Children in Wrangell interested in getting a bit of bowling in this winter are invited to come to the Elks Lodge #1595 on Saturday afternoons.

The Elks have been active in Wrangell for about 70 years, and the club’s bowling alley has been a long-standing fixture. While they in the past have put on activities for local youth, lodge secretary Shirley Clark said “this is the first one we’ve done as far as bowling.”

“It’s for all the kids,” explained Pamela Oglend, the lodge’s bartender. First putting the idea before the lodge board of trustees, for the past month and a half Ogl...