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Achievers: Oct. 18
Several Kodiak High School students have been selected for the 2012 Alaska All-State Band and Choir after sending audition recordings to the Alaska School Activities Association. Alto singer Hannah Dunbar was selected for the second time for the treble choir. Alto singer Catherine Le was selected for a third year in the mixed choir. Soprano Christina Leithead was selected for the treble choir. Alto singers Kari Mi...
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David Jacobs-Strain, seen here in a 2009 promotional photo, will perform Saturday night at the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center. (Tara Laidlaw photo)
Guitarist David Jacobs-Strain returns to Kodiak
When slide guitarist David Jacobs-Strain arrives in Kodiak for a weekend concert, he might thank a warm night at the Rendezvous for his northern jaunt. Kodiak Arts Council vice president Darcy Stielstra was at the Rendezvous one night when Jacobs-Strain was scheduled to perform as the opening act for a bigger performer. Kodiak’s notorious weather intervened, and the main performer was delayed. “(Jacobs-Strain) was...
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Made in Kodiak sale bigger than ever
The seventh consecutive Made in Kodiak sale is expected to be the biggest one yet. The annual bazaar highlighting local artists had to be moved from the Kodiak Inn to the Harbor Convention Center this year to make room for all of the additional tables and vendors. There are 28 tables at the event, and all have been filled. "This is the best and biggest show we've ever done," said Made in Kodiak vice president Sara...
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Van catches fire at Ft. Abercrombie
A Dodge Caravan was totaled after it caught fire while parked at Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park on Wednesday. The fire occurred in the Fort Abercrombie parking lot around 2 p.m. The driver and his daughter were walking around the park when the fire started. Another person noticed the vehicle was on fire and called firefighters. The Bayside Fire Department responded with an engine, and put the fire out wit...
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Kodiak Football League players run on Joe Floyd Track and Field during Monday's all-star practice. The KFL is hosting Chugiak this Saturday. The Cubs Division plays at 11 a.m., followed by the Grizzlies Division at 1 p.m. (Derek Clarkston photo)
KFL all-stars hosts Chugiak Saturday
Kodiak Football League players run on Joe Floyd Track and Field during Monday’s all-star practice. The KFL is hosting Chugiak this Saturday. The Cubs Division plays at 11 a.m., followed by the Grizzlies Division at 1 p.m. (Derek Clarkston photo)
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Noboru Nakashima (left) and Tsuyoshi Namekawa film and interview Island Trails Network executive director Andy Schroeder at the NOAA law enforcement office Tuesday at Gibson Cove. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Japan broadcasting group filming documentary about tsunami debris
A Japanese broadcasting group will be filming a documentary about tsunami debris in Kodiak this week. NHK, Japan’s national public broadcasting station, is filming a documentary about tsunami debris in Alaska to raise awareness about the amount of debris the U.S. is receiving. "Most of this is about awareness," said Noboru Nakashima, NHK's Los Angeles bureau chief. "The tsunami debris is a big trouble to the Nor...
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Alaska Science Forum: American dipper swims throughout Alaska winters
On the upper Chena River in the heart of a cold winter, a songbird appeared on a gravel bar next to gurgling water that somehow remained unfrozen in 20-below zero air. Then the bird jumped in, disappeared underwater, and popped up a few feet upstream. The bird continued snorkeling and diving against the current of the stream, which is so far north that in December direct sunlight never touches it, instead bathing ...
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Freeze-dried salmon could be a future space meal
Astronauts in space may soon enjoy freeze-dried salmon if a Kodiak researcher’s project goes as planned. Alexandra Oliviera, associate professor of seafood chemistry for University of Alaska Fairbanks at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center, is conducting research to see whether freeze-dried salmon makes a tasty space meal. Oliviera came up with the idea to freeze-dry salmon after noticing that stores sold...
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Irene Parker
Irene Dorothy Parker
Irene Dorothy Parker was born in Kodiak on Jan. 27, 1928 the seventh of seventeen children to Emil and Anna Christoffersen. She died Oct. 14, 2012, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s, at Providence Kodiak Island Care Center in Kodiak. As a young woman she spent time with her family and church, occasionally working in the canneries. On Feb. 12, 1946 she married Marion Oscar Parker. They went on to have four chil...
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Six KHS players make all-conference football team
Kodiak landed six players on the Northern Lights Conference’s all-conference football squads announced Monday. Senior Fredy Sorto was voted onto the first team as a wide receiver, while seniors Jingo Olaes, Dakota Wibbe, Seth Starr and Eddy Burris and junior Josh Yavorsky made the second team. “I am happy for those guys — real proud for them,” Kodiak coach Jim Schnick said. “They are all well deserving and just ...
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