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VOL. 18 NO. 16
KODIAK, ALASKA, APRIL 19, 1958
PRICK If CENTS
Council Offered Lump Sum Payment
From KEA on Back Property Taxes
A substantial sum of money
will be forthcoming to the City of
Kodiak from the Kodiak Electric
Association for back taxes if an
agreement can be reached be
tween the Coop and the City
Council on the question of penal
ty and interest charges, if any,
that have accrued.
Manager of the KEA, Ole John
son and Eldon Lester, President,
appeared before the Council Mon
day. Johnson stated the KEA was
prepared to offer a check for the
amount of taxes owing, but felt in
view of the circumstances, no pen
alty or interest should be charged.
He stated that no reserve for
taxes had been set up since 1954,
but that the Board would un
doubtedly authorize payment in a
lump sum, if penalty and interest
were not assessed.
Johnson pointed out that KEA
is over 90 percent taxoaver corn
ed: it has not been in liti<^b'~n
with the city at any tme. Tbou«Jh
costs have greatly increased he
said, no rate increase has results.
, It was further stated that KEA
was not in business for profit, but
to provide a service at the lowest
possible cost to the community.
Payment, if approved bv the
Board, he said, would be endorsed
as “Paid under protest, without
prejudice,” as the legal proceed
ings in the REA Co-op case has
not been finalized.
Decision by a previous Bo^d
not to pay property taxes to the
city stemmed from a simile* ac
tion by the Chugach Elect)-As
sociation on the mainland who
voted not to pay the City of An
chorage property taxes. Johnson
pointed out the two cases were
not similar in all respects, in that
Anchorage and the Electric As
sociation were competing with
each other in providing power to
the community.
The Anchorage case was frst
New Waterliie
To Cost $66,200
$66,200 is the estimated cost of
the proposed Mission Road water
line, according to Thomas G.
Mooney, director, Alaska Public
Works. The city would pay half.
The above figure was given in
answer to a request from City
Manager Poland for information
on the possibility of the project
being started. Mooney inquired as
to the city’s ability in assuming
this extra financial burden in ad
dition to the annual $47,600 pay
ment owing for utilities projects
already undertaken.
Moody stated that answers to
his questions would be necessary
before the project could be placed
before Washington with sufficient
ly sound justification to merit its
financial approval. Only then, he
said, could it be presented to -Con
gress for allotment under the
present or f under some future
APW authorisation act.
The city manager will make a '
feasibility study on the project,
and will report to the council.
brought before the District Court,
and the judge ruled in favor of
the association. It was then taken
to a higher court and the decision
was reversed. The case may more
than likely go before the Supreme
Court for final decision.
Action by the council could not
be taken without legal advice and
approval, which it was hoped
would be given within the next
week, prior to the KEA meeting
Monday, April 28.
The amount in question is $43,
472.38. Should penalty and inter
est be added, an additional sum
of $12 ? 33.57 would have to be
paid. This would necessitate rais
ing the additional funds and
would no doubt mean an increase
in electricity rates, Johnson stat
ed.
VFW Post 7056
Arl Auxiliary
install Officers
A joint installation of incoming
officers for the Veterans of Fore
ign Wars Kalmai Post 7056 and
the Ladies Auxiliary was held
Sunday evening, April 13, at a
public ceremony at the Labor
Temple.
The program opened with in
stallation of Auxiliary officers by
installing Officer Beverly Horn.
Installing Officer George Son
ntag, assisted by Dr. Paul Jaeger,
Department of Alaska Judge Ad
vocate for the VFW, and a mem
ber of the local post, proceeded
to install Post 7056 officers.
Guests were then introduced,
as were several Auxiliary memb
ers.
The new Post Commander,
Charles Christoffersen, briefly
outlined a 12 point program for
the coming year, which includes
a free dental service for children
by Dr. Paul Jaeger; promotion of
participation in chest x-ray drives
by all residents, and sponsorship
of a fund drive for an oxygen
tent for Griffin Memorial Hos
pital.
Refreshments were then served
by members of the Ladies Auxi
liary.
A Past Commanders Dinner,
which is an annual affair, will be
held in the near future in honor
of Philip Dinglassa, the outgoing
Post Commander.
Social Security
Subject of Talk
Tom Burscher, field represent
ative of the Social Security Ad
ministration, will be the main
speaker at the April dinner meet
ing of the Kodiak Business and
Professonal Women’s Club, Mon
day, at the Island Fountain.
The evenings program has been
planned by the public affairs com
mittee and Carolyn Floyd, chair
man, will introduce the speaker.
G. Helen Brown, Alaska Feder
ation president, of Anchorage is
also expected to be present and
will speak briefly fo the members
and guests.
DATES SET FOR BOARD
TO HEAR TAX PROTESTS
The Board of Equalization will
meet the second Wednesday in
May and each evening thereafter
through May 21 when tax pro
tests will be heard. Date when
taxes become delinquent is July
16.
These dates were fixed by Res
olution No. 3-58 passed by the
City Council at the meeting Mon
day night. The Board will hear
complaints from May 15 through
May 21. A taxpayer who wishes to
appear before the Board must
write in stating the nature of his
protest, prior to aopearing.
Payment of taxes can be split
into two amounts. The first be
comes due July 15, 1958. Under
this plan the second payment
would become due October 15,
1958. The City Manager, however,
pointed out the taxpayer must
declare his intentions to make
his payments in two amounts-pri
or to the due date of July 15.
Otherwise he will be placed on the
delinquent list. No interest will
be charged on the amount owing
under the two installment plan.
Civic Committee
Will Aid Cleanup
The “Citizen’s Civic Organiza
tion”, representatives from vari
ous civic and religious groups, has
formulated a program aimed at a
neater and cleaner Kodiak. The
committee met April 15 at the
direction of Mayor Coon, who act
ed as Chairman.
A four point projects program
was adopted, which included gen
eral cleanup of lots an$ yards;
cleanup of cemeteries; number
ing of houses; and burning of
grass.
Volunteer help was pledged by
many. Connie Dandeneau, whose
efforts to improve the cemetery
last year were so successful, will
direct this project again this year.
Anyone wishing to volunteer help,
are asked to call Doug Preston at
the City Hall.
The next meeting of the Com
mittee is set for Thursday, May 13.
Kodiak has been laid out on a
chart for Civil Defense purposes.
Brooks stated more volunteers
are needed. Anyone wanting to
serve is asked to contact him or
Bill Poland or Merrill Coon.
'King’ Anthony and 'Queen’ Deborah
Win at VFW Aux. Baby Show Contest
“Kine” Anthony Patrick and
“Queen” Deborah Ann were
crowned as winners at the Baby
Show Contest, sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans
for Foreign Wars, Katami Post
7056, at the high school auditor
ium last Sunday afternoon.
Anthony Patrick, who is 2yk
years old, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Ballheim. Deborah
Ann, 27 months old, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Ferrig
no.
Winners on the Toddlers class
were 19 month old Cheryl Ann,
Council Approves
Bond Plan for
Numbered Houses
Kodiak is soon to have number
ed houses, according to a plan
.submitted by Paul Bond, who re
ported his studies to the City
Council Monday.
Bond has been making a survey
of the city streets and housing
for the past several months. He
was authorized by the City Coun
cil to draw up a plan to imple
ment the numbering of houses
throughout the. citjy. “We :are all
set to go,” Bond stated at the
council meeting Monday. “We
fodnd we couldn’t run a grid in
numbering houses but will have
to use a hypothetical North and
South,” he said. Numbering
houses in Kodiak he found was a
difficult problem, due to streets
running in all directions and the
unsurveyed plats under the con
trol of the Bureau of Land Man
agement. In numbering houses,
numbers will be skipped to allow
for vacant land which someday
may be occupied. In no case will
“A,” “B” or “C” be used, except
in instances when houses are sit
uated back of another house, and
there is no possibility of a through
road being constructed.
The problem of setting up a
system of uniform numbers was
discussed. A resolution designat
ing the size of the numbers to be
a minimum of three inches was
passed by the council.
Bond suggested the use of a
division line at Mill Bay Road and
6th Avenue from which Mill Bay
Road, Brooklyn Avenue and She
likof Street would run approxi
mately East and West and 6th
Avenue and Maple street would
run North and South.
Numbers would be prefixed
with a letter designating their di
rection from the center^ point,
with even numbers on one side
of the street and uneven on the
other.
Bond further suggested that on
lots with large frontage, each 40
feet be assigned a number to pro
vide for future building, and that
houses located on same lot, but
to the isear of a fronting house
take the same number suffixed by
a letter, such N126A.
The council unanimously ap
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daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Liviey, and Johnny Dean, 23
month old son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Cornelius.
Lisa Gay, 6 month old daughter
of Mrs. Jo Ann De Druse, and 4
month old Sammy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sammy Nelson, were first
in the Babes-in-arms class.
Despite the inclement weather,
there were more than 40 entries
in the well-attended annual af
fair.
Judges at the event were Mrs.
Lillian Smith, Stan' Nelson and
Howard Alton.
Along The
Waterfront
The mountain of gravel mi the
Harbor Street side of the small
boat harbor looks good, and in
dicates the approach to the inner
facilities will become a reality in
short order.
Co-operation between the City
and Manson-Osberg, has made
this possible, and is to the. mutual
benefit of either party. The
dredge contractors were faced
with the removal of thousands of
yards of gravel, which wmuld have
had to be dumped out into deep
water, and, the City in turn need
ed the gravel..
Poland is now studying the pos
sibility of having Manson-Osberg
dredge out the 8 foot area of the
harbor to a greater depth, using
the material for the fill. This
would have to be done after the
present contract is complete.
There would be a substantial sav
ing, of course, but the money
problem enters the picture. Bids
are now out for the construction
of floats, and installation of dock
facilities will : soon be under
taken—the SBH portion of the
two cent sales tax isn’t coming in
quite fast enough.
According to “Jiggs” Tice. Resi
dent Engineer; the harbor project
was 87 per cent complete by the
15th of April, and should be 90
per cent complete by this week
end. M-K is expected to complete
rock hauling early next week,
and drilling /is in the final stages.
The tug AGNES FOSS was in
for marine inspection. The 150
foot tug had run aground on a
reef near Nikolski April 7, dur
ing a snowstorm. Bill Damery
who made the inspection stated
the boat’s bottom and prop were
damaged slightly. The FOSS came
in Monday and left Tuesday.
The TATALINA should be in
dock today.
Evening Course
In Electronics
For Boat Owners
Fishermen and other small boat
operators interested in learning
how to repair and maintain radfcr,
ship-to-shore radio sets and other
electronics devices can enroll *in a
practical course being organized
in the Kodiak high school evening
classes.
Funds made available through
the Territorial Department of Ed
ucation make it possible to offer
this training free to all fishermen
and other small boat operators in
the Kodiak area. The course will
be organized around the needs of
the fisherman . and will perhaps
run for six weeks w'th classes
meeting twice weekly in the even
ings. Pete Deveau will be the in
structor. j
This course is open to anyone
interested in radio. There is no
cost. If interested, call 3041.
TOM RENSHAW RETURNS
Tom Rensfiaw returned this
week from California where he at
tended funeral services for his
father. .