Tttt tiOMER NEWS
Published every Thursday in Homer, Alaska
Bill Raver, Editor and Publisher
Dorothy Raver, Compositor
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PENINSULA POWER
All of us here on the Kenai Peninsula and elsewhere in
Alaska were cheered this week by the announcement that the
Bureau of Peclamation has already started field studies for
hydroelectric development here on the Peninsula, A survey
party, it is reported, along with a drill crew were sent to
Cooper Lake on July 2t to begin studies in that area, The
work has been made possible by an appropriation of Congress
of $ too,ooo, This, along with the same amount to be spent by
the Chugach Electric Association of Anchorage, should really
get the ball rolling for future power development here,
In addition to the Cooper Lake study the Bureau also
hopes to make a study of Crescent Lake this year, Also vien
tioned was Bradley Lake up at the head of the Bay, but a
”lack of water records" is delaying that project as well as
others in the Territory,
We mention the above items not only for their news value
but as something of a warning, With hydroelectric development
comes development of all kinds, He believe that if the peo
ple of Homer and the Kenai Peninsula want it they can have
development unlimited in this area, But if we want it we
will have to work for it,
Let 's not kid ourseIves, Alaska is growing bigger every
year in every way, Publicity, plus the great number of tour
ists who have traveled through the Territory since the war,
has finally put the idea across to the great American public
that Alaska is really not a land of continual ice and snow,
The next few years will see even more people and industry
moving North, He are firm believers in the old adage Hlf you
can't fight 'em, join 'em, " You can't fight progress so why
not join it and make the best of it*
He would like to see a development board set up right
here in Homer that would include members from alt of the com
munities along the western side of the Peninsula, Sucn a
board should have at its disposal several hundred or perhaps
as much as two thousand dollars to carry on research and cor
respondence which would lead to the bringing in of new indus
tries to the area. Such a board should take the lead pushing
such development s as hydroelectric power, enlarging the Homer
dock, getting the small boat harbor,and improving agriculture
and marketing.
In larger areas than ours, population-wise, a Chamber of
Commerce might take the lead in this type of work. It is ob
vious that the Homer Chamber cannot undertake such a massive
program, He wonder if it would not be in the realm of the
PUD to support such o program financially, If the PUD can
not undertake it because of the Territorial taws, pernaps
some other means might be worked out where all of the people
helped to support such a program, In other words, Let's all
have a stake in the development of the\area, .
From recent conversations held between members of our
community and members of other communities in Alaska, Homer
would have their support completely. They, like many local
folks, feel that Anchorage is going all out, not for Alaska,
but rather for Anchorage alone. They have given assurances
that if Homer needs something and wants to fight for it they
will lend their support,
The Kenai Peninsula has always been the step-chi id of
Anchorage—the step-child that Anchorage has always feared
would some day grow up to outweigh the father. They have
tried by every conceivable means to curtail that growth, It
now appears that the step-child can expect support from an
other hand if we make our needs known.
The time to plan for the future is now, The way to plan
for the future is through an organized group that can study
hvery facet of development.
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HONOR FRIENDS
Mr, and Mrs/ Carl Sholin
had as their dinner guests
Tuesday evening Mr, and Mrs.
Bill Wallace and Mr, and Mrs,
Alfred Anderson, The Wallaces
are leaving Thursday for the
states and the Andersons have
just returned from their fish
ing site at Granite Point,
Mrs. Anderson, who is Carl
Sholin's sister, will teach
in Homer this year in one of
the upper grades. She has
been teaching for the past
few years at EImendorf Air
Force Base,
LEAVE FOR STATES
Reverend and Mrs, Dale Da
vis of the Grace Baptist
church and their children
left Homer Monday morning for
Cleveland, Ohio, They expect
to return late next Spring to
Homer, While in the states
Rev, Davis expects to attend
missionary conferences on the
east coast and in the south,
R.ev, andi Mrs, Paul Weimer
will carry on the work at the
church in the absence of the
Davises,
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany freighter Coastal Mon
arch tied up at the Homer
dock at 7:30 Saturday night
and left at 4 a,m, Monday
morning, Approximately 200
tons of freight were removed
from the ship and over 8000
cases of canned salmon from
the Berman Packing company at
Minilchik were placed aboard
the ship.
FREIGHTER. LEAVES
leave FOR OREGON
Mr, and Mrs* Lloyd Bunnell
left Homer for their home in
Medford, Oregon Saturday,
The Bunnells are old residents
of the Homer area.
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RALLY PLARRED
The Christian Community
church is planning a youth
rally to he held Saturday,
August *tir at 7:30 p*m* The
public is welcome to attend
the rally, according to Rev*
Melvin Jensen* Special guests
for the rally will be Rev*
Ernie Epperson and Peter Dey
neka, Jr*, both of Chicago.
They will also be on hand for
the Sunday services*
UA RUSSELL HOME
tfa Russell returned to Ho
mer Friday after spending a
few days in an Anchorage hos
pital* She had been flown to
Anchorage by the Civil Air
Patrol*
MISS CLARK LEAVES
Hiss Vena Clark who has
acted as the home demonstra
tion agent for the Peninsula
this summer ‘has returned to
her teaching j ?.> at the Uni
versity oj Alaska*
ON BUSINESS TRIP
Chuck Abbott of Terminal
Oil Sales left Homer Tuesday
on a business trip that will
take him to Anchorage, Seward
and Palmer„
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