Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Lions Club is raising money to take a trip to Guatemala, where they’ll construct homes and conduct eye exams. Brian Sproat is one of the travelers and says he’ll be on the building side. “We have basically kinda prefab concrete building blocks that we can put together with a metal roof. They’re gonna have the concrete …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Coast Guard Appreciation Day and Lions Club Guatemala Trip
On today’s Talk of the Rock, Kayla Desroches speaks about this year’s Coast Guard appreciation day with Captain Jeff Westling, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Base Kodiak, and Stephanie DeLaGarza from the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce. Also joining are two members of the Lions Club raising money for a humanitarian trip to Guatemala in July.
Read More »Charter Bus Hits Pedestrian on Return from Concert
It was dark and rainy late Saturday night when a bus carrying revelers returning from the Lion Club’s Warm August Nights concert hit and seriously injured a pedestrian a little after 11 p.m. on the road into town. According to an Alaska State Trooper dispatch, 21-year-old Jamie Ponce Cruz was reportedly in the middle of the road when the yellow …
Read More »Warm August Night Revelers Benefit Food Bank
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT More than 200 community members flooded onto the fairgrounds Saturday and danced the night away during the 7th annual Warm August Nights. The event, which typically takes place on the first weekend of August, is hosted by the Kodiak Lions Club. Doc Myers is a past international director for Lions Club and current member. "We did have five …
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