Local Elks Youth Leadership Contest Seeks Applicants
Ko diak area high school students have 18 days to apply for the Elks Youth Leadership Contest offering up to 1300 in savings bonds. Local winners receive 100 bonds at district level, then 100 more at state and potentially 1000 nationally, based on leadership and character criteria.
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Elks
Kodiak
Archie Zehe
Elks Youth Activities Committee
Elks Lodge
U.S
Zehe
Ruth Belcher
Grand Lodge
La Dolce Vita film at St James Church tonight
The first of four foreign films is shown this evening at 8 p.m. at St James Episcopal church. The Italian film La Dolce Vita has earned favorable reviews nationwide and accolades from Time and Newsweek magazines.
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St. James Episcopal Church
Time
Newsweek
Meeting to promote The Cry of The Wild Ram
Residents invited to a December 5 meeting at Dr. Bob Johnsons home to elect directors for a nonprofit focused on producing The Cry of The Wild Ram.
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Bob Johnson
Group Plans Waterfront Dumas Property in Kodiak
Word reached Kodiak this week of a group planning a waterfront Dumas property near the old Paul Walk off home. The building would include 24 four room apartments and is jointly owned by Kodiak residents. Anchorage architect and former mayor Maynard Taylor and Stanley J. McCutcheon, a prominent Anchorage attorney, are involved.
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Kodiak
Dumas
Paul Walkoff
Anchorage
Maynard Taylor
Stanley J. McCutcheon
Hubbard Purchases 133 Acre Clarke Homestead for Development
Bob Hubbard Anchorage builder and two investors John Fray and Glenn Gould have completed negotiations to buy the 133 acre Clarke Homestead from the Erskine Estate. The property lies largely around Big Lake and will be developed in coordination with Kodiak expansion including the Kodiak Commercial department store and a planned four story Sheliker Hotel. Hubbard may relocate his residence to Kodiak and will visit Kodiak next week to discuss construction plans. Purchase price not disclosed.
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Clarke Homestead
Erskine Estate
Bob Hubbard
Anchorage
Hubbard
The
Mirror
John Fray
Glenn Gould
Clark Homestead
Kodiak Mapmakers Put Kodiak On The Map
Three Kodiak High School juniors in the Industrial Arts class, Kenny Lester, Charlie Magnusen and James Shell, along with instructor Herb Carpenter, crafted 4 by 5 foot raised topographic maps of Kodiak Island. They paint each map in seven colors, will produce one daily from a master mold, and have orders from Governor William Egan for his office, Marine Highway vessels, travel offices, airline terminals, and an Alaska Exhibit at the New York World's Fair. Maps sell for 80 dollars, with proceeds funding class materials.
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Kodiak
Kodi High School
Herb Carpenter
Kodiak Island
Kenny Lester
Charlie Magnusen
James Shell
William Egan
Marine Highway System
Alaska
Jap and Red Fleets Departing for Now
Foreign fishing fleets have left Alaska waters with autumn, shrinking from over 400 vessels in July to about 45 ships in recent weeks. Shrimp fishing near the Pribilof Islands remains the sole Japanese activity in the eastern Bering Sea, while nearly 200 vessels have returned to Japan. Two stern ramp factory trawlers off southeast Kodiak Island continue limited operations with support ships. Continued observations.
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Alaska
Pink Sheet
U.S. Market News Service
U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Juneau
Pribilof Islands
Bering Sea
Gulf of Alaska
Kodiak Island
Fisherman Lost in Kodiak Storm When Crab Vessel Capsizes
In Kodiak during a fierce winter sea, the 42-foot Audrey V capsized under tow by Coast Guard Bittersweet. Crewman Mike MacKay-Smith, 28, is presumed drowned after clinging to crab pots and vanishing in 30 to 35 foot seas. Skipper Jerry Williams, rescued after 22 minutes in the water, survived with severe exposure. Williams Reef near Cape Chiniak and the Bittersweet assisted, with two divers aiding and Williams later pulled aboard. Williams is the son of Mrs Barbara Williams. Smith leaves a three year old daughter and his mother Mrs E Gnadt of Nooksack, Wash.
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Mike MacKay-Smith
Coast Guard
Bittersweet
Jerry Williams
Smith
Williams
Kodiak
Bellingham
E. Gnadt
Nooksack
Wash
Sea Quail
Cape Chiniak
Long Island
Williams Reef
Audrey V
Barbara Williams
Kodiak approves year round hotel project by council
The Kodiak city council unanimously approved a plan to develop a area in the small boat harbor for a year round tourist resort hotel. City owned tidelands will be offered for bid to provide parking and access for a proposed 60 room hotel on the breakwater. Earl Hillstrand of Anchorage, the project planner, is favored in bidding. The winning bidder must post a $50,000 cash performance bond.
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Kodiak
Tidelands
Earl Hillstrand
Anchorage
Hillstrand
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Jap & Red
Mike Smith
Audrey
KHS
Bears
West Anchorage Eagles
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Wayne Kozak
Mike Nixon
Larry Deitzler
Ron Franklin
Aloys Kopun
Jim Fleming
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