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Notes from the Recycling Bin

Did you know … May 6 from 10 a.m-3 p.m., is ReGroup’s next Electronics Recycling Event at the…

Students from across the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District participate in The Young Americans workshop held at Mountain View Elementary on March 28 , which aims to develop students’ performing arts skills. (Photo by Kat Sorensen, Peninsula Clarion)

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Showtime! Young Americans bring arts to Mountain View

Kenai’s Mountain View Elementary School has been hosting the Young Americans Show Choir since Monday in a three-day…

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Kenai Middle students take part in MathCounts

“Yu has 12 coins, consisting of five pennies, four nickels and three dimes. He tosses them all in…

Weston Gorup and Sophia Marcorelle performed during the annual benefit for Sterling-Soldotna HeadStart on Friday, March 24. 2017 at the Sterling Senior Center in Sterling, Alaska. The benefit, which had a Taste of Italy theme, included dinner, performances and an auction. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kids perform for Head Start fundraiser

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It is what it is: Two roads, plenty of snow

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood filled up with snow … What happens when you mash up…

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Learning for Life: Back yard birch tapping

Backyard Birch Tapping Ever wonder how to make Birch Syrup from our native birch trees? Cooperative Extension Service…

Owen Boyle, of Nikiski, is geared up for a dive on an oil platform in Cook Inlet sometime in the sixties. He worked as a commercial diver in the dangerous waters of Cook Inlet for 40 years and was inducted into the Association of Diving Contractors International Hall of Fame this February. (Photo courtesy Owen Boyle)

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Diving blind, 40 years in the Cook Inlet

Owen Boyle spent 40 years diving the dangerous waters of Cook Inlet, submerging himself in the treacherous tides…

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Business Briefs

Chambers set schedules n The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce meets noon today at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex…

Ron Sexton, owner of Trinity Greenhouse in Soldotna, opened his doors to the public on March 1, but has been working all winter long to get his greenhouses ready for the 2017 season. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Local greenhouses are springing to life

On the first day of spring, greenhouse workers’ hands were busy mixing, potting and planting, even though their…

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Here’s the thing: Help me, help you

Our little family is compromised of two very different personality types. My son and I are wacky, outgoing,…

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Learning for Life: Beekeeping in Alaska

Beekeeping in Alaska While it is early spring many beekeepers in Alaska have already placed their “bee” order…

“Signing of the Alaska Treaty” by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, depicts William H. Seward (seated by the desk) and Russian envoy Eduard de Stoeckl (standing by the globe). The painting, from the collection of the Seward House Museum, Auburn, New York, is on display this spring and summer at the Anchorage Museum. (Image courtesy of Seward House Museum)

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The treaty that ceded Alaska from Russia to the USA

Five million dollars or ten million? Payment in dollars, British pounds or gold? In Washington, D.C., Russian envoy…

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Community News and Notes

News and Notes Stafford graduates from South Dakota State Katie Marie Stafford of Kasilof graduated after the fall…

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Notes from the recycling bin

Did you know … March 22 is World Water Day. In 1992, World Water Day was designated by…

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Minister’s message: Seeing the signs

Recently I heard about a church sign with one letter misplaced. The sign should have read “United” but…

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Learning for Life: Chick fever is in the air

Chick fever is in the air: Raising backyard poultry There are numerous reasons why we choose to keep…

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Unhinged Alaska: Yo, Mother Nature, you need a nap

Last month I inferred that Old Man Winter was behaving like a borderline psychotic suffering conflicting flashbacks inclusive…

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Community News and Notes

News and Notes Callie Kant, Drew Kant named to dean’s list at Olivet Nazarene Callie Kant and Drew…

This statue of William Seward stands on a pedestal in Seattle’s Volunteer Park. The citizens of Seattle erected it in 1909, and the attached plaque cites the purchase of Alaska as the culmination of Seward’s long and useful life serving the American people. Alaska has several Seward statues including a bust in the town of Seward and a new unveiling planned for July 3 in Juneau during this sesquicentennial year. (Photo by Shana Loshbaugh)

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William Henry Seward: visionary of national growth

William Henry Seward was a visionary and one of the most important diplomats in American history. As Seward’s…

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Notes from the Recycling Bin

Did you know … Heavy metals are naturally occurring chemical elements that have a high atomic weight and…