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Garden Gate: Solve your pot problems by picking up a larger container
by Marion Owen
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s late May and I have seedlings with roots poking through the bottom of the containers. They need to get into the ground, but it’s chilly at night. What should I do? Occasionally your seedlings will outgrow their containers before you are ready...
Fish Factor: New tech preserves salmon for months without ice
by Laine Welch
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
National Maritime Day on May 22 is a holiday created by Congress in 1933 to honor America’s seagoing industry. It marks the day when the SS Savannah set sail from Georgia on the first trans-Atlantic voyage by a steamship. As celebrations are unde...
Tapestry: Norwegians gather for early celebration of Syttende Mai
by Mike Rostad
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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 t...
Outdoor Kodiak: Getting started with Dolly Varden
by Hank Pennington
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
I’m tired of waiting! The winter was long, and it’s time to start catching Dolly Varden in rivers. I can’t be sure they’re leaving their winter lakes yet, headed downstream to the ocean. But they should start any day and I plan to be on the river ...
Fish Factor: International currency variations affect seafood markets
by Laine Welch
May 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Between 60 and 70 percent of Alaska’s seafood is exported to customers around the globe, and the strength of foreign currencies against the US dollar plays a big role in annual sales. Tracking by the Juneau-based McDowell Group for the Alaska Seaf...
Senior Life
Artists who have work featured in the Kodiak Senior Center's annual art show hold up their pieces of work, during the art walk in Kodiak on May 3. (Nicole Klauss photo)
Senior Life: May celebrates Older Americans Month
May is Older Americans Month throughout the country, and this year’s theme is, “Unleash the Power of Age.” And that is what we at the Senior Citizens of Kodiak Inc. try to do each day. There are always activities at the center in which to partici...
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Getting the center's monthly newsletter ready to be mailed to 750 is quite a
task.  These loyal volunteers, Mona Johnson, Lydia Abrigo, Hiep Nguyen  and
Sarah Meunier devote time each month in assisting in this folding and
sorting the newsletter.  (Pat Branson photo)
Senior Life: March 8
New Activities in March at the Center Get out your green, as the senior center will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day on Monday, March 18 since the official day falls on a Sunday. We’ll be serving corned beef, cabbage and a special green dessert an...
Mar 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Senior Life: Activities return to Kodiak Senior Center
It is back to school for the younger set, and seniors can add to their academic challenge and bucket lists by signing up to take a computer class. Kodiak Senior Center has collaborated with Kodiak College for a number of years to provide a teache...
Sep 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Margaret Hall, Jo Brown and Lydia Abrigo enjoy a picnic lunch at the senior center. The next picnic will be Aug. 1.  (Pat Branson photo)
Senior Life: Celebrating summer with international food, picnics
Although most scheduled activities and classes are on hold for the summer, the senior center still has the computer lab open each weekday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Chair yoga is on hold as well and will start up again in the fall. Our exercise lead...
Jul 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kodiak Senior Center hosts its annual senior art show during May. Shown here are artists: Dottie Holm, Nancy Bors, Mona Johnson, Jean Carson and John Davis. (Pat Branson photo)
Senior Life: Kodiak observes Older Americans Month
May is Older Americans Month each year, as designated by the Administration on Aging. This year’s theme is “Never Too Old to Play.” Kodiak Senior Center is celebrating this year’s theme with additional activities, as well as the usually scheduled...
May 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kodiak Blogs
Kodiak boys win 4A state track title by Hawks97
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Kodiak's boys captured the school's third state track and field title with a 3-point victory over Dimond at the state championships Saturday at a cold Lathrop High School in Fairbanks.  Kodiak finished with 87 points to win its first state team title since 2007. Sophomore Levi Thomet won three e...
(from right) Kodiak's Levi Thomet, Cole Christiansen, and Julian McCarthy leave the starting line with the rest of the runners at the start of the 4A Boys 3,200 Meter Run during the ASAA State High School Track and Field Championships Friday, May 17, 2013 at Lathrop High School. The trio swept the podium, finishing in the same order. (Eric Engman/News-Miner photo) State track: Boskofsky, Thomet win titles by Hawks97
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
A pair of Kodiak Island athletes captured state titles at the track and field championships on a snowy Friday in Fairbanks. Port Lions' Raissa Boskofsky won her third straight high jump 1/2/3A state title with a mark of 5 feet, 2 inches, while Kodiak's Levi Thomet led a Bears sweep of the 4A 3,2...
Palmer's Kevin Christopher (22) heads back to the dugout after hitting a two-run home run in a high school baseball game against Kodiak Friday at Baranof Field. (Derek Clarkston photo) Friday diamond recap by Hawks97
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
BASEBALL Kodiak split a doubleheader with Palmer and Houston Friday at Baranof Field. In the first game, Palmer rode the bat of Kevin Christopher to an 11-9 nonconference victory. Christopher's two-run home run in the fifth inning gave the Moose the lead for good at 8-6. He added a two-run doub...
Southcentral Conference baseball standings by Hawks97
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
After 10 games in the Mat-Su Valley over the weekend, here is how the Southcentral Conference standings look: Kenai (4-1) — Beat Soldotna, Houston, Kodiak and Palmer; lost to Homer. Colony (2-0) — Beat Kodiak and Homer Kodiak (3-2) — Beat Soldotna, Homer and Wasilla; lost to Colony and Kenai ...
Saturday baseball: Kodiak swept by Kenai and Colony by Hawks97
May 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Kodiak was on the losing end of a pair of walk-off finishes Saturday in the Mat-Su Valley.  In the opener, Kenai plated the winning run on a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh inning to upend Kodiak 6-5. In the nightcap, Colony hit a walk-off grand slam for a 12-0 thumping of Kodiak....
Track and Field: Kodiak boys win eighth Region III title by Hawks97
May 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Kodiak boys track and field team won their eighth consecutive region title Saturday at the Region III Championships at Niksiki High School.  Kodiak won eight events to top the six-team field with 168 points, 45 ahead of runner-up Colony. Sophomore Levi Thomet was a quadruple winner, taking the 80...
Friday baseball: Kodiak sweeps doubleheader by Hawks97
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Kodiak's baseball team showed no signs of rust in a Southcentral Conference doubleheader sweep of Homer and Wasilla Friday in the Mat-Su Valley. In the opener, the Bears pounded out 15 hits in a 12-5 victory over Homer at Wasilla Fields. In the nightcap, Kodiak worked 10 walks in the final two i...
Thursday softball: Kodiak 6, Bartlett 5 by Hawks97
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Kodiak's 6-5 softball win over Bartlett Thursday evening in Anchorage was a costly one. Leading 5-2 in the fifth, pitcher Kaia Yatsik was drilled in the knee with a line drive. She came out of the game and was taken to the hospital Friday morning for x-rays. Head coach Sam Catt said the x-rays d...
Wednesday's diamond recap by Hawks97
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Baseball Homer opened its season with a 4-1 Southcentral Conference win over Kenai Wednesday evening. The Kardinals fall to 0-2 in the conference. Read about it in the Clarion . Since two weeks of the baseball season was lost to unplayable field conditions, the eight schools in the conference h...
Tuesday's softball recap by Hawks97
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Soldotna continued its romp through the Northern Lights Conference on Tuesday. The Stars swept Houston in a doubleheader, 16-0 and 9-8, to improve to 6-1 in the NLC. Houston dropped to 0-2. Homer played its first NLC game of the year on Monday, earning a 14-1 win over Skyview. The Panthers are ...
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