The Kenai Peninsula
HISTORICAL MUSEUM S LIBRARY
BOX 205
JUNEAU ALASKA
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THIRD YEAR
MAY 10, 1963
PRICE 10 CENTS
NUMBER 131
Renai Group Circulates Boro Petition
(Left to right) James W. Scott, fire control officer for BLM, Mrs. Gabriel Trefon Gabriel Trefon vil
MT*1?’ •rt,JNiCk la"U,a' of "» ’*>'■*« council, ar. sh„»„ with an award pre'cn.el to lie
people of Nondalton for outstanding service in preventing and fighting wildfire on public lands Non
dalton is a fishing village of some 240 Athabascan Indians across Cook Inlet from the Kenai Peninsu
la and is on Sixm.le Lake between Iliamna Lake and Lake Clark. This was the first award ever present
"°m fire - »f *•—buuo
Wildwood to Salute
1963 Armed Forces Day
With Program for Public
With “Power for Peace” as its
theme, Wildwood Station is invit
ing the public to help celebrate
1963 Armed Forces Day this Sat
urday, May 11.
A full afternoon of program
med activities is planned and will
include hair-raising performances
of “Sky Divers” and “Climbers in
the Sky” as well as STARCOM
orientation, various military dis
plays and band concerts.
The celebration at the local post
is being held a week earlier than
that planned by military installa
tions at Anchorage, so there will
be no conflict for persons wishing
to attend both events.
The Wildwood Station “Open
House” begins at 12 noon and con
tinues until 6 p.m. The program
starts with a parade by the 214th
Army Band from Fort Richard
son, Anchorage. The band will pa
rade from the main gate to the
post athletic field where the mu
sicians will provide visitors with
an afternoon concert.
“The post has prepared long
and hard for these activities,”
said Maj. Richard D. Allen, Jr.,
post commander, in issuing the
invitation to the public. “All mili
tary personnel will be glad to an
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swer any question the public may
have regarding Wildwood Sta
tion’s activities. Please feel free to
ask.”
Program of Events
Following the parade and be
ginning at 12:30 p.m. to continue
at 15-minute intervals until 4 p.
m., the Strategic Army Commun
ications operations will hold an
orientation. Visitors will be able
to watch the large communication
system in action and will be given
a brief description of the STAR
COM mission in Alaska.
At 1:30 p.m. there will be a Jun
ior High track meet. Participants
will be tracksters from various
Kenai Peninsula schools.
A rappelling event is set for
2:15 p.m. when “Climbers in the
Sky” are scheduled to thrill on
lookers with their daring feats.
Heliborne troops, using rappel
ling techniques, reverse the an
cient Hindu rope trick and, in
stead of throwing up an unsup
ported rope into the air and
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Vehicle License
Deadline May 31
Vehicle owners are urged to ob
tain their 1963 auto license tags
as quickly as possible. The last
possible date is May 31 after
which vehicles not properly li
censed will be stopped by Alaska
State Police.
Registration certificates mailed
to customers from Anchorage are
no longer useable.
Licenses for all types of ve
hicles are obtainable locally from
Margaret Mullen at the Soldotna
Laundry in Soldotna or from De
puty Magistrate Jess Nicholas in
Kenai.
It is not necessary for Kenai
Peninsula residents to appear at
the Anchorage office to obtain
these services.
City Election
Set for Kenai
Kenai voters will go to the polls
next Tuesday, May 14, for the
purpose of electing three mem
bers to the Kenai City Council and
one member to the Kenai Board of
Education.
Ratification or rejection of
adoption of the city charter as
prepared by the Kenai City Char
ter Commission will also be an
issue to be decided by electors
at this time.
Copies of the charter may be
obtained at the city clerk’s office
at no charge by those desiring to
thoroughly familiarize themselves
with its provisions before casting
their ballots.
Two of the vacancies on the
City Council are for three-year
terms. Four men have filed as
candidates for the two seats. They
are Ernie Knackstedt, Billy Mc
Cann, Wayne “Smoky” TumSuden
and Jack Williford.
The other Council seat is for
one year to fill a vacancy created
by the resignation of a former
councilman. Candidates for this
position are Gene Morin, George
Robinson and M. T. Sims.
Ed Hollier, whose term is ex
piring as a member of the Kenai
School Board, is seeking reelec
tion for another 5-year term. Hol
lier currently is serving as board
president. He is being opposed by
Lillian Hakkinen.
Those entitled to vote will be
all qualified electors of the City
of Kenai who have registered in
accordance with the law.
Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to
8 p.m. and voting will take place
in the Kenai Community Library,
located in the City Administi’ation
Building.
SOLDOTNA CHAMBER MEET
SOLDOTNA — The Greater
Soldotna Chamber of Commerce
will hold its regular meeting at
noon Saturday (May 11) at Park
ers in Ridgeway. Borough discus
sion is expected in connection
with recent developments.
Governing Seat Sought
For City in Surprise Move
A petition originating with a
group of private citizens in Kenai,
calling for the incorporation of
the northwest portion of the Ke
nai Peninsula into a proposed or
ganized borough of the first class,
is being circulated this week to
obtain necessary signatures. A
May 15 deadline date has been set
by the Local Affairs Agency for
submission of such petitions for
approval or rejection.
In addition to requesting that
the borough be designated as a
first class borough, the petition
also proposes that the name of
the borough shall be known as the
“Kenai Borough” and that the
borough seat shall be at Kenai.
No area-wide powers, other
than those required by law are re
quested. The three basic over-all
powers in the borough law call
for the assuming of responsibili
ties of schools, taxation and zon
ing.
As to composition and appor
tionment of borough assembly,
the petition states that the pro
posed borough assembly shall con
sist of five assemblymen — two
from the first class city of Kenai
and three from areas outside the
city.
The proposed Kenai Borough
petition came as a surprise to
■much of the Peninsula.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough
STORY HOUR CHANGED
SOLDOTNA — A change in the
story hour schedule at the Soldot
na Public Library has been an
nounced by the “story hour lady”
Mrs. Richard Douville. From now
on the story hour will be from
9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. each Saturday
as the building will be in use
during hours formerly used in this
library project.
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Study Group, in a vote of 31-21
on April 20, agreed not to incor
porate by local option but to abide
by the mandatory incorporation
as provided in HB 90. There was
no move to rescind this vote in
the following meeting on April
28 at which time Ronald Cease,
Local Affairs Agency director,
spoke to the group by special re
quest.
Although no pfficial vote wa3
taken at this time, by a show of
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Hardin
Elected
Councilman
Soldotna voters in Tuesday’s
city election cast a total of 108
ballots, one of which was discard
ed. The election was for the pur
pose of electing one member to
the Soldotna City Council to suc
ceed Jack Farnsworth, whose
term is expiring.
Dick Hardin, receiving 59 votes,
is the newly elected Council mem
ber with his term to run three
years. He was opposed by John
Mack and Roy Girves. Mack re
ceived 28 votes and Girves 20.
Other members of the City
Council are Dale Rorrison, Ted
Grainge, Don Wilson and Burton
Carver.
MEETING PLACE CHANGED
KENAI — A change in the
meeting place of the Kenai Cham
ber of Commerce has been an
nounced. Future meetings will be
in the Western Corral at noon
sach Wednesday.
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