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KEA Has Hopes
Of Big Turnout
On Monday Night
Annual meeting of the Kodiak
Electric Association will be held on
Monday at 8 p.m. at the Elks Hall
at which time nine directors from
a list of 26 nominees will be chosen.
In addition, there wlil be a re
port of last year’s business, amend
ment of by-laws of incorporation.
Also on tap will be entertain
ment, movies and door prizes.
Virtually every power user m
Kodiak is a member of the Asso
ciation and Ole Johnson, manager
has hopes of a good turnout.
If you are unable to attend he
meeting your proxy vote can ne
given to A. M. Given, secretary,
before the meeting, Monday night
However, it must be handed (not
mailed).
A complete list of the nomina
tions appears on Page 8 of today’s
Kodiak Mirror.
KHS Upends West
48-47 In Thriller,
Meet East Tonight
The Kodiak Bears pulled the
upset of the Western Alaska
tournament, Thursday afternoon
by edging favored West Anchor
age 48-47. and as a result the
Bears meet East Anchorage in
the semi-finals tonight.
A confident West High quintet
started their second string and
the score was tied 8-8 at the end
of the first period. At this point
the West coach put in his start
ing five, but they fared little bet
ter and Kodiak was ahead 27-21
at halftime. The Bears held a
39-31 lead at the end of the third
period and with 1:55 remaining
the two teams were tied 47-47,
but Kozak’s free throw wrapped
up the game. ’
Ritchie Mize was the leading
KHS scorer with 14, while Wayne
Kozak’s backboard work was re
sponsible for Kodiak retaining
possession of the ball.
PNA LOSES FIRST
PNA dropped its first league
game of the season, 62-61, in an
overtime game against the Coast
Guard. The teams were tied up
52-52 at the end of the regulation
time. McDonald paced the Guard
with 19 points,
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Kodiak Biologists Never Get Lonely!
Maybe Kodiak’s monstrous Brown Bears know that Dick Hensel
is the Assistant Kodiak Bear Refuge Manager of the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and therefore know he is interested in their wel
fare. . . . however we are certain they ain’t anywheres near as
friendly and affectionate as this photo suggests. Truth of the mat
ter is that this apparently lolling creature giving Hensel what looks
like the beginning of an honest-to-goodness bear hug, is under the
influence of a powerful but harmless sedative used to put bears “out”
while a team of FWS biologists weighed, measured, and tagged
them in the interests of science. While it is perhaps quite true that
Kodiak bears “simply love people” . . ■. just like people “love”
T-Bone steaks!
Kodiak Fishermen ‘Flabbergasted’ By
Jarvela Stand On Fish Controversy
Kodiak fishermen reacted Thurs
day with “shock and dismay” upon
learning that Kodiak State Repre
sentative Gil Jarvela is apparently
not in sympathy with their stand
relating to North Pacific Fisheries,
particularly to recommendations
to permit Japanese to fish the east
ern Bering Sea.
Lloyd Cannon, president of the
Kodiak Fishermen’s Marketing As
sociation which represents virtual
ly all of the fishermen of this area,
told the Mirror that he was
“shocked . . . dismayed . . . really
shook up” by the contents of a
letter he had received from Jar
vela since the fishermen made
public their position last week.
From Juneau Jarvela wrote, “I
read with interest the remarks
made by spokesmen for the Kodiak
fishermen. Just how this mess is
going to resolve itself, of course,
remains to be seen. My personal
impression of the whole thing is
that the commission did not start
some sort of research program
when this compact was originated.
The facts were before them and
was clear as to what questions
would come up each year.
— Kodiak Kapsuiles —
(By Bill Mason)
Guess who isn’t invited to next
week’s Change of Command cere
mony. You’re right.
* * * •
Big sporting event of the year
is slated to start on Sunday. Nope
it isn’t Sherman’s March, but Shan
non’s march to Chiniak with al
ready 50 eager beaver physical edu
cation enthusiasts ready to start
their 45 mile trek. Any Marine or
Navy personnel interested are in
vited to join in—and besides that
it will shorten the trip for them
about 10 miles by joining at the
base.
* * * *
DAFFYNITIONS
DIET: Something that takes
the starch out of you.
CRITIC: A man who bites the
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“I feel our delegation did a good
job with what they had to work
with,” said Jarvela, adding, “I
guess if I have to take a stand, I
might as well let you know how I
feel. Maybe a tougher policy would
have worked. From all I can gather
I don’t think the Japanese would
give in. We could the say to hell
with the treaty. I wonder what
then.”
Advised of the Kodiak repre
sentative’s remarks, Oscar Dyson,
a member of the state ADF&G
board, was visibly angry, stating,
“I am somewhat surprised . . .
almost flabbergasted that our rep
resentative would take such a stand
knowing how our people feel about
the commission’s giveaway of our
halibut in the eastern Bering Sea
without first giving the people di
rectly involved in the fisheries a
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Expansion Will
Quit Mail Route
For Crab Fishing
Apparently the Expansion and
the Fairbanks will cease serving
the Aleutian Chain on June 30.
according to Skipper Neils Thom
sen who was in Kodiak Thursday.
Skipper Thomsen said that
the mail route had been unprof
itable for some time, and that
the firm is not interested in its
renewal when it comes up in
June.
The Fairbanks, the Expansion
and the Bethel I will all be con
verted to crab fishing, he said.
The Expansion has served Ko
diak and the Aleutian chain for
nine years.
Council Delays Police Pay Request Hike,
Harbor Situation Back On An Even Keel
The Kodiak City Council tabled
for two weeks the “request” of the
Police Department for salary raises
and a 40-hour week.
Meanwhile, the department told
the council that unless they re
ceived as much as officers in Sew
ard within the two week period,
they would resign.
City Manager Bill Poland said
the requested raises plus a reduc
tion to a 40-hour week with time
and a half for everything over that
would cost the city $15,374.28 over
the present figure for police pro
tection of $52,950 annually.
Councilman Nick Frost asked if
the “request” was. an ultimatum,
and while members of the depart
ment, excluding Chief R. E. Vick
ery, would not say forthright, later
they met with the council and said
that unless an understanding was
reached within two weeks, the en
tire department would resign.
The police department asked for
a starting salary of $575 per month
with a $675 top. Presently the de
partment has no sick leave or re
tirement, but is allowed 18 days
for a paid vacation and paid holi
days.
Most of the councilmen agreed
with the police officers that the
pay scale was low and one which a
man and his family could not make
ends meet in view of rising cost of
living. Sgt. Boucher said “we are
Pilots To Meet
On F.A.A. Move
To City Airport
A meeting of all commercial and
private pilots has been called for
7:30 p.m. Friday evening, March 1,
at the court room of the Donnelley
Building. Bill Harvey of Harvey
Flying Service and Bob Hall of Ko
diak Airways are jointly sponsor
ing the initial action to gain sup
port for re-locating the Federal
Aviation Agency flight service sta
tion at the city airport. The pres
ent location is on Woody Island.
A film on Civil Air Regulations
will be shown and members of the
FAA staff at Woody Island will be
present to answer questions. All
pilots and aviation enthusiasts are
cordially invited to attend.
Seattle Bonding
Firm Is Awarded
$630,000 In Bonds
Only one bonding firm, Marshal
and Meyer of Seattle, made a bid
on the $630,000 in water and sewer
bonds which voters approved on
Oct. 2, 1962.
Interest on the $500,000 worth of
water improvement bonds was at
the interest rate of 3.9701, while
the interest on the $130,000 worth
of sewer bonds was 4,375.
Both interest rates were higher
than the city hoped to pay, City
Manager Bill Poland said.
going deeper into the hole all the
time.”
HARBOR PROGRAM
The anticipated answer to Coun
cilman Bill Criss’ charges against
llarbobmaster A1 Fenner did not
materialize as Criss was not there.
The City Manager stated, “No
real system of accounts has been
set up for the harbor but we hope
to improve it with a file system to
charge dock fees.” It was brought
out that the Harbormaster cannot
be expected to pump out boats.
In other action the council ap
proved a $10,800 contract for engi
neering with Jim Barr on a 20-hour
per week basis and okayed a
change in the Mecca Liquor license
from Herman Schultz to Dorothy
Spencer.
Along
The
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
High winds, heavy seas, and driv
ing rainstorms brought fishing to a
complete halt most of the latter
part of this week here on the north
end and also the east side. Can
neries all report, however, they
have been able to keep up pretty
steady production with tender de
liveries from calmer waters of the
south end. King Crab Inc.’s Super
intendent Bob Springhill tells us
it kicked up so bad on the west side
that Skipper Andy Hegerberg was
forced to hole up with the 80-foot
tender Anna A at Old Harbor
while a howling northeasterly blew
itself out. The same conditions kept
their tender Afognak waiting here
for weather moderation.
And of course the weather is
playing hob with the shrimpers too.
The Vita made a delivery early ill
the week but had to wait on
weather. The Seward-based shrimp
er Celtic delivered to Eastpoint
Seafoods when she developed re
duction gear troubles and had to
come in for repairs. This kept the
cannery crew busy most of the
week and there was hope the Fort
ress, which went out early in the
week might be able to find enough
of a lull to drop her trawl for a
catch to bring home. The Henning
J went out on her first shrimping
operation here but returned with
an empty hold due to having de
veloped hydraulic troubles, ac
cording to Eastpoint Office Man
ager Shirley Fillis.
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Kinda had hopes of one day go
ing out as a crewman on Skipper
Lee Andrich’s Merganser (ever
since a crewman showed me his
settlement check last December
. . . GEE!) So ’twas with some re
gret I learned brother Pete And
rich joined Nick and Lee this week
. . . and I lost all hope altogether
when APA Superintendent Ralph
Jones told me there is still another
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