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A Kodiak Arts Council supporter walks out of the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center ballroom Saturday night, Feb. 25, 2011 during the arts council's annual auction fundraiser. Arts council executive director Tom Quass said the event raises about $30,000 annually for council programs. (James Brooks photo)
Kodiak Arts Council holds 23rd annual benefit auction
KODIAK — No one bid on the $21,000 diamond necklace. Fortunately, there were plenty of other items to attract the attention of Kodiakans during the Kodiak Arts Council's "Moonlight and Mariners" auction Saturday night. The auction, an annual production of the arts council's board of trustees, typically raises about $30,000, said executive director Tom Quass. While the council gets much of its funding through ticke...
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Austerman: Alaska Aerospace could close Kodiak Launch Complex if finances don't improve
KODIAK — In a surprise announcement Monday morning, Rep. Alan Austerman declared in a press conference that if the Alaska Aerospace Corporation cannot sign a large commercial contract by the end of the year, it could close or sell the Kodiak Launch Complex. “We have had conversations that if we can’t get something together after this year, probably at the fall meeting of the aerospace corporation, we’d be looking ...
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Dancers in the making
Kodiak High School dance team member Lexie Ortiz helps a camper at the beginning of the dance team’s performances during halftime of a boys basketball game Saturday at Kodiak High School. The dance team held a day camp Saturday. (Derek Clarkston photo)
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Vandal strikes offices of Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District
KODIAK — At 6:15 a.m., the chair hung half out of the window like a curtain left to dry. Below a pair of shattered windows, tumbled furniture and electronics decorated an alley off of Marine Way, the slag of a vandal who broke into the offices of the Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District early Monday. “He threw out a big fax machine, a big printer, a computer monitor, a few chairs and files,” said Blythe Bro...
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Kodiak Island births - Feb. 28, 2012
Faith ReGenia Campbell was born at 12:52 a.m. on Feb. 18, 2012, to Corey and Leann Campbell. She weighed 4 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 18 inches long. Her parents are originally from Alabama and now live in Kodiak. Her mother is a stay-at-home mom and wife and her father works for the U.S. Coast Guard. Also welcoming her to the family are Conner Campbell and Carter Campbell. Proud grandparents are Macon Hall a...
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Initial stats show typical Kodiak Tanner crab season
KODIAK — The 2012 Kodiak Tanner crab season has ended, but fisheries biologist Nicholas Sagalkin can’t yet breathe a sigh of relief. As shellfish and groundfish coordinator for the Kodiak district, Sagalkin still has to oversee the closure of Kodiak’s state-waters cod fishing season, which has yet to run its course. “Things are pretty busy around here this time of year,” he said. Complete statistics for the Tanner...
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Kodiak Fish and game Advisory Committee begins two-day meeting
KODIAK — The Kodiak Fish and Game Advisory Committee held the first day of a two-day meeting Monday, putting its stamp on a variety of crab and seafood proposals that will come before the Alaska Board of Fisheries in March. Advisory committees have no binding power, but they give Alaskans a chance to testify on issues that otherwise might not garner attention from the Fish Board. Committee members went into Monday...
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Kodiak draws early-morning NLC games
Kodiak’s boys and girls basketball squads will have an early wake-up call Thursday morning. The girls open Thursday’s Northern Lights Conference Tournament at 8 a.m. against Homer at Wasilla High School. The boys follow with a 9:45 a.m. contest, also against Homer. Girls coach Stephanie Dandliker contemplated a 6 a.m. practice today to get her team used to playing early in the morning, but decided against it. “...
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Outdoor Kodiak: Choosing right air gun is a weighty decision
Last week I described options for shooting practice in foul weather, but this week I am going to get very specific. None of us can make it to the range as often as we need or want for shooting practice, no matter the time of year or state of the weather. But to become a really good shot and stay that way, you have to practice year-round and several times a week. The best way I’ve found to accomplish that is practi...
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KHS alumni update: Griffing 7th at WAC Champs
Laura Griffing saved her best college performance for the Western Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships. The University of Idaho freshman raced to an impressive seventh-place finish in the women’s 200-yard breaststroke Friday in San Antonio, Texas. Griffing, a four-time state champion breaststroke swimmer at Kodiak High School, recorded a 1 minute, 4.14-second time in the finals. She was one of t...
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