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East Elementary principal Paul Kubina is duct-taped to a gym wall by teachers Wednesday. Kubina bet students that they couldn’t read 15 million words during the second trimester of the school year. Students surpassed that goal by more than 2 million, reading 17,318,715 words. (James Brooks photos)
Achievers: Kodiak elementary students triumph in reading challenges
As East Elementary School principal Paul Kubina smiled as he was duct-taped to a wall. At the start of the school’s second trimester, he bet that students couldn’t read 15 million words before the start of spring break. It was a bet he was happy to lose. By Wednesday morning, students had recorded 17,318,715 words. While teachers tore off strips of duct tape and did most of the hard work during a Wednesday assembl...
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Left: Kodiak’s Kevin Lepola Jr. rushes the ball during a high school football game against Monroe in September 2011 at Joe Floyd Track and Field. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Lepola Jr. signs with Redwoods
Kevin Lepola Jr. has signed his name hundreds of times, but all have paled in comparison to the one he sketched Saturday. Lepola, a senior at Kodiak High School, signed a national letter of intent to play football for the College of the Redwoods, a junior college in northern California, next fall. “I was shaking,” Lepola said. “I was writing my letter and you could see scribbles. It was weird. I have signed bout...
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Around Kodiak - March 8, 2012
Karluk Lake history Alaska Fish and Game biologist Birch Foster will present a history of the Karluk Lake sockeye salmon fishery from 1921 to 2011 today at noon in the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center. The talk is part of the brown bag lunch lecture series with the refuge and the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center. School funding Rep. Alan Austerman hosts a public meeting from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m....
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Goings on - March 8,. 2012
Hypnotic comedy The Village Bar presents live comedy hypnosis by Kevin Wolfe at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. To purchase tickets or for more information, call the Village at 486-3412. Local film festival Island Trails Network is collecting submissions for its 2012 Kodiak Outdoor Film Festival, to be held Friday, April 6. The deadline to submit your entries is March 25, so get out and start filming your adventures....
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LS Construction won the fourth- and fifth-grade Little Dribblers title with a 12-10 win over F/V Miss Linda March 2. Front, left: Carly Glover and Shalom Neff. Back, left: Erik Raisley (coach), Ella Raisley, Alissa Kratt, Roxanna Castellon, Elizabeth Peterson and Deb Glover (coach). (Photo courtesy of Kodiak Parks and Rec)
Local results: March 8
City league basketball Feb. 29 Air Station 66, Kodiak Island Storage 54 Eric Stoecker 25 points, Sean Donahue 12, Trevor Salt 8,Jeremy Andrews 6, Andy Bonifant 5, Charley Fowler 5 and Dave Wright 5 for Air Station. Mark Galindo 22 points, Jeff Stanford 13, Jaron Steele 12, Levi Seaton 3, Louie Rashlow 2 and Brad Bezona 2 for Kodiak Island Storage. March 1 COMMSTA Kodiak 59, Net Systems 56 James Encinas 20 points,...
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Kodiak, Alaska Republicans re-count ballots cast Tuesday, March 6, 2012 during the Alaska Republican Presidential Preference Poll on Super Tuesday in the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center. Ron Paul won Kodiak Island's combined precincts with 68 votes, one more than Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum, who each had 67. Newt Gingrich received 36 votes, and one voter cast an unpledged ballot. (James Brooks photo)
Ron Paul wins Kodiak primary by one vote
KODIAK — If you needed evidence as to why this year’s Republican presidential nomination process has seemed longer than most in recent history, look no further than the results in Kodiak Island Borough precincts. Texas Rep. Ron Paul won the race here by a single vote, receiving the support of 68 Kodiak Republicans. Tied for second place were Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, who each received 67 votes. Newt Gingrich ...
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Mitt Romney wins Alaska Republican Presidential Preference Poll
JUNEAU (AP) — Mitt Romney won the Alaska GOP's presidential preference poll Tuesday, edging out Rick Santorum in a race Romney won handily four years ago. With 96 percent of the vote in, Romney had 4,225 votes, or 33 percent; Santorum had 3,762 votes, or 29 percent. Ron Paul finished third, matching his finish in 2008. Newt Gingrich placed fourth. Twenty-four delegates were up for grabs in Tuesday's contest, with ...
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First Ouzinkie ferry likely in May
KODIAK — Ouzinkie is making its mark on the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry schedule. As soon as the finishing touches are put on the Spruce Island town’s new dock — something expected in May — the ferry Tustumena will begin regular service. “We’ve been working for it at least 10 years,” said Ouzinkie Mayor Dan Clarion. “The entire community is pretty excited.” According to the marine highway’s draft plan, the ...
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The adult and larva versions of the red flat bark beetle, one of the hardiest organisms in Alaska. (Ned Rozell photo)
Alaska Science Forum: Super cool bark beetles can beat the freeze
As we pull on our winter coats and wool hats to shield our tropical bodies from the cold, there is a creature in our midst that survives Alaska’s coldest temperatures bare-naked.     The red flat bark beetle lives as far north as there are balsam poplar trees in Alaska, hunkering down for the winter in the moist area between dead bark and tree. Scientists like Todd Sformo have found most of them in the larval stag...
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Public safety blotter - March 7, 2012
Thursday, March 1 • At 8:52 a.m. someone reported her dog ran off from Cope Street; confirmed it was the deceased dog reported earlier on Rezanof Drive. • At 10:32 a.m. a phone call was received reporting a disabled vehicle is in her parking lot on Selief Lane; officer gave her some options. • At 11 a.m. an officer provided assistance to a motorist on Thorsheim Street. • At 1:19 p.m. a phone call was received repo...
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