Tag Archives: Girl Scouts

Kodiak Girl Scout to Receive Recognition for Life-Saving Effort

Kayla Desroches/KMXT This weekend, a young local will receive a Girl Scouts Medal of Honor. The award recognizes those who have been part of a life-saving effort, and last year only 30 Girl Scouts earned the prize nationwide. At a Girl Scouts Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM, event Saturday, 13-year-old Krista Simpler will take home the medal. Krista …

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Philosophical, Legal Concerns Prompt ‘No’ Vote on Donations

Jay Barrett/KMXT At Thursday’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting, funding to the local Girl Scouts and Little League was on the chopping block as the yearly grants to non-profits were considered. At the prior work session, Assemblywoman Louise Stutes had proposed zeroing out the two organizations. She was convinced to change her position after a room full of Girl Scouts, …

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Youthful Appeals Save Little League, Girl Scout Grants

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Girl Scouts, Little Leaguers and their supporters packed the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Chambers Thursday night to plea for the restoration of grant money. Maggie Wall/KMXT photo Maggie Wall/KMXT A room full of Kodiak youth got a lesson in participatory government last night. And their active participation in the process was the key to saving Kodiak’s Little League and the …

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