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Playbook: Feb. 14
Friday, Feb. 15 Boys basketball: Kodiak vs. Soldotna at Soldotna High School. Junior varsity, 4:30 p.m.; varsity, 7:30 p.m. C squad at Soldotna Middle School, 6 p.m. Girls basketball: Kodiak vs. Soldotna at Soldotna High School. Junior varsity, 3 p.m.; varsity, 6 p.m. C squad at Soldotna Middle School, 7:30 p.m.

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Around Kodiak: Feb. 13
Kodiak Growers hosts a potluck and seed-saving program at 5:30 p.m. tonight in the home of Judy Hamilton, 3946 Woodland Drive. Bruce and Midge Short will discuss the virtues of growing vegetables and Kodiak and how to properly save seeds. They will give away a selection of their home-grown and home-harvested seeds to anyone interested in participating in a seed-saving program. Call Judy Hamilton at 654-4666 for mo...

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A Coast Guard inspector surveys damaged parts and equipment aboard the storm-damaged conical drilling unit Kulluk in Kiliuda Bay on Jan. 10, 2013. On Monday, Shell announced it will soon move the Kulluk from Kodiak waters to a shipyard in Asia.
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Kulluk will head to Asia for repairs
The drilling rig Kulluk, a two-month inhabitant of Kiliuda Bay, is about to move out. On Monday, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, which operates the Kulluk, announced it will move the Kulluk to an Asian shipyard for repairs needed after the Kulluk ran aground New Year’s Eve on Sitkalidak Island. Neither Shell nor Coast Guard spokesmen could confirm when the tow from Kiliuda Bay will take place or where the Kulluk will ultim...

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Kodiak’s Sarah Ng is guarded by a West Valley player during a high school basketball game Saturday at Dimond High School. (Samuel Towarak photo)

NLC power rankings: Busy week in the NLC
It was an extremely busy week for the Northern Lights Conference last week. All six girls teams played in the four-day Lady Lynx Prep Tournament at Dimond High School. The conference faired well by posting a combined 16-8 record. Wasilla, Kodiak and Colony all placed in the top four of the 16-team tournament. On the boys side, Colony remained the top team in the Kodiak Daily Mirror’s NLC power rankings, while Ko...

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Housing ranks as top concern in Chamber survey
Housing and the high cost of living topped the list of Kodiak’s economic concerns, according to the results of a survey from the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber’s online survey asked questions about Kodiak’s strengths, challenges, community concerns, housing, and residential and commercial growth; 187 people responded. “I think people took it really seriously,” Chamber economic development specialist Joe B...

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Kodiak ESS closing in on rural hoops title
The Kodiak Emerging Small School boys basketball team moved closer to dethroning the rural schools defending champion over the weekend. Kodiak ESS earned three victories over Old Harbor on Friday and Saturday in Ouzinkie and is one win away from claiming the archipelago title. On Friday, ESS won 50-42 and 70-32, which was followed by a 34-32 win on Saturday. The two teams will finish the regular-season series ...

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Hunting permits by email on Friday
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will announce the winners of its annual big game permit draw on Friday, and for the first time will do so by email. Hunters who registered for big game permits as well as Tier I and Tier II subsistence rights should receive an email early Friday morning. By noon, the results of the permit lottery will also be posted online at http://hunt.alaska.gov. Emailed permit announcemen...

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Public Safety Blotter: Feb. 13
Monday, Feb. 11 • At 12:48 a.m., an officer contacted an owner about a dog and its owner took the dog inside. • At 1:41 a.m., 5:40 a.m. and 6 a.m., an officer performed a business check. • At 10:06 a.m., a wallet was turned in. • At 10:52 a.m., a caller reported a vehicle was dropping pieces on the roadway, which brought out the eagles and caused a road hazard. An officer spoke to the company and told them to get ...

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Bud Cassidy is 'a good man'
To the Editor: You have heard the expression, of course, “A good man, nowadays, is hard to find.” It applies to women as well. Often, in our case, when we are looking for someone to fill an important position in town, we assume that we need to look elsewhere for “a good man.” Sometimes, when unique abilities are required, this is necessary. Often, the dedication needed for an exceptional job is found only in som...

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Craig, a community of about 1,000 people on Prince of Wales Island, is seen Jan. 29. People in Craig and throughout Southeast Alaska experienced more than 30 seconds of shaking from a magnitude 7.5 earthquake in early January 2013.
(Ned Rozell photo)

Alaska Science Forum: Seismologist visits Southeast in wake of large earthquake
CRAIG — In this cozy Southeast Alaska community that smells of red cedar chips used to power a boiler that heats both the school and the pool, seismologist Natalia Ruppert responded to an hour of questions from more than 150 people who gathered in the auditorium of the Craig High School. The residents of Craig and the outlying areas, many of them wearing Xtratufs and flannel shirts on a rainy/snowy evening, had ex...

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