Tri the Kenai triathlon race director Tony Oliver, center, recently presented Serenity House with a donation of $1,000 raised during the triathlon. Pictured with Oliver are Serenity House staff Jodi Lout and Pete Parquette. The donation will go toward the Change 4 the Kenai Drug Prevention program (http://www.change4kenai.org/).

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Photo: Tri the Kenai supports Serenity House

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Community News and Notes

Quiner recognized by National Society of High School Scholars The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) announced…

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Brexiit explained for Americans

Although many people have asked me to explain Great Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, I thought…

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Progress Days 2016: Progress adds to Soldotna’s quality of life

This July the City of Soldotna and the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce will be hosting our annual Soldotna…

Coyotes, now common on the Kenai Peninsula, naturally colonized the peninsula in the early 1900s.  They are perhaps the most adaptable carnivore in North America.

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Refuge Notebook: Coyotes prove adaptable on the Kenai Peninsula

Coyotes are perhaps the most adaptable carnivore in North America, ranging from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts…

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An Outdoor View: High water

Back when I did more crazy things than I now do, I used to fish the Kenai far…

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Cutting mosquito numbers in the garden helps control disease

Mid-summer is shirt-sleeve weather, an enjoyable time of year to be out and about with family and friends.…

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Church news

Catholic churches mark anniversary The Catholic churches of the Kenai Peninsula, (Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Soldotna,…

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Poet’s Corner: Sterling, Alaska

Sterling, Alaska By A.J. Zyszkowski, 2014 June brings the longest brightest days that never end. The fishy smell…

In this image released by Universal Pictures, Chloe, voiced by Lake Bell, from left, Max, voiced by Louis C.K., and Mel, voiced by Bobby Moynihan, appear in a scene from, "The Secret Lives of Pets." (Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures via AP)

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Reeling it in: Pets have a lot of fun in their secret lives

“The Secret Life of Pets” Universal Pictures 1 hour, 27 minutes “Midnight Special” Warner Home Video 1 hour,…

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What’s Happening

Best Bets ■ Hobo Jim, Alaska’s balladeer, will perform at 3 p.m. Friday at the Kenai Visitor &…

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Personal decisions define author’s first book

Homer writer McKibben Jackinsky’s first book, “Too Close to Home? Living with ‘drill baby’ on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula”…

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Here’s the Thing: Summer daze

July is in full swing and there are no immediate signs of summer ending. It’s here. It’s ripe.…

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Recipes

RECIPES 7.13 ANTIPASTO SALAD ALASKAN STYLE 1 pkg of reindeer sausage, hot link’s or kielbasa or your favorite…

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Pioneer Potluck: About our 10,000 mile trip

Yellowstone ! October, 24, 25, 26, 2000   We had a very short visit at Don and Bobby…

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For the sauce

2 tablespoons butter 1 small onion, chopped 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour ½ cup dry white wine ¼ cup…

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Grouper with tomato basil cream sauce

Servings: 2 1 pound grouper fillet, skin removed (the skin is strongly flavored and tough, so be sure…

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First, find a beautiful piece of fish

To make Baked Summer Grouper with Tomato-Basil Cream Sauce you’ve got to first find a top rate piece…

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Business News

■ The Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon on July 20…

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News and Notes

Kathryn Knackstedt and Austin Daly, both of Kenai, and Alex Weeks, of Soldotna, have been named to the…