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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."...
April 1, 1920 E.A. Rasmussen, president of the Bank of Alaska returned home from a business trip to the States having gone east as far as New York where he saw a number of the stockholders of his institution. Mr. Rasmussen had a rather exciting time on the steamer voyage. While his ship was in Wrangell he took advantage of the opportunity thus afforded of visiting the Bank of Alaska’s branch at the port, and while in the bank the Princess pulled out and left him. The Spokane being in port and Northbound he went aboard, and as the Mary was c...
March 25, 1920 W.E. Parrott received a letter yesterday from A. Everson of Telegraph Creek. Mr. Everson states that he had the misfortune of getting burned out on January 22 when the temperature was 34 below zero. He reports that his wife and little ones are well and that two of the girls and Johnny are attending school regularly. Mr. Everson complained that he is not receiving the Sentinel regularly. He says he has heard that there are four sacks of papers for Telegraph Creek in the office at Atlin. That better transportation facilities...
• Order your school lunch online as usual through the WPSD School Website at wpsd.us • Orders are due online by 8:30 AM. The following guidelines are for the pick up of lunches: Mondays-City Market: • Lunch pickup after 12:00 PM from the deli area • Provide name to server Tuesdays and Thursdays-J&W's • Lunch pickup at high school main doors off Reid St. after 12:00 PM Wednesdays and Fridays-Wrangell IGA • Students may pick their lunches up after 12:00 PM from the deli area • Students then...
Last Tuesday evening, March 17, the Wrangell Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire by City Park. Dorianne Sprehe, with the fire department, said that the call came in around 6:59 p.m. that evening. An unnamed minor was driving a Chevy pickup truck, she said, when smoke began to pour out of the vehicle’s engine. The truck’s operator pulled over at City Park and called 911. The fire was put out by 7:18 p.m. Sprehe said that there were no injuries. However, the truck was a total loss. As of...
March 18, 1920 A depredation was committed Sunday night when some miscreant tore down the Poodle Dog Cafe’s sign and also capsized the pails containing small trees in front of the building. If the depredator is apprehended he will learn that such acts committed on either public or private property is an expensive pastime in Wrangell. March 16, 1945 In line with the recently announced policy of planning a more efficient hospital, the board has authorized alterations at Bishop Rowe General hospital to make the institution more compact and e...
Effective immediately and until further notice to limit exposure to and spread of COVID-19, the Wrangell court is taking the following steps effective immediately and until further notice. All attorneys, parties and witnesses are allowed to appear by telephone for all court proceedings unless otherwise ordered by the judge in a particular case. The following is the conference line number to call in on: (800) 768-2983 Code: 874 2311#. The court clerk can be reached by phone: (907) 874-2311 or email 1wrmailbox@akcourts.us to answer any...
March 11, 1920 A public meeting of the people of Wrangell is hereby called to convene in the Redmen’s lodge room, upstairs in the Redmen’s building, on the evening of Monday, March 15, at 8 o’clock, for the purpose of a public discussion of the question of whether the Town of Wrangell shall issue bonds in the manner prescribed in H.R. Bill No. 10746 which has passed the Senate and the House of Representatives and been duly signed by the Vice President and the Speaker of the House. This question will be submitted to the voters of Wrangell at a...
The House Finance Committee will be taking public testimony on House Bill 300 and 306, on Thursday, March 12th at 5:00 pm in the Legislative Information Office. The LIO is in the Kadin Building at the top of the stairs next to the Fish and Game Office. Public testimony will be limited to 2 minutes each. House Bill 300 is relating to deposits into the dividend fund and income of and appropriations from the earnings reserve account; relating to the community assistance program and House Bill 306...
