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Around Kodiak: April 5
Island Trails Network is holding its annual Kodiak Outdoor Film Festival at 6 p.m. tonight at the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center. There will be movies, pizza, prizes and an auction. Admission is $25 for individuals or $40 for a family. The Kodiak Arts Council is holding a First Friday art walk from 5-7 p.m. Come explore local artwork at The Frame Shop, Northern Exposure Gallery, Harborside Fly-By, Kodiak Arts Co...
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Another Day in Paradise: Packing for a journey
My wife and I are getting ready for another journey. We will be traveling to Petersburg for the Southeast Alaska Congress, a large gathering of all of the Salvation Army units in the Southeast. That tradition has been going on with The Salvation Army since before Alaska was a state. After Congress, we will be traveling to Angoon with four other Salvation Army officers to get the property there ready to reopen th...
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Kodiak harbor will reach out to CDQ groups
The Kodiak harbormaster’s office will reach out to the Bering Sea fishery’s Community Development Quota groups in an effort to bring more business to the harbor. The Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) program allocates an annual percentage of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands fisheries to clusters of western Alaska villages. There are six major CDQ groups in the region. Many of the CDQ fishing vess...
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“Storis Museum” needs your help
To the Editor: The retired US Coast Guard cutter Storis was listed on the National Register of Historic Places December 31, 2012. The ship is nationally historic, with much of that history made while based in Alaska. When I first started working to obtain Storis and return her to Juneau as a maritime museum and education center after her Feb. 8, 2007 decommissioning, I toured Juneau and spoke to many people in the...
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Zach Smith takes a swing during Kodiak High School’s baseball practice Tuesday afternoon at Baranof Park. The team is holding a blue/gold game Saturday at 2 p.m. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Baseball debuts blue/gold scrimmage
Kodiak High School’s baseball team has been given a gift this spring with Mother Nature. And the Bears are taking advantage of the warm weather by playing in the first baseball blue/gold game Saturday at 2 p.m. at Baranof Field. Normally at this time in the season, the field is still covered in snow and ice and the team is stuck practicing indoors. Not this year — the team has had only a handful of indoor practi...
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Big-money bowling tourney Sunday
The island’s most lucrative bowling tournament is Sunday. The third Pro-Build Championship Tournament begins 11 a.m. at Tropic Lanes. The tournament showcases a pair of oil patterns that are used on the Professional Bowlers Association tour and are much more difficult than what bowlers see during league play. The bowler who can figure out the lanes the best walks away with a first-place prize of $1,000 — but th...
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Local Results: April 5
Kodiak Island Dart Association Wednesday, March 27 Dart Vaders 15, 3 in a Bed 0; Ah-Shucks 14, Nightflights 1; River Rats 11, Elders 4; Coyote Pak 9, Bar Pros 6; Shark Attack 9, Dart’in Divas 6; Rondy II 9, Villains 6; Oo Chuks 11, Flying Tacos 4; Banditos 11, Darty Minds 4. High tons: Jamie Weeks, 180; Matt Keyes, 140; Kevin Cornett, 140; Lyn Aragon, 140; Mark Wardell, 140; Brian West, 134; Joey Madrid, 125 (2);...
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Playbook: April 5
Friday, April 5 Track: Kodiak at the Big C Relays at The Dome in Anchorage, 11 a.m. Saturday, April 6 Baseball: Kodiak blue/gold game at Baranof Field, 2 p.m. Track: Kodiak at the Big C Relays at The Dome in Anchorage, 11 a.m.
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Parks and Rec schedule: April 5-April 12
March 15-March 22 YOUTH SOCCER Spring Soccer Sponsored By Subway — League will begin Monday, April 8 and will run through May 11 followed by a tournament. There will be four age divisions: Micro I (kindergarten and first grade), Micro II (second and third grades), juniors (fourth and fifth grades), and Strikers (sixth through eighth grades). Monday and Wednesday evenings will be for juniors and Strikers. Tuesday ...
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Survey crews work from the landing craft Polar Bear on March 29, 2013 next to Pier 3 as a fishing vessel leaves the port of Kodiak. (James Brooks photo)
Drillers test the ground for new Pier 3
For the past two weeks, the landing craft Polar Bear has been moving cautiously around Pier 3 as hosts drillers punch holes into the seafloor below. Samples taken from those holes will be analyzed in an Anchorage lab, and the results will determine key aspects of the design of a new multimillion-dollar Pier 3. “This is probably pretty much one of the last physical visible things on site that will occur prior to mo...
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