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Letters to the Editor:
Borough Meeting
Reported from Homer
The Local Boundary Commis
sion held public hearings in Sol
iotna, Xinilchik. Anchor Point
and Homer on April 5 and 6 to
determine public sentiment re
_arding the petition for the pro
rosed IIomer-Ninilchik Borough.
Tile last meeting was held in Ho
lier the evening of April 6.
Witnesses, all of Homer, testi
tving in favor of the petition
were: Ben Walters, who gave a
listory of the research and plan
ning- of the formation of the pe
tition and the establishment of
boundaries; Quincey Benton, who
presented the financial aspects
and feasibility studies; Bonnie
Thompson, who presented a high
school student's viewpoint, and
Mrs. Francis Thompson and Mrs.
Arlene Kranieh, who gave general
arguments in favor of the small
borough as set forth by the pe
tition under consideration.
Witnesses testifying against
the petition were: Mrs. Barbara
Banta, A. Cooper. Mr. Ed Rofkar,
and R. Palmer of Ninilchik, Har
dd Pomeroy of Bear Cove and
•John Waterman, Homer.
Witnesses from Ninilchik indi
. ated strong antagonism to being
included in the small borough pro
posed by the petition, questioned
facts and figures cited by pro
ponents and objected particularly
to the establishment of a bound
ary that would bisect the Ninil
chik area.
Pomeroy objected to the peti
tion on the basis that it did not
meet the intent of the law re
garding the establishment of
boundaries, challenged the ac
curacy of some of the figures re
presenting projected income pre
sented by proponents of the pe
tition and expressed concern that
the petition proposed a borough
of the first class and asked for
most of the area wide powers
available either to a city or a
borough of the first class.
John Waterman also challenged
some of the figures quoted to
support feasibility contentions of
proponents of the petition and
questioned the wisdom of estab
lishing a borough covering an
area wherein a major portion of
the population appeared to reject
the proposed petition.
The hearings were well attend
ed.
I Homer Corresondent)
Moose Depletion Letters
Bring Request for Facts,
Not Opinion of Writers
April 2, 1963
Cheechako News
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Kenai, Alaska
Dear Editor:
As elected leaders of a conser
vation organization, the Kenai
Kasilof Soil Conservation Subdis
triet supervisors are concerned
at>out recent charges that out
moose herd is depleted and in
jeopardy.
Statements by our State De
partment of Fish and Game, and
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
have been challenged. Either
moose are plentiful, but ranging
far back as stated by our manage
ment specialists—or these men
are seriously in error. The latter
has been inferred by recent let
ter writers to the Cheechako
Soldotna Baptists
Schedule Services
On Good Friday
Eight churches and their pas
tors will participate in special
Good Friday services at the Sol
dotna Baptist Church, located
near the Y junction of the Ster
ling Highway, from 7 p.m. until
10 p.m. on April 12. Churches
from Homer, Anchor Point, Ster
ling, Cooper Landing, Ninilchik,
Kenai and other areas have been
invited to participate.
There will be congregational
singing, special music and 10 to
15-minute meditations on “Wit
nesses at the Cross.’’ Rev. Paul
A. Weimer, pastor of the church,
invites area residents to attend
at least a portion of this service.
On Easter Sunday, the order of
services will be the same as on
other Sundays with the messages,
however, to be in keeping with
the resurrection theme.
News. Doubt is being publicly cast
upon the competence of those
very people upon whom we depend
to manage and protect a basic and
valuable Alaskan resource — our
wildlife.
We believe our wildlife man
agement specialists are profes
sionally competent and dedicated
to their job. Although we are not
always in agreement with ALL
wildlife policies—we feel obliged
to defend the basic program as
being in the public interest until
proven differently.'
We ask these recent letter writ
ers to state the FACTS upon
which their charges are based.
How have they determined pre
sent moose numbers? Where were
these moose counts made? To
what extent have the letter writ
ers surveyed moose populations
throughout the range area?
If there are facts, not opinions
upon which these charges are bas
ed, the public should know what
they are. The people responsible
for the situation should be called
to task. We do not support, nor
do we condone, unsubstantiated
charges based upon superficial ob
servations from the roadways.
Give the people facts and let
them judge these charges in light
of these facts.
Kenai-Kasilof Soil Con
servation Subdistrict
I'-TA TO HEAR THERAPIST
SOLDO 1 NA — Miss Margaret
Hamilton, speech and hearing
therapist for this area,, will be
the featured speaker at the Sol
dotna Parent-Teacher Association
meeting on Monday, April 22, at
Soldotna School. The meeting will
begin promptly at 7:30 p.m. as
Miss Hamilton will have to leave
early for another speaking en
gagement the same evening.
Church to Resume
Services Sunday
With New Pastor
Services will be resumed on
Easter Sunday at the First Bap
tist Church in Kenai, located on
Second and Birch Drive. Sunday
School will he at 9:45 a.m.. morn
ing worship at 11 a.m. and eve
ning worship at 7:30 p.m.
Rev. David Morris, the new
pastor, came to Alaska a week
ago from Dallas, Texas, at the
invitation of Rev. L. A. Watson
of Anchorage, executive secre
tary of the Alaska Baptist Gen
eral Convention. Rev. Morris
moved to Kenai Tuesday. He
formerly pastored in Colorado and
Nebraska.
Graduating from Baylor Uni
versity in Waco, Texas in 1950.
Rev. Morris has also done work
toward a master’s degree in
Southwestern Seminary at Ft.
Worth. Texas. He was the organ
izer and founder of the First
Southern Baptist Church in Gree
ley, Colo., going from there to
the Oak Street Baptist Church in
Kimball, Neb. The Mar-Lee Bap
tist Mission in Denver, which he
also organized, was his last pas
torate before coming to Alaska.
Social Security
Answers Queries
Question: My wife and I had
an argument about Social Securi
ty. We are both 64 and have no
children. I have retired and in
tend to apply for my Social Se
curity benefits. My wife says that
if I do this it will force her to
take a reduction in her wife’s
benefit which she doesn’t want
to do. Would you please clarify
this for us ?
Answer: If your wife files for
her benefits now they will be re
duced. However, she doesn’t have
to file an application simply be
cause you do so. She can wait un
til she is 65 and qualify for a full
one-half of you r unreduced
amount. I suggest that you and
your wife check with your Juneau
Social Security office for more
detailed information regarding
this matter.
Question: Does all the Social
Secj^ri^i *^a\. go for Social Se
curity purposes, or does pari of it
go into the general funds'of the
Treasury?
Answer: No part of the Social
Security tax goes into the general
funds of the Treasury. If taxes
exceed expenditures in a given
year—which they will ordinarily
do—the balance goes into the two
Social Security trust funds, which
are kept separate from all other
government funds. The assets of
the trust funds are invested in in
terest-bearing government bonds.
For more information about
Social Security: write to= the So
cial Security Administration, Box
1331, Juneau, Alaska.
MOOSE PASS BAZAAR SOON ■
MOOSE PASSbjpftJrSj, Harvey
Ainsworth has been appointed as
general chairman of the communi
ty bazaar to be held at the Moose
Pass Community Hall, May 4.
Mrs. Glenn Miller, one of the com
mittee chairmen, says the prize
will be a “sportsmati’s' rlream”—‘
two-man tent, two-burner camp
stove and a cooking set for six.
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FOR INSERTION OF CHURCH NOTICES IN THIS COLUMN ru
CHEECHAKO NEWS—262-4120 ‘ U
KEN AI ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH—Sunday School at 10 ~
Morning worship 11 a.m. Evening worship 7:30 p.m. jjid
services Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Pastor Mrs. Carl S. Click.
EAST KENAI CHURCH OF CHRIST meets at Mile 105, KenaTs^
Sunday Services: Bible Study 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship u ar
Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Congregational singing. Thur-d i
Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Billy Joe Mize—Evangelist.
DOWNTOWN CHURCH OF CHRIST (1 block from Kenai Fire Hal
Bible School - 9:45 a.m., Worship - 11:00 a.m., Evening 7;00 ^
Midweek (Wednesday) - 7:00 p.m. Carl Zehrung. Minister '
CHRISTIAN' SCIENCE GROUP meets each Sunday at 10 am i
building back of Vera’s Variety, Soldotna.
SOI.DOTXA CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — Sunday School!
10 a.m.; Morning Worship 11 a.m.; Evengelistic Service 7::;o
each Sunday. Prayer Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
KENAI METHODIST CHURCH-Church School 9C50 ami.
ship Service 10:45 a.m. Methodist Youth Fellowship Tuesday a
3:30 p.m. John J. Shaffer, pastor.
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSION meets each Sunday ffM
10 a.m. to 12 noon at Slikok Valley Community Club on Kali
fonsky Beach Road. Sunday evening services 7 p.m. Bible study
Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Maurice Murdock, interim pastor.
SOLDOTNA BAPTIST CHURCH at the Y—Sunday School at lo'Iim
Morning Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday evenings the youth groups meei
at 6:30 and Evangelistic Service starts at 7:30 p.m.; Youth Choit
practices Tuesday 4 p.m.; Prayer hour and Bible study Tuesday
7:30 p.m. Paul A. Weimer, pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULES—9 amTaTo!
Lady of the Angels Church. Kenai; 11 a.m. at Soldotna: 4 p.m. a:
Wildwood Chapel, Wildwood Station.
KENAI BIBLE CHURCH—Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.; morning
worship 11:00 a.m.; Sunday evening 7:30. Prayer meeting 7:30
and Moody Bible Institute Correspondence Study Course 8:15 each
Wednesday. Kenai Youth Fellowship 7:30 p.m. each Friday. Pas
tor Fred S. Crozier.
CHI RCH OF GOD (Pentecostal in Doctrine)—Located on Aspen Way
and Binkley Street, Soldotna. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Morning
Worship ll a.m.; Evangelistic Service 7:30 p.m.; Bible Studytni
Prayer < :30 p.m. Wednesday. Millard L. Cowde]l. Pastor, Hot
5)4. Soldotna.
FAITH BIBLE CHURCH — Now meets at Solid Rock Bible Cam?
Lodge. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Morning Worship 11 a.m.; Junior
and Senior Youth Rally 6 p.m. Special speaker every Sunday.
CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, SOLDOTNA — Sunday School 9^45
a.m.. Worship Service 11 a.m., Evening Instruction Classes 7:30
p.m. Pastor’s Class. 8:30 p.m., Holy Spirit Class; Senior Confirma
tion class 5 p.m. Wednesday; Junior Choir Practice 4:15 p.m.,anc.
Junior confirmation following on Thursdays. Lenten services Wed
nesday at 7:30 p.m., theme will be “Words at the Cross.*’ Richard
J. Tuff, pastor. Phone 262-4757.
FAITH CHAPEL. NORTH KENAI—Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.;5ro*
ing Worship, 11:00 a.m.; Evening Services, 6:30 p.m.: Wednes
day Evening Services, 6:30 p.m. L. A. Hutchings, Pastor. ’
BEACON BAPTIST cmjRCH—Located on Linwood Uneven*
near proposed site of new high school. Sunday School 10 a.m.1.
!;• - Morning Worship 11 a.m.; Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.; Midweek
Sen-ices each Wednesday 7 p.m. Harold R. Lewis. Pastor.3 "
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