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In addition to approving a bevy of capital projects that will likely come to fruition in 2013, the Borough Assembly added two new members to the Southeast Alaska Power Agency Board of Directors this week during their last regular session meeting of 2012 on Tuesday, Dec. 11. Before beginning the meeting in earnest, however, Desiré Shepler of Alaska Island Community Services made a community presentation to the Assembly on her speaking tour of Wrangell and Petersburg regarding the State of...
The Southeast Alaska Power Agency Board of Directors voted on Tuesday, Dec. 11 to hold off on accepting an operations and management proposal from D. Hittle and Associates which recommends the streamlining of operations and management at the Tyee and Swan hydroelectric projects under a single operator. SEAPA commissioned the report, which was released in September, as an alternative to current staffing and risk management solutions at both locations. According to the agency’s chief executive officer, Trey Acteson, the change in operating s...
Wrangell High School student Ben Florschutz works on a ceramic pitcher during his art class on Tuesday, Dec. 11. Florschutz later said the pitcher is a Christmas present for a very special family member who is currently in Utah....
Dec. 19, 1912: P.M. Smith, commonly known as “Doc” Smith, who since his coming to Wrangell about 11 years ago, had lived a hermit-like life, was found dead in his cabin yesterday afternoon having died as he had lived - alone. Deputy Marshal Schnabel, who was down to the Cemetery Bay on an official errand yesterday afternoon, passed the house of “Doc” Smith and seeing no tracks in the snow which had fallen Tuesday evening entered the house and found the owner lying dead as he had fallen from a chair. Smith was in Wrangell Sunday and seemed...
The Elks will have their annual Hoop Shoot on Sat., December 15 in the Community Gym. 8 and 9 year olds will shoot at 9:00 A.M., 10 and 11 year olds shoot at 10:00 and 12-13 year olds shoot at 11:00. Rules do not allow late applicants to participate once a category has started to shoot. All participants will be invited to a hamburger feed after the shoot. The top three shooters in each category will receive trophies. The shoot is for boys and girls ages 8 - 13 with your age determined as how old you will be on April 1, 2013. Girls and boys...
The Wrangell Wolves wrestling squad finished their 2012 season at the 1A-3A state championships last weekend in Nikiski with Kurt Dingwall, Tanner Thomassen and Jeffrey Rooney, Jr. taking 4th place among the hundreds of wrestlers who traveled from across the state to compete. The Wolves also landed a top-20 finish in the tournament, coming in at the No. 13 spot with a total mat time of 14:13 and five pins. Bethel’s varsity squad took the top spot at the competition. Three Wolves wrestlers managed to complete the tournament while enduring the p...
Monday, Dec. 3 -Officer unlocked vehicle. -Officer responded to suspicious circumstance. -Officer responded to civil issue. -Officer responded to child safety issue. Tuesday, Dec. 4 -Officer responded to parking complaint. Wednesday, Dec. 5 -Officer reported unsecured building. -Agency assist, transporting. -Parking complaint. -Agency assist, parking complaint. -Traffic complaint. Thursday, Dec. 6 -Arrested Spenser Dean Stavee, 25, on charges of access of person with restriction on licensed premise. -Courtesy transport. Friday, Dec. 7 -Officer...
On Dec. 5, Wrangell Deputy Magistrate Leanna Splinter adjudicated the following case: Russell E. Grey, 28, of Wrangell, pled guilty of Theft in the Third Degree and Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree. Two charges, Criminal Mischief in the Fifth Degree and Theft in the Third Degree were dismissed. Grey was sentenced to serve 15 days in jail, pay $1,250 in fines, pay $150 in surcharges, pay restitution up to $700, and to serve two years of probation. On Dec. 11, Wrangell Magistrate Chris Ellis adjudicated the following case: Spencer Stavee,...
The court report for the Dec. 6 issue of the Wrangell Sentinel improperly named Valerie R. Nakamura as pleading guilty to a crime in First District Court. The party who pled guilty was actually William R. Nakamura. The Sentinel regrets the error....
To the Editor: Wrangell, many of you have prayed for and with us this past year since our son’s massive stroke, then aneurysm, craniotomy, cranioplasty and nine months later ruptured appendix. Many Wrangellites contributed financially to their need. This past Sunday their church, Mountainside Bible Chapel in New York, celebrated the one year mark of the stroke. It was a grand day, all of his current therapists and their families were there and upon being introduced the crowd gave them a standing ovation - they were touched and saw first hand ho...
Ava Grace Lawrence was born November 9 in Juneau to Jessica Davidson and Paul Lawrence. Ava weighed 9 lbs, 1 oz. at birth and was 20 1/2 inches long. She was welcomed to the family by sister Elena, 3. Maternal grandparents are Marie Davidson and Ken and Tammy Davidson of Wrangell. Paternal grandparents are Jean Lawrence and Dan Murphy of Newington, Conn....
Gladys Gunderson, Shtax’ héen Kwáan, passed away on November 27, 2012 with her family by her side. Gladys was born in Klawock, on August 20, 1927 to Ester Williams Roberts and George Roberts. She was one of eight children, including sisters Eleanor, Irene, Mamie, Romaine, and brothers Theodore, Leonard, and Harold. Gladys grew up in Klawock and then moved to Sitka in 1954 where she worked at the Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital, where she met Gilbert Gunderson who also worked there. As Gilbert moved bac...
Theodore Lanado Lynch, 61, a career fisherman born and raised in Wrangell, is presumed drowned after going overboard from his boat, the Darlin Michele, while shrimping near Skagway on October 29, 2012. Ted Lynch was a member of a family well known in Wrangell, a child of Michael Lynch Jr., and Rosalina Rosita Lanado (“Nana”) Lynch. The Lynch family moved to Seattle on a seine boat when Ted was 7, but he began fishing summers in Alaska with his father when he was 10, according to family members. Until recently Lynch fished nearly yea...
Carlton William Coss, 87, passed away August 30, 2012 at his home in Sierra Vista, Ariz. Carl was born in Battle Creek, Mich. on May 29, 1925 to Carl and Mary Coss. During WWII, Carl served in the western Pacific with the 96th Infantry – Dead Eye Division. Wounded in Okinawa, he received the Purple Heart. Carl graduated from Western Michigan. After graduation he moved to Tucson, Ariz. in 1958 to work for Hughes Aircraft. Carl retired in 1968. Carl and his wife Jan enjoyed many wonderful years as residents of Sonata, Ariz. and Wrangell and t...
The Wrangell Port Commission is having serious doubts about the technical and mechanical aspects of a hoist bid from an Italian firm that recently won in the bidding process for a new 300-ton lift to be installed at the Marine Service Center in downtown. Ascom S.p.A., an Italian firm that builds travel lifts for clients in Europe and has sold at least one model to a yard in the Gulf Coast, made the lowest bid for the machine at $1,315,000, while the Canadian-based Kendrick Equipment turned in a...
A group of 15 participants gathered last weekend at Wrangell High School’s wood shop to cut and form traditional wooden paddles for use in the rededication of Chief Shakes Island in May of next year. The workshop, which will produce 30 paddles to be used by Wrangell’s delegation to the event, was the brainchild of Shane Gillen and SEARHC natural foods specialist Ken Hoyt. “We had a pretty good turnout,” Hoyt said. “We had both Brian and Doug Chilton who are master carvers from Juneau and Angoo...
Ask an Alaskan what community is home to the most commercial fishermen and they will respond Kodiak or Dutch Harbor, or maybe Petersburg or Bristol Bay. Wrong! Anchorage ranks #1 for total fishing participation, with 994 permit holders and another 1,216 crew license holders who fish year round. The Anchorage–based fishermen brought home an estimated $52 million from the fishing grounds last year. The Mat-Su Valley with 396 permit holders and 420 fishing crew also is home to more harvesters than many coastal regions. Those are just a few of t...
The 2013 preseason terminal run size forecast for large Stikine River king salmon has been set by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game at 22,400 fish. A preseason terminal run forecast of this size does not allow for an allowable catch for either the U.S. or Canada. Therefore, no directed fisheries will occur in early May. An in-season terminal run estimate will be produced in late May. If the first in-season estimate is significantly greater than the pre-season forecast, limited directed king salmon fisheries could occur. The forecast...
The battle over a laptop computer and iPad device are still at the heart of a lawsuit filed by the City and Borough of Wrangell against former Wrangell Medical Center administrator Noel Rea and six former members of the WMC Board of Directors after a hearing showed attorneys for both sides debating the merits of a settlement conference in the matter. A hearing held Dec. 6 in Wrangell’s First District Court seemed at first to be an opportunity for all sides and their attorneys – Rea, the six rec...
The City and Borough of Wrangell are talking about capital projects for 2013 – with a large emphasis resting upon utilities and other new projects in downtown as city officials and the public look ahead to a new year and new development. To that end, a workshop on proposed capital improvements for the borough was held Tuesday, Dec. 4 at City Hall, with Borough Manager Tim Rooney, and members of the Borough Assembly present. During the workshop session 12 priority projects were discussed as k...
The Lady Wolves basketball team now has a new head coach – officially. The Wrangell Public Schools Board of Directors officially hired Dane Vincent, an educational aide at Wrangell High School and interim head coach of the squad, on Monday, Nov. 26 during their special session meeting. WHS Activities Director Monty Buness said he is looking forward to a good season for the Lady Wolves under the tutelage of Vincent. “I think we have some great returning players that should be able to put poi...
Mayor McConachie’s 2012 Christmas poem By Don McConachie Mayor of Wrangell Another December for old Wrangell Town A special Season and a brand new downtown We all come together on this special night Excitement abounds for Christmas tree light We must do our shopping while bargains are here Something for everyone on the list it appears Have fun on this evening Good Tidings’ year thru May the peace of the season be always with you The blessings of Christmas enter each of our hearts May the lov...