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To have created an environment on an island in a rain forest where 

 even travel is sometimes limited and still give our community and its 

 citizens the American dream is what is truly unique and what we ask 

 you to help us preserve. 



Those who say "no logging" sire as unreasonable as those who would 

 clearcut Alaska, although I have never met anyone who advocated that. 

 I cannot imagine a 4th of July without the timber festival and logging 

 events. I am not sure that visitors would find Southeast Alaska as 

 attractive without the men and women of timber. The economy of our 

 region would lose a basic timber job earning $17.00 and try to replace 

 it with a $10.00 service job. 



The local tax and wage structure is a sensitive balance and I cannot 

 overemphasize the importance of this city and its services to the re- 

 gion. If help is not here, then one must go to Seattle. Driving to a 

 city such as Denver to see a doctor can take several hours and cost 

 the price of gasoline. For a Southeasterner it can mean being away 

 from home for several days and cost the price of an airline ticket to 

 Seattle $427.08. 



Move ever so slowly and support our industry in balance. 



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