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Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
The other night I had a dream.
It was a beautiful dream. It was
sad awakening to be thrust back
into consciousness and the realities
|gain
But it was a beautiful dream
while it lasted
I dreamt that I and my compan
ion were driving down a fine me
cadamized stretch of road in a
town that resembled Kodiak. “Isn't
this a beautiful road?” she said.
For it was a she (how else could
one dream, being a male?) “So
smooth, so firm, so free of ruts. I
can just sit back and relax. And no
clouds of dust trailing us from be
hind. What street is this? Oh, Ben
son Avenue. Why, I thought..
We turned right, up a hill. Rez
onof. the sign said. The old car
glided up a gradual incline and in
seconds we were at the top, turning
left on Mill Bay Road. Here again
a gradual incline that offered no
problem to the power plant under
the hood. The same smoothness un
der the wheels carried us along to
6th Street, then to 7th and at the
foot turning right again and along
Mission Road back into town.
It was a grand ride while it
lasted.
In the back seat we had a large
box full of shiny pennies. Every
few blocks a beggar would be
standing by the wayside with a
large bowl in his outstretched
hand. “Alms for the road,” he
shouted. “Alms for the road.” We
Willingly dug into the box and
J-opped pennies by the handsful
to the bowl, and continued on our
Way. What cared we? W?e were will
tog to pay for such a fine, smooth
Eide.
, Then it happened.
The wraithlike cloud that en
veloped us was no longer there.
We awakened from unoonsiousness
into a semi-state of awareness, grad
ually emerging back to reality.
As we drove to work the next
morning, we were greeted by the
same chuck holes, the same pud
dles. Often were we reminded of
the need for new shock absorbers.
As of now it would seem our
only hope lay in falling snow,
which brings its own problems,
but at least it fills up the holes, and
smooths the roads. That is a wel
come relief from the present bump,
thump, bumpity, bump that’s nei
ther good for the car or pleasant
to man.
• • •
Something for nations to think
about—A nuclear war won’t de
termine who is right—only who is
left.
Hats Off Department
The Police Department is to be
commended for its speedy action in
apprehending the thief who took
the tire and wheel from Chuck
Edris’ car at Island Lake as re
ported in last weeks issue of the
Mirror.
The department was able to
round up the culprit in less than
24 hours, which gives us a little
better feeling of security at least.
In order to protect yourself if
something similar should happen
to you. Chief of Police Vickery sug
gests you check the tires on your
car, take down serial numbers and
any identifying information on
them, or your batteries, as the in
formation would be of great help to
the department. There have been
several complaints lately, he said,
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of tires, rims and batteries being
stolen.
9 9 9
A reminder: With school open
ing this week, it might be well to
remember that the posted speed
limit on roads near both the grade
and high schools is 15 m.p.h.
9 9 9
Sitka has the first complete hy
droelectric plant to be manufac
tured in Japan and installed on
U-S. soil.
The power plant is part of the $6
million Blue Lake hydroelectric
power project, which is capable of
providing up to 27 million kilo
watt hours of firm power annually
for the city of Sitka and neighbor
ing Japonski Island. The plant has
an output of 6,000 kilowatts. The
Japanese firm’s bid was said to be
less than half of that received from
all other bidders—from the U S.
and Canada.
* * *
Significant, too, is the coopera
tion received by Sitka from the
Japanese firm, Alaska Lumber and
Pulp Co., Lta. The company pur
chased $2.2 million worth of a $6
million revenue bond issue author
ized by the voters of Sitka, to en
able the city to get started on the
hydroelectric project.
John and Dick Cushing, residents
of Sitka in town at present, say the
project is working out real well.
• • •
The new hydroelectric plant is to
furnish cheaper power, with rate
reductions in the various cate
gories from 21.2 percent to 30 per
cent for residents. Present rate
there is 8 cents for the first 50
kw-hr. Under the proposed reduc
tions, the rate will be 5 cents per
kw-hr. for the first 100; next 200,
at 4 cents and the balance at 3
cents.
• • •
Psalm of the Welfare State
The Government is my shepherd,
I need not work. It allowed me to
lie down on good johs, it leadeth
me beside still factories. It des
troyed my initiative, it leadeth
me in de pads of de parasite, for
politics sake. Yea, dough I walk
through de valley of laziness and
deficit spending, I shall fear no
evil, for de doles and the vote
getters, dey comfort me. It pre
pared an economic utopia for me
by appropriating de earning of
my grandchildren. It filled my
head wid bologna. My inefficiency
runneth over. Surely de Govern
ment will care for me all de days
of my life and I shall dwell in a
fools paradise forever.
—Audor unknown.
• • *
Some fishermen catch nothing on
their trip but inside straights.
Students
(Continued from Page One)
Colloge. Alaska. Tommy Shugak
goes to Sheldon Jackson College at
Sitka.
Jerilynn Smith will enter McMin
ville College for her first year. Her
brother Norman will return there
for his second year. Kitty Brooks
will transfer to the Yakima Val
ley Junior College at Yakima.
Jerry Clark will depart soon for
the University of Oregon. Danny
Olsen will go to Pacific University
in Oregon. Other this year gradu
ates who have already gone are Bob
Richmond, who enrolled this year
at the University of Santa Clara at
Santa Clara, Calif.; and George
Kemper who is at Western State
College in Gunnerson, Colo.
Allen Herbert Is enrolled at the
Northrop Institute in Calif., and
George Richardson in the Simpson
Bible School. San Francisco, Calif.
Audrey Beck will attend Mr. Lee’s
Beauty School in Seattle.
Gail Cobb left Sept. 2 for San
Jose, Calif., where she is enrolled
in the State College.
Tire Thief
Apprehended
Arrested on a petty larceny
('harge, and brought before the
Deputy Magistrate’s Court, Pete
Shuravaloff pleaded guilty to the
theft of a tire and wheel belong
ing to Chuck Edris.
Shuravaloff had removed the
tire and wheel from Edris’ truck
Thursday evening of last week,
when it was parked at Island Lake.
He was picked up by local police
who acted in the absence of State
Trooper Jim Hussey, who was on
vacation.
Shuravaloff was fined $50.
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