In this July 2014 photo, Mike Wieser of Boise, Idaho rides Sun?Valley, Idaho's newest flow trail, Saddle Up, during a race at the ski resort. Sun?Valley's trails and lifts are open to cyclists for the summer. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Roger Phillips)

Mountain bike trails go with the flow

BOISE, Idaho — Mountain biking started on hiking trails, then trails were later built with bikes in mind. The latest evolution in bike trails is… Continue reading

In this July 2014 photo, Mike Wieser of Boise, Idaho rides Sun?Valley, Idaho's newest flow trail, Saddle Up, during a race at the ski resort. Sun?Valley's trails and lifts are open to cyclists for the summer. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Roger Phillips)

An Outdoor View: On filling the freezer

In a perfect world, we’d be eating a sandwich made from the last of last year’s salmon while catching our first salmon of this year.… Continue reading

What’s Happening

Best Bet ■ Soldotna Progress Days events are Saturday and Sunday at the Soldotna Little League fields on Kalifornsky Beach Road. For a schedule, visit… Continue reading

Reeling it in: ‘Snowpiercer’ a thought-provoking ride

“Snowpiercer” SnowPiercer 2 hours, 6 minutes   I find it a depressing fact of life, but more and more small, independent, or unique foreign films… Continue reading

FILE - This photo released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows director/producer, Clint Eastwood, left, and executive producer Frankie Valli on the set of Warner Bros. Pictures' musical "Jersey Boys," a Warner Bros. Pictures release. The big-screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical "Jersey Boys" is Eastwood's 12th film as a director since turning 70. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Keith Bernstein, file)

Working late in life, directors refuse to say cut

Visiting a retired Frank Capra at his Sierra Nevada hideaway, Clint Eastwood was baffled.“I always thought: ‘He could be making a film right now. He’s… Continue reading

FILE - This photo released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows director/producer, Clint Eastwood, left, and executive producer Frankie Valli on the set of Warner Bros. Pictures' musical "Jersey Boys," a Warner Bros. Pictures release. The big-screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical "Jersey Boys" is Eastwood's 12th film as a director since turning 70. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Keith Bernstein, file)

Poem: Dipnetting

Dipnetting SeasonBy Dee Rusin, KenaiThe fish are coming! The fish are coming! Grab your nets and poles! Hurry to the beach Stretch as far as… Continue reading

In this Thursday, July 3, 2014 photo, cell phones, mixed with the evening's supplies, were rarely touched at a crafting party for teenagers in Arvada, Colo. Crafting encourages creativity, develops imagination and counters the many hours teens spend on their computers, phones and other "screens." Activities such as crafting allow parents to connect with their teens in a healthy way.   (AP Photo/Jennifer Forker)

Teen craft nights boost creativity, family ties

A few months ago, I launched a diabolical plan to entice my teenage daughters to spend more time with me, and to semi-shelter them from… Continue reading

In this Thursday, July 3, 2014 photo, cell phones, mixed with the evening's supplies, were rarely touched at a crafting party for teenagers in Arvada, Colo. Crafting encourages creativity, develops imagination and counters the many hours teens spend on their computers, phones and other "screens." Activities such as crafting allow parents to connect with their teens in a healthy way.   (AP Photo/Jennifer Forker)
The Bookworm Sez: 'North of Normal' an out-of-the-ordinary read

The Bookworm Sez: ‘North of Normal’ an out-of-the-ordinary read

You stopped in the store the other day, and stopped short.In all its electric-colored glory, tie-dye is back. Or maybe it never left, just passed… Continue reading

The Bookworm Sez: 'North of Normal' an out-of-the-ordinary read
Discover Caribbean flavor and Jamaican spice in lively jerk cooking, at home

Discover Caribbean flavor and Jamaican spice in lively jerk cooking, at home

Native to Jamaica, “jerk” is a way of cooking in which meat, typically chicken or pork, is dry-rubbed or marinated in a wet mixture comprised… Continue reading

  • Jul 22, 2014
  • By Sue Ade
  • Food
Discover Caribbean flavor and Jamaican spice in lively jerk cooking, at home

Pioneer Potluck: About fishing

Salmon in Alaska 2014 Catfish in Northern Colorado 1950’S. I see people lined up at the mouth of the Kenai River and the frenzied fisherman… Continue reading

  • Jul 22, 2014
  • By Grannie Annie
  • Food
Cindy Morrison of Kenai shared this photo of Sweetpea, a 2.9-pound Yorkie with a personality is as big as any Diva. Cindy writes, "She's standing on her daddy's leg smirking at the camera."
Cindy Morrison of Kenai shared this photo of Sweetpea, a 2.9-pound Yorkie with a personality is as big as any Diva. Cindy writes, "She's standing on her daddy's leg smirking at the camera."

What was I thinking?

Last weekend, I loaded my family into the truck, hitched up the camper trailer, and we trekked up to Sheep Mountain, on the Glenn Highway,… Continue reading

Weddings

Weddings

Jessie Marie Perkovich and Brandon Williams were married on Friday, July 11, 2014 in Baytown, Texas.The bride is the daughter of John and Tabitha Perkovich.… Continue reading

Weddings
News and notes

News and notes

Rollin and Sierra Ritter of Kenai announce the birth of their daughter, Ellie Mae Ritter, at 5:58 a.m. on June 27, 2014. She weighed 8… Continue reading

News and notes

Learning for Life: When good plants go bad

Is it an ornamental flower or an invasive garden thug? Often we plant  flowers for our enjoyment only to find they want to take over… Continue reading

Church news

Soldotna Church of God hosts Destiny Conference Soldotna Church of God’s annual Destiny Conference runs through Sunday. Come listen to speakers from across the country,… Continue reading

Load lifters needed

In his helpful book, “Strength of Soul,” W. Phillip Keller says one of the most compelling invitations ever extended by God to man came when… Continue reading

Photo by Bri Kilbourne Greater White Fronted Geese pack into the "pot", part of the trap into which flightless geese are herded by floatplanes on Innoko National Wildlife Refuge

Refuge Notebook: Herding geese – with airplanes?

That’s right! National Wildlife Refuges like to do things in style. And by style I mean using float planes to herd geese in order to… Continue reading

Photo by Bri Kilbourne Greater White Fronted Geese pack into the "pot", part of the trap into which flightless geese are herded by floatplanes on Innoko National Wildlife Refuge

Les Palmer: Changing the process

Author’s note: The Clarion previously published the following column on Mar. 25, 1994. Nothing has changed except the economic value of sport fishing for salmon… Continue reading

One of the yurts at the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies Peterson Bay Field Station.

Sitting on the dock of the bay: Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies gets new access

Since the early days when the Peterson Bay Field Station opened in 1983, visitors to the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies environmental education center started… Continue reading

One of the yurts at the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies Peterson Bay Field Station.