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At its last meeting of the year on Dec. 17, the Wrangell Public School Board decided its members could continue with their coffee talks after all. After conferring with the school district’s attorney, board president Susan Eagle determined its informal coffee sessions were permissible under current policies. Board members were informed they were allowed to hold public discussions held outside of regularly-scheduled meetings. At previous meetings this year, various members of staff and the general public have expressed their impatience with t...
Shortly before children and parents began lining up to see Saturday’s matinee showing of “The Peanuts Movie,” Wrangell’s theater program passed its ten-year milestone. The Castle Mountain Theater is a city department that runs current films at the Nolan Center. “It was also part of the reason the Nolan Center was built,” explained Kris Reed, who has managed the theater since its inception. Up to that point, Wrangell had lacked a movie theater since the last had closed down during the mid-1970s. “‘Jaws was the last movie shown, if I remember c...
During a special meeting on Dec. 17, city staff and members of the City and Borough Assembly met with Wrangell Municipal Light and Power superintendent Clay Hammer to discuss looming problems with the island's power infrastructure. In a workshop, Hammer boiled down the findings of a system study concluded this summer which found four primary areas of concern with Wrangell's power system. The meeting was prefaced by intermittent power outages downtown throughout the day after Feeder 1 failed....
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. December 23, 1915: The Wrangell Public School held their Christmas exercises this afternoon, a Christmas tree in the primary room, a tree and program in the intermediate room and a party in the higher grades. Mr. Donald Sinclair presented the school with a crate of oranges and a box of apples, which were very gratefully received by all. The children are now out on Christmas vacation until Jan. 3. December 20, 1940: “To my people, our brothers and neighbors, may the spirit of Christmas fill you w...
Monday, December 14 Report of Vandalism. Report of MVA. Tuesday, December 15 Citizen Assist. Agency Assist/Alarm. Citizen Assist/Intoxicated Person. MVA – No injuries. Agency Assist. Extra Patrols. Wednesday, December 16 Disturbance. Thursday, December 17 Report of Reckless Driving. Traffic Stop: Driving waiting for new title. Agency Assist/FD: School bus had electric issues. Agency Assist/WMC. Friday, December 18 Found Property. Driving Complaint. Noise Disturbance. Citizen Assist – Unlock Vehicle – Officer responded. Report of Illegal Parki...
To me, government by the people and for the people is more than just a theoretical concept. I believe this famous phrase from President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address must be put into practice for government to work. That’s why I’ve been going door to door in Wrangell, mailing out surveys and hosted a town meeting at the Nolan Center in October. The revenue options survey results showed our district supports restructuring our oil tax program to maximize profit. There is also majority support for a state lottery. A common suggestion was to creat...
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard base in Ketchikan has been operating with tighter security after officials approved a $2 million contract with a Virginia-based company to provide armed security officers. The Coast Guard approved the two-year contract with Linxx Global Solutions, which specializes in training and security at the federal level. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Chad Lawler said armed gate guards have been staffing the base’s two entrances since October, The Ketchikan Daily News reported. The Ketchikan base was the Coast Gua...
PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) – The state of Alaska is moving forward with plans to construct a controversial road linking the city of Petersburg to Kake as part of the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. The proposed road from Kake would end at Wrangell Narrows across from Petersburg, where a shuttle ferry would then pick up passengers to complete the trip. The Kake Access Project calls for building 27 miles of unpaved road and upgrades to another 26 miles of logging roads, KFSK-FM reported. Funding for the $37 million project is c...
SITKA, Alaska (AP) — For years Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has been finding ways to make use of the Sheldon Jackson campus, and his next idea is even more ambitious. Kreiss-Tomkins is working with dozens of collaborators from Alaska and other states in an effort to bring an accredited college back to the campus. The proposed Outer Coast College would offer a two-year program on a different model than that of traditional higher education. Students would make decisions on nearly everything, from meals to classes to faculty. After Sheldon Jackson C...
Last weekend Wrangell’s high school wrestlers took 10th overall at the Alaska School Activities Association 123A State Championships. The two-day tournament was hosted by the Bartlett and Chugiak high schools in the Anchorage area, and featured wrestlers from around the state who had finished in the top four spots of their regional brackets. The Wolves’ nine wrestlers together earned 64.5 points, putting the team 10th out of 65 schools competing. From among Region V schools, Sitka came in seventh place with 80.5 points, and Craig High School wa...
SITKA, Alaska (AP) – Alaska Bulk Water Inc. is past due on a $1 million payment to extend its contract with Sitka. The Sitka Sentinel reports Gary Paxton Industrial Park Director Garry White says the payment was due Dec. 8, but hasn’t been received. He told park board members Thursday that the company has 45 days to make the payment and prevent its water rights at Blue Lake from returning to the open market. He said it’s a matter of what he called insider investor issues, and that his understanding is the company has a plan to procure the f...
Alaska crab shells are fueling an eco-revolution that will drive new income streams for fabrics to pharmaceuticals to water filters. And for the first time, it is happening in the USA and not overseas. The entrepreneurs at Tidal Vision in October made the leap from their labs in Juneau to a pilot plant outside of Seattle to test an earth-friendly method that extracts chitin, the structural element in the exoskeletons of shellfish and insects. Their first big run a few weeks ago was tested on a 60,000 pound batch of crab shells delivered by...
The Division of Sport Fish is now accepting public comment on its statewide fish stocking plan. The Division, with assistance from private non-profit hatchery operators, plans to release approximately 6.5 million fish into the waters of Alaska every year for the next five years to benefit recreational anglers. The stocking plan outlines the location, number, and size or life stage for each species of fish that are planned for stocking. Only fish produced from Division of Sport Fish hatchery facilities and from private non-profit hatcheries,...
Around 20 local bird enthusiasts participated in this year's Audubon Christmas Bird Count, the 75th in Alaska and 116th held nationwide since 1900. Communities select a day between Dec. 14 and Jan. 5 to conduct a count, taking 24 hours to record as many birds as possible within a 15-mile diameter circle. The data collected then can be compared between years and across borders. Christmas counts occur in all 50 states, all Canadian provinces, several Latin American countries and several islands...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators split on their votes for a sweeping budget package Friday, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski voting in favor and Sen. Dan Sullivan voting against it. Sullivan said the vote was difficult for him. He said in a news release that the legislation contained provisions that benefit some Alaskans, small business owners and the energy sector. But he said he could not “in good conscience’’ vote for it without having had a chance to understand its implications or offer amendments. He said the package w...
The year’s end has been slow for Wrangell Medical Center, with patient volumes declining through October and November. In his report to the hospital board on Dec. 16, chief financial officer Doran Hammett guessed this was likely seasonal as fish processing came to an end and people began heading south for the winter. Figures were still up from last year, but revenue has nonetheless been impacted. “That slow-down is affecting cash flow,” he explained. Reserves have subsequently dropped from just over $800,000 to around $600,000 by last week...
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Santa said he was looking for an elf to hire at the North Pole. I think we have some great applicants in Mrs. Angerman’s 2nd grade! Santa, I think you should hire me because, I’m good at gift wrapping I have been doing it for years . Love, William Santa, I think you should hire me. I can bwild wooden cars. I will make wooded hover car. I have made wooden car. I will make them every day. I will paint the wooden cars. My favorite toy is a car. Love, Lucas Santa, I think you should hire me because Im the best at not telling others what their pre...
The story of Christmas is a familiar one. Mary is visited by an angel, Jesus is born in a barn, a feeding trough used as a crib, wise men visiting, and shepherds proclaiming. This birth is celebrated around the world even after 2000 years have passed. Many at the time however, missed it. You can see why… born to a seemingly insignificant couple, no room for them in the inn, the family forced to become fugitives for the first few years of Jesus’ life, this event slipped past many. But scripture tells us this was No Ordinary Birth. What the world...
