Mary-Kate Boyles, 7, gets lost in the music during a webcast by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to students at Yes Academy Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, in Detroit.  Boyles sayd, "This was the first day I've ever heard it.  It was beautiful." (AP Photo/Detroit News,  Daniel Mears)  DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT, MAGS OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Detroit Symphony launches 1st educational webcast

DETROIT — The Detroit Symphony Orchestra took a tour of more than 400 schools Wednesday in its hometown and beyond, but the road trip was… Continue reading

Mary-Kate Boyles, 7, gets lost in the music during a webcast by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to students at Yes Academy Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, in Detroit.  Boyles sayd, "This was the first day I've ever heard it.  It was beautiful." (AP Photo/Detroit News,  Daniel Mears)  DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT, MAGS OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Your best holiday turkey yet

Turns out the safest way to cook turkey is also the way I enjoy preparing (and eating) turkey most – from a bird that has… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2014
  • By Sue Ade
  • Food

Pioneer Potluck: About Thanksgivings Past

Grandpa and Grandma’s turkey 1947 or earlier North of Fort Collins, Colorado Grandpa and Grandma Cogwell raised chickens and a few turkeys in the middle… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2014
  • By Grannie Annie
  • Food

Business News

Chambers set schedules ■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce meets at noon today at Froso’s Restaurant. A presentation from Kenai Peninsula United Way Executive Director… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Samantha Hayes inks a tattoo on customer Misty Stowell's leg at Ink Works Tattoo Studio in Kenai on Nov. 8..

Pet project: Tattoo studio raises money for Kenai Animal Shelter

In October, the Hayes family’s dog Opie went missing. Mina Hayes said that she found Opie later in the Kenai Animal Shelter — after he… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Samantha Hayes inks a tattoo on customer Misty Stowell's leg at Ink Works Tattoo Studio in Kenai on Nov. 8..

It Is What It Is: Banging my head

“Dad, why don’t we have more Iron Maiden in our playlist?”I got that question from my 13-year-old son recently, as he was scrolling through our… Continue reading

Dexter Triston Hart

Community News and Notes

Jacon and Sarah Hart of Kenai announce the birth of their son, Dexter Triston Hart, at 9:49 p.m. Oct. 10, 2014. He weighed 6 pounds,… Continue reading

Dexter Triston Hart

Learning for Life: Pantry pests, the univited guests

Sometimes we open up food products to find the surprise of uninvited guests wiggling in what we had hoped to consume. These insects and their… Continue reading

  • Nov 8, 2014
  • By UAF Cooperative Extension Service
  • Community

Cooking salmon

The salmon I cooked for dinner Tuesday night earned a thumbs up and a “Mmm-mmm!” from the in-house food critic, so I thought I’d share… Continue reading

A brown creeper probes for insects behind the bark of a birch tree. (photo By Ted Bailey)

Refuge Notebook: Elusive, inconspicuous brown creepers favor old growth forests

I have seen more brown creepers on the Kenai Peninsula this year than in the past two years when I saw none. Brown creepers are… Continue reading

A brown creeper probes for insects behind the bark of a birch tree. (photo By Ted Bailey)
Dale Flick, of Portland, left, helps Carol O'Bryant, of Bend, Ore., practice fly casting during the Casting for Recovery retreat on Oct. 19, 2014 at Black Butte Ranch. The weekend-long retreat focused on fly fishing is for survivors of breast cancer. (AP Photo/The Bulletin, Joe Kline)

Breast cancer survivors fly fish as therapy

SISTERS, Ore. — In her first year of recovering from breast cancer, Carol O’Bryant, of Bend, was plagued with anxiety over whether the disease was… Continue reading

Dale Flick, of Portland, left, helps Carol O'Bryant, of Bend, Ore., practice fly casting during the Casting for Recovery retreat on Oct. 19, 2014 at Black Butte Ranch. The weekend-long retreat focused on fly fishing is for survivors of breast cancer. (AP Photo/The Bulletin, Joe Kline)

Brining change for the better

Change comes with the seasons. The brilliant colors of fall give way to the drab browns of early winter. Soon the monochromatic white and gray… Continue reading

Church news

Soldotna Bible Chapel will be hosting This Hope! Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Come be a part of an evening that will comfort, encourage and challenge… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion The cast of Soldotna High School's ""The Suessification of Romeo and Julliet" perform a dance number at the Soldtna High School Auditorium on Wednesday Nov. 5.

Area drama clubs perform one-act shows for second festival

Three Central Peninsula high school drama clubs and one adult club are participating in this year’s One-Act Play. Each of the four groups will be… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion The cast of Soldotna High School's ""The Suessification of Romeo and Julliet" perform a dance number at the Soldtna High School Auditorium on Wednesday Nov. 5.
Unretirement - is it for you

Unretirement – is it for you

For much of your employed life, you dreamed about not having to work. Retirement would be great. It would stretch out for years, a horizon… Continue reading

Unretirement - is it for you
2 young boys plus 1 young girl equal conflict

2 young boys plus 1 young girl equal conflict

“The Book of Life” Twentieth Century Fox 1 hour, 30 minutes   Growing up in the southwest, the grinning skulls and festive, yet somewhat grotesque… Continue reading

2 young boys plus 1 young girl equal conflict

What’s Happening

■ The Performing Arts Society 2014-2015 Concert Series presents the John Damberg Latin Jazz Sextet in a delightful evening of Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and original music.… Continue reading

Poem: Still So Happy

Still So HappyBy Brett Van Sickle, Kenai Today I found myself thinking, of the past five years of life. I still treasure every moment, since… Continue reading

Contributed photo/Ingrid Vyhmesiter The Vyhmeister family just moved to Soldotna, where Edwin Vyhmeister will be working as the Kenai Peninsula's first board-certified hand surgeon.

New specialist comes to Kenai Peninsula

Dr. Edwin Vyhmeister has steady hands. Whether they’re tying an intricate fly fishing knot, or performing micro-surgery the surgeon, and newly-minted Alaskan, specializes in processes… Continue reading

Contributed photo/Ingrid Vyhmesiter The Vyhmeister family just moved to Soldotna, where Edwin Vyhmeister will be working as the Kenai Peninsula's first board-certified hand surgeon.

Like magic, meringue good for piping kisses, making pies

If you’ve not made meringue because it looks intimidating, a few pointers will help you achieve success. Although making meringue may appear to be something… Continue reading

  • Nov 4, 2014
  • By Sue Ade
  • Food