Petitioners Study
Courses of Action
Several avenues of action
appear open to the Matanuska
Susitna borough petitioners,
who are protesting the action
of the Alaska state boundary
commission in enlarging the
boundaries of the proposed
Captain Cook borough to in
clude the District 7 area.
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Possible courses to follow
were discussed at the Palmer
city council meeting Tuesday
evening. On Wednesday. Sec
retary of State Wade met with
{ Mayor Ralph Moore here.
Outcome of the two meetings
| indicates that the city coun
; cil, the Palmer Independent
School District board of direc
tors, and the Matanuska-Sus
itna borough petitioners are
exploring the possibility of
seeking a court injunction to
stop election proceedings on
the Captain Cook borough un
til a hearing can be held on the
Matanuska-Susitna petition.
However, officials of the groups
emphasized that no decision
has yet been reached.
Wade, whose visit here was
made in an effort to determine
what course of action will be
followed in the Valley, told
Mayor Moore that he is going
ahead with plans for the Cap
tain Cook borough election,
which would be held either
Sept. 10 or Sept. 17.
Wade said that a boundary
commission hearing on the
Kodiak borough petition has
been set for July 13, and that
Gov. Egan is now seeking a
replacement for the chairman’s
post on the commission. Wade
suggested that if the Kodiak
hearing materializes, it might
be possible to arrange a Matan
uska-Susitna hearing while the
members of the commission are
gathered together.
The local petitioners will at
tempt to pursuade the commis
sion to hold the hearing, then
reserve their decision on rec
ommendations until after the
results of the Captain Cook
election are determined. An
other possibility the petitioners
hope for is to pursuade the
commission to reverse their
decision on the Captain Cook
petition.
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DANCE FESTIVAL
IS TOMORROW
Final preparations for the
Children's Dance Festival are
being made this week, with the
performance scheduled for
7:30 p.m. tomorrow, July 12, in
the Palmer Elks hall. The fes
tival is sponsored by the Val
ley School of Dance, for which
Lorraine Haas is instructor.
Tickets for the performance
are now on sale, with a dona
tion of $1 for adults and 50c
for children asked. All pro
ceeds will go to the Matanuska
Valley Cancer Crusade.
The children will present
ballet, toe, and tap routines
Several piano selections and a
trumpet solo will be included
in the program, and Miss Haas
will perform.
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OLD ACQUAINTANCES
SURPRISE IRWINS
Mr. and Mrs. Don Irwin were
pleasantly surprised last week
when they had an opportunity
to visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Frey, whom they had
known 49 years ago at Kansas
State Agricultural College in
Manhattan, Kansas, and whom
they had not seen since.
The Freys, who are touring
Alaska, now make their home
in Berkeley. Calif.
A second opportunity to re
new old acquaintances was
given Mr. Irwin last Saturday,
when another Alaskan tourist,
a Mr. Bland of Colorado
Springs. Colo., stopped briefly
at the Irwin home. The two
had worked together 50 years
ago in Argonia, Kansas.
ACID TEST
Adversity seems to be the
most thorough teacher in the
proverbial school of experi
ence.
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CROP DAMAGE FROM SEASONAL
FLOODING IN VALLEY IS SMALL
Crop damage due to season
al flooding of the Matanuska
River is relatively small, ac
: cording to the USDA Statisti
cal Reporting Service.
However, the rivers are high
1 and the water level rose on a
few fields near Palmer to the
point of some flooding last
weekend. Farmers who suffer
ed damage were Dr Lee Mc
Kinley, Bob Burnham, and By
ron Hollembaek.
Local showers and the
breaking of a beaver dam
caused small flash floods which
damaged a small acreage of
crops, but benefits from the
added moisture throughout the
farming areas far offsets the
damage from flooding in lim
ited areas, Paul Pownall, sta
tistician said.
Surface and subsoil moisture
were rated as adequate this
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' area, for the first time so far
i this season.
JACOBSONS MOVE
TO KETCHIKAN
Mrs. Wilferd Jacobson and
1 children, Cindy and Jeff, left
here last Sunday for Ketchi
| kun, to join Mr. Jacobson, who
| is now work.ng on the Alaska
ferry, Taku. The family plan
to make their home there.
The Jacobson’s daughter
Judy returned to Palmer on
July 3 from a vacation in Cali
fornia at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. Jerry (Cathy) Hos
kinson, and is now employed
at the Frontier Cafe.
The reputation a man tries
to buy is usually delivered too
late.
Drive Continues
With More Donations
The Valley Ambulance Drive
is continuing towards its goal,
according to William Her
mann, chairman.
Important donations during
the week were received from
the Palmer United Protestant
Church, Walter Briggs Union
Fuel Service, Mrs. Fred Nel
son, and Volunteer Fire Asso
ciation Welfare Fund. Two
generous donations were made
by anonymous donors.
We are most proud and ap
preciative of a fine donation
by Elsie Lowe, old timer and
long time Alaskan and Valley
resident," Hermann said.
Port Angeles’ townsite was
laid out by the federal govern
ment.
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