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Next weekend, Wrangell will participate for the first time in a nationwide event: Lemonade Day. The day offers students across the country the chance to learn how to operate their own business through a lemonade stand. “The foremost objective of Lemonade Day is to empower youth to take ownership of their lives and become productive members of society – the business leaders, social advocates, volunteers, and forward-thinking citizens of tomorrow,” according to LemonadeDay.org. Alaska’s officia...
Wrangell Schools has released the honor roll list for third quarter. To be placed on the honor roll a student must have a GPA of 3.5 – 4.0. Seniors: David Allen, Nathan Ashton, Travis Bangs, Amanda Briskar, Loni Buness, Darian Burley, Erin Ellis, Korovin Ellis, William Helgeson, Alicia Holder, Kent Johnson, Nichole Kagee, Anne Prysunka, John Pullman, Clayton Rhodes, Michael Rooney, Alyssa Southland, and Clayton Stokes. Juniors: Alyssa Allen, Kurt Dingwall, Andrea Gillen, Victoria Gulla, Courtney Haggard, Nicole Hammer, Victoria Ingram, Haley R...
Last year, Bob Gorman, cooperative extension agent from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), came to Wrangell to teach the “Master Gardener” class — a nearly 40-hour course offered throughout the state of Alaska that teaches residents the essentials for home gardening. Gorman returned to Wrangell earlier this week as a follow up to the Master Gardener course. On Monday, he visited with master gardeners, and on Tuesday led a free class on growing fruit in wet, cool and cloudy Wrangell. The cold, wet soil throughout Southeast Alaska is th...
April 18, 1912: Congressman Sulzer recently introduced a bill providing a bounty on Alaska wolves. The bill, as referred to the committee, provides for a bounty of $10, with establishment of proof before any clerk of district court, any U.S. Commissioner or the Collector, or any deputy Collector of Customs in the District. April 16, 1937: At the special meeting of the newly elected city council last evening, attended by Mayor Hanford and councilmen, McBride, Hansen, Cunningham, Hugerford, and Campbell, reappointment of all present city...
The Wrangell students who attended this year’s Close Up have been working hard for two years raising money with the support of the community and their families. This year 10 high school students, all juniors, traveled to Washington DC, Philadelphia, Penn. and New York City March 24 - April 2. It was an exciting week to be in DC with the Supreme Court hearing the health reform case and the Committee on the Judiciary hearing to examine the Special Counsel’s report on the prosecution of Sen...
Steven Johnson, son of Carl and Laura Johnson, graduated from Divers Academy International in Erial, N.J. on April 16. He graduated with the “Presidents Award” which is given to the student selected by the instructors as the top diver of the class, and also received recognition for perfect attendance. Steven is a 2011 WHS graduate....
Lacey Churchill just graduated with honors from a Medical Assistant training program at Everest College in Tacoma, Wash. Joel and Sandy Churchill were able to attend her graduation along with other family and friends. Lacey not only had a 4.0 GPA but she was also the Ambassador of her school....
Wrangell’s inaugural community market season begins next month with what is expected to feature a number of vendors selling locally-grown-and-made veggies, breads and artwork throughout the summer. The first community market is scheduled for May 19 at the covered play area next to Evergreen Elementary School on Bennett Street. Markets will continue every third Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through September. At a market meeting last week, interested vendors and members of the volunteer steering committee discussed possibly h...
The Rev. Richard Fincher is a pastoral candidate for the Hope Community Church of God. Reverend Fincher and his wife Donna are in Wrangell from LaFayette, Ga. Rev. Fincher will fill the pulpit this coming Sunday, April 22. There will be a potluck after the service at 12:30. Rev. Fincher attended Indiana Wesleyan University majoring in Biblical Studies. He has been a pastor at Gordon Lake Wesleyan Church in LaFayette. Prior to that he was pastor at Mt. Bethel Church of God in Toccata, Ga. He is also employed as a work supervisor in a supported...
The group of residents participating in the “walkathon” gather Saturday morning near the trailhead of Volunteer Park. The walkers were raising money for the Parks and Recreation Department to buy a new pool inflatable toy....
The annual Clean-Up Day in Wrangell began Saturday at 11 and concluded with a lunch at 1:30 p.m....
Shakes Slough was literally filled with snow this winter. Cabins with 14-ft. roof peaks were buried under the snow pack, which likely exceeded 26 to 28-ft. with the compression of the snow layers over the winter. Sunny days have begun the meltdown, but freezing nights slow the process. The Loesch cabin is pictured here on Saturday afternoon....
The 18th annual Wrangell Health Fair was held Saturday, April 7 at the Nolan Center. The fair featured over 50 vendors and offered visitors the opportunity to have four different blood tests for $25 each. Residents still have just over a week to have the blood tests done at the discounted cost at Wrangell Medical Center. Above: Rebecca Smith has her blood pressure taken by MiKayla Stokes of the Volunteer Fire Department while at the Health Fair Saturday morning....
Over 50 people participated in Wrangell’s “Choose Respect” last week. Wrangell was among 123 Alaskan communities that held events March 29 to raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual abuse in the state. Participants marched from Evergreen Elementary School to the ferry terminal and back along Church Street in Wrangell, holding “Choose Respect” signs and bracing the rain. Public Health and the Healthy Wrangell Coalition sponsored the march, which is part of the Gov. Sean Parnell’s...
Wrangell High School seniors started their senior activities Monday, April 3 with the traditional kidnap breakfast. The unsuspecting students were roused out of their beds at 6 a.m. by volunteer parents then taken to Harbor Light Church for breakfast. The students still have senior sneak day and the senior football game to look forward to before graduation ceremonies on May 18....
Goldie Sivertsen, Wrangell’s oldest resident, has left Southeast Alaska for Port Angeles, Wash. Siversten, 102, was raised in Petersburg, where she graduated from high school and met her husband. She moved in to Wrangell’s long-term care facility at the Wrangell Medical Center when she was 99 years old. During her time in Wrangell, she has been the Grand Marshal for the Fourth of July parade. She is also popular for her beadwork, which is on display at the art gallery in downtown Wra...
March 28, 2012: John Paley, discoverer and locator for the St. John's Harbor copper claims, came in from Zarembo Monday and gives a gratifying account of the extent of the ledge determined by six months of sinking shafts and uncovering surface outcroppings. He has been on the property six months and with the help of one man has sunk a 4 x 4 shaft 60 feet back from the outcrop, to a depth of 300 feet where the ledge was struck, proving the existence of an immense ore body for the ledge is from 7...
Alaska Department of Fish and Game Biologist Rich Lowell was able to photograph a black bear kill on the Stikine River on Wednesday, March 21 during a moose survey conducted by the department. According to Lowell, “it appeared two wolves had just taken down the black bear right before we arrived overhead.” The photos were taken on the North Arm of the Stikine River. Lowell flew over the site 3-1/2 hours later after the wolves had eaten their fill and left the scene. Eagles had moved in to fin...
The Parks and Recreation Department is looking to buy a new large inflatable for the pool, and is asking community members to help raise the estimated $7,000 it will cost to purchase the toy. The new inflatable is a Loch Ness Monster-looking rubber creature named Nessie, and will take up about half the space of Wrangell’s indoor pool, which is approximately 25 yards long. Wrangellites will have the opportunity to participate in a swim or walkathon April 14 to raise the funds to purchase Nessie. Participants will request community members p...
March 21, 1912: Things began to look up regarding the Alaska Sanitary Packing Company when the Curacao brought us Mr. H.J. Palmer, bookkeeper for the new firm and considerable freight consisting of tools and materials for the construction of the buildings. Mr. Palmer busied himself immediately with securing the site. George H. Barnes, a principle of the firm, did not arrive until Wednesday, having been delayed in Seattle. He brought men from Seattle and Ketchikan to work on the buildings now which, owing to the short time, will be pushed along...
KD Roope and Wess Strasburger were married in Juneau, Alaska on Dec. 31, 2011. KD is the daughter of Dan and Pam Roope and Wess is the son of Stephen and Natalie Strasburger both from Wrangell. The two were married on New Year’s Eve at the Baranof Hotel in the Gastineau Suite overlooking the Gastineau Channel. The bride’s attendants were Alexandra Job, Kevin Roope, Jesse Riesenberger, Brian McCloskey and Ryia Waldern. The groom’s attendants were Stuart Ashton, Dan Rohr, Ian Thrower, Kyle Krado...
A weeklong workshop, put on by The Healing Heart Council of Wrangell, in collaboration with the Ashlar Center for the Narrative Arts, will be held at the SNO Building, Tues., March 27-Fri., March 30 from 7-9 p.m. in an effort to create a community self-care program for Wrangell. Ashlar’s programs are designed and grounded in the belief that intelligent “ordinary” people can function as educators in healing roles in their own communities. Attendees will learn the neuroscience on how trauma affec...
Crocus start to show their colors at Kathleen Harding’s house on Sunday at 2.5 mile Zimovia Highway....
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The owners of a Juneau restaurant have agreed to pay a penalty for buying subsistence-harvested halibut. The Juneau Empire says the owners of the Zen Restaurant will pay a civil penalty of $18,000 over the next 12 months for purchasing halibut they knew was subsistence-caught. Residents living in rural areas are only eligible for subsistence hunting rights on federal land. The Northern Pacific Halibut Act prohibits the sale, offer for sale, trade or barter of subsistence-harvested halibut. It was not immediately known i...
