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Alysa Horn of the University of Alaska Anchorage shoots over a Seattle Pacific defender during a 2011 game at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex in Anchorage.(Michael Dinneen photo)
Alumni update: Horn joins 1,000-point club
Alysa Horn joined the 1,000-point club Thursday evening in Anchorage. The University of Alaska Anchorage senior reached the millenial milestone in the second quarter of her team’s 93-82 women’s basketball victory over Seattle Pacific University. “It is a big honor to be up there with a couple of other really great athletes who have also accomplished it before,” said Horn on Sunday evening. “I really just owe it ...
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Around Kodiak: Feb. 12
The Kodiak GIS users group will meet at noon today in the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center. The meeting includes a discussion of new radar mapping data covering the Kodiak archipelago.
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Public Safety Blotter: Feb. 12
Thursday, Feb. 7 • At 12:04 a.m., a caller reported seeing an intoxicated woman take off in a vehicle. Patrol was advised. • At 1:40 a.m. and 1:58 a.m., an officer was on foot patrol on Marine Way. • At 2:20 a.m., an officer was on foot patrol on Mill Bay Road. • At 2:59 a.m., a caller reported a truck with a snow plow on the front hit the sidewalk. Patrol was advised. • At 6:13 a.m., a caller reported a motor veh...
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People involved in Kodiak's tourism industry eat lunch and learn about new changes at the KICVB, at the Discover Kodiak annual meeting, on Feb. 9. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Convention and Visitors bureau holds annual meeting
The Kodiak Island Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, now known as Discover Kodiak, is hoping to draw in international and out-of-state visitors with its new brand. At the annual meeting on Saturday, Discover Kodiak unveiled its new logo and showed a preview of its new website. “We really like the new logo,” board president Susan Johnson said. “It shouts out ‘We’re rugged.’” The Discover Kodiak logo features the tagl...
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service boat Arlluk is seen in a sling at Fuller's Boat Yard on Monday morning, Feb. 11, 2013 in Kodiak, Alaska. The $2.5 million Arlluk sank at its moorings in Kodiak's St. Herman Harbor on Friday. (James Brooks photo)
USFWS boat likely unsalvagable
ANCHORAGE (AP) — A federal research vessel that sank while docked in St. Herman Harbor likely will not be repaired because of the high expense, a spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday. The 63-foot Arlluk, used by two Alaska Peninsula national wildlife refuges, sank last week while tied up in St. Herman’s Harbor. The vessel was floated after less than 24 hours and towed to a boat yard, but sa...
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Maritime museum plans cellphone harbor tours
The Kodiak Maritime Museum is planning to tell the history of Kodiak’s harbor through interactive cellphone tours. Museum executive director Toby Sullivan announced the new program during the museum’s annual meeting on Friday. The museum hopes to introduce the tours for people with smartphones later this year. “We’re going to put these in a few strategic places downtown,” Sullivan said. The museum already offers ...
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Outdoor Kodiak: Air guns for fun and economy
The high cost of ammunition is hitting the wallets of all shooters. Regular shooting practice, much less shooting for the simple fun of it, is becoming cost prohibitive. Reloading your own ammunition is part of the answer, but the costs of bullets, powder and primers have soared. Factor in the spate of cold, wet weather and opportunities to shoot are have been scarce this winter. You can go to the KISA indoor r...
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Births: Feb. 12
Gracin Bay Reft was born to Lawrence Movius and Kristeen Reft. She weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 19.5 inches long. Also welcoming her to the family are Roy, Noah, Ocean, John, Kueirstan, Lwarence and Angelica. Proud grandparents are Mary and Sonny Reft from Karluk and Beth Peterson from Old Harbor.
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Alutiiq studies assistant professor April Laktonen Counceller stands next to one of the new language signs on the Kodiak College campus, on Feb. 8. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Kodiak College steps beyond bilingual with new five-language signage
Kodiak College is making its campus more inclusive by installing multilingual signs on its buildings. The effort is part of the $1.4 million Alutiiq Studies and Student Support Project, which required the college to add signs in Alutiiq. "There was interest in making the whole campus more culturally friendly to Native students, but also to students and community members who speak other languages and are from other...
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Kodiak’s Jerica Nelson dribbles the ball while being guarded by Dimond’s Karenna Liggon during a high school girls basketball game Friday at Dimond High School. (Samuel Towarak photo)
Kodiak girls suffer first loss of season, place third at Lady Lynx Tournament
Dimond ended Kodiak’s perfect season Friday evening.  The Lynx raced to a 10-2 lead and never let up in a 45-30 semifinal gold bracket victory in the Lady Lynx Prep Tournament at Dimond High School. Kodiak had won its first 17 games of the season before running into a tough Dimond squad that eventually lost to Wasilla 49-43 in Saturday’s championship game. The 17 consecutive wins to begin the season shattered the ...
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