Kodiak mirror. [volume], May 30, 1959, Page 2, Image 2

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Kodiak “Ideal” For Youth Program
Lack Of Organized Program Noted
The e is a lack of organized
programs for children and teen
agers iit Kodiak, according to
Charles W. Pfeiffer, District Rep
resentative of the Board of Ju
venile-Institutions, who made a
study of the City’s efforts along
these lines, during a brief stay in
Kodiak recently. He said Kodiak
has the potential for' an ideal
youth program.
In his report following his visit,
Mr. Pfeiffer outlined steps to take
in establishing a program to pre
vent juvenile delinquency. He
said he saw no evidence that ju
venile delinquents are “running
rampant,” but on the other hand,
he observed that no community of
any size can say they do not have
this problem.
“Juvenile programs and delin
quency prevention must be on a
long-term basis,” he said, “and
must include a multitude of ap
proaches. Little league baseball,
youth bowling, and teen-age dan
ces are good but must all be in
cluded with many other programs.
To be successful, a community
ltiust recognize there is no pana
cea and that all Approaches must
be continuous attd dynamic.”
Mr. Pfeiffer outlined a program
that he suggested the community
investigate and then undertake.
It included the following points:
1. The school desperately needs
playgrounds and a sport field. Se
cure the five acres adjoining the
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high school as proposed by Mr.
Schott for this purpose. Then
these facilities could be developed
not only for the school but for a
centralized, large, organized com
munity playground.
2. Kodiak has need of an active
exclusive teen-age center for dan
ces and other youth social activity.
3. The Boys Club movement is
beginning in Alaska and offers
real opportunities to create a
healthier outlook among youth.
A. Boys Club stresses athletics.
First' comes training in which all
participate; then there is compe
tition' aimed at teams for inter
city meets.
4.^ An indoor swimming pool
could be a reality in Kodiak at a
minimum of expense.
The community playground pro
posed, Mr. Pfeiffer thought,
should be divided into a smaller
playground for little children and
a larger one for the older ones.
He suggested the playground in
clude a tennis court, ball diamond,
basketball cou t, slides, swings, a
merry-go-round, etc.
The teen-age center, he said,
could be a reality by utilizing, sur
plus buildings. It requires con
stant supervision by an adult
group, but teen-agers must be in
volved in its administration. Most
of the activities must be kept for
true teenagers, he said.
A Kodiak Boys Club was seen
as a means of reaching boys un
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der sixteen.-It would provide a
means ^ol intramural sports. Em- •
phasis, be said, could be put on
sports, such as boxing, wrestling,
basketball, target shooting, swim
ming, etc.
Mr, Pfeiffer thought the idea of
a swimming pool should be inves
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KODIAK HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1959
anown Du!t not in this order are: Jill Diane
Acheson, Beoma Kay Blinn, Dorothy Elaine Bro
man, Elaine Norine Bromley, Mary Katherine
Burke, Kathryn Doris Chichenoff, Barbara Gail
Cooper, Clayton Sprague Copsey, William Douglas
Damery, Richard Ernest Davis* Richard David
Frost, Norma Gayle Gaillard, Donnis Wesley Gilli
an, Howard James Heglin, Nancy Louise Jennings*
June Car.ol Magnusen, Arnold Wilfred McKechnie,
Samuel Arlyn Molletti, David Pestrikoff, Ned N.
Petrich, John Harold Reft, Helen J. Simeonoff,
Nadina Squartsoff, Elsa Jane Starbird, Lois L.
Stover, Michael Alexander Swenson, Danny Valley,
Sharon Kay Van Buren, Phyllis Jeanne Whitmer,
Janet Michaal Zieba.
Louis John Kilgore.
Elizabeth Ann Foster is not shown.
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