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Photo courtesy of Mayme Ohnemus State Senator Gary Stevens told the crowd in Helen Gwin Commons at Eagles View Aug. 12 how impressed he is by the body of work accomplished by Cooper Landing seniors. |
By Mona Painter
Turnagain Times
Cooper Landing Correspondent
Seniors receive deed to 2 acres of land
Kenai Peninsula Borough Land Management Officer Marcus Mueller presented Cooper Landing Senior Citizens Corp. Inc President Marjorie VanKooten with the deed to about two acres of land, part of the Snug Harbor Road senior campus, during the August 12 CLSCCI general meeting. This is the parcel on which Ravens View, a six-unit housing project, is currently under construction. The official Ravens View groundbreaking ceremony took place after the business meeting.
Alaska legislators, Senator Gary Stevens and his wife Rita and Representative Paul Seaton with his wife Tina joined seniors, construction workers, and others for lunch in the newly named Helen Gwin Commons and for the day’s events.
Julaine Fleetwood’s proposed logo design incorporating the mountains, river, and a palm-up hand holding everything together won the design contest.
Shirley Wilmoth was appointed to the CLSCCI Board of Directors joining President VanKooten, Vice President Ed Holsten, Secretary Joyce Koppert, Treasurer Alma Fowler, and James Berry, Scott Davis, Janet B. Weber, and Anna Wheeler. Two members are needed for the Endowment Board to join Bill Fort, Jack Britton, and Jacque Greenman.
CLSCCI is sponsoring a fund raising soup supper on Sept. 6 at the community hall.
Thanks were given to Alaska Housing Finance Corp., Alaskans for Litter Prevention & Recycling, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, Kenai Peninsula Borough, and the Rasmuson Foundation for their support. Mayme Ohnemus recently submitted a grant request to Conoco Phillips who has generously supported the Chariot, the bus, which makes Wednesday trips to Soldotna and Kenai as well as transporting seniors to events and the Sexy Senior Dumpster Cleaners on the Monday transfer site cleanups.
The Sexy Senior Dumpster Cleaners are being honored with an appreciation buffet lunch on Aug. 28 at Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge beginning at noon. Guests are welcome for $15, the cost of their lunch. This event is sponsored by CLSCCI who is the recipient of $22,390 in wages earned by the SSDC while picking up 35,640 pounds of trash over the past year. Call Agent Ohnemus at 595-1214 to make lunch reservations.
Following the Quartz Creek Homeowners meeting at the community hall Aug. 30, will be a public meeting concerning hazard fuel reduction in the vicinity of Quartz Creek proposed by the Division of Forestry along Williams and Quartz Creek roads. Approximately 10 acres would be directly treated to protect over 80 acres of private land.
Karen Freeman will be putting together The Gem, the Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce newsletter, and the monthly community activity calendar beginning with the Sept. issue. The deadline for submissions is the 20th of the preceding month. Information can be emailed to karenak99@yahoo.com .
The Cooper Landing Community Library sweepstakes tickets are available at the library or from any of the library volunteers for $100 each. Only 150 tickets will be sold with prizes ranging from $125 to $2000. Arden Rankin will be catering the food at the Nov. 8 sweepstakes party at the community hall. Each ticket admits two to the party.