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McGraw Construction wants to begin working as early as 6 a.m. and as late as midnight on Front Street Monday through Saturday in order to complete the road and utility improvement project. Under the city’s noise ordinance, McGraw is currently allowed to work from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends. On Jan. 16, McGraw filed a variance application with the City and Borough of Wrangell to extend those hours. According to the application, the 18-hour workday is needed “in order to complete the job in the allotted time....
At its meeting Tuesday night, the Wrangell Borough Assembly accepted a list of prioritized city-wide projects for which State funds will be requested. Borough Manager Tim Rooney presented the list to Assembly members Jan. 31 at a work session. This week Assembly members voted in favor of forwarding the list to the State. Wood Street construction and utility improvements at the medical campus and the new hospital sit at the top of the project list. Wrangell is asking $1 million from the State for the Wood Street project and $3.8 million for the...
With family members, friends and fans hoot and hollering along the sidelines, teams of three sped down the Front Street racetrack on bed frames Saturday afternoon as part of Wrangell’s Tent City Days. The annual celebration pays tribute to the days of the Gold Rush. In the bed race event, two people push the bed frame on wheels while one lucky rider holds on tight. Six dollars got a three-person team into the race, and the winning team won the jackpot. The winners of the races were Wendy, M...
Feb. 15, 1912: After much delay caused by the late arrival of some of the Sentinel players, the indoor baseball game was finally started last Friday evening and was a surprise to spectators and players as well. The first few innings were much as expected, the ball being unmercifully pounded about by both teams who ran the score up to 38-38. But the farther the game progressed the better the quality of baseball turned out and during the last two innings, finally the one score, which gave the victory to the Sentinel was made. Anyone who watched...
Wrangell is set to have its first community market in May, giving residents the opportunity to purchase Alaskan-made or manufactured goods including locally grown vegetables, homemade pottery and crafts and possibly fresh seafood. Markets will take place every third Saturday of the month beginning May 19 and could continue through September. The market steering committee – a group of community volunteers and members of city and Wrangell Medical Center (WMC) staff— held a public meeting Feb. 8 to generate input on the possibility of beg...
Monday, Feb. 6 -Agency assist, fire alarm going off, fire department notified. -Caller reported fight next door, officer responded. -Caller reported intoxicated person in middle of road, officers responded. Monday, Feb. 7 -Transport requested and dispatched. -Caller requested help unlocking door. -Citation issued to Daniel St. John Jr, 22, for motor vehicle insurance. Verbal warning given for broken taillight and failure to register vehicle. -Officer notified about unsecured load leaving debris on roadway. -Report of theft. Wednesday, Feb. 8...
To the Editor: Christmas has once again come and gone. We here at The Salvation Army would like to stop and thank those who gave so generously to help us make this one of the best seasons ever. Thank you to the businesses that allowed us to put in an Angel Tree and to all who donated gifts to help fulfill the needs of those trees represented. Thank you to our two grocery stores for letting us put up our kettles out front and to all those who stopped to put in a coin or two. As I told several individuals who came by, “it’s nice if you can con...
John Charles Ellis, the youngest of four children was born to Chet and Margaret Ellis on May 20, 1947 in Juneau, Alaska. The Ellis family lived near the Mendenhall Glacier, homesteading behind Auke Lake. Young John spent his first ten years subsisting with the family in the lifestyle of wood stoves, coal oil lamps, outhouses, and water buckets. They survived on a menu of venison and fish in addition to vegetables grown in a big garden. Early on in John’s life he spent summers trolling with C...
Patrick W. Lloyd, 94, died February 3, 2012 in his sleep, in Anacortes, Wash. Mr. Lloyd was born on September 7, 1917, at Arthur Yates Memorial Hospital in Ketchikan, Alaska. He was the eldest son of Frank Lloyd, Alaska fisherman and salmon cannery man, and Jennie Heath Lloyd, daughter of Eugene Arthur Heath, early Alaska homesteader, land developer and newspaper publisher. Mr. Lloyd grew up in Ketchikan and graduated from Ketchikan High School. He attended the University of Washington for two...
Ronald Patrick Fennimore, 65, died February 6, 2012. Ron was born in Seattle, Wash. to Paul and Mabel Fennimore on April 2, 1946. Ron lived in Mt Angel, Ore. as a child in 1960 the family moved to Wrangell. After graduation Ron attended automotive school in Oregon city, Ore. from 1964 to 1966, followed by enlistment in the Navy from 1967 to 1971 serving in Vietnam. In 1968 Ron married the love of his life and high school sweetheart Evi Erickson. Following his Navy service the family returned to...
Former Wrangell resident Vivian Faith Prescott recently had two books published — a compilation of Tlingit poetry and a fantasy novel for middle-grade-aged children — and says she is interested in bringing a printing press to town to publish the works of fellow Southeast Alaskan writers. Prescott said she and her daughter, Wrangell resident Vivian Mork, hope to bring the small press, which may be called Petroglyph Press, to Wrangell by the end of the year. Prescott said its aim is to help expos...
Anna Curtis picks chocolate treats to put in her box at Chocolate Fest held Saturday in the lobby of the Wrangell Medical Center. The annual fundraiser for the Hospital Auxiliary offered boxes for $15 each for people to come fill with locally baked and donated chocolate desserts. The fundraiser garnered about $1000, according to Hospital Auxiliary President Kathy Gross, which is about $500 more than last year. A higher number of donations and the addition of a silent auction at the Fest helped...
Over half of all fishing fatalities are due to vessels going down, and most of the boats sink because of flooding. The sinkings of the Alaska Ranger and Katmai in 2008, for example, in which12 men died, both stemmed from flooding through open hatches. Those and other sinkings highlighted the need for an alert that provides immediate status of all openings aboard fishing boats. To the rescue: a simple electronic monitoring system on doors and hatches that sends signals to the...
Wrangell High School girls’ varsity basketball team had a tough weekend traveling to Sitka for two games while half the players fought off a head cold. The Lady Wolves lost the games against the Sitka Lady Wolves. Friday night’s game ended 46-24 and Saturday night’s game ended 59-19. Sitka is a very good basketball team, said Wrangell Coach Dave Silva, who also has been battling a cold since last week. Sitka plays tough defense and matches the Lady Wolves speed on the court, he went on to say....
Those hoping to visit Anan Wildlife Observatory this summer between July 5 and August 25 can now submit their request to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). The USFS began accepting public requests to the popular bear-viewing site yesterday and will continue to do so through Feb. 29, said Keith Appleman, recreation, lands and wilderness staff officer for the Wrangell USFS District. Until yesterday, passes for the 2012 season were given to commercial guides who transport people to and from the observatory only accessible by boat. The USFS grants a...
Hello again from Juneau. We’ve settled into a frenzied rhythm for the duration of the session. Three of my bills have been heard this week, but only one successfully passed out of committee. The other two are being held for more work. My ‘Sea Otter Management’ resolution, HJR 26 urges federal agencies to work with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Southeast Alaska Native leaders, and other interested parties to establish strategies and plans for the sustainable management of the growi...
Arne Fuglvog was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge H. Russel Holland, who said the real crime committed was not monetary but to the reputation of the agency responsible for regulating fishing. In addition, Fuglvog will have to pay a $50,000 fine and pay $100,000 to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, which will be used to improve fish habitat in the Gulf of Alaska. In a tearful statement to the court, Fuglvog expressed remorse for his actions and said he had no excuse for violating the regulations. Fuglvog was also a former...