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In his monthly report to the Port Commission on Dec. 4, Harbormaster Greg Meissner explained that plans to replace the dock at Shoemaker Bay Harbor are at the point where an engineer can be brought on site to draw up designs. Showing a preliminary design to commissioners, Meissner said Shoemaker would be looking at having five main fingers, with additional berths for 54- and 60-foot vessels. The materials used would consist of polyethylene tubs, doing away with wood or iron in the water and...
Wrangell Borough Manager Jeff Jabusch presented a plan to streamline contracting for small projects to the City and Borough Assembly at its meeting Tuesday evening. The new policy being proposed would first create a pool of qualified contractors who can be hired by the city when needed, while also presenting them an equal opportunity to participate in public jobs. To accomplish this, the plan would call for contractors to be called up in rotation based on the kinds of projects they are capable of undertaking. Contractors wishing to be included...
Within a little more than a week, Bear Basics will no longer be open for business in Wrangell. The move comes after Alaska Conference of Seventh-day Adventists elected to close the business, which anticipates its last day to be Dec. 19. “Our conference doesn’t do businesses,” explained the store’s manager, Charlene Williams. She and her husband, SDA Pastor Howard Williams, relocated to the Dillingham-Togiak area in June to take over the ministry there. Since then Williams has been managing the s...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. December 10, 1914: A large number of the younger generation of Wrangell made a trip down to Pat's Lake last Sunday for a day's skating and fishing through the ice. Three boats made the trip down, most notable among them being the Karen, Capt. Johansen who of course took all the ladies. The Guild of St. Philips church held their annual church bazaar of Red Men's Hall last Thursday afternoon and evening. The affair was a decided success in everyone's view, many of the booths of fancy work and...
Vernon Andrew Johnson passed away on Dec. 2, 2014 at the age of 94 at Wrangell Medical Center surrounded by his three daughters: Betty Jo Johnson of Anacortes, Wash., Judi Johnson Tsai of Mechanicsville, Md. and Susan Johnson Eagle of Wrangell, Alaska. Born as one of triplets on May 18, 1920 in Lexington, Neb., he grew up in Wheatridge, Colo. and Kirkland, Wash. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1941 and proudly served in WWII. He always had a wanderlust and survived numerous adventures including...
Wrangell High School's wrestling team not only hosted, but also won last weekend's 2A Region V tournament, with all 10 of its wrestlers headed to State in Anchorage this weekend. "We're very happy," said the team's coach, Jeffery Rooney. "It's the first team title in over 20 years." Alisa Heller and Jeffrey Rooney Jr. each took first place titles for Region V 2A. "High speed, high action, it was very impressive to watch," the coach said of his son's final round. Competing separately among the...
A new practitioner has been hired by Alaska Island Community Services in Wrangell. Cynthia Mattoni is the community health center’s new advanced nurse practitioner, specializing in family practice. Mattoni comes from Cleveland, Ohio, where she has five years’ experience in the emergency room. Her career in the medical field began in 1987, when she joined the United States Navy as a hospital corpsman. She then worked for 18 years in various critical and emergency care settings as a registered nurse. The addition of her position will help pro...
This year’s season draws to a close for Wrangell High School’s volleyball team, after finishing third in Haines at the Southeast Regional Tournament last weekend. “It was long, but good,” coach Jessica Whitaker said of the weekend. She said her team experienced some serving difficulties on account of the lower ceilings in Haines, but the girls were still able to pull off victories against Metlakatla, Haines and Skagway. Players Kacie Galla, Darian Meissner and Teresa Flores were all chosen for this year’s All-Conference Team. “That’s a...
Not long after their last meeting on Nov. 19, members of Wrangell’s Parks and Recreation Board sat down again on Dec. 3 to discuss new goals for the coming year. Haig Demerjian, Michael Brown and Cindy Martin met with Parks and Recreation director Amber Al-Haddad to lay out some ideas. A big one they settled on is to craft a strategic plan, particularly in the area of examining current programming. “Are we doing it well, can we do it better?” is the question Al-Haddad said they should be asking themselves. Other goals would be to improve signa...
PETERSBURG – The Southeast Alaska Drift Gillnet and Purse Seine task forces met in Petersburg on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, to review the 2014 season and discuss the 2015 season. On Tuesday, Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) biologists from districts around Southeast presented a review of the 2014 season for various salmon species harvested by gillnetters. Justin Breese, ADFG biologist from Ketchikan, reported District 1, Tree Point, had an above average harvest for cohos and pink salmon and a below average harvest for sockey...
A professionally diverse group of Wrangellers gathered Dec. 3 to help develop a future focus for the local Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (IGAP) office. Working through the Wrangell Cooperative Association, the office's new coordinator Chris Hatton invited representatives of the borough's local government, healthcare, education and industry to come conduct some brainstorming, while also learning about where IGAP is currently at with projects. “I'm stepping in at a challenging t...
Students taking vocational instruction courses at Wrangell Public Schools have been making use of some exciting new pieces of equipment. Under instructor Drew Larrabee, the shop's new Universal Laser, 3D printer and computer numerical control (CNC) router should broaden students' future prospects. These devices incorporate traditional craftsmanship with computer technology and are effectively setting a new course for industrial production. The laser-cutter can make precise cuts in wood with...
The trial of Greg Salard has been pushed back by seven weeks to Feb. 23, 2015, following a request for delay by his defense attorney. Originally set for Jan. 5, Salard's federal defense attorney Cara McNamara wanted the jury trial's date moved so an expert in computer forensics can review the evidence gathered by prosecutors. The former physician is facing two felony counts of sexual exploitation of a child after being arrested at his Wrangell home Oct. 15 by state, local and federal law...
With the extended Thanksgiving weekend in full swing, the local Elks' annual Hoop Shoot had a reasonable turnout on Friday. Eighteen girls and 11 boys between the ages of 8 and 13 came down to try their hands at the best-of-25 free throw. The kids took their shots at the Community Center gym in the morning, with 8 and 9 year olds throwing from 11 feet out and the rest shooting from the free throw line. Every participant received a new basketball and were treated to a hamburger lunch at the Elks...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. December 3, 1914: There have been several complaints made by citizens in regard to the unsafe conditions of the sidewalks as a result of throwing water thereon by the young people of the town in their desire to facilitate sleighing - in the interest of public safety, this must be stopped. The Clatowa came in Tuesday from a trip to the fishing grounds and brought back 11 boxes of fine salmon for C.M. Coulter. The fishing here is holding out remarkably well and all of the fishermen are making good...
Ethelwyn (Teddy) Esther Schwartz, 103, passed this life peacefully on November 30, 2014 in Portland, Ore. She was born in Mansfield, Wash. on June 20, 1911 to William and Goldie Haynes. Her brothers were Norman, Dude and Howard Haynes. She grew up in Anacortes, Wash. and married Ronald (Mutt) T. Schwartz in 1929 in Seattle, Wash. She raised her family in Anacortes until 1943 when she moved, with her family, to Wrangell, Alaska during WWII for war effort work in the Alaska fish canneries. In 1954...
Autumn came to a sudden end as a low pressure system swept Southeast over the weekend, bringing a heaping helping of snow to Wrangell. Forecasters with the National Weather Service issued a weekend winter storm warning Saturday for Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell and Hyder. A low pressure system pushed across the Gulf of Alaska, bringing warm, moist air into the area and creating the potential for blizzard conditions. In Juneau and Petersburg, about ten inches of snowfall was recorded over the...
ANCHORAGE (AP) – The world’s most famous sled dog race is putting more cold cash into the hands of its top mushers.The winner of next year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will pocket $70,000, which is $19,600 more than what the top musher received this year, Stan Hooley, the race’s chief executive officer, said Tuesday. The overall purse is increasing by $50,000, and that additional prize money will be distributed to the top five finishers. He expects this development to increase the intensity of competition among race leaders. “Our goal is t...
Tongass Advisory Committee (TAC) members compiled work-group draft recommendations for the Tongass National Forest’s timber management plan amendment at their Nov. 19-21 meeting in Sitka. Present at the recent meeting was USDA Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Bonnie; Beth Pendelton, the U.S. Forest Service Alaska regional forester; and Forrest Cole, the Tongass National Forest supervisor. Bonnie emphasized the importance of TAC’s opportunity “to find a solution that works for everybody [so] we ca...
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – John Radzilowski stood in front of a group of some 50 people Wednesday at the University of Alaska Southeast library in Ketchikan and asked for the survivors of the Aleut internment camps and their descendants to stand and be recognized. More than a dozen people, ranging in age from late 80s to teens, stood and were met with a round of applause. UAS showed “The Aleut Story” as part of the Ask UAS program this week. Radzilowski, UAS associate professor of history, introduced the film and led a discussion after the scree...