Western Kenai Peninsula Communities
Organize for Area Redevelopment
Formation of a Western Kenai
Peninsula Redevelopment com
mittee took place Oct. 21 at a
meeting of representatives from
Election District 12 held at the
Krtiai high school. James Fisher,
f.ttomey for City of Kenai, was
elected chairman of the. commit
tee.
Fisher announces that devel
opment of an overall economic
program for the entire Kenai Pen
insula will be the primary func
tion of the committee. This pro
gram will qualify Peninsula com
munities for Federal assistance
under the Area Redevelopment
Act
This committee, drawn from
representatives of communities on
the Peninsula, has a present mem
bership of 14, including the chair
man and the secretary at large.
Communities with designated
representatives are: Anchor
Point, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Aprill;
Clam Gulch, Bud Keener; Cohoe,
Eugene Smith; Homer, Howard
Myhill; Kasilof, Charles B. Mead
Jr.; Kenai, Leo T. Oberts; Ninil
< ifk. Mrs. Barbara Banta; North
Kenai, Carl Seaman; Soldotna,
Homer Swires, and Sterling, Fran
cis .J. Hall.
Representatives were elected by
unanimous consent of the meeting
as persons being qualified to com
pile the economic data for their
home communities.
Participants at the meeting in
Kenai were Elizabeth D. Aprill,
Allan L. Petersen, Daniel Har
lan, Eugene D. Smith, Jess H.
Nicholas, Leo T. Oberts, Carl
Seaman, Frank Rowley, Stanley
F. Thompson, Charlie Parker,
Clarence Goodrich, Charles Mead
and James Fisher.
It was decided that each elect
ed committee representative form
a focal committee to suggest eco
nomic plans for that particular
community for recommendation
and incorporation into the over
all economic development pro
grim to be presented at the next
meeting of the Western Kenai
Peninsula Redevelopment com
mittee.
The next meeting is to be held
at Anchor Point Community club
on Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. Information
and data collected in the inter
Delegates to Juneau Are
Optimistic Concerning
Bridge, Road Projects
Favorable reaction from state
olficials at Juneau regarding ex
tension of the North Kenai road
and the bridge across the Kenai
River were reported by Stan
Thompson, Donnis Thompson and
Carl Seaman after their return
from the state capital this week.
Stan Thompson was a delegate
from the Kenai City Council and
Seaman represented the North
Kenai Community club. They re
ported their findings at a meet
ing of the Kenai Chamber of
Commerce Wednesday.
Richard A. Downing, Commis
sioner of Public Works, and T. D.
Shevard, who has charge of work
in this district, said bids are to
he let soon on a 5.2 mile exten
sion of the North Kenai road and
that a budget is being set up for
a five-year period for future con
struction in the area. Construc
tion of the 5.2 mile extension is
to begin in the spring.
The local delegation, represent
ing Kenai and North Kenai, asked
for an additional five-mile ex
tension to cross Swanson River
and extend to the beach. A bridge
across Kenai River to connect
Beaver Loop Road and Kalifonsky
Beach Road was also requested
as was the construction of the
Holt Loop Road in the North
Kenai area.
Public works officials said rec
ommendations concerning addi
tional extension and the bridge
would go to the government at
the first of the year. They did
not offer much encouragement,
however, concerning immediate
vening time will be compiled into
a preliminary overall economic de
velopment program which will be
submitted to the various com
munities for approval.
“In all probability the proram
compiled by our committee will
form a basis for a start on the
state plan,” Fisher said.
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construction of the Holt Loop
Roa<i.
Thompson and Seaman also
conferred with Dept, of Educa
tion officials, Dr. Theo J. Nord
by and George Keith, about a pro
posed high school at Kenai and
were assured construction of
schools in incorporated cities was
especially favored, also that the
North Kenai school should be
ready for occupation by Septem
ber or October of 1962.
In a conference with officials
cf the Dept, of Commerce and the
Bureau of Tourism, Morris Ford,
director of tourism, said the cur
rent need was no longer for hot
els and motels but for camping
fac lities. Mare and more tourists
are traveling in camper-trailers,
he said, and accommodations are
needed for them even more than
for tourists who stop at motels
and hotels.
Ford also said that Homer on
the Kenai Peninsula, as well as
Valdez and the Matanuska Valley
was rated as being of great in
terest to tourists. Funds are now
available for marking of histori
cal sites, such as the old Russian
church building in Kenai, the lo
cal group was told.
The Kenai Chamber of Com
merce, after listening to the re
port from Juneau, appointed a
C of C tourism committee to delve
further into tourism possibilities
for the Kenai area.
The committee, which consists
of Donnis Thompson, Jess Nich
olas, Winiford A. Hoover, Billy
McCann, Carl Swanson and Allan
Petersen, will hold its first con
ference at a dinner meeting at
1 p.m. Friday at the Rig Cafe,
Kenai.
September Land
Selection Made
Approximately 44,005 acres
were selected by the Alaska Div.
of Lands during September. Of
this, 27,544.69 acres are General
Grant lands in the Mentasta Lake
region noirth and east of Glen
allen, and in southeast Alaska.
About 15,280 acres of Mental
Health lands were selected in the
Southeast, and 1,280 acres of
Community Grant lands north and
east of Tok.
Included in the selection were
80 acres of general grant land in
the geographic area of Stariski
Creek on the Kenai Peninsula, lo
cated on T3S, R14W, SM.
Patents were received during
September to 5,180.83 acres of
general grant lands in the Mata
nuska Valley and to 1,757.08 a.
of general grant lands in the
Point Woronzof area, just west
of the city of Anchorage. Also to
883.35 acres of University lands
near Broad Pass on the Alaska
Railroad route.
The total now runs to 10,187
acres applied for, 1,401,393.09 a.
tentatively approved and 283,210
acres patented.
TP in Alaska Villages
Nearly 90 per cent of routine
x-rays among the native popula
tion ir Alaska’s Arctic regions
indicate the presence of tubercu
losis, according to the Alaska De
partment of Health and Welfare.
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Soldotna Baptist
Church Activities
The Bible study group of 22
persons, under direction of Bud
Porte, meets every Tuesday at
7:30 p.m. at the Soldotna Bap
tist chuirch. At the same time
Mrs. Paul Weimer meets with
her J.O.Y. group of girls and
boys.
The Mary and Martha club
meets every two weeks on 1 ues
day at 1 p.m. Tuesday evening is
church business meeting time,
followed by a film concerning
youth programs.
Pioneer Girls meet on Thurs
day after school. The 12 girls,
under direction of Shirley Louris
bury ami Donna Schultz,-are
working for Sew-Craft badges.
Rev. Paul Weimer, Jack Louns
bury, Bob Semidt, Hollis Justice
and Bert Schultz are sponsoring
the Boys’ Club, which meets ev
ery Friday after school. The var
ious character-building activities
include crafts, games, singing and
model building.
There are 131,888 or 58.3 per
cent of the state’s population be
tween the ages of 18 and 64 in
Alaska, the U. S. Census Bureau
reports.
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