell’s codebook into compliance with Alaska State law and Title 29, which covers the operation of municipal government. The review committee, which is comprised of Flores, Rooney, and assembly members Don McConachi...
A report issued by the Alaska Energy Association, in cooperation with the research group Black and Veitch, has named eight potential locations in the Wrangell area that could be used for hydroelectric generation. The Southeast Alaska Integrated Resource Plan report states that Anita (Kunk) Lake, Lake Shelokum, Sunrise Lake, Thoms Lake and Virginia Lake could be looked to for future development of sustainable hydropower. The creation of a new dam at Tyee, or construction of a third Tyee turbine...
The rear wall of the Chief Shakes Tribal House stands completed, with adzed and stained cedar planks having been placed firmly in their spots late last week....