With nonprofit funding still determined at the borough level, several community members spoke out in support of Kodiak College and education in general at Thursdayâs Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting.
The assembly has yet to adopt the fiscal year 2022 budget; the most recent borough managerâs draft budget shows zero allocations for nonprofits, including Kodiak College and Kodiak Public Library.
The Kodiak JumpStart program was the center star in the show of support. The program provides lower tuition costs at $100 a credit, up to six credit hours, for first-time college fall freshmen, and $100, up to six credits, for high school students in dual-enrollment programs.
The Kodiak Public Library has resumed its community beekeeping project that began last year and ran from June to September. On Tuesday, children learned all about honeybees, including how to check on a beehive. Beekeeper Judy Kidder (above) said the weekly hive check program was so popular last year that the event was always booked. Unfortunately, last yearâs bees did not survive the winter after a mouse ate the hivesâ pollen and honey, resulting in the insects starving.
The Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a plan to clean up lead-contaminated land in Swampy Acres. The area is owned by Natives of Kodiak Inc., which plans to develop
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In normal times, Dennis âPeteâ Petersen is one of a few people at the Chiniak Bay Elder House who can come and go whenever he wants. At 74, his lungs arenât in great shape, but most of the rest of him is. He can go shopping, grab a cup of coffee at Starbucks and shoot the breeze with friends.Â
But since March, he hasnât left. The Elder House has been, more or less, on lockdown since then.Â
Itâs a good thing, too. COVID-19 has hit long-term care facilities hard. More than 100,000 of all the virus deaths in the United States have been among residents or staff, according to data compiled by The New York Times.