Mariners' Memorial construction update

More progress has been made on the Wrangell Mariners' Memorial, but several aspects of the project have been put on hold as winter begins. Jenn Miller-Yancey, with the Wrangell Mariners' Memorial Board, reported that concrete work around the memorial has been finished for the time being. More will be done next spring, she said, as they install more light posts. While concrete work has paused, there is still work ongoing.

"The material to build the actual memorial walls has arrived," Miller-Yancey wrote in a Facebook message. "Our hope is to get one of the three main walls assembled. We will fill in around the wall foundations to make it safer out at the site this winter. We encourage people to visit the site, but please use caution."

She mentioned Brennon Eagle specifically, for acting as the project's general contractor, and Jeff and Kay Jabusch for their assistance moving the project forward.

"There are so many volunteers and extra hands that come out from nowhere when things need to get done," she wrote.

The mariners' memorial board is still figuring out how to handle ordering plaques for the memorial, she wrote. Once a plan is finalized, they will roll out applications.

Miller-Yancey also said that a final fundraising effort for the memorial is looking to raise about $25,000. Donations

will help get the last of the concrete poured this coming spring, she said.