Articles from the June 25, 2015 edition
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Pipes and floats top borough's projects list
Wrangell's City and Borough Assembly elected to update its capital projects list for the 2017 Fiscal Year at its regular meeting Tuesday. The selected projects will be submitted to the state Department of Environmental Conservation for competitive... Full story
AICS welcomes guest brain injury specialist
Health care staff and intrigued residents alike were invited to meet one of the state's few certified brain injury specialists last Friday. A presentation was delivered at the Alaska Island Community Services clinic by Dr. Amy Murphy, who is also... Full story
Canadian mine on Stikine fully operational
The Red Chris mine in neighboring British Columbia passed its final bureaucratic hurdle, after the province’s Ministry of Energy and Mines issued a Mines Act permit amendment last Friday. The mine’s owning company, Imperial Metals, had earlier been g... Full story
The Way We Were
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. June 17, 1915: If there ever was a time in the history of our country when we should be proud and properly celebrate the happenings that occurred in Philadelphia July 4th, 1776, that made our country a...
Court
Monday, June 22 Wilson T. Boon, 26, appeared before First District Judge Trevor Stephens for revocation of probation. The court found the defendant had violated conditions by ordering methamphetamine through the mail and possessing alcohol. Boon was...
Police reports
Monday, June 15 Domestic – Verbal. Officer responded. Fraud – Identity Theft – Individual spoke with officers. Tuesday, June 16 Agency Assist – Report of eagle in water. Officer responded and retrieved eagle. Report of Trespassing. Citizen Assist...
Sanger to step down as hospital head
Wrangell Medical Center interim CEO Marla Sanger last week announced her intention to conclude her contract on October 30. In a letter addressed to friends and colleagues, she explained the decision was a difficult one, but Sanger will be returning...
Golf Results
APT/KSTK Golf Tournament Results Saturday, June 20 NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 14 1st place: Colter Barnes, Joe Delabrue, John Sweet, Rick Teague. Net score 19, team handicap 16. 2nd place: Jim Abbott, Betty Abbott, Wayne Harding, Grover Mathis. Net...
School News
Former resident, Katie Marley (Miller), of Anchorage recently graduated from the University of Alaska. She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting. She is employed with Alyeska...
Reflections
Starting in July The Salvation Army plans to launch a Christian based recovery program, entitled Recovering from Life’s Hurts. The program is modeled after the Celebrate Recovery program that was developed by Pastor Rick Warren and the staff m...
Forest Service facts spawning salmon conversation
The United States Forest Service this month released a new fact sheet regarding wild salmon populations in the Tongass National Forest, available online and at the agency’s various offices. “It’s to demonstrate to the public just how important salmo...
Rasmuson awards Wrangell poet with fellowship
This year the Rasmuson Foundation has presented a Wrangellite with an $18,000 fellowship for literary arts. Vivian Prescott, currently of Sitka, received the award in order to conduct research and complete a poetry manuscript. “It’s about migration a...
New roof for CoG roller rink
Working through the month of May, Hope Community Church of God finished putting a new, metal roof over its rollerskating rink. Built as an addition to the church three decades ago, metal components in the rink’s roof had rusted over time and the s...
Fish Factor
As Alaska’s salmon season heads into high gear, a few bright spots are surfacing in an otherwise bleak global sales market. Sales and prices for all salmon (especially sockeye) have been in a slump all year. And amidst an overall glut of wild and f...
Emergency call service to be discontinued
Twenty-three area residents were issued letters last week informing them Wrangell Medical Center will no longer be offering its Call Care services after July 31. The program helped primarily elderly residents, allowing them to summon help in the...
Correction:
In the June 18 issue of the Sentinel, it was mistakenly reported the next SEAPA meeting would be held in Wrangell on Sept. 23 and 24. It will actually be held in Petersburg. We apologize for the error....