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Alutiiq Word of the Week: Easter
Paas’kaaq : Easter Ugnerkami Paas’kaartaartukut. : We have Easter in the spring. Orthodox Easter is a central holiday in Alutiiq communities. Like Russian Christmas, it combines cultural traditions. Forty days of Lent precede Easter, creating a period of reflection and sacrifice. The Alutiiq faithful live simply, eating fish and vegetables, as no animal products are allowed. This period of fasting mirrors spri...
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The Old Powerhouse never disappoints. Chefs Tom and Boyet create artistic, delicious masterpieces at the sushi bar at Old Powerhouse Restaurant at 516 E. Marine Way in Kodiak. (Suzanne Bobo photo)
Island Flavor: The Old Powerhouse: a review ahead of its time
One advantage of a previous career in academe is I’ve learned how to reason my way out of an ethical conundrum. My particular problem is this: I’m joining my lady friends for dinner at Old Powerhouse Friday, but my column (in which I review Old Powerhouse) is due on my editor’s desk Thursday. The ladies are the same dear friends who helped me research my first food column last fall. You know them as Hattie Rose, ...
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The Coast Guard confirms that a wreck discovered at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico by the Bureau of Ocean Management is the fishing vessel Katmai, Dec. 2012. The Katmai has been missing since 1972. (Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Tippets)
Coast Guard announces discovery of 41-year-old Kodiak shipwreck
A vessel that went missing more than 40 years ago while sailing from its shipyard to Kodiak has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Coast Guard announced March 22 that the fishing vessel Katmai has been found underwater 200 miles off the coast of Pascagoula, Miss. at a depth of 8,920 feet. The 45-foot fishing vessel went missing on Feb. 18, 1972. The Schmidt Ocean Institute research vessel Falkor foun...
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Gun laws won't keep guns out of the hands of criminals
To the editor: Oh boy, I’m probably really stepping into it this time. But — I believe that there isn’t a gun law in the world that will keep guns out of the hands of criminals. If a person is determined, they will find a way. The only thing gun laws do is keep firearms out of the hands of law-abiding citizens. I believe if people are worried about being shot all the time that THEY are the paranoid ones, not the...
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Linda Butrey
Linda Butrey
Our friend Linda Butrey, 56, died Friday, March 22, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born to the late Donald and Phyllis Butrey, June 18, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio. Linda graduated from Marion L. Steele High School in Amherst, Ohio in 1974 and from Ohio State University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy. In 1991, at the urging of her friend Amy Stohl Peterson, she came to ...
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Another Day in Paradise: Salvation demands a verdict
We all know how Facebook works. Somebody posts something we like and everybody else shares it. Pastor Elmore of Frontier Baptist Church shared the photo, and I followed suit. It was a picture of an empty tomb and the caption read, “Christmas was the promise. Easter is the proof.” Some who liked and shared it from my posting were other pastors. Some were family. Some were just friends. It’s easy to share Christian...
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The Rev. Elden Simonson gives the children's sermon during this year's Christmas Eve service. (Mike Rostad photo)
Tapestry: Easter celebration is climax of most important week in history
Protestant and Catholic Christians are observing what they believe is the most important week in history. The week began with Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem and a crowd exuberantly shouting “Hosanna, in the Highest” as they threw palm branches in His path. Several days later, on Good Friday, the masses cried “Crucify Him!” But the passion, betrayal, denial, torture and death of this darkest week in hi...
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Sean Roberson looks at one of the 13 vendors at the Emerald Isle Gun Show Saturday at the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center.
Gun show returns for second year
Kodiak firearms enthusiasts will be able to view guns and gun accessories from more than a dozen vendors and individual sellers at the second annual Emerald Isle Gun Show this weekend. The show gives people in Kodiak an opportunity to purchase, sell or trade guns without having to leave the island. Gun show promoter Michael Horstman said the interest was strong enough in the community that it needed to be held aga...
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Tom Pogson from Island Trails Network stands with the dock that washed up on Zaimka Island. (Photo courtesy of Island Trails Network)
Derelict dock dumps Styrofoam, but responsibility is in short supply
A derelict dock that washed up on Zaimka Island is leaving substantial deposits of Styrofoam in Womens Bay, and while there’s ample foam, responsibility is hard to come by. Kodiak resident Judy Phillips first noticed a large amount of brown Styrofoam while kayaking in Womens Bay on March 17. “When I was launching the kayak I just saw all this brown foam all along the tideline,” Phillips said. “There was so much o...
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Ambulance, parks and recreation fees are set to rise under proposal
On Tuesday afternoon, Kodiak fire chief Rome Kamai helped an ambulance crew rescue a fisherman after he fell into the hold of his boat. A few hours later, Kamai told the Kodiak City Council that when it comes to calls like those, the city of Kodiak should be collecting a bigger fee. The city council will consider that proposal as part of a slate of other fee increases at 7:30 p.m. tonight. According to records pro...
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