Students Ella Keenan, Laurel Rand-Lewis and Eric Van Dam listen as Polly Bass, kneeling, introduces them to a variety of alpine flora. (Photo by Mary Catharine Martin/Juneau Empire)

JIRPers start 68th summer on Juneau Icefield

JUNEAU ICEFIELD, CAMP 17 — At the Juneau Icefield Research Program’s Camp 17 this week, 32 students — and more faculty — got comfortable on… Continue reading

Students Ella Keenan, Laurel Rand-Lewis and Eric Van Dam listen as Polly Bass, kneeling, introduces them to a variety of alpine flora. (Photo by Mary Catharine Martin/Juneau Empire)

Voices of Faith: Am I really living the dream?

“I am living the dream!” is often heard from people happy about something in life. Often it is tied to going on a dream vacation,… Continue reading

What’s Happening

Events and Exhibits ■ The Soldotna Library is hosting an Alaskan themed art show displaying work of several local artists. The art will be on… Continue reading

Poem: Coal For Fish

Coal For FishBy John A. Anderson, KenaiThe moon rises above the Alaska Range like anisland in the sky sleeping in the starlight ...The windsongs on… Continue reading

Reeling it in: Fascinating story carries ‘The Woman in Gold’

“The Woman in Gold”Weinstein Company1 hour, 49 minutesThere are a million great stories about art and artists down through the ages, probably because artists are… Continue reading

The Bookworm Sez: Lots to glean from 'Pardon My Hearse'

The Bookworm Sez: Lots to glean from ‘Pardon My Hearse’

The job you were hired to do and the job you do today sure are different.The Old You, in fact, would only barely recognize the… Continue reading

The Bookworm Sez: Lots to glean from 'Pardon My Hearse'

Pioneer Potluck: About picnics

Estes Park, Colorado 1948-49 Kenai, Alaska 2015 As I mentioned last week, our Fourth of July picnic at the park in Fort Collins, was most… Continue reading

  • Jul 7, 2015
  • By Ann 'Grannie Annie' Berg
  • Food
Kitchen Ade: Strawberry Ice Cream

Kitchen Ade: Strawberry Ice Cream

2 cups whole strawberries, rinsed and hulled* 2 tablespoons sugar 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1 small (5-ounce) can evaporated milk 1 cup heavy… Continue reading

Kitchen Ade: Strawberry Ice Cream
Kitchen Ade: Fruity Pebbles Confetti Ice Cream Squares

Kitchen Ade: Fruity Pebbles Confetti Ice Cream Squares

½ cup unsalted butter, softened ¾ cup sugar 1 large egg 1 egg yolk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1½ cups all-purpose flour ¼ teaspoon salt… Continue reading

Kitchen Ade: Fruity Pebbles Confetti Ice Cream Squares
Kitchen Ade: Basic vanilla ice cream

Kitchen Ade: Basic vanilla ice cream

1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1 small (5-ounce) can evaporated milk ½ to 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract 1 cup heavy cream 1 cup… Continue reading

Kitchen Ade: Basic vanilla ice cream
Mike McKinley of Sterling shared this photo of Brimley, a Labrador retreiver, guarding the bird feeder from the squirrel. He writes, "She's patient until the squirrel gets about four feet away, then she can't stand it and has to move. Squirrel, of course, never gets caught ..."
Mike McKinley of Sterling shared this photo of Brimley, a Labrador retreiver, guarding the bird feeder from the squirrel. He writes, "She's patient until the squirrel gets about four feet away, then she can't stand it and has to move. Squirrel, of course, never gets caught ..."
Raymond and Lily Ann Schoessler

Weddings

Sarah Boles and Ross Baldwin were married in an outdoor ceremony on May 30, 2015, at Wolf Oak Acres in Oneida, New York.A reception, dinner,… Continue reading

Raymond and Lily Ann Schoessler

Unhinged Alaska: Thrasher’s resurrection

Hopefully, as you read this piece you are doing so without a dramatic new body piercing in an ultra sensitive place or a Russian River… Continue reading

Community News and Notes

Carolyn Knackstedt of Kenai graduated Cum Laude from Pacific Lutheran College in Tacoma, Washington with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology.Email your community events… Continue reading

Learning for Life: Food preservation resources

It is 8 p.m., you are ready to start canning fish but can’t find your Cooperative Extension Service publication, “Canning the Catch.” And what, the… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion King salmon fishermen ride upriver during the first day of fishing on the late run of Kenai River king salmon on Wednesday July 1, 2015 near Kenai, Alaska.

Fishing report: Slow start for kings, but plenty of other options

The Kenai River opened to sport fishing for king salmon on Wednesday, and despite restrictions on bait and the area open to king fishing, a… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion King salmon fishermen ride upriver during the first day of fishing on the late run of Kenai River king salmon on Wednesday July 1, 2015 near Kenai, Alaska.
Once spruce-covered hills in the Deep Creek watershed on the Kenai Peninsula were converted to extensive bluejoint grasslands in the aftermath of a spruce bark beetle outbreak and the 2007 Caribou Hills Fire.  (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Refuge Notebook: Common grass has uncommon attributes

Perhaps the most common plant on the Kenai Peninsula is Calamagrostis canadensis, the bluejoint reedgrass. This perennial grass grows in dense colonies near the coast… Continue reading

Once spruce-covered hills in the Deep Creek watershed on the Kenai Peninsula were converted to extensive bluejoint grasslands in the aftermath of a spruce bark beetle outbreak and the 2007 Caribou Hills Fire.  (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

An Outdoor View: Tourist trap

Wikipedia defines “tourist trap” as “an establishment, or group of establishments, that has been created or re-purposed with the aim of attracting tourists and their… Continue reading

In this photo taken on June 16, 2015, a young angler participating in the Next Cast Flyfishers camp ties on a small streamer while preparing to fish for rainbow trout in Shevlin Park pond, in Bend, Ore. (Ryan Brennecke /The Bulletin via AP)

Fly-fishing camp hooks the next generation

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Like a fly-fishing veteran, Branson Broderick set the hook, stripped his line in, then bent down to net the flopping rainbow… Continue reading

In this photo taken on June 16, 2015, a young angler participating in the Next Cast Flyfishers camp ties on a small streamer while preparing to fish for rainbow trout in Shevlin Park pond, in Bend, Ore. (Ryan Brennecke /The Bulletin via AP)

Voices of Faith: Feeding the multitudes

As a young boy attending Sunday school, I remember being fascinated with the Bible story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 with five loaves and two… Continue reading