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Rev. Meredith Harber enjoys a s’more on a fall day in Alaska. (Photo by Meredith Harber/courtesy)

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Minister’s Message: Finding peace in the in-between

I find myself anxious when I know that winter is coming — even though there’s lots that I…

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion The Kenai Performers’ cast of “The Bullying Collection” rehearse at the Kenai Performers Theater in Kalifornsky on Monday.

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Difficult topics in the spotlight

Storytelling contends with bullying, suicide and violence in new Kenai Performers show

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion The Kenai Marching Band debuts their new routine based on “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” during an exhibition at Kenai Central High School on Aug. 16.

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Kenai band goes big

The school’s marching band continues to grow

Photo provided by Sally Oberstein Dancers at the Homer Mariner Theater perform in Nice Moves during the Alaska World Arts Festival in 2022.

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The Alaska World Arts Festival returns to Homer

The festival will begin Sept. 13 and run through Sept. 26.

Pictured in an online public portrait is Anthony J. Dimond, the Anchorage judge who presided over the sentencing hearing of William Franke, who pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Ethen Cunningham in January 1948.

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States of Mind: The death of Ethen Cunningham — Part 5

A hearing was held to determine the length of William Franke’s prison sentence

This apple cinnamon quinoa granola is only mildly sweet, perfect as a topping for honeyed yogurt or for eating plain with milk. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Building warm memories of granola and grandma

My little boy can hop on his bike or wet his boots in the mud puddles on the…

Flyer for the Kenai Performers’ production of “The Bullying Collection” and “Girl in the Mirror.” (Provided by Kenai Performers)

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Kenai Performers tackle heavy topics in compilation show

The series runs two weekends, Sept. 12-15 and Sept. 19-22

This excerpt from a survey dating back more than a century shows a large meander at about Mile 6 of the Kenai River. Along the outside of this river bend in 1948 were the homestead properties of Ethen Cunningham, William Franke and Charles “Windy” Wagner.

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States of Mind: The death of Ethen Cunningham — Part 4

Franke surrendered peacefully and confessed to the killing, but the motive for the crime remained in doubt.

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Minister’s Message: Living wisely

Wisdom, it seems, is on all of our minds

This nutritious and calorie-dense West African Peanut Stew is rich and complex with layers of flavor and depth. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Change of taste for the changing season

Summer is coming to an end

Emilie Springer/ Homer News Liam James, Javin Schroeder, Leeann Serio and Mike Selle perform in “Leaving” during last Saturday’s show at Pier One Theatre on the Spit.

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Homer playwrights get their 10 minutes onstage

“Slices” 10-minute play festival features local works

Children dance as Ellie and the Echoes perform the last night of the Levitt AMP Soldotna Music Series at Soldotna Creek Park on Wednesday. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna music series wraps up season with local performers

The city is in the second year of its current three-year grant from the Levitt Foundation

Rozzi Redmond’s painting “Icy Straits” depicts her experience of sailing to Seward through a particularly rough region of the Inside Passage. Redmond’s show will be on display at Homer Council on the Arts until Sept. 2, 2024. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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‘A walk through looking glass’

Abstract Alaska landscape art by Rozzi Redmond on display in Homer through Monday

Charles “Windy” Wagner, pictured here in about the year in which Ethen Cunningham was murdered, was a neighbor to both the victim and the accused, William Franke. (Photo courtesy of the Knackstedt Collection)

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States of Mind: The death of Ethen Cunningham — Part 3

The suspect was homesteader William Henry Franke

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Unhinged Alaska: Bring it on

It’s now already on the steep downslide of August and we might as well be attending a wake…

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Minister’s Message: Comprehending a truth beyond knowledge

The love of Christ passes knowledge

This pie balances tart Granny Smith apples with a buttery brown sugar caramel sauce. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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New possibilities served with a side of apple pie

Celebrating the first day of school with a sweet treat

Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: As Time Goes By…

The world was endless with simply a dollar in an envelope

William Henry Franke signed this draft-registration card in August 1942 in Massachusetts. At the time, he was serving with the U.S. Merchant Marine. Four years later, he would move to the Kenai Peninsula. In January 1948, he would kill Ethen Cunningham.

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States of Mind: The death of Ethen Cunningham — Part 2

Conjecture about motive was rampant immediately after the shooting and in the months before Franke’s court date

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Minister’s Message: Entering rest

I asked a group of people to share their ideas of what they think of when they hear…