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The push is on for the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce to find local residents who want to take part in the 2013 Fourth of July Royalty court. Chamber manager Cyni Waddington said she wants to see an increase in the more than $80,000 in sales from last year’s event. “This year we are beginning in March and we have eager candidates who are going to do awesome work for our community and our goal is to, hopefully, raise $100,000,” Waddington said. The official court contestants for 2013 are Jennifer L...
March 20, 1913: The Convention of delegates from 16 subordinate camps of the Arctic Brotherhood met at Douglas, Alaska on March 14 and voted almost unanimously for the resolution declaring Great Camp offices vacant and the convention to the Grand Camp. The resolution which follows was adopted at the morning and at the evening session Major J.F.A. Strong of Juneau was elected Grand Arctic Chief; J.M. Tanner of Skagway, Past Grand Arctic Chief; and C.A. Hopp of Douglas, Vice Grand Arctic Chief. Resolved, by the Arctic Brotherhood that; First all...
Students of Wrangell Public Schools will join thousands of youth across the country by taking part in Kick Butts Day on March 20 in a nationwide initiative that makes kids leaders in the effort to stop youth tobacco use. Elementary, middle and high school students in Wrangell will participate in a variety of Kick Butts Day activities, such as attending assemblies that will educate them about the impact of tobacco use and demonstrate the ways that the tobacco industry is daily striving to target them as “replacement smokers,” and several stu...
Renee and Jack Roberts presented four books on behalf of the Wrangell Bahá'í community to librarian Kay Jabusch at the Wrangell Public Library last week. The books were mentioned in a Chautauqua presentation given in February about the early history and current development of the Bahá’í Faith in Wrangell and throughout the world. The four volumes, “God Loves Laughter,” “Thief in the Night,” “Release the Sun,” and “Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era,” were among the first to be studied by Wrangellites...
March 13, 1913: Even peace and prosperity palls the palate of Wrangellites. For five years, resources of the town have been multiplying so much so that the Chamber of Commerce organized in 1902 was completely forgotten when its immediate force was not sadly needed. Yet with every indicator pointing to a continued prosperity, the businessmen gathered at the Town Hall Tuesday and all signed up for membership in a reorganization of that booster body, the Chamber of Commerce of Wrangell, Alaska. Since the latest strike was reported in the Cassiar,...
Master carver Steve Brown adzes a cedar plank that will ultimately become part of the screen for the renovated Chief Shakes Tribal House. Carving and painting of the assembled screen is set to take place over the next few weeks....
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. March 6, 1913: The first Legislature of the Territory of Alaska met and organized Monday afternoon in the Juneau Elks Hall. Members of both bodies were administered the oath of office by judge T.R. Lyons and Peter D. Overfield. Gen. William L. Distint, presided at the opening of both bodies. The presiding officers of both houses were elected unanimously L. V. Ray of Seward, being made President of the Senate and E. B. Collins, Speaker of the House. Other officers were rapidly filled and the...
Annika Rose Marie Gillen was born February 13, 2013 in Juneau at Bartlett Regional Hospital to Solvay Bakke and James Gillen Jr. Annika weighed 7 lbs and 6 ounces at birth and she was 20 inches long. Annika is also welcomed and loved by the Bakkes and the Gillens of Wrangell, Alaska....
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. February 27, 1913: Tuesday next, the 4th of March, will be an historic day for Alaska as well as the Democratic Party, for in addition to the inauguration in Washington of the first Democratic President in 16 years, the very first Alaskan legislature will convene formally at Juneau, the capital of the newly formed territory farthest north. For more than a week, the newly elected and many of them uninitiated solons have been arriving by boats from the outlying district. The trails are many and...
Father Thomas Weise of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church applies ashes to member David Schwehr during the 7 a.m. Ash Wednesday service last week. Forty days of Lent began on Wednesday, Feb. 13 and is a time when faithful Christians adhere to fasting or giving up other forms of luxury....
February 20, 1913: With the familiar signals from the whistles this morning, the saws of the Wrangell Mills started the season's cut of lumber, boxes and timber. Henry Hull and C.H. Bond, the new sawyer and filer, and ten laborers came north from Seattle on the Curacao Tuesday to work in the mill, which although all the box contracts are not in, promises to have another successful run. Last season, over 6 million feet of lumber was cut at the Wrangell Mill. At the present there is at the mill 1 1/2 million feet of logs to commence on besides...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. February 13, 1913: By boat and dog teams, the bodies of Peter Anderson (Capt. Kid) and daughter who were found Feb. 5th by Charles Roose were brought to Wrangell Tuesday by a party sent out by the Marshal's office Saturday morning. The party, consisting of Charles Roose, Ed Kalkins, Richard Dale and J.D. Dawes, left Wrangell Saturday morning with dog teams and provisions for the trip up the Stikine to the Hot Springs. At the inquest held Wednesday morning, the members of the party related their...
Some people swim for fun, while some do it for health. Wrangellite Kim Covalt does it for both – and for the last 23 years has also gotten paid to do it as an employee of, and eventually the director of, the Wrangell Parks and Recreation Department. Covalt recently announced his retirement from the organization where he has worked since 1990. “I have been extremely happy working for the City and Borough of Wrangell these past 23 years,” Covalt wrote in a letter to Borough Manager Tim Roone...
Wrangellites are known for their love of fish, trees and the great outdoors – and now, one young woman who was born and raised here is being recognized for her love of art. Haley Waddington, a 2002 graduate of Wrangell High School, is pursuing her career in Spokane, Wash. and recently began working out of a studio in the Spokane Valley where she was showcased in a half-page feature story in the Spokesman Review newspaper on Jan. 17. Waddington said she was overwhelmed by how much attention her a...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. February 6, 1913: Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, the famous actress, has recently expressed her wish to tour Alaska and has the Portland manager of the Orpheum circuit to make inquiries for her regarding the trip. Mme. Bernhardt has played in every other part of the globe and wishes to appear here. The probable appearances in Southeast Alaska will be in Ketchikan and Juneau and many local people have expressed an interest on making a trip to one of those towns for an opportunity to hear the famous actress. F...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. January 20, 1913: As interesting a case of robbery as has been pulled off in Southeast Alaska for many moons was brought to light this week by the local author after complaint of Peter Funcie, assistant watchman at the Pt. Ward cannery, that the warehouse has been broken into and considerable valuable gear spirited away. The complications of the case are many on account of the belief that the assistant watchman is implicated in the crooked transaction. Last Friday the watchman of Pt. Ward cannery ca...
Recent rains may have melted away snow on the ground in Wrangell, but a magnificent scene could be found looking northeast from Ishiyama Drive late last week as heavy snow remained on the mainland....
January 16, 1913: Currents is the fruit that grows on electric plants. Where were you when the lights went out? A broken tube in the coil of the superheater caused considerable trouble at the power house Tuesday evening necessitated closing down for repairs and with the excepting of the early part of the evening, Wrangell had no electric lights. The broken pipe was repaired next day and the juice was circulating again regularly last night. January 21, 1938: A special meeting of the city council held Friday night was called by Mayor F.G....
Duncan Charles Scambler was born in Seattle December 30th, 2012 to Sarah Helgeson Scambler and Andrew Paul Guy Scambler of Wrangell. He weighed 6 pounds 5 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long. Paternal grandparents are Catherine and Paul Scambler of Victoria, BC Canada and maternal grandparents are Steve and Ginny Helgeson of Wrangell. Duncan is the first grandchild for both families....
A world traveling, multi-lingual expert in comparative religion and intra-professional relationships in the medical field is now calling Wrangell home as the news reporter for KSTK FM. Shady Grove Oliver, a graduate of Columbia University in New York City with a Master’s Degree in Narrative Medicine and undergraduate studies in foreign languages and comparative religion, began work at the community supported Alaska Public Radio Network station on Monday, Jan. 7. Oliver, who has spent a number o...
The Rasmuson Foundation Board of Directors announced that it would continue targeted support that began almost a decade ago to ensure a diverse and vibrant arts community for Alaska. Over the next four years, $8.5 million will be available to strengthen cultural institutions across the state, encourage the development of new work by creative artists, and increase public access to and participation in cultural experiences. Specific elements of the initiative are: -Individual Artist Awards: provides direct support to artists living and working...