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The newly constituted Wrangell Medical Center Board of Directors held their first meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 29 at City Hall to elect officers and plan for upcoming meetings as a group and with other officials. Board member Woody Wilson was elected as the president of the group over Bernie Massin in a 6-3 vote, with Terri Henson nominating Wilson and Dorothy Hunt-Sweat nominating Massin. During discussion, Hunt-Sweat spoke up first in favor of Massin. “My reason for suggesting Bernie is because...
If all goes according to plan, the Front Street improvement project in downtown Wrangell should wrap up within the month of September. In their second-to-last scheduled meeting, the project team met at City Hall on Thursday, Aug. 30 in the Borough Assembly chambers to discuss the wrap-up of construction and reopening of roads through town. According to project engineer Eric Voorhees and superintendent Mike Ashton, the end is in sight for the renovation. “All underground utility installations f...
Representative Peggy Wilson easily won the nomination for the Republican ticket in the race for District 33 on Aug. 28, with 986 votes cast in her favor – a 46 percent margin of victory. Wilson, who has held her seat in the legislature since 2001, will now face off against Democrat Matt Olsen and Rep. Kyle Johansen of Ketchikan in the Nov. 6 general election. The incumbent from Wrangell was effusive about her opponents the day after the election. “I really want to thank my opponents for keeping the focus on the race and not dirty pol...
Sept. 12, 1912: The problem of giving Alaska a military police system may be solved in the near future, not by the stationing of a regiment or more of soldiers there, scattering the troops through the territory by companies, but by establishing a constabulary system modeled along the lines of the Northwest mounted police which has accomplished wonderful results in Canada. Major George H. McManus of the Inspector General's Department who has just returned from an inspection tour of Alaska army posts acknowledged that such a constabulary is...
Monday, August 27 -Officer requested to re-set call care alarm. -Agency assist, community disaster drill. -Trespass warning given to vehicles at shooting range. Tuesday, August 28 -Officer assisted intoxicated person. -Civil matter, person was referred to the court. -Traffic complaint, vehicle went through the roadwork area while crew was marking the lines on the roadway. Wednesday, August 29 -Report of theft. -Report of theft from camping area. -Person come in and spoke with officer about a civil matter. -Report of theft. -Officer unlocked a...
The Chief Shakes Tribal House restoration project is more than halfway to completion, thanks in part to good weather and the hard work of the adzing team involved in the renovation. “If I had to put a number on the total project, I’d say we’re about 65 percent done,” said Project Manager Todd White. “We expected to salvage about 30 percent of the existing Tribal House, but that number turned out to be closer to 7 percent, creating additional work. But even with the additions, we’re still on-time for the 2013 re-dedication.” The Shakes Island tr...
Due to very low public use, the cabin at Binkley Slough has been removed from the U.S. Forest Service’s public reservation system – a situation not unusual among other structures in Southeast. Because of this, the USFS is looking for public comment on whether a number of cabins across the Tongass should be removed from public use. “Many of these cabins are dilapidated and have not been on the cabin reservation system for many years,” stated Tongass National Forest supervisor Forrest Cole in an email. “The cabins that were available for rent...
The Borough Assembly has entered into an agreement with PeaceHealth of Ketchikan to focus on interim management of Wrangell Medical Center, and to assist the city in the selection and hiring of an administrator at the hospital. Under the plan, Kendall Sawa, who is currently the Vice President of Patient Care Administration for PeaceHealth, would move from Ketchikan Medical Center to Wrangell to take the interim position while WMC searches for a new administrator. Sawa, a native of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada is a registered nurse and holds a...
Wrangell’s cross-country team traveled to Petersburg last weekend for the Jack Eddy Classic – with Asia Prus, left, taking the No. 22 spot with a time of 22:42. Wrangell’s Chester Armstrong took the top spot for boys at the meet with a time of 12:46:10....
The sun was shining just long enough on Sept. 1 for 11 members of the Muskeg Meadows Golf Club to compete individually for the 2012 course championship. Shooting a 92, with handicap of 20, club member Randy Littleton seized the championship for the 3rd annual event. Littleton’s best game shined on Nos. 6, 11 and 18 as he shot for par, and drained a pair of reasonably long putts as well. “Randy’s game improved a lot, as he hadn’t been out to practice much lately,” said course co-manage...
Governor Sean Parnell has reappointed Wrangell resident Patricia Roppel to the Alaska Historical Commission, along with fellow member Candace Waugaman of Fairbanks. Roppel is a published researcher, writer, and historian, as well as a lifelong member of the Alaska Historical Society, which named her Historian of the Year in 1977. Her published works include “Salmon from Kodiak,” “Striking it Rich: Gold Mining in Southern Southeast,” and “Land of Mists.” She has served on the commission since 2003 and is reappointed to a seat reserved fo...
It was all about sunshine, blue skies and the occasional cloud on Thursday, Aug. 30 in Wrangell. Temperatures reached a high of 64 degrees – as a number of Wrangellites took to their bicycles or watercraft for a day of fun....