Former Sentienl owner, Lew
Williams, Jr. dies at 83
KETCHIKAN (KDN) – Ketchikan Daily News publisher emeritus Llewellyn “Lew” M. Williams, Jr., 83, died Saturday in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Williams was a pioneer Alaska journalist, active in newspaper, state and local affairs for more than 60 years. He died while vacationing in Arizona, four days after he had been due to return home to Ketchikan.
He and his wife, Dorothy, published newspapers in Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka and Ketchikan.
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Stikine offers practical classroom for
Wrangell/Petersburg students
Members of the Stikine River Jet Boat Association gave a tour of the Stikine River to fourth graders from both Wrangell’s Evergreen Elementary and Petersburg’s Rae C. Stedman Elementary School. This year’s trip marks the first time that Petersburg has been invited to explore the Stikine with students from Wrangell.
The trip has become a tradition for area fourth graders. According to Jim Leslie, Port Commission Chairman and captain of the Chutine Warrior, “we’ve done this for more than 10 years now. When this first started, we took every kid at the elementary school to make sure that everyone got to go. Now we just bring the fourth graders because it provides a lot more of a focused learning experience.”
Leslie indicated that the Stikine River Jet Boat Association plans to expand the opportunity to take the annual trip to communities outside of Wrangell. “This year we’re including Petersburg and we hope to bring along kids from Prince of Wales soon. It’s an outreach for the kids. The Stikine River Jet Boat Association members are all getting their boats in the water and getting ready for the season, so it’s a perfect time to take the kids out and test the boat as well.”