14 Dec 1962
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Newspaper
Kodiak Mirror
Location
Kodiak, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1962
Page
1
Kodiak Independent School District faces a 1.5 mill levy increase under a proposed budget discussed by the school board in a joint session with the City Council. The plan would raise total expenditures to 642,332, up from 619,256, with instruction taking the largest share and enrollment projected at 1,200 for the next year.
City Manager Bill Poland updated the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce on ongoing projects including a $47,000 airport improvement to add a ramp to Big Lake and create 12,000 square feet of parking space funded by state funds. He noted a $350,000 FHHA matching grant request for future street work, interest from three bidders after a state-rejected bid, a new base-road area, a Seventh Avenue to Mission Road project, and costly Tagura Road right-of-way acquisition.
The Kodiak Chamber voted to send condolences to Pensacola Florida for a cold spell. Officials invited Pensacans to relocate north to Kodiak where the temperature reached 40 degrees while Pensacola endured 19 degrees. The note suggests Mid Westerners might reconsider wintering in Alaska.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced a 16 day extension to the Kodiak deer season through December 31. The change allows adding one deer to the regular bag limit in all of Game Management Unit 8 except the area east of the Hidden Basin Narrows Dovolno Point and Pillar Creek mouth near Monashka Bay.
Bennie Benson, designer of the Alaskan State Flag, was admitted Thursday to Griffin Memorial Hospital in Kodiak for a heavy hospitalization and received a blood transfusion as part of ongoing fundraising efforts by the Mirror and Kodiak Airways.
Kodiak Rapsules by Bill Mason recounts a soggy Sunday on the island. A small man braves a downpour, winds, and heavy clothing to buy two rolls at Naughton's Bakery, insisting his mother did not send him out on such a night.
The Kodiak Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution urging an additional state trooper be based in Kodiak. It noted two to three officers serve similar towns while Trooper C E Hussey covers Kodiak and the Aleutians, leaving him away much of the time. The group considered adding a night patrolman to guard the business district and small boat harbor if feasible.
Cpl Lloyd Fuller returns Saturday from a two week Method of Instruction course at Fort Richardson Alaska to resume duties as weapons platoon squad leader. Pfc Ervin McNeil will attend Infantry Radio Repairman's School at Fort Benning Georgia after the first of the year. Specialist Fourth Class Dennis Moore will take a general supply supervision course at Fort Lee Virginia reporting in late March.
Shuyak surveyor Bill Damery reported The Shuyak is aground on the west side of Sitkalidak Island with the vessel on its side and swamped. Harvey Flying Service pilot Chuck Weir accompanied Damery to the scene. More details will appear next week in the Mirror.
The newspaper announces a temporary halt on Letters to the Editor and Waterfront sections due to a heavy advertising schedule. Readers are informed these features will resume next week with the normal lineup restored.
Kodiak merchants are urged to choose Christmas greetings for the Mirror Christmas edition set to publish Friday Dec 21 1962. The edition will be the last of the year for a weeklong vacation, and staff can bring the greeting book to businesses if needed.
Governor William A. Egan announced that state employees will have Monday, December 24, off to allow travel for Christmas. The move mirrors President Kennedy’s executive order granting similar federal employee privileges. Christmas observances are cited as the reason for the extra day, while December 31 will not be granted as paid leave.
At a Kodiak Chamber of Commerce session led by Nick Frost, the Industrial Committee sought resolutions to attract a fertilizer plant and to secure a site for a State Vocational School approved by voters in November. The plan aims to remove fish offal from the area while utilizing fertilizer in the Manatuska Valley.
Big George from the Honey Bee docks a singing telegram plan on his mother’s birthday. He enlists Stan Austerman and an orchestra at the Casino to perform a duet with a long distance call from Sportland, sending cheers from Grays Harbor Washington.
A large crowd attended Tuesday night’s Borough Study meeting as Chairman John Waller turned the program over to Ronald Cease, State Director of Local Affairs, who spoke on first and second class boroughs and limited annexation. Cease answered questions from the floor.
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