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Evergreen Elementary School student Lily Younce reads a book Friday morning during "Read the Most Coast to Coast," an annual event that promotes reading nationwide. Students read as many books as they could during the day, including a "power hour" where parents and family were invited to participate. Students completed Accelerated Reader quizzes on the books they read, and progress was tracked by Renaissance Learning. This year's total saw 4,173,153 books read across the United States, down...
February 27 local Bahá'ís hosted an event to celebrate the Bahá'í holiday of Ayyám-i-Há in the Evergreen Elementary Multi-Purpose Room with a buffet of international foods, fellowship, entertainment, and games. Music filled the air as various children sang and or played violin to provide entertainment. A violin duet was played by Jack Roberts and Sophie O'Brien, and Renee Roberts sang a song while she was accompanied by Sophie O'Brien on violin. Laura Helgeson sang the Tlingit song "Work...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. March 4, 1915: Tom Tamaree and his wife arrived in Wrangell Monday. Mr. Tamaree is a watchman at the garnet ledge at the mouth of the Stikine. Saturday night a pack of hungry wolves surrounded his residence. Mr. Tamaree used his rifle freely, but was unable to frighten the wolves away any distance. On Sunday the gasboat Irene B came along and Mr. and Mrs. Tamaree took passage to Wrangell, leaving garnet ledge in charge of the wolves. Charlie Olson killed a black bear at Porcupine cut-off on the...
Wrangell residents review three design concepts for a future waterfront, presented Monday evening at the Nolan Center. Building from ideas stemming from a pair of public meetings held last month, the Borough's design team integrated elements people favored from an original eight concepts. Price projections were daunting, however – the long-term costs ranged from $14.7 million to $35 million, depending on the options taken. A revised plan was presented at a follow-up meeting W...
February 18, 1915: The biggest event in the upcoming week will be the Washington’s Birthday Ball given by the firemen at the Rink on the evening of Thursday, February 22. A committee of young men – all live wires – have the affair in hand and are arranging to make it a huge success. A splendid supper will be served and nothing will be left undone to make everyone have an enjoyable time. Ladies who have red shirtwaists and red skirts are requested to wear them. Firemen are requested to make an effort to obtain red shirts. Gentlemen who are n...
February 11, 1915: For the purpose of boosting the proposed new hall for the Moose Lodge the ladies of that organization will give a unique affair on Saturday evening in the Redmen’s Hall. We were told that it would be a “necktie party.” In the state of Alabama where we were raised a necktie party meant a hanging. Knowing that the Moose ladies are not going to string us up (even if we do deserve it) we asked for an explanation, and two charming little ladies told us all about it. As nearly as we can remember it is like this: Ladies are reque...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. February 4, 1915: The big wrecking tug Salvor, of the Canadian Salvage Company of Victoria, was in port last Friday night, coming in from the wreck of the Delhi for fresh water and also took 25 sacks of sawdust from the saw mill which will be in the raising of the Delhi. The captain of the Salvor and also the head diver, in speaking of the Delhi are confident that they will be able to float the vessel within a few days and after a few minor repairs to her engines and boilers she will be able to...
1st Quarter: Stikine Middle School: Principals Honor Roll: Sixth grade: Jade Balansag, Bruce Smith. Seventh grade: Kaylyn Easterly, Laura Helgeson, Jing O’Brien. Eighth grade: Helen Decker, Kellan Eagle, Jean-Luc Lewis. Honor Roll: Sixth grade: Brett Abrahamson, Robyn Booker, Terra Hoyt. Seventh grade: Madison Blackburn, Karri Buness, Michael Buness, Adriana Larrabee, Trevor Miller, Sean Rooney, Hank Voltz, Hunter Wiederspohn. Eighth grade: Ashley Allen, Riley Blatchley, Talon Churchill, Issacc Mingming, Julia Niemi, Dillon Rooney. Honorable M...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. January 28, 1915: According to information given out by the local cable office, the Government has seen fit to place in service a new night letter rate, which will take effect February 1st. The new rating will help in several ways, by taking part of the load off the wires at the busy time and make the charges much cheaper, the new rate being 12 cents per word for a ten word message as to 16 cents by the present day rate. Messages can be filed at any time but will not be sent until the day work is...
Nondas Leah Taylor Haux, 100, died on January 9, 2015 in Wrangell, Alaska. A memorial service will be held at the Assembly of God Church, on Sat., Jan. 24, 2015 in Wrangell at one p.m. A full obituary will follow....
Rachel Coblentz has been named to the Dean’s list for the fall 2014 term at Liberty University....
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. January 21, 1915: Wrangell is taking a step forward along the sporting line when she plays Metlakatla a game of basketball next Saturday night at the Rink. According to a wire received yesterday the Metlakatla boys are leaving today and should arrive here late tonight or early tomorrow morning. The game will be the most exciting one that it has been the good fortune of Wrangellites to witness and there is no doubt that everyone will be in attendance. The Metlakatla boys are a very strong team,...
Grace Margaret Sowle, 72, died on December 18, 2014 in Anchorage, just 5 short months after losing her husband of 30 years, Bob Sowle. She was born on May 6, 1942 in Vancouver, Wash., the youngest of 13 children and the only child in her family to be born in a hospital. She graduated from Battle Ground High School in 1958. Grace lived in Washington until she moved to Wrangell in 1980 with her husband Bob Sowle and her threee children. Grace worked for several years in the kitchen at Wrangell...
Todd and Donna Carsen of Everett, Wash. announce the engagement of their daughter Lindsey Carsen of Wrangell, Alaska to DJ McConachie also of Wrangell, son of Donald and Betsy McConachie of Wrangell. The bride-to-be grew up in the Everett area graduating from Lincoln Hill High School in Stanwood, Wash. in 2009. The groom-to-be grew up in Wrangell graduating from Wrangell High School in 2007 and Kenai Peninsula College, Soldotna, Alaska graduating in 2010. The couple plan an August 29, 2015...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. January 14, 1915: One of the prettiest little hits of the season in the show line was pulled off last Saturday and Sunday evenings at the Wrangell Photoshow when eight Wrangell children appeared in a one act school burlesque entitled “The Village School”. The act was put on under the supervision of Messrs. Woodworth and Purcell. The act was a decided hit and the children all bid fair to become some of the future favorites along that line. Nearly all of the large papers of the cities have increased t...
