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Evergreen Elementary School hosted a plant sale last Friday morning, May 1. Along with the plants, to help raise money for the EATS garden, the school also hosted a book giveaway and opened up their lost and found for families to come pick up missing items. Pictured here is Kristina Buness with some of the plants for sale....
May 6, 1920 Announcements of the high school commencement are being sent out this week to all the patrons of the school and others. If anyone interested has been overlooked, announcements may be obtained from Miss Crosno, the principal of the school. Everyone is invited to attend the various exercises incidental to the first high school graduation whether an announcement has been received or not. May 4, 1945 Construction on a hangar for the Wrangell Terminal of the Wrangell-Petersburg Air service has been started in Petersburg, according to the...
Local coffee shop Java Junkie celebrated their reopening for the season last Friday, May 1. The coffee shop is located on the cul de sac by City Dock, across from the Stikine Inn. Pictured here is Ceona Koch, taking orders from the shop's window....
As part of their efforts to help local businesses safely reopen and get back to a sense of normality, the Reopen Wrangell Taskforce printed out "Pawse" posters for shops to hang in their windows. The posters lay out guidelines the public should follow when out shopping: Wear a face mask, socially distance, and make use of hand washing or sanitizer stations. Pictured here is Chris Buness dropping off a poster at the Wrangell Sentinel....
Last Tuesday, May 5, was Cinco De Mayo. To celebrate, the Wrangell Elks Lodge hosted a socially-distanced dinner. Wrangell residents could call ahead to the lodge to order a Mexican dinner of enchiladas, chimichangas, and churros. The dinners would then be packaged up and run out to the people waiting in their vehicles. Pictured here (left to right) are Kayla Gillen, Teresa Allen, Jill Privett, Solvay Gillen, and Dawn Angerman....
The Wrangell log, out at City Park, got spruced up a bit over the weekend. Groundswell, the local flower shop, put together the floral arrangement for public enjoyment. Mya DeLong, of Groundswell, said on Facebook that the arrangement was made up of about five dozen roses and carnations, plus locally foraged greenery....
April 29, 1920 Daniel Baker, the affable young traveling representative of the Western Dry Goods company, was a pleasant caller at the Sentinel Office yesterday. Mr. Baker does not, of course, ever expect to sell the Sentinel any dry goods (regardless of how much we may need them,) but he has to come down Front street as far as Captain Jinks store anyway. Then after he has sold Jinks a bill of goods he comes across the street and lets the Sentinel force enjoy the sunshine of his smiling countenance. Baker is no pessimist, and we surely like...
Office dog Sky tries on a face mask, with the help of Sentinel reporter Caleb Vierkant. Wearing face masks out in public is an important part of keeping the community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Homemade face masks, like the one seen in the photo, do not guarantee protection from COVID-19, but can help prevent it being spread to others. Sky reports that while masks may be uncomfortable and inconvenient (it's very hard to play fetch with a mask on) they are still important for public...
A photo of Koknuk flats, looking east towards Wrangell, taken by Ola Richards during a kayak trip from Petersburg over the weekend....
Late last week, the Wrangell Medical Center received an Abbott rapid test machine. This piece of equipment will allow for same-day, in-house testing for COVID-19, according to an April 8 press release from SEARHC. Wrangell is one of seven Southeast Alaskan communities to receive rapid testing equipment. According to the press release, each testing machine is accompanied by roughly 45 test kits. "SEARHC leadership is excited to add rapid response testing to our available resources during the...
April 22, 1920 Postmaster Stedman has received a considerable quantity of garden and flower seeds from Delegate George B. Grigsby for distribution. These are the seeds furnished by the Department of Agriculture and are of good quality. Anyone desiring some of these seeds may obtain them by calling at the post office. April 27, 1945 Touring Southeastern Alaska, a Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce goodwill party arrived here last Saturday morning for a brief stay before flying on to Petersberg, Sitka and Juneau. While here, they met with members of...
A porcupine walking along the nature trail at Volunteer Park. Porcupines are a common sight in Wrangell, as well as the wider state of Alaska....
A vehicle caught fire at Heritage Harbor last Monday morning, April 20. Dorianne Sprehe, with the Wrangell Fire Department, said they received a call about the fire at 10:26 a.m., and were on-scene by 10:30 a.m. A Ford F-250 had caught fire, Sprehe said. Members of the Wrangell Harbor Department had made it onto the scene before the fire department, she said, and had tried to put out the fire with a dry chemical extinguisher. The fire department managed to put out the fire completely and were...
Last Friday, April 10, marked the 70th birthday for Wrangell resident Loretta Rice. To commemorate the special occasion, while also maintaining social distancing, community members organized a surprise parade on her behalf. People drove by her house in cars, four wheelers, and fire trucks, honking and waving. Pictured here is Rice, waving to people as the parade goes by....
April 15, 1920 A deal has been closed whereby Herbert Harvie, recently of Petersberg, becomes part owner of the Wrangell Machine Shop. Mr. Harvie has spent the greater portion of his life working at the machinist trade. He is a Sourdough and well known through Southeastern Alaska. For the past four years he has been connected with the Bob Allen machine shop at Petersberg. The style of the new firm will be Gingrass & Harvie. The business of the Wrangell Machine Shop is growing rapidly and the introduction of Mr. Harvie into the business as one...
Wrangell Sentinel employees Caleb Vierkant and Trisha Schwartz showing off their new newspaper themed face masks....
A sign outside of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, wishing passers-by a happy Easter....
April 8, 1920 C.W. Hawksworth, Superintendent of Schools under the U.S. Bureau of Education arrived in Wrangell last Friday night. Mr. Hawksworth has been on the Murre making a tour of the government schools in this districk. Thursday night the Murre went on the rocks at Hell’s Gate in Rocky Pass. The little gas boat Alaska picked up Mr. Hawksworth and brought him to Wrangell. The Auklet immediately went to the assistance of her sister boat and brought her to Wrangell last Sunday. She is now on the gridiron and while extensive repai...
The Nolan Center and Harbor Light Assembly of God partnered together to host a drive-in movie night last Sunday night, April 5. The church provided the parking and wall wide enough to project a movie, while the Nolan Center provided the film, How to Train Your Dragon. The Nolan Center has closed down recently, due to concerns about the COVID-19 virus. This drive-in movie allowed people to enjoy a night out, while also keeping safe and adhering to social distancing rules....
This trailer outside of the AICS clinic, property of the Wrangell Fire Department, serves as the community's COVID-19 testing site. Patients who meet certain screening qualifications are tested here. As of April 7, there are no reported cases of the virus in Wrangell....
There was more than one dinosaur roaming around City Market last Thursday morning, during the grocery store's senior citizen shopping morning. The store has set aside Tuesday and Thursday mornings for Wrangell's elderly residents to purchase groceries while also minimizing their risk of exposure to COVID-19. Pictured here is Kristina Decker, in a T-Rex costume, opening the door for customers....
Missing their students, due to the district being closed until May, teachers at Evergreen Elementary School organized a parade around town to see their students. Parents were encouraged to bring their kids out to porches and windows to wave at them as they drove through town, maintaining social distancing per COVID-19 safety requirements. The caravan of teachers went around the airport loop, through town, and even out the road to make sure they could see as many students as possible. Pictured...
After years of sitting idle in the shipyard, the Rainforest Islander was put back in the water last Friday, March 27. Eric Yancey, of Breakaway Adventures, purchased the ship to launch a new business, Breakaway Ferry and Freight LLC. The ship was built back in the 1990s, Yancey said, and was used for a number of different jobs across Alaska through the years. A crack in its hull put the Islander in Wrangell's shipyard around 2015, he said, and due to the high cost of repairs it stayed there....
While schools are not open for the time being, Wrangell kids are still keeping up with their education. Pictured here are Maria and Dakota Holder starting their homeschooling. "The staff at the elementary school has been incredible, helpful, and supportive during this entire transition," wrote Laura Holder in an email to the Sentinel. "We are so grateful to them."...
