Petitions ask to recall WMC Board members

WRANGELL Eight recall petition applications to remove all but one member of the Wrangell Medical Center (WMC) Board of Directors have been filed with the City and Borough of Wrangell.

WMC Board members included in the petitions are WMC Board Chair Mark Robinson, Vice Chair Jim Nelson and Linda Bjorge, Sylvia Ettafaugh, Jake Harris, Lurine McGee, Dee Norman, and LeAnn Rinehart.

The sole WMC Board member not included in the petitions is Dorothy Hunt-Sweat.

Wrangell resident Gary Allen, Sr. is the main sponsor of the petitions, and Michael V. Ottesen, Sr., is the alternate sponsor.

The recall pet...