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Kodiak borough assembly shows skepticism of bus proposal
KODIAK — The wheels on the bus go ’round, but the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly appeared to put the brakes on a proposal to change services offered by the Kodiak Area Transit System. On Thursday night, Jon Spring of consulting firm RLS & Associates presented a report outlining the status of Kodiak’s specialty bus system and suggested that the system be opened up to the general public. KATS, formed in 1997 as a pu...
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No funding for Coast Guard's new cutters in 2013 budget
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard won’t get the last two of eight planned national security cutters, under President Barack Obama’s 2013 budget request. The two cutters were not included in the Coast Guard’s five-year capital investment plan, The Navy Times reported. The capital investment plan outlines acquisition priorities under the limits set by the Budget Control Act of 2011, Department of Homelan...
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Around Kodiak - Feb. 27, 2012
Dungie proposals The Kodiak Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet at 11 a.m. today at the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center to discuss and take action on statewide Dungeness and miscellaneous shellfish proposals, and hear a report from Don Fox regarding the Board of Game meeting. The meeting will continue at 7 p.m. Tuesday. For further information, contact committee chairman Oliver Holm at 486-69...
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There’s nothing like a good book and sweet pea seeds to sow to help get you through the winter. Sweet peas come in a variety of colors, fragrances and heights, including a bunching, container-size variety from called Heirloom Cupid. (Marion Owen photo)
Garden Gate: Eye-popping sweet peas
A few years ago, in the dead of winter, I received a small package from a British gardener who’d been following my blog postings. Inside I found a beautifully illustrated book called “A Bunch of Sweet Peas,” a true story that took place 100 years ago in the Scottish border village of Sproutston. A young parish minister writes to the Daily Mail for two entry forms in the newspaper’s competition to find the finest b...
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Voter apathy adds to budget woes
To the editor: As with a lot of people, I have been following the news concerning our school deficit of $3.5 million. I find it interesting that so many people are upset about Main Elementary closing, but I wonder where most of those parents were during our last elections. The high school renovations passed with as few as 2,200 voting. Where were the other 7,000 registered voters? Also the new swimming pool, has i...
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Kodiak’s Josh Bezona (44) and Josh Obas, right, block a shot from a Palmer player during a boys high school basketball game Friday at Kodiak High School. Kodiak won 68-50. (Derek Clarkston photo)
Bears explode into NLC Tourney
Don’t look now, but the Kodiak Bears are catching fire just at the right time.  Kodiak swept Palmer in a pair of Northern Lights Conference boys basketball games this weekend and enter Thursday’s NLC Tournament riding a four-game winning streak.  “We are making sure everything that we have done throughout the season comes together at the right time,” said Kodiak coach David Anderson, whose team bounced back after ...
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Is Alaska slipping into third world?
To the editor: I have just heard some of the story about the funding cuts in line for Alaska schools. This at the same time we hear about proposed salary increases for legislators and tax cuts for oil companies. Is it just me, or does this sound like a third-world economy? Are we a nation that provides equal opportunity or privileged bonuses? How can we expect schools to rate in comparison to other nations’ and ou...
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Hooray for godparents
To the editor: My godfather and godmother teach me about God. They show me how to live by example. They are responsible and loving friends. They go to church and pray. My godmother Constance is beautiful and she takes care of elders. My godfather Victor is charming and ornery. He checks on me when I’m home alone to see if I need anything. My godparents sometimes take me out to lunch. I love my godparents. I pray f...
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Fish Factor: Lower salmon harvest expected across Alaska in 2012
State fishery managers project a lower Alaska salmon harvest this year, due to an expected decrease in those hard-to-predict pinks. The total catch forecast by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is 132 million salmon, down 25 percent from the 177 million fish taken in 2011.       The statewide breakdown is 120,000 chinook salmon (in areas outside Southeast, where catches are dictated by treaty with Canada); 38...
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Kodiak girls clinch North’s No. 2 seed
Kodiak secured the North Division’s No. 2 seed for the upcoming Northern Lights Conference girls basketball tournament with a split against Palmer over the weekend at Palmer High School.  The clincher came Friday evening when Kodiak cruised by Palmer 45-31. “That is huge,” Kodiak coach Stephanie Dandliker said. “We are really excited. You do the best you can, and it has been an up and down season and we ended up t...
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