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Borough will discuss employee pay and benefits
The Kodiak Island Borough assembly will tackle the issue of employees’ pay and benefits at a work session beginning 7:30 p.m. tonight. Assembly members will hear from Fox Lawson & Associates, which will present the results of a study measuring whether or not public employees’ pay is competitive with market averages. Preliminary results of the study, posted on the borough’s website, indicate the borough is competit...
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Russian bombers near Aleutians
A pair of Russian strategic bombers conducted flights near the Aleutian Islands last week, causing the Air Force to scramble F-22 fighters. According to the Washington Free Beacon, which first reported on the incident, two H-model Bear bombers were intercepted as they entered the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, an area of radar-monitored space extending 200 miles from Alaska’s coast. The bombers turned aro...
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This group of dancers will play hedgehogs in "The Jungle Book." (Photo courtesy of Hap Heiberg)
Little School of Dance hosts spring shows
The Little School of Dance is putting on its spring show this Saturday as it presents “The Jungle Book” at the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium. The four-act show will have two performances — at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday — and will feature dancers as young as 3 years old. Director Molly Brodie said she chose “The Jungle Book” because it’s a great story and has enough parts for her 200 participating students. “It’s a ...
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The good old days are gone
To the Editor: How’s this for honesty? We have morons for politicians, being greedy and lying to the people all the time. Propaganda, cold wars, hot wars and drugs are going to bring our country to its knees. The exhaustion and bankruptcy of our minds. The drug problem is going to add fuel to our disaster. Drugs are being poured out on the open market for our youth. We will find that the leadership of tomorrow is...
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Downtown mall has become an unwelcoming place
To the Editor: I, along with many other people, work on the mall. We have become increasingly distressed at the unsavory environment there, and the situation is only getting worse. The core problem is that some of our town’s more unfortunate citizens are allowed to loiter, be drunk in public, and pester workers and patrons of the local businesses with impunity. This spring we have seen an escalation to include s...
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The Kodiak Kid Wrestling Club gathers for a photo at the Aaska State Tournament in Wasilla over the weekend. (Photo courtesy of Steve Rounsaville)
Caballa wins state wrestling triple crown
DAILY MIRROR STAFF Kodiak’s Andrew Caballa claimed the triple crown of wrestling last weekend in Wasilla. Caballa won folkstyle, Greco and freestyle categories at the Alaska USA State Tournament that featured club wrestlers from across the state. The three-day event concluded Saturday. Caballa, a Kodiak High School junior, was the Kodiak Kid Club’s only three-event winner. Other Kodiak champions are Dylan Par...
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Playbook: May 9
Thursday, May 9 Softball: Kodiak vs. Bartlett in Anchorage, 7:30 p.m. Junior varsity vs. West Anchorage, 5:45 p.m. Friday, May 10 Baseball: Kodiak vs. Homer, 1 p.m.; vs. Wasilla, 7 p.m. at Wasilla. Junior varsity vs. Wasilla, 4 p.m. Softball: Kodiak vs. Service, 5:45 p.m.; vs. Dimond, 7:30 p.m. in Anchorage. Junior varsity vs. South Anchorage, 4 p.m. Track: Kodiak at the Region III Championships at Nikiski Hig...
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From left to right, Astrid Schick, Ali Kostelecky, Madison Moir, Sydney Mutch, Amanda Blott, Mallory Arnold and Taylor Nicklas pose with awards they won at the Alaska 4H horse contest. (Susan Blott photo)
Kodiak 4-H Emerald Isle equestrian team qualifies for nationals
On April 25, seven young women, their chaperones and head coach traveled to Fairbanks to compete in the 2013 Alaska State 4-H Horse Contest. The Kodiak 4-H Emerald Isle Equestrian team consisting of Madison Moir, Amanda Blott, Taylor Nicklas, Astrid Schick, Ali Kostelecky, Mallory Arnold and Sydney Mutch, aged 13 to 17, had been preparing for months studying horse knowledge (hippology) and horse judging with their...
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Crab festival without crab
Call it the Surimi Festival. The 55th annual Kodiak Crab Festival will not live up to its name. With time running out to register for space at the festival, no vendor has announced intentions to sell crab. There will be plenty of salmon and halibut, but no snow crab, no Tanner crab and no king crab. Kadie Walsh, a Crab Festival planner for the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce, said even with the late date, there’s still...
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Navy SEALS request use of state land
The U.S. Navy is planning to land on Kodiak Island. According to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, the Navy’s special warfare center at Spruce Cape has requested permission to conduct brief training exercises on state land throughout the Kodiak road system. “The sites will be used for Navy SEAL training purposes up to six times per year,” the request form states. The Navy has long mounted training missio...
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