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Kodiak teachers defer raises to help school district deficit
KODIAK — As the Kodiak Island Borough School District tries to balance a $3.5 million deficit, teachers are lending a hand. On Monday, the borough school board approved a one-year rollover of the district’s contract with the Kodiak Borough Education Association (KBEA), which represents certified employees, including most teachers. The rollover slightly modifies existing rules for sick leave and includes no raises ...
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Public safety blotter - March 22, 2012
Thursday, March 15 • At 12:14 a.m. a phone call was received about a motor vehicle accident on Shelikof Street. Male cited for failure to use due care and caution. • At 4:29 a.m. a phone call was received about suspicious circumstances on Kouskov Street. All OK. • At 4:38 an officer was on Thorsheim Street regarding conditions violate. Under investigation. • At 5:10 a.m. a female reported she was raped by a male; ...
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Goings On - March 22, 2012
Kodiak’s entertainment scene is particularly active this weekend, as several different groups offer events. First up is the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, which is closing out Kodiak Brown Bear Days with a ceremony to honor the winners of its photo contest. That ceremony is at 7 p.m. Friday in the refuge visitors center and is followed at noon Saturday with a bear art show and sale, also at the visitor center. T...
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Hospital objects to patient revival law
JUNEAU (AP) — Lawmakers on Monday debated whether language in the state’s “do-not-resuscitate” law includes the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and if not, whether that should be spelled out more clearly. Sen. Fred Dyson, R-Eagle River, was approached last year by a constituent with what she described as a troublesome claim. Margery Mullins said her husband, Mervin, was told by a doctor at Providence Alaska ...
Mar 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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No big changes forseen in merit scholarship bill
JUNEAU (AP) — The co-chair of the state Senate Finance Committee said Tuesday that he doesn’t anticipate major changes to a scholarship funding bill that Gov. Sean Parnell says alters the terms for achieving merit scholarships. Sen. Bert Stedman said a provision on GED tests will remain in the measure, despite criticism from Parnell. The committee only plans “wordsmithing” on the current bill, the Sitka Republican...
Mar 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tito Puente Jr., seen here performing at Aretha Franklin’s birthday celebration in 2011, will appear on the Gerald C. Wilson stage today at 7 p.m. (AP photo)
Tito Puente Jr. begins Alaska tour tonight in Kodiak
KODIAK — Kodiak just got hotter with the arrival of mambo musician Tito Puente Jr. and his 10-man orchestra, who will perform today at 7 p.m. in the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium. Puente’s musical style is a mixture of Latin and jazz. The concert will begin with mambo music created by his late father Tito Puente in the 1950s, and will lead into music from the 1960s and ’70s. “The concert is more like an educationa...
Mar 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Spring fishing booms for Kodiak fishermen and processors
KODIAK — Higher quotas, clear weather and big schools of pollock and cod are giving Kodiak processors and fishermen one of their busiest spring seasons in years. The effects have spilled over into the rest of Kodiak, as Horizon Lines reports a record number of outgoing containers, Kodiak Electric Association reports its highest power load ever and the city water supply delivers more than double its normal flow. “...
Mar 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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New program will search for 'lost' Alutiiq words
KODIAK — When buying a gold ring, it’s easier to just go to the store instead of digging ore and smelting it yourself. As with rings, so it is with words. The Native Village of Afognak is beginning a long-term project to digitize hundreds of hours of video and audio conversations with Alutiiq Elders, converting them into a format accessible to modern researchers. Locked within the recordings may be Alutiiq languag...
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Bottles of wine fill a rack Saturday in the home of Alaskan Wilderness Wines, Alaska’s first and longest-running winery.(James Brooks photo)
Kodiak business spotlight: Award-winning winery celebrates 13 years in operation
Alaska’s oldest licensed winery isn’t old enough to drink, but it’s just the right age to serve. Alaskan Wilderness Wines, based on Shearwater Way in Kodiak, is turning 13 this year and proprietors Steve and Lisa Thomsen couldn’t be happier. “Wine, it gets better with age,” Steve said. Homemade fruit wine has a long tradition in Alaska and the state has had a licensing regulation for commercial wineries since at l...
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Alaska sled dogs like this one can adapt on the fly to extreme exercise. (Ned Rozell photo)
Alaska Science Forum: Searching for secrets within the Alaska sled dog
Mike Davis lives in Oklahoma, but he travels to Alaska all the time to work with our greatest athletes. “I’m up here about once a month, about half around Anchorage and half around Fairbanks,” the Oklahoma State University veterinarian and exercise physiologist said on the phone from Wasilla. “If I could settle on a single address, I could get a Permanent Fund Dividend.” Davis was in Wasilla for the start of the I...
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