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Daily Sitka Sentinel, Sitka, Alaska, Wednesday, May 8,1985 Miiiriesoitari Makes Town ROCKVILLE, Minn. (AP) First, there came the fire hydrants, then the water, tower, then a sign reading "Welcome to Mickville." But you won't find Mickville on a road map. And it hasn't got a post office, church, store or even a town board. Mickville is the creation of Vern Mick, who lives near Rockville, a real town of about 600 people about 20 miles southwest of St. Cloud.

"I've got an old parking meter I'm going to put up too," said Mick, a 46- year-old construction worker who is using the items to grace his yard and those of his brothers and sisters who live nearby on what used to be their parents' 250-acre farm. His mother also lives there. "There were so many of us out here I decided to name it Mickville," he said. Mick got started with seven hydrants he brought from a job site and planted them in the front yards. "The people in Rockville started razzing me saying 'How can you have hydrants without he said.

So Mick built a 37-foot, 400-gallon water tower in his front yard. "It's sort of a conversation piece," he said, nodding at the tower that is bolted to a huge rock just north of his house. A 25-watt bulb burns on top of the tower day and night. A visitor teased Mick that the light was atop the tower to keep airplanes from hitting it when they try to land at Mick International Airport. There is no airport, of course, but, then, Mick hasn't finished developing his town yet.

He hopes to landscape around the water tower, erect street signs and put up a population sign: Population 16. Placer Miners Sue Over Water Rules SELL IT WITH A SENTINEL CLASSIFIED! WANTED! 4TH of July Queen Candidates Requirements: 16-18 years of age and never married. We will assist in getting a sponsor. Deadline Is May FAIRBANKS (AP) Alaska placer miners have gone to court in an effort to throw out a new state water quality regulation the miners claim will kill the industry. In a Superior Court suit, filed Monday, the Miners Advocacy Council said the regulation should be invalidated.

The suit charges that the state did not hold the required public hearings when adopting the standard and that the new regulations amount to condemnation of property rights. The suit also charges that certification of the standards by the state was so late that enforcement during the upcoming mining season would be unreasonable. "We did not take this action lightly," said Bob Aumiller, council president. "We have tried to work with Bill Ross (commissioner of environmental conservation.) We have explained to Mr. Ross that the recent change in water quality standards would have a terminal effect on the placer mining industry." John McDonagh, assistant attorney general in Fairbanks, said the state has not seen the suit yet.

He declined to comment until he has had a chance to review it. Placer mining involves using water and a sluice box to separate gold from gravel and dirt. The used water contains high volumes of sediment and other solids, which are considered pollutants under state and federal law. In late April, the state certified a regulation which reduced the amount of solids that could legally be carried into a stream from a placer mine or other man-made source. The new standard was in addition to an existing state standard that regulated the water's cloudiness, or turbidity.

Members: Ray Perkins 747-8242 or 747-8629 Margaret Davis 747-3747 or 747-6616 The change was announced by Ross on March 30 at a placer mining conference in Fairbanks. "No State of Alaska public hearings were with respect to water quality standards pertaining to settleable solids, and no formal notice and hearing or comment procedure was established or employed," the suit states. "The for the the state certification to be invalidated, whereupon the federal water quality apply," the suit said. The existing federal standard is significantly more lenient than the new state regulation. The suit also accuses the Department of Environmental Conservation of manipulating placer mining data to make its new solids standard appear reasonable.

The state's "Shannon and Wilson" study of placer mining found that, among samples taken from placer mines during the summer of 1984, 91.2 percent were below the recently imposed solids standard. It thus appeared reasonable to require placer miners to meet that pollutant discharge level, the suit said. But the suit says the samples were not representative of the industry as a whole, with far more samples being taken from mines that were meeting the standard than those that were not. "The DEC has either negligently or intentionally failed to point out in public announcements that the samples were taken from limited specific mining sites and that not necessarily 90 percent of all meet or exceed the .2 milliliter per liter standard," the suit said. "This misrepresentation to the public has formed much of the basis of the DEC determination." The suit says that only about 40 percent of the placer mines in Alaska can meet the new standard, the council also maintains that the standards, both for turbidity and solids, are so strict that, if enforced, would shut down almost every placer mining operation in the state, If, that occurred, people would be deprived of the "use, benefit or enjoyment of property rights," according to the miners.

Under law, the taking of such property rights must be the suit argues. Since compensation is not reasonable for all the placer mining claims in the state, the only solution is to invalidate the regulations, the MAC suit said. The council also contends the state missedr the deadline to certify new regulation with the The state had 60. days January 31,1985 to certify the standard, but did not do so until April 29, the suit said. "Certification of the settleable solid standard by the a substantially -greater burden upon was anticipated," the suit states.

11 More Blacks Die In S. Africa Riots By ron I. Mallott Mallott to Speak At Commencement Speaker at Sheldon Jackson College commencement exercises 10 a.m. Friday, in the Centennial Building, will be Byron I. Mallott, presideritand chief executive officer of Sealaska Corp.

Mallott, 41, is one of the original board members of the corporation. He was elected director in 1972 and served as chairman from 1976 to 1983. In November of 1982, Mallott became chief executive officer. Currently, he also serves is a director of United Bank Alaska-United Ban- corporation, Alaska Airlines, the Seattle Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the University of Alaska Foundation. Mallott is also a trustee of the State of Alaska Permanent Fund.

A Tlingit Indian from Yakutat, Mallott was the first Alaska Native to serve in the State of Alaska Cabinet as commissioner of the Department of Community and Regional Affairs, from 1972 to 1974. He also served as president of the Alaska Federation of Natives in 1977 and 1978. is a graduate of SJC and a former member of its board of trustees. By TOM BALDWIN Associated Press Writer JOHANNESBURG; south Africa (AP) --Hand-to-hand fighting between tribal groups outside the city killed eight blacks this morning, while soldiers and police swept through two riot-torn black townships in the south, police said. The eight were killed as rival Zulu and Xhosa tribesmen battled after dawn in Tsakane, a black township east of Johannesburg, according to a police statement.

Police offered no explanation of what sparked the battle. A mob of about 250 blacks stoned and burned two black men to death in the same area Tuesday night, and the body of another black man was discovered Tuesday near a male hostel in another part of the township, police said. The Star newspaper of Johannesburg reported the fighting today was between blacks who have permission to live in Tsakane and black men who live in single-sex hostels as migrant workers. The newspaper did not describe the fighting as tribal. Quoting residents of Tsakane, The Star reported that hostel-dwellers terrorized the township overnight, roaming house to house to avenge the killing of two of their colleagues believed to have been assaulted by township residents.

It was not clear if the hostel-dwellers' revenge was for the two men stoned and burned Tuesday. The Star reported hundreds of Tsakane residents fled their homes and spent the night in nearby fields. The Zulu population center is in Natal Province, in eastern South Africa along the.Indian Ocean coast. The region is one of the few parts of the country that has been free the anti- apartneid rioting that began in August. Xhosas, from the eastern Cape Province south of Natal, have been rivals of Ihe Zulus for centuries.

In March, when police killed 20 blacks in a predominantly Xhosa-populated township, survivors complained Zulu policemen had been brought in from Natal. Rioting against apartheid, the system ByBOBANEZ Associated Press Writer VIRGINIA CITY, Mont. (AP) --A so- called "mountain man" charged with kidnapping a top woman athlete last summer, testified today he was torn between an unhappy life with his mother and stepfather and a lonely life in the wilderness with his father. Sale Thursday through Saturday Only. Lntimz foi Clearance Sale! Super Bargains! 0 Dan Nichols, 20, said his father, Don, SchOQl Lunch Menu whisked him off to the mountains for months at a time since the time he was 5, often causing him to miss school, and his father came to dominate his thoughts.

"He just told me, and I just thought THURSDAY: submarine sandwich green salad, potato chips, donut, milk. Limited to Stock On Hand- All Sales Final. Item Krups Meat Sllcer Juicer Maxim Electric Teakettle Hanson Microwave Scale Now Design Napkins, Asst. Appliance Covers, Asst. Rattan Woven Placemats Clear Solutions Recipe Box MeJitta Coffee Roasters Great Jewelry Buys off New Zealand Opals Black Hills Gold Alaskan Coral Was Now Item Was Now 79.95 39.00 Duralex 4-place Dinner Sets 29,95 15.00 119.00 50.00 Duralex 6-cup Coffee Sets 22.95 12.00 64.95 30.00 Duralex Champgn.open stock 1.98 .98 25.95 14.00 Chicago Cutlery BBQ Set 47.98 27.00 3.98 2.00 Chicago Cutlery Turners 9.98 5.00 8.98 4.00 Chicago Cutlery Spreaders 4.95 2.00 3.19 1.5C Ingrid Utensil Trays 5.75 2.50 12.95 6.00 Ingrid Carry-Alls 6.95 3.00 79.95 39.00 Toddler 3-pc.

Dinnerware 14.50 7.00 Yarn Super' Sale! off Baby Sparkle Farm KtaS ReineWool Shannon All Crotchet Cotton Kitchen Bargains off Assorted Knife Blocks and Selected Chopping Boards. Women to Meet Sitka Christian Women's Club will meet for a luncheon 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 30 at the Shee Atika Lodge. Reservations for the luncheon must be made by May 27 by calling Donna Johnson at 747-8884.

Cost is $7.75 per adult. Kay McCarty will give a special feature, Susan Kilpatrick will be speaker and music will be by a brass quartet. A preschool nursery will also be available by reservation for $2 per child. The group will hold a prayer coffee 9:30 a.m. May 23 at the home of Teresa Robinson, 405 Verstovia.

Free babysitting services will be provided by Donelle Nelson at 1613 Halibut Point Road, 747-8855. that's the way it is," he told the Madison County District Court "When he wanted me to know something, he made sure that I knew it. If he thought I wasn't following what he told me.to do, he grabbed me and hit me in the head with his fist. He hit me anywhere but the face." Nichols was the first defense witness today in his trial on murder, kidnap and assault charges that could lead to a maximum sentence of 140 years. The father and son are charged with kidnapping biathlete Kari Swenson, 23, of Bozeman, last July 15 and with deliberate homicide in the fatal shooting of a co-worker who tried to rescue her the following day.

The elder Nichols, 54, will stand trial later. Donations Sought The Greater Sitka Arts Council seeking donations for its scholarship fund for the Fine Arts Camp. The scholarships will help defray tuition expenses for Sitka junior and senior high students who will attend the camp. More than 50 classes in the visual arts, dance, theater, creative writing and music will be offered. New classes added are computer animation, break- dancing and photography.

Tuition for junior high students is $175 and tuition for senior high students is $190. Contributions may be sent to GSAC at Box 564, Sitka. under which 5 million whites dominate and deny the vote to more than 22 millions blacks, has more than 200 people since August, according to the government. groups say more than 300 have been killed. Only one person, an infant struck by a stone, was white.

BJHS To Present Spring Concert Blatchley Junior High School music students will present a spring concert 4:15 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Mixed chorus, select choir, jazz band and advanced band will participate. The ea rlier performance will be a dress rehearsal and fellow students will be in the audience. Command performance winners from this spring's music adjudication will also perform.

They are Chad Trani with a baritone sold, Brian Hope with a vocal solo and Heidi Fry oh a flute solo. Twelve other soloists are scheduled to perform. Singing with the select choir in Japanese will be Ted Tsuji, teaching intern from Japan. Playing with advanced band at the evening peforma nee will be Porky Bickar, Ed Martin and Rob Holt on their own special instruments. Holt played with the band eight years ago.

"Others giving solos will be Mike Collins, Arthur Estrada, Mitch Martin, Jason Swanson, Shari Ginn, Ari Packer, Marc Harnum, Roy Larson andJeffGuymori. Outstanding band and choir member awards, voted on by group members, will be presented, at the evening performance. On May 16, Etolin- Street School beginning band students will combine with BJHS beginning, cadet and intermediate band an Etolin sax trio and beginning chorus students from BJHS for a concert. SAFV to Train Sitkans Against Family Violence will hold a two-day training session May 18 and 19 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; The session is to prepare volunteers for working with the group.

The training, to be held in the conference room of Sitka Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse, will include the history of domestic violence ancUsexualv; assault, the dynamics ot; family violence, law enforcement legal options and advocacy for a children. Those who to work in the SAFV shelter must make at least a six- month commitment. To register for the session, call 7473370. Actor Travels LQS ANGELES (AP) Comedian Robin Williams, star of the film "Moscow on the Hudson," is moving to Sonoma near of all places the Russian River. Williams, 32, and his wife, Valerie, sold Canyon home to live year-round on their 600-acre ranch in the Sonoma wine country, said Gary.

Harry man, who handled the deal through Malibu Realty. "They sold their Topanga digs for $270,000" to writer Gene Larson and his wife, 4 Jodi Johnson, he said. Because of- his acting career, the couple, who have a 2-year-old son, Zachary, -will also maintain a Los Angeles apartment. But his business card describes him only as "Robin Williams. Rancher." NOW to Meet Sitka Chapter of National Organization for Women will meet 7:30 p.m.

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