Learning for Life: Make the most out of your grain foods

Carbohydrates get a bad rap these days. They are blamed (often wrongly) for a whole host of health problems and are taboo on most weight-loss… Continue reading

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: What you see is what you get

Editor’s note: This column was originally published on Sept. 23, 2007.Movies just aren’t what they used to be (there! I said it!). In the past… Continue reading

Voices of Faith: When filling up, remember the Spirit

Get filled up.By now, cases of jars are filled with fish, berries, and produce. Many freezers are filled with fish and game. Schedules are full… Continue reading

Church news

Rabbi Dale Cohen will be teaching at Peninsula Christian Center, Oct. 18-21 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday night’s service will be dedicated to the rise of… Continue reading

Pet photos Cat's meow
Pet photos Cat's meow

It is what it is: Coping with a cold

I recently came down with whatever strain of the crud that’s been going around this fall, and discovered that my reaction to being sick is… Continue reading

Community News and Notes

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Jerry V. Horn Memorial Post 10046 and the Auxiliary are once again sponsoring the Voice of Democracy (VOD) program. The… Continue reading

Church news

Rabbi to teach at Peninsula Christian Center Rabbi Dale Cohen will be teaching at Peninsula Christian Center, Oct. 18-21 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday night’s service… Continue reading

Voices of Faith: It’s a marathon, not a race

Having lived in a lot of different places, I enjoy the opportunity that social networking gives me to keep connected with friends and family, no… Continue reading

Bill and Michele Hartline

Hartlines celebrate 40th anniversary

Bill and Michele Hartline were married Aug. 18, 1975 in Anchorage after knowing each other for one month. They honeymooned in Russian Jack Springs Park… Continue reading

Bill and Michele Hartline

Here’s the Thing: Autumn showers

Pluviophile: a lover of rain; someone who finds joy and peace of mind during rainy days. Did you know that words exists? I’m thinking there… Continue reading

Stanley Ford sales manager Joe Wink displays some of the donations collected during the dealership's Fill the Focus Event.
Stanley Ford sales manager Joe Wink displays some of the donations collected during the dealership's Fill the Focus Event.

Yogi Berra’s quotes

When Yogi Berra died last week, I lost another of my childhood sports idols. Along with Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, Roger Bannister, Edmund Hillary, Johnny… Continue reading

Voices of Faith: Experience, good and bad, makes us who we are

My last root canal went great! There was no pain nor even any discomfort. Or at least there was none that I can remember. My… Continue reading

Business briefs

Chambers set schedules ■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce meets at noon today at Froso’s restaurant in Soldotna. Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Sean… Continue reading

LNG plant construction a huge undertaking

Alaska LNG project teams played it by the numbers — really big numbers — in a presentation on construction plans to federal, state and municipal… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: Fall and my dog Howard

I’m one of those offbeat types who enjoys the early morning hours where the eastern sky has yet to develop its personality and merely glows… Continue reading

What gift does a woman get?

Our wedding anniversary is this coming weekend, and men often ignore such occasions if they have been married that long and feel they can be… Continue reading

Church news

Catholic Church offers workshops Foundations of Faith Community nursing, a course offering registered nurses advanced training in care of the Spirit, will be held at… Continue reading

Voices of Faith: Mastering the fundamentals

You know it as well as I know it, you have to build a strong, stable foundation in order to build a strong, stable house.… Continue reading