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'* (Formerly Tho Homer News) ... ....
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TWO VIEWS • 1
The voters of the PUD will go to the pplls tomorrow to
* .decide whether or not a large portion of the district will be
allowed to withdraw from the rest of the district.
'JPhere is little doubt in our mind as to how the vote
will go in the portion,of the present district that is sched
uled to withdraw...it is quite safe to say that the majority
will vote in favor of’ the withdrawal. That leaves the area
that will remain in the PUD as the big question mark. Our
guess is that .the town folks will votee against withdrawal and
the PUD will remain at its present size of approximately 55
square miles.
Those who favor withdrawal believe, among other things,
that they receive little if any benefit for the taxes they
pay to the PUD. Many of them feel that their money was
wasted on the hospital. Some, undoubtedly, think that they
will get out of paying taxes if th§y are *ut of the PUD.
Seme absolutely refuse to believe that the dock is the dire#t
result of the existence of the PUD,
Those who favor keeping the PUD to its present size
firmly believe that the PUD brought the dock. They say that
the people on the East End and the Hill helped vote the PUD
into existence and tney should stay with it now or try to get
the whole district dissolved. This group generally believes
that there is some value to the hospital.
As we see it the PUD is a poor political subdivision in
the first place. The people have no say in the budget, hence
money has been spent for things the people did not want. The
area encompassed by the PUD in order to collect enough taxes
to do any good at all, is so large that the outlying areas
will never receive any direct benefits for their taxes. That
is to say that street lights cannot be run out the East Road
and water and sewer lines run in for the folks on the hill.
It has been pointed out that the vast majority of the
taxes are paid by those residents living in and around the
immediate Homer area so that should the axea be cut down m
size only about 20 percent bf the taxes would be lost. With
the recent decision of the directors of the PhD to bring in
an outside assessor to evaluate the real property, it is pos
sible that the loss suffered by dissolution of the outer por
tion will be made up by those remaining in the district.
Vfo personally felt that the smaller aroa at lirst prpposoa
by the directors was just about right* it was smaller than
the area to be voted on tomorrow and we felt teat it would
have given those living in it a sense, of responsibility they
do not seem to enjoy at the present time* de who live here
in 11 town” have, or at least we should have, the feeling ef
belonging to a whole. We should work to develop a community
tuat is relatively small in area. An endeavor should be made
to plan our community instead of lotting it grow here, there
and everywhere.
de feel that a PUD board of directors would better be
able to cope with the problems of a smaller area; the people
would gradually develop a sense of belonging and a sense of
pride. It will be much easier to get the five or six hundred
cpople in th<j smaller area to agree on some plan for develop
ment than it is to get the approximately 1000 people of the
present PJD to agree on anything.
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH
PLANS ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Sunday, February 2.6? the
ur''ce Baptist Church will
celebrate the third anniver-1
sary of the founding of the
cnurch. Special organ and
vocal music has been arranged
for ooth the morning and eve
ning services.
Following the morning ser
vice the church folks will
gaaher together at the Homer
school cafeteria for a fel
lowship dinner,
according to Pastor Dale
Lb vis, the public is welcome
to attend these services,
HOERLS RETURN FROM STATES
Mr, and Mrs. A1 rioeri and
daughter Sandra returned last
week from the States. They
are driving a new Ford They
Lave been visiting‘in Wiscon
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PUBLIC
NOTICE
Personal Property assessment
forms have been sent to all
taxpayers within the public
Utility District at nomer*
If any taxpayer failed to re
ceive sufficient copies, ad
ditional forms are available
at the Post Office or PUD of
fice.
Personal Property Heturns are
due at tne PUD office cn #r
before IS March, 19^6*
horner S, Thompson
Manager
Kenai Peninsula
Public Utility District
No. 1
KENAI. NEWS.NOTES,1
by Dennis Thompsoi# . •
lie have some nevr members
of our community: Sgt„ &tid
Mrs. Do on Givlor of Wildwood
welcomed a now daughter on
Jan, 26 in Anchorage, named
Rosanna Maxlf , seven pounds
plus; SP3 am krs. Peter ~ An
derson, -received a boy, DaVid?(
Arthur, . on Jan-, 28, eight '
pounds plus; ‘ and kr, and mrs •
Richard Anderson, Kenai, o*
boy, eight pounds, 13 oz., on
February 7, ’foniny.,,
kiss Iris Jette has re
turned from a short trip out
side.
Mrs# iYon$ fbu^hmjng-sTslipped
ard oroke -her o^rrff Sunday.
She was flown to addhoi'a -e
by helicopter.
kr, and krs. burl Parrot
and family left Saturday on
the first log of their jour
ney to Central and South Am
erica.
Mark Ciiisum has returned
from- a ~\vee*k * Outside* His
■wife and children stayed for
an extended, visit.
Alice Hendrix took her son
Steve, 7, to Seward monday
Ac had his tonsils removed
Tuesday at the hospital*
Jim Branson and Dave Spen
cer left Sunday to attend
Fish k Jildlife meetings in
Juneau.
Waldo Boyle is in the hos
pital in Anvhorage for medi
cal treatment.
Several of the local fish
ermen attended a meeting in
Anchorage Wednesday, Among
chem were Sene Torkilson,
Jack LeYjis , and Al munson*
we neard from ivir, and Mrs*
ii* i * Steven, former rcsi-"
dents of Kenai, that they are
now stationed in Portland,
Oregon. They get very home
sick for Alaska and almost
came up over the holidays but
didn’t quioe mame it.
We heard an interesting
comment the other day from a
newcomer to Kenai. Being
used to the Outside, they
found the town of Konai a bit
wanting in attractiveness out
when they saw our proud, lit
tle community center, they
were quite impressed and re
marked, Jell, tiiis shows
that somebody cares about the
town.”
Ae had some exciting
"goings-on” the other day
iere. a moose fell int# a
i^ll at the home of Dewitts
(wno are "in the states), a
passer-by had the sensation
of seeing a jjioose and seeing ,
it suddenly disappear. After
investigating, he got dill
hells to bring his rig out.
The Fisfr- a hildlife showed up
arid ‘put a .• upo^p and halter
effdct around the animal and
pill hauled, it up. The moose
apparently uftharmed but
pretty mad about the whole
thing.’ '
it has' .been learned that
Phil Arnes will ' be the new
marshal in Ken li replacing
burl Parret. Though Mr. nines
‘‘has been in town he and his
family are not moved here yet.
asc to iviiiii r in Phaser
* The Alaska Agricultural
Stablization and Conservation
vaSC) committee will meet
march 5 in Palmer to discuss
recommendations for the 1957
agricultural conservation
program, a SC Chairman Philip
R* Johnson of Fairbanks said
last week*
homer, Palmer and Fair
banks county aSC committeemen
and representatives of feder
al and territorial agricul
tural agencies are invited to
attend the meeting* The aSC
members are John Nash of Pal
mer, Vera Mutch of Anchor
xoint -and Johnson*
The federal government
uses the agricultural conser
vation program (aCP) to share
with farmers the cost of con
servation practices on Alaska
fantes, J ohns on explained*
Some of the practices are di
version and drainage ditches,
seeding permanent grass, land
clearing, irrigation for per
manent pasture, livestock
wells, the development of
springs and seeps and con
struction of ponds for live
stock water. The program is
administered by farmer com
mittees elected by farmers
participating in aCP. bounty
aSC offices are in the Agri
cultural extension Service
offices in Fairbanks, homer
and Palmer*
FOR COMPLETE
INSURANCE COVERAGE
SEE RATE INSURANCE AGENCY
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HEAR THE QUEEN CANDIDATES
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day nights at 6:30 the eight
candidates in the Winter Car
nival ^ueen contest wilx be
interviewed over the Homer
Radio Station*
iv sure to hear tne programs
featuring these eight xovely
rictner girls* They will tell
their listeners about them- • •
selvesy tne queen contest and
the carnival*
v^ueen contestants ar^: Lois
Sholin, Rat Donaldson: Myrtle
Sibson, Linda Smith, Barbara
Ain*, Sharon Elide it, Caroline ‘
Johnson and Joann Willard*