Tag Archives: Special Olympics

Borough sets FY19 nonprofit funding amounts

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly approved the fiscal year 2019 nonprofit funding at its regular meeting last night. A number of community members stepped up during public comment to speak for the Kodiak Area Mentor Program, or KAMP, which is a faith-based group that serves people with issues such as addiction. The meeting packet proposed to eliminate KAMP’s …

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Talk of the Rock: Special Olympics

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, officers DJ Clumpner and Shane Parker from the Kodiak Police Department and Derek Clarkston with Kodiak Special Olympics join to talk about the upcoming Torch Run, an event to raise funds and awareness for Special Olympics.

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Local Special Olympics Athlete Moves Off Island

Chris Kavanaugh. Kayla Desroches / KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT A local athlete, Special Olympics strongman, and community member is moving to the Lower 48 after a lifetime in Kodiak. Chris Kavanaugh has won medals time and time again for competing in Special Olympics competitions. And he’s traveled around the world to do it. In 2011, he went to Athens, Greece for …

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Athlete Brings Back Gold From Special Olympics Unified Sports Bowling State Championships

Kayla Desroches/KMXT One local athlete recently returned victorious from a bowling competition in Anchorage. Chris Kavanaugh, who’s been participating in Special Olympics since he was a little kid, won 2 gold medals and a silver medal at the Special Olympics Unified Sports Bowling State Championships. In an interview with KMXT, Kavanaugh gave some insight into how he reached his peak …

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