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Hailey Grace Gablehouse was born on December 18, 2013 at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. She weighed 6 lbs 9 oz and was 20 inches long. Parents are Graham Gablehouse and Jeanie Arnold. Grandparents are David and Brenda Mork of Wrangell and Chip and Teri Arnold of Seward, Alaska....
The members of the Wrangell Economic Development Committee know they’re entitled to about 800 acres of land. The next trick will be figuring out which land to select. Discussion at the committee’s March 6 meeting focused around the land issue in general, a holdover issue stemming from the borough’s 2008 incorporation. The land is part of the borough allotment, originally set at about 200 acres, but increased to 800 acres after lobbying at the state legislature, said Economic Development Officer Carol Rushmore. Any land the borough doesn...
The Wrangell parks and recreation advisory board discussed but took no vote on a draft of an ordinance aimed to prevent logging in city parks. The ordinance has been in the works since police reported that at least two trees had been cut down for Christmas trees in December. Parks manager Amber Al-Haddad presented committee members with templates cribbed in part from similar ordinances on the Internet, though logging in public parks isn’t a particularly widespread public dilemma, she said. “What I found from cities around the nation is that par...
The Wrangell High School boys' varsity basketball team went out of the Region V 2A tournament on straight losses March 5 and 6. The Wolves dropped the opener to the Craig Panthers 49-26 March 5. Thursday's 53-49 loss to the Haines Glacier Bears was much closer, with the teams trading the lead late into the fourth quarter. Craig put on a relatively even effort, with no one player standing head and shoulders above the rest, said Coach Ray Stokes. "On their part, they just had a whole bunch of...
Wrangellites hoping to take advantage of the Southeast Regional Health Consortium’s services will no longer have to make two separate trips. SEARHC’s prevention and referral offices have been combined into a single office located in the Stikine Native Organizations building along Front Street. The SEARHC Traditional Foods Program and Referral Care had been located in separate office spaces. Officials with the Consortium celebrated the consolidation with an open house at the new offices March 4. The event drew about 30 people, officials sai...
Sentinel writer A highly contagious and potentially fatal canine virus has been reported in Wrangell. Two cases of Parvovirus, symptoms of which include lethargy, severe vomiting, loss of appetite and bloody diarrhea, have been reported in Wrangell, said Judge Conniff, a local vet. “I had two cases, both of them doing very well, both of them discharged,” he said. Several dog deaths earlier in the year could be tied to this outbreak, but there’s no way to know for sure, Conniff said. “No way to know the answer to that question for sure,...
The Lady Wolves season ended with two losses March 5 and 6 in Juneau. They dropped their Region V opener to Craig 38-26, then lost their Friday match-up against Haines by two points. Craig's Marie Yates contributed to the March 5 loss. The Lady Wolves struggled to find a defensive solution to an athletic and competitive player, said head coach Edna Abella-Nore. "We literally just got out-rebounded by (Yates)," she said. "She's got some vertical leap. No matter how much my kids would box out, the...
A Juneau designer presented three draft options on Monday for a potential layout to the Mariner's Memorial at a public workshop. An octagonal lighthouse pavilion is part of each design, but could be located toward the envisioned entryway for the memorial, at the memorial's midpoint, or at the end. All three drafts used landscaped vegetation to screen the memorial from the noise and bustle of nearby Heritage Harbor and the boat ramp, to create a solemn ceremonial air with a strong connection to n...
Lavina “Lovey” Brock, 68, of Wrangell, pleaded not guilty to four counts of promoting illegal gambling Tuesday before Wrangell First District Magistrate Chris Ellis. Brock, a prominent member of the local community, had been charged with promoting Texas Hold ‘em games for cash prizes at American Legion Post #6. The charges are Class A misdemeanors, punishable by up to one year in prison for each upon conviction, according to Alaska statutes. The offense dates listed on the criminal complaint range from Feb. 18, 2009 to Feb. 10, 2010. Court...
PETERSBURG – The incubation building and the generator shed at the Crystal Lake Hatchery were both destroyed in an early morning fire Tuesday. Petersburg firefighters responded and fought the blaze in 9 degree temperatures. Hatchery Manager Loren Thompson said 1.2 million incubating fish were killed. It took out about one half to two-thirds of the production including 200,000 Coho and one million Kings. An alarm went off at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to Thompson. “I walked out the doo...
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell was in Wrangell Monday to discuss his proposed election-year education reforms with teachers and meet with select borough officials. Parnell also answered questions about a wide range of topics. Parnell sought to use the speech to turn the 2014 legislative session into the "Education Session," and proposed a slate of educational reforms during his Jan. 22 State of the State Address before the Alaska Legislature. He also used the speech to declare his support for a...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. May 12, 1914: Mr. Matheson is in receipt of a letter on a late boat from the Forest Supervisor, Mr. Weigle at Ketchikan, in which he states that the Forestry Department was working for a $4,000 appropriation for the building of the Stikine trail that the local Chamber of Commerce has been working for during the past winter. Though the appropriation has not been made, it is almost an assured fact that it will be in the near future. The Wrangell Shingle Mill is getting steam up and their whistle can...
Borough officials have officially released a six-page summary of their hopes for the Wrangell Institute Property. The prospectus, which is designed to attract as many potential developers as possible, estimates the property’s worth at $1,625,000, and lists the plot’s size as 134 acres. Officials released the prospectus two weeks ago, and marks a new foray by the borough into real estate match-making. A single firm had notified the city that they had downloaded the proposal as of last week. The prospectus’s listed closing date is May 22. “The...
February 28 Larry Aitken, 41, appeared before Wrangell Magistrate Judge Chris Ellis on charges of Criminal Mischief, Assault in the 4th Degree and Resisting/Interfering with Arrest – Risk of Injury. The Defendant entered a guilty plea. He was sentenced to 460 days in jail with 330 days suspended, ordered to pay $300 in fines and surcharges with $100 suspended and placed on probation for three years....
Louis A. Thompson, 77, died on Jan. 8, 2014, in Palm Springs. He was born to Agnes Rose Young and Louis Thompson on July 21, 1936, in Kasaan. Mr. Thompson was raised in Kasaan and was given two Haida names: Xie'n Skinai, which comes from Daxién Skinai, "owner of a large bay" and La'na Kíngel, "the chief that looks at his village." When the Alaska Native corporation Kavilco formed after the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1972, Mr. Thompson was present as one of Kasaan's representatives. H...
To the Editor: I want to tell the people of this community that I absolutely loved the time I was here in Wrangell. I have met so many wonderful and friendly folks here. Where else could one take a walk on the dock and end up in conversation with someone time after time. Not only is this a pretty town it is a gracious town. Unfortunately, due to my job with AICS being outsourced to a California company I am forced to leave to find work. This community needs jobs kept local. Since being “outsourced” the beginning of Feb., I have encountered no...
A recently completed survey shows Wrangellites value recreational uses for the Tongass Forest more than other uses. Britta Schroeder, formerly of the Wrangell Ranger District, but now living and working in Denali Forest Park and Preserve, will present a speech reviewing 200 results from local residents conducted about a year ago. In the survey, people were asked to place acceptable uses on a map of the Wrangell Ranger District to indicate areas where they found management strategies acceptable, and areas where they found certain management...
A campaign targeting the issue of interpersonal violence in Wrangell will pick up steam this month. Today and tomorrow, patrons of the Stikine Inn Coffee Shop may notice a small green sticker on the side of their morning pick-me-up, as well as a nearby informational table. The green dots appeared Monday, and will continue throughout the month, said Julie Falle, the Alaska Island Community Services Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant administrator, who is helping organize the campaign. The red dot and green dot campaign started...
Spines cracked and pages turned Friday at Evergreen Elementary school. Fortunately, the only spines cracked were those of books. Guest readers in the form of parents and other relatives showed up to participate in the "Read the Most Coast to Coast"event. The event aimed to get 5 million students reading and taking online accelerated reading quizzes from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Teachers and fellow students recognized particularly prolific readers at an assembly Monday morning. The event's nationwide...
The Wrangell Medical Center just got a little warmer. As part of the hospital's ongoing pursuit of a Level IV Trauma Center certification, which officials say could both enhance treatment and open up new avenues of funding, the Hospital Auxiliary recently purchased a fluid warmer. The new warmer – which cost about $4,000 according to a press release – is used to treat patients suffering from hypothermia in the emergency room. The auxiliary contributed $3,500 toward the machine's cost. Off...
Sentinel writer Youthful swimmers were hard at it in the lanes of the public pool Saturday. More than a casual weekend dip, the swimmers were in the pool to raise money as part of the Wrangell Swim Club' Swim-a-thon. The event drew 18 total swimmers to do continuous laps for three hours (with some breaks to grab parent-provided snacks). The swimmers had circulated around town and collected pledges on either a per-lap or lump-sum basis said Ally Adams, the club' coach. "Some of them had 50 cents...
PETERSBURG – The sales tax ordinance committee will recommend to the borough assembly an increase of the sales tax cap from $1200 to $1500 and to limit senior exemptions to full-time Petersburg residents. The mission of the committee is to simplify the sales tax code and collection procedures and to generate an equal or greater amount of revenue so the borough doesn’t have to decrease services or increase property taxes. It’s been meeting since last year and its members have discussed many of the exemptions outlined in the code—including the c...
Sydney Reed had looked forward to the trip to Israel from the time she was a young girl. She wasn't expecting an impromptu marriage proposal shortly after arriving. The proposal was based in part on a miscommunication. The Baha'i World Centre in Haifa, Israel draws representatives of the faith's more than 5 million followers from around the world, Reed said. "When you're working over there there's a lot of people from different cultures, and a lot of cultural rules you just don't know about," sh...