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            Seven Kodiak area non-profit organizations have qualified to be included in the first Alaska Permanent Fund Charitable Contribution Program. The plan allows Alaskans who receive a Permanent Fund Dividend to designate any portion of the check to one or more charitable organizations. There were 333 non-profits in Alaska qualified to be listed on the PFD application. The Alaska Giving Coalition released the list Tuesday.

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            The sun may be peeking in and out of the clouds this fall in Kodiak, but that doesn't matter to dishes pointed at communication satellite orbiting above the equator. This time of year, just as in the spring, the sun moves behind the satellites and disrupts the reception of their signal.

            GCI, which offers long distance, cable TV and other communication services that depend on satellite communications, says the disruptions will not affect services delivered by fiber optic cable or land-based microwave relay.

            When cable TV outages happen, viewers will see a slow degradation of their signal, followed by several minutes of total disruption. It will then slowly clear.

            The sun outages will occur at various times in the afternoon for the next three weeks, and will vary in length.

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            Students and staff presented about a half hour of videos expressing the need for a new high school in Kodiak at Monday night’s school board meeting.

            The student video has very little dialog, but that didn’t stop the students from silently asking questions written on pieces of paper, like “Why am I always late for class?”

            See part one of the student video here. The other two parts can be found on the same YouTube page. The administration video is here .

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On today's Talk of The Rock, host Jay Barrett talks with Leonard Podolak, the founder and banjo player of The Duhks, who will be playing in Kodiak on Sunday. Individual tickets and family passes for the concert are available at KMXT and at The Treasury on The Mall.