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The 2013 Bearfest celebration came roaring back to Wrangell last Wednesday as the Shtax’Heen Kwaan dancers presented a moving and eloquent recitation of traditional Tlingit dance and language – and fed the nearly 60 visitors with fresh baked and smoked salmon dishes at the Chief Shakes Tribal House. Wrangell Cooperative Association president Tim Gillen said the sharing of food is important to the Natives of Southeast Alaska as a way of keeping ancient Tlingit culture alive. “From my persp...
A series of capital projects led the way in Borough Manager Tim Rooney’s final report to the Borough Assembly last week as he highlighted the improvements on-going or planned in the Borough. Starting off, Rooney informed the Assembly about a number of projects related to the city’s Harbor Department, including upgrades at the Marine Service Center pier. “Pool Engineering has begun work on the pier upgrades and good progress is being made,” Rooney wrote. “The two new batter piles have been driv...
On Aug. 6 the City and Borough of Wrangell will have a new interim Borough Manager to fill the spot left by the departing Tim Rooney – and it’s a familiar face to everyone in town. The Borough Assembly appointed Jeff Jabusch, who currently sits as the finance director for the city, to the top municipal spot last week in a unanimous vote, though Assembly member Ernie Christian was not present. Jabusch, who previously served as acting manager when Rooney or other past managers were out of town, sa...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. August 21, 1913: Dr. Shurick of the Shurick Drug and Jewelry Company says the money is coming in so fast that the old register wouldn't hold it so he had to get a new one and while he was at it got the best, of course. The new one is a National and every time you ring up you get a receipt which are redeemable at the rate of $1 in cash for every $20 worth of receipts from that machine. August 12, 1938: The Aleutian, scheduled to arrive at Wrangell at 1 o'clock Wednesday morning, was two hours late....
Monday, July 22 - Officer requested for a deer carcass. - Vacation check requested - Person reported a theft and found the missing item. - Officer responded to report of intoxicated man in someone’s apartment. Man was gone on arrival. - Officer responded to report of disturbance. Warnings were given. Tuesday, July 23 - Person reported a theft. - Officer responded to a possible break-in. - Person brought in a dog that was running loose. Owner picked up dog. - Person brought in a bike that they found. - Officer responded to speeding complaint. -...
On July 25, Wrangell Magistrate Christine Ellis adjudicated the following case: Harold Rhodes, age 56, of Naukati, was found guilty of Driving Under the Influence. He was sentenced to serve three days in jail, pay $1,955 in fines, fees and surcharges, a driver’s license revocation for 90 days, complete an AICS substance abuse screening, and serve one year on probation...
Margaret Rose Seimears, 85, of Wrangell passed away on June 30, 2013. Margaret was born June 1, 1928 in Wrangell to Ruth Sylvester Ritchie and Allan V. Ritchie. She was the oldest of three children including Allan V. Ritchie, Jr. and Judith Ann Ritchie. Margaret grew up in Wrangell and graduated in 1946 from Wrangell High School in a class of six, she was the Salutatorian. Margaret met the love of her life Robert (Bob) L. Seimears in Wrangell at the Den O’Sweets. She was 16 and working for h...
Kyle Clayton, 28, has joined the Petersburg Pilot and Wrangell Sentinel as staff reporter, residing in Petersburg. He arrived last week from Bethel, Alaska. Prior to that he was a reporter, producer and anchor for WFIU/WTIU in Bloomington, Ind. From 2003 to 2007 he served as a combat medic for the United States Army where he was deployed to Germany, Kuwait and Iraq. In June 2013 he received his B.A. in Journalism from Indiana University in Bloomington and was named to the Dean’s List. Clayton e...
The People and Place Campaign has come to Wrangell, with a pair of locals taking part in its stewardship principals in the region. The campaign is a program that is funded through private foundations and non-profits to maximize local benefits and build capacity within a community. Currently there are two individuals in Wrangell that the People and Place program is funding – Angie Eldred, working with the Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition, and Erik Wortman, working with Southeast Alaska C...
The Sitka All-Stars baseball team’s District II championship came last week in Wrangell, though their tough play against other teams from Southeast could not be matched against the stellar District I champs, “Abbott-O-Rabbit” out of Anchorage in the State Championship, where Anchorage won the best-of-three competition. Anchorage, who maintained a post-season scoring record of 109-2 against the All-Star teams in their division, had to play a little more defense as Sitka scored 8 points over...
On Wednesday, July 10 the US Forest Service, the Wrangell Resource Council, and Southeast Alaska Conservation Council held a community collaboration workshop exploring opportunities for stewardship contracting in the Wrangell Ranger District. Keith Rush, a conservation forester with The Nature Conservancy provided background on the Stewardship Contracting Authority, which allows local Forest Service districts to retain excess receipts from timber sales for use on conservation and restoration projects. Stewardship Contracting has been widely...
BEARFEST GOLF TOURNAMENT Saturday, July 27 – 18 Hole Best Ball 1st place – Net score: 33, Handicap: 33 Greg Scheff Ed Rilatos Rafael Nunez Hal Rhodes Sunday, July 28 – 18 Hole Best Ball 1st Place – Net Score: 21, Handicap: 15 Jeff Davidson Ken Davidson Hal Rhodes Randy Littleton BEARFEST MARATHON RESULTS Marathon – Men Brian Asher: 3:21:30 Eric Wartman 3:36:19 Dale McMurren: 3:40:49 Kent Johnson: 3:48:49 George Southgate: 5:42:23 Jim Simpson: 7:34:44 Frank Bartocci: 7:34:44 Laurence Macon: 7:...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, get ready for millions of undersea images - brought to you by a handmade, high definition undersea camera. “Alaska Cam Sled is a towed imaging system that takes a lot of high resolution pictures of the bottom of the ocean,” said Gregg Rosenkranz, a state scallop biometrician based in Kodiak. Rosenkranz and his colleague Rick Shepherd built the cam sled, which lets them experience a live stream of the sea floor while onboard a research vessel. They hail it as a non-invasive way to observe and collect dat...
PETERSBURG – Increased water temperatures and low oxygen levels combined with decreased tidal activity in Blind Slough killed around 1,100 King salmon on their way to spawn at the Crystal Lakes Hatchery two weeks ago. A Fish and Game aerial survey taken a week before the salmon died revealed more than 1000 fish holding in deeper areas of Blind River Rapids. Alaska Department of Fish and Game Sport Fish Biologist Doug Fleming says he had been monitoring the salmon because of the warm summer weather. He discovered the fish carcasses Thursday, Jul...
Students from the Tatoosh School, a Klawock and Portland, Ore., based educational outfit specializing in studying the “ecological and human dimensions of the landscape of Alaska’s Inside Passage,” made a stop last week in Wrangell with their instructors, Dr. Peter Chaille and Erin Steinkruger. The school’s program, which runs for six week sessions June-September, offers college credit of up to 12 units for students and teaches the foundational skills of wilderness sea kayaking and camping, with...
The Haa Aaní Community Development Fund is joining up with The Nature Conservancy to promote sustainable economic development in the region. The Haa Aaní Community Development Fund and The Nature Conservancy have created the Path to Prosperity Sustainable Business Concept Development Competition. P2P is open to individuals, for-profit businesses or tribal entities in Southeast Alaska. Business ideas may include a new business or expansion of an existing business. Russell Dick, president and CEO of Haa Aaní, said the competition would help sp...