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Best Bets ■ The Kenai Senior Center and Kenaitze Indian Tribe present Fall Fest, today from 4:30-9:30 p.m.…

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Poet’s Corner: I still Haven’y Forgotten

I Still Haven’t Forgotten By Brett Van Sickle, Nikiski I still haven’t forgotten, the first time I held…

Life

Pioneer Potluck: About a Long Time Ago

I had a wonderful conversation by e-mail and Facebook with good friends about how we survived our youth.…

Life

For autumn baking choose a common apple for uncommon results

Now that fall is here, apples not readily seen during the year have become increasingly available, with a…

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Define ‘private’

Have you noticed lately how little privacy we really have? Or maybe that is how little privacy seems…

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Learning for Life: Green tomatoes

Our warm summer produced a good tomato crop for most folks lucky enough to have a greenhouse, but…

This undated photo shows flowering bulbs in New Paltz, N.Y. Over time, spring flowering bulbs, especially narcissuses like the ones shown here, can multiply to the point of becoming overcrowded, at which time they need to be dug up, separated, and replanted. (Lee Reich via AP)

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Plan and plant now for spring-flowering bulbs

It’s nearly that time of year when gardeners think of spring — of planting bulbs that are going…

McKenzy Johnson poses with the Dall ram she shot on an Aug. 10 hunt with her father and a family friend. McKenzy was the only one to draw a sheep tag for the hunt, which occurred out past Tok.

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The family that hunts together …

The first time 13-year-old McKenzy Johnson took a shot at the Dall ram she missed. Though McKenzy, her…

Strands of Elodea spew out of the Eyak Lake spillway in Cordova during March 2015. Rapid management response to early detection of Elodea in Stormy and Daniels Lakes makes this an unlikely future scenario on the Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by J. Morton)

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Refuge Notebook: Invasive plants: Planning for the future

Earlier this month I was fortunate enough to take part in the course “Field Techniques for Invasive Plant…

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An Outdoor View: Fishing for memories

Fall caught me by surprise this week. One day, it was summer. The next day held that chilly…

Life

Voices of Faith: The risk of loving others

I could read the seriousness of the situation the moment I picked up the phone, before my wife…

Life

Church News

Holocaust survivor to speak at Kenai New Life Irving Roth, holocaust survivor, author and international speaker, will be…

Darktown: Someone always has to be first

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Darktown: Someone always has to be first

Someone always has to be first. That can be a good thing, or a bad one. Good, if…

Photo by Angela Romano/Courtesy of Mark Kroos Guitarist Mark Kroos plays two guitar parts on his modified double-neck guitar in this undated promotional photo. This week Kroos will play two shows on the Kenai Peninsula: 7:00 p.m at Kenai's Triumverate Theatre on Sept. 17 and a fundraiser for Ninilchik Emergency Services on Sept. 16 at 8 p.m at the Ninilchik Fairgrounds.

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Solo Duets

This summer Triumvirate Theatre president Joe Rizzo was trying to teach himself to play “Dueling Banjos.” When he…

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Tom Hanks, right, and Aaron Eckhart in a scene from "Sully." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

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Reeling it in: ‘Sully’ hits high notes but misses opportunities

“Sully” Warner Bros. 1 hour, 36 minutes “Sully,” Clint Eastwood’s latest, but hopefully not last, film is a…

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What’s Happening

Best Bets ■ The public is invited to an open house of the newly renovated Brockel Building from…

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Poet’s Corner: Community Canine

Community Canine By Hedy Huss, Soldotna Recently, a “Gentleman Quarterly” fella moved into the cabin on the property.…

Life

Pioneer Potluck: About Making Memories

This summer’s memories starting in June. We were blessed with Bobs daughter, Daphene and husband Jeff Goff for…

Life

It is what it is: Teen life

My daughter turned 13 back in January, and my son is 15, which means that for the past…

In this Aug. 25, 2016, photo, Ken Hudonjorgensen and his friends take flight above Provo, Utah. (Dominic Valente/The Daily Herald via AP)

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Paraglider shares passion for the sport

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Ken Hudonjorgensen peers into the deep blue New Zealand sky; the year is 1989,…