THE HOMER HEWS\
Published every Thursday in Homer, Alaska
Bill Raver, Editor and Publisher
Dorothy Raver, Compositor
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AN OPPORTUNITY.,.
Governor B* Frank Reintzleman is oo»
fronted with a golden, Opportunity thii
weekend when he vi'sits the ‘ Renal Benin*
sula* He will have an opportunity to
learn about our problems {by observation
and through conversation with our people*
lHth the nformation \gained.:Re-,,can make
a multitude of Peninsula- friends upon
his return to Juneau*'
lhe tie pub licanparty' should mated be
proud of its Governor who is taking the
time to come, alonei'-tothis area\with
the expressed desire ■ to-talk to ns many
people as possible and to see for him
self the conditions that exist«
Considerable endeavor is being made
by Don Smith, - who-will be in charge of
the program J fk'*‘Governor will follawt
and by many other's, to see that. the Gov
ernor*s time is nX)t wasted, He will be
told by competent groups what fs needed
here and what we are trying to do for
our selves to fulfill those needs, He
will have ah' opportunity..during his tour
of the area? arid <at 'the--public reception
to really meet the people of Homer and
the Peninsula, ■ v-v-v l\i
However?- there is dne-'thing that may
not be brought' 't(yyrtke-Governor*s atten
tion while-he is h^rv-in Hofner, and that
is theplight of ihe setnet fishermen of:
the Cook Inlet area,
tf Homer‘does'hot receive'Territorial
assistance on the small boat -basin, or
if the road's i,f ar'e'A hot -improved or Hydro
electric power* developed next year, the
people on this'end of the Peninsula will
still1 be eating'next-' year, .However un
less something is done to change the
P.ish and Wildlife Service setnet regula
tions before next Springt there will be
many families along the Inlet who will
be hard put to find money for food next
summer•
We hope that the Governor will find
time to stop at t/inilchik and other Vil
lages along the Peninsula to talk to
some of these men who feed their families
by setnet fishing,
Undoubtedly the Governor has kept a
breast wi'tty the FWS hearings in Kodiak
and iAnchorage, but we know that no news
paper or radio story can relay the in
tense feelings of the men concerning the
FWS regulations, Their. livlihood is in
jeopardy and they need help, badly. We
feel that the least the Governor can do
■is to talk to them while he is in this
area,
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
To ftham It May Concern:
I wish to extend my undying thanks to
the upstanding citizen that broke into
my shop some time this past weekend and
took one of the batteries that ms in
there* I am sorry thd I could not be
there to help 'you* I believe-with my
aid you could have' gotten a better one4
AJ you happen to have an aid Life Time
battery setting around that you are not
usingt I wilV appreciate it if you will
drop it off some time when you are pass
ing by, I can 'turn it' in and get my
money back, Thai' just happens to be what
I was going to do with the one that you
stolef bacause' the one that you stole was
one that came back due to the fact that
it would not hold a charge,
Due to postal regulations and a few
other laws that ' we are blessed witht I
cannot print a suitable name for you or
anyone el$e that is low enough to steal,
but f sincerely hope that every time you
go home your mbther runs out from under
the porch and bites you« Rex Elliott•
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