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BOX 205
JUNEAU ALASKA
THIRD YEAR
PRICE 10 CENTS
FEBRUARY 15, 1963
NUMBER 120
Dr. Lombard (L), winner of the Alaska State Championship Sled Dog Race in 1962, receives the
Wright Trophy from Gareth Wright, owner of W;right Truck and Tractor Co., while Kenai and Sol
uotna Queens Pat McCollum and Barbara O'Rourke look on approvingly. Ur. Lombard's time for the
two 15-mile heats between Kenai and Soldotna was 1 hour, 58 minutes and 26 seconds.
SHORT COURSE PLANNED
" SOLDOTNA — A Peninsula
wide Homemakers Council meet
ing will be held in Soldotna on
April 26-27. A representative
from Nerland’s Furniture store
in Anchorage will conduct a two
dav short course in home furn
ishing and decorating at that
time. The Soldotna Homemakers
club will host the meeting. The
next meeting for the Soldotna
club is set for March 4.
Employee Screening
For Refinery Underway
A representative of the Stand
ard Oil Co. of Calif., Western Op
erations, Inc., is contacting of
fices of the Alaska State Employ
ment Service, including the Sol
dotna office, to acquaint them
with the company’s needs for per
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sonnel at the company’s refinery
now under construction north of
Kenai.
A. M. Tibbetts of Kenai out
lined company intentions in re
gard to employment at the re
finery during a meeting with Gov.
William A. Egan while in Juneau
recently.
Tibbetts said the refinery will
employ about 25 persons and
Standard is attempting to fill all
except three supervisory positions
from Alaska. Completion of the
refinery is expected about mid
year, he said, but it is contem
plated that persons selected for
employment will be given a period
of training prior to completion
date.
Prospective employees are not
encouraged to contact him at Ke
nai, Tibhetts said. Persons inter
ested in possible employment at
the refinery are advised to con
tact their local Alaska State Em
ployment Service office to deter
mine whether there is need for
their particular qualifications.
The $10,000,000 refinery will
process 20,000 barrels a day of
Alaska crude oil with products
designed for sale primarily in Al
askan markets.
Location of the State Employ
ment office for the Kenai Penin
sula area is in the Village Shop
ping Center at Soldotna. Claude
Misner is local office manager.
RECENT GUESTS
SOLDOTNA — Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. Kellogg of Anchorage were
Feb. 13 visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Dudley of Soldotna. The Kel
loggs own acreage by the Soldot
na Airport.
The commercial salmon fish
ing season was one of the best
in years in central Alaska and
the soutlieffc section of southeast
ern Alaska.
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State Championship
Sled Dog Race Is One
Of Big 3 Alaska Events
With a $2500 purse for distri
bution among winning dog mash
ers and a man-on-the-streets biff
sweepstakes, the second annual
Alaska State Championship Sled
Dog Races scheduled between Ke
nai and Soldotna on Saturday and
Sunday, March 2-3, are expected
to be even more successful than
the 1962 event.
The trail on the 15-mile course
between the two cities is to be
laid out Monday and with the re
cent heavy snow fall is expected
to be in good condition for the
event. The race is unique in that
almost the entire trail can be
viewed by spectators from then
cars on the Kenai Spur Road.
The race is to be run in two
■heats, the first to begin in Kenai
on Saturday March 2, at the fair
grounds across from the high
School and will terminate at Sol
dotna in the vicinity of the Sol
dotna Theatre. Sunday’s race will
begin in Soldotna and end in Ke
nai. Starting time will be at 1:30
p.m. each day.
Races are to have complete ra
dio coverage by KENI of Anchor
age. KEN1 will have two mobile
units along the trail and a camp
er truck at the Kenai terminus to
broadcast the entire two-day
event. Radio announcers will be
Ty Clark, Bob Fleming and Jim
Dodson, Jr., all of the KENI staff
Mushers will draw for position
on Friday, March 1. at b:30 p.
m. on Wildwood Station's Channel
8 TV. on the night preceding the
first race.
The Anchor River Sled Dog and
Racing Assoc., Inc., headed by
Dick Iverson as president, will
once again provide officials for
the races. Several of the associa
tion's members also plan to enter
teams in the race.
Presentation of prize money
and trophies will be made at a
mushers’ banquet at the Jet Cafe
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Arts and Crafts Show
Dates Timed to Coincide
With Dog Race Weekend
This year’s fourth annual Ke
nai Peninsula Arts and (’rafts
Show will be held at the Kenai
Central High School on Saturday
and Sunday, March 2-3, coincid
ing with the dates for which the
second annual Alaska State
Championship Sled Dog Races
are scheduled.
This is one month earlier than
the show is usually held. The date
was advanced in order that the
exhibits 'might prove to be an add
ed attraction during the festive
weekend.
“For the first time there will
be a co-sponsor of the show, the
Kenai Educational Association,
members of which will assist with
the actual conduct of the show
and the refreshments which will
be available at the exhibition,”
says Mrs. Allan L. Petersen,
president of the Kenai Library
Board. Past exhibitions have been
sponsored solely by the Kenai
Community Library.
Artists and craftsmen of the
entire Kenai Peninsula area are
being invited to participate in the
show, which will be in the Kenai
School Gymnasium from 10 a.m.
to 10 p.m. on March 2 and from
12 noon to 6 p.m. on March 3.
Competition will be in two di
visions: (1) Adult, and (2) Ju
venile, the latter including stu
dents of high schools and elemen
tary grades. Awards of Merit will
be ribbons for first and second
places, as well as for honorable
mention.
Exhibitors must bring or send
their items so they will arrive not
later than Feb. 23, to Clarice
(Mrs. Glenn) Kipp, Spur Motel,
Rox 308, Kenai. Exhibits will not
be checked out or removed from
the show until after 6 p.m. on
Sunday, March 3.
Entries are expected to include
paintings and drawings in oil,
water color, pastel or other med
iums; crafts, including ceramics,
mosiac pottery, sculpture, jewel
ry, lapidary, enameling-, leather
work and woodwork. Each exhib
itor is limited to four entries in
any single category. Each entry
must be original, creative work.
The public is invited to attend
the two-day annual event and to
view the diverse talents of Pen
insula artists and craftsmen. An
extra attraction will be the wood
display of the Industrial Art
class in the school shop.
No admission will be charged.
A “silver cup,” however, will he
on the tea table to receive any do
nations visitors may wish to give
toward expenses of this public
enterprise.
Entrymen’s Rights
Meeting Called
A special meeting of the Alas
ka Entrymen's Rights Assoc, has
been called for 7 p.m. Saturday at
the Soldotna Community Hall.
Purpose of the meeting is the
studying of the present home
stead situation in relation to the
decisions of the Bureau of Land
Management.
The meeting is open to all in
terested persons, whether or not
they are homesteaders.
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