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Letters should maintain respectful tone
To the Editor: A newspaper is a great asset to a community. We learn about our neighbors and our events, and we get entertainment. Letters to the editor are a great service. They provide a forum for any of us to make our opinions known and contribute to a local discussion or knowledge base. And sometimes they’re just funny. But for an armchair curmudgeon to publicly insult local elected officials, by name, makes m...
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Three rural students qualify for national archery tournament
Three Kodiak Island students are some of the straightest shooters in the state. Ocean Reft and Joseph Brattole, both from Karluk, and Gayle Aga of Larsen Bay qualified for the National NASP Archery Tournament that begins May 10 in Louisville, Ky. They advanced to the national competition by placing in the top five in their grade level at the Alaska State NASP Tournament that concluded at the end of March. Kodia...
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Coast Guard blotter: April 19
April 11 Coast Guard Sector Anchorage received a report from the 452-foot refrigeration ship Murcia Carrier that it required main engine repairs and was conducting them while dead in the water 725 nautical miles southwest of Dutch Harbor. Repairs were completed without incident and the Murcia Carrier vessel resumed its voyage to Dutch Harbor. The Coast Guard marine safety detachment in Dutch Harbor examined the sh...
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Parks and Rec: April 20-26
April 20-April 26 YOUTH SOCCER Soccer Weather Hotline: Please call 486-8669 after 3 p.m. on the assigned game or practice day to receive field and weather updates for that day. Schedule: Following is this week’s schedule; games are preceded by their time and field number. Everything is at Baranof Football Field. Saturday, April 21 Practices at Woody Way Field 10 a.m. — Micro-1 Girls/Boys; 11 a.m. — Micro-2 Girls/B...
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In the Courts: April 19
Driving with a suspended license Marc Fillion, 26, pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail (90 days suspended), and was fined $500 ($250 suspended). Fillion will be on probation for one year must complete 80 hours of community service. Fishing violation James Eufemio, 50, pleaded guilty to taking undersized Tanner crab. He was fined $3,000 ($1,500 suspended). Eufe...
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Another Day in Paradise: An act of grace
The old adage says, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” We have all seen pictures taken by great photographers that give credence to that thought. Right here in Kodiak, we have some great photographers whose pictures are shared on the walls of the Fly-By from time to time by the Arts Council. Sometimes those pictures are shared by the Chamber of Commerce or Discover Kodiak on printed media or online. Sometimes...
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Alutiiq Word of the Week: April 19
Nuus’niik; Anarwik: Outhouse Cuumi llami nuus’ningq’rllrit.: They used to have outhouses outside. In prehistoric times, going to the bathroom was a less private matter than it is today. Alutiiq families kept large wooden tubs near the doors of their houses to collect urine. Valued for its cleansing properties, Alutiiq women used urine to process hides. The ammonia in the urine broke down fat, leaving animal skins ...
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This vacant lot on Mill Bay Road, seen Thursday morning, April 18, 2013, once held an apartment complex, but it could become the new headquarters of the Kodiak Electric Association under a plan expected to be unveiled Tuesday night at KEA's annual meeting. (James Brooks photo)
KEA will consider new HQ
Correction : The original version of this story incorrectly stated that KEA's annual meeting is Tuesday evening. It is Monday evening. Since 1940, the offices of the Kodiak Electric Association have occupied an unobtrusive building on Marine Way. Under a new proposal to be unveiled at KEA’s annual meeting next week, that could change. On the agenda for Monday night’s meeting: discussion of a new KEA headquarter...
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Borough will foot bill for complaint against assemblyman
Kodiak Island Borough Assemblywoman Louise Stutes had some harsh words for borough manager Bud Cassidy Thursday evening after it was revealed that the borough will foot the bill for an Alaska Public Offices Commission complaint against assemblyman Mel Stephens. “I am incensed, I am outraged, I cannot believe that kind of behavior,” she said. On April 1, borough attorney Cheryl Brooking attended an APOC hearing in ...
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Whale Fest gets under way this weekend
Kodiak’s 17th annual cetacean celebration, Whale Fest, gets under way this weekend as Kodiak observes the return of gray whales to area waters. While orcas, or killer whales, are seen around Kodiak throughout the year, Eastern Pacific Gray Whales come to Kodiak only twice per year as part of the longest migration of any mammal on Earth. Their migration, which begins in the waters off Mexico and ends in the Arctic ...
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