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Oil paintings in acrylic, octopi in ink
On a clear day, Louise Nutter can see 10 of Cook Inlet’s oil and gas platforms from the…
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Start summer sweet from corn to whoopie pies
My brother Jim Conforti and wife Donna’s live in a farmhouse built in 1916 in Towanda, Pa. His…
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Pioneer Potluck: About our 10,000 mile trip
Year 2000 Elko, Nevada Here We Come! Recap: Our stay at the Covered Wagon Motel in Jackpot.…
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Bedtime
This is my long haired Chihuahua, Jolie getting ready for bed. She likes to sleep under the covers.…
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Unhinged Alaska: Something wicked this way comes
Since our last get together, spring has tenaciously sunk its choppers deep into the surrounding environment and is…
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Community News and Notes
Isaak receives degree from Alfred University Joel D. Isaak of Soldotna received a Master of Fine Arts in…
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Readers have their say
Last week I complained that the characters in novels often become unrecognizable when they depart black-and-white pages to…
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Voices of Faith: A request for long distance praying
The letter on my desk carried an urgent message. The sender, Major Louis Best, began his long distance…
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Working like a dog: Karelian bear dogs help wildlife officers
SPOKANE, Wash — Barking at bears, romping through the forest, sniffing for poaching evidence, getting petted by a…
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Refuge Notebook: Elodea gone from the Kenai Peninsula?
The good news is that Elodea, the first submerged freshwater invasive plant to make it to Alaska, may…
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An Outdoor View: Habitat woes
Author’s note: This column first appeared in the Clarion in 1993. Biologist Terry Bendock is now retired, but…
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Church news
Unity Prayer meeting in Ninilchik All Christians are invited to an ecumenical prayer meeting at 1 p.m. June…
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Tribe
Sign you up. That’s one of the things of which you’re most proud: you freely give of your…
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Big shot: Local photographer turns hobby into business
After 40 years as an Alaska resident, Jeff Jicha finally photographed a bull moose fight. The symmetrical image…
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Poet’s Corner: Senseless
Senseless By Bonnie Playle, Soldotna Deficient in sense, foolish or stupid, like the effects of addiction, the signs…
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Reeling it in: ‘Apocalypse’ another solid X-Men adventure
“X-Men: Apocalypse” Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2 hours, 24 minutes Though Brian Singer’s “X-Men” kicked off this…
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What’s Happening
Best Bets ■ The Kenai Fine Art Center in Old Town Kenai, is hosting two gallery openings. “On…
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Eggs + cheese = breakfast, lunch or dinner
Keeping fresh bread, milk and eggs in the house means you will never be without the resources to…
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Pioneer Potluck: About our 10,000 mile trip to the lower 48
Through Montana, Idaho and to Jackpot, Nevada in one day Sept 26, 2000 After leaving Hamilton, Montana,…
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Business Briefs
Chambers set schedules ■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce meets today at Froso’s Restaurnat in Soldotna. Branden Bornemann…