Author: Colette Czarnecki
Talk on the Rock: Mayor Patty Gilbert on the upcoming municipal election
Episode 27: With Wrangell’s municipal election approaching on Oct. 1, incumbent Mayor Patricia (Patty) Gilbert stopped by KSTK to talk with News Director Colette Czarnecki about what her priorities are in the public service role. The retired school teacher and president of the non-profit organization, WMC Cancer Care Foundation, informed the community on achievements that she and the borough assembly accomplished, the time it takes to follow through on goals and why she wants to run again.
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Paddling to Celebration brought unexpected connections
U.S. Army Vietnam era veteran Val Cooday was one of dozens of people who paddled canoes up through Southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage this summer. They were heading to Celebration – a biennial festival in Juneau that honors the region’s Indigenous people. The voyage was healing and inspirational to some participants, including Cooday. To her, the number of paddlers seem to grow more and more each time.
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Wrangell Assembly preview: modifying Parks & Rec meeting requirements and sections of the municipal code; plus more
Wrangell’s assembly will consider changing the Parks and Recreation Board’s meeting requirements in the municipal code. At Tuesday’s meeting, the assembly could modify the code from meeting monthly to quarterly. The proposal says the change should relieve any strain that staff and board members experience while putting together monthly meeting packets, according to Parks Director Lucy Robinson.
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Wrangell voters will have full ballot next month
Two propositions will be on Wrangell’s ballot in next month’s municipal election.
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