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In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. January 29, 1914: The Standard Oil Company has installed a 16,000 gallon oil tank on the St. Michael's Trading Company's wharf. Mr. Harris, the company engineer, was in charge of the work. This will be a great advantage to the gas boat owners and especially the fishermen who have heretofore bought their oil by the case, paying top notch prices. Mr. Harris informed me that the Standard Oil Company will eventually locate here and construct a much larger tank as soon as business out grows the present...
More than 200 people met Saturday with local organizations at the Wrangell Cooperative Association's first membership rally. Representatives from the Association, the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program, Alaska Island Community Services and Tlingit-Haida registered, updated, collected and distributed information for 210 people by the end of the four-hour event at the Stikine Native Organizations building. Organizers from the WCA's Membership Committee had worked on organizing the... Full story
Between 30 and 50 yachts will depart Seattle sometime in June and arrive in Wrangell June 17. The yachts will participate in the annual Salty Dog Rally, sponsored by Boating Puget Sound, a website dedicated to yachting in the Seattle area. Once they arrive, yachters will be welcomed by local Tlingit drummers and dancers and be feted in a gala dinner with the mayor. Borough officials estimate between 60 and 150 people will participate, though they won’t have official numbers until registration for the event concludes in April. Members of the W... Full story
A vessel sunk near Wrangell Tuesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The 60-foot Silver Bay 2 went down at anchor tied to another tug, according to Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Jeremy Dawkins. No one was aboard when the Silver Bay 2 went down off shore from the former mill property. Coast Guard officials were notified because of potential environmental impacts from the ship’s sinking, and conducted no search and rescue operations associated with the sinking, Dawkins said. Company officials will likely wait until the w... Full story
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. January 22, 1914: There was an accident at the public school last night. The steam heat is on the hummer today and the school is out of business. Apparently there was a fire started in the furnace and after the boiler was hot, the cold water turned on and the whole front section burst. This is a very unfortunate occurrence to happen at this time of the year when the heat is an absolute necessity. Oscar Carlson and Ole Johnson are building two moveable stations 5x5x6 feet to hold the extinguishers...
Officials from Trident Seafoods have received a conditional use permit request for the construction of a new bunkhouse. The company received the permit by a 5-0 vote of the borough planning and zoning commission Jan. 9. They also received a 5-0 vote on a variance permit for off-street parking at the same location, near the intersection of Case and Front streets. The facility will house between 40 and 80 people at a time. Trident officials hope to conclude construction on the new bunkhouse June 1, in time for the majority of summer salmon season...
Victoria Ingram has been named to the Eastern Oregon University’s fall term Dean’s List...
Parks and recreation committee members will consider rescheduling the hours of operation for the swimming pool facility in the coming months. Two themes emerged over the course of the discussion of some potential schedules at the Jan. 8 Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting. The first was concerns that the current schedule, which has variable hours for the non-pool facilities over the various weekdays, is inconvenient for some customers. The second was concerns that altering the hours of operation for both the pool and the weight room...
The article “Sentinel looks back on 2013” incorrectly stated who paid a $250,000 settlement ordered by a Wrangell judge. The Wrangell Medical Center’s insurance company paid that amount, not former CEO Noel Rea. The Sentinel regrets the error....
The sound of a .45-caliber handgun going off indoors lands like a blow on the ears. It can be felt through the diaphragm and rib cage, through protective glass. The sound echoed off the walls of the James Barker Memorial shooting range Thursday, the first night of the regularly scheduled season at the range in the basement of the public safety building. The range opens Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. through January and February. Tuesdays are for pellet guns, .22-caliber handguns and rifles....
The borough assembly voted 5-0 Tuesday night to approve a no-bid design contract with Juneau-based Corvus Design. The contract allots $11,372 from a $35,000 state grant to renovate heritage harbor for that purpose. Port commissioners previously said the contract was designed to be no-bid in order to avoid a prolonged bidding process which might stretch past the June 30 expiration date for the grant. The money “is part of the starting of this thing?” assembly member James Stough asked harbormaster Greg Meissner. “Is that what this is?” The goa...
If water temperatures typically in the low to mid 40's won't deter you, what's a little rain or a high tide? About 50 enthusiastic swimmers waded into the sea near Shoemaker Park to celebrate New Year's Day and participate in the annual Polar Bear Swim. For some, the annual ritual is simply something to do on a day when many Wrangell businesses are traditionally closed. For others, the swim marks the start of something wonderful together. Erica and Adam Tlachac took their first swim together... Full story
The School board voted 5-0 Monday to hire an interim principal for Evergreen Elementary School for the rest of the year. The board also voted 5-0 to separate the positions of elementary school principal and superintendent, held by Rich Rhodes since the beginning of this school year, and to retain the services of the Association of Alaska School Boards to aid the search for a replacement superintendent. The board voted down 4-1, with Krissy Smith the lone dissenter, a motion that would have hired a lead teacher at Evergreen to provide... Full story
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. January 8, 1914: Today at two o'clock the case of the United States vs. Chief Shakes in a complaint being made by A. Lemieux against Chief Shakes for criminal trespass on property supposed to be owned by Lemieux but claimed by Shakes was up for trial in the Commissioner's Court. Chas Ingersoll represented Chief Shakes and Richard Bushell the prosecution, upon motion from the attorney for the defendant the case was dismissed. According to the ruling made, no person can hold the title to Indian land...
Representatives from the WCA’s membership community are hoping for a big turnout this weekend. A membership rally scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday could provide a needed boost to local tribal enrollment. The Wrangell tribe is moving toward photo identifications for its members, which will assist local members in applying for their exemption to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known colloquially as Obamacare, said Apryl Hutchinson, the membership committee chair. A representative from AICS may be on hand to answer questions about t...
The State Department of Fish and Game has set the regulations for non-pelagic rockfish for Southeast waters. The regulations remained unchanged from last year’s season, which pertains only to non-pelagic, or deepwater rockfish, said Petersburg-Wrangell Area Management Biologist Doug Fleming. “It appears to be for all purposes pretty much the same as last year,” he said. The regulations for all Southeast waters are as follows: All non-pelagic rockfish caught must be retained until the bag limit is reached. Persons sport fishing from a chart...
A Sitka-based contractor working with the Alaska Community Development Corporation will conduct hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of winter preparations on local homes. A six-man crew from Alaska SafeTech industries will work in, outside, and on top of local houses to prepare them for the winter. Between 30 and 35 local residents have already elected to have their houses weatherized and have registered ahead of time, according to SafeTech president Ron Waldron. The crew arrived and began...
Lawrence Bahovec spent a significant portion of his birthday watching football in his bathrobe and waiting for his granddaughters to call. The occasion was subdued for a 97-year-old fisherman who spent decades wresting his living from local waters. Bahovec was born in 1917 in Chicago, near the end of World War I. His father was a fisherman and carried the family name from Yugoslavia. After fishing in Western Washington for a few years, the family relocated to Wrangell. While his father was out...
The Wrangell Ports & Harbors commission voted 4-0 three times Tuesday night. Commissioners unanimously approved a no-bid professional services contract with Juneau’s Corvus Design. The vote means, pending approval by the borough assembly, port officials would repurpose approximately $11,372 of state money for the construction of floats and upland improvements for Heritage Harbor. About $24,000 would remain from those funds, any unused portion of which will be lost by June 30, if the assembly approved the contract, commissioners said. The c...
The Chief Shakes House rededication was easily the biggest event of 2013 in Wrangell. However, the year was filled with events and news stories big and small. On the first edition of 2014, the Sentinel pauses to recollect the stories throughout the year. January An electrical fire damaged the fish tank at the Nolan Center, causing it to be removed. A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off of Craig Jan. 4, rattling windows and nerves in town. The quake caused no major damage in town, but... Full story
