Our fishing group visits the north country every year, but we have never fished the Kenai or any of the adjacent rivers. I am not a king fisherman, but love fishing for other salmon. I have looked at pictures and statistics of the Kenai kings each year and am very sad to see the decline of both size and numbers. I do hope the “KINGS” can return to their rightful place in the Kenai in the future. Kings is Kenai and Kenai are kings! With warmest aloha,

Ed Tamura  

I would love to thank the honest person that turned in my iPad that I had left in the grocery cart at Walmart June 3. I never thought I would see it again but earnest prayers were sent and when we returned shortly after leaving, someone had turned it in. I am so happy to know this is the same city I lived in 50 years ago when we could leave our cars and homes unlocked and go the Anchorage for the weekend and not have to worry. Thank you so much! 

On behalf of Nikiski North Star Elementary PTA we would like to thank our Volunteers and Local Businesses for there time and donations for Teacher Appreciation Week. Arby’s, Espresso Barn, Sweeney’s, Tesoro, RAZL Expression, Kings Treasure, Veronica’s, Orca Theatre, Blockbuster, Jersey Subs, Zumba by Jen Ellis, Subway, B&G Club Nikiski, and Charlies Pizza. Also thank you to Conoco Phillips for letting us use your BBQ for our End of Year picnic and JD Quartly for cooking some amazing hot dogs!

Special Olympics volunteers and Central Peninsula law enforcement would like to thank everyone who contributed to the success of the 2013 Law Enforcement Special Olympics Torch Run in Kenai. We especially want to thank the local Wells Fargo employees who volunteered their time to help facilitate the event. We would also like to thank Kenai McDonalds, Kenai Safeway, Polar Screens, and Aspen Dental Clinic for their contributions that helped make the event a success. We also appreciate Merrill Sikorski and KSRM for help with notifying the public of the event.