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An Outdoor View: Thoughts on bears

Earlier this month, predatory black bears killed two people, and brown bears defending cubs mauled five others. While…

In this file photo, runners are shown starting the final Salmon Run Series race of the year on Aug. 5, 2015 in Soldotna. The Salmon Run Series at Tsalteshi Trails starts on Wednesday. The weekly event is in its sixth year and runs until Aug. 2. The trails will also be hosting the Soldotna Cycle Series on Thursday nights and the Unity Run on July 15. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tsummer at Tsalteshi

Tsalteshi Trails will see a lot of action even before the first snowfall with a number of running…

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Poet’s Corner: Larry

Larry By Gaye LaRane, Kenai Larry sits on the rocks shapeless in green hooded jacket and sweat pants.…

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Reeling it in: ‘Lost City’ worth exploring

“The Lost City of Z” Amazon Studios 2 hours, 21 minutes “The Lost City of Z” may be…

Robert Range of Kenai donated a decorated stool to be auctioned off at the Kenai Fine Art Center’s Annual Harvest Auction, to be held September 30, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. The stool was created using permanent markers. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Behind blue doors: What’s happening at the Kenai Fine Art Center

There is a lot in the works behind the blue doors of the Kenai Fine Arts Center over…

This June 16 photo provided by The Culinary Institute of America shows on-the-go cereal balls in Hyde Park, N.Y. This dish is from a recipe by the CIA. (Phil Mansfield/The Culinary Institute of America via AP)

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Take your morning bowl of cereal on the road

College kids love cereal, and that is an indisputable fact. Even if they don’t love it going in,…

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Pioneer Potluck: My family, Estes Park, Bernie and bikinis

Boulder, Colorad0, 1995 Bernie and Ann’s trip to Colorado, continued On our trip to Estes Park, it was…

This June 16 photo shows a three-melon soup in New York. This dish is from a recipe by Sara Moulton. (Sara Moulton via AP)

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Three Melon Soup is a summer showstopper

Three Melon Soup, a real showstopper, is as much fun to look at as it is refreshing to…

This June 1 photo shows a berry clafoutis in New York. This dish is from a recipe by Katie Workman. (Sarah E Crowder via AP)

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COOKING ON DEADLINE: Summer Berry Clafoutis

One of the great, great, great (three times, that’s how great it is) pleasures of summer is figuring…

This May 24 photo shows a strawberry-rhubarb crisp at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York. This dish is from a recipe by Elizabeth Karmel. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Summer treat: Hot fruit crisp topped with vanilla ice cream

The crisp, cobbler, crumble, grunt, slump or buckle. What do these all have in common? They are all…

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Community News and Notes

News and Notes Beck named to President’s List at Montana State David Beck, a freshman Mechanical Engineering major…

Pastor Dustin Atkinson, pictured with his wife, Ashley, and son, Louis Carl, will be installed as pastor at Star of the North Lutheran Church in Kenai on July 9. The public is invited to attend.

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Star of the North to install new pastor

Star of the North to install new pastor Star of the North Lutheran Church, located at 216 North…

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Learning for Life: Extension service offers free pressure canner dial gauge testing

Extension service offers free pressure canner dial gauge testing The Cooperative Extension Service is offering free testing of…

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KPC students earn honors

KPC students earn honors Kenai Peninsula College recently announced its Dean’s List and Chancellor’s List for the Spring…

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: No news

I just spent a week in Idaho with family. As always, they introduced me to a couple of…

Walk ‘n’ Roll for Alzheimer’s Awareness  On the Longest Day of the Year, 31 Heritage Place residents in wheelchairs and 137 participants including strolling singing guitarists, a unicyclist with a video drone and Lexi our therapy dog ,walked parade-style for 1.6 miles to promote Alzheimer’s awareness. A silent auction and change for memory jar raised over $1,800 for the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Walk ‘n’ Roll for Alzheimer’s awareness

Walk ‘n’ Roll for Alzheimer’s awareness On the Longest Day of the Year, 31 Heritage Place residents in…

Event organizer Vince Redford, standing, and participants of Friday Night Lights at the ConocoPhillips Kenai Multipurpose Facility in Kenai keep their eyes on the music booth during a game of musical chairs on June 16. The weekly event runs from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. and offers a wide variety of games played on the ice. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Friday night on the ice

On a summer night in Alaska, there is no shortage of light but Friday Night Lights at the…

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Out of the Office: A forest of two minds

East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet. True or not in geopolitics,…

Retiring Park Ranger Candace Ward (center) with her dynamic colleagues, Leah Eskelin (left) and Michelle Ostrowski (right) in front of Majesty the Moose (back). (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge Notebook: The lure of the North and where it led me

I first experienced the Far North in 1960 on a family road trip up the Al-Can Highway from…

Oregon joins states where roadkill can be harvested for food

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Oregon joins states where roadkill can be harvested for food

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. — Some folks in Oregon might not want to ask, when…