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Public Safety Blotter - July 6
Friday, June 29 • At 12:46 a.m. a phone call was received and someone on Willow Street was advised they were not to set off any fireworks inside city limits. • At 12:58 a.m. an oficer was with an intoxicated man on THorsheim Street who went into a building he was not allowed in. • At 5:45 a.m. a phone call was received reporting shots fired in the area of Pillar Mountain. Officers found no one. • At 5:58 a.m. of...

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Editorial: City must end sales tax cap debate
Last month, the Kodiak City Council voted to raise sales tax rates by 1 percent. Starting Oct. 1, Kodiak will have a 7 percent sales tax, one of the highest in the state. It was the right move to make. A report released this week by the Alaska Department of Labor explains why. The cost of basic goods is rising far faster than the rate of inflation — it simply costs more to provide basic services than it did 10 yea...

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Obituary: Allen Dale Parker
Allen Dale Parker, 65, of Kodiak, passed away on June 27, 2012, after a 15-month battle with cancer. He was born on June 14, 1947, in Kodiak, the eldest of four children born to Irene Christofferson Parker and Marion Parker. Except for forays out of state for college at Willamette University and the Army during the Vietnam era, he made his beloved island his home. Allen was a man of many talents, spending his earl...

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In the Courts - July 6
Driving under the influence • Samuel Catt, 25, sentenced to jail 120 days, 117 days suspended. Fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended. Must pay restitution. Driver’s license revoked 90 days. Must use ignition interlock device and undergo alcohol/substance abuse screening. On probation three years. • Ronald Woodland, 44, sentenced to jail 45 days, 42 days suspended. Fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended. Driver’s license ...

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Kodiak Little League Junior all-star team. Back, left: Giovanni Martinez, Cole Squartsoff, John Norton, Gus Pyles, Sam Bennett and Albert Monge. Front, left: Trenton Foxworthy, Tyler Wietfeld, Ryan Bezona, Owen Tuckfield, Jon LeVan and Kavik Eads. (Ashley Eads photo)

Kodiak all-stars
Kodiak Little League Junior all-star team. Back, left: Giovanni Martinez, Cole Squartsoff, John Norton, Gus Pyles, Sam Bennett and Albert Monge. Front, left: Trenton Foxworthy, Tyler Wietfeld, Ryan Bezona, Owen Tuckfield, Jon LeVan and Kavik Eads. (Ashley Eads photo) Kodiak Little League Major all-star team. Back, left: Dave Smith (coach), Luke James, Josh Smith, Josh Pickens, Hannah David, Hallah Jan...

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Parks and Rec - July 6, 2012
June 29-July 6 ADVISORY BOARD The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board monthly meeting is scheduled for noon Tuesday, July 17, in the Baranof Park office. The agenda is as follows: 1. Roll Call; 2. Public Testimony on Non-Agenda Items; 3. Approval of Agenda; 4. Approval of Meeting Minutes; 5. Discussion Items; 6. Director’s Report; 7. Board Comments; 8. Adjournment. Bob Harding of D.A. Hogan Inc., the project ma...

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Man arrested for threatening cops
FAIRBANKS (AP) — A Salcha man has been accused of punching an Alaska State Trooper and threatening to crush a police car with a bulldozer after a commercial vehicle enforcement stop at the Fox weigh station. Stephen Carol Adams, 55, faces four misdemeanor counts in association with last week’s incident, including assault, resisting arrest and failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer. At about 2:47 p.m. ...

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Wasilla cop shooting is 7th this year
ANCHORAGE (AP) — A Wasilla shooting involving an Alaska state trooper is at least the seventh shooting involving authorities around the state this year, including two Anchorage fatalities that prompted a local group to organize a rally set to take place Saturday. In Wasilla, Albert Samoa Maifea suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the shooting Wednesday night after the 35-year-old Anchorage man ran a red ligh...

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Coast Guard Blotter - July 6
Monday, July 2 • A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew forward-deployed to Cold Bay evacuated a vessel owner from Akutan Island on Monday after his sailing vessel ran aground. The owner ran aground in Sarana Bay on Saturday, and once the Coast Guard aircrew arrived on scene, the decision was made that the vessel was not immediately repairable and the one crewmember from the 24-foot sailing vessel was evacu...

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A participant in Kodiak’s Fourth of July parade rides through downtown Kodiak with his dogs after the parade as the onion domes of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral are seen behind him.

Fourth parade goes off under dry skies
On a day that began and ended with the bang of fireworks, it was the annual Fourth of July parade that stole the show in Kodiak. With no organized fireworks on hand for the second consecutive year, the annual parade put on by the American Legion took center stage. Leading the show was grand marshal High Cummins, a Korean War veteran who served as grand marshal and oversaw the festivities from a pickup truck on poi...

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