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A proposed 1.5 percent sales tax cut in the City and Borough of Wrangell has split the community ahead of an Oct. 1 vote. The borough administration sent out an informational flyer this week outlining the details of cuts approved with the budget May 28, sparking at least one accusation of advocacy against the cuts. Business owners and citizens have taken out an advertisement against the reduction in the Sentinel. Assembly members and citizens have spilled ink for and against the proposal in letters to the editor. The proposal’s author and a...
Attendees at a local nature hike kept returning to one question again and again Sunday morning. Hike attendee Rudy Briskar put it best. “Edible?” he said. The hike was the second part of a two-day event focusing on fungi (in particular, mushrooms and lichens). Two ecologists with the U.S. Forest Service were on hand to answer questions and discuss some of the characteristics of mushrooms found in and around the Rainbow Falls trail. Kate Mohatt, from the Chugach National Forest, and Karen Dil...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. October 9, 1913: One of the most important steps that has been taken during the past summer pertaining to the opening of the great interior country at the head waters of the Stikine River is the building of the wagon road from Telegraph Creek to Dease Lake by the B.C. Government under the supervision of Charles Collins. The road has been built but 13 miles from Telegraph this summer and most of the worst of the road has been constructed leaving 2 bridges to be built and a few miles of mountain road,...
Monday, September 9 -Suspicious Circumstance. -Report of Theft. -Traffic Complaint. Tuesday, September 10 -Warrant Arrest: Arrested Jack Fain, 56, on charges of Failure to Appear for Arraignment. Found Property. Wednesday, September 11 -Person reported kitten in their yard but called back to say it had disappeared. -Person requested vehicle unlocked. Officer responded. Thursday, September 12 -Vehicle unlocked. -Caller reported gas siphoned from their boat. Extra patrol requested. -Report of a dead blue Heron. Friday, September 13 -Person...
On August 26, First District Judge Kevin Miller adjudicated the following case: Desiree M. Collins, 23, was found guilty of Violating Conditions of Release in a previous case from 2008. She was ordered to serve 30 days of the unsuspended jail time and will no longer be on probation upon completion of jail time....
To the Editor: It seems like doomsday if the sales tax is lowered. Let me explain how the sales tax came to be. In the late 1940s the first sales tax was to pave our front street from the bottom of the Post Office Hill to the Thunderbird Hotel. When this was paid for the sales tax went away. Then when the City needed money for another worthy project, it came back. The people didn’t seem to mind paying for what we needed. We have been paying 7% sales tax for over 20 years, the highest sales tax in the State. So, the “Johnnies-come-lately” are s...
Name: Ernie Christian Age: 48 Occupation: Manager, Ottesen’s Inc. What background or experience do you have that qualifies you to be an Assembly member? I have previously served on boards, committees, councils, and assembly. I am currently serving as Vice-Mayor on the City and Borough of Wrangell assembly and Vice-President on the Wrangell Cooperative Association board. I understand budgets and ask questions to make sure that I am accountable to the electorate. Why are you running for the A...
Name: Terri Henson Age: None given Occupation: Civic Center Director/City of Wrangell What is your previous experience on boards or other relevant experience that would qualify you as a member of the Wrangell Medical Center Board of Directors? During the time I’ve lived in Wrangell I’ve been active in various clubs and organizations. I have experience sitting on a board and I have experience answering to them. I’ve been an active planning and zoning commissioner for the last 10 years or so, c...
Name: John M. Martin Age: 63 years old Occupation: Retired teacher/ carpenter apprentice What is your previous experience on boards or other relevant experience related to the position you are seeking? I am a lifetime Wrangellite. As a young man, I fished commercially, served a tour in the U.S. Coast Guard, and worked my way through college on tugboats in the Gulf of Alaska. It has always been important to me to give back to my hometown and I have done so on a number of boards and committees....
Name: David Silva Age: 58 Occupation: Commercial Fisherman, Speech/Language Therapist What is your previous experience on boards or other relevant experience related to the position you are seeking? As a commercial fisherman, I have had many opportunities over the past six years to utilize our harbor facilities here in Wrangell. My wife and I have leased slips at Shoemaker Harbor and at this time have two slips at Heritage Harbor. We have used the services of many of the businesses in the...
The Wrangell Planning and Zoning Commission granted two zoning variances last Thursday. The commission voted 5-0 to grant a subdivision variance to Arnold and Alice Bakke in the Wrangell Island West Subdivision. The vote divides the existing Lot 37 into sub lots 37A and 37B. The commission also voted 5-0 to approve a yard setback reduction for Kevin and Abigail Bylow of the Presbyterian subdivision. Kevin Bylow told the board he’s constructing a porch and some stairs and required the setback reduction to complete construction. The board also h...
Alaska’s record salmon season has permit brokers hopping as buyers seek to break into or expand their opportunities in many fisheries. Notably, brokers say there is “a lot of great buzz” at Bristol Bay, despite a lackluster sockeye fishery that saw the bulk of the red run come and go eight days early. “Prior to the season the drift permits went for under $100,000, but we just sold one for $125, 000,” said Doug Bowen of Alaska Boats and Permits in Homer. Most of the bump is due to optimism about the sockeye base price of $1.50/lb, a $.50 incr...
The top Wrangell High boys’ runner placed fourth among Division III and IV runners and 12th overall at Saturday’s Wrangell Invitational. Wolf runner Bryce Gerald’s personal best of 18:12 was the high point of a race marred by a false start after several runners fell in the first 50 meters of the race. The next runner in a Wolves singlet, Robbie Marshall, placed 14th among division runners and 29th overall, with a time of 19:22. Marshall and Gerald represented the only two Wrangell runners to re...
The Wrangell school board voted 3-0 Monday to begin the search for a possible food vendor. The motion approved by the board empowers school administrator Rich Rhodes to begin advertising requests for proposals in local publications. The district currently purchases and prepares all food served to students through a combination of grants and the school system’s general fund, Rhodes said. Allowing an outside vendor to provide the food could potentially lead to savings for the district, Rhodes added. “I feel good that a food services man...
By Brian O’Connor Sentinel writer About thirty or forty tourists packed into the Chief Shakes House last Wednesday to take in the newly renovated house and learn about the sun, the moon, and the stars. However, first they had to learn a little bit about Raven. “Raven is considered a trickster,” interpreter Lu Knapp told the assembled crowd. Raven in this case was the figure from Tlingit mythology, and the story Knapp told that afternoon concerns the chief and three boxes in the possession of a...
