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While officials at the National Weather Service say they can’t predict with certainty how much snow will fall this winter, they’re pretty sure temperatures will be colder than normal. How much colder? It’s hard to say, really. “We can say with 40 percent confidence that temperatures will be lower than usual,” said Rick Fritsch, a forecaster with the Service’s Juneau office. “In climate terms, that’s pretty confident. What I haven’t said is how much colder it will be.” The average temperature for Wrangell, based only on data from between 1991 a...
I am thankful that I have a family. They provide food and water for my sister, brothers, and I. I am thankful that we have enough money, so that we can buy food and I am thankful that I have my baby brothers. My parents give us a house for shelter and they take me to the dentist. I am thankful that I live in Alaska where there is fresh air. I appreciate the freedom we have in our country. We are not like other countries and we are lucky to live here. I am thankful that I can go to school. I have friends at school that I can play with and we...
Clara: My Mom is wishing for a printer’s kit. Brody: My Mom is wishing for a watch. Dayne: My Mom is wishing for a choo choo. Paige: My Mom is wishing for a pan. Tank: My Mom is wishing for a purple notebook. Tyra: My Mom is wishing for a good Christmas Holiday. Lucas: My Mom is wishing for a choo choo train. Anthony: My Mom is wishing for some pink socks. Gabriel: My Mom is wishing for a red shirt, pink pants and red shoes. Boomchain: My Mom is wishing for a red oven. Andrew: My Mom is wishing for an airplane. Kiara: My Mom is wishing for a b...
Christmas is a time of showing greater kindness and love towards those around us, a time to share with family and friends. Many of us have special family traditions. Kayla Young: We go Christmas Caroling every year with my whole family! My Grandma Beth pushes my Great Grandma Forest in her wheelchair every year. We sing Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer and the adult Jingle Bells. I always feel really good inside. I do my tree every year and open presents every year on Christmas. Last year my Nana and Papa Kirk were there. I felt very good inside....
Kai:) I’m thankful for… my mom. Braden:) I’m thankful for… this drum. Landen:) I’m thankful for… my mom, sissy & daddy, my papa and everybody and you too! Lucas:) I’m thankful for… for giving me snacks. Kaitlynn:) I’m thankful for… unicorns, ponies & horses. Akenna:) I’m thankful for… Mama, Daddy and baby Cory. Natalia:) I’m thankful for… Kaitlynn Rose bringing her baby and showing it to me. Everett:) I’m thankful for… teacher Sandy, Donna & LeAnn. Alexis:) I’m thankful for… milk & bread. Haidyn:) I’m thankful for… mom & dad. Kasey:) I’m...
Santa takes a seat Monday during the public library's Pajama Story Time event....
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. December 18: 1913: Some people imagine there is nothing in the lumber industry in Alaska but they are badly mistaken, next to mining and fishing our timber is a matter of great importance. The Bertha brought a consignment of 180,000 feet of spruce lumber to Seattle from Hadley to be used in the construction of buildings for the Panama Pacific Exposition at San Francisco. The commercial possibilities of the Alaska spruce, since this lumber has proved the finest of northwest soft woods, have been...
The Salvation Army's annual bell-ringing campaign has begun, and organizers could use some folks willing to brave the cold. The perennial tinkle of the bell can be heard outside the City Market and Bobs' IGA grocery stores from about 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., though filling all of those hours has been difficult without a steady stream of volunteers. The annual campaign kicked off Dec. 1, and captains Ronnie and Debbie Davis say they could use volunteers to meet this year's collection goal of $2,500,...
Christmas and commerce were on local minds Friday night. The Wrangell Chamber of Commerce's annual Midnight Madness, prominently features discount sales at larger stores along Front Street, as well as highlighting individual boutique and craft businesses. The event officially kicked off at 6 p.m. with the official lighting of the borough Christmas tree, which featured local high school students caroling in front of Ottesen's, a brief fireworks display, and roasted marshmallows. "Thank you to my...
Volunteers were hard at work in the Nolan Center Nov. 26 preparing to bring a little holiday cheer into the community. The annual Christmas Tree Lane display and Christmas tree auction opened Tuesday. About half the proceeds from the annual auction go to volunteer hospice care, organizers said, though it's up to community groups and individuals who sponsor individual trees to decide how much to give. Volunteers provide decorative sometimes-intricate trees typically built around a central theme....
The borough assembly voted 5-0 Tuesday night on a draft resolution which — if approved next week — could begin the process of putting Tyee Lake operations in the hands of the Southeast Alaska Power Agency. Assembly members instructed Borough manager Jeff Jabusch to look through and fine-tune the resolution, which would empower him to enter into negotiations on a formal written offer for the SEAPA transfer “which essentially accepts the terms of the August 19, 2013 memo from the SEAPA CEO to the TBPA President,” the measure reads. The draft r...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. December 11, 1913: Last week the Karen took a party consisting of Harry Gartley, E.E. Noble, K. Johnson, H. Coulter and Leo McCormack to the flats on a duck hunt. They didn't break the record but they did get storm bound behind High Island for four days, they say the waves were rolling so high that the Karen was doing the submarine act. They have not decided which one of the party was the Jonah; sh-h-h methinks Leo Knows… On Tuesday last, Stikine Tribe No. 5 I.O.R.M. elected the following o...
The borough assembly’s special energy committee voted 7-0 Monday to send two options and a recommendation to the borough assembly meeting Tuesday night. The options represent borough manager Jeff Jabusch’s assessment of possible futures for the Thomas Bay Power Authority. The options, delineated by the committee in discussion at a previous meeting, amount to a list of positives and negatives for either the City and Borough of Wrangell or Southeast Alaska Power Agency running the Tyee Lake hydroelectric facility. A two-page memo drafted by Jab...
Superior Court Judge Trevor Stephens sentenced William Boon, 25, of Wrangell, to 18 months unsuspended prison time for two counts of fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance on Nov. 18. Officials originally charged Boon with eight counts of varying degrees of misconduct involving a controlled substance, ranging from second to fifth. Under a plea deal agreement reached with the district attorney’s office, Boon plead guilty to two counts in exchange for the dismissal of the others, and the modification of one count from second t...
Picking the right Christmas tree can be surprisingly difficult, even in the middle of the largest U.S. national forest. Officials from Wrangell Light and Power and the Department of Public Works scour woods, roads, and occasionally back yards in search the perfect tree year-round. The perfect tree is along a road, preferably a wide road (personnel have taken trees from the road near the city reservoirs in the past, meaning the large truck which carries the tree has to back in and then back out...
Wrangellites packed into the Stikine Native Organization building Tuesday night to partake in traditional native foods. The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium's Traditional Foods Project hosted a Unity Dinner, complete with traditional dancing, traditional foods, and native dress. The meal was the third time this year the program has collected the native organizations, and assistant Ken Hoyt ticked off the types of traditional foods local chefs, hunters, foragers, and others managed to...