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Wrangell's advisory committee to Alaska Department of Fish and Game held the second of several public meetings at the Fire Hall Dec. 11, to discuss Board of Fisheries proposals for the 2014-15 meeting cycle. This committee provides a forum for fishing and game management issues, allowing the public to review and discuss new proposals and to provide recommendations to both state boards of Fisheries and Game. To consult with them on crab, shellfish and shrimp management policies were Joe Stratman and Troy Thynes from Petersburg's ADFG office....
Wrangell's Planning and Zoning Commission finally had a quorum when it met for its Dec. 11 session. Commissioners were last able to meet on Sept. 11, with a number of items pending for their review. Still under discussion are requests by Bay Company manager David Powell to vacate the remainder of the alleyway adjacent to lots A and C, Bay Company Replat; vacate and purchase a portion of Silvernail Work Road adjacent to Lot C; and purchase portion of lots 1 and 2, Block B, Sortyard Subdivision. The road largely exists conceptually, cutting...
A full School Board sat down to its monthly agenda Monday night, reviewing and revising a number of policies. Of particular concern to local resident Jacquie DeMontigny was policy number 6145, dealing with extracurricular and cocurricular activities. In particular, the board was looking to correct a contradiction in the language, which specified restricting students with both a D or F or just F grade from traveling for extracurricular activities. In the new form, the schools would follow a...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. December 17, 1914: Mr. F. Matheson, who has just returned from a trip to Seattle brings back the important news that in all probabilities there will be a bank established in Wrangell next summer. Mr. Matheson states that while in Seattle he was interviewed by Mr. R.W. Courtney in regards to the bank. Mr. Courtney states that there is a possibility of raising the money but asked as to the Wrangell business taking half of the stock, which they will most certainly do. Under present banking laws there...
The Public Health office in Wrangell is letting it be known that vaccinations for shingles, or zoster, are still available, but beginning Jan. 1 people aged 65 years and over will no longer be able to receive the state-subsidized vaccines. The program is being cut due to rising costs. The price to receive a zoster vaccine is currently set at $28. “After that it’ll be $250, or whatever the market will bear,” Nurse Ty Esposito explained. The sliding scale will also not be in effect for the shots. Shingles is a viral disease affecting the skin...
In last week’s edition, the story regarding the new nurse at AICS could more clearly have stated that medications for conditions covered by Cynthia Mattoni can also be handled by her. All other medications will continue to be managed by the patient’s primary care provider....
Monday, December 8 Noise Disturbance. Lost security ID. MVA. Suspicious Circumstance. Tuesday, December 9 Report hit and run of building, no structural damage done. Person reported finding boat on property. Found glasses. Driving Complaint. Parking Citation issued to Todd White for Parking in no parking area at terminal. Agency Assist: Possible chimney fire, unfounded. Traffic stop verbal warning for faulty equipment. Citizen Assist. Wednesday, December 10 Stalking order served. Thursday, December 11 Lost Prescription. Agency Assist: Warrant...
Glenora Barlow passed away Fri., Dec. 12, 2014. An obituary to follow....
To the Editor: I am writing today to thank, Clay Hammer and the city crew that fixed the broken city owned light across from the driveway to City Market at the Nolan Center, as well as the installation of a new pole light on the nearby city owned power pole. Both of these improvements will increase the safety of this area keeping people and property safer. I witnessed several incidents of minor accidents in this area after dark, thankfully this is now behind us, due to the timely good work of these individuals, Koodoos. Kip...
It went down to the wire, but fishermen were relieved to learn they can continue to hose down their decks without fear of violating the Clean Water Act. Congress voted unanimously this week to extend a moratorium for three years that exempts commercial fishing vessels 79 feet and under from needing incidental discharge permits from the Environmental Protection Agency for deck wash. The current moratorium, which affects 8,500 Alaska vessels, was set to expire on Dec.18. The regulation is aimed at preventing fuels, toxins or hazardous wastes...
Local bird-watchers were pleased to see a specimen of White-winged Dove on the island this month, a species native to the Southwest United States, Central America and the Caribbean. Although it has been expanding into new habitat ranges, it is an unusual sight so far north. This is only the bird's third recorded appearance in Alaska; the first was in Skagway in 1981, and again in Wrangell in 2007. "It is rare," Bonnie Demerjian said. "Among birders, it's pretty exciting." Demerjian first spotted...
The advisory board for the James and Elsie Nolan Center met for its quarterly meeting midday Tuesday after a five-month hiatus. Alice Rooney, Don McConachie, Olinda White and Marlene Clarke met with the center’s director and acting museum curator, Terri Henson, to discuss how things have gone since mid-July. “We’ve been pretty busy in the Center, which has been nice,” Henson told them. A pair of parties and several other Christmas-related events have wrapped up successfully, she explained. “We just finished up Dove Tree Lane, and that went well...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Warming seas will likely send West Coast fish species northward by about 20 miles a decade, and some species probably will disappear from southern ranges off California and Oregon, a new study says. The study, in the January issue of Progress in Oceanography, projects how 28 West Coast species ranging from sharks to salmon will react as greenhouse gases warm the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Warm-water species such as thresher sharks and chub mackerel will become more prominent off British Columbia and in the Gulf of Alaska...
Recently-elected Alaska House District 36 Representative Dan Ortiz paid Wrangell a visit Tuesday, meeting with Mayor David Jack and Borough Manager Jeff Jabusch at City Hall that afternoon. Since the Nov. 4 election, Ortiz explained he has been connecting with his constituent communities, and gathering input for setting goals for the next legislative session when it starts in January. As Wrangell's future representative, he said three local projects stood out. The first was final phasing for the Wrangell Marine Service Center, which is...
Wrangell High School’s wrestlers ended their season on a strong note, finishing seventh this weekend out of 61 teams at the Alaska 123A State Wrestling Tournament hosted at Bartlett High School in Anchorage. “They did really well,” said Wrangell Public Schools’ activity director, Jack Carney. “We were really busting for a team title there,” said the team’s coach, Jeffery Rooney. “They all wrestled their little hearts out.” The team only sustained one serious injury during the matches, and several wrestlers made it to their semi-final rounds...
Mrs. Wilson’s 1st grade class has been studying cultures and family traditions this year. When asked what special traditions their families do at Christmas, her students responded as follows: Lucas Larrabee: We set up the Christmas tree and put up the lights. We put on the ornaments. We wrap the presents. We love playing in the snow, especially riding my bike in the snow and slipping. Dayne Pritchett: At Christmas time we sing Christmas carols and go to friends homes and sing with them. We like setting up the Christmas tree and making g...
I flew toward a sunrise early the other morning on a small plane from Sitka to Kake. A deep red streak spread across the horizon, then softened and widened into a ball of light at the start of a new day. Without that rising sun, we would perpetually live in darkness, or not live at all. When Christ came 2000 years ago, He said “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (John 8:12-58) I see a symbolic relationship between the children’s animated cartoon, The Croods, and t...
There are many things that I am thankful for. I am grateful for my friends and family, like my best friends Mindy and Lily. They are really nice and they’ve always been there to help me when I have something wrong. I am grateful for being here at school with all my friends and teachers. My teachers always help me and they are pretty funny! I am thankful for having a roof over my head that gives me a warm place to live. Wrangell is the most beautiful place I have ever lived. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas! by McKinley Gillen There are so m...
My Snowgirl does fun things. My Snowgirl slides down to the school to join a game of snow hockey. Next they went to J & W to eat ice french fries while waiting for the others. They went ice fishing. Last she hops home and gets into her spot but looks a little different after her big night out. Hannah Buness At night my snowman does awesome things. First, he slides down a roof meets his friends at the school park. Next, they have a snowball fight. It was fun. Last, they all sang we will, we will, rock you! After a long night. My snowman is tired...
