Kenai Places Second
In State Track Meet
ny Micnaelene S. Pendlton
The Alaska State Track Meei
took place in Anchorage on Satur
day, May 4. Participating schools
were from Kenai, Eilsen, Homei
and Palmer. Eilsen took first
place with a total of 135V2 points
Kenai was second with 127 points
then followed Homer with 82'
and Palmer with 08.
Scoring points by events were:
discus—Kenai 14*. Eilsen 14!
1 aimer 0 and Homer 1; broad
jump — Kenai 10, Eilsen 12,
Palmer 0, and Homer 3; high hur
dles — Kenai 10, Eilsen 10, Palm
er 8, and Homer 2; 100-yard dash
—Kenai 14, Eilsen 14, Palmer 2,
and Homer 0; high jump—Kenai
8. Eilsen l»/2, Palmer 10, and Ho
mer 6%; mile—Kenai 10, Eilsen
14, Palmer 6 and Homer 0; 440
relay—Kenai 10, Eilsen 6, Palm
er 8, and Homer 4; pole vault—
Kenai 3, Eilsen 11, Palmer 1, and
Homer 10; 440—Kenai 2, Eilsen
7, Palmer 10, and Homer 12; low
hurdles—Kenai 1, Eilsen 10, Pal
mer 4, and Homer 10; 220-Kenai
14, Eilsen 14, Palmer 0, and Ho
mer 2; 880—Kenai 1, Eilsen 2,
Palmer 10, and Homer 14; 880-re
lay—Kenai 0, Eilsen 10, Palmer
8. and Homer 4; shotput—Kenai
18, Eilsen 4, Palmer 1, and Homer
8.
Participants individual scores
were: high jump—DeVries of Pal
mer 5‘7”, Gary Martin of Kenai
5 0”, Selle of Homer 5’5”, Nelson
of Homer 5’4”, and Grisham of
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Eilsen 5'4”; broad jump — Thor
Evenson of Kenai 17’7”; discus—
Iioix Lite of Kenai 124’7”; Bennett
of Eilsen 118’6”, Anderson of Eil
sen 113 7 and Mike Tauriainen of
Kenai 109’; pole vault—Carroll of
Homer 10’8", Pape of Eilsen 10’,
Collie of Homer 9’6”, Cooper of
Eilsen 9’, Lane Hinerman of Ke
nai 9’, and Pekt of Eilsen 8’6”;
shot put—Larry Jordan of Kenai
49’5” and Boh Lite of Kenai 44’
4%”; high hurdles—Grisham of
Eilsen 10.7. Eckert of Palmer 16.8,
and Thor Evenson of Kenai 17.2;
100-yard dash—Guy Hayes of Ke
nai 10:8, Marker of Eilsen 10.9,
and Frank Rivers of Kenai 11.1;
mile—Hocking of Eilsen 4:51.1,
Mike Tauriainen of Kenai 5:35,
Evans of Palmer 5:36.4, and Yo
der of Eilsen 5:37.4; 880-relay—
Eilsen 1:41.9; 440—DeVries of
Palmer placed first with Selle of
Homer, Johnson of Eilsen, O’Don
nel of Homer, and Bob Lite of
Kenai following; low hurdles —
Grisham of Eilsen 22.2; 880 —
Hartung of Palmer 2:17.2, and
Selle of Homer 2:19.1; 220—Ben
nett of Eilsen 24.2, Guy Hayes of
Kenai 25.1, Jim Hall of Kenai 25.2
and Runkle of Eilsen 25.8; 440
relay—Kenai 48.6 and Palmer
50.1.
The Junior High Track meet
will take place at Kenai and Wild
wood post on Saturday May 11.
Sports Fishing
Rules Changed
For Peninsula
Eighteen changes for the
1&63 season have been made
by the Alaska Fish and Game
Board regarding sport fishing
seasons and bag limits. Two of
these changes are statewide, oth
ers effect only certain areas in
cluding some specifically for the
Kenai Peninsula.
Statewide use of fixed hooks or
weighed lures is prohibited in
fresh water, except for those of
standard manufacture.
Smelt may now be taken state
wide by means other than hook
and line and dip net in all fresh
waters of the State, except the
Turnagain Arm drainages.
In the Kenai Peninsula and
Cook Inlet areas, new regulations
are as follows:
Mallard' Bay Creek (Humpy
Creek), Kachemak Bay, is closed
to salmon fishing for a period
which began March 31 and ex
tends to September 1.
The Crooked River salmon fish
ing closure has been increased as
to include March 31 to August 15.
Stariski Creek salmon fishing
closure has been reduced to March
31 to August 15.
Freshwater silver salmon limit
has been increased to six fish
daily or in possession.
Freshwater king salmon limit
throughout Cook Inlet is now one
fish daily or in possession.
Deception Creek, tributary to
Willow Creek, Susitna River, has
been closed to king salmon fish
ing.
HEALTH MEETING CALLED
KENAI — Joe Kuchta, sanitar
ian with the Alaska Department
of Health and Welfare for the
Kenai area and most of the Kenai
Peninsula, will address the meet
ing of the Kenai Area Health
Council next Tuesday. The meet
ing is called for 8 p.m. in the Ke
nai Health Center and the public
is invited to hear the discussion
on pertinent health needs for the
area.
CAMPING DIRECTORY
A 1963 edition of “Camping
Under the Midnight Sun,” a di
rectory off the State campgrounds
with pictures, maps and descrip
tions of each campground, is now
available for distribution and may
be requested from the Division of
Lands, 344 Sixth Ave., Anchorage.
Little League Sponsors
To Set Schedules Monday
I rre soidotna-kenai Kiwanis
Club made progress Tuesday on
plans to sponsor a Little League
of four baseball teams consisting
of one team from Wildwood Sta
tion, one from Kenai and two
from Soldotna.
This league for the first time
will be part of the National Lit
tle League organization. The Sol
dotna Elk.-, Club and the Soidotna
Kenai Kiwanis Club have raised
necessary funds and completed
the required insurance and regis
tration of the league.
To Organize Monday
A meeting of team managers,
coaches, team sponsors, league
sponsors, umpires, parents of pro
spective Little League players,
and all others willing to serve and
interested in the organization is
set for next Monday, May 13, at
7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the
East Kenai Church of Christ in
Kenai.
An election of officers of the
Central Kenai Peninsula Little
League will be held. An explana
tion of Litle League aims and pol
icy and setting up of playing
schedules will be the business of
the meeting.
Much work has been accomp
lished already in the initial or
ganization of Little League but
much depends on this meeting.
Further information may be ob
tained by calling 283-7682 in Ke
nai.
Team Managers Named
At present the team sponsors
are lined up as follows:
Frank Char will manage the
“Nationals” for sponsor Dick Hall
of the National Rank of Alaska,
Soldotna Branch.
Gordon Hobbs will manage the
“Builders” for sponsor, Ted
Grainge of the Soldotna Building
Supply.
1st Sgt. Lawrence W. Dwyer of
Kasilof Access
Road Bids Asked
Sealed bids for construction of
1.7 miles of pioneer type subdi
vision access road from Kalifon
sky Beach Road to Kasilof Subdi
vision in Sec. 36, T4N, R12W, S.
M., are being requested by the
Division of Lands.
Payment for this road contract
will be made in Land Credit Cer
tificates which will be issued in
denominations of $1,000, $500,
$100 and $10 denominations and
shall be valid for 20 years.
These Land Credit Certificates
may be used for the purchase of
lands and materials, the payment
of rentals, principal payments on
contracts, accrued interest, bonus
es: royalties, material contracts
and stumpage charges, applica
tion fees of all types and bonds
required undef material sales con
tracts, __
Engiheefihg specifications and
other information may be obtain
ed from the Division of Lands, 344
Sixth Ave., Anchorage. Bids must
be submitted to the same office in
Anchorage prior to 11 a.m. Alas
ka Standard Time, May 20, to be
considered.
i
Wildwood Station will l»e manage-*
for the W'ildwood team, name of
which will be announced later.
Billy Joe Mize of Kenai will
manage the Kenai team. Sponsors
of this team are being sought and
the team name is yet to be select
ed.
Team manager Gordon Hobbs
spoke briefly at the Kiwanis meet
ing on problems of organizing and
announced that the tentative
schedule calls for 18 games to be
played in Soldotna, nine games in
Kenai and nine games at Wild
wood. There also will be games
outside the local league but thus
far they have not been schedul
ed.
Scuba Diving
Class Planned
In Local Area
Organizational plans are under
way for formation of a Scuba Div
ing Club in Soldotna. A course in
diving is to be set up with instruc
tion to be given in area lakes. Re
creational trips are also planned
to Homer, Seldovia and Seward
for diving for fish and crabs.
There reportedly are six or
more qualified divers in the im
mediate area and at least one
commercial diver. Louis Day, who
are interested in the formation of
such a club.
Those interested in learning to
Scuba dive may obtain additional
information from Norm Mapes at
the Sky Bowl o-- from “Skip"
W oodford in the \ illage Shopping
Center.
The organizational meeting is
scheduled for 8 p.m. next Thurs
day, May Hi, at the Sky Bowl.
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Saving Bond Sales
Increase In State
Purchases of U. S. Savings
Bonds in Alaska for March
amounted to $361,482 or 23 per
cent more than sales ip March
last year, Helen M. Fischer, state
director for the Savings Bond pro
gram in Alaska has announced.
The National Freedom Bond
Drive opened May 1 with its ob
jective during the two-month
drive period to sell one or more
extra bonds to every American
family.
It has been estimated that near
ly $1 out of every $2 in State re
venue in Alaska today is derived
directly or indirectly from the oil
industry.
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INSURANCE AGENT
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Phone 283-7591
Oberts Bldg.
Box 438 Kenai, Alaska
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