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Garbage-trashing bears arouse residents' ire at borough assembly meeting
The Kodiak Police Department has used flashbangs and rubber bullets to ward off wandering bears in urban Kodiak this fall. On Thursday night, a handful of Kodiak residents threw verbal flashbangs at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly as they asked assembly members to permit fines on people who fail to appropriately protect their garbage. "It sounded like a war zone this weekend," said city resident April Eads abou...
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Kodiak’s Sammye Jones stands on the pool deck Monday at the Kodiak Community Pool. The senior Jones has been a key member of the Bears’ swimming and diving team her entire career. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Jones has emerged as one of the state’s top breaststrokers
In sports, the name of the second-place finisher is often forgotten. In swimming, it’s often the person in second place who puts a team in position to finish first. Kodiak’s Sammye Jones fits into that category. The senior is not flashy and is often an overlooked piece to the Bears’ success. While teammates Ila Hughes, Tahna Lindquist and Jori Lindquist grab the headlines, Jones quietly goes about her business an...
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C.G. murder has become another Kodiak cold case
It's been six long agonizing months since the horrific events that took place on April 12. We still have no answers. The FBI is still mum. We know no more now than we did before. Has it come to a dead end or a fork in the road? It's become another cold case in Kodiak, which is very sad and pathetic. It appears that the FBI is clueless and has been outfoxed. I, for one, am frustrated, angry, and mad. I wan...
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Denise Simeonoff, account executive at KVOK/Hot 101.1., is seen Tuesday at her desk. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Women in Business: Simeonoff seals the deal at KVOK
Denise Simeonoff is the lady behind the advertisements on your radio. Simeonoff is the account executive at local radio station KVOK/Hot 101.1. The homegrown product — she is a 1991 Kodiak High School graduate — is responsible for luring businesses to purchase radio spots and writing copy for those spots. “I enjoy it,” she said. “I feel like in some ways it is a small contribution to boosting the economy and mo...
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Kodiak city mayor Patricia Branson (center) and Alaska Senate President Gary Stevens share a laugh with Armando Cristian Pérez, better known by the stage name Pitbull, on stage Monday, July 30, 2012. The two Kodiak politicians presented the visiting Pérez with the key to the city. (James Brooks photo)
Women in Business: Branson finds the keys to Kodiak success
In 1968, Pat Branson nearly got into a fight while campaigning for Eugene McCarthy in Omaha, Neb. In 2012, as Mayor, she awarded the key to the city of Kodiak to a rapper named Pitbull. When Branson moved to Kodiak in 1982, she was looking for a lifestyle change. It’s safe to say she’s found it. “I came to the conclusion after I graduated from college that I’m happiest when I’m busiest,” she said. As Mayor of Kodi...
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Guest Opinion: Vote no on retaining Sen Tan as a judge on the Superior Court.
Judicial retention elections rarely attract much interest from the news media or from voters. But this year we have reason to pay attention — and take action. If you live in the 3rd Judicial District — which includes Anchorage, the Mat-Su Valley, the Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak, Prince William Sound and Bristol Bay Communities — you have an opportunity to vote NO on one of the state's most liberal judges: Superior Co...
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Mary Guilas-Hawver, director of the Providence Kodiak Island Counseling Center, is seen Tuesday in her office. (James Brooks photo)
Women in Business: Whether guiding Fil-Am or counseling the ill, Guilas-Hawver helps
When Mary Guilas arrived in Kodiak on Jan. 2, 1987, she enjoyed the perfect recipe for culture shock. She was 20 years old and left the plane still warm from the balmy, crowded conditions of the urban Philippines. Two days later, she was shivering in boots and a hairnet, cold and wet on a slime line. “I got my bachelor’s in psychology; this is not what I want to be,” she remembers thinking. In the 25 years since t...
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Ivan Lukin poses with his creation in his Port Lions shop last winter. Since the photo was taken, he has crafted a spear for the hunter. (Mike Rostad photo)
Tapestry: Sculptor tells story of Alutiiq people
There is a look of surprise on the Alutiiq hunter’s bronze face as he prepares to spear a whale that has breached much closer to his single-hatch bidarka than he anticipated. Despite the surprise, the hunter looks fierce and seasoned. The ancient hunter is a creation of Port Lions resident Ivan Lukin, who has captured in carved cedar an action that tells stories about his ancestors. Lukin comes from a culture th...
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Alutiiq Word of the Week: Oct. 19
Angyaartalek : Aiaktalik (the island)_ Angyaartalek sugyartaallia cuumi. : There used to be a lot of people at Aiaktalik Island. Aiaktalik Island, one of the Trinity Islands, lies at the southern end of the Kodiak Archipelago at the tip of the Aliulik Peninsula. Surrounded by the rough waters of Sitkinak Strait, this small, triangular land mass covers just seven square miles. The island is low and rolling, with g...
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Plenty to do this weekend in Kodiak
There is no shortage of events this weekend in Kodiak. With salmon season over, more organizations in town are holding events as people begin to hunker down for winter. The Bayside Fire Department will hold an open house on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in honor of fire prevention month. The station will have information about fire safety and child safety, displays of fire equipment and hot dogs and popcorn. T...
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