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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,...
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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. ...
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Almost $6,000 cash stolen in Larsen Bay
Alaska State Troopers are investigating a $5,900 theft in Larsen Bay. According to troopers, cash was stolen from an account at the city office. A city official notified troopers of the theft on Oct. 5. Initial investigations revealed that $5,906 was taken sometime between Aug. 30 and Oct. 1. The...
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Team Jimenez won the Senior Dribblers title Thursday at the Kodiak Middle School gym. From, left: Jairom Barnett, Billy Alcaide, Germain Jimenez, Eric Alas, Darwin Lacaste and Katrina Courcheine. Nolan Wandersee is not pictured. (Photo courtesy of City of Kodiak Parks and Recreation)
Local Results: Oct. 17
Little Dribblers Brechan 37, Redgate 21 Louis Rocheleau 17 points, Kevin Maramba 6, Wesley Walker 6, Taylor Evans 4 and Abraham Fields 4 for Brechan. Ken Caldejon 10 points, Isaih Montalbo 7 and Davis Mckechnie 4 for Redgate. Senior Dribblers Tuesday, Oct. 9 Team Jimenez 77, iTeam 61 Germain Jim...
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A dump truck hauls three bales of garbage to the working face of the Kodiak Island Borough Landfill Monday morning, Oct. 15, 2012 during a Solid Waste Advisory Board tour of the facility.
(James Brooks photo)
Garbage-saavy Kodiakans seek a present solution for a future problem
On one side of a 35-degree gravel embankment is a towering pile of trash. On the other is a muddy pit. Together, these two spaces in the Kodiak Island Borough Landfill are the present and future of trash collection in Kodiak. The current landfill and its hill of gravel-covered garbage is 10 feet ...
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UAF's Research Vessel Sikuliaq crashes into the Menominee River on a rainy day at Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wis.
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After four decades and two bottles of champagne, UAF’s boat launches in Wisconsin
MARINETTE, WIS. — Vera Alexander worried the champagne bottle wouldn’t break. The professor and dean emeritus of UAF’s School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (SFOS) served as a co-sponsor of the UAF research vessel Sikuliaq, which launched here on Saturday. That meant she was the one to give the ...
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A pair of 10-kilometer runners finish at the Bear Valley Golf Course during Saturday’s KMXT Run the Rock. (Derek Clarkston photo)
McCarthy mishap gives Valley half-marathon win
Julian McCarthy was on his way to winning KMXT’s Run the Rock half-marathon when he decided to extend his run. Instead of turning around at the half-marathon turnaround on Antone Larsen Road, McCarthy kept chugging along to the marathon turnaround. “I never saw the turnaround,” McCarthy said. “...
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Art therapist Deborah Davis stands by a quilt in her office that is made with the different art mediums she uses with her patients, at the Providence Kodiak Island Counseling Center on Oct. 15. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Art therapy new to counseling center
Deborah Davis' office at the Providence Kodiak Island Counseling Center looks like an art classroom. The shelves along one wall hold jars of colored pencils and markers, craft books and ribbons, and a quilt that reads "art is freedom" hangs on another wall. Davis uses the craft supplies with her ...
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