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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...
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Stikine River Bird Festival, which is scheduled for the last full week of April. The Wrangell Convention and Visitor Bureau is seeking local artwork for a festival logo. The bird fest does not have a logo of its own, said Joel Delabrue who works with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) in Wrangell, and is involved with the planning for the bird fest. The logo contest will hopefully get more people interested in the bird festival, Delabrue said. The logo could also be used in the making of t-shirts, pins...
March 14, 1912: The Jefferson, brought Messrs. Hall and Gunderson, of South Bend Washington, who will immediately start the construction of a cannery at Burnett Inlet on the west coast of Etolin Island about thirty miles from Wrangell. Full crews of workmen and materials for erecting the buildings will be landed at Burnett Inlet by the Santa Ana which sailed from Seattle Sunday. Two boats have been purchased for the work, one sixty-footer for taking care of the fish and smaller one to run between the cannery and Wrangell. The cannery will be...
Whale totem, Fort Wrangell. The Sentinel would be grateful for any additional information you may have about photos run in this section....
Wrangell Middle School social studies teacher Mr. Brooks hands an award to Tuesday’s Geography Bee winner Alisa Heller. Middle School Geography Bees have been occurring annually since 2004. However, every year, an 8th grader wins, Mr. Brooks said. Heller’s win marks the first time a seventh grader took the title and the second time a girl contestant has won....
KSTK board member Christie Jamieson helps serve up chili Saturday afternoon at the local radio station’s annual “Chili Cook Off” fundraiser. KSTK was able to raise approximately $4,100 at the fundraiser with the help of chili sales and a live auction. Cindy Sweat took first place in the chili contest, for her “Bean me up” chili. Bonnie Ritchie took second place for her “Ry Bells” chili, and John and Brenda Yeager won third place for their “Moose on Tap” chili....
Travis Brown, also known as “Mr. Mojo” speaks to a crowd of students in the Wrangell High School gymnasium Monday afternoon. Brown gave three presentations in Wrangell Monday focused on anti-bullying and student leadership....
The old Post Office on High Street. The Sentinel would be grateful for any additional information you may have about photos run in this section....
The Wrangell High School Music Department put on a talent show Feb. 24 that included nearly 30 acts ranging from singing performances to stand-up comedy and Roger Miller, pictured above, playing his electric guitar. Winners of the talent show were named in three categories: elementary-school-aged contestants, middle-school-and high-school contestants and adult contestants. Jade Balansag won for the elementary category, Kayla Hay and Victoria Ingram won in the middle school and high school...
Feb. 29, 1912: William Neill returned on the Jefferson from the Sound where he had been on business regarding the new river boat to ply on the Stikine. Plans for the new boat were drawn up by L. E. Geary and company of Seattle, noted designers of speed boats. The Telegraph II will be a twin screw, funnel stern, shallow draft boat, 64 by 14 feet and will be powered with two 32 horsepower, 4 cylinder N&S motors to drive her against the current of the Stikine. Work on the hull started Monday. They expect to have the boat ready for work as soon as...
Wrangell resident Shawna Buness and self-proclaimed Food Network fanatic was having a hard time finding someone in town to make her wedding cake in January. So she got online and starting watching videos on the art of cake-making. “I thought, you know, I could do this,” Buness said. While she didn’t end up baking her own wedding cake, Buness bought the supplies for the local resident who did make it, and started playing around with the fondant — a pliable icing used for cakes, cupcakes and other...
Sunny skies illuminated the majestic LeConte Glacier on Sunday. Local jet boat operator Breakaway Adventures led its first trip of the year to the enormous glacier with about 14 passengers. Since last summer, Breakaway Adventures owner and this weekend’s boat captain Eric Yancey, said the center portion of the face of the glacier has pushed forward about 200 to 300 yards. Once warm weather creeps into LeConte Bay, that ice will begin to break off from the glacier and join the other many b...