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September 22, 1913: Richard Bushell, Jr., paid Wrangell a visit and after attending to professional duties decided to pass his time shooting ducks on the flats. He chartered a boat and bought a hundred rounds of ammunition and struck off towards the famous shooting grounds accompanied by local sportsmen. The Editor's companions had little trouble in bagging their limit; but the poor Editor, after tramping down the grass for a full 10 hours returned to the launch with 2 sickly ducks, one of which Harry Gartley claims to have crippled just...
The Wrangell assembly approved a resolution requesting grant funding with the hopes of getting more water to a system that is often tapped. Jeff Jabusch, Interim Borough Manager, said there’s plenty of water but it’s not getting treated fast enough to meet the demand of the community. “By the end of the day, often times they’re getting down to where there’s just a few feet left in each one of them,” Jabusch said. “If we were to run out or if there were a major fire or if the canneries wanted to expand or any of those things we would have so...
The Wrangell Borough Assembly approved a controversial $100,000 reimbursement during its August 27 meeting after services had been rendered. The reimbursement goes to Alaska Island Community Services to offset expenses incurred after it relocated its clinic to a new building site. Wrangell’s previous borough manager Timothy Rooney negotiated with AICS in 2009 to relocate its clinic, for the sake of convenience, next to where the Wrangell Medical Center would build its new facility—the Alpine site. In an e-mail sent to the assembly in 2011, Roon...
September 18, 1913: The Norwegian steamer Karen cut the rates between Wrangell and Petersburg so a great many members of the Arctic Brotherhood Camp of Wrangell and friends took advantage of the low rates and attended the dance given by the Petersburg Camp Saturday evening. The party reached Petersburg about six o'clock and were met at the dock by the Petersburg Brass Band and the townspeople who presented the visitors with a large key to the “Welcome and Hospitality” of the city. The music rendered at the dance was exceptionally fine. The hal...
Doug Ely, standing before Judge Trevor Stephens on Monday, was sentenced to 55-years in jail. During a week-long jury trial held in June, Doug Ely was found guilty of two counts of First Degree Sexual Abuse of a Minor, and one count of Second Degree Sexual Abuse of a Minor which was merged into Count One. Ely’s complete sentence is 55-years with twelve and a half suspended and fifteen years of probation. He will also be required to register as a sex offender for life after being released on t...
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski intervened on behalf a Wrangell daycare operator after a US Forest Service officer issued her a citation in July for picnicking with her daycare children at Middle Ridge in the Tongass National Forest. US Forest Service Law enforcement officer Doug Ault fined Marilyn Mork $375 for operating a business on federal land without a permit. Mork said former U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski caught wind of the situation, made a copy of the citation and sent it to his daughter, Senator Murkowski. Murkowski happened to be meeting...
It was during a typical cold Southeast Alaskan November day in 1968 when Felix Villarma tied his 20-foot wooden scow onto a Kadin Island beach. He was in a draw and nearing the top of a mountain, sneaking through the foliage and the rain, when he saw a doe about 100 yards away. “I watched her watch me, then all of the sudden this big buck walked right next to her and looked down the mountain at me,” Villarma said. “I put my 270 to my shoulder and had it in my crosshairs, aimed for the neck...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. September 11, 1913: Long before the first day of September, all the veteran duck hunters and the cheechakos had carefully inspected their old breech loaders, pump or automatic putting everything in readiness for the day that they could land both feet on the famous hunting ground. The first party to depart were Rollo Shangle, Geo. Sylvester, T. Case and Clarence Lewis. Being the first hunters of the season they kind of took the ducks by surprise and brought back the limit. On Sunday, Harry Gartley,...
Steve Marshall went before the Honorable Judge William Carey Tuesday to be sentenced in an ongoing case which led to a week-long trial in June. Marshall was sentenced in court to 15 years with five suspended and five years of probation after being released on the Assault in the First Degree charge and was sentenced to 150 days for the Assault in the Third Degree. Marshall had 25 letters of support that were submitted to the Judge, which was stated to be significant. The Honorable Judge William...
Genevieve Murphy, Wrangell local Steve Murphy’s niece, shared her experiences last Tuesday about working in Mali in West Africa while volunteering for the Peace Corps from 2011 to 2012. The main language spoken in Mali is French but many dialects are also spoken in different regions throughout Mali like Bambara or Dogon. Mali is also the country where Blues music originated. Murphy spent her time with a host family in Sikasso while working at a micro finance bank. While there Murphy joined a large celebration for the 50th anniversary of the P...
At the beginning of this year’s Rally for Cancer Care, balloons were released with the names of those fighting cancer or those who have passed on. This year 45 women from Petersburg and two from Ketchikan swelled the total participants to 83 women. Over $6000 was raised to support the WMC Foundation’s Cancer Care program to provide grants to residents of SE Alaska who must travel away from home for cancer treatment....
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. September 4, 1913: The cannery tender Irene Barnes of the Lake Bay cannery caught fire early yesterday morning, Wednesday and exploded splitting the boat wide open and seriously burning Captain M.L. Burke and slightly injuring E. Chryton, who worked as a deckhand on the boat. The explosion occurred as Mr. Burke was lighting a gasoline stove to prepare his breakfast early in the morning. It seems that the gasoline tank was leaking and had filled the bilge with gasoline and as soon as a match was...
Secretaries and Administrators returned to work August 5. Teachers will return for in-service training on August 19 -20. August 21 will be a teacher work day and students will return to school on Thursday, August 22nd. The State has tasked the school district with adopting and implementing the New Alaska State Standards. It’s a pretty rigorous adoption. An example is kindergarten students were required to count to 20. Starting this year, by the end of the year, kindergarten students will be required to count to 200. Not only that, but they w...
A fire destroyed the Allen mill site on Tuesday, July 30, leaving Mike Allen’s business venture a smoking heap of twisted metal and burnt lumber – and saw the largest response from the Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department in recent memory. According to WVFD Fire Chief Tim Buness the fire began in the early afternoon and saw a quick response given the distance to the fire from the Zimovia substation and the Fire Hall. “We received the call at 2:08 p.m. and twelve minutes later the first engin...
A Wrangell woman is alleging she was fined by the US Forest Service for conducting a business on federal land during an excursion she made out the road last month with a group of children. Marilyn Mork, who runs Auntie’s Daycare Service, said that on June 19 she was taking six children to play at Middle Ridge when she discovered that one of her employees had taken the children to a boat near one of the new trails in the area. Mork said she immediately had the children removed from the area b...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. August 28, 1913: The School Board is looking for the teachers for the ensuing year on one of the first boats. Owing to the fact that the teachers of last year, Mrs. Burke and Miss Prichett and Miss Haley, found it impossible to return at a late date caused some anxiety among the school board but the positions have been filled with a staff of teachers who have the recommendations of the University of Washington which make it sure that we are getting the right people for the right situation. The...
The 2013 Bearfest celebration came roaring back to Wrangell last Wednesday as the Shtax’Heen Kwaan dancers presented a moving and eloquent recitation of traditional Tlingit dance and language – and fed the nearly 60 visitors with fresh baked and smoked salmon dishes at the Chief Shakes Tribal House. Wrangell Cooperative Association president Tim Gillen said the sharing of food is important to the Natives of Southeast Alaska as a way of keeping ancient Tlingit culture alive. “From my persp...
A series of capital projects led the way in Borough Manager Tim Rooney’s final report to the Borough Assembly last week as he highlighted the improvements on-going or planned in the Borough. Starting off, Rooney informed the Assembly about a number of projects related to the city’s Harbor Department, including upgrades at the Marine Service Center pier. “Pool Engineering has begun work on the pier upgrades and good progress is being made,” Rooney wrote. “The two new batter piles have been driv...
On Aug. 6 the City and Borough of Wrangell will have a new interim Borough Manager to fill the spot left by the departing Tim Rooney – and it’s a familiar face to everyone in town. The Borough Assembly appointed Jeff Jabusch, who currently sits as the finance director for the city, to the top municipal spot last week in a unanimous vote, though Assembly member Ernie Christian was not present. Jabusch, who previously served as acting manager when Rooney or other past managers were out of town, sa...
