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The State of Alaska dismissed charges against Lavina “Lovey” Brock April 22. Brock, 67, of Wrangell, had faced four Class A misdemeanor counts of promoting illegal gambling according to a criminal complaint filed Feb. 5. The complaint preceded by one week a notice of violation filed by the Alaska Dept. of Revenue Tax Division’s Gaming Unit against American Legion Post #6. Brock pled not guilty to the charges March 4. Michael P. Nash, who represented Brock for the duration of the court case, said both parties had pushed for dismissal follo...
May 7, 1914: Frank Clark arrived in town Wednesday from the Mission Marble Quarry at Tokeen. Mr. Clark reports that the real work at the quarry has been suspended as the marble on which they were working was not fine enough to make the milling profitable and will not be resumed unless more favorable prospects are found. Several men were left at the quarry to prospect the surrounding country to find a better grade of rock. May 5, 1939: River conditions permitting, the Barrington Transportation Company will open navigation on the Stikine...
PETERSBURG – The Petersburg Police Department may petition the federal government to become designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). A coalition of law enforcement agencies can petition to become a HIDTA region, however, according to the Whitehouse’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), no agencies in Southeast have applied. In a report to the assembly several months ago, Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht announced that Petersburg was being considered for the HIDTA designation. Police Chief Kelly Swihart said tha...
Daniel Scott Baldwin Sr., husband, father of four and missionary pilot, died at the age of 82. He took off on his final flight, heaven bound, on April 17, 2014 at 7:50 am from his home in Wrangell, Alaska. He was born July 18, 1931 in Hughson, Calif., the second child of Walter Earl and Eula Fern (Miller) Baldwin. He had three sisters, Wiyizety, Fern and Sylvetta along with one brother, Gordon. He was raised in Northern Calif. on a vineyard. At the age of 15 he moved to a farm with his aunt, his...
It started as a domestic dispute brought on by a rowdy Christmas party at a nearby American fort in 1869, according to Tlingit witnesses. Eventually, it spiraled into the full-scale artillery bombardment of native villages around Wrangell, and resulted in the deaths of at least three (possibly more) Tlingit clansmen, a white business owner living near the fort, and a woman’s severed finger. The discrepancy in casualty stems from the tendency of Tlingit oral histories to employ tales like those of the Wrangell bombardment as moral lessons, a...
To the Editor: I have another question for all people in public housing within the state of Alaska: Do you have headaches? Rashes? Are your kids underachievers, lethargic? This could be a sign of lead poisoning. The federal government enacted laws for the identification and removal of harmful lead in housing, similar to asbestos. However the nepotism rampant within the state’s administration has ignored this fact, ignoring federal law. This does put your children as well as yourself at risk. The build up of lead in a child’s system will lea...
A mix-up with the new 300-ton boat lift meant the five shipping containers with the unassembled lift were sent to Anchorage instead of Wrangell this week. The error apparently occurred sometime after the containers were off-loaded in Tacoma. Instead of being placed on a Wrangell-bound barge from Seattle, they were placed on an Anchorage-bound barge by a cargo subcontractor employed by AsCom S.p.A, the Italian-based manufacturer of the new lift, according to harbormaster Greg Meissner. The containers made it as far north as Juneau before being...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) _ Homer nurse Colleen James had been working in her field for about five years when she was confronted with something she’d never dealt with before _ a child patient who was sexually assaulted. “No one knew how to take care of that child and it ended up being a pretty hideous experience for everyone involved, especially the child,’’ said James, who was working in Homer at the time. When she encountered another case only a week later, James knew there had to be a better way. She went on to start Alaska’s first, and longest r...
$4.6 million is definitely better than zero. The state’s proposed capital budget would set aside more than $1.6 million for Wrangell-based projects, up from nothing in Gov. Sean Parnell’s proposed capital budget announced Dec. 12. An additional almost $3 million in proposed infrastructure “reallocations” will also be headed to Wrangell, with some slight modifications to allow the use of the funds to be more flexible. The capital funds include: $615,000 for a Wrangell connection to the upper reservoir, which will allow the Department of Public...
Hummingbirds are jerks. That was among the messages, meditations, stories and sights shared at the 2014 Stikine River Birding Festival last week. The annual festival caters to those – like guest speaker and author Noah Strycker – with birds on the brain, and took place most visibly over the weekend. The festival receives funding in part from the US Forest Service's Resource Advisory Committee, which also provides funds for Bearfest in August. As a conclusion to an hour-long presentation foc...
Discussion from the April 22 borough assembly meeting could lead to potential changes for some furry best friends in Wrangell. Hiring a part-time ordinance enforcement officer to handle a surplus of dog feces in public parks has been discussed since the April 8 meeting. Assembly member Daniel Blake asked for the issue to be added to the April 22 agenda based on a Facebook discussion of the matter which he said drew between 30 and 40 responses. Several possible changes to existing ordinances could make dog cohabitation a little less gooey,...
The Thomas Bay Power Authority needs to censure its president, James Stough, for his action two weeks ago that ordered, via letter, the end of negotiations to allow the Southeast Alaska Power Agency to take over operations at the Tyee Lake Hydroelectric Project. Stough took the action without the approval and in some cases without the knowledge of his fellow commission members. It was an irresponsible move and he had no authority to carry it out without the joint approval of his fellow TBPA commissioners. Again, without the support of fellow...
An Evergreen Elementary school student has faced intimidation from older students after being wrongly accused of bullying, his mother told the school board. The intimidation stemmed at least partially from a Sentinel story published April 3, in which an unnamed mother claimed a bullying incident landed her son in the hospital. The mother in that account did not specifically identify her son’s alleged assailants. However, according to Kelly Decker, word of mouth and rumor have since led the victim and two other students to make allegations a...
The future of the Thomas Bay Power Authority and the commission governing it took center stage at Tuesday’s borough assembly meeting. The heart of the matter focused on the role the Thomas Bay Power Commission will play in future negotiations about the future of the Tyee Lake electric plant. James Stough, the sitting president of the Thomas Bay Power Commission issued the cease-and-decist letter April 4 on TBPA letterhead in his authority as TBPC president without notifying other members of the commission of the letter in advance. He claims t...
Alivia Haggard, 5, Becca Haney, and Roger Williams work together dyeing eggs Saturday at the Wrangell Medical Center. The event was held for Long Term Care residents and their grandchildren and adopted grandchildren in celebration of Easter....
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. April 30, 1914: Work was started this morning on the riverboat of Wm. Strong’s, the Winifred, pertaining to getting her into commission for a trip up the river within the next week. Mr. Strong received a wire from W. Hyland at Telegraph Creek in which he stated that it would be impossible for Eddie Kalkins to get to Wrangell in time to make the first trip on her as he was detained inside. He also stated that the river has been clear at Telegraph for the past three days. They expect to have the b...
Nondas Haux kisses the hand of husband Ted Haux Satuday at Wrangell Medical Center. Nondas will turn 100 Monday. The two of them have traveled across the country 42 times for missionary work, bringing with them their priceless D'Angelico guitars and singing voices. Nondas was an amazing public speaker, Ted said. The two of them have been married for more than 60 years. Nondas has also authored a book about their travels, titled "In Journeys Oft." A celebration is planned for Monday at 3 p.m. in...
Wrangell vocational and technical students could soon have a hands-on glimpse of the manufacturing future. A 3D printer arrived at the high school shop last week, part of a Department of Labor-sponsored program at Sitka High School to move high technology into Southeast, according to high school shop teacher Drew Larrabee. The printer consists of a small nozzle, resembling a glue gun, for extruding molten plastic onto a heated platform. The first thing the printer creates for each object is a...
The April 17 story “Parks and Recreation recommends ordinance, hours change” incorrectly stated the opening time for proposed hours of operation changes at the community pool facilities. In the proposed schedule, the facility would open at 6 a.m. and add two hours to the total weekly operating hours of the facility, not subtract a half hour as previously stated. A public hearing to discuss the proposed changes is planned for 6:30 p.m. May 7. The Sentinel regrets the error. The April 17 story “Prospective superintendent withdraws from contr...
Welcome to my last Peggy’s Corner for the 2014 session. We have worked diligently in both houses of the Legislature on many pieces of legislation that will affect our state for many years. Throughout the process this year we have been trying to keep our eye to Alaska’s future. State employees will be happy to learn that the legislature put in place a long term plan to pay down the unfunded liability in the PERS/TRS retirement systems. $2 billion will be moved from our constitutional budget reser...
The school board voted 4-0 Wednesday night to offer the top administrative position to Patrick Mayer. Mayer was one of two finalists who interviewed for the position and participated in a public meet-and-greet March 21. The board initially signed a contract with the other finalist, Jay Thomas, but Thomas withdrew last week citing personal reasons. Since 2010, Mayer has been principal of Delta High School in the Delta-Greely School District headquartered in Delta Junction, near Fairbanks. "I'm...
The more visible aspects of the Stikine River Birding festival start this evening, but festival elements had already started Monday. Guest artist Elizabeth Kunibe has been teaching students in Wrangell about art using bird cutouts and paints. Their work goes on display this evening in the Nolan center. Students were given wooden templates mounted on driftwood and received a lesson about color. They then painted their silhouettes and attached eyes, Kunibe said. She was putting the finishing touches on the bird templates last week when interviewe...
A complaint over the status of the two public Wrangell cemeteries will lead to a drive to remove decorations this spring. Memorial Cemetery – known about town as the "old cemetery" – and Sunset Gardens Cemetery – known as the "new cemetery" – faced criticism at the March 25 borough assembly meeting from Wayne Kaer. At the same meeting, assembly members voted on the final step in a series of ordinance changes abolishing the borough's cemetery committee, because of a lack of interest, and because...
