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  • Headstart on KSTK

    Dec 15, 2011

    KSTK station manager Peter Helgeson works the controls as the Wrangell Headstart class sang Christmas carols live on the air on Thursday, Dec 8....

  • Monochrome Chronicles - a photographic history

    Dec 15, 2011

    The Sentinel would be grateful for any additional information you may have about photos run in this section....

  • Birth: Rooney daughter

    Dec 15, 2011

    Claire Annabelle Rooney was born November 4, 2011 at Bartlett Regional Hospital to Jessica and Jason Rooney. Claire weighed 6 lbs 14 oz. and was 21 inches long at birth. Claire joins three older brothers Alex (8), Nate (6), and Sawyer (3). Maternal grandparents are Ron and Judi Blake of Meredith, NH. Paternal grandparents are Rob and Sharry Rooney of Wrangell....

  • WHS carolers

    Greg Knight|Dec 8, 2011

    Wrangell High School senior William Helgeson joins the WHS choir carolers on guitar at Otteson’s True Value on Friday night....

  • Traditional Tlingit drum making

    Submitted photo|Nov 24, 2011

    Richard Oliver, left and Isaiah Shepler, string deerskin heads onto their traditional drums during a class at the SNO Building last week. According to Tlingit Elder Virginia Oliver, another drum making class will be held at the end of the year during Christmas vacation. Master carver Wayne Price, who has been heading up the Shakes Island renovation project, came by for the first class and sang a traditional song for the drum makers. Wrangellite Thomas Rooney, Jr. also came by for the second...

  • Remembering a hero

    Greg Knight|Nov 17, 2011

    Frank Hughes, an Army veteran and American Legion past commander from Kake speaks in front of a packed house at the Wrangell American Legion Hall on Veteran’s Day. Hughes was in Wrangell to present a traditional Tlingit cedar hat to siblings David and Johanna Joseph in memory of her husband, Morgan Joseph, who was a strong supporter of the Legion in both Kake and Wrangell....

  • Bakke to open new salon in familiar location

    Greg Knight|Nov 10, 2011

    With the opening of Island Salon this week, Wrangell native Solvay Bakke is rejuvenating the commercial salon space that previously housed Kasinger’s Creatives on Shakes Street near Inner Harbor. Bakke, who originally planned on a career in childcare, graduated from the cosmetology program at Clover Park Community College in Tacoma, Wash. and also worked at the prestigious Angelo Mendi Boutique near the stadium district in Washington’s “City of Destiny.” It was her work at Regis Corpora...

  • Adoption announcement: Salard daughters

    Nov 10, 2011

    Dr. Greg and Laura Salard are pleased to announce the arrival of their two girls, Beatie, age 4, and Eva, age 3.  The Salard’s traveled to Uganda to bring their daughters home to Wrangell.  The girls’ siblings include Grace, 22, Levi, 21, William, 18, LeeAnn, 13, and Sajel, 8.  Paternal grandparents are Buzz and Janet Salard of Natchitoches, La. Maternal grandfather is Bill Stair of Mountain View, Ark.  Their Mimi Alysse and Auntie Beth are residents of Wrangell, Alaska....

  • Rohers, Ministerial Association prepare for holiday baskets

    Greg Knight|Nov 10, 2011

    With the coming of Thanksgiving, it is a chance for many Wrangellites to revel in great food with family and friends. But for some, the holidays can be a time of despair – when ends don’t meet and the giving of thanks can turn to a search for how to put food on the table. The Wrangell Ministerial Association is looking to put a little hope back into the lives of those in need as they prepare to help those in need with their annual Thanksgiving food basket drive. Don and Bonnie Roher are lea...

  • Wedding announcement

    Nov 3, 2011

    JoAnne Bell-Graves and Ken G. Levine were married August 7, 2011 at Glacier Gardens in a very intimate wedding ceremony. The bride is the daughter of the late Bob Bell of Sitka and Alice Bell of Bellingham, Wash. She attended school in Sitka and graduated from Waynes College of Beauty with a degree in Cosmetology. JoAnne is the owner of Advance Skin Care, which travels to Wrangell. The groom is the son of the late Alice Peratrovich and Roy Levine of Sitka. He graduated from Sitka High School....

  • Harvest Festival this weekend

    Greg Knight|Oct 20, 2011

    The 17th Annual Harvest Festival is coming this weekend The yearly event was created to help bring in an additional sale prior to the release of Alaska Permanent Fund dividends. Tessa Appleman, the membership director at the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce said the day boosts the local economy and spurs shoppers to take part thanks to a $500 drawing held on Saturday night at 6:15pm. “It gives people an additional incentive to go shopping for everything from house goods to starting early o...