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Editorial: Give the Thelma C a home
On Tuesday, the Kodiak Maritime Museum formally requested a 20-year lease for a piece of waterfront property in St. Paul Harbor. If all goes as planned, this property will soon be the permanent home of the Thelma C, a restored salmon seiner that will become a permanent exhibit. We believe the cit...
Jan 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Another Day in Paradise: Change is our only constant
One of the great blessings of living in this paradise we call Kodiak is change. We watch the seasons change. We go from wet and cold winter to wet and chilly spring; to wet and coo. summer; to wet and chilly fall. About the only thing that changes in our wet is the form it takes. Sometimes it’s s...
Jan 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Playbook: Jan. 25
Today Boys basketball: Kodiak vs. Kenai at Kenai. C squad, 3 p.m.; junior varsity, 4:30 p.m.; varsity, 6 p.m. Girls basketball: Kodiak vs. Kenai at Kodiak. C squad, 4:30 p.m.; junior varsity, 6 p.m.; varsity, 7:30 p.m. Wrestling: Kodiak at the Northern Lights Conference Championships at Palmer...
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Diesel days numbered in new KEA report
Last year was a banner year for the Kodiak Electric Association as it sold the most electricity in its 71-year history while slashing fuel costs by two-thirds. KEA CEO Darron Scott presented the electrical cooperative’s preliminary 2012 figures Thursday afternoon during a meeting of the co-op’s b...
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Kodiak’s Sarah Ng, left, and Jerica Nelson guard a Kotzebue player on Jan. 4, at the Joe Floyd Tournament at Kodiak High School. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Kodiak's girls a win away from best start in school history
Kodiak’s girls return home after six road victories with a chance to make history. The Bears have rattled off 11 consecutive wins to begin the basketball season. One more victory would surpass the Mike Platt-coached 1978-1979 team for the best start in the team’s 41-year history. Kodiak will g...
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kodiak High School dancers rehearse Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2012 in the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium as they prepare for their annual concert Saturday. The concert, named "Time After Time," will highlight a variety of dance styles including hip hop, lyrical, jazz, ballroom and break. The concert begins at 7 p.m., and tickets are available at 6 p.m. Admission is $8 for students or $10 for adults..(James Brooks photo)
KHS dance team concert is Friday
Kodiak High School dancers rehearse Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2012 in the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium as they prepare for their annual concert Saturday. The concert, named "Time After Time," will highlight a variety of dance styles including hip hop, lyrical, jazz, ballroom and break. The concert begin...
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MTAB questions ferry plans
Members of the Marine Transportation Advisory Board questioned Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Commissioner Pat Kemp and his staff during the board’s meeting Tuesday in Juneau on changes announced last month to ferry procurement plans. While Kemp was acting commissioner ...
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vice Adm. Paul Zukunft, commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, presents the award of the Coast Guard Air Medal to Lt. John Filipowicz, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot at Air Station Kodiak, joined by his wife, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, in Kodiak, Alaska. Filipowicz was presented the award for his actions to save two people from the fishing vessel Heritage south of Kodiak Jan. 25, 2012, in extreme weather. Also recognized for the rescue were Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Fischer, Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Harris. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg /U.S. Coast Guard photo)
Achievers: Jan. 24
More Kodiakans have been nominated to the nation’s service academies by Alaska’s Congressional delegation. Each academy makes final admissions decisions based on academic and physical qualifications, but nomination is a required step in the process. McKenzie Barnett has been nominated by Rep. Don...
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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