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The Wolves downed Region V power Metlakatla Friday night but were unable to repeat on the Chiefs Saturday. The Wrangell High School boys' varsity basketball team put double digits on the board for three quarters Friday night, and won the opener handily, 31-49. They were outscored every quarter but the first and lost the closer 54-37. "It was nice to get a win, especially against the king of the conference, I guess," said head coach Ray Stokes. "We did it pretty handily, but then we...
The Wrangell girls’ varsity basketball team lost twice in Metlakatla this weekend. Friday’s 22-55 loss was typical of scores for Wrangell teams visiting the fiercely competitive Metlakatla teams. Saturday’s 25-31 loss was closer, and from the perspective of Head Coach Edna Abella-Nore, counts as a win. “Personally, from what I’ve heard around town, you never really win a game in Met,” she said. The Lady Wolves faced foul trouble early Friday. Junior Darian Meissner eventually fouled out. Amy Jenson recorded four fouls. Sophomore Taylor Bean...
Scouts from Troop 40 recently delivered a presentation to the Alaska Forum on the Environment discussing their local environmental conservation. The troop has worked for the last few years removing debris from the shore of Zarembo Island near Roosevelt Harbor, said Kellan Eagle, 13, a Tenderfoot who delivered a speech as part of the presentation. The troop has also been praised by U.S. Forest Service officials for the adoption and maintenance of the Twin Lakes Cabin, and plans to visit the...
Later this year, when Wrangellites go to the polls to elect new local officials, they might see something different on their ballots. Borough assembly members have traditionally been designated as holding lettered seats. An ordinance approved on first reading at the Feb. 11 borough assembly meeting and slated for a second reading Feb. 25 would eliminate the seat designations. The ballot would instead choose a number of candidates equal to the number of open borough assembly positions from a list, using the phrase “no more than.” The eli...
The borough assembly voted 3-2 Tuesday against a motion which would have made Brueger Street one way. The idea to change the street — which runs from the Elk’s Lodge parking lot to a busy intersection near Bobs’ IGA grocery store and First Bank – first came up at the Jan. 28 assembly meeting when assembly member Pam McCloskey McCloskey expressed concerns about congestion near the well-trafficked intersection. Borough officials provided a cost estimate of $1,700 in signage, plus an additional labor cost, to make the transition. In discuss...
already holds another lease, which would prevent the sale. Sorric's present holdings account for 50.3 percent of the total square footage (34,682 square feet) available for lease at the Center, Meissner said. His business accounts for more than a million dollars in revenue per year, most of which Sorric says he has re-invested. "When I make $100 in that yard, I put $100 back into my business," he told commissioners Thursday. "I'm in business with you guys. Like it or not, we're all in business...
February 19, 1924: Wm. Strong, Canadian customs officer at the boundary, returned to Wrangell last Thursday after a perilous trip down from Telegraph Creek. Mr. Strong and partner left Telegraph for the boundary station traveling down the Stikine and arrived there safe and sound where Mr. Strong's partner was left and Mr. Strong came on to Wrangell and after transacting his business here was taken back to the river by Kenig Johannsen on the Karen and will mush back to the customs station at the boundary. February 17, 1939: Alaska will go...
The Jan. 30 page 3 article “Preliminary figures show $200,000 school shortfall” incorrectly attributed facts provided by business manager Pam Roope to board member Rinda Howell. The Sentinel regrets the error....
Mary Parker and Ronan Rooney were married on Jan. 18, 2014 at The Seattle Aquarium in Seattle, Wash. The bridegroom is the son of Alice and the late Bob Rooney of Wrangell, Alaska and the bride is the daughter of Douglas and Janice Parker of Lake Oswego, Ore. The bride was given away by her father, Douglas Parker and her matron of honor was her friend Jennifer Schmitt. The best man was Aaron Comstock, a friend of the groom, of Anchorage, Alaska. The newlyweds honeymooned on the island of Oahu,...
With this edition, the Petersburg Pilot turns 40 years old. Wrangell publisher Jamie Bryson brought this publication into being on February 8, 1974. The Pilot’s predecessor, Petersburg Press folded in January and Bryson stepped up to the plate to make sure Petersburg continued to have a newspaper. He had the equipment and staff in Wrangell to produce the paper and many volunteers and staff member Jean Ellis in Petersburg to write stories, columns and ads. Most important to the operation was Bryson’s airplane, which enabled him to fly back and...
Jude Harley Edward Johnson was born on Dec. 25, 2013 to Dustin Johnson and Devyn Moody of Wrangell, Alaska. He weighed 5 lbs, 5 oz and was 19 1/2" long. His paternal grandparents are Harley and Lana Johnson, of Wrangell; his maternal grandparents are John Moody of Newport, Ore. and Shannan Bowman of Wrangell....
Haley Reed earned a spot on the Loyola Marymount University Dean’s List for the Fall 2013 semester. Students named to the Dean’s list have completed 15 semester hours at LMU and earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better. Haley is the daughter of Kris and Dan Reed of Wrangell. Haley is currently studying to get her bachelor’s in Screenwriting....
The Lady Panthers outshot the Lady Wolves twice this weekend. Wrangell lost both games to Craig by double digit margins, dropping the opener 58-39 and Saturday's game 58-40. The losses bring their season conference record to 2-6. "Our defense is there," said head coach Edna Abella-Nore. "This is a shooting team, and they all can shoot. They all shot from the outside." "If you look at the score sheet, a lot of them shot three-pointers," Abella-Nore added. "We are playing against last year's...
Local tykes bounced in a jumping castle, took home about 100 goldfish, panned for simulated gold, took in the finer points of fur trapping, and raced beds along a one-block stretch of Front Street this weekend. Despite frigid temperatures and a biting wind, the annual Tent City Days festival drew crowds to participate in many (mostly indoor) events. The festival commemorates Wrangell's role in gold rushes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. About 200 children showed up to the youth carniv...
Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department Chief Tim Buness celebrated his 25th year on the job with cupcakes and congratulations earlier this month. Buness is the second consecutive fire chief with that name to hold the post. His father served for 25 years as chief before him, and before that, his next-door neighbor served in the post. Buness – who also works as an electrician – manages the department's 35 volunteer personnel and one full-time administrator on a part-time basis, and was born and rai...
JUNEAU (AP) – Could a $15 billion railroad project reduce the cost of living in Alaska overnight? Matt Vickers, a lead member in the startup group G7G Railway Corp., thinks it can. Vickers’ Vancouver-based group is proposing a 1,600-mile railroad from Fort McMurray, Alberta, into Alaska. About 240 miles of the rail would be laid in the state. The railroad would primarily transport bitumen from Alberta’s tar sands to Delta Junction, where the project’s creators hope to tap into TAPS, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. That version of the project...
PETERSBURG – The Petersburg Borough Assembly ironed out language in the ordinance governing the Petersburg Medical Center hospital board and settled on a relationship between the two bodies that is somewhat ambiguous. Despite months of discussion between the two boards, Assembly Member John Havrilek still wasn’t comfortable with that ambiguity. “I’m still concerned this ordinance doesn’t give the hospital or us direction on who does what, when, how,” Havrilek said. Havrilek asked that clearer language be added to the ordinance that would defin...
PETERSBURG – Petersburg residents who utilize the landfill for commercial salvaging will still be able to take scrap metal after assembly voted down a proposed change that would have eliminated for-profit salvaging. Public Works Director Karl Hagerman made the change as the borough updated its sanitation ordinance. “The department, while we’re very supportive of the salvage program in general, has seen operational problems with commercial salvage for-profit,” Hagerman said during a public hearing on the salvage program last month. “The sa...
Superior Court Judge Kevin Miller sentenced Paul L. Arrington, 65, of Wrangell, to four months of prison for his part in local drug dealing operations, sentencing documents show. Arrington pled guilty Jan. 28 to one count of delivery of a controlled substance greater than one ounce, a class C felony. The plea was part of a plea agreement reached with the District Attorney’s office, according to sentencing documents. Court officials dismissed six additional accounts: one count of possession of a controlled substance, one count of m...
The local environment is a little bit cleaner after the efforts this week of two enthusiastic WCA employees. After two days, Arthur Larsen and Richard Oliver had collected 15 truckloads of discarded garbage. They picked up freezers, furniture, hot water tanks, tires, cans, discarded gill nets. Larger items, like a 500-gallon heating oil tank for a house on the spur road, and an abandoned car near Pat's Lake, will be left for city officials to clean up. Dump sites come about when people seek to...
The varsity boys’ basketball team won one game against conference rivals Craig this week. They lost Thursday’s game 56-58, but won the Friday sequel 50-49. The split result brings the Wolves’ conference record to 3-5 on the season. The Wolves paced the Panthers through three quarters Thursday leading by two at the half, then poured it on in the fourth. They outscored Craig 19-11, coming up just shy of another win in the last minutes. The finish was so close, it might as well be a win, said head coach Ray Stokes. “We really could have won the...