Kenai Council
Highlights
The Kenai City Council pre
sented an ordinance for the es
tablishment of a Planning Com
misison with the first reading
at their February 7th meeting.
Mr. Ditto of Trans-Alaska
Telephone Company spoke to
the Council and proposed a tel
ephone rate schedule that
would remain in effect until
I all the new equipment was in
stalled about April 1961. The
Council agreed that the tempor
ary rate schedule would remain
in effect till this time when
they will again be open for re
I negotiation.
The City, at their January 3
meeting, took over the pay
ments of the light and fuel bill
for the Kenai Volunteer Fire
Department.
Income from city sales tax
for the month of December
!>60 amounted to $3,369.58.
A public discussion was held
their last meeting on the
ectric power problem in the
ty of Kenai.
Mr. John P. Gunnison is Ke
ii’s City Clerk and he will be
aintaining office hours every
ly from 4:30 until 6:30 and
iturday mornings from 9 until
p.m. at the Civic League
uilding, and he can be reach
I by telephone during those
)urs by calling 283-6588.
Mr. Gunnison, city clerk, an
nounced that the City Council
will be meeting in public ses
sion on the first and third Tues
days of each month. The execu
tive sessions will be held on the
2nd and 4th Tuesdays.
New Baby
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Steadman
have announced the arrival of
an eight pound three ounce
baby girl Jan. 4. She is now at
home with the family on their
homestead near Sterling.
ASC To Hold Election
This is election time for the
Boards of Supervisors of the
three Soil Conservation Sub
districts on the Kenai Penin
sula. The Homer Sub-district is
voting for two men to replace
outgoing Board members Nor
man Nelson and John Clabo.
The Ninilchik Sub-district vot
es for one man to replace out
going Chairman, Floyd Blos
som. And the Kenai-Kasilof
Sub-district is voting to fill the
expired terms of Chairman
Charles Stiles and Equipment
Manager, Joe Faa.
These three Soil Conserva
tion Sub-districts are mem
bers of the Alaska Soil Conser
vation District. Each Sub-dis
trict has a policy Board of five
members elected for three
years staggered terms.
The concept of conserving
our natural resources has
evolved out of the dust bowl
days of the thirties when it was
realized that farming practic
es were largely responsible
for the great loss of soil and
the general havoc wrought to
the agriculture, the economy
and the families of the plains
states. From this realization
came a consciousness on the
part of the farmers, the govern
ment and people in general, to
use the resources of soil and
water in such ways that they
would not be wasted for this
or future generations. This
concept was eventually broad
ened to include, not only soil
and water, but such other nat
ural resources as timber, fish
and minerals.
What about membership in
your Sub-district—its benefits
and responsibilities? Any farm
er or homesteader interested
in cooperating with his soil
conservation Sub-district in de
veloping better conservation
practices can make application
Backhoe
Cat Trucks
GENERAL EXCAVATING
SNOW REMOVAL
—DRIVEWAYS CONSTRUCTED—
MICKELSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Formerly—ALASKA SERVICE & CONSTRUCTION
At the “Y” in Soldotna Phone 262-4294 Box 303
STANDARD
HEATING OILS
Automatic Delivery Service
STOVE OIL 25'/2C delivered
FURNACE OIL 24V2C delivered
PROPANE $16.50 per 100 lbs. del.
CHECK WITH—
PENINSULA FUEL
Don't get caught short of oil in the middle of
the night at 20 degrees below zero.
RIDGEWAY Phone 262-4571
to his Board of Supervisors. If
his application is approved, he
is then able to participate
through voting and through
receiving assistance on such
problems as ditching, terracing,
selection of land for clearing
and for cropping. Assistance on
such problems is given by the
Soil Conservation Service to
members of the Sub-districts.
Lietzke Named
Bank Manager
The City National Bank’s
new branch manager for Kenai
arrived recently to take over
the operation of the new facil
ity.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Lietzke
came to the peninsula city from
Cottonwood, Idaho. Lietzke
said they spent a few days in
Anchorage to become acquaint
ed with t h e bank’s operation
before coming to Kenai.
He was serving as assistant
manager for the Idaho First Na
tional Bank in Cottonwood
when he accepted the post with
City National. Lietzke received
his CPA and attended banking
schools in Boise.
Social Security Rep. To Visit
Scholarships
Are Available
The Homer Elks Lodge is
now receiving scholarship ap
plications from students in
their senior year in high school
for the National Foundation’s
28th annual most valuable stu
dent competition.
Students in Seldovia, Homer,
Ninilchik and Kenai schools
are elegible. Details may be ob
tained from the school superin
tendents.
Harry Gregoire, chairman of
the Elks youth activities com
mittee, said that the national
charitable trust is offering 130
scholarships, ranging from
$700 to $1,400 for the 1961 col
lege year. They may be used in
any recognized college or uni
versity chosen by the winners,
he said.
The competition emphasizes
scholastic achievement. In or
der to qualify for the national
finals, applicants must have a
scholarship average of 90 per
cent or better and be in the
upper five per cent of their
class.
Mrs. Carl Glick Named
Cancer Crusade Crmn.
Mrs. William A. Egan, 1961
State Cancer Crusade Chair
man, announced the appoint
ment of Mrs. Carl Glick as gen
eral chairman for the Kenai
area.
Mrs. Glick, accepting the vol
untary post, stated that she
would do all possible to make
the 1961 Crusade the most suc
cessful ever. She asked the co
operation of every man, wom
an and child in the Kenai area,
so that the educational value
of the Crusade might be ex
ploited to the fullest value.
“When you realize that more
people die of cancer each year
than now live in the entire
State of Alaska, you recognize
the magnitude of t h e cancer
problem,” Mrs. Glick said.
“The fact that is more alarming
is that about 85,000 of these
deaths could be avoided if peo
ple would learn to have a regu
lar physical examination and
heed cancer’s seven Danger Sig
nals, thereby facilitating early
detection. This is the message
of the Cancer Crusade in addi
tion to asking for voluntary
support of the three fold pro
gram of the American Cancer
Society by contributing gener
ously.”
“Last year the Community of
Kenai supported the American
Cancer Society very well and
we hope that this year will see
even more thoughtful contribu
tions.”
I ......
Lee Christensen. Social Se
curity Representative will visit
Kenai, Thursday, February 23.
People wanting information
or assistance on matters per
taining to the Federal Old-Age,
Survivors, and Disability In
surance program are invited to
see him at the Civic League
Building from 2 to 5 p.m.
Mr. Christensen suggests that
workers or self-employed indi
viduals who plan to file for re
tirement benefits bring with
them proof of their age and
proof of their 1960 earnings.
For wage-earners, proof of
earnings is a copy of their W-2
Form withholding tax state
ment.. For the self-employed
business man (or woman), proof
of earnings is a copy of their
1960 Federal Tax return to in
clude schedule C, and proof of
payment.
Sterling News
Visitors
There were several visitors
in the Sterling-Naptowne area
over this last weekend. Doug
and Rusty Keating came down
from Whittier to fish and spend
a few days in their cabin on
the Moose. Herb Brown and
Les Driscoll, both from Anch
orage, were visiting the Bing
Browns.
Goin' Fishin'
Bill Gresham, of the Nap
towne Inn, says that fishermen
are pulling small rainbows out
of the lakes off Oil Well Road.
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THE 4 ROYLE PARKERS
Open 5 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Chevron Gas -Cafe - Motel - Barber
COCKTAIL LOUNGE — PACKAGE STORE
On the KENAI SPUR—1 Vi mi. W. of Sofdotna “Y”
Homer Freight Line
Operated by
W. L. “PeeWee” Hooper
"Serving the Sterling Highway”
Schedule — Anchorage to Kenai and Homer:
EACH TUESDAY - THURSDAY & SATURDAY
BOX 64 SOLDOTNA Ph. Am. 2-2251
HARTLEY'S
Are Now Receiving Shipments of New
1961 MOBILE HOMES
Spacemaster if Pacifica ★
50' and 55' Units
Box 430
Kenai
Phone 283-6161
Day or Night