03/13/2003 03:50 PM Senate STA

          SB  83-SVEN HAAKANSON AIRPORT AT OLD HARBOR                                                                       
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR GARY STEVENS, bill sponsor, paraphrased from the sponsor                                                                  
statement:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     SB 83, "An  Act naming the Sven  Haakanson, Sr. Airport                                                                    
     at  Old Harbor,"  will name  the state  airport in  the                                                                    
     City of  Old Harbor  in memory  of Sven  Haakanson, who                                                                    
     passed away on November 23, 2002.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     A lifelong resident of Old  Harbor, and community mayor                                                                    
     for 27 years,  Sven Haakason was well  known in Alaska.                                                                    
     Sven  also   played  a   vital  role   in  establishing                                                                    
     corporations  and  associations   that  have  become  a                                                                    
     familiar and  important part of Alaska's  corporate and                                                                    
     nonprofit  world. He  was one  of the  founders of  the                                                                    
     Kodiak  Area Native  Association  (KANA), Koniag  Inc.,                                                                    
     and served  on the  boards of several  corporations and                                                                    
     organizations  on  Kodiak  Island. In  2002,  Sven  was                                                                    
     named  the  Elder of  the  Year  by the  Koniag  Native                                                                    
     Corporation.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     SB 83, which is supported  by the people of Old Harbor,                                                                    
     will recognize a  man who gave so much of  his time and                                                                    
     energy  to the  community.  Passage of  this bill  will                                                                    
     ensure that  Sven Haakanson Sr.'s  memory will  live on                                                                    
     for generations to come. I urge your support.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR GARY STEVENS noted letters  of support in members' packets.                                                               
There was no further testimony. He asked for a motion.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR FRED  DYSON made a  motion to  move SB 83  from committee                                                               
with individual recommendations and zero fiscal note.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, it was so ordered.