The Kenai Peninsula h;s.03Y tjseu'i s library
JUHKA'J ALASKA 1-1-12
THIRD YEAR
DECEMBER 8, 1961
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NUMBER r>7
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The Kenai City Council has
approved the presentation of the
Kenai Power Corporation’s fran
chise proposal to the people of
the City of Kenai at a special
election to be held soon. The
Council in its meeting next week
plans to set the date for the vot
ing on the franchise, with the
tentative date consdered for the
special election being Friday, the
19th of January.
The Kenai Power Corp, Frank
RoAviey president, has provided
Kenai residents with electrical
power for more than 11 years.
Kenai Power, in conjunction with
Consoliated Utilities, Ltd. is now
in a position to offer four times
the power it currently provides.
Consolidated Utilities, Ltd., un
der terms of a 20-year contract,
is to furnish all electrical power
demanded by Kenai Power Corp.
during term of the contract, with
ISOOkw' of power expected to be
available within a few weeks.
Power available will be in
creased from the present 550kwr
to 2000kw.
Construction is rapidly prog
ressing at Consolidated Utilities’
new gas turbine generation plant
located near Spouts Lake and
about 10 miles from downtown
Kenai. Fuel will be supplied by
Union Oil Co. of Calif.—Ohio Oil
Co. Sterling unit gas well com
pleted this year on a site adja
cent to the plant’s location.
Odin Strandberg, who lives in
Soldotna, is manager for Consol
dated Utilities.
Weather permitting, the metal
prefabricated building is expected
to be completed between Jan. 1
and 15. Foundations have been
completed, the skeleton of the
building has been erected and the
walls are going up. Necessary ma
chinery has been delivered and
most of it assembled, some of the
SEE— KENAI TO VOTE
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Antlerless Moose Hunt Underway
Cow Season
Hunting
Is Good
Hunt headkuarters at Soldotna
for the antlerless moose season
now in progress reports that 76
permits had been validated for
Areas A and B and 48 persons
had cheeked out by 7 p.m. Thurs
day. A total of 47 successful kills
was reported.
Heaviest kill has been in the
vicinity of Cohoe in area A where
23 moose already have been tak
en. Officials at hunt headquarters
of the Fish and Game Dept, said
there are approximately 14,000
moose on the Kenai Peninsula
with more than 5.000 of that num
ber being on the Kenai National
Moose Range.
Hunters last year took about
1,600 animals including those in
last year’s antledess kill. Due
to the size of the herd, officials
said at least 2,000 would be a
conservative estimate of the kill
that could be taken without dam
age to the herd, not counting the
current cow season. Current ra
tio is 49 bulls to 100 cows.
The checking office opened on
Monday, two days before the cow
season opened on Wednesday.
The antlerless hunt in Areas A,
B, C and D, all on the Kenai Pen
insula. continues thru Sunday, the
10th of December.
Permits must be validated by
the persons to whom permits are
issued and hunters, whether suc
cessful or not, must check out in
person.
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KENAI, ALASKA
LORE! I"A (Mrs, Hank) KNACKSTEDT of Kenai was one of the
tirst permit holders to be validated in the antlerless moose hunt
which began Wednesday. Pictured here with her son. Henry Jr.,
Loretta ;s being handed a metal tag and blood via! by Byron Mc
Donough, biological aide working at the Fish and flame Depart
ment's headquarters at Soldotna.
Hub Club Plane Burns
The 'Soidotna Hub Club’s Ces
sna 140 two-place plane was ex
tensively burned Wednesday aft
ernoon at Soidotna Airport. The
wings were burned off, leaving
only the tips intact, and the plane
from cockpit forward was a com
plete loss.
The fuselage of the plane is
now packed at Jess Shelman’s
home in Carver Trailer Courts
and the motor an wing tips are
in his garage.
Shelman, who had his pilot's
license before joining the flying
club, was pre-heating the craft
when it ignited. He had planned
to move the plane off the runway
so that it would not be in the
way of the snowplow used to clear
the field.
Stacks became overheated and
set fire to the plane. Shelman
tried to extinguish the fire with
snow and then tried to shut off
the wing tanks, succeeding only
in switching tanks.
A gasoline line parted adding
increased fuel for the flames. He
then borrowed a fire extinguisher
which failed to work. That the
entire plane was not destroyed
is reported to have been because
of liberal use of snow.
Shelman’s fingers on both hands
weiee quite painful Thursday, due
in part to the flames and partly,
he thinks, because of frostbite
fi‘om scooping up so much snow.
The Cessna 140 had been used
as a training plane by the club
with Jim Whitehead as local fly
ing instructor.
The plane was valued at $3,000
and is Insured for the full amount
according to Mrs. Roy Johnson,
club secretary. The insurance in
spector has not yet investigated
the extent of damages. No deci
sion has been reached to date as
purchase another plane,
to whethei. or not the club will
First Gold Strike
Hope, a historic village located
on the shore of Turnagain Arm
at the mouth of Resurrection
Creek, a one-time famous placer
gold stream, was the scene of the
liist recorded gold strike in Al
Ambulance Corps
To Name Officers
Permanent officers of the Sold
otna Volunteer Ambulance Corps
are to be elected at the next meet
ing on Dee. ID, at 8 p.m., in the
Soldotna school building. Stand
ing committees are also to be ap
pointed at this time.
Charley Griffin, Soldotna school
superintendent, has been heading
up the group as temporary chair
man since its decent organization.
The corps is to serve Soldotna and
adjacent areas.
By-Jaws were adopted at the
last meeting held on Nov. 28. A
nominating committee was named
and consists of Chet Allen, Bur
ton Carver, Arthur Jess, Stan
MeLane and Harry Reger.
Has Sulcessful
Grand Opening
Busiest place in Soldotna Sun
day was the Aee of Clubs res
taurant which had its grand op
ening under new- management.
Walter Bremond, originally of
“the deep south” and more re
cently from Anchorage, has
leased the restaurant and is serv
ing as combination cook and man
ager. He is specialiing in South
ern pit barbecue and Texas chili.
Nearly 500 persns, including
members and guests of the Mc
IntoSh-Hallstead wedding party
from Kenai, Chell and Maxine
Bear of the Bear Den, the Bing
Browns from Sterling, and many
others stopped in to sample Walt's
barbecue. Phil (Barney) Barnholt
is manage: of the adjacent Ace
of Clubs Bar.
In addition to taking over the
management of the restaurant,
Bremond is also homesteading sev
eral miles out on the Kalifonsky
Beach Road.
Anchor.- Point on the Kenai Pe
ninsula claims to be the most
westerly highway point in North
•BJ{s«America.
Jack Didrickson, biologist with
the1 Alaska Department of Fish
and Game and Byron McDonough,
temporarily employed as a biol
ogist’s aide, opened Hunt Head
quarters at Soldotna Monday at
8.30 a.m.. for the antlerless moos®
season now underway in Areas A,
B, C, D, and E.
Twenty antlerless moose permit
holders were validated before
noon on opening day. A man will
continue to be stationed there un
til 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 21,
to check out hunters The hunt
closes at midnight Sunday, Dec.
10, for areas A, B and C, all on
the Kenai Peninsula, and at mid
night on Dec. 18 for Areas I), and
E.
Similar Hunt Headquarters have
been established at Homer, Se
ward, Portage, Anchorage, Pal
mer and Wasilla.
Didrickson said there are a
r.umbei of biologists in the hunt
ing areas checking the kills in the
Held. They are working in con
junction with the Department of
Agriculture in collecting blood
samples, checking condition of the
animals, studying diseases, para
sites and obtaining other data to
determine the health of the moose
population, including the prospec
tive calf crop.
Approximately 20 per cent of
moose cows ordinarily gave birth
to twin calves, lie added.
An innovention in the hunting
pictfi.e this year is that each
hunter is given a glass vial at the
time his permit is validated and
is required to bring back a sample
of the animal’s blood. Hunters are
asked to carry the vials in their
shirt pockets to prevent the blood
freezing.
Permit holders for the antlerless
moose hunt are warned that they
will be fined if they do not report
their hunt, whether it he success
ful or unsuccessful.
n successful, a Hunter has
hours after killing his moose to
check out at Hunt Headquarters.
At that time he must surrender
the animal's lower jaw, properly
cleaned and with the metal lock
ing seal issued to him when his
permit was validated, still intact.
The scalps, with both ears attach
ed, of animals taken in Areas B,
C. 1) and E must be surrendered
at this time.
Unsuccessful hunters must also
report but they have until 72
hours after the close of the des
ignated hunting period of their
permit to personally surrender
their unused seals at Hunt Head
quarters or offices of the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game.
BENEFIT TURKEY SHOOT
KASILOF— A turkey shoot is
scheduled for all day Saturday,
Dec. It), as a benefit for the Kas
ilof librany, according to Mrs.
Enid McLane, head of the library
committee of the Kasilof Boost
ers Club. Proceeds from the turk
ey shoot, which is to be held at
the library, will be used to buy
books.
The Anchorage-Hope Junction
section of the Seward-Anchorage
Highway, begun in September 19
50 and opened in September 1951,
parallels the Alaska Railroad a
long the scenic north shore of
Turnagain Arm.