04/12/2011 09:00 AM Senate STATE AFFAIRS

             SCR 11-WALTER HICKEL DAY OF THE ARCTIC                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:07:38 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI  announced the  first order of  business would                                                               
be SCR  11, which honors  the late  Governor Walter J.  Hickel by                                                               
establishing a day in his honor.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR HOLLIS FRENCH, sponsor of  SCR 11, said he could probably                                                               
speak   for   hours   about   the   late   Walter   Hickel.   His                                                               
accomplishments were numerous in many  arenas, and he changed the                                                               
landscape  of Alaska.  Senator  French said  he  was thrilled  to                                                               
present   the  resolution;   Walter   Hickel  was   one  of   his                                                               
constituents, and they attended the  same church. He noted a book                                                               
by Governor Hickel,  "Crisis in the Commons" is  a great document                                                               
about managing common areas such  as the Arctic. He said Governor                                                               
Hickel was  a great  Alaskan. Passage of  SCR 11  would establish                                                               
August 18, 2011, as Walter J. Hickel Day of the Arctic.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  WIELECHOWSKI noted  that  many people  in the  legislature                                                               
have been influenced by former Governor Hickel.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
9:09:30 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI opened and closed public testimony.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  PASKVAN  moved to  report  SCR  11 from  committee  with                                                               
individual  recommendations   and  attached  zero   fiscal  note.                                                               
Without objection, SCR 11 from  the Senate State Affairs Standing                                                               
Committee.