This Week in History
Archive news from 50-ish, 25 and 10 years ago.
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SNOWY BEARD FOR YOUNG MOOSE-A moose calf foraging with a cow near the Haines Highway intersection with Klukwan after a recent heavy snow came away with a frosty muzzle. Highway motorists are advised to use caution as moose have been spotted frequently on the road in recent weeks and one was struck and killed by a snowplow earlier this month. Ron Horn photo.
March 18, 1969
Expanded school facilities may be a reality when school resumes in September. Following a regular borough assembly meeting March 4 and a special meeting with architect Steve Forrest March 10, the assembly/school board decided to go ahead with plans for a six-classroom primary building with multi-purpose room in an effort to relieve the crowded conditions at the school.
The new structure would be kept to the bare essentials.
After discussing the possibility of using re-locatable units as a stop-gap measure, the assembly decided unanimously that a more permanent structure would be preferable and no more costly.
March 24, 1994
The Southeast Alaska State Fair will put $40,000 toward a permanent roof over the fairground's main stage following a recent grant award.
A grant from Wrangell's James and Elise Nolan Charitable Trust last fall would have given the fair $15,000 for improving fairground exhibit areas, but the roof got top priority and another $5,000 after matching funds became available locally.
According to fair board chair Teri Podsiki, the fair had been awarded $15,000 when local businessman Roger Schnabel learned more money would have to be available with matching funds. Schnabel, who buys gravel from the fair, offered to give $20,000 in services and advances on future sales, providing the match.
The 60 by 80 foot metal roof will cost $24,000, plus an undetermined amount for construction. Lynden Transport has donated shipping worth $4,500 and the fair will save another $1,000 from a half-rate donation by the ferry system.
The roof arrives April 15 and should be set up by the Fourth of July. It replaces a circus tent canopy and is the fair's top capital priority, in part because the aging canopy would trap then shed water on fairgoers below. "From my booth, I see so many people getting drenched," said Podsiki.
The roof will allow more people to use the fairgrounds and enhance the fair's music festival as well, she said. If in good enough shape, the tent may be used over the picnic tables in the food booth area.
