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Summer Solstice champs
Team Precheese won the seventh- and eighth-grade boys division of the Summer Solstice 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament June 23 at Baranof Park. Front: Jay Miranda. Back, left: Lucky Ibaobao, Darwin Lacaste and Bryan Mangrobang. (Photo courtesy of Kodiak Parks and Recreation)

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This artist’s conception shows the proposed third launch pad at the Alaska Aerospace Corporation’s Kodiak Launch Complex on Narrow Cape. On the launch pad is a Lockeed Martin Athena III medium-lift rocket. The aerospace giant’s pick of Kodiak for its new rocket has allowed Alaska Aerospace’s long-dreamed plans for a medium-lift launch pad to move forward. Construction is expected to begin this summer.
(Image courtesy Alaska Aerospace Corporation)

New Kodiak launch pad waits on Lockheed
Alaska has played its cards. Now it’s Lockheed’s turn at the table. Earlier this spring, the Alaska Legislature, at Gov. Sean Parnell’s urging, approved $25 million for a new launch pad at the Kodiak Launch Complex. The approval came after aerospace giant Lockheed-Martin picked Kodiak as the West Coast launch site for a new medium-lift rocket. Along with the pick, Lockheed pledged to support $100 million in additi...

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Coast Guard helo rescues stranded hovercraft
Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircraft crews operating out of Cordova flew to the rescue of a disabled hovercraft on the Copper River and rescued six people Monday night. The Coast Guard received a distress call from a friend of the hovercraft operator stating the hovercraft’s propeller was damaged and the craft beached on a sandbar in the Copper River near Cordova. The MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew arrived on sc...

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Dunbar runs for Olympic spot tonight
For many Kodiakans, it’s no surprise that Trevor Dunbar has a chance to qualify for the London Olympics tonight. The 21-year-old runner has long been thought of as Kodiak’s future Olympian. “On the surface, it’s obvious that Trevor is an exceptional athlete,” former Kodiak teammate Karsten Schick said. “But to all of us who know him as a teammate, friend, or family member, I’d like to go out on a limb by saying ...

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Biotechnician and crew leader Heidi Helling and seasonal volunteers Eric Torvinen and Ian Petkash work on a mountain goat study in Kodiak.
(Image courtesy of Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge)

Kodiak wildlife refuge volunteers add valuable research hours
While the federal government ponders massive budget cuts, science has taken a hit. At the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, that’s meant finding creative ways to keep looking into nature’s mysteries. This summer, the refuge has been able to continue research projects with the help of 16 seasonal volunteers. “We have a really large volunteer program,” refuge volunteer coordinator Lisa Hupp said. “The last three or s...

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Achievers - June 28, 2012
• Alaska Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Dianne Blumer approved Trident Seafoods Corporation’s Kodiak Plant for the Alaska Occupational Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program renewal as a result of outstanding employee safety and health programs. “The SHARP program was one of the best things that ever happened to our safety program here at Trident Seafoods Star of Kodiak plant,” said Erni...

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Iver Malutin, chairman of the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak, and Lt. Cmdr. Michele Shallip, commanding officer of the Coast Guard cutter SPAR, stand Sunday with plaques commemorating the SPAR’s addition as an honorary ship of the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak.
(U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis photo)

Sun’aq Tribe gives unique honor to Coast Guard cutter
The crew of the Coast Guard cutter SPAR received a unique honor Sunday as they became the first Coast Guard unit to be named an honorary member of a Native tribe. The Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak honored the Kodiak-based buoy tender and its crew in an elaborate ceremony to thank them for helping memorialize two tribal members killed when a U.S. Navy destroyer rammed a local boat in 1942. No reparations were ever made af...

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Obituary: Justen Nixon
A Panikhida service for Justen Cory Nixon will be held Friday, June 29, at 6 p.m. at the Russian Orthodox Church. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. with burial to follow. Repast at the Sun’aq Tribal Hall to follow burial.

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Obituary: Doris St. George
Doris St. George passed away in her sleep June 18, 2012. She was born in Massachusetts in 1923. She was 89 years old. She leaves behind her sons Chuck Lewis Jr. and Gary Lewis. In her late teens she moved to Hollywood, Calif., and then on to Palm Springs, Calif., where she met and married the boy next door, Chuck Lewis Sr., who died in 2006. Soon they had a son Chuckie and later Gary and they raised their family ...

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Ocean Beauty wins Junior division
Ocean Beauty’s Owen Tuckfield runs to first base during the Kodiak Junior Little League championship game against Brechan Tuesday evening at East Elementary Field. Ocean Beauty, the No. 1 seed, defeated No. 2 seed Brechan 18-17. Ocean Beauty’s Brandon Pickett had three hits, including two home runs, while Gus Pyles and Tuckfield also had three hits for Ocean Beauty. Joe Schactler and Trenton Foxworthy had three h...

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