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Kodiak’s Joyce Gregory, back, is greeted by Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame members Mona Johnson, front, and Shirley Paulsen, right, after being inducteed into the hall of fame during opening ceremonies of the 52nd Alaska Women’s State Bowling Tournament Saturday evening at Tropic Lanes. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Gregory newest women's bowling HOF member
Kodiak’s Joyce Gregory may not be able to partake in this year’s Alaska Women’s State Bowling Tournament, but she did receive the state’s highest honor Saturday night. Gregory was the lone 2012 inductee into the Alaska Women’s Bowling Hall of Fame, which was revealed during opening ceremonies of the 52nd state tournament at Tropic Lanes. Gregory wiped tears from her eyes when her name was announced to the cap...
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Dallas Seavey wrests Iditarod lead from Aliy Zirkle as race enters home stretch
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Alaska musher Dallas Seavey moved into the lead of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Sunday as top teams bunched up before the last mad dash to Nome along the Bering Sea coast The 25-year-old from Willow charged ahead en route to the checkpoint at Shaktoolik, arriving at 6:31 p.m. He left seven minutes later for Koyuk, 50 miles away. Aaron Burmeister was second into Shaktoolik at 6:58 p.m., followe...
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According to the Farmers’ Almanac, this summer will see temperatures one to two degrees below normal, on average, with above-normal precipitation. (Marion Owen photo)
Garden Gate: Prognosticators see average summer for Alaska
It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want — oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! — Mark Twain It’s time for our annual check-in with the Farmers’ Almanac, mostly to discover how accurate their weather predictions are holding up and what we have to look forward to. I also tip-toe around other categories...
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Public safety blotter - March 12, 2012
Saturday, March 3 • At 9:18 p.m. a phone call was received reporting a female keeps calling him and threatening to come to his place on Erskine Avenue; officer warned female to stop or criminal charges will be filed. • At 9:22 p.m. a phone call was received reporting an intoxicated male is stumbling down the road on Center Avenue; gone on arrival. • At 9:36 p.m. on Cedar Street a male was arrested for forgery II m...
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Fish Factor: State report: Hatchery fish less of 2011 harvest
Home-grown salmon are Alaska’s largest crop – but don’t ever refer to it as farming. Whereas farmed fish are crammed into closed pens or cages until they’re ready for market, Alaska salmon begin their lives in one of 35 hatcheries and are released as fingerlings to the sea. When the fish return home, they make up a huge part of Alaska’s total salmon catch. The state’s annual report on its fisheries enhancement p...
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Bill seeks to rein in prosecutor wrongs
Alaska and America watched the trial of Sen. Ted Stevens play out in the fall of 2008. We have watched it unravel ever since. As we all recall, five months after the guilty verdict was rendered, the Attorney General moved to dismiss the conviction against Sen. Stevens after it was revealed that the prosecution team failed to disclose evidence in its possession that demonstrated Sen. Stevens’ innocence. As U.S. Dis...
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Alaska Legislature takes on operating budget and coastal management this week
JUNEAU (AP) — The state operating budget and coastal management are among the issues on tap this week as Alaska lawmakers return to the state Capitol from a short break. The House Finance Committee is putting the finishing touches on the budget. Last week, the committee adopted for consideration a $9.5 billion plan to fund state government. It is $60 million less than what the governor proposed but the total could...
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Seventh and eighth grade girls wear their choir uniforms on stage as they sing "I Can't Give You Anything but Love", a jazz standard written in 1928, during the Kodiak Island Borough School District's spring 2012 choir concert Thursday evening, March 8, 2012 in the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium. (James Brooks photo)
School choirs perform for Kodiak audience
KODIAK — The Kodiak Island Borough School District choirs kicked off their spring break with light, beauty and water. The three words were the themes of the choirs' spring concert, the culminating event of the quarter for the middle school and high school choirs directed by Laura Blackwood. Before a crowd of several hundred people, the choirs performed 13 songs in total, each representing poetry and imagery from t...
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Amanda Lawrence waits Tuesday, March 6, 2012 to transport the enormous Kodiak brown bear formerly housed in Cy's Sporting Goods shop. In the background is bear hunting guide Mike Horstman. (James Brooks photo)
Cy's Sporting Goods leaves Kodiak after 43 years
KODIAK — After 43 years in business, Cy’s Sporting Goods is no longer operating in the city of Kodiak. On Thursday, owner Cy Hoen closed a deal to sell his green-painted store on Mill Bay Road to the Kodiak Island Brewing Company. Cy’s was the oldest sporting goods business in the city of Kodiak. Through much of the store’s final week, employees and Hoen family members loaded stock and decorations into a convoy of...
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Trees will fall for books as new Kodiak library site is scheduled to be cleared
KODIAK — The project to build a new public library in Kodiak is racing ahead. Later this month, builders will begin clearing trees from the library site on Signal Hill to beat a Fish and Wildlife Service regulation that prohibits tree cutting during the migratory bird season, April 15 to July 15. “We need to get in there and get those trees down,” said city manager Aimée Kniaziowski. “I’m just tickled that it’s do...
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