The Kenai Peninsula
Cheechako News
THIRD VKAR ^_ _ _ MARCH 23, 1962 . ..PRICE 10c COPY DUMBER 72~“
Central High School Sought
Good Snow, Good Weather, Good Skiers
Combine to Make Local Race a Success
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o*?v«u.vy-i jve people journieu
from Homer to Soldotna Sunday
for the Giant Ski Race at the Sol
dotna Ski Hill on March 18. The
race was the first to be held in
this area and was sponsored by
the Peninsula Sportsman Associa
tion with the help of local busi
ness people. The day was an ideal
one for the sport and the event
was well attended by interested
spectators.
Contestants from Homer repre
sented the Kaehemak Ski Club.
A total of 57 junior racers par
ticipated, 44 from Homer and U
from Soldotna. Fourteen adults
from the recreational skiers pro
vided entertainment in a special
race for men and a special race
for women. Trophies were award
ed to the first three places in
each race.
Forerunner of the course was
Bobby Moss, 12-year-old interme
diate skier from Homer, who set
the pace for the races by making
the course in total elapsed time
Of 38 seconds. Each racer made
the., course, which was approxi
mately AM in length, two
time*
Eighteen trophies were .present
ed of which Soldotna kept seven.
In the Junior Novice Boys5 Race
(for contestants 10 years of age
and abovej, Robbie Hoedel, Hom
er, placed first, making- the two
runs down the course in total
elapsed time of 43 seconds, best
score of any racer competing Sun
day. His brother, Sidney Hoedel,
placing second, had second best
time for the day, 45.8 seconds.
Stau MeJLane, son of Stanley
and Daphne McLane of Ridge
way, placed third in the same
classification with a score of 46.4.
As far as scoring for the day was
concerned, however, the boy was
Contract
Awarded
For P. 0.
The Poat Office Department
lias accepted a bid by C & 11
Builders, Seattle, to construct a
post office at Soldotna and to
rent it to the government at $5,
500 a year, according to a tele
gram received by the Cheechako
News from Alaska’s Congression
al delegation -in Washington,. D.' C.
The building is to be located on
the Xcnai Spur Road and will
provide 2,067 square feet of inte
rior space, 180 square foot plat
form and a paved parking area
of .14,381 feet.
The basic period of lease will
be 10 years with two renewal op
tions of five years each.
The wire confirming the bid ac
ceptance was signed by Senators
E. L. Bartlett and Ernest Omen
ing and Rep. Ralph J. Rivers.
Notice!
The office of Jess Nicholas,
deputy magistrate at Kenai, is
closed this week. Nicholas was
called to Anchorage for court
duty, beginning March 19, and
will remain there throughout
March 24.
Dested Dy jus lather whose tsme
was 45.9.
Coming- in fourth, fifth and
sixth, hut not receiving trophies,
in the same race were Art Brown
ing and BUI Choquette, both of
Homer, and Mike McLane, Sol
dotna.
In Junior Novice Girls’ compe
tition, trophy winners and their
total elapsed time included Jean
Mead, Homer, 53.3; Milly Mora
wita, Homer, 60.1, and Nancy
Hoedel, Homer, 63.9. They were
followed in fourth, fifth and sixth
place by Paige Spencer, Kenai:
Teresa Dahlgreen, Homer, and
Abbv Lancashire, Soldotna.
Mity Mite No, 1 competition
(for eight and nine-year-old boys
and girls) saw all three trophies
going to Homer youngsters. They
were Tim Mead, 43.5; Kevin Dahl
green, 44.2, and Ricky Anderson,
44.5. John Spencer, Kenai, came
in fourth, and Mike Reardon and
Kelly Sutherland, both of Homer,
fifth and sixth.
Mity Mite No. 2 (boys and gills
(Continued on Page 8)
Union Enters Oil Picture;
Peninsula Group Organizes
Collective bargaining rights of
Alaska Oil Worker's, Kenai, were
assigned to International Union
of Petroleum Workers in a Na
tional Labor Board election held
•in Swanson River Oil Field on
March 20.
The action is regarded as sig
nificant. in as-much as it marks
the entry of Lnte. national Union
Petroleum Workers. into Alaska
oil industry. Primarily expected
to be effected by the action are
production and maintenance
workers in the field.
The assignment of bargaining
rights concerned 31 employees of
Northern Oil Operations, a com
pany owned and operated by
Glenn McCollum of Kenai, and
ended an approximate 10 months
contest between the Alaska Oil
Workers and the Laborer's and
Hod Carriers Union Local 341 of
Anchorage.
The election was conducted by
Howard Hilbun, field agent for
National Labor Relations Board,
Present at the election were Har
old Groothius of Anchorage, rep
resenting Laborers Local No. 341,
and Edward Parmer of Salters
field, Calif-, representing- I.TJ.P.W,
Geer a year ago, the Laborers
Union made an attempt to organ
ize Northern Oil Operations. A
contest ensued, that resulted in
local oil workers forming their
own organization — Alaska Oil
Workers, This contest ended
Tuesday in a victory for IJJ.P.W.
International headquarters of
I.U.P.W. are located at Bakers
field, Calif. The, union currently
holds contracts covering the west
ern states.
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KENM, ALASKA
Area Advisory Boards
IVIake Unanimous Request
Urgent and immediate need for
construction of a high school suf
ficiently large to accommodate
the growing area encompassing
Ken*,!, North Kenai, Soldotna,
Sterling, Cohoe and Clam Gulch
is being brought to the attention
of the State Department of Edu
cation.
A letter dated March 14, direct
ed to Dr. Theo Norfoy, Commis
sioner of Education, was drafted
following a joint meeting of area
advisory boards and school admin
istrators last week in Soklotna.
(Resignation of Dr. Norby from
the commissioner’s office is not
expected to become effective until
June 30.)
The letter was signed by Ed
ward Hoilier, chairman of the Ke
nai School Board, and by Stanley
McLane, chairman of the SoLdot
na Advisory School Board.
Copies of the communication
have been mailed to Sen, Irwin
Metcalf of Seward, Rep. Leo
Rhode of Ifower, fcenai City
Council, George Keefe (Director
of Rd ucatiewa), Gather C«.ro < An
chor* ge field office), Kenai
School Board, Arthur Taurienen
of North Kenai, and to Advisory
School Boards of Tastumemi.
Sterling and Soldotna.
The letter, in its entirety, fol
lows:
Dr. Theo Norby, Commissioner of
Education,
Department of Education,
Juneay, Alaska
Dear Dr. Norby:
A meeting was held at the Sol
dotna school on March 13, 1962,
at which the following groups
were in attendance: The Advisory
School Boards from the Sterling,
Soldotna, and Tustumena schools;
the Kenai City School Board, and
representatives from Cohoe, Clam
Gulch and North Kenai, Local
school administrators were also
present.
Elks Sponsor
Local Cerebral
Palsy Program
Dick Markson, Anchorage, was
a visitor in the Kenai-Soldotna
area recently in connection with
the cerebral palsy program spon
sored by the Alaska State Elks
Assoc. Markson is administrator
of the program.
The physical therapy program
is to be re-established on the
Ketrai Peninsula for the benefit
of handicapped children and
adults.
'farkson, who is also a regis
tered physical therapist, plans to
visit the Peninsula every two
weeks with a mobile unit. Medical
prescriptions for physical therapy
treatments mast be obtained from
a local doctor before treatments
will be administered, he said.
Those needing such treatments
are advised to contact their per
sonal physician and arrange for
an appointment with the therapist
who travels on a fluctuating
schedule.
The service is free to those who
need such treatments, Markson
saki.
The entire program is supported
by voluntary donations from the
more than $,00v members of the
13 Elks lodges an<; Bill > Clubs in
the state.
The purpose of the meeting was
to resolve any differences be
tween the various areas concern
ing the location of a new high
school that must he built very
soon in order to educate our chil
dren.
The group was unanimous in
the desire to have one large high
school to serve the area. In an
effort to locate a central location
but still neutral ground outside
the Kenai city limits, a possible
site was selected in Section -3L
T6N-R10 W, -which is adjacent to
the Kenai Spur Road approxi
mately five miles east of the Ke
nai city center towards Soldotna.
The city limits follow the road
closely at this point and the site
is near the highway. There is
some public land available but
most would have to be purchased.
The group wishes to know if
the state wMl build a high school
to serve the entire area. We. real
ize the legal ramifications that
are involved such as Kenai pu
pil* .attending a school outside the
city and that laws may have to
be changed to enable this. The
representatives from Clap*, Gulch
and Cohoe express the desire for
their children to attend this cen
tral school.
We know your decision on this
matter would necessarily not be
hasty but we wish to stress the
point that planning for u school
cannot wait much longer. The Ke
nai city district will be forced to
provide extra temporary class
rooms this coming year.
The group agreed that if the
state will not ©r cannot build a
high school in the mentioned area,
that the State Department of Ed
ucation should give approval to
the Kenai City School District’s
request for authorization of a
feasibility survey for a high
school two miles east of the Ke
nai city center, which is nine
miles from the Soldotna junction.
The need for a high school is
imperative. An early decision on
the pact of the Board of Educa
tion would prevent, local political
bickering. That decision, we re
spectfully request.
This meeting is evidence of har
mony in area-wide thinking re
garding the education of our chil
dren. Minutes are available upon
request,
ncci'dv
(Signed) EDWARD HOLI.IER,
Chairman, Kenai School Board.
(Signed) STANLEY Me LANE,
Chairman, Soldotna Advisory
School Board.
Inside See . ..
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR .Pg. 2
PEOPLE & PLACES.pg. 5
The OUTDOOR ALASKAN
Hunting & Fishing.pg. 5
JOBS
Work planned and
contracts let pg. 6
OIL NEWS.-.pg. 6
PENINSULA PROGRESS
REPORT .- pg. 4
CHURCH SERVICES .. - ...pg. 2
WA NT ADS . .. pg. 7