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A commonly held misconception is that members of the CPGH, Inc. Board of Directors derive a fiscal benefit from their service to the hospital. Another is that being a "self-appointed" board means that new board members are pre-selected from a group of friends, cronies or business partners. Both are untrue.
Mayor Mike Navarre standing against the Kahtnu surgery center is outrageous. The mayor is supposed to represent the wishes of the people, even though not all the people have been allowed to all speak their minds in this matter.
Early in the New Year, my daughter's swim coach, Luke, had his vehicle totaled in a collision with a moose. He came out of it with whip lash and embedded glass shards, but fortunately without serious injury. The loss of his 2010 Toyota Corolla, the threat to his life, and the couple weeks off from work became just another statistic -- a numerical contribution to the 250 or so moose that are killed in a typical year by collisions with trucks and cars on the Kenai Peninsula. While I'm really glad that Luke came out of this OK, as a wildlife biologist I gave some thought to the dead moose.
My husband and I really enjoy movies. It's not like we are glued to the couch and a couple of hambeasts, it's about the pleasure of watching a great story unfold. If we rent a couple of good movies we're excited about, but our family wants us to hang out, I just tell them we can't because I took an arrow to the knee and "kneed" rest.
KODIAK (AP) - Parts of Alaska will see substantial cuts in the allowable halibut catch. KMXT reports (http://bit.ly/15KdoW) the International Pacific Halibut Commission released its catch limits Friday. Overall, it's down 18 percent from last year, or about 7.5 million pounds. The catch limit for the Gulf of Alaska is reduced by 2.4 million pounds, or 17 percent from 2011. The pound limit reduction is the same for the Alaska Peninsula southwest of Kodiak Island, but that equates to a 32 percent drop, to a little above 5 million pounds.
Chances are kids that attend the 36th annual Peninsula Winter Games will not be bored. Whether it's taking a ride on the ice slide, rolling a strike at ice bowling, watching the Native Youth Olympics, watching the fireworks Saturday night or competing in the Monopoly tournament, just to name a few - there will be plenty of events that will keep kids busy all day long. "We just have all kinds of things for kids to do," Soldotna Chamber of Commerce executive director Michelle Glaves said.
A unanimous vote Wednesday night by the Soldotna City Council gave support for oil and gas exploration in Cook Inlet. Council member Kyle Fisher introduced a resolution that supported the extension to the term of the Kitchen Lights Unit Agreement so that Furie Operating Alaska, LLC, formerly known as Escopeta, can continue oil and gas exploration and development in the unit.
At first glance, Kenai resident Betty Osborn might not look like she would be a good bowler. Just ask her and she'll give you a modest answer about her abilities. "I'm fair," she said. But when Osborn's name is called and she steps to the line, she can roll with the best of them. Strikes aren't elusive, even at her age. Osborn has been the secretary of the Golden Oldies senior bowling league for 20 years and the sport is a big part of her life, just like many others in the league, she said.
The Kenai Central girls basketball team defeated East 46-40 on Thursday in Anchorage in nonconference action.