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    The Kodiak High School volleyball season wrapped up more than two months ago, but that doesn’t mean the sport isn’t alive and well in town. Yesterday kicked off the winter coed league through Kodiak Parks and Recreation and many more opportunities for community members to bump, set and spike are on the horizon. Merissa Koller has coached for the Kodiak bears and various community teams and said there will be a women’s volleyball tournament this weekend.
    The tournament itself will start at 9 a.m. with pool play to determine where each team will be placed in the tournament bracket. Koller said the hope is to separate the teams into gold and silver brackets to allow for more even playing. Prizes will be given to the winners of the gold division. Koller estimates the tournament to run all day and encourages participants to bring plenty of snacks and water.
     Next month Koller said the male volleyball enthusiasts of Kodiak will have an opportunity to hit the court for a tournament of their own.  
    Waiver and entry forms for both the men’s and women’s tournaments can be found online at Kodiak volleyball dot wordpress dot com. The current coed volleyball league will run through February and a women’s league will start up on February 25. She said any interested ladies can contact Corey Gronn with parks and recreation.

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    Kodiak author Lesley Leyland Fields recently sent her ninth book off to the publisher.
    This one deals with forgiveness — especially forgiveness among family members.
    Fields recently spoke with KMXT’s Maggie Wall about her writing and her books, none of which she says has come easily, perhaps because she’s not afraid to tackle tough issues.
    You can hear the complete interview with Fields on this week’s Talk of the Rock program which airs today (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m.

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            The Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk is now safely anchored in Kiliuda Bay. A flotilla of eight vessels escorted the round, 266-foot oil rig during a pre-dawn voyage from Sitkalidak Island, where it has sat, grounded, for a week.
            The Kulluk was pulled from the beach at 10:10 p.m. last night and towed at speeds up to 5 knots by the 360-foot tug Aiviq the 45 miles to its temporary place of refuge.
            During a news conference just as the Kulluk was being anchored up in Kiliuda Bay, Shell VP Sean Churchfield said the operation went well:
            “It has gone pretty much according to plan. We have been checking with the Nanuq and also with the salvage crew on board to confirm that the Kulluk remains intact. But I think to answer your question, the tow has gone pretty much has planned and there have been no major obstacles since the Kulluk was re-floated.”

            Representatives from the Unified Command will be holding a community meeting in Old Harbor today (Monday), to brief the citizens closest to the incident, and will hold a similar meeting in Kodiak on Wednesday.

           Since KMXT's over-the-air signal is choppy due to a failing transmitter, we're posting our Morning News online today.