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Wrangell High School’s cheer squad represented the region with Petersburg last week during the Cheerleading State Championship on March 23. The squad took second place during Region V earlier this month, qualifying for the state-level competition in Anchorage. “It went really well,” said Megan Clark, one of the squad’s two coaches. Along with Anna Hagelman, Clark signed up for the program shortly before the season began last fall. “It’s been interesting,” she said. “We had a lot of trial and error on how to handle things.” A gymnast and cheer...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. March 31, 1916: Dr. E.J. Wheeler, well-known Wrangell dentist, was elected Mayor of Wrangell at Tuesday’s election without opposition. He was given 171 votes. Neil Grant, John Coulter and H.H. Hungerford were elected to the city council for a two year term, Hungerford being re-elected. Grant was high with 156 votes, Coulter second with 134 and Hungerford third with 115. W.G. Wies, the only other candidate, received 96 votes. Mrs. Valbourg Coulter was elected to the school board without o...
Principals Honor Roll: Kaylyn Easterly, Laura Helgeson, Tasha Massin, Trevor Miller, Jing O’Brien, Jade Balansag, Samantha Acuna, Liana Carney, Mercedes Morgan, Sophie O’Brien. Honor Roll: Madison Blackburn, Hannah Brown, Karri Buness, Aaliyah Messmer, Logan Ritchie, Bruce Smith, Jimmy Baggen, Jamie Early, Daniel McIntyre, Elizabeth McIntyre, Tyson Messmer, Kaydin Mill, Rowen Wiederspohn. Honorable Mention: John Buness, Caitlin Cooper, Adriana Larrabee, Skyler Lofftus, Tate Miller, Hank Voltz, Hunter Wiederspohn, Brendan Bergstrom, Jacob Dow...
A local group announced it will be partnering up with a Hydaburg basketball player to hold a youth camp in Wrangell this summer. Damen Bell-Holter will be leading “Blessed 2 Bless,” a traveling basketball camp he cofounded with Clint Parks in 2012 which focuses on youth mentoring as well as on-court skills. Wrangell’s Alaska Native Sisterhood Association will be hosting the event, slated for June 5 to 8. Hailing from Hydaburg, Bell-Holter was picked up by the Boston Celtics as a forward in 2013, and has subsequently been on teams in Maine...
A crowd-drawing discussion on recreation funding held by the Forest Service Tuesday evening made the council chambers at City Hall feel unusually short for space. About two dozen members of the public met with staff of the Wrangell Ranger District to share their concerns about facilities maintenance. Listing concerns from greatest to least, residents participating at the meeting identified cabins, ATV trails and the overall recreation program as their top priorities, followed by trails, berry access, subsistence and stoves. Funding for...
Wrangell Public Schools has initiated a search for a new secondary schools principal, after receiving notice from current principal Kendall Benson late last month that he would not be seeking a second year. Hailing from Utah, Benson had been hired last summer to administer the high school and Stikine Middle School after the departure of predecessor Colter Barnes. Traveling to Sitka for Region V basketball this week, Benson was unavailable for comment. School superintendent Patrick Mayer announced on Friday that an interview committee has been...
Nationally, the country sets aside February to remember the civil rights advances won for African Americans by such leaders as Martin Luther King Jr. Other marginalized groups struggled for equality as well, and their efforts are likewise remembered. To that end, students at Stikine Middle School and Wrangell High School were invited Tuesday to remember one of the champions of equal rights for Native Alaskans. Elizabeth Peratrovich was a Tlingit activist who pushed for passage of the Alaska...
Principals Honor Roll: Jade Balansag, Liana Carney, Laura Helgeson, Jing O’Brien, Sophie O’Brien. Honor Roll: Samantha Acuna, Jimmy Baggen, Jamie Early, Tyson Messmer, Kaydin Mill, Mercedes Morgan, Ryan Rooney, Jacob Dow, Aaliyah Messmer, Bruce Smith, Madison Blackburn, Hannah Brown, John Buness, Kaylyn Easterly, Tasha Massin, Trevor Miller, Hunter Wiederspohn. Honorable Mention: Emma Martinsen, Daniel McIntyre, Elizabeth McIntyre, Kendra Meissner, Rowen Wiederspohn, Logan Ritchie, Karri Buness, Coby Holder, Adriana Larrabee, Skyler Lof...
The workshop at Wrangell High School is humming, hammering and making all sorts of noise as students in the various fabrications classes work on a number of projects. Under the Wolf Fabrication umbrella, students of industrial technologies teacher Drew Larrabee have been learning to use a widening array of tools on and off campus. The humming comes from the new tech room, which Larrabee and the school's technology department set up inside the high school's old computer lab. The dust from the...
The year 2015 was largely a good one for Wrangell, with the appearance of several new businesses, large infrastructural developments undertaken by businesses, the formal opening of the Tribe's cultural center, and a balanced financial outlook for the city despite tumultuous budget negotiations in Juneau. The state deficit will remain the largest issue moving ahead into 2016, as will continued mining developments in Canada along shared waters. January On Jan. 12 and 14 the first of three sets of...
With the advent of December, Wrangell's streets and storefronts have begun taking on a more festive appearance ahead of the Christmas season. The tree which serves as the centerpiece of the community's Midnight Madness celebration tomorrow evening was cut down, moved and re-raised at the Elks Club by Wrangell Municipal Light and Power on Monday. Despite gusts of up to 31 miles per hour, the work crew managed to trim and place the 54-foot Sitka spruce, which was harvested from federal forest at t...
Principals Honor Roll: Samantha Acuna, Liana Carney, Sophia O’Brien, James Shilts, Jade Balansag, Bruce Smith, Kaylyn Easterly, Laura Helgeson, Tasha Massin, Jing O’Brien Honor Roll: Jimmy Baggen, Jamie, Early, Tyson Messmer, Mercedes Morgan, Madison Blackburn, Karri Buness, John Buness, Trevor Miller, Hunter Wiederspohn, Hank Voltz Honorable Mention: Daniel McIntyre, Elizabeth McIntyre, Ryan Rooney, Rowen Wiederspohn, Kaydin Mill, Jacob Dow, Aaliyah Messmer, Julia Miethe, Logan Ritchie, Alex Rooney, Hannah Brown, Jonah Comstock, Madison Har...
Students are getting a technological edge in the Wrangell Public School District, as emphasis is placed on enhancing or else expanding the use of technology in the classroom. To meet the district's information technology (IT) needs, this year two new full-time positions have been established. Cyni Waddington has been hired as the technology coordinator, and Matt Gore began as the school's technology director. Together they improve technical support for the district, fixing issues in-house and...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. October 14, 1915: The big stern wheeler Tyconda, which made two trips up the Stikine River earlier this year, caught fire and was totally destroyed recently at Anchorage on Cook Inlet. The vessel left here last May after proving unsatisfactory on the river on account of not having sufficient power to forge the rapids on the Stikine. L.C. Berg and Chris Wedo came in town this afternoon from mining property at Aaron’s Creek on the mainland about twenty miles from Wrangell. The work for the season h...
The season began for Wrangell High School’s wrestling team yesterday, as members met for their first after-school practice. “They’re training really hard,” said the team’s coach, Jeffery Rooney. Coach Steve Miller will be assisting him again this year, which Rooney expects will be good for the team. Last year Wrangell took the Region V title, and took seventh overall at the state-level tournament in Anchorage. Several students placed in the top two or three spots for their weight class, and 12 of the Wolves’ 15-strong roster this year are retur...
Wrangell’s Parks and Recreation Department has wound down its summer programming, and its advisory board began looking ahead to off-season maintenance and future projects at its Sept. 2 meeting. Department head Kate Thomas reported 22 extra staffers were hired this summer to administer courses and programs including a pilot program for the adult swim club, the annual Summer Recreation Program, new yoga and fitness courses, and two sessions of the Learn-to-Swim program. Following a lengthy closure of the pool for repairs, Thomas reported a...
Dear Parents and Students of the Wrangell Public Schools, Welcome back to a new school year in the Wrangell Public School District! It seems as though our summer has flown by, but what a gorgeous one it has been. Over the summer we have hired several new faces within the Wrangell Public Schools. Kendall Benson is our principal at Stikine Middle School and Wrangell High School. Mr. Benson brings many years of experience as a former principal in the state of Utah. There will also be a new secretary at Wrangell High School, Megan Talburt. Ms....
Wrangell's teachers, parents and students are schools are gearing up for a new year, with registration currently ongoing. While some programs have already started up, classes will begin on Aug 27. A number of changes will greet students when they walk through those doors, some more noticeable than others. Mondays will be a bit shorter for starters, at least for students. School will let out at 2 p.m. once a week to allow teachers time to develop "professional learning communities," which are...
Various members of the Wrangell community were invited to the high school library Monday afternoon to meet with technical preparation program staff for the University of Alaska Southeast. Earlier in the summer the program’s regional coordinator, Kim Szczatko, set up a permanent office at Wrangell High School, which will expand its scope in Wrangell and other island communities. Presenting with her was the associate dean for UAS Career Education Programs, Pete Traxler. The tech prep program is a partnership program between UAS and local s...
In only their second year with the program, the girls of Wrangell’s Athletic Amateur Union team gave a fine showing at the Alaska Basketball Academy Girls Team Camp at Palmer’s Colony High School last week. “We made it to semifinals,” said Kaylyn Easterly, one of seven of the team’s 16 players able to make the trip. Wrangell was one of 41 teams at the event, which were separated into high school, college and professional divisions. Building largely on Stikine Middle School’s basketball program, Easterly pointed out her team was one of the youn...
The Fourth of July Festival season began Sunday with the kickoff for this year's Royalty Court contest. The Wrangell Chamber of Commerce (CoC) sponsored a gathering at the Stikine Inn, introducing this year's two candidates, Kimberly Cooper and the Athletic Amateur Union basketball team. The competition has had teams run for Queen in the past, but CoC director Cyni Waddington explained this year's AAU team will set a first for size: 16 girls in the program will work together to sell tickets and...
The school year came to an end for Wrangell students on May 21, and while they’ve said “so long” for the summer to teachers and homework, they are still invited to pick up a book or two in the interim through the annual summer reading program. The program—hosted by the Irene Ingle Public Library—is already under way, encouraging kids to continue reading while on break with a variety of prizes and cash drawings for participants. Its purpose is to help curb summer reading loss, where students lose some of their newly learned or developin...
The Stikine Sportsmen Association raised $48,000 at this year’s annual fundraiser dinner, about $7,000 more than the previous year. Its 35th Annual Game Dinner was held in Wrangell’s American Legion Hall on Feb. 28, and the money was raised through a combination of raffles, auctions, admission and donations. “We give all of it away,” explained Mike Otteson, on the group’s board. Stikine Sportsmen Association is a private organization that directs its funding toward a wide variety of programs and causes. “All our money is spent in town,” said...
Principal’s Honor Roll: Sixth grade: Jade Balansag. Seventh grade: Kaylyn Easterly, Laura Helgeson, and Jing O’Brien. Eighth grade: Helen Decker and Jean-Luc Lewis. Honor Roll: Sixth grade: Robyn Booker, Aaliyah Messmer and Bruce Smith. Seventh grade: Madison Blackburn, Karri Buness, John Buness, Trevor Miller and Hank Voltz. Eighth grade: Riley Blatchley, Caitlyn Galla and Abigail Gerald. Honorable Mention: Sixth grade: Brett Abrahamson, Jacob Dow, Terra Hoyt, Chase Kincaid and Logan Ritchie. Seventh grade: Adriana Larrabee and Hunter Wie...