KENNY LAKE NOTES - KIBBLE
Wg wont to the do.rf races at Gak
ona, the other week end, our first
time.up there and quite an experience.
Dog sled races arc a product of
the North country that are seen prac
tically no whore else in the world,
land, the role of the professional Is
in the minrity hero in Alaska.
Most of the contestants are rac
ers by avocation and judging by the
enthusiasm and the wealth of quiet,
pre-race "dog-talk" among them they
don’t need the stimulus of proffesion
alism in the least.
One element that seems to be la
cking almost entirely Is any commerci
alism of this particular event at Gak
ona • Whether this would dotiact from
the air of'spon tenacity and bubbling
good will I saw among those people is
dcbateablc. ' . .
The fret that more publicity of
a proffessurial sort would bring a
larger crowd to thing’s like this,
that are "really Alaskan," is some
thing the Alaska Native Brother hood
is no doubt working at, but T hope-it
doesn’t end up with a flavor of the
carnival mid-way.
Special prices on all AVON Cosmetics
In effect now for the next two weeks I
I have seen the Navajo Fair at
Gallup, New Mcrico Suffer from grow
ing pains of this sort, complete with
cupie dolls and barkers nowadays; a
far cry from the colorful gatherings
of the ’’People" in their’ authentic.
Surroundings and with their age old
culture that: I witnessed in the thi
rties ,
If this event can grow in a nor
mal way to the general enjoyment and
benefit of those people I.say fine;
other wise I hope I see the same sma
ll group each year having the same
good tunc on this occasion.
1 The; Soli Consavation Service of
the Dept, of Agriculture was notified •
jthc community here n the vicinity of
Kenny Lake that they may hold an el- ■
cction to select directors of a sub —
district 'Whidftois bciftg' f ormqd: ^in. vthis
area.
A conservation!) sib-district fits
a community such as this one in a uni
gue manner, being punarily an agriaul
turaT region pbtintially, it of course
will be of benefit to those of us who
live on and work the land, but itrs:
more than that It furnishes that onc
acss of 'purpose1- that makes an endea
vor a little loss trying and the odds t
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FISH "COCKTAILS" also FRUtT or JUICE
Dinners by Appointment
Phone 3345
• •Kenny Lake News Cont,
a bit more favorable toward attaining
a goal.
It will also tend to forge the
arefi concerned Into a closer unit
tha-t is Identified in the mind of the
market purchaser, or the ultimate
consumer, or the banker, as a specif
ic district of our state in which
certain conditions exist, or certain
methods or crops arc either being tr
ied or available.
All these steps of organization,
whether minutely planned, or by trial
and error, arc mile posts; small ones
I admit, but name-the-less important
in the. first awakening to me is, on
the whole, they work them selves out
to a remark able degree of success.
Not only is the plateaw here growing,
but the people on it as well.
Now that tho sun is getting more
enthusiastic each day I notice how it
picks out some of the sheltered Vall
eys that load away from the Copper
and up up toward the Urangoll across
the river from the plat ^rs here.
My friend Tom Ross, who now livea
in Konai, once_said'while standing on
the bluffs over looking the river
here, HWouldn’t you just love to get
■over there and stomp around for days?1'
I sure would,
GAKONA SCHOOL NEWS (cont.)
Chipper
Chipper was a squirrel
With fur of glossy gray,
Who ran along a tiny path
In search of grass or hay.
Far back in a newbuilt nest
There lay a mass of struggling fur,
And in that mass there were some forms, >
That were still too young to stir.
Harley McMahan - Gr. 5
Spring and Winter - Christine Gene - Gr. 4
On a spring day,
People are gay,
Because they have fun
In the sun.
|
| But in the winter,
i People are sad,
j Because the weather
Is sometimes bad.
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