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Lobbying By Schools Is Probed ANCHORAGE (AP) The city Board of Ethics since last year has been investigating possible violations of the municipality's ethics ordinance by Anchorage School District officials. The board may vote in April on whether district lobbying for $100 million in school bonds on the October 1985 ballot was illegal, said Patrick Anderson, board chairman. On Tuesday, Assemblyman John Wood, apparently unaware of the ongoing case, called for an investigation of school district lobbying after reviewing records on file at the Alaska Public Offices Commission. Wood claims the district had violated the ethics ordinance because school supplies and employees were used to produce the advertisements. Anderson said a complaint was filed against the school district last year.

School district officials presented their case to the board in November. Until a vote is taken and a complaint is forwarded to the Assembly, details of board investigations are kept secret. Chris Hooten, a district spokesman said Wood's allegations were unfounded. "We never told anybody to vote for or against anything," he said. "We just asked them to exercise their right as an American citizen." Sea Survival Seminar Listed A "Commercial Fishermen's Sea Survival Seminar" sponsored by the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association will be held 8 a.m 5 Friday at Yaw Chapel at Sheldon Jackson College.

The cost for the seminar is $25. For further information or to register call 747-3988 or stop by the post office building, room 215. Humane Society Meets March 19 The Sitka Humane Society will meet 7 p.m. on alternate Wednesdays beginning March 19 at Blatchley Junior High, room 141. The organization's primary aims, after establishing non-prof it status, are public awareness, fund-raising and community involvement.

Establishment of a well-furnished animal shelter is a future goal. For more information, call Donna Peacocke 747-5069 or Cindy Johnstone 747-3716. Bake Donations Sought Sitka Respect For Human Life will have a bake and rummage sale booth at the WintersEnd bazaar. Persons wishing to donate baked goods are asked to bring them to Sheldon Jackson College gym 9:30 a.m March 22, spaces 8 and 9. Dancers to Meet The NoowTlein Dancers will practice 2 p.m.

Sunday at the ANB Hall. Feathers and felt will be available for making regalia. Susan Butcher Wins Iditarod Sled Race NOME, Alaska (AP) with a headlong rush that started in Unalakleet, Susan Butcher charged across the finish line and into the history books early today in the fastest- ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from Anchorage to Nome. Flushed and perspiring after setting a record-breaking pace to win the mile race, Butcher put an end to her history of near-wins in the Iditarod. Twice, she has finished the race in second-place.

She became only the second woman to ever win the punishing contest when she crossed the finish line on Nome's Front Street at 12:05 a.m. (AST) behind her lead dogs, Granite and Spoons. Libby Riddles won the contest last year. Hundreds of spectators perched atop cars and buildings to get a peek at the 1986 Iditarod champion, who arrived in a blaze of television lights and flashbulbs. Northern lights streamed across the sky above Nome.

Butcher said she was "numb" after her victory, but her dogs appeared unimpressed with the ensuing bedlam They curled up in balls and looked bored in the finish chute as Butcher posed for picture after picture. Asked what she would do with the $50,000 first-prize money, the 30-year- old musher replied, "All of the money that I ever win in any race just goes back into thekennels." She said she has 100 dogs. Butcher completed her journey in 11 days, 15 hours and six minutes. The old record was 12 days, eight hours, 45 minutes and two seconds set in 1981 by four-time Iditarod champion Rick SwensonofManley. "I could tell it was fast because I'm tireder than ever before," said Butcher, who completed the race with 13 dogs.

Last year, when storms twice delayed the race, Riddles crossed the finish line after 18 days on the trail. Joe Garnie, the soft-spoken mayor of Teller, a tiny village some 60 miles northwest of Nome, finished in second place early today, with an elapsed time of 11 days, 16 hours, 1 minute and 11 seconds. The crowd, which gave Butcher a warm welcome, went wild when Garnie pulled across the finish line. "I just had to get here before the party was over," Garniesaid. "I should have been here a half a day The trail this year from Anchorage has been called one of the toughest ever, witka lack of snow over mucrrof the route making the pace fast but brutal on dogs, sleds and mushers.

Fourteen of the original 73 mushers have dropped out. Several were injured; others scratched because of worn-out dogs or damaged sleds. Only three of the more than 1,000 dogs running the race died, said race veterinarin Jim Leach. They all died in unavoidable accidents, he said. Butcher and Garnie, Libby Riddles' racing partner, had slugged it out for the lead since Monday, when Garnie was first out of the Norton Sound village of Unalakleet, beating Butcher by 20 minutes.

He had worked his team hard, playing catch-up since last when a wrong turn near Takotna cost him about 40 miles and five hours just short of the race's halfway point. After Unalakleet, when the mushers turned north and started battling the coastal winds, only minutes separated the two. She was first out of White Mountain at 2:39 p.m. Wednesday, as soon as her mandatory four-hour layover ended. Garnie was only four minutes behind, Fundraiser Planned Shots to be Given The Preceptor Theta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at the home of Louise Bagley Tuesday evening.

Plans were discussed for Las Vegas night to be held March 22. Beth Reynolds and Louise Bagley presented a program on the history of South Africa. This topic will be continued at the next meeting at the home ofBerniceStedman. Sitka will hold a clinic for diphtheria- tetanus immunization. These Booster shots are recommended every 10 years.

Clinic times are: March 20, p.m., Double 0 300 Moller Drive. March 21, p.m., Sitka Health Center, 210 Moller St. No charge will be made for the immunizations. Call 747-3255 for further information. driving many of the dogs that led Riddles to her victory last year.

She said Garnie made "his biggest mistake" by pushing too hard during the middle of the day Wednesday overheating and tiring his dogs. Swenson continued to threaten from third-place position. He pulled into White Mountain for his four-hours layover a little more than a half-hour after Butcher and Garnie had left. Butcher has run the Iditarod seven times, beginning in 1978. Her racing career has been a series of firsts.

She was the first woman to finish the Iditarod in the top 20. She later was the first woman to finish in the top 10 then the top five. Butcher has finished all the races she has started except one. A moose stomped through her team last year knocking her out of the race and allowing Riddles to become what Butcher long had wanted the first woman musher to win the Iditarod. Garnie, 32, ran his first Iditarod in 1978, when he finished 21st.

In 1979 he scratched, but in 1980 he finished 12th. In 1981, Garnie finished 16th, and in 1984 he finished third. While Butcher got $50,000 for her win the rest of the $200,000 purse will be split among the next 19 finishers. Outfitting, Guide Meeting Listed The Forest Service will hold an informational meeting for persons interested in outfitting and guiding 7-30 p.m. Tuesday at the Forest Service building, 204 Siginaka Way.

Topics include application procedures for the 1986 season, fee schedules, insurance and Forest Service policy concerning outfitting and guiding. Cast, Crew of 'Annie' to Meet Anita Maynard-Losh, guest director of the musical, "Annie" will arrive in Sitka and has announced meetings for all the play's participants in Allen Auditorium on the Sheldon Jackson Campus. Technical assistants are asked to meet at 6:30 p.m. Sunday followed by a read-through by the cast at 7:30 p.m. Persons interested in assisting technically with the production are invited to attend the first session.

College credit for participation in the production of this musical play is available through Islands Community College. Dog Needed For 6 Annie' The play, "Annie," has been cast with the exception of one of the starring roles, that of, "Sandy," Annie's faithful companion. Producers of the play are looking for a dog who has a reddish cast to his coat and who is well disciplined, likes people and could be trained to behave in appropriate ways on the stage. Appointments for auditions for this part may be made by calling 747-5756 on Monday. Field Trip to Juneau Offered The Cooperative Extension Service Family Community Leadership Program is offering a legislative field trip to Juneau March 17-21.

The goal of the program is to provide citizens with the information and skills needed in order to participate in local decision-making that affects the family. For further information, contact the extension service in Sitka 747-6065 or in Juneau 586-7102. Alaska Picks Artist for Duck Stamp JUNEAU (AP) A Minnesota artist's painting of Steller's eiders in flight has been chosen for the 1986 Alaska duck stamp, the Department of iFish and Game announced today James Meger, of Edina, painted a pair of Steller's eiders against the background of the Alaska peninsula. He said he studied the ducks' habitat by looking at photographs of Izembek Lagoon, where the ducks congregate in July. The painting was chosen on the basis of how the birds were represented, artistic composition, accuracy in habitatat, lighting, and how well the work will reproduce as a stamp that is 2 inches by inches.

Meger said in a prepared statement he tried to duplicate the overcast skies and other characteristics of the peninsula, but did not place the birds at any specific location. "I spent 15 days of research on the Steller's eider and the Aleutians before I began to paint," he said. The Department of Fish and Game expects sales of the $5 stamp to drop from last year's sale of the state's first stamp, which showed emperor geese. Print sales of that painting generated $900,000. Money from the duck stamps is used to improve waterfowl habitat.

The department also announced its selection of the spectacled eider as the subject of the 1987 Alaska duck stamp "on test. ICC Lists Classes The following classes will be sponsored by Islands Community College. For further information, call 747-6653. "Estate Planning," a free workshop giving general information about wills The class is slated 7-9 p.m. March 20 at Blatchley Junior High and given by attorney Don Craddick.

"Handling Childhood Emergencies a six-week workshop 7-9 p.m. on Thursdays beginning March 20 and ending April 24 at Blatchley Junior High, room 142. Practical information to use in an emergency situation will be emphasized. The workshop is free, but special arrangements may be made at the first session to receive one credit in Early Childhood Education. Foresters Meet The Sitka Chapter of the Society American Foresters will meet.V?.'a Monday at the Sheffield Shee Atika.

Dan Logan, fisheries biologist, will summarize key points of presentations given by industry officials, biologists and foresters at the Western Fish Habitat Relations meeting held in Seattle in February. Cutting prescriptions and large organic debris will be addressed. The public is invited. Seminars Listed At Home Show The Home Show-Trade Fair will be held Saturday and Sunday. One new feature this year will be seminars conducted by the show's participants.

These presentations will be 20 minutes in length and feature topics as correct wood stove installation and alternate home financing. The Sentinel's weekend edition will carry the listings and times. During the show, tickets will be sold for two prizes. First prize will be a Fisher VHS format VCR and the second prize will be a full-sized mountain bike. Lamaze Slated The next session of Prepared Childbirth will be held 7 p.m.

March 24 in the Sitka Community Hospital classroom for couples due around late April to mid-June. To pre-register, call Judy Estroff 7476002. Special Packages To Alaska's First City Sdoys, 2 nights $59 PER PERSON' TWIN SHARE BASIS "ADD $35 PER PERSON FOR SINGLES ADD-ONS OFFER EFFECTIVE OCT 15, 1985 MAY 15 1986 ITA-KVB-2 INCLUDES: Choice of hotels: Ingersoll or Gilmore. Unlimited city bus pass. Discount coupons worth $100 per person on food, beverage, clothing, gifts.

Special discounted tour- basing airfares from all cities served by Alaska Airlines jets. CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS Through your travel agent or Alaska Airlines. Travel Agents call collect. KETCHIKAN VISITORS BUREAU THE CONVENTION INCENTIVE DESTINATION 131 Front St, Ketchikan, AK 99901 907-225-6166 HlKflN Introducing a powerful six-part film scries that will move you to action Turn Your Heart Toward Home with Dr. James Shirley Dobson.

You are invited to attend one or all of the series- Sundays, Sitka Christian Center March 16 A Father Back Tcht2 Power ln Paren tins: The Young Child March 30 Power in Parenting: The Adolescent April 6 The Family Under Fire April 13 Overcoming a Painful Childhood April 20 The Heritage Note: This film contains explicit information regarding the pornography industry. Not recommended for young audiences. Daily Sitka Sentinel, Sitka, Alaska, Thursday, March Page 5 Mandatory Seat Belt Bill Slips By House JUNEAU (AP) Alaska drivers would be required to wear seat belts, under a measure that narrowly passed the House Wednesday. The so-called "mandatory seat belt law" was approved after lengthy debate by a 22-to-l6 vote. At least 21 votes are needed to pass a measure in the House.

The proposal is likely to come up for more debate before being sent to the Senate, where substantial opposition is expected During debate on the measure, some legislators argued that government should do all it can to protect people. Others, however, said the proposal attacks the right to personal freedom. "This law will result in more people buckling up," said Rep. Mike Miller, a Juneau Democrat who sponsored the bill. "If we pass this law, there will be more people alive at this time next year that would otherwise be dead." Miller said 85 people not counting pedestrians died in traffic accidents in Alaska last year.

Seventy-nine did not wear seat belts, he said. Still, some lawmakers argued that such decisions should be left to personal choice, not mandated by the state. Rep. Andre Marrou, L-Homer, asked if government should attempt to regulate everything considered dangerous to a person's health. "Obesity is unhealthy," he said.

"Why don't we require people to get weighed once a week, just like trucks? Miller's proposal requires drivers to buckle up whenever in a vehicle, unless the vehicle does not have seat belts. It would be against the law to remove seat belts from a vehicle, however. People who deliver newspapers or mail from inside their vehicles would be exempt from the law, as would passengers in a school bus or emergency vehicle. Miller said the law would be enforced when troopers or police are performing other duties. For example, a driver stopped for speeding would also be cited if he or she is not buckled up.

"This law is not going to be so strictly enforced so we have seat belt patrols," Miller said. If convicted for the first time, a driver would face a $15 fine and the addition of demerits to his or her driving record. The proposal does not affect the child- restraint law already in place in Alaska. That statute makes it a crime to transport infants or small children in a vehicle without a proper child- restraint seat or seat belt. Anchorage Assembly Gets Back King Issue ANCHORAGE (AP) Assembly members three months ago dodged the question of whether to name a city thoroughfare after slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King but now the issue has been dumped back in their laps.

Instead of renaming Ninth Avenue for King in January, the Assemby formed a committee to find a significant community feature to name for him. The committee now says Ninth Avenue will do nicely, along with the Performing Arts Center now under construction, a building at the University of Alaska-Anchorage and an Anchorage school. "We're going in and asking for Ninth Avenue" but also want to see the other facilities named for King, said Delilah Williams, chairwoman of the The committee made its decision Tuesday and expects to forward its recommendations to the Assembly on March 25. A bid to rename the street in January ran into heavy oppositon from Ninth Avenue property owners and others. Women to Meet The Sitka Christian Women's Club will hold a luncheon 11:45 a.m.-2 March 27 at the Sheffield Shee Atika The theme will be "Easter Hat Parade" with Vicki Keffler speaking about "Adding the Crowning Touch." Sandy Hicks will give the special feature, "Hats Off to You." The cost for the luncheon is $7.75 and reservations are necessary by March 24.

Call Donna Johnson 747-8884 for preschool nursery reservations, also The cost is $2 a child. A prayer coffee will be held 9:30 a.m. March 20 at the home of Claudette Ramirez, 409 Spruce No. During a Jan. 8 meeting, there were hours of testimony, almost all in favor of renaming Ninth Avenue the Martin Luther King Parkway.

When it was time to vote, the Assembly instead formed the committee. "I don't think it's going to be as hot this time," Williams said. "But Anchorage surprised me last time. "It became a racial issue, and I think that's real sad. But I hope people have looked at themselves and come to deal with their own prejudices." Assembly Chairman Dave Walsh said the Assembly has no say in naming school or university buildings.

A public hearing must be held on the street name change and the arts center suggestion will be forwarded to a citizens group overseeing construction, Walsh said. Volunteer Sought For Flag-Raising Alaska State Parks is looking for a volunteer to raise and lower the flags on Castle Hill on a daily basis starting in April. Persons interested should contact the Sitka ranger at 747-6249. ces Teleconferen The following teleconferences will be held at the Legislative Information Office 1 210 Lake concerning: Senate Bill 405, concerning loans under the Alaska Grain Reserve Program and Senate Bill 353 which addresses the Waterfowl conservation Stamp Program 1:30 p.m. March 14 Senate Bill 294 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 18, relating to Guide Licensing and the Guide Licensing Control Board 1:30 p.m.

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