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John “Spencer” Schaeffer
John “Spencer” Schaeffer passed away on April 2, 2013. Please come have a drink & celebrate his life on Wednesday April 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Rendezvous.
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School board budget changes will affect students
Dear Editor, On April 10, the KIBSD superintendent presented the proposed budget for the 2013-14 year to the School Board. The district is anticipating a $1 million shortfall, which it is planning to cover by not replacing 11.5 teacher and 4 special educator positions, along with reductions in instructional aides and sereupport staff. These cuts will fall mostly on the middle and elementary schools (2 teacher pos...
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Get Mayor Selby out of office
To the Editor: Our brainless borough mayor has cost us taxpayers big bucks for his stupidity again. Three weeks ago I wrote the editor and told you people what he was doing with suing an assemblyman and now you can read it in the Kodiak papers of April 2 and 9. Mr. Selby does not do his homework before he opens his big mouth. I know what rules Mr. Stephens has to follow as an attorney, as I did my own attorney wor...
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Kodiak Middle School should keep its word
To the Editor: There was time earlier in the school year when the school, specifically KMS, assured that rooms that are basically something from a psych ward would not be used unless a student is posing a physical threat. Recently, while in the building, there was a young lady in there quietly eating her lunch (granted, I don’t have details or the whole story on this specific incident). So now I must ask is it t...
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Macro view of bumblebee harvesting pollen from an Iceland poppy blossom in Kodiak last summer. (Marion Owen photo)
Garden Gate: More Q&A
Editor’s Note: Marion Owen’s spring gardening Q&A continues with Part 4 this week. For parts one and two, see the April 8, April 1 and March 25 and issues of the Kodiak Daily Mirror. Q: Since we started a small garden, slowly but surely my family is eating more veggies. But lately I feel like I’m in a rut, cooking them the same way. How can I keep everyone’s interest? A. There’s nothing like being in a rut to sp...
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Mark Barnette plays his acoustic guitar at the KPLA benefit concert, at the Elks Lodge in Kodiak on April 12. (Nicole Klauss photo)
KPLA holds benefit conference
Rap, acoustic rock, punk rock and the musical sounds of marimba came together on Friday night at the Elks Lodge in a benefit concert that raised more than $3,000 for the new Kodiak Library. “We’ve got a broad landscape of music,” Kodiak Public Library Association volunteer Kelly Longrich said. This was the first time the association has held a concert to raise funds for the new library. The idea for a concert was ...
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Presenting a different perspective on fish processing
To the Editor: You recently published an article in the Kodiak Daily Mirror titled “Kodiak acts on tender issue." Please allow me to present a different perspective. Trident tendered approximately 7 million pounds of pollock from GOA area 620 to our Akutan plant. This fish was caught by vessels that regularly fish for Trident out of Kodiak and Sand Point. That amount represents about one and a half processing days...
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Thomet leads Kodiak to runner-up finish at Pro/Whit Championships
For the second straight week, Kodiak’s Levi Thomet put on a spectacular show at The Dome in Anchorage. The Kodiak sophomore won both the 1,600 and 3,200 meters and was named the boys athlete of the meet at the Pro/Whit Indoor Championships Saturday. Kodiak’s boys placed second with 68.5 points — 3.5 points away from first-place Dimond. Kodiak’s girls were eighth with 18 points. “I was impressed that people recogn...
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"The Miracle Worker" cast did a great job
To the Editor: I was totally impressed with the teamwork of all the actors in the production of "The Miracle Worker" at the high school Friday evening. Helen's family was so overwhelmed, and the only solution they faced, was to put her in an institution. The energy put into the two characters, Anne Sullivan played by Kristen Nymeyer and Helen Keller played by Wetherleigh Griffin, as they portrayed the struggle it ...
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Borough may look for new attorney
At a Thursday night work session, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly discussed putting out a request for proposals for a new attorney. The contract with Wohlforth, Johnson, Brecht, Cartledge & Brooking expires this year, and while it could possibly be renewed for three additional one-year extensions, the assembly has the choice to look at other options. Assemblywoman Louise Stutes asked for the item to be put on ...
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