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7 Queen’s Ticket Sales 1st place – Erica Smith (33,741) 2nd place – Cassie Schilling-Shilts (29,500) 3rd place – Robyn Booker and Kira Torvend (23,080) 4th place – Delila Wigg (22,650) Pie Eating Contest 1st place – Jazmyn Wright Honorable Mention – Curtis Wimberley Canoe Races Highliners (ages 11-14) Male – Mikel Smith and Orion Heller Female – Grace and Mercy Mikkelsen Coed- Fentia Jim and Elizabeth Johnson River Runners (ages 15-17) Male – Robbie Marshall and Jeffrey Rooney Female – Kylah Gillen and Alex Campbell Coed – Sam Armstrong...
The light slanted low across Shoemaker Bay, and the parking lot at Shoemaker Park was almost full Tuesday. Music was playing on the speakers, hamburgers and hot dogs sizzled on the grill. Hugs, smiles, handshakes and jokes made the rounds of the Welcome Back Picnic. The Fourth of July was still three days away, but a festive atmosphere had already begun to creep into the air around town, and a series of events this week started the journey to Wrangell's most celebrated public holiday. Earlier...
Linsey Owens, daughter of Linda Buness, poses with a 53-pound king salmon caught on a boat near King George. Owens had herring on the line for two minutes when the fish, which the family affectionately (and hungrily) nicknamed "The Hog," took the bait. The fish was destined for the filet knife early last week....
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. July 9, 1914: Wrangell will have a new lighting system by the middle of September is the information given out by Mr. O.C. Palmer of the Wrangell Electric Light and Power Co. Mr. Palmer has secured an additional franchise for ten years from the town and will place a large alternator in the plant of 75 K.V.A. The street lines under the new power will carry 2200 volts and the house wires will be for 110. The plant will be operated with the help of the engine that is now used and, in addition, two new...
United Way of Southeast Alaska is now accepting Community Impact Grant applications. Up to $15,000 in Community Impact funds will be awarded to applicants that successfully demonstrate community needs that pertain to health, education, or income stability. The criteria used in the past will guide the selection process: collaboration, matching funds, and having a clearly stated, focused, and achievable goal with measurable outcomes. Funds may not exceed $2,500 for any individual award. Funds can be used to pay salaries, purchase materials, or...
Randy Littleton sends a ball flying down-course in front of some onlookers Friday at Muskeg Meadows. The Nine-Hole Best Shot tournament was sponsored by Fourth of July Queen contestants Robyn Booker and Kira Torvend. The grand prize – two tickets to a Seahawks/Rams football game – went to Mike Ottesen, Jr. A chipping contest held as part of the same tournament, which featured tickets to Virginia Lake courtesy of Sunrise Aviation, went to Aaron Powell....
Children participate in a water balloon fight at a birthday party at Shoemaker Park shelter Sunday afternoon. Sunday's weather was perfect for a water balloon fight, in part because heavy rains ensured all participants were soaked anyway....
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. July 2, 1914: Everything is rounded into shape for the celebration of the Fourth of July, and if the weather permits, it is going to be one best that was ever pulled off in the town. From early morning to late at night, there is something doing and the sport committee has arranged it so that something new is happening every 15 minutes, so you want to be on tap early and not miss a thing. The first thing on the program is the salute of the day, and at 9:30 a.m. there will be Patriotic Exercises in...
Click link below to read 4th of July Schedule.................................................................................................................................................................................. FOURTH OF JULY FESTIVAL SCHEDULE...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. June 25, 1914: After being away for fifteen days on a prospecting trip, Richard Hofstad, Ole Johnson and C. Lauritsen arrived back in town late Tuesday evening. The boys went from Wrangell to Chichagof Island for the purpose of locating a large ledge of marble, and after the second day on the island, the marble was located and four claims staked. After the marble had been located, the boys started to look over the country and found some floaters in a small creek, and after tracing it up, located...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. June 18, 1914: The Hudson Bay Company has made arrangements to run a grand excursion of their fine river steamer Port Simpson up to Great Glacier on the Stikine River next Sunday, June 21. The steamer will leave the dock here at 8 a.m. sharp and will return about 3 p.m. giving about two hours at Great Glacier for those who want to get off on the ice and take pictures and otherwise enjoy the beautiful scenery. Lunch and dinner can be had on board the steamer for 75 cents per meal if desired. The...
Thomas C. Feller, Sr. passed away June 5, 2014, at Alaska Native Medical Center after a brief illness with cancer. He was born and raised in Wrangell, but has resided in the Sand Point, Alaska area for the past 50 years. He was with family and close friends at the time of his passing. Memorial services will be held in Wrangell and announced later in June....
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. June 11, 1914: The census of the grown white population of Wrangell will be taken this week, according to information given out yesterday by Judge Thomas who received his instructions from Judge Jennings at Juneau. The object of this is to get the expressed opinions of the residents of the town on the liquor question. Heretofore when a saloon asked for a renewal of their license, they circulated a petition getting the names of the persons willing that they should sell liquor in the town, but under...
Victoria Ingram has been named to the dean’s list at Eastern Oregon University for winter term 2014....
Stikine Middle School Honor Roll: Sixth grade: Madison Blackburn, Karri Buness, Michael Buness, Kaylyn Easterly, Laura Helgeson, Adriana Larrabee, Tasha Massin, Trevor Miller, Lillian O’Brien, Hank Voltz, Hunter Weiderspohn. Seventh grade: Riley Blatchley, Helen Decker, Kellan Eagle, Abigail Gerald, Jean-Luc Lewis, Issacc Mingming, Dillon Rooney. Eighth grade: Jonathan Barratt, Anna Dow, Erin Galla, Kayla Hay, Zachary Lane, Kiara Meissner, Hannah Miethe, Racquel Mingming, Tymon Teat. Honorable Mention: Sixth grade: Jonah Comstock, Skylar L...
Scouts from Wrangell Boy Scout Troop 40 spent part of this week cleaning up trash along a one-and-a-quarter mile stretch of beach on Zarembo Island between Brown Point and Nesbitt Point. They off-loaded the garbage Friday. Assistant Scoutmaster Brennon Eagle, scouts Curtis Wimberley, Jonah Comstock and Kellan Eagle, and Scoutmaster Shirley Wimberly participated in the clean-up efforts, part of a $5,000 environmental grant to remove invasive species from Twin Lakes and maintenance near Roosevelt...