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Kodiak public stands mute on school budget
KODIAK — Three and a half million dollars is a scary deficit. Perhaps that’s why no member of the public testified Monday night at the Kodiak Island Borough School District board of education preliminary budget work session. The session was intended to present the Alaska Legislature’s school funding bills and gather public input on the budget, but when the time came, none of the 30 parents and school district empl...

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Kodiak’s Jesse Swearingin glides in for a layup against Kenai in a boys basketball game Feb. 10 at Kodiak High School.(Derek Clarkston photo)

Swearingin earns first-team NLC
Jesse Swearingin got his shot to perform at the varsity level this season; and the senior made the most of his opportunity. Swearingin was the only Kodiak basketball player on the Northern Lights Conference’s first team, which was revealed after Saturday’s boys championship game at Wasilla High School. “Jesse had a tremendous senior year,” Kodiak coach David Anderson said. “Over the course of the season it was u...

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Main closure would affect all schools
To the editor: At recent community discussions regarding the budget shortfalls anticipated in the Kodiak Island Borough School District, it was proposed that the district close an elementary school as a way of meeting reduced funding for fiscal year 2012-2013. Specifically, the idea of closing Main Elementary was mentioned, with several points as to the rationale. The next day it was the headline of the Kodiak Da...

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Outdoor Kodiak: Tackle your tackle box before fishing
Do you need a jolt to stir you from your winter doldrums? Here’s a good way to startle yourself into spring. Open your tackle box! It doesn’t seem to matter how carefully I cleaned and stored my tackle last fall, nasty little gremlins work all winter to mess it up. At the very least, opening a tackle box to perfect gear will inspire fishing plans, but if you’re like me you’ll find issues to resolve in the weeks b...

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Guest opinion: What’s all the fuss about super PACs?
Now that election 2012 is in full swing, the Lower 48 has been bombarded with TV advertising purchased by things called “super PACs.” Here in Alaska, with only three electoral votes and a late primary system, we have remained largely untouched by super PAC dollars. That is likely to change as the general election approaches. So what is the fuss all about? We need to go backward to go forward. Since the early 2...

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Around Kodiak - March 6, 2012
City council work session The Kodiak City Council meets for a regularly scheduled work sessional 7:30 p.m. today in the borough conference room on Mill Bay Road. The public is invited to attend. For more information, call the city clerk’s office at 486-8636. Tax fraud warning As the income tax filing deadline approaches, the Internal Revenue Service is warning Alaskans to beware of fraudulent refund claims. The f...

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Public safety blotter - March 6, 2012
Wednesday, Feb. 29 • At 6:36 a.m. an officer removed debris from roadway at Rezanof Drive and Mill Bay Road. • At 8:14 a.m. a phone call was received reporting a male wandering around at Rezanof Drive and Mill Bay Road. Officer checked on him; not intoxicated, all OK. • At 8:15 a.m. a male was cited on Woody Way Loop for parking against traffic and parking in front of a fire hydrant. • At 8:55 a.m. a male was cite...

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Kodiak man pleads guilty of trying to rob 14-year-old
KODIAK — A 21-year-old Kodiak man pleaded guilty to attempted robbery Thursday, seven months after he accosted a 14-year-old next to Main Elementary School and punched him, demanding money. Loren Delacruz will serve four months in prison and pay a $1,500 fine as part of a plea deal with prosecutors, who dismissed two probation violation charges and reduced the charge from robbery to attempted robbery. According to...

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Obituary: Chlora Lucille Clymer
Chlora Lucille Clymer peacefully entered Gloryland, surrounded by loved ones, on Feb. 18, 2012. At her side through her final days was her niece, Pam Pingree, who was assisted by her hospice-trained friend, Virginia Adams. Chlora was born to John Miller and Mary Elizabeth “Lizzy” Miller in Squires, Mo., on March 25, 1921. Her family moved to Guthrie, Okla., when she was a child. Many of her summers were spent with...

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John Baker recalls decision to defend Iditarod title
ANCHORAGE (AP) — It took John Baker 16 tries to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. He had to think long and hard about coming back to defend his title. The 49-year-old Inupiat musher from northwest Alaska has become an icon of sorts for Alaska Native youth, and he said he couldn’t retire because so many people are counting on him. “Seems to be a lot of excitement around the state from the win we had last time,”...

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