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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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Honor guard members fold the flag over the casket of Army veteran Abner L. Nelson Sr., Sunday in Port Lions. (Gloria Selby photo)
Final salute for Nelson Sr.
Honor guard members fold the flag over the casket of Army veteran Abner L. Nelson Sr., Sunday in Port Lions. (Gloria Selby photo)
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Eggemeyer becomes NAIA All-American
Jimmy Eggemeyer’s quest to become a national champion wrestler came up one win short. The Southern Oregon University junior lost to William Penn’s Eric Burgey 5-3 in the 149-pound championship match at the NAIA National Championships Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa. Second, though, is not too shabby in a 32-man bracket. “It was a good tournament,” Eggemeyer said Monday via cellphone from Oregon. “It was kind of a bu...
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Alaska Democratic Party wants Treadwell off of Romney leadership team
JUNEAU (AP) — The chairwoman of the Alaska Democratic Party called on Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell Monday to remove himself as a member of Mitt Romney’s leadership team in the state. Patti Higgins said that while the Republican Party runs today’s presidential preference poll, Treadwell will oversee elections in the fall. If Romney’s the GOP nominee, Higgins said the concern is that Treadwell has already “expressed a bi...
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From left: Mike Rostad, Joe Symonoski, Henrietta Knight and Laura Johnson act on stage during the Fairwind Players' production of "Mrs. Mannerly" on Saturday night, March 3, 2012 in the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center. The Saturday night show was the culmination of the Kodiak Lions Club's weekend dinner theater. (James Brooks photo)
Lions Club weekend dinner theater wraps up
KODIAK — Quality takes time. That might have been the moral of last weekend's Lions Club dinner theater, where the fish took a little longer than expected to prepare, giving the Kodiak High School Jazz Band, Kodiak High School Choir and Eighth Grade Girls Ensemble extra minutes to present the fruit of practice. While the high school's culinary arts program and Family, Career and Community Leaders program worked be...
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Lockheed Martin picks Kodiak as site to launch new rocket
KODIAK — Alaska Aerospace Corporation has announced a new agreement that could bring $125 million in new investment to the Kodiak Launch Complex and send more rockets soaring into the skies above Kodiak Island’s Narrow Cape. On Friday, Lockheed Martin selected Kodiak as the West Coast site for its new Athena III medium-lift rocket. The Athena III is an upgraded version of a rocket that launched from Kodiak in 2001...
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Three fishermen saved by good Samaritan fishing boat off Cape Chiniak
KODIAK — Ten years ago, Sergi Kuzmin was rescued off Cape Chiniak by a Coast Guard helicopter crew when his fishing boat sank. On Friday morning, Kuzmin was the one doing the rescuing. At 7:15 a.m., the three-man crew of the 32-foot fishing boat Cyclone began broadcasting a mayday call, saying their boat was sinking quickly. Kuzmin, onboard the 42-foot Glacier, was about a mile and a half away when the Cyclone be...
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Sally Skimin, center, keeps her face warm during the beginning of the Coffee-to-Coffee Fun Run Saturday morning. Jen Foster, left, and Chloe Nelson, right, were also part of the 26-person field that started the 3.1-mile race at Mill Bay Coffee and finished at Harborside Coffee. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Fueled by coffee
Cole Christiansen won the Coffee-to-Coffee Fun Run Saturday morning in Kodiak. Christiansen covered the 3.1-mile course that started at Mill Bay Coffee and finished at Harborside Coffee in 19 minutes, 47 seconds. Derrek Deal finished in second, one second back. A total of 26 runners braved the cold to compete in the fun run that benefits the Kodiak High School track team. Results 3.1 miles 1. Cole Christianse...
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Garden Gate: Beware the dangers of 'couch potato' seedlings
One day when I was in the second grade, our teacher, Mrs. Sheets, appeared from the dark coatroom carrying a tray of pint-sized milk cartons. “We’re going to plant sunflower seeds and grow them for Easter,” she told the class. By lunch, three dozen orange and white containers lined the windowsill, each one identified by a child’s name. Anticipation was high. Whose seed would sprout first? What if a seed didn’t com...
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Around Kodiak - March 5, 2012
School board The Kodiak Island Borough School District board of education will host a work session starting at 5:15 p.m. today in the borough assembly chambers to discuss the proposed fiscal year 2013 budget and other items. The work session will be followed by a special executive meeting as the board discusses staff contracts. Education funding Rep. Alan Austerman is hosting a public gathering to hear concer...
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