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Daily Sitka Sentinel, Sitka, Alaska, Wednesday, March IMS Letters to the Edit or I First U.S. Free Trade Mr. Mayor: Your statement in the February 27, 1985, regarding the current tenants of the Front Street School was misleading. It was reported that you stated that the building's current tenants do not serve a public purpose, but are rather members of the private sector conducting business. We should like to take exception to this statement and remind you that YOUTH WORKS is a nonprofit project operated by students who are committed to sharing art with our community.

YOUTH WORKS is currently funded by grants from the Greater Sitka Arts Council, the Alaska State Council for the. Arts and donations from organizations and individuals in our community. If indeed you. are concerned with public involvement and the public's benefit from the building then possibly the position you have taken on razing the building is not in the best interest of your community. In -the current trends in state revenues, it appears to us that tourism has become and will continue to be increasingly beneficial to Sitka's economy.

In that the Front Street School is representative of Sitka's history we believe that if it were supported it has potential to serve and its visitors. We do notf eel that it is short sighted not to realize that tourists do not come to Sitka to see a parking lot. Once again we are faced with the opportunity to preserve; part of Sitka's history and help support our economy by restoring this building and continuing to allow public use for example, YOUTH WORKS Student Art Gallery. The building needs the support of the mayor and the assembly. Thank you.

Sincerely, Board of Directors YOUTH WORKS Student Art Gallery School (Continued from Page 1) representative Jim Wooden was that school begin before Labor Day, recess early for a long Christmas vacation, and include either a half or a full day off for Alaska Day, Oct. 18. Board members indicated a preference for a spring vacation, but the length will depend on the number of days available when the other wishes are taken into consideration. Regulations require a minimum of 180 days of instruction in the school year. In other business, board members: accepted a low bid of $10,899.61 from Bowen's Marine and Auto Service for a three-quarter ton pickup.

Three Sitka companies submitted bids. A call for bids earlier in the year had resulted in none. accepted the resignation of Melany Cueva, school nurse, who wrote that she and her husband will be leaving Sitka to further her husband's career goals. approved the following extracurricular contracts: Traci Barger, freshman volleyball; Peter Parks, head track; Scott Calhoun, assistant track; and Marie Giddings, drama advisor. was reminded of a meeting of parent advisory councils in the.

high school library at 7 p.m. discuss a preliminary projected budget deficit of just over $1 million for 1985-86, based on current requests and keeping all present programs intact. met in a closed session to discuss a financial matter. WEATHER degrees'and Sitka Forecast SITKA (AP) Increasing cloudiness today with east winds to 15 mph and high in the mid 30s. Periods of snow changing to rain winds to 20 mph with low in the low 30s.

Periods of rain tomorrow. Southeast winds to 15 mph and high in the upper 30s. Sitka Weather or "Tuesday 'was 42 the overnight' low 19 According to Sitka Observatory, the temperature at 8 a.m. today was 25 degrees and the barometer was at 29.87. Sunrise was 6:41 a.m.

and sunset will be 5:44 p.m. Alaska Summary A weather front anchored to a storm near Siberia was moving eastward across Alaska early today. Blizzard conditions gripped the arctic as Barrow and Prudhoe Bay reported near zero visibilities with blowing snow. Wind chill in the far north was nearly 70 below zero. Snow was widespread across -the mainland and extended as far eastward as Fairbanks.

Rain and snow were reported on the Kenai Peninsula while it was snowing at Valdez and raining at Kodiak. Alaska Weather Hlgti Low Pr. Anchorage, snow 30 25 16 Annette, clear 41 29 o'oo Barrow, snow X) B03 004 Bethel, partly cloudy 27 6 16 Settles, snow Cold Bay, windy 43 32 027 Cordova, snow 34 30 001 DilHngham, msg 34 23 03 Fairbanks, snow 23 18 Oil Gulkana, msg 23 14 o'oo Homer, drlzile 34 0.2,-hh' CL34 King Salmon, snow 33 31 0 33 Kodiak, rain 42 Nome, snow 34 26 0 45 14 36 30 004 Seward, cloudy 39 28 0 04 Sitka, clear 39 25 000 Vaidez, snow 32 23 Yakutat, cloudy 37 16 o'oo Nation's Weather By The Associated Press Snow spread through the mountains from California to Montana today and rain pelted the Pacific Coast, while snowshowers were scattered from New England into the nation's midsection. A storm warning for heavy snow extended over the mountains of northeast California and the Sierra Nevadas of eastern California. Travelers' advisories were for the elevations TiortHwest California, the Oregon Cascades and northeast Nevada.

Rain was scattered along the nor them and central Pacific Coast. Snow spread over the mountains of northern California, northeast'Nevada, eastern Idaho and western Montana. Weather Elsewhere DAILY SITKA SENTINEL Thad Poulson Managing Editor Published by Verstovia wholly owned in Sitka, daily except Saturday and Sunday at 112 Barracks Street, Sitka, Alaska 99835. Mail address: Box 799. Subscription rates: Three months $20 Six months $35 One year $60.

Inquire for mailed rates, Branham, Inc. Member of The Associated Press. Second class mail' privileges authorized at Sitka, Alaska. USPS 146-160 Phone (907) 747-3219 By Associated Press Wodntsday Temperatures Indicate previous overnight low to 8 a.m. EST.

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Under the agreement, all tariffs, subsidies and other barriers to trade would be abolished; in 10 years; In 1984 the two countries traded $3.9 billion worth of goods. The accord will, be initialled here on Thursday in a U.S.\Trade Representative Williani'E. Brock and Israeli Finance Minister Yitzhak Modai, according to Candace Strother, a special assistant to Brock. Victor Harel, press counselor at the Israeli embassy, said on Monday there were still a few "technical" points to settle. Modai will also be seeing Secretary of State George P.

Shultz and congressional leaders during his four- day visit. Brock said last week that he hbpes there will be more American free trade agreements. He added that the idea is to show countries that are reluctant to open up their markets how much benefit there can be to both sides from freer trade. Though the pact will be reviewed by Congress and the Israeli Knesset, no major changes are expected. Kathleen Keim, in charge of Israeli affairs at the Gommerce Department, said she had received complaints from American manufacturers that they are at a disadvantage in selling to Israel now because of other countries' free trade agreements.

'Zippers and copper wife are she recalled; ''They come mto from the reduced tariffs. Some of those tariffs will disappear altogether by 1990." Some will be gone in five years. Israel, in addition to eliminating its tariffs on American goods, would undertake to end the subsidies it pays on many of the goods it; ships to this country. American business people see these subsidies as unfair competition that makes their own products "cpih- patatively moire expensive; to prospective buyers, Details of the U.S.-IsraeLi agreement were still officially secret, but Ms. Keim said duties would continue to be that compete with U.S.

products considered "sensitive." orange juice, and tomatoes are among thei important. They may not come into the United States duty-free until all 10 years have passed. DURING FEBRUARY: NEW YORK (AP) Declines in mortgage interest rates helped lift sales of nevv homes by 2.6 percent in January as the median price of a home jumped to $814,500 and registered the sharpest monthly gain in nearly'20 years; the government said. Reserve Chairman' Paul Volcker warned anew that the United States cannot expect an indefinite flow of foreign capital to help. finance the massive federal budget deficit.

And stock prices retreated Monday, with ttie Dow Jones industrial average unable to surpass the level "arid falling from its record high. The average of 30 blue-chip stbcKs which ended last week at ail aiWirhe peak of 1,299.36 dropped back to 1,289.53, The average has climbed above during trading at leas.t four times since late January, but quickly retreated on eabh occasion; 'Sales' of liew single-family" hoines seasonally adjusted rate of 620,000 after a percent sales gain in DecemBer, the departments of Commerce and Housing and Urban Development said. The median price of'a new home also rose by 7.9 percent to in the sharpest monttilv rise since a 10.6 percent jump from $20,800 to $26,000 in April 1966, the departments said in a joint Median m6ans half the homes sold cost more and half costless. Commerce Department housing Steve, Berriiarisaidyhe doubted thiatyttie-big January increase meant inflation was i accelerating in the home sales market. He said that in the final three months of 1984, median home prices actually fell 6.1 percent, and that month-to-morith changes can fluctuate a home in- January to The average;" price of creased 2.3 percent in K- The i gain i in sales attributed to dropping mortage interest rates.

Volcker warned the National Council of Savings institutions, meeting in Washington, "overarching im- MSTM3?" of budgetdeficjtTeductibn to thfe He 'rioted that he first called'iof 'a deficit reduction of at least $50 billion 18 months ago. He reiterated his position" that the reduction should come via spending cuts but that if sufficient reductions could not be made that way a tax increase would be necessary By The Associated Press Major U.S. 1 carmakers say their combined late-February sales climbed 15.8 percent from a year earlier, thanks partly to sales incentives, at certain companies. The House, meanwhile, approyedva credit-bailout for financially troubled farmers and their setting up a politically charged confrontation with a veto-minded President Reagan. And orders to U.S; factories fell 0.9 percent in January for their seventh decline in the past 10 months, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

The six big U.S. automakers said their sales between Feb. 21-28 climbed to 251,335 units from 248,062 a year earlier. Since there was one fewer actual selling day during the period than in 1984, the 15.8 percent gain is based on sal'es per day', which rose to 35,905 from 31,008. Chrysler Corpv paced the increase with a 61.1 percent sales jump.

The 255-168 House vote on the farm- credit bill came as several hundred farmers lobbied on Capitol Hill for more government aid. The measure now goes to the president, who has made it clear he intends to veto it as too costly and unnecessary: Factory orders fell $1.7 billion in January to $192.2 billion, the Commerce Department said. This followed percent decline in December and a 4.5 percent November gain. While orders for durable goods, those items expected to last three years, rose modestly in January, orders for non- durable goods dropped to their lowest level since October 1983. The 3.9 percent decline in non-durable goods, products such as paper, chemicals and food, left them at $88.3 billion CivH Rights Chief Calls Black Leaders 'Racist 9 WASHINGTON (AP) Black leaders who promote preferential treatment for blacks are racists, more intent on "peddling pain" than establishing a color-blind society, says the chairman of the U.S.

Commission on Civil Rights. Clarence M. Pendleton who is black, said Tuesday that programs such as goals, timetables and quotas for minorities amount to "the new racism that confronts black people today." Pendleton, who was appointed by President Reagan, has led a new commission majority to adopt positions vehemently opposed to race and sex quotas views endorsed by the administration. On Tuesday, the panel voted 5-2 to adopt a position on enforcement of civil rights laws that also is favored by the administration. The position, which affects private colleges whose students receive federal loans, goes beyond what the Supreme Court required in February 1984 when it narrowed civil rights enforcement in institutions receiving federal money.

In a speech to the National Press Club, Pendleton asked, "What is the new racism that confronts black people today? Who are these new racists? Many of them are the media-designated black leaders. These new racists, many of them black, exhibit the classical behavior system of racism. They treat blacks differently than whites because of their race." Following the speech, Ralph Neas, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, made a sharp response. "Pendleton has gone beyond the pale," Neas said. "Such foolishness does not deserve the dignity of a reply." Pendleton said civil rights leaders should be concentrating on improving education for blacks.

"But no, our so-called black leaders are spending every moment peddling pain, complaining about budget cuts in food stamp programs, job training programs, legal services and aid to familiies with dependent children," Pendleton said. The correct prescription for change, he said, is. the one proposed by President Reagan a strong economy, low inflation, low interest rates, less government and an increased gross national product. Dear ABB Landers: During this past summer I met and fantastic man. I had never been so happy in my life.

He said he felt the same way. We had storybook honeymoon, but but happiness was short-lived. Soon after we returned home he became ill and died. I was devastated My husband had a will, but I was not in it. I'm sure he believed he would live a long time and planned to rewrite his will at a later date.

His relatives behaved like vultures. Before the funeral they came to our home and took furniture, art arid books. His family had remained cool and distant. They feel that since we were married only; a short time my husband's demise coukTnot have been very traumatic. I don't know why I'm writing to you.

Maybe it's because you are like an old friend and I am SADINELPASO DEAR EL: The fact that your husband did not include you in his will does not mean youi are entitiled to nothing. See a lawyer at once. I checked with Jean Feehan, a Chicago attorney who specializes in wills. She said, "Unless there was a premarital agreement which excluded you from an you are legally entitled to a statutory share. Percentages vary according to states.

In; Illinois, if your spouse! had no children, you would get 50 percent of his entire estate, sifter payment of all just claims. If he had children, you would receive one-third. Also, if your husband willed various pieces of furniture, art and books to friends and relatives, they are entitled to those items." Your letter underscores the importance of updating wills before marriage. If there is no will, however, the state law prevails. How sad that so many men and women who 'have worked a lifetime and done well fai! to specify where they want their money to it falls into the of people for whom It was never intended.

Dear Ann Landers: If you would listen more closely 1 what your readers are saying'' instead of concentrating on witty comeback, you would dp Wteh. Walnut questioned your response to an earlier letter, you answered his question WITH a question: "How; did it happen that a fellow; as smart as you got mixed up with so many losers?" answer to the man's question in his, letter. said, Ninety-nine; of I the single women out there are i golddiggers, cold fish, goofballs and idiots- either rcrazy or so mpney-hungry they woudn't recognize a decent man if they fell over Walnut Creek hit it right on the nose. Pay attention to what people Annie, arid yoil won't have to work so hard at being IN TULSA bEARTULSA- I pay a great deal of atehtion to what people write. Your agreement with Walnut Greek's evaluation of 99 percent of the single women out there suggests that you've been badly hurt, and.

am. Ugliness, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. What you see in others is what you are likely to get Planning a wedding? What's right? What's wrong? Ami Landers' "New Bride's Guide" 5 will relieve your To receive a copy, send $2.00 plus a long, self-adressed, stamped envelope (37 cents postage) to Ann Landers, P.p. Box 11995, Chicago, III. TOrthday March 7,1985 This coming year there will be a number of in your life.

You're not likely to initiate any of them, but they will all work oiit for your ultimate benefit: PISCES 20-March 20) Be extra mindful of your small but valuable possessions today your rings on sink' or your wallet in Jthe phone booth. ARIES (March 21-April 19) Avoid associations today that waste time: If.ypu.want you can'r be enticed to too long oveKa coffee DVeak'V. 1 'TAURUS (April 2O-May evry- vu thing'but inVthe bpe'h aricl 'above iboard today. This will frustrate gossips enjoy having negative things to say about others. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) At a social gathering today, you may someone who is flying false colors.

Don't be overly impressed outward appear- ances. CANCER 21-July 22)- Ailies you can usually depend on might hot supportive as you would like them to be today. Don't put yourself in a-position 4 Light four- wheeled riage 5 Former Mjdeast alliance'(abbr.) 6 Last 7 Fills out 8 Hawaiian. instruments 9 Quilting party rll. Mendacity 13 Scarce -19 Young "child 21 Exploit: 23 Asian country i4 Skeleton parr 24 Foot part(2 wds.) 25 8 26 Poet Pound 30 Kitty 31 Empire State 32 Alley where you have to bank upon others.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) thinkihg might not be up to par today ahci your vision could be limited. Be careful or you may design future plan with square (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Vyheri shopping today, be wary of making badipuys.

This could happen if you are more concerned with attractive, wrapping thari the contents of the package. -LIBRA; (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)T Indecisipn could be your greatest weakness today, especiaHy in pertainihg to your you're Wishy-washy, it'll confuse (Oct. 24-Nov.

22) Don't turn your back on who needs'- your help today. You'll regret it later if you had an opportunity to lend (inothih'gjabVut 1 (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Investi- ment tips from shquid 7 be checked out thoroughly before Jheir infprmatioh could contairi flaws CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.

19) stature in the eyes of your contemppraries: faeUtempiJi to prpmise to deliyer something AQUARIUS cpujd bit too; qyw good, ira-tielier of tall tales 1 brag's-abdiJt catching a big fish, ask graph. Answer to Previous Puzzle 1 Breed of dog 4 Lowest form of wit 7 Saloon 10 Malevolent 12 Head growth 14 New Zealand tree 15 Slippery 16 Indian buffalo 17 English" river 18 Flightless bird 20 Tie up 22 Grooves 33 Chemical suffix 34 55, Roman 36 Capture 37 Supper 39 Slicker 42 Upset 45 47 Style of type 51 Lay 52 Fruit residue 54 Has 55 Actress Sothem. 56 Of the planet Mars (comb, form) 57 Biblical prophet 58 School organization (abbr.) 59 One (Ger.) 60 Do wrong DOWN 1 Peep out 2 Part of the eye 3 False glitter 28 Bellow 29 Police alert (abbr.) 30 Card game 35 Camera tube 38 Pull 40 Allow" 41 Bojse is 43, Cougar 44 Finnish lake 45 Center of sail 46 burner. 48 Emit coherent .49 Roman highway 5Q-Dear (Fr.) i-51-Soft food Portuguese CELEBRITY CIPHER anne by CONNIE WIENER A A A A A RJLCf A A A A A A.

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