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Report On City Council
By Karl Armstrong
The city council met early Thursday night in a special session
to permit citizens, who filled the state courtroom to capacity, to ask
questions or otherwise offer comments and suggestions on city
d£fdirs
Mayor Merrill Coon opened the meeting with the remark that
the city wished to correct “erroneous and misleading statements
which have appeared in the press.” He cited a statement which ap
peared in an editorial column which said that the City of Kodia
had enough administrative personnel to operate a city of 20,000.
City Manager Bill Poland stated that there were “no more cm
the city payroll today then there was in 1954-55.” According to Po
land “there is the same number of policemen and he quoted a letter
from a firm of “statistical experts” to the effect that the city of Ko
diak had an “immense degree of versatility of its city employes.
Street Supt. Herman Beukers said he thought there was perhaps
one more man on the city crew than in 1954-55.
SLOPPY CITY
City officials came under fire from a number of local residents
who protested strongly about the general sloppy and messy condi
tion of the city area. Emil Norton and Pete Deveau ur^d stronger
enforcement of city ordinances covering such things as garbage cans,
lumber piles and abandoned auto hulks and parts along city s •
City Manager Poland said an effort would be made to enforce such
laws more strictly.
POLICE CHIEF EXPLAINS
Red Blondin asked that the new police chief be asked to explain
the matter involving the mistaken identity of two local women by a
patrolman last week.
Chief Rhines replied: “I don’t think there was anything wrong
with the way the two women were picked up. We had received a
report of two missing women and the officer asked the two women
he saw who resembled the description to get into the squad car.
Because he did not wish to tie up traffic he drove to a parking place
a short distance away where he was able to check their ID. I think
it was correct police procedure under the circumstances, Chie
Rhines said, adding, “Unfortunately one girl was pregnant and I
understand that when she told her husband about the incident she
made it sound much worse than it actually was.” He said that he
had instituted new procedures for such situations.
City Manager Poland spoke up in defense of the chief and officer
stating, “I don’t think there was anything wrong with what happened.
The officer didn’t harm them or be nasty to them and there was no
reason for them to be upset.”
Blondin retorted, “If one of those women had been your wife
you wouldn’t feel that way about it!” Poland disagreed on this point.
BOAT HARBOR
On another subject, Lloyd Cannon brought up that there had
been little action on the matter of construction of another and larger
grid in he small boat harbor. He also asked that something be done
to make the garbage setup for the boat harbor less unsightly and
wanted to know when the city intended to complete the water line
to the floats for fire protection.. There was disagreement to some
extent between Cannon, Oscar Dyson, Pete Deveau and the city man
ager as to the location and size of the proposed grid which was ap
proved some weeks ago by the council. It was agreed that Poland
would meet with the fishermen to iron out the details.
Due to a lack of space, the rest of this report will be carried
in next week’s Mirror.
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PHOTO CREDITS
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for pictures of Zoya Abston and
Pam Monroe, and to Nick Rausch
for photos of Hildur Rockstad and
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Letter to the Editor
The Kodiak Outdoorsmen Cluo
of Kodiak, Alaska, wish to express
their unanimous disapproval of the
bill shortly to be introduced in the
state legislature by A1 Owen,
which, in our estimation, pertains
to the useless slaughter of Alaska's
big game. We are referring to the
bill which would allow a hunter to,
for a set fee, kill a big game an
imal and leave the meat in the
woods to rot.
This, we feel, is a senseless and
criminal waste of Alaska’s re
sources. The Kodiak Outdoorsmen,
furthermore, feel that it is up to
the public of the State of Alaska
to make their opinions known to
their representatives.
Sincerely,
Terry McMullin,
President,
Kodiak Outdoorsmen Club
Susanne Kraft
On Easter Visit
Susanne Kraft, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Kraft arrived
home this Friday for the Easter
Holidays. She has been attending
Foiest Ridge Convent in Seattle
and will return in time to resume
classes on April 22.
Lutheran Services
Next Wednesday
The Rev| Joseph Frenz will con
duct Lutheran Church services
next Wednesday, April 17. The
service will be held in the Naval
Station Chapel at 8 p.m.
Pastor Frenz’s schedule makes
it possible for him to conduct serv
ices for Kodiak Lutherans every
other Wednesday.
Zoya Abston
Queen Zoya Abston, daughter of Mrs. Verna Steadman, is 16, bru
nette, 5’7”, has green eyes, and is in her Sophomore year at Kodiak
High School. Beautiful Zoya, like her mother, who works at the
Kodiak Naval Station, was born in Kodiak and decidedly is the out
door athletic-type, enjoying both wintertime sports as ice skating
and summertime sports such as swimming and horseback riding.
Her favorite pasttime is singing and her ambition is to become a
singer. In fact, Zoya plans to take vocal lessons and to study music
after high school. She is a member of the Rainbow Girls and the
KHS Girls’ Athletic Association. She is being sponsored by Naugh
ton’s Bakery, The Teen Club, Base Civilian Club, The American
Legion, and VFW Auxiliary.
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