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Paddle Battle supports Petersburg Medical Center scholarships
Posted by Katie Anastas | Jul 20, 2021
The Paddle Battle ended at Sandy Beach. (Photo by Katie Anastas)
The Petersburg Medical Center Foundation’s annual Paddle Battle was on Saturday. Proceeds will go to scholarships for current medical center employees and high school students applying to college.
Katie Anastas talked to paddlers as they finished the course at Sandy Beach.
This year’s Paddle Battle had two starting points: Scow Bay and South Harbor. Maelle Boiter and her grandfather, Rick Williams, chose Scow Bay. Still, Boiter stepped out of the kayak with a smile on her face.
Posted by Sage Smiley | Jul 12, 2021
Wrangell’s 2021 King Salmon Derby winner, 16-year-old Trevor Acker, with the winning fish.
(Courtesy Leslie Cummings)
A 16-year-old from California, visiting Alaska for the first time, took home the top prize in Wrangell’s King Salmon Derby.
Trevor Acker hooked the winning chinook on June 17th near Found Island, south of Wrangell. It weighed in at 36.9 pounds.
Acker won the top prize of $3,000 for the catch.
This was the first year since 2017 that Wrangell ran a king salmon derby. Planned derbies for 2018, 2019 and 2020 were switched to target coho salmon, over concerns about king salmon returns in those years.