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Palmer,Alaska
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SCHOOL
L school, opon to all Palmer- food
handlers, v;ill be held at the Com
munity Center Building_on February
27,28 and L'arch l,Mr. Jcmes Wilson,
Chairman in charge, announced this
week.
Owners of local restaurants, grocer
stores and taverns v.ill be canvass
ed by Health Council members during
the next wook to determine how many
employees desire to attend.
The course will consist of lectures
movies end demonstrations on such
subjects as diseases spread by food
pr'oper food handling methods, dish
washing procedures and control of
cockroaches, .after completion of
the course, certificates of merit
will be awarded to those attending,
by Dr. Robert L. Smith, x.ssistant
Commissioner of Health*.
afternoon and evening sessions v/ill
be held to enable all shift workers
tc attend. .afternoon classes will
be hold at 2:00 p.m. Evening"' clans
c? will be held at 7:00 p.m. Both
sessions will be held in the Librar
Room of the Roc Hall -oxccpt on lion
day evening when it ’will be held
in the Health Center.
In addition to Dr. Smith,Department
of Health personnel from the Ijich
orrge office taking part in the
school : ill be Hrs. *SLice Powell,
Lloyd L'orley and Si Hi am Leering,
Sanitarians; and irank tc.uls ,Bac
teriologist.
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One week ago on February 2, v*hen
the wind whipped up. from' the North
east, old-timers said,"It will blow
for three days." It has been a
long and tough three days as many
can tell •''•ou. ill this snow that
has piled up around.us for the past
ytwo months began shifting position
so fast that no road equipment could
possible keep up with it. According
to the men who are trying their
level best to keep roads open, four
i cats are putting in an average of
i, 10 hours a day; one 3no-Go puts in
| an average of 16.hours a day; and
Ltwo maintainers do as well. Fine
, men ere putting in £ome mighty long
i hours operating this equipment—and
j still (one week later) only main
;roads havi been opened. - vVork so
| far has been directed toward keeping
I the School Bus routes, milk routes,
, main road to Y.tsilla and other main
I highways open. In many cases this
| has meant cleaning the road every
: day as the snow has blown back as
| fast as it has been cleared out.
'.Side roads are still untouched, but
they report they hope to be able to
fget at them soon. However, snow is
still blowing west of town and in
kasilia»
One of the biggest problems confront
ing the Valley during tMes like thic
is that of getting the farmers’ milk
to the Creamery in Falmer. On Fri
day of last week only 13 shippers
out of a possible 32 were able to
deliver milk. On Saturday and Sun
day 20 shippers delivered milk.
Coat, on page 4
;j7i'U.X V.JLLEY HO SPIT* X KEETING- FEBRUARY 15, 6 p.m. in the
School,Lunch
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