Mona Painter/Turnagain Times
After the 2009 recognition lunch at Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge, some of those honored and their supporters met for a group picture Aug. 20. Sexy Senior Dumpster Cleaners and Cooper Landing Senior Citizen Corp. Inc. volunteers were thanked as well as all their sponsors. Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Dave Carey is on the far right in the first row. Kenai Peninsula Economic Development Exective Director John Torgerson is in the middle of the middle row. Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Member Ron Long is 4th from the left (white shirt) in the second row from bottom.
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By Mona Painter
Turnagain Times
Cooper Landing Correspondent
Volunteers and sponsors recognized and thanked
Mayme Ohnemus hosted the Volunteer Recognition Luncheon at Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge on August 20 to celebrate Sexy Senior Dumpster Cleaners (SSDC) and their 12 years of community service and the Cooper Landing Senior Citizen Corp. Inc. (CLSCCI) board members and committee volunteers. More than 50 people gathered for the occasion.
Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Dave Carey and KPB Assembly Member Ron Long spoke and Mayor Carey served chocolate brownies to the group. A special thank you was given to the SSDC and CLSCCI sponsors: Conoco Phillips, Kenai Peninsula Borough Solid Waste Department, ALPAR, Chevron, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, Denali Commission, and the Rasmuson Foundation.
SSDC Agent Ohnemus has entered a new life phase and showed large photographs of her two grandsons, Trenton and Grayson Ohnemus. She was later surprised by the gift of a teddy bear wearing a “grandma’ tee shirt and singing “When I’m 64.”
SSDC have logged some impressive statistics. In twelve years of service they logged 44,604 volunteer hours, picked up and bagged 297,895 pounds of trash, traveled over 141,000 miles and earned more than $164,000 for the Cooper Landing Community Club during the first four years and since for CLSCCI.
Camp Fire USA Alaska Council CEO Barbara Dubovich also spoke during the recognition luncheon and invited all interested to tour Camp K on Snug Harbor Road after the luncheon.
Camp Fire’s Camp K tour shows major changes
Camp K, formerly Camp Kustaka, is being redeveloped with new facilities to all for increased camper capacity. Several of the guests from the luncheon toured Camp K with CEO Dubovich, Director of Development Joanne Phillips, Project Manager Steve Fishback, representatives from the offices of Senator Mark Begich, Governor Sean Parnell, and from the Rasmuson Foundation. Camp Fire continues to actively seek utility infrastructure funding for work required by KRSMA and DNR.
Cooper Landing Paddle Battle seeking Tournament Sponsors
Cooper Landing Community School was founded to broaden Cooper Landing residents’ and surrounding communities’ experiences and education through healthy and active events. Since its inception, Cooper Landing Community School has provided and assisted in coordinating such well attended events as Boot Camp workout sessions, Cooper Landing 2009 Snail-a-thon, cooking courses, arts and craft courses, kids soccer, musical performances, Paddle Battle, Mom’s Book Club, Winter Fest Gear Swap & Warren Miller Movie, Health Fair, Junior Achievement, 4H, kids Gun Safety, and more.
Sponsors are volunteering for the 2009 Paddle Battle as a fundraiser for Cooper Landing Community School. All proceeds from sponsors will go towards this non-profit community school, and all costs and Cash prizes for coordinating this event are raised through participant entry fees. Sponsors will receive recognition on all flyers around town, at the event and on the t-shirts that each competitor receives.
The 2009 Paddle Battle tournament will be held Thursday, September 17 at Cooper Landing School. Kids will compete from 4 - 5:30 p.m. and adults from 6 - 9 p.m. New this year will be recognition for the organization or business that has the most top finishers.
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or donating a prize, please contact Yvette Galbraith at 595-6051 by August 28 to see what levels are available.
Planning Commission meetings scheduled
The KPB Planning Commission will have a regular meeting in the community hall at 7:30 p.m. on Monday Sept. 14. The Cooper Landing Advisory Planning Commission meets Wed. Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. at the community hall.
