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In the Sentinel 75, 50 and 25 years ago. December 27, 1940: About 35 shooters and a few spectators turned out Sunday for the first annual turkey shoot of the Stikine Sportsmen’s Association of Wrangell, keen rivalry making it a highly successful affair. Seven turkeys were knocked off by the sharp-eyed crackshots, the birds going to Lloyd Benjamin, Chet Steear, Chad Wyatt, Howard Messinger, Cliff Kilkenny, Lloyd Ripley and Elvin Lindsley. Some very good scores were shot. The leather medal for missing the target entirely went to President Fred H...
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...
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...
“Seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matthew 6:33, NIV June and I lived for six years on the Micronesian island of Pohnpei, a lovely tropical Pacific island 200 miles above the equator. The Pohnpeian word for Christmas is Christmas, a word the local people had adopted into their language from the English when they converted from their animistic religion to Christianity. The word Christmas originally meant Christ’s Mass. That is, the mass that was celebrated in honor of Chris...
My wish is for everyone to have a great life. I hope people will be good to each other, and not bad. I am thankful for freedom, so I can go to school and learn all I can. I am thankful for my teacher because she’s the BEST! My family takes care of me and I am thankful for that. My wish is for everyone to have good friends, a good school, and a good family. I wish everyone in the world a very Merry Christmas! by Johnny Allen I am thankful for all of my family including my mom, dad, brother, grandmas, and all my cousins. They help take care of m...
Another Christmas is here along with the lights, shoppers and all the other festive activities. A festive Christmas seems to create false expectations that are impossible fill. Somebody will get sick, another cannot come home or that one of a kind special gift is nowhere to be found. All this to satisfy what has become a meaningless ritual that is placed on our VISA card. The original purpose of Christmas is lost to Santa, Rudolph or some other fictitious tale. Please, don’t take me wrong, my family continues to enjoy each of these festive t...
I would help him. I would try to pull him down the chimney. Ellee Voltz Well, I would wake up. I would hide and sneak up on him, that way I could get a peek at him. Haden Buness I would wake up and help him. If I had a rope, I would throw it up to him and yank him down. Braden Howard I would pull him down with a ladder. Imani Johnson I would give him big hugs. Breann Boon I would say, “I will help you Santa.” I would help pull him out. Then I would be his little elf, since I have his list for him. Mariah Mork I would get something heavy to pul...
Dear Santa, Can you give my Dad a new Dell computer? He deserves it because he helps me on devices. He works hard for my family as a surveyor. Love, Andrei Siekawitch Dear Santa, Please bring my Mom a new bike, she never bike rides. I beg you! Why does she deserve it, because she makes me breakfast. Love, Natalia Ashton Dear Santa, Can you please give my Mom a new cane? Cause she helps me tie my shoes. And she’s my best Mom. Love, Dante Chambers Dear Santa, Can you please bring my Dad a new saw blade? He is the best Dad because he packs my l...
Christmas was always one of the best times of the year for our family. Growing up on an Army base in Germany, the odds of having at least a few inches of snow in December were pretty good. School would be on hiatus for a few weeks, so my brother and I and our friends would make the most of the shortened days on the sledding hill behind our apartment block, a doubly sloping expanse with an enormous pear tree sticking out of it. The lot of us would trudge up and propel ourselves down again and...
Cocktail Dates Ingredients 12 large dried Medjool dates 1 4-ounce chunk Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese 6 slices bacon, cut in half widthwise Preheat oven to 350 F. Directions: Insert a bamboo skewer or a similar facsimile in the bottom of the date until the pointy tip rests on the bottom of the pit. Push the pit out of the stem side. Reserve dates. Using your sharpest knife, cut Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese into 1/4-inch slices. Cut those slices into 1/4-x-1-inch pieces (the resulting 1-inch pieces should be approximately the same diameter as a...
Surprises are one of God’s delights for humankind. Throughout scripture we find that, when the People of Israel and the followers of Christ least expected something, God’s delight presented an opportunity to which they needed to respond. I imagine that it was no real surprise for Joseph and Mary to find no room for them to stay and birth their child. Yet where they end their journey must have taken them by surprise. Not just the accommodations but the rough, tough, rude shepherds suddenly appearing at the stable door. They told stories of lig...
