Ensign Lydia Anne Hummel Ames

Community News and Notes

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced approximately 2,200 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. Officials of each sponsor college selected… Continue reading

Ensign Lydia Anne Hummel Ames
Key Bank employees continue volunteer project

Key Bank employees continue volunteer project

KeyBank employees fanned out across Alaska as part of the 25th Neighbors Make the Difference Day on May 13, including at the Kenai Peninsula Food… Continue reading

Key Bank employees continue volunteer project

Stakeout: Helping plants grow up by staking them properly

“Grow up.” That’s what I tell some of my plants.Upright plants, bathed in air, are less apt to get fungal diseases, and those bearing fruits… Continue reading

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 25 -  In this photo taken May 9, 2015, quinoa-stuffed bell peppers, made by Lauren Frisch and Sam Friedman, is displayed during a campsite cookoff  at the Granite Tors campground near Fairbanks, Alaska.  Everything tastes better on a camping trip, but that doesn't mean camp food can't be improved on. (Sam Friedman/The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Campsite cookoff: Get inspired with these tasty recipes for a campfire or stove

FAIRBANKS — Everything tastes better on a camping trip, but that doesn’t mean camp food can’t be improved on. After spending last summer in a… Continue reading

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 25 -  In this photo taken May 9, 2015, quinoa-stuffed bell peppers, made by Lauren Frisch and Sam Friedman, is displayed during a campsite cookoff  at the Granite Tors campground near Fairbanks, Alaska.  Everything tastes better on a camping trip, but that doesn't mean camp food can't be improved on. (Sam Friedman/The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Soldotna sits at the top of Ski Hill Road.  Access it from the Sterling Highway across from Skyview Middle School or from Funny River Road between the go-cart track and Spenard Builders Supply sign.

Kenai refuge celebrates Grand Opening of your new Visitor Center

Please join the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge staff for a very special occasion — the Grand Opening of your new refuge Visitor Center on Saturday… Continue reading

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Soldotna sits at the top of Ski Hill Road.  Access it from the Sterling Highway across from Skyview Middle School or from Funny River Road between the go-cart track and Spenard Builders Supply sign.

An Outdoor View: On being skunked

Getting skunked is an all-too-frequent result of having participated in the activity known as “sport fishing.” Yet, being skunked is seldom talked about, and almost… Continue reading

Voices of Faith: Jesus in a tent

Imagine if you will your entire being, soul, mind, and body, is really an elaborate house created for Jesus to dwell. To continue this product… Continue reading

Church news

Soldotna Day Aglow is hosting Paul Rapley on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon. Childcare is provided. Paul Rapley is a nine-year cancer-survivor who now… Continue reading

This photo released by Disney shows, Thomas Robinson, as young Frank Walker, in a scene from Disney's "Tomorrowland." The film releases in U.S. theaters May 22, 2015. (Film Frame/Disney via AP)

Getting back to ‘Tomorrow’ proves very difficult

“Tomorrowland” Disney 2 hours, 10 min   In “Tomorrowland,” director Brad Bird gives us something very few films do in this day and age: a… Continue reading

This photo released by Disney shows, Thomas Robinson, as young Frank Walker, in a scene from Disney's "Tomorrowland." The film releases in U.S. theaters May 22, 2015. (Film Frame/Disney via AP)

What’s Happening

Best Bets ■ Starting June 3 stop by Soldotna Creek Park every Wednesday for a new Music in the Park series. This free “Live after… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Aaron Dupuis carries a king salmon caught in Deep Creek on the opening day of king salmon fishing on Memorial Day weekend Saturday May 22, 2015 near Ninilchik, Alaska.

Tight Lines: King opener draws mixed success on south peninsula streams

Like so many anglers before them, fishermen braved intermittent rain and chill for the opening weekend of king salmon fishing on three southern peninsula streams.… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Aaron Dupuis carries a king salmon caught in Deep Creek on the opening day of king salmon fishing on Memorial Day weekend Saturday May 22, 2015 near Ninilchik, Alaska.

Tight Lines: Kings make an appearance, lakes heat up

Enough fish were caught during last weekend’s king opener on the southern Kenai Peninsula’s salmon streams to keep things interesting, and other options for catching… Continue reading

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The Trap

The summer stretches for miles, and you’ve got plans.You’re going to pack each day with as much fun as you can. It’s gonna be great… Continue reading

Cover courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Watercolor artist Francine Long (left) talks with a visitor, with paintings by Kaitlin Vadla in the foreground, during the Emerging Artists Festival on Saturday at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna.

Local artists find venue at Soldotna festival

Soldotna Creek Park become an overcast and somewhat chilly gallery space for the regional artists who exhibited in the first annual Emerging Artists Festival Saturday.… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Watercolor artist Francine Long (left) talks with a visitor, with paintings by Kaitlin Vadla in the foreground, during the Emerging Artists Festival on Saturday at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna.

Poem: America’s White Crosses

America’s White CrossesBy Dave Thompson, KenaiHave you ever walked the row on rowsOf Billys and Johnnys and Jacks and JoesWhere our nations heroes are laid… Continue reading

Pioneer Potluck: About Ben’s boat wreck at Big Lake

Year 1972 Big Lake, Alaska But first May 28, 1938 Happy Birthday to my Little Big Brother John in Montana. This story is a repeat… Continue reading

  • May 26, 2015
  • By Grannie Annie
  • Food

Powerhouse smoothies for taste, nutrition and kidney health

According to the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 20 million people in the United States have chronic kidney disease… Continue reading

  • May 26, 2015
  • By Sue Ade
  • Food

Cranberry Ade for UTI and Kidney Stones

½ cup unsweetened 100-percent cranberry juice½ cup peeled and sectioned navel orange1 cup frozen sliced banana¼ cup raw walnut halves or pieces1 teaspoon orange zest½… Continue reading

Virgin Pina Colada

1 cup unsweetened coconut milk½ cup sliced banana½ cup frozen unsweetened strawberries¼ cup frozen unsweetened pineapple chunksPlace all ingredients in a blender and mix until… Continue reading

Antioxidant Heart Power

½ cup water or green tea, freshly brewed and cooled6 ounces plain nonfat Greek yogurt½ cup frozen unsweetened blueberries½ cup frozen unsweetened strawberries2 mint leavesPlace… Continue reading