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Garden Gate: Dealing with aphids
Having plants festooned with aphids is a common complaint this time of year. Where the heck do aphids come from? More than likely, they piggy-backed their way in on an outdoor plant you brought inside or rode in through the front door on a breeze or your sweater sleeve. Aphids also show up on plants you bought at the store or received as a gift from an unknowing friend. Tsk, tsk. Suspect aphids if you see yellowi...

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Public Safety Blotter: Oct. 29
Tuesday, Oct. 23 • At 10:05 p.m., a 911 caller reported two men were fighting outside on Willow Street. It was a verbal argument only. Wednesday, Oct. 24 • At 2:11 a.m., an officer was on foot patrol on Marine Way. • At 2:18 a.m., an officer was on foot patrol on Marine Way. • At 3:38 a.m., an officer spotted a bear in a dumpster on Mill Bay Road. The bear ran off when it saw the patrol car. • At 6:35 a.m., a 91...

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7.7 earthquake causes brief tsunami scare in Southeast, Kodiak
Canada’s largest earthquake since 1949 briefly alarmed Alaskans on Saturday after the West Coast tsunami warning center issued a warning for portions of Southeast Alaska. Kodiak was not covered by the warning, but alarm spread among some Kodiak residents until it became apparent that the island was not in the path of the main force of the tsunami, which turned out to be smaller than initially forecast. According t...

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Rick Kniaziowski joins school board
Horizon Lines terminal operations manager Rick Kniaziowski will join the Kodiak Island Borough school board, filling a seat left vacant by the election of Aaron Griffin to the borough assembly. The five sitting school board members interviewed three candidates who submitted letters of interest—Kniaziowski, Joe Bailor and Tracy Chandler — in a special work session Friday. During the interviews, the board asked appl...

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Bears drop two at Colony
Kodiak volleyball ended the regular season with a pair of Northern Lights Conference losses at Colony. On Friday, the Bears lost 28-26, 25-23, 15-25, 25-23 and on Saturday fell 25-19, 16-25, 25-22, 25-10. “As you could tell by the scores, we are just right there with them,” Kodiak coach Amy Willis said. “The things that needed to fall our way, just never fell our way.” Kodiak finishes the regular season with a 4-6...

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Trials begin for Native fishermen charged on Kuskokwim River
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Some call it a protest by Alaska Native subsistence fishermen, but that's not the way it looks to Harry David and a couple dozen others charged with illegally fishing for king salmon in waters severely restricted by the state because of dismal runs of the prized fish. "We've been taught since we were growing up to gather food from the land for winter," said David, a Yup'ik Eskimo from the western...

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7.7 earthquake strikes British Columbia; no tsunami threat for Kodiak
Updated: 9:50 p.m. A violent earthquake jolted Canada's Queen Charlotte Islands on Sunday evening, causing national forecasters to issue a tsunami warning for parts of Southeast Alaska. Kodiak is not included in the warning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Queen Charlotte Islands about 385 miles SSE of Juneau shortly after 7 p.m. Alaska time. Magnitude 5.8 and 4.8 ...

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The newer fire truck, left, is larger than the broken one in the Ouzinkie fire station, in Ouzinkie on Oct. 22. (Nicole Klauss photo)

Ouzinkie gets new fire truck for $1
It only cost $1 for Travis Sheppard to buy a fire truck for Ouzinkie, but it took months of searching before he got the chance to spend that dollar. Sheppard is chief of the department that serves the small town’s 178 people. He took over the position in February and was quickly saddled with a big problem when Ouzinkie's 30-year-old fire truck blew its engine during a maintenance check. For the past six months, ...

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The gyro platter at Sparrows is about the size of a Volkswagen and features pork or chicken that has been marinated overnight and grilled. The tender meat is served atop French fries and with tzatziki sauce, tomato, red onion, and warmed pita bread on the side.
(Suzanne Bobo photo)

Island Flavor: Sparrows is at center of friendship story
My colleague Elizabeth and I have a mutual friend you’ve met before in my column. I call her Millicent. We’ve enjoyed a friendship that has sweetened over time, but recently, Millicent found new friends and began to pull away from us. At first it seemed like a small thing, but as Elizabeth and I spent more and more time with Millicent’s empty chair, we realized the situation was dire. “Should we say something t...

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Coast Guard Blotter: Oct. 26
Oct. 20 The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Long Island and a good Samaritan vessel rescued three members of a duck hunting expedition Saturday in Harrison Lagoon near Whittier. Two of the hunters overturned their canoe while trying to retrieve a duck. The youngest member of the expedition was on land near a cabin, witnessed the event, and called 911. The 911 call was rerouted to the Coast Guard command center in J...

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