Alaska News Nightly: July 15, 2013
Coast Guard Opens Forward Operating Location In Kotzebue; Worry About Whale Watching Comes From Within The Industry; Redistricting Board Adopts Final Plan; Hundreds Gather To Remember Pilot Killed In Soldotna Crash; Will A Marine Shipping Merger Pit David Against Goliath?; Author Revives Aleutian History Through ‘Lost Ledgers’; New Book Delves Into Life Of ‘Papa Pilgrim’
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Calling All Heroes
Today we’re making heroes. Heather Cavanaugh oversees the Summer of Heroes program, a partnership with ACS and the Boys and Girls Club. The program nominates and awards Alaskan youths for their outstanding community service.
Winners of the award will receive a $1500 scholarship, as well as invitations to special events and recognition ceremonies.
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I am Daphne DoAll LaChores
Scott Koeller has been regularly dressing in drag since college and with the help of his wife has created a lasting persona as Daphne DoAll LaChores.
Daphne is well known as the host of Mad Myrna's Drag Queen Divas show, but many would be surprised to learn that the Anchorage fixture is also the handyman at Mad Myrna's, one of the top gay bars in the country.
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Night Music: July 13, 2013
Here’s the music playlist from Night Music with Connie G. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Song Title
Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
Take...
Alaska News Nightly: July 12, 2013
Repeal Group Gets 45,000 Signatures For Referendum; FAA Ups Qualification Requirement For First Officers; Tenakee Seeks Families To Keep School Open; Central Peninsula Hospital Opens New Oncology Unit; Cyclist Survives Wold Pursuit On The Alaska Highway; StoryTRACKS Gets Kids Reading Outdoors; AK: Game Entrepreneurs; 300 Villages: King Cove
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AK: Game Entrepreneurs
Hundreds of years in the future, Earth is rendered uninhabitable. Brothers Raymond and Rusty Hayes are battling for survival. Their weapons? A board, a deck of cards, and some dice. KSTK’s Shady Grove Oliver takes us inside the world of War Command.
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Dip Netting
Mid-July is time for reds to rush into Cook Inlet and up the Kenai River. And at the river’s mouth, to navigate their way past a phalanx of nets held out in the current on long poles. We're talking about dipnetting the Kenai, the kind of fishing that makes you feel like a grizzly bear, snatching the salmon out of the river by skill and chance.
KSKA: Thursday, July 18, 2pm and 9pm
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Developing Alaska Writers
There is a quiet collision going on between a fast-developing new crop of Alaska authors and the fast-changing world of publishing. Alaska has always had a place in the national imagination, but is that place changing? Teachers of creative writing will be the guests on the next Talk of Alaska.
KSKA: Tuesday, 7/16 at 10:00am
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Traini Looks To Limit Executive Pay, Benefits; And Parnell Pushes For Seismic Testing in ANWR
Oil tax referendum proponents say they have gathered enough signatures to get the measure on the ballot. Assemblyman Dick Traini looks to limit executive pay and benefits. Governor Sean Parnell pushes for seismic testing in ANWR.
KSKA: Friday, 7/12 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 7/13 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 7/12 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 7/13 at 5:00pm
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Alaska News Nightly: July 11, 2013
Native Corporations Concerned Over Dam Study Trespassing, Safety; State Files Cross-Appeal In Fishermen Trial; Stalled Engine May Have Caused Soldotna Crash; Stuart Creek 2 Fire 22 Percent Contained; Former State Biologist Suggests Voluntarily Not Fishing To Boost Chinook Escapement; Kenai Peninsula College Founder Dies; Brooks Falls Bear Cam Comes Online; Elusive Amphibians Chronicled Along Stikine
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AFAA presents This Is Where We Came In
Alaska Fine Arts Academy in Eagle River is presenting Alan Ayckbourn's play for youth, This Is Where We Came In. Join Director James Jensen and Actor Talya Jensen to find out all about this exciting play that runs July 5th through the 20th this week on Stage Talk.
KSKA: Friday July 12 at 2:45pm
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Sopa Azteca: Mexican Traditions in Alaska
The smell of chicken stock simmering with spices, tomatoes and potatoes brings Rebeca Barbosa right back to her childhood kitchen in Central Mexico. She now prepares Sopa Azteca regularly at her home near Westchester Lagoon.
This is her mother's traditional recipe.
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Alaska News Nightly: July 10, 2013
Palin Hints At Potential Senate Run; LGBT Protections Advance In Senate; Investigation Continues For Soldotna Crash; Army Backs Away From Stuart Creek 2 Fire Statements; Study Attempts To Pinpoint Salmon As They Hit Rivers; Kwik’pak Fisheries Traceability Program Ahead Of The Curve; M/V Tustumena Repairs Hit Additional Roadblock; Russian Fire Bomb Washes Up Near Chignik; Man Becomes Oldest Climber To Summit Denali
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Night Music: July 6, 2013
Night Music Playlist Kirk Waldhaus 7/6/2013
Title
Artist / Composer (if known)
Album
Label
Song Duration
8:00 – 9:00
Whisper Not
Either / Orchestra
The Calculus of Pleasure
Accurate AC -3252
9:09
Bridging the Gap
Melton Mustafa...
Traveling Music July 14, 13
Traveling Music
7-14-13
Shonti Elder
Promoting KSKA Music Workshops Special Event July 16, and 17, and Cyrano’s “Title of the Show” til Aug. 4
Format:
Song Title
Artist /...
Cultural Revitalization and Economic Development in Wrangell
A small island town with economic roots in the fishing and logging industries, Wrangell is nestled in the heart of the Inside Passage at the mouth of the mighty Stikine River.
Wrangell’s cultural heritage is rooted in the traditions of the Stikine Tlingit and Haida tribes, a cultural connection that the Wrangell Cooperative Association has been working to revitalize and reestablish in the close-knit community of 2,300 residents.
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Medicaid Fraud Charges Levied Against 28 Personal Care Attendants; State Presents New Plan For ANWR Development; NMFS Denies Ribbon Seal Endangered Species Listing; NTSB Team Begins Investigation Of Deadly Soldotna Plane Crash; Peter Tony’s Stepdaughter Speaks Out About Abuse; Stuart Creek 2 Firefighters Race To Beat Warm, Dry Weather Coming Later This Week; Incident Meteorologists Help Crews Predict Fire Paths; Seward Ceviche Whiz Dines At White House
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Veteran Highlight: Ron Travis
After getting out of the Navy, Ron Travis used the GI Bill to go to college in Washington state where he recalls his professors, during the height of the Vietnam War, organized protests to the war.
In this interview, Travis recalls that difficult time.
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Alaska News Nightly: July 8, 2013
South Carolina Family Killed In Soldotna Plan Crash; Stuart Creek 2 Fire Started During Army Artillery Training; Redistricting Board Releases ‘Concept Plan’; Coast Guard Investigating ‘Naknek Spirit’ Grounding; Igushik Fishery Remains Closed; Traini Targets Executive Pay And Benefits; Program Helping Anchorage’s Childhood Obesity Rate Drop; Elodea Spreading In Southcentral Alaska; Centennial Denali Climb Members Return To Talkeetna; Yup’ik Artist Heading Mural Project For Anchorage Covenant House
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Plants Vs. Zombies
Today we’re talking zombies and gardens. Shannon Kuhn is co-founder of the group Anchorage Food Mosaic, a collection of writers, food enthusiasts, and gardeners. One of the Mosaic’s goals is to encourage people to grow their own food.
Kuhn thinks she’s discovered a way to get more young people thinking about farming: Gardening is a mandatory skill for the zombie apocalypse.
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