It was last October when Kathy Lopeman started organizing the 8th Annual Way Out Women (WOW) ride to benefit local patients on the Peninsula battling cancer. Delova Garcia otherwise known as "Mama Smurf" was the first to sign up and she was followed by race time by another 109 ladies and their sleds...
Wed, 03/07/2012 - 10:36am
For years Mary Ford was known for her journalistic photography of the Kenai Peninsula as well as her service along side of her husband George in every community charity and event from Rotary, to United Way, to the relocating of historic cabins of Old Town Kenai just a few year ago. George passed awa...
Wed, 02/29/2012 - 2:42pm
Under the coaching of Scott Sheldon, Dr. Ted Barton, assistant coach Dohn Cho, and goalie coach Ward Bishop, the Ice Hawks with 13-year-old Samantha Morse tending goal shut out the Anaheim Lady Ducks 3-0 in the first game of the Pacific District Girls Hockey Championship last week in Fairbanks, Alas...
Wed, 02/29/2012 - 2:37pm
Most Alaskans, at one time or another have moved here or there.While we may not be nomads, we do move around a lot with a little help from our friends and their trucks. Look around peoples' home and you'll find something that someone has nicked, scratched, gouged or glued back together. Proof of our...
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At a time when fashion dictates worn out jeans and torn t-shirts for young ladies, pretty young girls dressed up like a princess is something commonly seen only at Halloween parties, until last week's K.U.P.S Tea Party that is, where some 25 young ladies were given princess gowns and a proper tea pa...
Wed, 02/29/2012 - 2:25pmThey are the next generation of world leaders and they are part of a program that has been sponsored by Rotary International since 1947 during which time $532 million dollars has been awarded to 41,000 men and women from around world. Now Soldotna High School and Gonzaga University graduate Kaitlin ...
Thu, 02/16/2012 - 11:45amFor anyone who resolved to make a difference in your community in the year of 2012 and is interested in energy and the costs thereof, you might find the Homer Electric Assoc. (HEA) call for nominations to their board of directors a perfect time to step up and get involved. The nomination period is o...
Wed, 02/15/2012 - 9:00amIf the image that comes to your mind of a vinyl floor is something with curled up edges that was installed 10 or even 5 years ago, your image is probably as outdated as a rotary dial telephone. Unless of course you've been by 4-D Carpet One in Soldotna and seen their latest cabinets, counter tops, a...
Wed, 02/15/2012 - 9:00amNot many folks today can actually remember when you could get a shave and a haircut for two bits, but everyone still recalls the jingle and the nostalgia for a time in America's past. Today two bits, (for the texting generation that's 25 cents,) won't buy a pack of chewing gum yet consumers are alwa...
Wed, 02/15/2012 - 9:00amIn conjunction with the Peninsula Winter Games and proud sponsor Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, the Native Youth Olympics (NYO) brought to Soldotna for the first time an authentic Native Blanket Toss. Gregory Nothstine, of Inupiat decent, originally from Wales island, brought the blanket to the Pe...
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 10:00am
