The Observer, July, 2008

Council board confirms new members

Iver Malutin was confirmed for a oneyear appointment to the board of directors at the May board meeting. Malutin represents the Kodiak Village Mayors Association, replacing existing member Jim Nestic of Old Harbor.

Malutin is a lifelong resident of Kodiak and was a commercial salmon fisherman for over 50 years.

He is an active board member on the Commission on Aging and serves on several other advisory boards and councils, including the State of Alaska subsistence advisory board, the Alaska Native Elders Health Advisory Board, and the Koniag Regional Corporation and is a Sun’aq Tribe Council member.

Malutin visits with many schools to talk about Alaska history as documented by the Russian Orthodox Church, indigenous people, Kodiak history, Native traditions and native way of life as it relates to subsistence today.

Donald Kompkoff joined the board, representing Chenega Bay, he replaces Pete Kompkoff. Kompkoff lived in Chenega Bay before the 1989 oil spill and witnessed firsthand its effect on his home.

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