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March 4, 1915: Tom Tamaree and his wife arrived in Wrangell Monday. Mr. Tamaree is a watchman at the garnet ledge at the mouth of the Stikine. Saturday night a pack of hungry wolves surrounded his residence. Mr. Tamaree used his rifle freely, but was unable to frighten the wolves away any distance. On Sunday the gasboat Irene B came along and Mr. and Mrs. Tamaree took passage to Wrangell, leaving garnet ledge in charge of the wolves. Charlie Olson killed a black bear at Porcupine cut-off on the Stikine River last week. He took two cubs which he will bring to Wrangell. The Wrangell sleigh dogs Star and Bob were engaging the attention of the bear at the time Charlie killed it.
March 1, 1940: Wrangell experienced its coldest weather of the winter this week, the mercury dropping to 5 degrees above zero last Tuesday. Wednesday it was seven above and on the night of the 24th it dropped to nine above. Yesterday there was a definite upward swing, a minimum of 20 being recorded last night. Snow started falling last evening and was continuing today. WPA crews digging on the Emma Lars property better known as the old Shakes property, found a Pond's Extract bottle dated 1846 in a Russian grave. The bottle is on display at Lowell's Barber Shop. The WPA is using the dirt from the Lars property to make a fill in the school yard.
February 19, 1965: The Housing and Home Finance Agency this week announced the approval of a $22,000 public works planning advance for an eight-room elementary school to be built here in Wrangell, according to word received from Senator Ernest Gruening. Estimated total cost of the planned facility would be $478,000. When queried concerning the announcement, R.P. Nims, superintendent of schools, stated that this advance was only to allow the school to continue its planning phase for the proposed project. A target date for construction has been set in 1966, he said, there are many factors that must be considered before this would be approved.
March 1, 1990: The City Council is expected to act today on a request from the School Board for $105,000 to complete a “bare bones” middle school remodeling project. During a joint workshop with the City Council Monday, School Board members unveiled the revised middle school plan, saying a total price tag of $205,588 could allow sixth grade classes to be held in the facility next fall. The meeting saw tempers flare as board members and councilmen both vented some of the frustration that has built up over the past year since the School Board first asked the council to authorize funding for the middle school project. Various funding projects - ranging from about $250,000 to nearly $700,000 - have been turned down by the 1989 council majority as well as the council majority that was elected in October. The issues from that election also surfaced Monday, when John Morse said it seemed that the new council majority had not moved ahead on the middle school project despite voters' approval of an advisory question in October that supported proceeding with the project.
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