The Bookworm Sez: Are we alone? Book explores possible answers

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The Bookworm Sez: Are we alone? Book explores possible answers

Who’s out there? On a dark, stormy night, you might ask yourself that if you hear scratching at…

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Pioneer Potluck: More memories of Mom

1937-1999, Northern Colorado Author’s note: This story was suggested by daughter Susan. Although Mom wrote extensively about our…

4-H’er of the Month Katie Cooper is a dedicated leader.

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4-H’er of the Month a dedicated leader

4-H’er of the Month a dedicated leader It is a difficult task and responsibility to choose a 4-H’er…

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Community News and Notes

News and Notes Peninsula students named to Bob Jones President’s List Joanna Daniels, a Senior Graphic Design major…

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Here’s the Thing: Happy Mother’s Day

It truly is Mother’s Day, because I’m a mother that’s feeling a little burned out. I feel like…

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Notes from the Recycling Bin

Did you know … Bloomberg, the powerhouse of business and financial journalism, has launched ClimateChanged.com, a website dedicated…

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Church News

Free Mother’s Day concert A Mother’s Day Concert with Grammy and Dove award winner Sherman Andrus and internationally…

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Learning for Life: Save more at the grocery store

Save more at the grocery store If your family is like most, one of your highest monthly expenses…

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An Outdoor View: Thrift stores and fishing lures

Editor’s note: Longtime Clarion outdoors columnist Les Palmer is scaling back on his writing. His column will appear…

Moose cows are notorious for being great mothers to their young. (Photo by John Morton)

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Refuge Notebook: Celebrating wildlife mothers

This Sunday is Mother’s Day, a national holiday that President Woodrow Wilson designated in 1914 as World War…

This undated photo shows stinging nettles in New Paltz, N.Y. Nettles is a weed and it stings, but it also is a healthful and tasty plant. (Lee Reich via AP)

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Yes, stinging nettles sting. But they have many assets too.

At a time of year when weeds may be getting the better of you, what sweet revenge it…

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Voices of Faith: Our thoughts go out to all mothers

A man was applying to be a New York City policeman. He had passed a wide battery of…

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Unhinged Alaska

By the time you read this, the 25th Annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival will be winding down. Over…

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Notes from the Recycling Bin

Did you know … Nothing captures the imagination of a child quite like learning about and interacting with…

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May musings: A celebration of spring

May is a month of birth, renewal/fresh starts, the return of migratory birds and new blooms. Astrological signs:…

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Learning for Life: Free seeds for your garden

Free seeds for your garden Come on into the Extension Office on Kalifornsky Beach Road and pick up…

In this January 2017 photo, Josh Peterson carries his daughter, Miriam, to fish at Sand Creek in northeast Wyoming. (Christene Peterson /The Casper Star-Tribune via AP)

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To get kids outdoors, plan then go

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Some moms worry about daycare, others about eating schedules. I spent the first eight…

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Church News

Free Mother’s Day concert A Mother’s Day Concert with Grammy and Dove award winner Sherman Andrus and internationally…

Mark Laker launches a drone on an automated aerial photography mission to survey Aleutian Terns on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge Notebook: Using Drones to monitor nesting Aleutian Terns

On the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near Headquarters Lake is a small colony of Aleutian Terns that nest…

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An Outdoor View: The perils of watching

Editor’s note: The Clarion previously published this column on March 4, 2005. What is the world coming to?…