Practice Begun
The Kenai Peninsula Choral
Society is beginning rehearsal for
the annual concert to be present
ed in various Peninsula communi
ties in the spring.
A change in meeting place for
the practice sessions has been
made. The group previously met
in the Kenai Methodist Church.
Beginning Tuesday night and con
tinuing until further notice, fu
ture rehearsals will be at 7:30 p.
Tn. each Tuesday in the newly con
structed Christ Lutheran Church
building in Soldotna.
Many communities throughout
the Peninsula are represented in
the choral group. Thane Curry,
Ninilchik School music director,
is director. Additional voices are
needed, especially male voices.
Any person wishing to sing with
the group is asked to attend the
next meeting Tuesday night.
National Bank
of Alaska
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SOLDOTNA BRANCH
Soldotna Phone 262-4222
Economic Growth Hinges
On Adequate Water Supply,
Local Health Office Says
A municipal water supply is a
necessity in order to pi-ovide safe
and adequate water for a com
munity, it was pointed out this
week by J. A. Kuchta, regional
sanitarian with the State of Alas
ka Department of Health and
Welfare.
Kuchta is stationed at Kenai
with offices adjacent to that of
the city clerk and has held his
present position about two
months.
“Failure to develop satisfactory
water supplies will retard the ec
onomic development of the Kenai'
Peninsula/’ Kuchta said.
Throughout the world, a short
age of water is fast becoming one
of man’s major problems. At the
present time a shortage does not
exist on the Kenai Peninsula. The
Peninsula problem is one of sup
ply rather than of shortage, the
sanitarian explained.
“Water is our most important
natural resource yet an adequate
supply of water of sanitary qual
ity is not available to meet the
demands of our expanding popu
lation. In certain areas the indi
vidual property owners cannot
supply the water needs for resi
dential development let alone in
dustrial development. It is for
this reason that municipal water
supplies are a necessity in order
that adequate water may be pro
vided. The economic development
of the Kenai Peninsula will be re
tarded if we fail to develop a sat
isfactory water supply,” Kuchta
added.
Kuchta’s work takes him regu
larly over much of the Kenai Pe
ninsula with some of his main
problems being those of w^ater
supply, water pollution and sew
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served with the U. S. Air Force
and formerly taught school at Ke
nai. He currently confers with
Public Utility District officers,
Chambers of Commerce, City
Councils and other governing
groups in working out the spe
cific health problems in each area.
Kuchta addressed the Kenai
City Council earlier this month
and presented his credentials: a
degree in agriculture with a min
or in bacteriology. He hopes to
continue working in this field for
which he has been trained. His
first concern is to improve tour
ist facilities with regard to en
vironmental health, he told the
Council.
At present Kuchta is using the
State Code as a guide, but feels
City Ordinances pertinent to var
ious problems might be more eas
ily enforced. He suggested when
a new business opens up, the
Health Officer might subject the
place to inspection, as there are
numerous buildings in town not
adequately qualified to serve as
public businesses, he told the
Council.
Kuchta complimented the City
of Kenai on the garbage ordi
nances and stated it is easier for
him to know what is wanted of
him when he has such an ordi
nance to follow.
Under Kuchta’s present sched
ule, he will be in the Kenai-Sol
dotna area about 20 days each
month. The other 10 days he is
in Seldovia, Halibut Cove and
English Bay.
CLOSED FOR VACATION
SOLDOTNA — Mr. and Mrs.
Bud Bennington, operators of Riv
erside House, are making plans
for a trip Outside, the first in
three years for Bud who has
some grandchildren he is anxious
to see. Bert has been out a couple
of times but is looking forward
to this trip. Riverside House will
be closed on Jan. 27 and will re
main closed all during the month
of February. It will be reopened
on March 1 and a big party and
smorgasbord is planned.
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AN OPEN LETTER TO
THE PEOPLE OF KENAI
Our Company has arranged to acquire the
interests of Mr. Frank Rowley in the Kenai
Power Corporation.
We do not intend to sell out.
We are looking forward to many years of
useful and pleasant service to help the
people of Kenai live electrically. We whole
heartedly agree with the Kenai residents we
have talked to, that Kenai has a dynamic
future.
Sincerely,
(suned, ARTHUR GARRETT
President