THE HOMER NEVIS
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A MANAGER FOR CAPA
Next Tuesday the board of directors of the Central Alas
ka Power association will meet in Homer, The meeting, as m
understand it, is an important one. It is expected that rep
resentatives of several engineering films will be present to
discuss hydro-electric development on the Peninsula and thet
an engineering firm will be chosen during the meeting to
carry on studies of potential sites.
The directors, in making their ohoioe of a qualified
engineer or firm of engineers, will have a definite pattern
to follow* First, those who present themselves as applicants
for the job can produce certificates showing that they are
registered engineers in their chosen field. Second, the ap
plicants should be able to present written records of past
services rendered so that the directors job to choose the
most qualified will be made easier.
However the job of choosing a manager, which will come
up for consideration soon, will not be as easy. The job of
running the multi-million dollar association , will be a big
and an important one. The man chosen must be fully qualified
in every respect.
If hydro-electric projects of any magnitude are to be
built on the Peninsula, it is probable that they will be
built by REA funds loaned to the Central Alaska Power Assoc
iation. So it is possible that within the next few years
this association will spend millions of dollars belonging to
the taxpayers.
the manager of the CAPA will be a big man should these
events come about, so we need a big man for the job.
we think that the manager should be, first, an electric
al engineer; second, he should be a man with several years of
sound administrative experience behind him; third, we do not
believe that he need be a man long associated with the REA.
The manager . of the -CAPA will be concerned with large
electric developments. He will not be concerned with the
problems of individual consumers and the troubles that they
can bring. Thus we feel that he should be an electrical en
gineer so that he can more easily cope with his problems* He
will not have to rely only on the word of the engineering
firm hired to build and direct the projects at hand.
We want to stress that he should be a man of sound ad
ministrative experience because the manager will be a true
administrator. He will be dealing with the member Co-ops,
and in all probability with city-owned systems as well. Ho
will need to be the tactician that every good administrator
is. He will need to know the problems of office management,
in other words how to organize an efficient staff without
wasting money.
On the third point concerning association with the REA,
we believe that the manager would be in a better position to
do justice to his job if he came to the Association from a
private firm. It has been our observation that men too long
associated with a government body tend to look down on non
government groups. It has also been observed that men too
long associated with the government tend to become "empire
builders”.,.their own empires, that is. We do not need an
empire builder, we need a manager, a good manager.
We sincerely hope that the directors of the CAPA will
consider all of the aspects of the job at hand and look care
fully at the credentials of the man they choose to manage
the CAPA.
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TIME WAS....
when Alaskans depended on
wood from the forest (and
coal from the beach) to
cook the family food and
heat the family Cabin#
But times have changed
and the modern Alaskan
depends on oil and bottled
gas to heat his house and
cook his food.
You can be a smart Alaskan, too, by phoning 240
for prompt delivery of fuel oil or bottled gas,
the two modem fuels.
TERMINAL OIL SALES
STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS
WE’RE SWALLOWING
Last week ye said that the board of the HSA had not gone
along with President Myhill on the Soldotna project. -0 al
so said that we would eat our words if we were wrong. *■© »
wefre swallowing hard.
At the meeting of the board on Tuesday night we were
handed a copy of a portion of the minutes of the meeting of
June 8, 19?4 which read as follows:
’’Considerable discussion wa3 had concerning our expan
sion to Soldotna* T. H. Tice gave his views and stressed the
importance of doing something about it as soon as possible:.
Bob Retherford also was of the opinion that HEA should dc
something in that area. It was his opinion that if the Co-op
did this that we would possibly be able to connect that por
tion in Soldotna to our present construction program, other
wise it may be a delay of two or three years.
’’Motion made by Leo Rhode that the HEA expedite the ex
pansion of its power line and use its surplus , generating
equipment in the Soldotna area. Seconded by B.H. Bachman.
Motion carried unanimously.”
Directors present at the meeting were Howard Myhill,
Burt Bachman, R. 3. King', ‘ Jack McLaughlin, John King, Dan
Larson, Leo Rhode and German Schultz.
\Ve are happy to report thst Tuesday night’s meeting was
not one-sided thanks to the two new; members on the board,
Marian Koeppel and Jack Soott, who expressed their opinions
freely. ” _ ____
SINGER MAN HERS
Richard Anderson, repre
sentative of the Singer Sew
ing Machine company, uas in
Homer on Tuesday. He plans
to visit Homer each Monday
during the summer to provide
sales and service to the Sin
ger maohines in this ared. He
lives in Kenai.
PIE SOCIAL CIEARS $50
The high school annual
committee’s pie social and
dance last Saturday evening
netted the fund approximately
$50. __
JUNIORS, SENIORS SNEAK
The Junior and Senior
classes of the Homer high
school took the day off last
Friday and enjoyed a boat
trip across the Bajr. Steve
Haroharik chaperoned the stu
dents.
REAL FUN
is yours flhen
you visit Don
and Jim at the
good old Yah,
Sure Cluh# Opens
at 11 and closes
tthen the last
customer leaves^
YAH SURE CLUB
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• SKI CLUB TO HOLD
'BOX SOCIAL AND.DANGS
A box Social and dance
tt1.11 be given by the Homer
Ski Club Saturday, May 14, at
the.Elk’s Hall, beginning at
9 p.m. Each lady is reques
ted to* bring a box lunch to
be auctioned off by auction
eer lake McLay.
The box social and dance
are being given to raise mon
ey for the activities of the
Ski Club daring the coming
year. *__
LEAVE FOR SUMMER’
Mr. and‘Mrs. John Oat and
family loft Homer Monday for
Circle Hot Springs whore they
will sthy for the summer.
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