President's Message
Happy Mother’s Day!

Do not forget this one, folks, May 1st! First thing coming up this month is the Grand Re-Opoening and Ribbon Cutting at The Frame Shop, where they will be unveiling their new Collaborative Artisits Galley. Stop by from 5-8 to support this unique Kodiak Business! The next day, Thursday the 2nd from 5-7, Alaska USA Federal Credit Union will be hosting our Business After Hours. This will be held at the Best Western Harbor room, conveniently located downtown, in the Best Western Hotel, for easy access! May 2 nd from 5:00-7:00pm, come learn about mortgages, refinances, and home owners insurance! Amazing door prizes, such as, 2 Alaska Airlines $500.00 vouchers, food and drink, and of course, split the pot! Should be a great time!

May 4 th is Kodiak Chamber of Commerce City Wide Clean-Up Day!! The whole city mobilizes to clean up where we live!! The Chamber will be set up at Kodiak High School to hand out trash bags, and we will have a city map to help make sure we have the whole community covered with trash pick up. The Lions will be there with hot dogs and soft drinks.

A big shout out and thank you to Credit Union 1 for the fund raiser they did for Kodiak Special Olympics last month! The silent auction raised 3700.00, and with the Credit Union match, 7400.00 for our local teams. The big expense for our teams is flying back and forth to meets. Thanks Micah Topacio and crew!!

The Special Olympics Torch Run is May 18 th !! This takes place at 10am, starting point, Wells Fargo, downtown, and the race ends at the Safeway parking lot! If you see a Special Olympics Athlete, pledge them. Everything pledged to Kodiak runners, goes to the Kodiak Team. The Torch Run, and the Annual Dinner, in November, are really the only fund raises our local team does. Later that same day, May 18 th , the Kodiak Special Olympics Local Powerlifting Competition will be held at Kodiak Athletic Club at 3pm! Powerlifting is a single, max lift, meet! You get 3 attempts to lift your max poundage, the heaviest lift is your score. This qualifies the team to compete in the Special Olympics State Competition on June 8 th , in Anchorage. Now here is where it gets unusual. The Bench Press is traditionally the second lift of a powerlifting competition. We do something different for this meet, we have the athletes start with the Squat and the Deadlift. The Bench Press is the last lift that we do. This event is not only for the athletes, it is also an Open Meet that anyone can compete in. This part is sponsored by the Kodiak Morning Rotary Club! This qualifies the meet to be classified as unified. Unified sports are where athletes and partners compete together in competition. Unified sports is a huge goal for all Special Olympics in the entire world, and this is the first powerlifting meet like this anywhere. 

I would like to welcome new member, ‘My Father’s Business’! This is a non profit that sells donated and homemade goods to support its mission! They will be at Crab Fest, so be sure to find them!

Know a business that needs to be a Kodiak Chamber Member?, W ant to upgrade your business to a PIKES Sponsor membership? Call Sarah, at the Chamber office, for details 907-486-5557.

Sincerely,

Lindsay Knight
President
Our Sponsors
Register Now For The Crab Fest Parade!
Kodiak comes out in full force to watch and participate in this historic parade! Celbrate cultural pride, school & organization spirit, and the diversity of the Kodiak area recreational interests. Be a part of the Annual Kodiak Crab Festival Parade and Shrimp Parade!

The Shrimp Parade has always been fun, with a procession of costumed younsters. Be sure to get your little shrimp on the list today!

We look forward to having your group walk or make a creative float for all to enjoy!
May Business After Hours
Alaska USA Federal Credit Union will be hosting a special business after hours filled with education and networking opportunities! Join us for an evening of short lectures about mortgages, refinances, and homeowners insurance, with amazing give aways & food and drinks. Take time to discuss all your questions with the experts!

Come for the amazing prizes and stay for the education! Two Alaska Airlines $500 vouchers, 2019 Crab Fest Gear, and a 2019 Crab Fest Poster will be given away. As always, the Chamber will hold Split-The-Pot and a chance to win an annual membership.

Join us May 2nd at the Best Western Kodiak Inn Harbor Room!
Pre-purchase Crab Fest Gear & Ride Tickets

Official 2019 Kodiak Crab Festival merchandise is on sale at the Chamber Office and online stop by for hoodies, tees, magnets, key chains, and even beanies and coozies!

Also don't miss out on the Big Deal! Save money and time by purchasing ride and game tickets in advance, a sixty dollar value fo $50! Pick up your Carnival Pre-sale tickets available at the Chamber and at Big Rays, Sutliffs, Best Western, Cost Savers, and First National Bank Alaska.
Please join us for a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

May 1st | 5:00-8:00PM
The Frame Shop
2017 Mill Bay

Help us celebrate the new changes at The Frame Shop! On May we'll be officially ushering in the New Collaborative Artist Gallery! Artists of every medium will have the opportunity to present artwork in a professional space, with multiple events to connect with customers and network with fellow artists. On May 1st 5-8 pm peruse the offerings of Kodiak's local artist in the new gallery and the art market in the bay area!

As always, the Chamber will supply door prizes and opportunities to win Split-The-Pot!
Community Clean Up: May 4th!
Spring time each year reveals the waste from the winter all around our beautiful island. Please consider pitching in to help keep Kodiak beautiful by participating in Community Clean Up Day on May 4th from 9-1.

You'll be able to pick up bags at businesses around town this week (Ardingers Fine Furniture, Grand Slam Toys and Games, The Frame Shop, Kodiak Veterinary Clinic, and Kodiak Chamber of Commerce) or at the High School on May 4th. Let us know where you'll be working so we can cover as much of Kodiak as possible!

Kodiakians are invited to stop by the high school parking lot between 9am and 1pm, to pick up bright yellow trash bags and choose any location to clean up from a large map of the borough. The Kodiak Lions Club will be present, serving up a free hotdog lunch. Participants should leave filled bags curbside by 1pm, so they can be picked up by one of the volunteer collection trucks, provided by Alaska Waste, Brechan Construction, Kodiak Lawn Care, the City of Kodiak and the Alaska DOT.

Working in coordination with community partners, Clean Up Day is also a chance for residents to do some household cleaning. That day at the high school, Threshold Services Inc. will be collecting household electronics to be recycled free of charge and NRC Alaska, under contract by the Borough, will accept residential hazardous waste.

Nick’s Auto and Salvage Yard participates in Clean Up Day each year by accepting residential metals free of charge. For large items, the Landfill will be accepting up to 250lbs of garbage for free on the 4th and 11th.

Community Clean Up Day is made possible with the generous support of Leisnoi Inc, the Chamber of Commerce’s PIKE Sponsors, ALPAR and our many community partners.


PUT HOUSEHOLD HAZERDOUS WASTE IN ITS PLACE!
WHEN?
9:00 a.m. to 2 p.m Saturday May 4 th .
(Same time as the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce Clean-up Day) WHERE?
 Bring to the High School PARKING LOT in their original containers.
WHAT?
Collect unwanted household hazardous waste from your kitchen, bathroom, garage and workshop. Bring your unwanted household hazardous waste items that are harmful to the environment if disposed of improperly.
PLEASE – DO NOT PUT THEM IN YOUR TRASH - DO NOT MIX ITEMS. Bring them to the High School PARKING LOT.
BRING
Floor care products, furniture polish, metal polish, bug sprays, automatic transmission fluid, car batteries, brake fluid, car wax, diesel fuel, used oils, cutting glue, paint, paint brush cleaner, thinner & stripper, turpentine, varnish, wood preservative, primer, fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, rodent poison, weed killer, fiberglass epoxy, gun cleaning solvents, photographic chemicals. Bring your household hazardous waste in the original containers. If you use a different container, clearly label it. Only use containers you can part with. Keep containers from tipping or leaking while transporting your waste to the collection site. If the container is leaking, enclose it in another container. Keep the material out of the passenger compartment of your vehicle and away from children and pets. Separate paint from other material. Don't mix different types of household wastes. There is a 100-pound limit for residential household hazardous waste.
DO NOT BRING - Explosives, business wastes, medical wastes, empty containers, asbestos or radioactive wastes .
THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR RESIDENTS!
This program is for residential waste ONLY. Federal regulations do NOT allow commercial hazardous wastes to be mixed with house- hold hazardous wastes. However, businesses or agencies that generate less than 220 pounds of hazardous waste per month and meet other criteria are eligible to participate in a "tag on" to the HHW event.
COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES/AGENCIES - Commercial businesses and Government entities must register with our Service Contractor, NRC Alaska by Friday, April 26th in order to participate. NRC Alaska will take drop off appointments on a first come first serve basis so don't delay. Qualified small businesses and acceptable government agencies will be charged for the transportation and disposal of their hazardous waste based on the type and the amount of their waste. Payment arrangements must be made in advance by issuance of an acceptable Purchase Order, Credit Card, or Business Check. No Cash or personal checks will be accepted.

For info on the registration process, contact NRC Alaska, toll free at (877) 375-5040 during regular business hours. Please identify yourself as a Kodiak Island business or government agency and you will be directed to Kim Park. Her direct line is (907) 646-5020.

Questions about the collection day or unusual items please call 486-9343.
Local Top Student Named 2019 Coca-Cola Scholar

Nation’s Premiere Scholarship Program Awards Alaska & Hawaii Student $20,000 for College

Atlanta, April 2019                                                                        


150 high school seniors were selected from an initial pool of 95,715 applications from across the country based on their academic excellence, leadership & service demonstrated in school/community activities as part of a 3-stage selection process. See the full list .

The Alaska & Hawaii students will each receive a $20,000 college scholarship & travel to Atlanta for Coca-Cola Scholars Weekend April 4-7, 2019


Rafael Bitanga
Kodiak High School - AK
Sunday, May 19, 2019

Hannah Delker
Soldotna High School - AK
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Ryan Park
Punahou School - HI
Saturday, June 1, 2019

Julia Lim
Konawaena High School - HI
Saturday, May 25, 2019
These exceptional seniors @ Kodiak High School, Soldotna High School, Punahou School & Konawaena High School in Alaska & Hawaii have been recognized as one of the country’s most outstanding high school leaders by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation & have been awarded a $20,000 college scholarship. As members of the 31st class of Coca-Cola Scholars, these students not only exemplify superior leadership, service & academics – they are change agents, positively affecting others in their community. This is why they’re one of 150 selected from 95,715 initial applicants from across the country to receive this scholarship. 

A joint effort of Coca-Cola bottlers across the United States & The Coca‑Cola Company, the Coca‑Cola Scholars Program is one of the largest corporate-sponsored, achievement-based scholarship programs of its kind. With the addition of the 2019 class, the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation will have provided more than 6,300 Coke Scholars nationwide with over $69 million in scholarships over the course of 31 years. The 31 st class of Scholars alone will collectively be awarded $3.1 million in scholarships.


In addition to receiving college scholarships, Coca-Cola Scholars will come to Atlanta April 4-7 for Scholars Weekend where they will serve as the guests of honor at a celebratory banquet, participate in a leadership development curriculum & be welcomed into a vibrant and growing family of alumni that have become a powerful force for positive change in the world. Through networking, collaborations & friendships, the group strives to make a greater impact together. Recent events and initiatives include the 2018 Coca-Cola Scholars Leadership Summit , a post-hurricane clean-up in Houston , and the third year of a coaching program that partners seasoned alumni with first-year Scholars as they transition to college.

The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation celebrates and empowers visionary leaders who are refreshing the world. With its 31 st class of Coca-Cola Scholars, the Foundation has provided more than $69 million in scholarships to over 6,300 program alumni who together have become a powerful force for positive change. Learn more at  www.coca-colascholars.org .
Do Your Part to Save the Ferry!

The legislators representing our region and coastal AK are working together to try to find a path forward that still includes the Alaska Marine Highway. However, Anchorage and Interior AK are home to the majority of votes in the House and the Senate, so we need to reach them through their constituents .  Many of them still many not realize the impact losing the AMHS will have not just on coastal Alaska, but on the entire state.
This is where you come in! As a business owner, you have a power not many of us have and it could be the strongest tool available to fight for our AMHS service!
You have the ability to reach and influence other businesses in Anchorage and Interior AK, of which you are a customer. Just follow the steps below:
  1. Make a list of all the businesses you spend money at when you take the ferry to Anchorage and beyond
  2. Copy/paste the text below into your email
  3. Replace each {BRACKETED PLACE HOLDER} with your information or edit the message as you see fit.
  4. Email this to each of your vendors, suppliers and business associates in Anchorage and on the road system in Alaska, and urge them to contact their legislators immediately!
Attention Landlords, Maintenance Crews & Real Estate Professionals

The Kodiak Island Housing Authority invites you to "Meth" Remediation Training. The program has been designed for any landlord who wants to have their maintenance Crew trained to test their apartments for “Meth” and the process to remediate the “Meth” if the test comes back positive. Mark Shepard will be your guide through the program in the Harbor Room at the Best Western Kodiak Inn. 

Please register for the June 12th & 13th program by selecting the link below.
Productive Procrastination:
What motivates us to work? Contrary to conventional wisdom, it isn't just money. But it's not exactly joy either. It seems that most of us thrive by making constant progress and feeling a sense of purpose. Behavioral economist Dan Ariely presents two eye-opening experiments that reveal our unexpected and nuanced attitudes toward meaning in our work.



Board of Directors
President  Lindsay Knight
Past President Stacey Simmons                                  
Vice President Brian Lickfield                  
Secretary/Treasurer Jeff Sanford
Board Members               
Susan Johnson · Ellen Simeonoff · Tyler Kornelis · Julie Bonney · Alex Turner · Ginny Shank · Sarah Culbertson
City of Kodiak Representative Mike Tvenge
Kodiak Island Borough Representative Michael Powers
USCG Base Representative Capt. Jeffery Good
USCG Air Station Representative Capt. Bryan Dailey
KEA Representative Darron Scott
Discover Kodiak Representative Aimee Williams
Contact Us

Phone: (907) 486-5557
Community Relations Director: Sarah Phillips