Jumpin' Java is a student-run coffee shop,located in the Alternative Learning Center building on Third Avenue, next to the Northwest Arctic Borough School District Building. The students act as managers and employees of the shop as part of their small-business class.
Students act as managers, marketers and grant writers for the business.
Another piece of Kodiak's maritime history is going up in smoke. Following in the wake of others before her, the New Theresa, a wooden seiner that was queen of a fleet of Kodiak seiners, is scheduled to be burned. Known as the Bird Boats, the Hansen built seiners saw their heyday in the 1950s. According to Rick Hansen, co-owner of Hansen Boat Co., there were at least 11 Bird Boats built in 1955 and 1956. Hansen said three of the boats were built for Alaska Packers Association and were sent to Kodiak.