Pasta and homemade meatballs with tomatoe sauce

Pasta and homemade meatballs with tomatoe sauce

I don’t know anyone who doesn’t enjoy a plateful of spaghetti and meatballs. It’s great family fare and comfort food that’s especially welcome in winter.… Continue reading

Pasta and homemade meatballs with tomatoe sauce

Business briefs

■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce will not meet this week. At noon on Jan. 26, the chamber of commerce will met at Froso’s Restaurant.… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: The NFL playoffs, non-fan, awareness guide

For the next few weeks, a huge segment of the population will come critically close to OD’ing on saturated fats and cholesterol while becoming so… Continue reading

Students share ideas for solving hunger

Editor’s note: All elementary school students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District were invited by the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank to write a one-page… Continue reading

Learning for Life: Brown bag lunches with style

According to Business News Daily, the average American spends $2,000 on eating lunch out each year. Our wallets aren’t the only thing to suffer when… Continue reading

Hard to love school these days

Several days ago, our paper ran a news story in which Georgia’s 2016 Teacher of the Year told a group in Atlanta that school just… Continue reading

The low light pollution on the Kenai Peninsula allows for great photos of our nightscape. (Photo by Rebecca Uta)

Refuge Notebook: The Dark Side – photographing our nightscape

I recently received a gift for gracefully aging of a Canon D3300. Being a photography hobbyist and a complete amateur, I have diligently studied our… Continue reading

The low light pollution on the Kenai Peninsula allows for great photos of our nightscape. (Photo by Rebecca Uta)

Church News

Nikiski Aglow begins new study Nikiski Aglow will begin a new study by Graham Cooke called “Life Changers” on Saturday mornings at 10 a.m. through… Continue reading

Voices of Faith: Thriving in life

This is my first newspaper article of the year. If this were published on the internet, it would be a blog I suppose. I never… Continue reading

  • Jan 14, 2016
  • By Rev. Stephen S. Brown
  • Community
This May 25, 2013 photo shows French breakfast radishes at the Bayview Farmer's Market in Langley, Wash., that are typical of many edibles that are eaten raw. They need to be washed before serving to remove dirt and bacteria as well as any residual pesticides. (Dean Fosdick via AP)

Making sure food from your garden is safe to eat

Gardening delivers produce that is tastier, cheaper and safer than store-bought, right? Well, not necessarily safer.“There’s always the potential from contamination, whether you grow your… Continue reading

This May 25, 2013 photo shows French breakfast radishes at the Bayview Farmer's Market in Langley, Wash., that are typical of many edibles that are eaten raw. They need to be washed before serving to remove dirt and bacteria as well as any residual pesticides. (Dean Fosdick via AP)

An Outdoor View: The value of patience

“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.”— SaadiIt occurred to me the other day that we’re losing our patience.If you’re wondering, I’m… Continue reading

In this Jan. 2 photo, Rich Savoyski, left, and Kara Zwickey furiously sweep in front of their teams' curling stone to bring it into the red-outlined house to score a goal at Kevin Bell Arena in Homer.(Anna Frost/The Homer News)

Curling: Harder than it looks – but lots of fun

The key to curling success is two-fold: put more weight on the broom than the stone and, most importantly, trust the stone will not pull… Continue reading

In this Jan. 2 photo, Rich Savoyski, left, and Kara Zwickey furiously sweep in front of their teams' curling stone to bring it into the red-outlined house to score a goal at Kevin Bell Arena in Homer.(Anna Frost/The Homer News)

What’s Happening

Best Bet ■ Rarefied Light, a statewide juried photo exhibit, is on display in Jan. 14-Feb. 26 at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, 816 Cook… Continue reading

This photo provided by Disney shows Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man in a scene from Marvel's "Ant-Man." The film releases in the U.S. on Friday, July 17, 2015. (Zade Rosenthal/Disney/Marvel via AP)

Reeling it in: Best and worst of 2015

The buzz in the world of Hollywood journalism (if there is such a thing) is that this was a particularly good year for movies. I… Continue reading

This photo provided by Disney shows Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man in a scene from Marvel's "Ant-Man." The film releases in the U.S. on Friday, July 17, 2015. (Zade Rosenthal/Disney/Marvel via AP)
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Summer Parker (front) and Skye Lew (back) admire one of the tunics woven in the Ravenstail style, a type of weaving indigenous to the Pacific coast of Canada and Alaska. A display of multiple pieces woven by Juneau artist Kay Field Parker will be on display at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center for the winter and spring.

Weaving display features return of restoration lost art

At first glance, the Ravenstail robes don’t look like a piece of lost history. Had it not been for a group of enterprising weavers in… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Summer Parker (front) and Skye Lew (back) admire one of the tunics woven in the Ravenstail style, a type of weaving indigenous to the Pacific coast of Canada and Alaska. A display of multiple pieces woven by Juneau artist Kay Field Parker will be on display at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center for the winter and spring.

Poet’s Corner: The Measure of a Man

The Measure of a ManUnless you really knew BruceYou would not understandSo many things to considerIn the measure of this manHe loved his children and… Continue reading

This is where it ends

This is where it ends

In every class, there are always a few kids you try to avoid.The know-it-all kid, for instance: who has time for that? Or the kid… Continue reading

This is where it ends

Pioneer Potluck: About the 1949 Blizzard, Northern Colorado

On a farm east of Fort Collins, Colorado Jan 2, 1949   I was 12 years old when the blizzard hit our farm in January… Continue reading

  • Jan 12, 2016
  • By Grannie Annie
  • Food

Dolly’s donut is a delightful birthday cake

There are ten annual U.S. federal holidays on the calendar designated by the United States Congress. Sadly, January 19, Dolly Parton’s birthday, is not one… Continue reading

  • Jan 12, 2016
  • By Sue Ade
  • Food

Business Briefs

Chambers set schedules ■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce will host its annual chamber awards luncheon at noon today at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.… Continue reading