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May 31, 1917: The Memorial day observance in Wrangell yesterday far surpassed that of any previous year. The parade preceding the service at the Rink in the afternoon was a most creditable one. The parade was formed in the following order: Six junior scouts acting as guards. Redmen in full regalia. Red Cross in formation in the shape of a cross. School children. Reserve of Home Guard. The parade formed in front of the Redmen’s hall and marched to the dock where the school children strewed flowers on the water in honor of the sailors dead, a...
Tiffany Merritt graduated from the University of North Carolina Greensboro Graduate School Sociology Department with honors and a Master of Arts Degree in Criminology on May 9. The subject of her thesis was titled: The Legal and extra Legal Factors that influence redress received by Death Row Exonerees....
May 31, 1917: The Memorial Day observance in Wrangell yesterday far surpassed that of any previous year. The people themselves were surprised at the success of the observance. The parade formed in front of the Redman’s hall and marched to the dock where the school children strewed flowers on the water in honor of the sailors dead, after which taps were sounded. The procession then marched to the rink where Memorial services were held. The attendance was good, there being between four and five hundred persons present. May 29, 1942: Ten Wrangell...
A pair of high schoolers announced plans to run for the crown in this year's Fourth of July Royalty competition. Each spring the competition raises funds for Wrangell's Independence Day celebrations, with candidates holding fundraisers and selling tickets. Last year's competition between Kyla Teat and Alex Angerman broke records, with the pair selling 126,408 tickets. Thirty percent of what contestants raise goes back to them as a scholarship, helping to pay for college or some other form of...
May 19, 1917: Miss Mary Louise Bihler, teacher of primary department of the Wrangell public school, gave an exhibit of the children’s work in her room last Friday afternoon. The four walls of the room were covered with written exercises, drawings, free hand cuttings, tablemats, caps, and various other articles made by the children. A number of miniature hammocks made by the different pupils were all so nearly alike, and the weaving so perfectly done, that they looked more like a factory product than the work of school children. May 22, 1942: T...
Players on Wrangell's little and minor league baseball teams doff hats out of respect during the Pledge of Allegiance Monday evening, at the season opener. Three tee-ball teams – the Thunder, Lightning and Falcons – and two minor leaguers – the Sharks and Rays – will be playing throughout the coming month. It being Southeast, despite a little bit of rain, the teams were still able to play their opening games....
Along with Penny Mazona from Peters Creek, Wrangell Unit 6 Auxiliaries Marilyn Mork, Zona Gregg, Barbara Hommel and Juanita Courson are recognized for their service within the American Legion at a meeting in Haines last month. Gregg was elected a Sergeant at Arms for the Alaska Department during the meeting, and Mork was named Woman of the Year. "My motto is 'the reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more,'" Mork commented. The group also visited the new Soboleff McRae Veterans...
A relatively recent resident to Wrangell took a novel view of the place, in February self-publishing a fictional adventure set here. K.E. Hoover’s book West of North follows character Josh Campbell, a man who has come to Wrangell looking for a new start at life. He makes some new friendships – and new enemies – in the process, learning to live in the Alaskan wilderness. “It’s a thriller in addition to an adventure story,” Hoover explained. One of the characters is loosely based on his own father, Jack Hoover, a resident of Wrangell. ...
The month-long King Salmon Derby will get to a start on Saturday, the 65th in Wrangell's long-running competition. Wrangell's annual derby is organized by the Chamber of Commerce, and during its month long run draws close to 1,000 participants. Last year's grand prize winner was Malia McIntyre, who brought in a 46.7 pound king salmon toward the end of the derby. As with last year, first prize for 2017 will yield a $6,000 jackpot. Additional prizes for second through fourth place are $4,000,...
Bringing to a conclusion a writing grant received two years ago, local poet Vivian Prescott will be publishing a pair of works this summer. “The newest book that’s coming out in July is a poetry chapbook,” she explained. “So it’s small, about 30 pages. It’s more a hybrid so it’s a little bit of prose poetry. It’s called Traveling With the Underground People.” The subject matter focuses on the diaspora of the Sami people, a group indigenous to the northern parts of Finland, Norway, Sweden and nearby Russia. Though Alaska residents for about five...
Reversing Wrangell’s fortunes last year, the Ray Pederson Memorial Ryder Cup returned to Petersburg this weekend after its golfers edged out locals in a 5-4 win. Due to expected weather conditions Sunday, the usually two-day annual tournament was condensed down to cover Saturday. With nine participants from each community on hand, teams were made parties of three rather than the usual two, which Muskeg Meadows course manager Bill Messmer said worked out pretty well. The six teams were able to get in 27 holes in three categories of play, e...
Wrangell's elementary school gardening program is getting its future greenhouse off the ground, hoping to have it ready before next year's growing season. E.A.T.S. Garden program coordinator Jenn Miller explained the new greenhouse will be bigger and more efficient than the school's old one, a longstanding structure that has seen better days and is now being used primarily for storage. The high school construction class last year assembled the structure's framing, and this year a group of...
By Dan Rudy Sentinel writer Wrangell’s sole taxi service announced April was to be its last month running, making its final drop-off Saturday evening. Citing unforeseen circumstances, Northern Lights Taxi made the announcement late last week on social media site Facebook. It thanked Wrangell for its continued support over 18 years of business. “My husband and I have been looking to get out of the taxi business for the last couple of years,” co-owner Charity Hommel explained. She and her husband, Joe, had operated the service for a decade, takin...
May 10, 1917: At the repeated requests of numerous friends who have been entertained again and again with Mrs. Burnet’s reading she has consented to give a whole evening of entertainment at the Redmen’s Hall May 17. Her entertainment should be considered one of the events of the year. The entertainment will be under the auspices and for the benefit of the Red Cross. The Red Cross needs money, more money, most money. There are field hospitals to be equipped, hospital ships to be furnished, and it must all be done quickly. May 8, 1942: Com...
An arrangement has been reached in the case of a series of boat break-ins that took place late last fall at Heritage Harbor. On November 19 Wrangell police were called in to investigate several boats reported broken into during the night. A variety of items were taken and some damage done, with one vessel’s door being broken during the intrusion. By November 23 officers had located their suspects and a number of the missing items at an apartment near Inner Harbor, thanks in part to the a...
A section of Zimovia Highway has been closed off to traffic as Wrangell Public Works resurfaces a hole left from repairs. The section is located between where Church Street leaves off and the highway begins, and the road's intersection with Weber Street, on the westward side of the road. A line break there was first reported in early February, Public Works director Amber Al-Haddad explained, during a spate of freezing weather. A crew responded and determined the fault was not with a main, but...
Nolan John Charles Johnson was born to Dustin and Devyn Johnson on Jan. 13, 2017, at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. He weighed 7 lbs. 11 oz. and measured 18 ¼ inches in length. Maternal grandparents are John Moody and Shannon Phillips. Paternal grandparents are Harley and Lana Johnson. Nolan joins his brother Jude....
Petersburg played host to the region's budding artists at this year's Southeast Alaska Regional Art Festival, running from April 20 through the weekend. "It went well," said Ashley Lohr, Petersburg High School's art teacher. The community last hosted the festival in 2011. Thirteen high schools sent 102 students to this year's four-day event, much of which focused on honing artistic skills at an array of workshops. Eighteen 15-hour workshops were available to participating students, each of whom...
Mike Lockabey directs people's attention to Saturday night's auction items at the Nolan Center. Raising money for Ducks Unlimited, the annual banquet and auction collected about $20,000 in all. "It was a very good dinner and it was successful," reported Wrangell chapter president Keene Kohrt. After expenses, he estimated $9,000 would go to the national organization, which works to restore wetlands around the country and advocate for their conservation. Important habitat to ducks, geese and...
A group of Wrangell High School students blitzed two of the East Coast's premier cities last week, heading to Washington D.C. on April 21 and spending last weekend in New York City. Traveling as part of the Close Up program, the dozen students returned Monday morning, weary but well educated from the experience. "They're exhausted. We're all exhausted," explained Sarah Whittlesey-Merritt, who accompanied them as their program instructor. For 40 years the Close Up program has aimed to inform and...
Last weekend's 20th Annual Stikine River Birding Festival was not only a draw for birders hoping to see and learn more about the area's wildlife, but also was an opportunity for residents to learn more about them and others from around the state. Researcher Dan Ruthrauff, for instance, shared his findings studying rock sandpipers wintering in Cook Inlet. A wildlife biologist for the United States Geological Survey's Alaska Science Center, he spent several years at the inlet's icy tidal flats,...