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An argument between a Thomas Bay Power Authority commissioner and two Thomas Bay employees after the Wrangell Assembly has added to the venom in the debate over the future of TBPA. Shortly after Tuesday’s regular assembly meeting, Commissioner Clay Hammer confronted TBPA office manager Rhonda Christian over public comment delivered to the Borough Assembly on the subject of TBPA, Nicholls and Christian said. Hammer accused Christian of overstepping her bounds as a TBPA employee to address the commission, and Christian countered that Hammer w...
October 21, 1913: After being in the hands of the court for several years, owing to the death of the owners, Thomas Wilson and Rufas Sylvester, the Wrangell Mills are for the first time clear and when started in the spring it will be a purely local management. The mills were given over from the court to the Wilson and Sylvester Mill Company, Inc. on the first of October which company is composed of Mrs. M.A. Wilson, president, F. Matheson, secretary and H. Gartley, treasurer, who will operate the mill. T.C. McHugh has been appointed the...
On September 23, First District Judge Kevin Miller adjudicated the following cases: Gary A. Stevens, 43, was found guilty of Criminal Trespass in the First Degree – Inside a Dwelling, Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree – Property Damage and Assault in the Fourth Degree – Cause Fear Of Injury. He was sentenced to serve 20 days in jail or 160 hours of Community Work Service to be completed by 3/24/2014, ordered to pay $2,113.10 in fines, surcharges and restitution, ordered to contact Alaska Island Community Services by 9/30/2013 for complete...
Barbara Ellen Maenhout (Peters), 72, of Wrangell, Alaska, passed away Sept. 21, 2013 surrounded by friends and family. Barb was born in Sister Lakes, Mich. Nov. 1, 1940 to Walter and Matilda (Toots) Peters. She graduated from Dowagiac Central High School in Dowagiac, Mich. in 1958. She was married to Dale Maenhout in May of 1961. Barb moved to Wrangell with her family in 1970 and began working at the Wrangell Sentinel newspaper and helped found the Petersburg Pilot with Jamie Bryson. She started...
A federal bill allocating at least a quarter of the school system’s local funding passed the Senate and House of Representatives this week. The Secure Rural Schools program provides Wrangell Schools with $1.3 million per year, which represents roughly 25 to 30 percent of the school system’s budget, according to Superintendent Rich Rhodes. Local officials and the borough’s lobbyist expressed concern for the fate of the bill among the widely reported atmosphere of fiscal belt-tightening in Washington. The bill awaits President Obama’s expecte...
Thirty-seven moose have been checked in to Alaska Department of Fish and game this season. Rich Lowell, Area Wildlife Biologist for Alaska Department of Fish and Game, said nineteen moose were checked in during the first week, which is close to average for the last 10 years “Most of the harvest occurs within the first two weeks of the season,” Lowell said. As of yesterday afternoon, 12 moose have been harvested from the Stikine, 12 from Kupreanof and six from Mitkof. Although 12 moose were taken from Kupreanof only six were taken from the Kak...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly approved a resolution Friday informing the Wrangell assembly of its acceptance of Southeast Alaska Power Agency’s offer to take over Tyee Hydroelectric Project operation costs. The resolution urges the Wrangell assembly to also accept the offer. SEAPA CEO Trey Acteson presented the offer that would also absorb existing Thomas Bay Power Authority employees along with their Public Employee Retirement System unfunded liabilities in excess of $750,000 should SEAPA terminate the current Tyee contract. The Petersburg a...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Voters in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough will decide in Tuesday’s election on whether to allow the borough to enact a 5 percent tax on areawide alcohol sales. The tax would offset the burden on property tax payers, but opponents say the measure unfairly targets a specific industry. The proposed tax was introduced in June by borough Assemblyman Steve Colligan. It was approved the following month for the ballot. Colligan said he sees the measure simply as a sales tax, KSKA reported. “Why should property owners be beari...
A new greenhouse at Evergreen Elementary School is on hold after the student-designed project failed to win a community improvement grant, school officials said. Students at Wrangell High School designed the greenhouse as part of the construction trades class. Most of the students in the class said the hoped a new source of funding could be located. “I really hope they do build it,” said Cody Thomassen. “It would nice.” The new greenhouse wouldn’t be used, he said. Students discussed the proje...
PETERSBURG – This summer’s warmer than average temperatures could carry over into the winter if current climate trends continue. Two main factors affect winter weather in Southeast Alaska—the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, or PDO, and the El Nino/La Nina Oscillations or ENSO. Each factor has two phases—positive and negative and both affect sea surface water temperatures. The positive PDO phase happens when increased storm activity in the north Pacific blows warmer water into the Gulf of Alaska and raises the average sea surface tempera...
The Island of Faith congregation has settled in with a new intern pastor. Lynne Ogren, the church’s intern pastor, arrived in Wrangell back in January, but started her ministry recently. So far, she’s overcome her share of island adjustments. “Not being able to drive to another town has been an adjusment,” said the Oak Harbor, Wash. native. “When you need to go to the mall in another town, you just get in your car and go. Here you need a plane or a boat. That took some adjustment for me.” The...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) _ A glance at some of the resources available for more information on marketplaces, insurance options and the federal health care law: Online: The federal government website through with marketplaces can be accessed: http://www.healthcare.gov Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium site: http://anthctoday.org/aca or email healthreform(at)anthc.org State Division of Insurance: http://commerce.alaska.gov/ins/Insurance/ACA Enroll Alaska: http://www.enrollingalaska.com By phone: 24-hour hotline corresponding to the...
The Wrangell High School Boys cross-country team is headed to state after winning the small schools division at the Region V Championships meet Saturday in Sitka. The team scored 105 points for third place overall, led at 17:50 by sophomore Bryce Gerold, who won the small schools race and placed third overall. Behind him, senior Robbie Marshall delivered a respectable 18:15 for fifth among small schools and eighth overall. Freshman Darren Shilts clocked 19:39 to round out the top three...
A long-term plan for trails in and around Wrangell is taking shape with a little help from the National Park Service. The Borough Planning and Zoning Commission heard testimony from economic development officer Carol Rushmore earlier in the month that a network of trails joining the Volunteer Park Trail to the Dewey Mountain Trail has been under consideration recently. Parks and Recreation Director Amber Al-Haddad was careful to stress that no plans have been finalized, and hikers may have to...
The Wrangell Borough Assembly voted Tuesday 4-2 against asking the Southeast Alaska Power Authority for $55,000 in “net non-billable” expenses. The resolution as voted on had instructed borough Administrator Jeff Jabusch to withhold that amount from power payments made to SEAPA in the event that they declined. However, Mayor David Jack directed Jabusch to seek legal advice as to whether such a claim had any legal standing, and to consult with an attorney to that end. The vote and subsequent direction to the administrator seemed to strike a bal...
After 60 years of greeting tourists visiting Wrangell, Lurine McGee officially called it quits earlier this year. “Well, I’m 91 (years old),” she said. “Don’t you think it’s time?” The retired nurse and grandmother of four has been a fixture to decades of cruise ship passengers looking to take in Wrangell, often walking down to the terminal in driving wind and heavy rain. She officially greeted her last cruise ship Aug. 7. “It’s getting harder for me to get down there, particularly if the weathe...
October 16, 1913: The last week has witnessed a big change in one of Wrangell's landmarks, the Pioneer Hotel which was built to accommodate the traveling public after the big fire which wiped out the Wrangell Hotel and until another could be built. At the time it was built the streets were not surveyed and when they were, it left the Pioneer some ten feet from the sidewalk which has now been built out and a good imposing front spot which makes an added improvement in the looks of the building and very much needed improvement in the looks of Fro...
Vandals burned two shelters in the Wrangell unit of the Tongass National Forest, Forest Service officials said. The damage to both the North Wrangell High Country Shelter and the Kunk Lake Shelter occurred some time between Sept. 2 and Sept 11, according to Wrangell unit Ranger Bob Dalrymple. Officials didn’t yet have a dollar value for the damage, and were waiting for clear weather to assess the damage, Dalrymple said. In either case, a fire started on the floor of the shelters burned through the wood floor, he added. “I don’t think the inten...
On September 11, Wrangell Deputy Magistrate Leanna Splinter adjudicated the following case: Jack L. Fain, 56, was found guilty of Driving without Valid Operator License. He was sentenced to one year probation and ordered to pay $200 in fines and surcharges....
To the Editor: Let’s pull at the heart strings here and I speak of our seniors, children and animals and lowering the sales tax. Again there is no reason to cut one thing. Boy they must want your over charged taxes bad by hitting below the belt. One our children’s education: Explained to me how our borough government can approve $100,000.00 reimbursement for moving expenses with no receipts, not budgeted for and when it was presented didn’t even know which fund of our governments monies this would come from? In the same breath our government th...
Kjell Nore, Sr., 84, died on June 29, 2013 in Wrangell, Alaska. He was born to Marie and Per Nore on April 3, 1929 in Wrangell and was a lifelong resident with the exception of his Army tour in Fairbanks. He and Betty Desmond were married on Jan. 9, 1952 and were the proud parents of four children: Betsy, Ruth, Kjell Jr., and Sheryl. His working career included the Army and the Alaska Territorial Guard but mostly in and around the fishing industry. He fished with Al Binkley and his own...
Christian P. Kirschenmann, 62, died in Harborview Hospital in Seattle, Wash. on August 26, 2013. He was born in Snoqualmie Falls, Wash. on May 14, 1952. There he grew up with his father Edgar Kirschenmann, mother Evelyn Johnson along with two sisters and a brother. Christian spent much time in Snoqualmie working in the Weyhers mill until 1978. At that time he decided to move to Alaska where he did some logging, working in the Wrangell mill. Christian made Wrangell his home until 1987 when he...
Name: John Yeager Age: 45 Occupation: Fishing Guide and co-owner of Alaska Charters & Adventures. What is your previous experience on boards or other relevant experience related to the position you are seeking? I have been on the Port Commission for a few years now and have had the privilege of serving with some positive, community driven individuals. I like the diversity and combined years of experience our current Commission has. I feel that a Commission with members that represent all aspects...
Name: Cynthia Waddington Age: 39 Occupation: Wrangell Chamber of Commerce Office Manager What background or experience do you have that qualifies you to be on the Wrangell School Board? I believe that education is the key to success. I am a college graduate and fully support the goal of ensuring that our students excel to their potential. I am currently the Executive Director of the Chamber Board of Directors, and understand the importance of conducting productive meetings. My business...