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Rate changes being adopted by Wrangell’s Parks and Recreation Department will be phased in over the next three years, its board members decided at their monthly meeting Nov. 19. Beginning in the new year, corporate-rate discounts for use of the community pool will be phased out. The way year-round passes are currently priced, individual passes cost $300 for unaffiliated community members, while those employed at a participating business or agency can purchase passes at a rate linked to the size of their workplace. The difference can be quite s...
On Friday morning, students at Wrangell High School assembled in the gym to watch a special presentation by the Kaats'litaan Dancers, a K-12 group that is part of the local Johnson O'Malley program. Presented by educators and a panel of elders, the demonstration meant to mark this November's National Native Heritage Month. Student Jade Balansag read President Barack Obama's official proclamation of the commemorative month, issued Oct. 31. "The first stewards of our environment, early voices for...
In his monthly report to Wrangell Public School Board on Nov. 17, Superintendent Patrick Mayer said several projects are underway as the school progresses into its second academic quarter. The schools’ evaluation team recently previewed a webinar from Learning Sciences, a group associated with Marzano Center. The team was able to familiarize themselves with Marzano Framework for teacher evaluation, one of three systems adopted by the Alaska State Board of Education last year. Mayer has also been involved in improving the schools’ use of digital...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. November 26, 1914: Dr. Pigg has moved his office rooms from over the Wrangell Drug Store to over the Post Office during the past week and is fitting up a very comfortable office in his new location. Dr. Pigg is also preparing to open the Wrangell Hospital in the same building as soon as carpenters get the rooms remodeled some. The new location is very well located for the new hospital and should prove a success. November 24, 1939: Twenty nine states and the territory of Alaska observed Thanksgiving...
Monday, November 17 Nothing to Report. Tuesday, November 18 Nothing to Report. Wednesday, November 19 Driving Complaint. Thursday, November 20 Possible DV. Agency Assist: FD notified. Friday, November 21 Arrested Robert Richard Bowlin, Jr., 50, on charges of Violating Conditions of Release. Agency Assist: Call Care going off. Saturday, November 22 Agency Assist. Intoxicated person. Sunday, November 23 Trespass warning given. There were four dog complaints and two ambulance calls during this week....
Editor’s Note: The Sentinel letters policy remains unchanged. Only rarely do we publish letters endorsing candidates or positions during an election, which the following letter references. Daily newspapers, with more available space are more likely to use such letters. To the Editor: Why are there no recent letters to the editor in the Wrangell Sentinel? Have you changed the policy on letter submission? If so, please let your readers know. When I submitted a letter a month ago you declined to publish it. Then I noticed that no one else was g...
A pair of staff committees met this past month at Wrangell Medical Center, formed to improve response to patient falls on site and improve emergency preparedness. At the monthly meeting of its board of trustees on Nov. 19, hospital head Marla Sanger reported the falls committee was formed with representatives of the nursing, physical therapy, quality, and maintenance departments, as well as a community patient advisor. She said a federal follow-up visit the previous week confirmed WMC has dealt with a problem with its patient wheelchairs. The s...
As Christmas approaches and people prepare to cut their trees, Wrangell’s Park and Recreation Department reminds residents not to “top” or otherwise chop down any of the trees in the borough’s parks and public spaces. The yuletide topping of a pair of trees in Volunteer Park last December prompted the drafting of an ordinance, which was passed by the Assembly in June. It states that no unauthorized person shall cut, remove or otherwise damage any tree or shrub, whether dead or alive, standing or downed, within any public park, recreat...
Wrangell's advisory committee to Alaska Department of Fish and Game held the first of several public meetings at the Fire Hall Monday, to discuss Board of Game proposals for the 2014-15 meeting cycle. The committee provides a forum for fishing and wildlife issues, allowing the public to review and discuss new proposals and to provide recommendations to Alaska's boards of Fisheries and Game. A variety of local fishermen, hunters, trappers and subsistence users stopped in to review 38 new policies and changes to management practices being...
Alaska is poised for some big fish stories next year based on predictions trickling in from state and federal managers. For the state’s (and nation’s) largest fishery - Alaska pollock - the Eastern Bering Sea stock has more than doubled its ten year average to top nine million tons, or 20 billion pounds. And the stock is healthy and growing, according to annual surveys. “It is one of the most stunning fisheries management successes on the planet,” exclaimed global market expert John Sackton when the pollock numbers were released by the (Seattl...
Local roller derby girls with the Garnet Grit Betties bouted with Petersburg's Ragnarök Rollers at the Wrangell High School gym Saturday night. Dubbed the Fall Brawl, the event filled the stands as around 260 spectators came to show their support. The Betties started out strongly, picking up an early lead and building from there. "We'd planned on playing a strong defensive game, and they did it well," said the team's coach, Shawna "Baby Cakes" Buness. By the first half the Betties' jammers had...
