I, like many of my fellow humans, get the majority of my news from the digital screen; in my instance a small black phone suffices. After pressing buttons and arrows approximately seven times, the New York Times comes on the screen. And please don’t label me as one of those liberal NYT’ers reading fake news. The Times always lists its sources and the writers’ credentials.

I repair wood boats, usually commercial boats, for a livelihood. When I started my career in the mid-1980s, for sure I could easily see wood fishing boats were on their way out the door — not a great business in that sense to invest in. I stuck with the trade and now, decades later, I am mopping up the last of my livelihood prospects.

Maybe working with wood is something real to me in a seemingly crazy world. Newspapers are similar to that for me.

Maybe it’s a generational thing, getting information and news from turning the crinkly pages of your paper. In the Sentinel’s case it’s not just a choice and method of delivery of news and info. Unless you go to all the myriad assembly and ancillary meetings and know everybody in town, there is nowhere else to get the skinny on what is going down in Wrangell, politically, socially and environmentally. This is where the Sentinel shines brightly.

Many of us appreciate your valiant efforts and ability working on getting the Sentinel out every week.

Maybe you’ll have an upcoming article on other paleontology subjects besides us.

Michael Nurco

Wrangell