Poet’s Corner: Soft Grows the Rose

Woman won’t live by bread alone; but a little flower helps. Happy the home where this is known and rewards rise from tender lips.  … Continue reading

Seeking out some new films on video

Late August is a rough time at the movie theater. It’s not really summer, and it’s not really fall. The blockbuster season is over but… Continue reading

Bookworm Sez: You're stuck in an elevator

Bookworm Sez: You’re stuck in an elevator

You’re stuck. Trapped in an elevator, office, front seat of a car, wishing you were someplace, anyplace, else. The people with you are getting on… Continue reading

Bookworm Sez: You're stuck in an elevator

Business News

■ The Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon on Sept. 3 at the Kenai Visitors Center. A forum… Continue reading

What’s Happening

■ On Sept. 12 from 5-7 p.m. the Ninilchik Community Library is hosting a book signing with Michelle Kennedy Hogan, author of 15 books including,… Continue reading

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, AUG. 25 - In this Aug. 13, 2014 photo, Ed Littlefield, left, plays a deerskin drum with teachers as part of a Basic Arts Institute class at Ketchikan High School in Ketchikan, Alaska. The arts institute was brought to Ketchikan for the first time by a collaboration between the arts council, Ketchikan School District and the Alaska Arts Education Consortium. (AP Photo/Ketchikan Daily News, Taylor Balkom)

Arts institute aims to activate brains

KETCHIKAN — About a dozen teachers sat in a circle in a Ketchikan High School music room one recent morning, their brows furrowed as they… Continue reading

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, AUG. 25 - In this Aug. 13, 2014 photo, Ed Littlefield, left, plays a deerskin drum with teachers as part of a Basic Arts Institute class at Ketchikan High School in Ketchikan, Alaska. The arts institute was brought to Ketchikan for the first time by a collaboration between the arts council, Ketchikan School District and the Alaska Arts Education Consortium. (AP Photo/Ketchikan Daily News, Taylor Balkom)

Pioneer Potluck: About more bears in the neighborhood

North Nikiski, Turnbull Residence   AUGUST 2014 John and Nikki live on the top of a hill that over looks a beautiful lake. They live… Continue reading

  • Aug 26, 2014
  • By Grannie Annie
  • Food
Aspen Rose Aponi of Sterling shared this photo of Sweetheart Rose (Rosie for short), posing in her winter duds last December. Rosie is a 3-year-old Teddy Roosevelt terrier.
Aspen Rose Aponi of Sterling shared this photo of Sweetheart Rose (Rosie for short), posing in her winter duds last December. Rosie is a 3-year-old Teddy Roosevelt terrier.
Community news and notes

Community news and notes

Sam Tilly and Tessa Rhyner of Kenai announce the birth of their daughter, Atlas Indira at 3:32 a.m. June 21, 2014. She weighed 7 pounds,… Continue reading

Community news and notes

Learning for Life: Flavored vinegars from wild berries and garden herbs

Flavored vinegars add variety to your meals and they are simple to make. The only ingredients you need are vinegars, herbs or berries, spices, and… Continue reading

Church news

Mass schedule to change at Our Lady of Perpetual Help As of September 1, the weekend Mass Schedule will change for Our Lady of Perpetual… Continue reading

Aerial view of the Bluff Point Landslide taken at a recent minus-5.3-foot low tide. The slide originally extended to the edge of the boulder field, but has eroded back 400-600 yards to the present beach bluff.  (Photo by Ian Reid of Eagle Eye Gallery)

Refuge Notebook: Geologists determine age of Bluff Point Landslide

Many Homerites remember when they first came down the Sterling Highway and stopped at the Baycrest Overlook. The view of Kachemak Bay, the mountains and… Continue reading

Aerial view of the Bluff Point Landslide taken at a recent minus-5.3-foot low tide. The slide originally extended to the edge of the boulder field, but has eroded back 400-600 yards to the present beach bluff.  (Photo by Ian Reid of Eagle Eye Gallery)

An Outdoor View: Wondering what fish want

Besides the question all men have, “What do women want?” another question keeps nagging at me. What do fish want?Right up front, I confess that… Continue reading

Jared White paddles his packraft through a rapid on the South Fork Flathead River, in Mont. Packrafts allows adventurers to float wilderness rivers without needing a pack string to carry a full-sized raft, said Jared White, the Wilderness Society's regional communications manager in Bozeman. (AP Photo/The Great Falls Tribune, Erin Madison)  NO SALES

Packrafting sees boom in popularity

BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS, Mont. — As Scott Bosse launched his packraft in Youngs Creek, it felt as if gravity disappeared.“I find it tremendously liberating,” Bosse… Continue reading

Jared White paddles his packraft through a rapid on the South Fork Flathead River, in Mont. Packrafts allows adventurers to float wilderness rivers without needing a pack string to carry a full-sized raft, said Jared White, the Wilderness Society's regional communications manager in Bozeman. (AP Photo/The Great Falls Tribune, Erin Madison)  NO SALES

The preacher and the president

“What are we going to do about the president?” asked my minister friend.His question took me by surprise. And though many years – and presidential… Continue reading

What’s Happening

Best Bets ■ The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank’s annual fundraiser, the Soup Supper and Auction will be held on Saturday at Kenai Central High School… Continue reading

Reeling it in: The bad and the not so bad on the big screen

“Sabotage” Open Road Films (II) 1 hour, 49 minutes   “Ragnarok” Fantefilm   This weekend saw the big release of “The Expendables 3,” but I… Continue reading

Business announcements

■ The Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon on Aug. 26 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. A… Continue reading

The Bookworm Sez: Why do we love dogs? Author hits the road to find the answer

The Bookworm Sez: Why do we love dogs? Author hits the road to find the answer

You are your dog’s only pack. And the pack is happy.A trip to the corner store started it all: you said “Go for a ride?”… Continue reading

The Bookworm Sez: Why do we love dogs? Author hits the road to find the answer

Poem: “If only”

“If only ...’’By Tom AbrosimovaIf I could write what’s really importantThe whole world would change.If only the love was importantAs it is right away.If I… Continue reading