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THIRD YEAR
FEBRUARY 15, 1963
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NUMBER 11 !i
Crowned as queen of the Anchor Point Snow Festival this past
weekend was Colleen Murdoch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Craig
Murdoch of Soldotna. Colleen was sponsored by the Bear Den Bar
and Liquor Store, Soldotna. She will participate in the trophy and
prize money awards ceremony for winning mushers in the March
2-3 Alaska State Championship Dog Races to be run between Ke
nai and Soldotna.
Demos Schedule
Election Monday
The Central Kenai Peninsula
Democratic Club will meet in the
North Kenai Community Club
building at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb.
18, with the principal item of
business to be the election of new
officers. Democrats of the North
Kenai precinct will host the meet
ing and serve lunch.
Precincts included in the or
ganization are the North Kenai,
Kenai, Soldotna, Sterling, Kasil
of, and Cahoe precincts. Fritz
Hall, who currently is serving as
president, urges that all areas be
well represented at the meeting.
RETURN FROM MINNESOTA
COHOE — Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Blake have arrived home after a
vsit with Lorraine’s parent’s, Mr.
and Mrs. Matt Gutenkauf, at
Minneapolis, Minn. They report a
pleasant trip up the highway in
their new Volkswagen.
ENLISTS IN NAVY
KODIAK — Wesley R. Meeks,
20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ro
ger Meeks of Kenai, was enlisted
in the U.S. Navy during brief
ceremonies here on Jan. 15. Meeks
is a graduate of Kenai High
School. He will undergo recruit
training at the U.S. Naval Train
ing Center, Sari Diego, Calif., be'-"
fore assignment to one of the
Navy’s occupational specialty
fields.
BACK FROM MONTANA
KEN’AI — Monty Randall Cole
man arrived Tuesday from Great
Falls, Mont., where he has com
pleted courses at a commercial
college. Randy’s immediate plans
are to obtain a job and to work
until time to attend the Univeri
ty of Montana this fall. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Cole
man.
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Registration Begins
Monday for Off-Campus
Adult Education Program
Registration for the adult ed
ucation program at Kenai Central
High School begins Monday, it
was announced this week by Con
rad Potter, Kenai school superin
tendent, and Clayton E. Brocket,
who is serving as director. The
off-campus instruction program
of the University of Alaska is
being offered in cooperation with
the Kenai City School District
witih the college credit courses to
begin the week of Feb. 25.
Registration for Central Pen
insula enrollees will be held Mon
day and Tuesday, Feb. 18-9, from
7-9 p.m., at Kenai Central High
School. Wildwood personnel and
their dependents may enroll at
the Information and Education
Office, Headquarters Building,
Wildwood Station.
Late registrants are asked to
notify the director of adult edu
cation, Kenai Central High
School, of their intention to en
roll. Fees ai'e payable at time of
registration. Applications and fees
will be forwarded to the Universi
ty of Alaska during the last week
of February.
Students enrolling for credit
should 'have satisfacorily com
pleted 15 or more high school
credits or the high school level
General Education Development
tests. Fees are $15 per semester
hour. Credit students are classi
fied as “special students.” Copies
of transcripts are not required
until the student enters a degree
program. A minimum of 15 stu
dents is required for presentation
of any one college course.
The following college credit
courses will be offered:
English 101 — Composition and
Modes of Literature I—3 credits.
Orderly thought and its clear ex
pression stressing variety in both;
introduction to expository litera
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Top HE ushers incited
To Try for Alaska State
Championship Honors
A purse of $2,500 is being of
fered in the second annual Alaska
State Championship Sled Dog
Races to be jointly sponsored by
Kenai anti Soldotna on March 2-2
on a 15-mile course to be run on
alternate days between the two
towns.
Last year, when the first race
attracted many top-notch mush
ers, the purse was set at $2,000
but was over-subscribed and $2200
in prize money was split between
the winners for best total elapsed
time.
Plenty of Snow
The 0-8 inch snow which cover
ed the Kenai-Soldotna area Thurs
day brought smiles of relief to
those planning the t w o - day
event. Barring a sudden warming
trend or a rain to melt it away,
it is believed there is sufficient
snow for a good trail the entire
route of the course.
Arrangements for this year’s
event are being finalized by a dog
race committee and representa
tives of the Kenai and Soldotna
Chambers of Commerce and an
active fund raising drive is under
way.
The Anchor Point Sled Dog and
Racing Assoc., which supplied of
ficials for last year’s first annual
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North Kenai Students
Proud of New School
“We’ve sot' the nicest school in
the whole United States!” Tommy
Hursh told his parents the other
day after spending his first day
in the North Kenai's new elemen
tary school. Tommy is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hursh of Mil
ler Loop Road and is in the second
grade.
The North Kenai School open
house is set for next Wednesday.
Feb. 20 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Re
freshments will be served. There
will be a sign-up sheet for all
persons interested in organizing
a North Kenai Parent-Teacher
Association.
In making today’s announce
ment concerning the openhouse,
Richard Schuller, head teacher
(there is no principal named) said
new desks and most of the school
supplies have arrived. School en
rollment jumped this week from
98 pupils as at the time of mov
ing to an even 100 now.
The ultra-modern cement-hlock
building with its eight classrooms
is a “joy and delight’’ to teachers
and students alike. The sliding
doors between two of the class
rooms enlarges the area into a
large multipurpose room, con
venient for special programs and
entertainments. Although there
is no hot lunch program as yet,
the milk program was inaugurat
ed on Feb. 4 and helps to augment
the sandwiches and cookies car
ried from home hy the children.
Classes opened in the new
building on Jan. 28 with 98 stu
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Soldotna Trio
Now in Mexico
Word has been received from
M. L. “Red” Grange, Soldotna
Airport manager, whose extended
vacation in Mexico has caused
some concern among friends and
relatives in Soldotna.
Ted Grainge and Jack Farns
worth left recently to join “Red”
in Mexico. The three will return
together.
New Classroom Addition
Put Into Use at Soldotna,
Faculty Staff Increased
Last Wednesday, Feb. 6, was a
great day for 117 children in Sol
dotna, according to Charley Grif
fin, Soldotna School superinten
dent. It was moving day.
Students formerly housed in
four temporary classrooms in the
basement of the Central Peninsu
la Clinic building and the M. L.
Grange building back of the Clin
ic gathered up books,lunch buck
ets and otb“r possessions and
moved into the bright new class
rooms recently completed as a
part of the main school building.
T'he new six-classroom addi
tion, with the F and W Construc
tino Co. as contractors and Cliff
Johnson in charge, was completed
ahead of the Feb. 15 schedule.
The Soldotna School now has
12 classrooms, all of which are
occupied, and an enrollment of
340 students.
With the move into new quar
ters, the over-erowded classroom
load was lightened and g division
of students made reducing the
number assigned to each teacher.
The change necessitated the hir
ing of two additional teachers.
George Bonin and Mrs. Mary
France are the new members of
the staff.
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