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The Pfeiffer Letter
The importance of the remarks
%>f Mr. Charles W. Pfeiffer on a
youth program for Kodiak, as re
ported in. this issue cannot be
jninimized.
The writer emphasized the im
portance of having a p ogram out
lined and the necessity of weigh
ing all approaches to a means of
eopjng with juvenile delinquency.
He took Kodiak to task in a nice
r way .for 'not "having,, a definite
youth program. Several individ
uals and organizations have long
realized that this problem exists
and have* perhaps in a limited way
only, attempted to do something
Wbout it There -are many who de
vote many hours a week and
months formulating and executing
projects for youth development
and inspiration. The Elks, the
VFW, the American Legion, the
Ojitdoorsmen, and many others
have backed youth endeavors, as
has the Labor Temple with its.
dances, the Boy Scout and Den
Mothers, and all these connected
with Scout work.
It maybe in Kodiak we have
been lucky, for there have been
few outbreaks of a real serious
nature in the matter of juevniles.
There have been some near calls,
and isolated cases of youths who
have either let off steam or show
ed gangland tendencies. Even the
incident that occured this week
could be passed off as due to
bad leadership and time on some
youth’s hands.
However, all or part of the sug
gested programs outlined by Mr.
Pfeiffer could be a step in the
right direction, and would un
doubtedly be of extreme good for
the community as well as the
youths.
We have long felt that Kodiak
is lacking in a proper playground
—with facilities for tennis, bad
minton, handball—to mention a
few. A swimming pool for Kodiak
has often been talked about, but
it’s feasibility has never been
throughly considered to ouir know
ledge. Facilities such as these two
would go a long way towards of
fering normal outlets for energy
that must be spent.
‘Initiating such a program as out
lined will require more than just
the efforts of any one organiza
tion or just a few people. Perhaps
the best way to handle it would be
for each organization to select a
representative, gather for planned
talks, and hit on a planned pro
cedure.
It would have to be a meeting
of minds, with a serious desire to
follow through on any plan adopt
ed.
SEEKS OWNER OF RUGS
Two rugs taken from a clothes
line recently have been recovered
by the police. Police Chief Roland
Vickery stated this week the rugs
are at the Police Station, and may
be claimed by the owner.
The Police chief also stated that
since school is out and children
are playing along the streets, dri
vers of cars should exercise more
care in order to avoid accidents.*
He advises a strict adherence to
speed limits. “Visibility is not al
ways good due to the dust,” jje
said, “and a child may dart out
on the street without being seen.”
ACROSS
1. Female horse
' 5. Bashful
8. To scale off
12. Erain passage
13. Fastry
14. Sole
15. Indeterminate
amount
16. Proclaim
18. Mineral spring
19. Craft
20. Smudge
21. Rascals
28. Lofty mountain
24. A light boat
26. A number
27. Human male
30. Fresh
81. Tiny
32. Long for
33. Command *
34. Secreted
35. Savor
36. Fondle
37. Deprivation
38. Weird
41. Paddle
42. Cereal grain ,
45. Going swiftly
47. Unadulterated
48. Close by
49. Golf mound
50. Great lake—
51. Lampreys
52. Make a mistake
53. Country in Asi/
DOWN
1. Pass over
2. Above
j . 3. Stayed
1 4. Before
’ 5. Wrangle
,6. Clue
• 7. Japanese coin
•8. Thick cluster
. '9. Sharpen
fO. Peruvian indian tritv
!> tl. An ecfuat
. |7. Capital of Norway
; 19. Mimic
I 12. Cut groat
• •
23. r.ovo. r. '
24. Pnbiic vehicle
25. Blackbird
26. Spread to dry
27. Mid-west state
28. Insect
29. Born
31. Humor
32. Dance step
34. Mind
35. Craggy hill
36. Projecting
wharfs
37. Kind of beer
38. Slave
39. Fencing sword
40. Actual
41. Blow
43. Melody
44. Abound
46. Follower
47. Footlike part
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Here, There asd rerywhere
By SIG DIGREB '
Sunshine—whether in Alaska or
Hawaii, augers dreams of vaca
tions—getting out into the great
outdoors.
Then to have a copy of the big
Honolulu Star-Bulletin State Edi
tion placed before you—you are
gone. For in its pages, which give
the whole history of the islands,
the fight for statehood, the indus
tries, and of course, its appeal
as a vacation spot.
When the eye caught the head
ing—“Lazy or Energetic, Isles the
Place For You” and I started
reading about this “paradise with
plumbing.”
Hawaiians mark their calendars
not by changes of seasonal ele
ments, as we do so definitely in
Alaska, but by flowering times,
recreational seasons and the many
holidays celebrated by ethnic
groups of the Islands.
Running through the 12 months
quickiy, Hawaii offers these fes
tivals:
January, February, March—
Chinese Narcissus Festival, Gar
den Club of Honolulu tours, huki
lau (fishing festival), Prince Ku
hio Day.
April, May, June—Japanese
Cherry Blossom Festival, Lai Day
pageants (May 1), Island fairs, or
chid exhibits, Kamehameha Day
(June 11).
July, August, September—Out*
rigger canoe regatta, transpacific
yacht race, hula festival, Japanese
bon dance season, commercial
flower show.
October, November, December
—Aloha Week, flower shows, bare
foot football (imagine this in Alas
ka), Christmas holiday festivities
against a tropical background.
In between these are regular
community-sponsored activities
such as sugar mill and pineapple
cannery tours, hula camera
shows, luaus (feasts) symphony
concerts, little theatre produc
tions, square dances, skeet shoot
ing, stock car races, basketball,
football, wrestling, boxing, tours
of museums, art centers, Oriental
temples and shops, scheduled
hikes, Pearl Harbor tours, big
game fishing.
Famous for water sports, Ha
waii offers surfing, swimming,
outrigger canoeing and water
skiing as well as year round golf,
tennis and hiking.
What am I doing here? Just
when I get myself into a frame
of mind to begin saving those
dimes and nickels to get ovej*
there, I find there’s a slab of con
crete needed in the Mirror plant
. . . the men have been going in
and out of here with wheelbarrow
loads of the stuff ... so Hawaii
with its Hibiscus, its orchids, its
beautiful huia dancers, its surf
fishing and its continuous sun
Nobel Prize Book
Subject of Talk
A review of Nobel prize winner
Boris Pasternak’s novel, Dr. Zhiva
go, was given by Dr. Victor Strash,
local teacher, at the Rotary lun
cheon Tuesday at the 49 Room.
Having read the book in the
original Russian, Dr. Strash said
he was struck by the mass slang
used, so different from the liter
ary style of earlier novelists such
as Dostoevski. He said it was a
gloomy book, and a nostalgic one,
based on events around 1912.
“The book is not an exciting
one,” he said, “but there is a les
son in it for those complacent
about their liberties in a free
state.” “Much of the lesson,” he
added, “must be sought between
the lines.”
shine, wiU have to wait a little
longer:
Some day we will have comple
ted the rockery we’re abuilding„
putting in the new steps, building
a chimney, repair the fences, com
plete the garage and driveway, to
mention just a few of the things
that need attending to . . . What
is left of this old human frame
v *;* v. n r —
will then board one of the jet
jobs in service by then, and wing 4
our way to this land of enchant- ’
meat The sun will do doubt be :
shining ten years hence, too.
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NO COMMENT
From William Druy’s column in
the Star Bulletin, we read this
little gem: The signboard at Ku
hio Beach reads: “This is a public
park. Have fun. No drinking, no
ball-playing. No dogs.—Drury
says: No comment.
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On This Day
it is our duty and our privilege to express
reverence to the memory of those whose de
parture has made our way of life more
worthwhile.
They died so that we may have freedom now
denied to many throughout the world.