Arts & Entertainment
Tell me a tattoo story
Daddy’s arms are good for hugs. They’re big and strong and colorful, too. They look kind of like…
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Fresh, canned, pickle or plain, beets are vibrant and fun
Cultivated beetroot (beets) may be as small as an orange, or as large as a grapefruit. Small to…
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Pioneer Potluck: About our 10,000 mile trip
Left Reno and Traveled Across Nevada and Utah October 8, 2000 Glenwood, Colorado After a nice rest…
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It is what it is: Still trying to spot a lynx
Well, we still haven’t spotted a lynx, but we did enjoy our most recent trip to Denali National…
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News and Notes
Wagoner, Litchfield named to Dean’s List at George Fox Brandi Wagoner, a senior nursing major from Kenai, and…
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Learning for Life: Root maggots, the gardener’s bane
Root maggots — even the name makes vegetable gardeners scowl! But how to combat these garden pests? Cooperative…
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Celebrating Trails Day on Kachemak Bay
Many thanks to the Friends of Kachemak Bay State Park and our hard-working volunteers for making Trails Day…
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waste not
As Father’s Day approaches, I have no dreams of being named Father of the Year. Not even in…
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Voices of Faith: The Lord gives and the Lord takes away
I once worked as a car salesman for a season before I moved to Alaska 23 years ago.…
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Church news
Unity Prayer meeting in Ninilchik All Christians are invited to an ecumenical prayer meeting at 1 p.m. today…
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Foam on the water a sign of life, death
While sitting in the front of a canoe on a twisty Alaska creek, my daughter asked to steer…
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An Outdoor View: The sailor’s walk
This column first appeared in the Clarion on March 31, 2006. The “sailor’s walk,” best described as sort…
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Adventures with Hazel: Hiking with kids is its own kind of epic
CAMANO, Wash. (AP) — I like to hike. No, I love to hike. Or, to say it another…
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Spiders are among most effective predators of plant pests
Although many people have a built-in aversion to them, spiders rank as one of the gardener’s best tools…
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Warcraft: Whole world that exists out in the Internet
“Warcraft” Universal Studies 2 hours, 3 minutes Full disclosure, I’ve never played “World of Warcraft.” Honestly, I’m…
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Nikiski residents make recycled glass into jewelry
If a concrete mixer ever dreamed of making something beautiful, Jenna Hansen is giving it a chance to…
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Pioneer Potluck: About our 10,000 mile trip
Reno Here We Come! October 2, 2000 We left Elko, Nev. in tears again. We had so…
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recipes
RECIPES WILD RICE SALAD WITH ASPARAGUS AND SALMON Fix one cup of wild rice as directed. Add to…
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Rhubarb pie
Yield: 1 (9-inch) pie 5 cups ½-inch rhubarb pieces 1¼ cups sugar ¼ teaspoon salt ¾ teaspoon ground…