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Events for the 7th Annual Bearfest are already underway, with the first two workshops and symposium presented yesterday at the Nolan Center. The annual activity was started in 2010 by Sylvia Ettefagh, an outfitter with Alaska Vistas and commercial fisherman. Drawing a number of notable speakers and participants each year, Bearfest serves to highlight the local bear population, particularly that found at nearby Anan Wildlife Observatory. About 30 miles southeast of Wrangell, the observatory...
Wrangell’s Borough Assembly revisited its local contractors list, which it had adopted last year in order to streamline hiring for small projects. An idea was first put forward to the Assembly by Borough Manager Jeff Jabusch in December 2014, drafting a list of licensed local contractors who could be called upon for small-scale jobs under $25,000 on a rotating on-call basis. A pool of qualified local contractors hirable by the city was created, ensuring those contacted for jobs were qualified for the work and that all those qualifying would b...
August 8, 1941: Like the ad about the chap that sat down to the piano and nobody thought he could play, they laughed back in 1922 when F.A. Cooper, Wrangell pioneer, decided that fruit could be grown successfully in Wrangell. For several years now fruit grower Cooper has been having the laugh, and this year it is a little more hearty than usual. The reason is that the successful Wrangell fruit producer has one of the most prolific crops in history. One of his Blue Damson plum trees is so loaded that it is necessary for him to prop up the limbs...
A Wrangell resident has been named among this year's Path to Prosperity competition finalists. Dixie Booker has put forward a proposal to cultivate and sell fresh produce. Called Mighty Bear Roots, the business would involve the construction of a 72-by-30-foot greenhouse housing a series of aeroponic growing towers. Gardening since childhood, Booker has only recently experimented with this less conventional method, which maximizes space and conserves resources by arranging plants vertically. "I...
The Harbor Department points out that in last week’s issue, water usage figures for the city dock facilities were inaccurately reported, particularly regarding that sold to cruise ships. From May 16 to July 7 the connection provided 223,995 gallons to passing vessels, at a cost of $1,121.99. The connection was subsequently turned off during the second week of July. The Sentinel regrets the error....
Monday, July 18 Damaged Vehicle. Fireworks. Agency Assist. Tuesday, July 19 Citizen Assist. Report of Harassment. Report of Theft. Agency Assist – Several reports of power out. Wednesday, July 20 MVA. Citizen Assist/Child Custody. Agency Assist. Driving Complaint. Abandoned Vehicle. Thursday, July 21 Citation issued to Jessica Davidson, 29, for Dog at Large. Violation Conditions of Release. Harassment. Friday, July 22 Traffic Complaint: Verbal warning for driving habits. Parking Complaint. Saturday, July 23 Nothing to Report. Sunday, July 24 A...
Alice Lehnert, 102, passed away at the Alaska Native Medical Center on July 11, 2016. Alice belonged to the Tlingit Nation, her Moiety was the Wolf, Tribe was Shtax'heen Kwaan, Clan was Sik'nx,'adi, and she belonged to the X'aan Hit House. Alice was born in Wrangell, Alaska on November 26, 1913. She graduated from Sheldon Jackson in Sitka then spent many years living and working in Wrangell and Anchorage. From running dog sleds on the Stikine River when she was young, to walking wherever she...
Stephanie E. Johnson, 70, went to be with her Heavenly Father July 8, 2016, after battling Alzheimer's for eight years. Stephanie was born in Tillamook, Oregon to Stan and Fran Smouse on January 28, 1946. Stephanie was raised in Tillamook and graduated from Tillamook High School in 1964. She attended Northwest Christian College in Eugene, Oregon for one year and Eugene Business College for one year. While attending business college, Stephanie met her husband Terry Johnson. They were married...
Lester passed away August 30, 2015, in Morgantown, West Virginia, with his partner of 40 years, Joyce Bryner, by his side. In March 2015, Lester turned 100 years old and many family members and friends traveled to West Virginia, to help him celebrate. He was born in Whitney, Nebraska on March 24, 1915 to Harry L. and Teresa (Blust) Jones. Most of his life was spent in West Seattle, Washington, where he worked for Red, White & Blue Fuel, before starting his own business, Les Jones Oil Burner...
We celebrate our independence. We go out in the streets and proclaim what a great country we live in. All is well with us on that great day July 4th. Along comes the next day when we return to our daily work no matter what that is. We greet each other with “Did you have a good 4th?” Now we have moved to the end of July the celebration is behind us, we still remember but we have stopped talking about it until Next Year. One may ask why we set this aside so quickly is a mystery. I know as American’s we care. Maybe we forget the sacrifices that...
The First Bank Best Ball Tournament was held July 24 with 19 participants. First Place Team: Matt Hagen, Christa Hagen, Brian Slick, Kathy Slick. Net Score: 17, Team Handicap: 20. Second Place Team: Wayne Harding, Kathleen Harding, Grover Mathis. Net Score: 19, Team Handicap: 16. Straightest Drive: Kathleen Harding 7’. Closest to Pin: Matt Hagen 5’4”. The Al Kaer Memorial/Senior Apartments 9 Hole Best Ball Tournament will be July 30-31....
Though a crisis in the local water supply has subsided, Wrangell remains in a state of conservation through most of the rest of summer. The City and Borough Assembly formally declared a state of disaster in a special meeting held July 19, after ready water reserves had fallen to a fraction of capacity. Problems with the water treatment plant’s filtration process meant supply could not keep up with demand, and early last week local seafood processors and the wider public were asked to reduce consumption. Efficiencies undertaken by both p...
The Wrangell Borough Assembly held an executive session on July 15 to discuss the sale of its belt tunnel freezer facility. It had been approached by the building's current lessee, Trident Seafoods. Giving some background, Assembly member Julie Decker explained the freezer had been part of a three-phase process to enhance local seafood processing infrastructure. Beginning in 2003 with the addition of mobile equipment such as the plate freezer and fillet machine line, in 2004 the belt freezer...