CAPA
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Mrs. Parks stated during the
discussion that publicity on the
project has come out of the
CAiPA office, that this was done
to avoid duplication of publicity
and because it is the source of
information.
She pointed out again that
members of the Matanuska Elec
tric Association are welcome to
attend regular meetings of the
MEA board of directors, and that
if members have questions they
want answered they will be glad
to do so.
Referring to the legality of the
MEA loan to CAPA, Mrs. Parks
stated that before the loan was
made REA in Washington gave
their approval to the loan. Board
member Aaron Combs pointed
out that MEA has a good credit
standing with REA—is making
all its payments on time—and that
possibly the fact that REA said
it was all right to lend the money
did not necessarily mean that it
was a legal move for MEA to
make, rather that it was all right
as far as they were concerned.
Combs and board member Char
les Wilson voted against the loan
of $15,000 to CAPA on the
grounds they wished to be sure
the loan would be legal, rather
than to indicate they were
against the project.
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Pilot Injured
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Paul Barnhardt, is a patient
at 5005th AFB Hospital where
he was taken in the Community
ambulance on August 14, follow
ing an airplane crash in the
Butte Area.
Barnhardt, flying alone at the
time, crashed the Flying Club
Piper J3 Cub in a wooded area
but a few feet from the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ray DePriest.
Mrs. DePriest stated that she
hacl seen the plane flying very
low prior to the crash.
At a special meeting of the
Flying club on Monday of this
week sufficient funds were pled
ged by members and interested
persons to purchase another
plane to replace the Cub ship
which was washed out. During
the meeting a pie sale netted the
group about $20 toward the new
plane fund. Several interested
valley residents who are not
members of the club contributed
toward the fund by purchasing
flight time tickets. “The interest
shown the Club is very gratify
ing,” one member stated this
week.
The cause for the accident has
not yet been announced by the
CAA who are investigating the
crash. Barnhardt soloed a few
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Quoted from the Homer News
OF AUGUST It
PUBLIC POWER NO. 3
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ThP members of two cooperatives, Chugach and Matanuska. have put up a total of
In s 000 and Homer haf allegedly promised $10,000 in survey work on its own
svstem yet ™ hen the directors of the Chugach Electric Assoc ation asked
for an accounting of the funds, the directors of the CAPA said, in effect, ?°T*Y'
but we do not have the funds to hire a certified public accountant to audit the
books."
What are they hiding? In the first place the directors of the CEA did not
ask for an audit, they asked for an accounting, a simple statement from the
person keeping the records that so much money went here and so much went
there. To us it is obvious that CAPA must have put up the mysterious $15,000
and turned it over to the Alaska Committee for Public Power that is composed
of nine Alaskans who are working to get Eklutna turned oyer from the Bureau
of Reclamation to the CAPA. This must be what they are hiding. If this is tnie.
and it certainly would seem to be true, then the CAPA can afford to have the
books audited just as easily as the Alaska Committee for Public Power could
afford to shell out $220.05 to Myrtle's Club 25.
Mrs. Justine Parks, secretary of the CAPA had this to say in the Anchorage
Daily Times of Tuesday, August 9: "We decided,-' said Mrs. Parks, "that because
we are short of funds as it is on the Cooper Lake survey we can't afford to hire
a certified public accountant for an audit at this time. We are counting pennies
at this stage." The Times listed the following loans as having been made to the
CAPA: Chugach Electric, $50,000 and $25,000; Matanuska Electric, $25,000 and
$15,000. In addition Mrs. Parks said that Homer Electric Association, which has
a $10,000 Rural Electrification Administration loan for a system survey of its
own, would turn over its findings to CAPA. On this last point, our readers might
be interested to know that Howard Myhill, president of the HEA, said that the
HEA does not have funds for such a survey but that they hoped to make such
a survey if and when they can afford it.
But back to Mrs. Parks. She is further quoted as saying "We feel that CAPA
now has sufficient funds to carry on this preliminary survey. The REA had
originally estimated that $100,000 would be needed." The CAPA is counting pennies,
she says. What happened to $115,000 worth of pennies? The bid for the Cooper
Lake survey was $63,000. The REA estimated that the survey would cost $100,000.
The CAPA has received $115,000 . . . and they think they can operate Eklutna
cheaper than the Bureau of Reclamation! If they counted their pennies why can't
they tell the public and the CEA board how much is left and how much went where?
We must report that Herman Schultz of Homer, president of CAPA, did
not attend the meeting where the decision was reached not to audit the books.
Cap King, HEA member of the CAPA board did attend.
The Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association is holding its annual
meeting in Kodiak this weekend. Here will be an excellent opportunity for an
open discussion on "How to Operate Public Power so that the Public Will Not
Lose Faith." It is highly probable, of course, that nothing but high flown phrases
extolling the good of public power will be forthcoming from the meeting. Perhaps
someone will have the guts to stand up and tell the delegates that when public
funds are being used then secrecy goes out the door. Then perhaps someone else
will have the guts to stand up and ask for a full explanation of CAPA and its
underhanded dealings concerning Eklutna.
We want public power. We want cheap power. But we also want sound ad
ministration, public administration that isn't afraid to tell the public the facts of
Life. Public power that is generated by secrecy and deceit is going to be too
expensive in the end.
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