Chambers Announce
Stand On Boroughs
February 22, 1961
Rep. Harold Hansen
Committee on Boroughs
State House Office Bldg.
Juneau, Alaska
Dear Representative Hansen:
This letter concerns a meet
ing by representatives of the
Chambers of Commerce on the
Kenai Peninsula which was
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held Feb. 18 in Soldotna for
the purpose of discussing fur
ther the question of borough
legislation. I will summarize
the further recommendations
of this group concerning this
type of legislation.
After a rather long discus
sion it was agreed that we
should make the recommenda
tion that any borough bill pas
sed at this legislature contain
a provision that only owners of
real property be eligible to vote
on whether or not a borough
should organize and on any
bonding of the borough govern
ment or district therein. It was
felt that with the transient
population which is so common
throughout Alaska the possibil
ity of commitment of an area
to organized borough status
and the commitment later of
the borough government to dis
astrous indebtedness by voters
without clear financial respon
sibility for the support of the
program was too easily possible
unless the persons permitted to
vote on these particular issues
were restricted as suggested
above. Persons present at the
meeting cited examples in
which this had taken place
within their own experience.
The question of the legality of
such a restriction was brought
up and we had no valid opin
ions at that meeting concern
ing legality.
In House Bill 17 it has ap
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News
Tony Bordinelli, Kenai’s
record-making bowler, took 1st
place for singles in the Bud
weiser second annual Peninsula
Classic held Feb. 18 and 19 at
The Skybowl. He bowled a high
686.
Lee Kowalski, Wildwood Sta
tion, took second place with a
671, and O. B. Eitel, Seward,
ran third with a 666. There
were 52 entries in the singles
event.
peared that the executive offi
cer is given a great deal of
power and it was felt that the
problem of limits, checks and
balances on those powers
should be very carefully work
ed out. While granting that
the general philosophy of gov
ernment established in the
state constitution provides for
a strong executive branch, the
citizens in this area feel that
the actions of the executive of
ficer of the borough should
very definitely be subject to
review in ALL instances by the
borough assembly.
With reference to hearings
prior to organization of a new
borough it was felt that pro
visions should definitely be
made for at least one hearing
in each recording district in
the proposed area to be includ
ed in the new' borough. The
provisions as listed in House
Bill 17 call for only one hear
ing for the entire area and with
the size of boroughs which will
probably develop this might
mean that certain people were
denied the opportunity to ex
press their views on the sub
ject because of distance. It was
felt that the recording district
was a feasible unit upon which
to base the number of hearings
for a given projected organiz
ed borough.
It is recommended that pro
vision be made in the bill for
staggered terms for the mem
bers of the borough assembly
so that at no time is there a
complete change of the assem
ly membership possible. It was
felt that this would make for
better continuity. Two possi
bilities were suggested; one,
that the men be elected for 3
year terms and one-third be
elected each year. Another pos
sibility was that the men be
elected for 4 year terms and
that one-half be elected every
second year.
This group plans to meet
again on March 11th at noon
at Henton’s Lodge near Cooper
Landing.
Sincerely yours,
J. B. Deisher, M.D.
Chrmn. Borough Comm.
Seward Chamber of Commerce
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The Shrimpers from Seward
landed the first place prize
money in the team event over
a field of 20 entries, with a 3115
total. Sterling Bar of Homer
came in second with a 3095 and
Tachick Freight of Soldotna
placed third with a 3070.
All events winner over a
field of 26 was Lee Kowalski
who rang up a total of 1241.
Walt Myrick, Kenai, was second
in all events with a close 1235
and Chuch Tachick made ano
ther third with a total 1229.
Scratch winner in the special
feature was N. King, Seward,
who ended with a 603. Special
feature handicap winner was
Chuch Tachick who bowled a
657.
Total prize money for the
tourney was $298.60 to be dis
tributed to the winners along
with nine cases of beer.
A list of the entrants for the
state tournaments has been
compiled.
I Local entrants for the Men’s
Tournament to be held in Ju
neau March 10-13 are Lee Ko
walski, Burton Carver, Lyle
Von Bargen, Bob Smith, Ray
Gee, Matthew Engstrom, W. H.
Gresham, Tony Bordeneili, Joe
Scarantino, Mark Bratton, Walt
Myrick, Ray LaFrenere and O.
W. Pedersen.
There will be 15 teams of
doubles, 30 singles and three
teams, sponsored by Jet Bar,
Loggers, Sky Bowl and Sky
Bowl Cafe.
Entrants for the Women’s
Tournament to be held in
Ketchikan April 14-15 are
Cathy Morgan, Shirley Ford.
Marylou Marshall, Dee Dee
O’Malia, Elizabeth Meadows,
Donna Whilney, Joyce Carver,
Maxine Clanton, Lea Gresham
and Marge Shadura. There will
be five teams of doubles, 10 sin
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by Kenai Laundry and Sky
Bowl.
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