Learning for Life: Getting your garden ready for winter

After our long days and garden harvest are over, we gardeners still need to consider preparation steps for our gardens. Cooperative Extension Service has a… Continue reading

This April 26, 2013 photo shows a succulent arrangement on a patio table in Langley, Wash. Many techniques have been developed over the years to help ensure that potted plants survive winter. One of the simplest is to bring them indoors as this gardener intends to do for a second straight year. (AP Photo/Dean Fosdick)

Over-wintering your perennials in pots? Some tips

In simpler times, container gardening was small-scale landscaping using flowering annuals. Enjoy their color for one season and go with something new the next.But shifts… Continue reading

This April 26, 2013 photo shows a succulent arrangement on a patio table in Langley, Wash. Many techniques have been developed over the years to help ensure that potted plants survive winter. One of the simplest is to bring them indoors as this gardener intends to do for a second straight year. (AP Photo/Dean Fosdick)

Church news

First Baptist hosts women's Bible study A nine-week women’s Bible study on I and II Thessalonians, called “Children of the Day” by Beth Moore is… Continue reading

Tune out the downers in your life

Reaching for the car radio dial to catch a weather report seemed so natural. We were heading for Arizona that winter and wondering what kind… Continue reading

Business News

Chamber set schedules ■ The Soldotna and Kenai Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon on Tuesday at the Kenai Visitors Center.… Continue reading

Abbigael Estelle Quiner

Community News and Notes

Quiners welcome daughter Matthew Lincoln Quiner and Angeline Morrill Quiner of Kenai announce the birth of their daughter, Abbigael Estelle Quiner, at 2:02 p.m. Sept.… Continue reading

Abbigael Estelle Quiner
Photo: Focus filled
Photo: Focus filled

Here’s the Thing: With PFD check comes reality check

It’s that time of year again. The Alaska Department of Revenue gives qualifying Alaskan citizens a chunk of money called a Permanent Fund Dividend, and… Continue reading

Church news

On Sunday, all married couples are invited to spend an afternoon together in a Marriage Encounter retreat: Listening to the Heart in the Sacrament of… Continue reading

Cultivate ‘a new aesthetic of slowness’

The 1830s. Trains are picking up speed. New technology is leading to new limits. But how fast is too fast? It becomes clear that the… Continue reading

Business Briefs

Chambers set schedules ■ The Soldotna and Kenai Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon on Wednesday at the Kenai Visitors Center.… Continue reading

Mary Puppins admires pretty blue flowers along the shore of Cooper Lake. She is a schipperke who owns Charlotte and Arthur Sponsel of Sterling. (Submitted photo)
Mary Puppins admires pretty blue flowers along the shore of Cooper Lake. She is a schipperke who owns Charlotte and Arthur Sponsel of Sterling. (Submitted photo)

Learning for Life: What to do with those beautiful flower baskets

Your summertime flower baskets were just gorgeous this year, but now that it is autumn what are you going to do with them? Fortunately, Cooperative… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: The trip

I hold a trip to Anchorage in the same esteem as a “pick up poop patrol” in a heavily populated elephant compound. So, when my… Continue reading

Community news and notes

Tesoro Corp. awarded a $4,000 scholarship to Rylee DeVito, a graduate of Kenai Central High School in Kenai.DeVito is one of 50 children of Tesoro… Continue reading

In this photo provided by Wayfair.com, folding steps like these help ease the transport of elderly pets and can be conveniently stored at home or in your vehicle. (AP Photo/Wayfair.com)

Critter comforts for older pets

Just as there are lots of products on the market to help ease the aches, pains and mobility issues of human old age, so there… Continue reading

In this photo provided by Wayfair.com, folding steps like these help ease the transport of elderly pets and can be conveniently stored at home or in your vehicle. (AP Photo/Wayfair.com)

Church news

Our Lady of the Angels hosts Marriage Encounter retreat On October 5, all married couples are invited to spend an afternoon together in a Marriage… Continue reading

Seize the day!

“Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later… Continue reading

Business news

Chambers set schedules ■ The Soldotna and Kenai Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon on Tuesday at the Soldotna Regional Sports… Continue reading

Shop curiously

Shop curiously

Before even walking into the store customers are met with a variety of vintage items placed outside the door. Once inside, trinkets, dishware, jewelry and… Continue reading

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