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Playbook: May 17
Friday, May 17 Baseball: Kodiak vs. Palmer, noon, and Houston, 5 p.m., at Baranof Field. Softball: Kodiak vs. Houston, 4 p.m., and Eagle River, 5:45 p.m., at East Addition Park. Track: Kodiak and Port Lions at the state championships at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, 9 a.m. Saturday, May 1...
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Port Lions’ Raissa Boskofsky clears a hurdle during a 300-meter hurdle race on May 4 at Joe Floyd Track and Field. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Prep track: Boskofsky aiming for a 3-peat
Port Lions’ Raissa Boskofsky is looking to add even more hardware to her already overcrowded trophy case when the 1/2/3A state track and field championships begin today in Fairbanks. Boskofsky is the two-time defending champion in both the 300 hurdles and the high jump and is the odds-on favorit...
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Public Safety Blotter: May 17
Monday, May 13 • At 12:48 a.m., an officer was on foot patrol on Marine Way. • At 12:50 a.m., a man was arrested for an open container. • At 5:25 a.m., an officer was on foot patrol on Chichenof Street. • At 6:42 a.m., a man received a citation for having his windows tinted too dark. • At 6:48 a....
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In the Courts: May 17
Dismissals • One count of violating conditions of release for a misdemeanor against David Valley, 28, was dismissed April 25. • Two counts of second-degree criminal trespass against James Childers, 40, were dismissed April 25. • Three counts of fourth-degree assault and one count of second-degr...
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Around Kodiak: May 17
The Kodiak Middle School Drama Club presents “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” at 7 p.m. tonight and 3 p.m. Saturday in the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium drama pod. The performances are free, but seating is limited. The Kodiak Maritime Museum hosts a Thelma C cleanup and barbecue from 9 a.m. to ...
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Lois Stover and Braxton Dew get the fire going at the Syttende Mai picnic. (Mike Rostad photo)
Tapestry: Norwegians gather for early celebration of Syttende Mai
The other day a fellow Norwegian had the urge to share his obligatory “Sven and Ole” joke. It had something to do with the guys burying their friend, Thorvald, at sea with a shovel. Lest those outside our circle form their opinion about Norskies through the “square head” jokes, I must say that No...
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Put the oil tax cut on next fall's ballot
This week, petitioners with thin blue-covered books have fanned out across the city of Kodiak, gathering signatures. They’ve been joined by others in Alaska with a simple goal: overturn Senate Bill 21, which cuts oil production and transportation taxes. Gov. Sean Parnell, who has promoted the bil...
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Coast Guard Run to Remember
Base Kodiak hosts third annual ‘Run to Remember’
A Coast Guard effort that took its first steps in Key West three years ago will hit the streets of Coast Guard Base Kodiak on Saturday morning. This week, Base Kodiak hosts the third Coast Guard “Run to Remember” to memorialize Coast Guardsmen killed on duty since Sept. 11, 2001. What started wit...
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