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One of the Kodiak Island Borough's hidden anti-dumping cameras is seen Sept. 7, 2011 in the grille of a Ford pickup truck.
(Jack Maker photo)

To fight Kodiak's illegal dumpers, a hidden weapon
The Kodiak Island Borough’s biggest weapon in the fight against illegal dumping is no bigger than a quarter. That’s the size of the lens on one of the borough’s two covert cameras used to identify Kodiakans tossing garbage onto the roadside. Illegal dumping is a big problem in Alaska. The Juneau public works department spent $8,000 cleaning up a single dump site. In Kodiak, the city’s spring cleanup drive turned ...

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Alutiiq Word of the Week - June 29, 2012
Niuwacestaq: Telephone Una niuwacestangcuk miktuq: This telephone is small. In the days of cell phones and high-speed Internet connections, it’s hard to imagine that just 30 years ago, many of Kodiak’s rural families had no phone service. Elders recall that signal fires were once used to send messages from one village to the next and that lookouts were posted on mountainsides to signal the arrival of boats before...

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Galen Rupp reacts after crossing the finish line ahead of Bernard Lagat to win the men's 5,000-meter final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Thursday, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Dunbar places 11th, misses Olympic team
On the final lap of Trevor Dunbar’s biggest race, he morphed into a fan. Ahead of him as he ran around the Hayward Field track in Eugene, Ore., stars Galen Rupp and Bernard Lagat were staging an epic battle for the 5,000-meter title at Thursday’s US Olympic Trials. “I transformed more into a spectator and a fan and started watching the video board and watching the finishing kick instead of focusing on my race,” ...

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Parks and Rec: June 29-July 6
June 29-July 6 JULY 4TH HOLIDAY Since Wednesday, July 4, is a holiday and the swimming pool is closed, Morning Program, Afternoon Open and Youth Lessons, normally held on Wednesday, will instead be held Friday, July 6. The Teen Center and administrative office will also be closed. JULY 4TH 10K RUN AND WALK July Fourth 10K: Independence Day 10K Run and Walk will start at 10 a.m. with walkers to start at 9:30 a.m. ...

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Sarah Lind and her daughter, Izetria (Izzy) Grace-Lind, look forward to going to Washington, D.C., where Izzy will participate in the Junior National Youth Leadership Conference, July 21-26. She was nominated for the honor by her teacher, Balika Haakanson. (Mike Rostad photo)

Kodiak Tapestry: 12-year-old heads to DC for conference
Twelve-year-old Izetria (Izzy) Grace-Lind didn’t see herself as a leader, but her teacher begged to differ. The teacher, Balika Haakanson, nominated Izzy as a candidate for the Junior National Youth Leadership Conference, to be held in Washington, D.C., July 21-26. Haakanson cited Izzy’s scholastic merit, maturity and strength of character as qualifying factors. When Izzy learned she was invited to the conference...

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Keep out environmental terrorists
To the editor: I have one question for the city of Kodiak. I, as a working resident of Kodiak, am very concerned why the city of Kodiak is allowing the terrorist organization known as Greenpeace to harbor its vessel in Kodiak. This is a big mistake. This is a working city, a fishing town. This town would not be here without its hardworking fishermen and their canneries. Letting this extreme radical group harbor ...

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Salmon season remains on track
As fishermen across Kodiak Island fan out to take advantage of a sunny weekend, they will find plenty of targets for their hooks. With one-quarter of the salmon season done, Kodiak has so far dodged the king salmon drought plaguing other areas of the state. Early sockeye returns to the road system have also been promising, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said. In response to low king returns in the Susitna,...

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Kodiak's local politicos consider redrawn lines
Editor's Note: Several corrections have been made to this story. Rep. Alan Austerman is running unopposed in this fall's elections, not Sen. Gary Stevens, who faces a Democratic challenger from Cordova. Also, under the new district map, Seldovia is no longer a member of House District 35. To report an error or request a correction, email editor@kodiakdailymirror.com or call 512-2622. The lines have been draw...

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Parnell: Feds need to pay for care plan
JUNEAU (AP) — Gov. Sean Parnell vowed Thursday to work to shift back to the federal government costs associated with implementing President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Parnell told reporters that Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the overhaul “should rally Americans to action and galvanize support for congressional change.” Tweets issued from his Twitter feed on the issue included the hash-...

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Veronica Costa-Bolton leads a tai chi class during Saturday’s Yoga Mountain hike on Near Island. (Derek Clarkston photo)

Hikers experience trails and meditation as part of Yoga Mountain
Veronica Costa-Bolton’s voice was as calming as the cloudless sky above her and the waveless water behind her. The only movement found was from the 16 people scattered along a Near Island beach following Costa-Bolton’s relaxing tai chi instructions. A few trail strollers stopped briefly and watched the meditation on the rocky beach, then went on with their hike. This scene went on for more than 30 minutes and hap...

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