Pioneer Potluck: About my grandpa

North of Fort Collins, Colorado 1937 to 1950’S My Grandpa Ernest Cogswell was born in 1886 in Friend, Nebraska and moved to Northern Colorado in… Continue reading

  • Nov 4, 2014
  • By Grannie Annie
  • Food

Business news

Chambers set schedules ■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce next meets at noon on Nov. 11 at Froso’s Restaurant. A presentation from Kenai Peninsula United… Continue reading

Peninsula Community Health Services is proud to participate in National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the second most common kind of cancer in women. About 1 in 8 women born today in the United States will get breast cancer at some point. The good news is that many women can survive breast cancer if it's found and treated early. Talk to your doctor about your risk of breast cancer, especially if a close family member of yours has had breast or ovarian cancer. Your doctor can help you decide when and how often to get mammograms.
Peninsula Community Health Services is proud to participate in National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the second most common kind of cancer in women. About 1 in 8 women born today in the United States will get breast cancer at some point. The good news is that many women can survive breast cancer if it's found and treated early. Talk to your doctor about your risk of breast cancer, especially if a close family member of yours has had breast or ovarian cancer. Your doctor can help you decide when and how often to get mammograms.

Learning for Life: Why use a food thermometer?

Using a food thermometer is the only sure way to determine if your food has reached a high enough temperature to destroy foodborne bacteria. Many… Continue reading

Kenai Senior Center Activities

What’s happening at the Kenai Senior Center for the month of November 2014 (all activities are held at the Kenai Senior Center unless otherwise stated):■… Continue reading

Here’s the Thing: Like a fine wine …

We just got back from our mini-getaway. We weren’t gone very long, because my husband works a demanding full time job and I’m just a… Continue reading

Wells Fargo presents a $3,000 grant to Boys and Girls Club of Kenai Peninsula to support the organization's annual fundraiser to be held Nov. 15 in Kenai. Pictured from left to right are: Tim Redder, Boys & Girls Club board member, Wells Fargo Kenai Peninsula business banking manager; Peter Micciche, Boys & Girls Club board member, state senator; Tyler Davis, Wells Fargo Kenai business relationship manager; Ryan Tunseth, Boys & Girls Club board president; Mike Navarre, Boys & Girls Club board member, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor; and James Montgomery, Boys & Girls Club board member.
Wells Fargo presents a $3,000 grant to Boys and Girls Club of Kenai Peninsula to support the organization's annual fundraiser to be held Nov. 15 in Kenai. Pictured from left to right are: Tim Redder, Boys & Girls Club board member, Wells Fargo Kenai Peninsula business banking manager; Peter Micciche, Boys & Girls Club board member, state senator; Tyler Davis, Wells Fargo Kenai business relationship manager; Ryan Tunseth, Boys & Girls Club board president; Mike Navarre, Boys & Girls Club board member, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor; and James Montgomery, Boys & Girls Club board member.

An Outdoor View: The old man was a meat fisherman

In the past 10 or 15 years years, I’ve found myself thinking more and more about my dad. The old man was a meat fisherman… Continue reading

Kenai Refuge has new Visitor Services Manager

Kenai Refuge has new Visitor Services Manager

The other day I was in the garage unpacking boxes from our recent move from Fergus Falls, Minnesota, to work as the Visitor Services Manager… Continue reading

Kenai Refuge has new Visitor Services Manager

Andy Hall attempts to clear up Denali’s history

In Denali’s Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America’s Wildest Peak former editor of Alaska magazine Andy Hall’s presentation responded to a four-decade old hole… Continue reading

Think outside of the box

Think outside of the box. I think it is a safe assumption that anyone reading this has heard that phrase hundreds of times. It began… Continue reading

Semi-Southeast Adventure: Paddling the Nisutlin River

It’s fast becoming a fall tradition for my boyfriend Bjorn Dihle and me to head north and do a week-long paddle on a Yukon river… Continue reading

What’s Happening

Best Bet ■ Triumvirate Theatre’s political satire “Lame Ducks and Dark Horses” runs Friday and Saturday at the Triumvirate Theatre North, 42715 Kenai Spur Highway,… Continue reading

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas poses for the media at the Cinema Academy in Madrid, Spain,  Friday Oct. 24, 2014.  Banderas will receive an honorary Goya award for his film career during the upcoming Goya Award Ceremony. (AP Photo/Abraham Caro Marin)

Never be afraid of robots? Perhaps we should be

“Automata” Millennium Entertainment 1 hour, 50 minutes   The weeks leading up to Halloween typically don’t offer a whole lot in the way of cinematic… Continue reading

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas poses for the media at the Cinema Academy in Madrid, Spain,  Friday Oct. 24, 2014.  Banderas will receive an honorary Goya award for his film career during the upcoming Goya Award Ceremony. (AP Photo/Abraham Caro Marin)
Be careful what you wish for

Be careful what you wish for

Be careful what you wish for. No doubt, you’ve been told that before. What you want and what you need are often two different things,… Continue reading

Be careful what you wish for

Poem: Please Vote Fish

Please Vote FishBy Steve M. Schoonmaker, Kasilof If the smell of a fresh caught Salmon in the last moments of it’s focused taking registered, and… Continue reading

Pioneer Potluck: About expensive vine ripened tomatoes

Co-Author Dolores   North Nikiski, Alaska 2012 A couple of years ago, shortly after Christmas, my friend, Dolores, had a long days adventure. Her weekly… Continue reading

  • Oct 28, 2014
  • By Grannie Annie
  • Food

Business news

Chambers set schedules The Soldotna and Kenai Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon today at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. A… Continue reading

Swim, bike and run for Hospice From left, Gale Robison, Executive Director of Hospice of the Central Peninsula, and Reean Pitts, Hospice of the Central Peninsula Board President, accept a donation from Gretchen Kraus, Tri The Kenai Registration Coordinator, and Tony Oliver, Tri The Kenai Event Director. The charity focus of this year's Tri The Kenai triathlon was Hospice of the Central Peninsula, and fundraising efforts netted $2,500 for the organization. (submitted photo)
Swim, bike and run for Hospice From left, Gale Robison, Executive Director of Hospice of the Central Peninsula, and Reean Pitts, Hospice of the Central Peninsula Board President, accept a donation from Gretchen Kraus, Tri The Kenai Registration Coordinator, and Tony Oliver, Tri The Kenai Event Director. The charity focus of this year's Tri The Kenai triathlon was Hospice of the Central Peninsula, and fundraising efforts netted $2,500 for the organization. (submitted photo)

Unhinged Alaska: Grump Month

I’m not sure what it is about October that puts me into a mood that my wife refers to as my “Grump Month” but it… Continue reading