THE KENAI PENINSULA
CHEECHAKO NEWS
Phone 262-4624 Kenai Drawer 0
LOREN STEWART .„.-.Editor
DOROTHY STEWART.Society Editor
KEITH ARNOLD .Roving Editor
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First The Wilderness
We think a time has come for
Alaskans when we must re
adjust our appraisals of The
Great Land. We propose that a
new policy for the future be
implemented, based upon the
simple assumption that the
dominant Alaskan resource is
the wilderness itself, and that
the development of all things
in Alaska shall henceforth be
pursued only to the end that
such developments shall not in
any appreciable manner depre
ciate the wilderness resource,
or, wherever possible, such de
velopments will be pursued
with intent to actually augment
This is a time for directed
decision, with the rules well
spelled out, and the goal com
pletely understood. To all men
at one time or another during
their allotted spans, there comes
a time when decision decides
destiny and when delaying such
decision must inevitably weight
the scales against the chances of
realizing the hopes of decisions.
We think it is important to the
future of Alaska, and even to
the world, that important deci
sions be now made as to the
future of Alaska’s wilderness.
(This is a small portion of an
editorial reprinted from the
Alaska Sportsman which goes
on to say that though Alaska is
constantly said to have a “great
future” no one has stated “what
this future is” but wherever
this development leads our pol
icy should be “First the Wilder
ness.” We agree.—Ed.)
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Olga Symes Writes
M. Sgt. Hod Symes
7394 E. 54th St.
Lawrence 26, Indiana
Dear Editor:
Thank you for reminding us
of our subscription. We were
thinking about it as we are anx
ious to find out how our Alas
kan friends are doing.
If you have room in your
paper please say hello to our
friends at Kenai, Soldotna, Co
hoe, Homer and Wildwood Sta
tion. Sure would like to chat
with them all.
This Indiana weather is much
too hot for Olga. Hod likes the
heat but admits “Alaska was a
pretty good place.” Bet a few
of his friends at the Masonic
Club will get a laugh from that
one. Sure would like to feel an
Inlet breeze right about now.
Hod has finally made E-8 offi
cially, and, of course, we are
happy about that. He is cur
rently serving as 1st Sgt. of
Student Co. “C” but hears ru
mors that he will be going back
to the Finance School at Ft.
Ben Harrison, “perhaps as
Chief Instructor.” So long for
now.
Olga and Hod Symes.
Ex-Principal Chuck Smith
Writes From Dillingham
May 6, 1961
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Stewart
Cheechako News
Kenai, Alaska
Dear Dorothy and Loren,
It will be a real pleasure to
see you people again, and I
enjoyed our conversation. It
was interesting to learn how
the Kenai and Soldotna area is
booming.
You might be interested to
know that I have just accepted
the position of superintendent
of the Chugiak and new Eagle
River schools. I believe you
know where this is—approxi
mately 15 miles on the Palmer
side of Anchorage. This sys
A.E.R.A. Meets
On Power Probs.
The real problem of getting
power to residents on the Kenai
Peninsula, according to James
Ivanhoe of Homer Electric As
sociation, is making sure that
the persons requesting power
will remain as consumers after
the electricity is installed.
Ivanhoe represented HEA at
an Alaska Entryman’s Rights
Association meeting held Thurs
day in Soldotna.
As an example of how the
HEA could lose on providing
electricity to an area, Ivanhoe
cited the case of a group of 107
persons in the North Kenai area
who petitioned for their homes
to be served with power.
It takes 15 to 20 months to
get a loan, Ivanhoe said, and
this “kicked around for 27
weeks.” By the time the loan
was approved there were 98
left_by the time the line was
installed there were 46 con
sumers.
F. J. Hall, Sterling, cited his
case as an example of patient
waiting after application. He
said he applied 19 months ago
and since then has written and
talked to the board. He has not
yet received electric power.
There were no REA board
members at the meeting.
Information gathered at the
meeting will be sent on to Sen
ator Ernest Gruening in Wash
ington, D. C., Gene Smith, who
presided, said, for his assistance
in working out the problems
confronting settlers in the area.
tern is about the same size as
Kenai. Needless to say, I was
very pleased to receive this ap
pointment. It will be nice to be
back on the road belt—we will
not be too distant to make an
occasional visit. We will prob
ably see you this fall.
Sincerely,
Elmer C. “Chuck” Smith.
I (itinerant Nurse
Schedule
The June schedule for Itiner
ant Nurse Ruth Tewes will be:
Clam Gulch, Cohoe and Ka
silof, June 20 from 12 to 1 p.m.
with summer clinics held at
Clam Gulch Community Hall.
Cooper Landing, June 15
from 12 to 1 p m.
Kenai, every Wednesday
from 1:30 to 4:30 and from 7
to 8 p.m., except June 7.
Ninilchik, June 13, from 12
to 1 p.m., with summer clinics
held in the Post Office.
Soldotna, summer clinics held
at Kenai Health Center.
Sterling. June 18, from 12 to
1 p.m. with summer clinics
held at the school.
The nurse will be on leave
from June 1 through June 10.
A representative from the Di
vision of Welfare will be at the
Kenai Health Center from 10
a.m. to noon on Thursday, June
8. Also the regional sanitarian
will be in the area the week of
June 11. Anyone wishing to
consult him may contact him
through the Kenai Health Cen
ter.
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