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A symposium was held Wednesday night at the Nolan Center to discuss the effects of mining on Southeast Alaska's bear population. Lance Craighead, a bear biologist, said that mining has the potential to have a very negative impact on bears. Most mining, Craighead said, occurs in nearby British Columbia but anything happening there would literally flow downstream to Alaska. "In general, Canada has some of the laxest mining regulations in the world next to China," he said. "For that reason they're...
The hospital's charitable foundation is planning a big weekend August 11 and 12 for its annual golf tournament, hoping to boost its cancer care travel fund. The Wrangell Medical Center Foundation was established in 2007 with three goals in mind, among them supporting equipment needs at the hospital and providing health career scholarships to prospective students. It also has over the past decade distributed $97,000 in grants to individuals undergoing treatment for various iterations of cancer,...
There were 22 participants on the July 28 Bearfest golf tournament. A team consisting of Jim Abbott, Betty Abbott and Eric Kading won the 9-hole, best ball tournament. The first place team scored 16 with a handicap of 17. Second place went to Wayne Harding, Kathleen Harding, Grover Mathis and Robert Johnson. They scored 20 with a handicap of 15. Matt Hagen had the straightest drive of the day at 130 inches. Wayne Harding was closest to the pin at 21 feet, 6 inches. There was another 9-hole tournament on July 29, sponsored by Al Kaer...
August 1, 1918 When Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Case gave a dance at the Rink a few weeks ago for a smoke fund for the Wrangell boys who are serving their country, they realized from the evening’s entertainment the sum of $69. Mr. Case has presented the Sentinel with a report of the apportionment of the amount which incidentally reveals the fact that there are 23 Wrangell men in the service at the present time. The tobacco fund, which the Case family raised, has been divided equally among them. July 30, 1943 Carol M. Ferguson of Wrangell has begun train...
The Wrangell marathon, kicking off at 8 a.m. Sunday morning, saw 15 people participating. Also running were 18 participants in a half-marathon and 29 people in a 5K. The male and female winners of each race are as follows: - 5K: Mason Huffman, 21:30 and Molly Ortiz, 24:43; - Half-marathon: Joe Viechnicki, 1:41:19 and Helen Boggs, 1:54:01; and - Marathon: Gary Koch, 4:06:08 and Becky Fortina, 4:48:33. A marathon participant of note includes San Antonio, Texas resident Larry Macon. Macon holds...
July 23, 2018 Traffic stop: Assisting driver with vehicle problems. Injured animal/dead: Deer hit and killed. Agency assist: Individual needing assistance. Parking complaint. Summons served. Traffic complaint. Arrested: Valerie Bean, 50. On charges of DUI. Agency assist: Possible broken sewer pipe. Noise complaint. Two reports of theft. July 24, 2018 Alarm. Citation issued: Susan Stewart, 56. Expired registration. Citation issued: George Stoican, 71. Time limit parking – 72 hours. Citation issued: Scott Hall, 36. Time limit parking – 72 hou...
Friday night saw a smoked salmon contest at city dock beside the Stikine Inn. There were seven entries into the contest, nearly double what chairwoman of the Bearfest board Sylvia Ettefagh was expecting. She said she was happy with the turnout for the event. "It [the contest] has happened before with other events, but this is the first at Bearfest," she said. Members of the public were invited to try a piece of smoked salmon from each of the entries and rate them on a scale of one to ten. After...
To the Editor: Thank you for the extra edition (User’s Guide, April 5, 2018). I was thrilled to open up the paper and find a photo of my grandfather, Lew Williams, in front of the small press. You should have seen him set type – upside down and backwards, bottom to top. And my grandmother, Winnie, set type on the linotype machine. I still have the slug she made me with my name when I was a little girl. Did you know that during the war (WWII), Winnie alone kept the Sentinel going, ensuring it kept the title “longest continuously published paper...
Late last week, a tree collapsed along the Mt. Dewey hiking trail. The public was first made aware about the tree via Facebook by Wrangell resident Karl Torgramsen. According to him, the tree fell near the top of the trail and was difficult to get around. Kate Thomas, director of the Wrangell Parks and Recreation Department, said that several community members had called to inform them about the tree over the weekend. She added that, as of 9:30 Monday morning, the tree had been removed. "There...
Jimmie Wayne Thompson, 80, passed away peacefully on July 5, 2018 at the Wrangell Medical Center. At his request, no services will be held. A Celebration of Life will take place at a later date, along with his obituary....
Chief Shakes Tribal House was filled with curious visitors looking to learn about the Tlingits, a Native Alaskan people indigenous to Southeast Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Wrangell is home to many people of Tlingit descent, some of whom came together Saturday afternoon to share stories and pieces of their culture. John Martin, who organized the event, said that he and several other participants wanted to share part of their native heritage. Tlingit culture is filled with stories, some of which can be found in people’s names. Martin’s Tli...
"The reason I'm 'Michael' is I have eight brothers and sisters, and I'm the oldest. Guess what they [my parents] had wanted?" Michael Bania introduced herself to her class. Bania hosted an art workshop at the Nolan Center Wednesday afternoon. Bania has been an artist for as long as she can remember, she said. She has written and illustrated several children's books, and is in the process of working on a new one titled "No Bears Allowed!" She described her art style as cartoony and not overly ser...
Alaska appears to be an exception in terms of gender parity at all levels of its seafood industry. Women comprise roughly half of the world’s seafood industry work force, yet a report released last week revealed that 61 percent of women around the globe feel they face unfair gender biases from slime lines to businesses to company boardrooms. The women’s overall responses cited biases in recruitment and hiring, in working conditions and inflexible scheduling. The findings were based on 700 responses gathered in an online survey from Sep...