Sports Review
First Soccer Tourney
Greeted With Interest,
Contest Winners Listed
Tlu' Kenai Peninsula’s first ati
r.ual sorter tournaments were an
< verwhelming success at Sterling
•School this past Saturday, accord
ing to participants and the many
c pec ta tors.
Even the weather cooperated.
The tournaments had been sched
uled for the previous weekend
1 ut postponement was necessary
because of rains and muddy roads.
“Saturday, the weather was
perfect for the game that is de
signed for outdoor play in win
iter,” Joe G. Widman, Sterling
School principal, said. “It was
tnowing and the temperature re
gistered 20 degrees. The grader
had cleared the field and made
tide and end boundaries with the
piled snow. There was a good at
tendance, about oOO persons.
Many were viewing this winter
sport for the first time.”
The two tournaments — one
tor boys and the other for girls
— were sponsored by the Kenai
peninsula Teachers’ Assoc, as one
f several multi-activity pro
grams to be inaugurated on the
Peninsula.
Five of the ]0 schools invited
to take part in tourney events re
sponded with teams. Several oth
er schools were represented in
the spectator ranks to learn more
fabout this game which is expect
ed to become increasingly popular
as a winter sport.
Approximately 100 active par
ticipants represented the fifth
thru eighth grades at Sterling,
iiJoldotra, Tustumena, Moose Pass
and Cooper Landing- Schools.
Trophies were awarded to teams
placing in first and second place
n both the boys’ and girls’ events.
Sportsmanship trophies were al
s-o presented in both divisions.
Sterling boys and Sterling girls
tvon championship honors in their
respective classifications. Cooper
Landing was voted bv participat
ing schools as the winner of the
-ports man ship trophies in each
■of the twTo divisions.
Other teams participating in
•'he boys’ tournament were Soldot
Local Bowler
Rolls Perfect
All-Spare Game
A perfect all-spare game was
lolled by John Bugli, Renai Pen
insula supervisor for Farmers
(Home Administration, Sunday in
rhe Soldotna City Assoc. Bowling
tournament at the Sky Bowl in
Soldotna. Bugli’s score was 178.
As a special prize for this rare
'performance, Bugli was present
ed with an entire case of cham
pagne from the RU> Bar and L;
juor Su«. t in t'
other w'nn; , an
nual too i
nounct \ . . 8ky
Bowl ill ’ ■ : .
The Alaska Pipe 1 tie team w
top team in the compel >u.
rolling a 2874 score. Don Steve..s
and Walt Myrick, as top doubles
■earn, rolled 1205.
Top singles champion was Ted
•Gaines, with a 60. Gaines also
was all-events champion, winning
'ooth handicap and scratch games.
na, which placed second; Tustu
mena, third; Moose Pass, fourth,
and Cooper Landing, fifth.
In the girls’ tournament, Tustu
mena was in second place; Cooper
Landing, third, and Moose Pass,
fourth. Soldotna did not enter a
girls team.
Widman, the school principal,
and Daniel Rempel, an instructor
at Sterling, weie referees. Teams
were restricted so that not more
than half of the team membership
was comprised of the larger stu
dents in the upper grades, thus
making teams of more uniform
size.
“Soccer is an ideal sport for
the Alaska climate,” Widman
said. All the youngsters seemed
to enjoy the contest. They were
well behaved and everything went
well. There were no parking prob
lems. Spectators, coming from
many areas of the Peninsula, had
an opportunity to visit friends
they had not seen for a long time.
With this introduction to soccer,
we expect more schools to take
it up. Perhaps next year, probably
in February, the second annual
tournament may draw teams
from all 10 schools.”
The school parents organization
at Sterling School donated food
for refreshments sold at the
event and proceeds grossed about
$120 -for the school’s athletic
fund.
Mat Maulers
Win Again
by Michaelene S. Pendleton
Victory is getting to be quite
common for the Kenai Mat Maul
ers recently, but it is still a good
feeling. Kenai’s latest success is
a 33-10 victory over Palmer last
Saturday.
This weekend the Mat Maulers
go to Anchorage for the State
Tournament.
Coach Jerry Near has intro
duced a new prospective wrest
ler, Paul Reger, if he can get his
weight up.
Individual scores for the Kenai
boys in the last meet were: Larry
Hobbs pinned by his opponent;
Paul Reger was pinned in his
first exhibition bout; Gary Bonin,
Daryl Leach, Jerry' Harvey, and
Denny Van Sky all won by de
cisions; J. C. Vollentine won by a
pin; and Dave Gagnon pinned his
opponent.
Palmer lost the heavyweight
bout by a forfeit for they had
no man to go against Larry Jor
dan, Kenai student body presi
dent.
One of Kenai’s top wrestlers,
Rick O'Regan is out with a back
injury incurred by a bout with a
piece of ice.
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As a guide to travelers, who
wish to do a little shopping in
Canada—if a visitor is in Canada
1 - than 21 hours, he may re
turn to the United States with
not more than $10 worth of cer
tain merchandise, duty free. If a
person remains in Canada 43
hours, or more, lie may bring in
$100 worth, duty free.
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SHIRLEY HURLEY
Shirley Hurley, daughter of
Mrs. Dorothy Abbott of Homer,
was chosen queen of the 19<W
Homer Winter Carnival and was
crowned during ceremonies at the
recent coronation hall.
Miss Hurley was sponsored by
Waterfront Bar and Dining in
Homer and will reign throughout
the year and at the opening of
the 1964 Carnival.
Shirley is a sophomore in Ho
mer High School, is 5'5” tall, is
15 years of age, has dark brown
hair and brown eyes. She is active
in Pep Club, Girl’s Athletic As
sociation, basketball and the
Spanish Club.
Other contenders for Carnival
queen honors were: Molly Heay,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Heay, sponsored by Club Bar and
Sam’s Liquor Store; Diana Hat
field, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Hatfield, sponsored by
Lawrence Aircraft Service; Vic
toria Paquette, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Paquette, spon
sored by Homer Cleaners and
Laundry; Pamela Kay. Waddell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Waddell, sponsored by Dari-De
lite of Homer; and Fern Schildt,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Schildt, co-sponsored by Clemens
the Watchmaker and Peter J's
Shoe Store and Ski Shop.
State Recreation
Work Gets Boost
The State of Alaska has receiv
ed assurance of funds with which
to initiate planning: on a long
range comprehensive recreation
program.
Governor William A. Egan w’as
advised by members of Alaska’s
congressional delegation of ap
proval by the Housing and Home
Finance Agency’s Urban Renew
al Administration of a $50,000
grant to the Alaska Department
of Economic Development and
Planning.
HEADS CANCER CRUSADE
SOLDOTNA — Mrs. Tom Hurd
will serve as Cancer Crusade
chairman in the Soldotna area.
Foimiation of a local unit is un
derway and a concentrated drive
will begin shortly after April 15,
Mrs. Hurd said.
Adult Education Program Underway
With Total Enrollment of 70 Student
A total enrollment of 70 in the
evening ftdult educution pro^mm
now underway at Kenai Central
High School is reported by Clay
ton Brockel, director. Classwork
began on Feb. 25 and courses are
expected to be concluded before
the closing of school in May.
Future plans are being consid
ered for extension of the program
in the fall of 1063.
Three courses which offer col
lege credit are currently in ses
sion: English 101 in which 16
adults are enrolled with Ivan
Koch as instructor; College Alge
bra, with 12 students and Mrs.
Guy Moore as instructor, and
Physical Education 320, with en
rollment of 14 and taught by Joe
Widman. These courses are offer
ed under co-sponsorship of the
University of Alaska Extension
Service anil the Kenai City School
District.
Two non-credit courses are also
being given in the evening sched
Can Still Get
That Caribou
“You can still hunt caribou in
certain areas of the state,” the
Department of Fish and Game
has announced.
Loren Croxton, regional game
supervisor for the Alaska Depart
ment of Fish and Game, said he
wished to remind hunters that all
of Game Management Unit 12
and that portion of Unit 25 south
of the Yukon River will remain
open to caribou hunting through
the month of March. The hunter
can take two animals. These are
bonus animals and will not be
counted on the hunter’s 1063 bag
limit.
ule. The most popular of these is
Beginning Typing, with Mrs
Irene Anderson as instructor ai d
an enrollment of 19. A class „
Sewing is being taught by Mrs
Velma Donald to nine enrollees.'
Brockel commended the efforts
of Wildwood Station and various
organizations in the Central Ke
nai Peninsula for assisting in pro.
moting the program which is of
fered for the first time in this
area. With the planned expan
sion, hopes have been expressed
that the present evening sessions
may eventually develop into a
full-fledged community college on
the Peninsula.
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