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Reeling it in: ‘Lost City’ worth exploring

“The Lost City of Z” Amazon Studios 2 hours, 21 minutes “The Lost City of Z” may be the best film I’ve seen this year… Continue reading

A pressed herbarium specimen identified in 1941 as Kenai Birch by Eric Hult&

Refuge Notebook: A tale of two birches

Did you know there are two species of native birches on the Kenai Peninsula? Well, actually three if you count the dwarf birch (Betula nana),… Continue reading

A pressed herbarium specimen identified in 1941 as Kenai Birch by Eric Hult&

An Outdoor View: Thoughts on bears

Earlier this month, predatory black bears killed two people, and brown bears defending cubs mauled five others. While this number of attacks in a short… Continue reading

In this file photo, runners are shown starting the final Salmon Run Series race of the year on Aug. 5, 2015 in Soldotna. The Salmon Run Series at Tsalteshi Trails starts on Wednesday. The weekly event is in its sixth year and runs until Aug. 2. The trails will also be hosting the Soldotna Cycle Series on Thursday nights and the Unity Run on July 15. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Tsummer at Tsalteshi

Tsalteshi Trails will see a lot of action even before the first snowfall with a number of running and mountain biking events taking place on… Continue reading

In this file photo, runners are shown starting the final Salmon Run Series race of the year on Aug. 5, 2015 in Soldotna. The Salmon Run Series at Tsalteshi Trails starts on Wednesday. The weekly event is in its sixth year and runs until Aug. 2. The trails will also be hosting the Soldotna Cycle Series on Thursday nights and the Unity Run on July 15. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
This June 16 photo provided by The Culinary Institute of America shows on-the-go cereal balls in Hyde Park, N.Y. This dish is from a recipe by the CIA. (Phil Mansfield/The Culinary Institute of America via AP)

Take your morning bowl of cereal on the road

College kids love cereal, and that is an indisputable fact. Even if they don’t love it going in, they’ll probably be hooked by the third… Continue reading

  • Jun 27, 2017
  • By The Culinary Institute of America
  • Food
This June 16 photo provided by The Culinary Institute of America shows on-the-go cereal balls in Hyde Park, N.Y. This dish is from a recipe by the CIA. (Phil Mansfield/The Culinary Institute of America via AP)

Pioneer Potluck: My family, Estes Park, Bernie and bikinis

Boulder, Colorad0, 1995 Bernie and Ann’s trip to Colorado, continued On our trip to Estes Park, it was so crowded and full of stores, I… Continue reading

  • Jun 27, 2017
  • By ANN ‘GRANNIE ANNIE’ BERG
  • Food
This June 16 photo shows a three-melon soup in New York. This dish is from a recipe by Sara Moulton. (Sara Moulton via AP)

Three Melon Soup is a summer showstopper

Three Melon Soup, a real showstopper, is as much fun to look at as it is refreshing to eat. The key, though, is to start… Continue reading

  • Jun 27, 2017
  • By SARA MOULTON
  • Food
This June 16 photo shows a three-melon soup in New York. This dish is from a recipe by Sara Moulton. (Sara Moulton via AP)
This June 1 photo shows a berry clafoutis in New York. This dish is from a recipe by Katie Workman. (Sarah E Crowder via AP)

COOKING ON DEADLINE: Summer Berry Clafoutis

One of the great, great, great (three times, that’s how great it is) pleasures of summer is figuring out what to do with all that… Continue reading

  • Jun 27, 2017
  • By KATIE WORKMAN
  • Food
This June 1 photo shows a berry clafoutis in New York. This dish is from a recipe by Katie Workman. (Sarah E Crowder via AP)
This May 24 photo shows a strawberry-rhubarb crisp at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York. This dish is from a recipe by Elizabeth Karmel. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Summer treat: Hot fruit crisp topped with vanilla ice cream

The crisp, cobbler, crumble, grunt, slump or buckle. What do these all have in common? They are all fruit desserts baked with a sweet “pastry”… Continue reading

  • Jun 27, 2017
  • By ELIZABETH KARMEL
  • Food
This May 24 photo shows a strawberry-rhubarb crisp at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York. This dish is from a recipe by Elizabeth Karmel. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Community News and Notes

News and Notes Beck named to President’s List at Montana State David Beck, a freshman Mechanical Engineering major from Kenai, was named to the Spring… Continue reading

Pastor Dustin Atkinson, pictured with his wife, Ashley, and son, Louis Carl, will be installed as pastor at Star of the North Lutheran Church in Kenai on July 9. The public is invited to attend.

Star of the North to install new pastor

Star of the North to install new pastor Star of the North Lutheran Church, located at 216 North Forest Drive in Kenai, will install its… Continue reading

Pastor Dustin Atkinson, pictured with his wife, Ashley, and son, Louis Carl, will be installed as pastor at Star of the North Lutheran Church in Kenai on July 9. The public is invited to attend.

Learning for Life: Extension service offers free pressure canner dial gauge testing

Extension service offers free pressure canner dial gauge testing The Cooperative Extension Service is offering free testing of pressure canner dial gauges on weekdays from… Continue reading

KPC students earn honors

KPC students earn honors Kenai Peninsula College recently announced its Dean’s List and Chancellor’s List for the Spring 2017 semester. Students must earn a GPA… Continue reading

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: No news

I just spent a week in Idaho with family. As always, they introduced me to a couple of habits I don’t indulge in when I… Continue reading

Walk ‘n’ Roll for Alzheimer’s Awareness On the Longest Day of the Year, 31 Heritage Place residents in wheelchairs and 137 participants including strolling singing guitarists, a unicyclist with a video drone and Lexi our therapy dog ,walked parade-style for 1.6 miles to promote Alzheimer’s awareness. A silent auction and change for memory jar raised over $1,800 for the Alzheimer’s Association.

Walk ‘n’ Roll for Alzheimer’s awareness

Walk ‘n’ Roll for Alzheimer’s awareness On the Longest Day of the Year, 31 Heritage Place residents in wheelchairs and 137 participants including strolling singing… Continue reading

Walk ‘n’ Roll for Alzheimer’s Awareness On the Longest Day of the Year, 31 Heritage Place residents in wheelchairs and 137 participants including strolling singing guitarists, a unicyclist with a video drone and Lexi our therapy dog ,walked parade-style for 1.6 miles to promote Alzheimer’s awareness. A silent auction and change for memory jar raised over $1,800 for the Alzheimer’s Association.

Out of the Office: A forest of two minds

East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet. True or not in geopolitics, it fits the Kenai Peninsula’s two landscapes.… Continue reading

Retiring Park Ranger Candace Ward (center) with her dynamic colleagues, Leah Eskelin (left) and Michelle Ostrowski (right) in front of Majesty the Moose (back). (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Refuge Notebook: The lure of the North and where it led me

I first experienced the Far North in 1960 on a family road trip up the Al-Can Highway from California to Alaska. My father fixed up… Continue reading

Retiring Park Ranger Candace Ward (center) with her dynamic colleagues, Leah Eskelin (left) and Michelle Ostrowski (right) in front of Majesty the Moose (back). (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)
Event organizer Vince Redford, standing, and participants of Friday Night Lights at the ConocoPhillips Kenai Multipurpose Facility in Kenai keep their eyes on the music booth during a game of musical chairs on June 16. The weekly event runs from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. and offers a wide variety of games played on the ice. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Friday night on the ice

On a summer night in Alaska, there is no shortage of light but Friday Night Lights at the ConocoPhillips Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility is offering something… Continue reading

Event organizer Vince Redford, standing, and participants of Friday Night Lights at the ConocoPhillips Kenai Multipurpose Facility in Kenai keep their eyes on the music booth during a game of musical chairs on June 16. The weekly event runs from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. and offers a wide variety of games played on the ice. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
Oregon joins states where roadkill can be harvested for food

Oregon joins states where roadkill can be harvested for food

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. — Some folks in Oregon might not want to ask, when served an elk burger or a venison… Continue reading

Oregon joins states where roadkill can be harvested for food
This undated photo shows blossoms of Strawberry Hill rose in New Paltz, N.Y. From breeder David Austin comes Strawberry Hill rose, which is one of many modern shrub roses that captures the look and fragrance of old-fashioned roses with today’s sought-after repeat-blooming and disease resistance. (Lee Reich via AP)

A rose may be a rose — but varieties vary

Seeing gardens awash in rose blossoms this time of year is undoubtedly what prompted my sister-in-law to call me for suggestions on what roses to… Continue reading

This undated photo shows blossoms of Strawberry Hill rose in New Paltz, N.Y. From breeder David Austin comes Strawberry Hill rose, which is one of many modern shrub roses that captures the look and fragrance of old-fashioned roses with today’s sought-after repeat-blooming and disease resistance. (Lee Reich via AP)