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Several high school cheerleaders and their coach, Stephanie Cartwright, helped SEARHC Health Educator Tammi Meissner clean cigarette butts off of Front Street last week for the Great American Smokeout. The Smokeout is an annual event in November organized by the American Cancer Society, meant to showcase the dangers of smoking and encourage people to quit. The cheerleaders went down Front Street picking up cigarette butts, collecting about six pounds according to Meissner. "It took us about an...
The Nolan Center recently unveiled their new logo. Cyni Crary, director of the Nolan Center, said that when she took the job she wanted to work on some rebranding. She said she wanted a more modern, cohesive logo that represented all the services the Nolan Center could provide. "I actually got out my own sketchbook and I started thinking about ways to cohesively bring all the different elements of the center, here, together," she said. "So I started drawing something that represented the...
November 28, 1918 In a letter from Reverend Corser, “I have happened to run into some important inside history of the war which has never been published. It is a special reason for thanksgiving, and I will speak about it at that service. My great regret is that I could not have been in Wrangell to have helped in the celebration. It began here at five o’clock in the morning. I was awakened by the blowing of whistles. I knew that they proclaimed victory because we were all looking for it. Conningsby Dawson was here and spoke in the evening. Hea...
The Wrangell Salvation Army has been handing out Christmas baskets since its inception in the 1960s, according to Maj. Jennifer Bates. She knows for a fact they have done them for the past three years, she said. The holiday season can put strain on anybody's budget. For many people, things like a Christmas dinner, or sometimes even presents, are financially out of reach. The Christmas baskets, Bates said, are meant to help ease that strain for those in the community by providing a Christmas...
November 19, 2018 Report of theft. Summons served. Parking complaint. Traffic stop: Verbal warning for faulty equipment. November 20, 2018 Traffic stop: Verbal warning for driving without headlights. Traffic stop: Verbal warning for faulty headlight. November 21, 2018 Traffic stop: Verbal warning for faulty equipment. Traffic stop: Warning given for double parked facing wrong way and improper display of plates. Paper service. Courtesy transport. November 22, 2018 Traffic stop: Verbal warning given for driving habits. November 23, 2018 Citizen a...
Evergreen Elementary School hosted a "Friendsgiving" lunch last Tuesday afternoon. Students and their friends and family were able to enjoy a meal together and share what they were thankful for....
Gary Lee Allen Sr., 75, passed away on Nov. 14, 2018 in Juneau, Alaska losing his battle with cancer. He was born on Jan. 1, 1943 in Olympia, Washington to Wes and Helen Allen. He was a resident of Wrangell and lived in Southeast Alaska for 61 years. He was the owner/operator of Stikine Salvage and Stikine Transportation. He was a member of the Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department, where he served 11 years, then remained in the reserves in 1988. He is preceded in death by his wife, Ginny... Full story
The Wrangell Wolves wrestling team had an off week this past week, with no tournaments to travel to. Assistant Coach Jack Carney said that they took a purposeful week off to recuperate from the ACS tournament earlier this month. They continued to practice, of course, but Carney said the team is very fit both physically and mentally. They had the conditioning and techniques for wrestling, the week off was mainly to give the team a chance to focus on their grades and mental game. On Saturday, to...
Jessica Whitaker started playing volleyball in the sixth grade. She fell out of the sport after graduating from Wrangell High School in 2003, she attended college in Colorado, but came back to Wrangell and got involved with the school's volleyball program again in 2005. She started coaching the middle school volleyball team, and in 2006 started helping with the high school program. In 2007 she was made the head coach for the Lady Wolves, the high school team. This season, however, she will be...
Protein Noodles by Trident Seafoods took top honors at the 26th annual Alaska Symphony of Seafood, winning first place in the retail category and the Seattle People’s Choice award. The winners were announced last week at Pacific Marine Expo. The refrigerated noodles are made from pollock surimi and touted as a high protein, gluten free alternative to traditional pastas. “All pastas are wheat based and they don’t contain any protein and there’s not a lot of nutritional value,” said John Salle, Trident’s senior vice president of marketing, innova...
Wrangell's Lady Wolves rode in style the morning of Nov. 27. The Wrangell Fire Department gave them a ride through town to the airport, where they left for Anchorage for the state tournament this week. This is the second year in a row that the Lady Wolves have made it to state....
A little over a month ago, the Alaska Supreme Court made a ruling that found a part of the municipal code of the Borough of Kenai Peninsula to be unconstitutional. The code required an invocation be given before an assembly meeting could take place. The court found that it was illegal to require an invocation in the municipal code. This became a hot topic of debate in Wrangell, which also has an invocation as a part of its code. A proposed amendment to the borough’s municipal code, which would remove the invocation from future meeting a...
