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New icebreaker christened in Louisiana for Alaska oil exploration
PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — The largest, most advanced ship ever built by Edison Chouest Offshore will soon leave south Louisiana for Alaska. Elizabeth Itta, a 12-year-old from the Alaska town of Nuiqsut, christened the 360-foot-long icebreaker, the Courier reported. She won an essay contest to name the ship. Her choice was “Aiviq,” which means “walrus” in the Inupiat language. Aiviq was christened Saturday at Port ...
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The KHS girls softball team spent some time Friday afternoon shoveling snow from the softball field. Kodiak Parks and Rec personnel have been working hard removing snow from the field. Softball opens April 27. (Sam Catt photo)
Throwing out the first snowball
The KHS girls softball team spent some time Friday afternoon shoveling snow from the softball field. Kodiak Parks and Rec personnel have been working hard removing snow from the field. Softball opens April 27. (Sam Catt photo)
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Alutiiq Word of the Week - March 23, 2012
Kangiyaq: Kaguyak Ilaten Kangiyagmiu’at: Your relatives are from Kaguyak. The village of Kaguyak lies on the Aliulik Peninsula at the head of Kodiak Island’s Kaguyak Bay. Today, this once-flourishing coastal village is overgrown with brush and few remnants of its habitation remain. The fourth tidal wave generated by the Great Alaska Earthquake flattened the village in 1964 and killed two of its residents. Kaguyak...
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Feds vow to fund new fisheries observer program
KODIAK — A plan to put fisheries observers onboard all Alaska catcher-processors and a random number of catcher fishing vessels is on track for funding next year. The reform is the first major change to the Alaska observer program in 15 years, but its fate was in doubt after the federal government slashed its budget and early National Marine Fisheries Service budget announcements were vague on whether the federal ...
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Kodiak Electric Association votes to buy batteries for new wind turbines
By JAMES BROOKS Mirror Editor The Kodiak Electric Association board of directors on Thursday approved a major component of its plan to put three new wind turbines atop Pillar Mountain this summer. The board voted unanimously to spend up to $3.2 million on two “energy storage systems,” large batteries that will balance the erratic power created by the wind turbines, giving time for the Terror Lake hydroelectric pow...
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As snow piles up in Kodiak, so do the bills
KODIAK — The Kodiak public works department used about 3,000 more man hours this winter for snow removal than it did last winter. The public works department manages and maintains 25 miles of streets in Kodiak’s city limits. During winter this includes plowing and hauling snow, salting and sanding the roads and controlling ice. As of March 9, the department had used 7,255 man hours for snow and ice maintenance, ci...
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Susan Patrick, left, and Terri Springer. (Mike Rostad photo)
Kodiak Tapestry: Teacher’s aide bids goodbye to classroom
What would teachers do without them? They keep track of attendance, work one-on-one with needy students, keep schedules straight, and tend to a multitude of other tasks that free up teachers to teach. And sometimes teachers’ aides do that, too. Retiring teacher’s aide Terri Springer has been the right hand person for East Elementary kindergarten teacher Susan Patrick since 1988. “The kids think we live together,” ...
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Donna Mae Katelnikoff-Yovino
Obituary: Donna Mae Katelnikoff-Yovino
Donna Mae Katelnikoff-Yovino of Kodiak went home to the Lord Jesus Christ on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Donna, the eldest of 12 children, was born in Ouzinkie on June 6, 1950, to Fred and Sophie (Naumoff) Katelnikoff. She lived her entire life in Alaska, including the villages of Ouzinkie, Karluk and Larsen Bay. She also spent a few years living off the island in Nome and Anchorage but ultimately returned home t...
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Around Kodiak - March 23, 2012
Library closed The A. Holmes Johnson Memorial Library will be closed Monday, March 26, in observation of Seward’s Day. For more information please call the library at 486-8686.
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Rossi’s ‘game ranch’ rule still alive
To the editor: A recent Anchorage Daily News article on March 4 caused me some alarm. The article pointed out that Corey Rossi, now ex-Wildlife Division Director, had been working on a plan “to give private landowners special rights to hunt big game, even out of season, and to be able to sell those rights to whomever they want.” Even more alarming, the article suggested that Gov. Parnell was fully backing this ide...
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