Daily Archives: November 25, 2009
Crossroads — Refuge, DOT perspectives clash in Sterling Highway collision mitigation project
By Jenny Neyman Redoubt Reporter Ironically enough, the progress report was where progress got tripped up on a project meant to decrease the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions on the Sterling Highway. The report was issued at the conclusion of a … Continue reading
Filed under wildlife
On the road to highway funding changes — ‘Donor’ states decry Alaska’s disproportionate receipt of transportation money
By Jenny Neyman Redoubt Reporter Alaskans have it good when it comes to federal funding for highway projects. That may not seem to be the case while rattling along the ruts in the Sterling Highway heading east out of Soldotna, … Continue reading
Feeding the need — Food bank launches facility expansion
By Jenny Neyman Redoubt Reporter Picture being in charge of a Thanksgiving dinner for a large group of friends and family. At the store, when buying a turkey and all the fixings, sticker shock leads to creativity in finding lower-cost … Continue reading
Filed under food bank
Anchor Point boy burned with ‘redneck flamethrower’
By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune When Alaska State Trooper Ryan Browning arrived at Chapman Elementary School on Nov. 16, he was relatively surprised by the calmness of the 5-year-old boy he had been called out to interview. “We got a … Continue reading
Filed under crime, public safety
Alaskans lobby Utah ski resort owner to give up coal — Groups find irony in ‘environmental’ businessman’s investments
By Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune Alaska isn’t the only place melting in the controversy of global warming and climate change. Even a ski resort in Utah is on the impact list, a message local environmental groups tried to get across … Continue reading
Filed under ecology
Great lakes — Frozen, flat surfaces heat up otherwise lukewarm ski season
By Jenny Neyman Redoubt Reporter With the bare dusting of powder that has been blowing around the central Kenai Peninsula for the past few weeks, winter recreationists are finding themselves all geared up, yet few places with snow. Backcountry mountains … Continue reading
Filed under outdoors, recreation, skiing
Quality time with a ski pole to the face — Life lesson to be learned? Take it on the chin
By Jenny Neyman, Redoubt Reporter Why is it that lessons have to be unexpected and painful in order to really sink in? I was pondering the brutality of meaningful knowledge acquisition while skiing at Headquarters Lake behind the Kenai National … Continue reading
Filed under outdoors, recreation
Musseling in on the Kenai — Freshwater mollusks make themselves at home out of sight in stream beds
By Dr. David Wartinbee, for the Redoubt Reporter Freshwater mussels can be found in a number of streams and lakes on the Kenai Peninsula. However, most of us never see them because they are found exclusively on stream beds and … Continue reading
Filed under ecology, Kenai River, science, science of the seasons
Dogged determination — Patience is rewarded in raising energetic hunting dogs
By Steve Meyer, for the Redoubt Reporter When I met Gunner he was in a 3-by-6-foot wire cage. His only respite from barking was to stop and lick his paws, which had open sores from his anxious licking. He was … Continue reading
Filed under hunting, outdoors, recreation
Financial feast — Thanksgiving dinner doesn’t have to break the bank
By Jenny Neyman Redoubt Reporter Thanksgiving dinner can be challenging enough to prepare just in terms of quantity and quality. Worrying about cost on top of it all can be the lumps in the gravy. Even with a down economy … Continue reading
Filed under food bank
Art Seen: Woven wanderings — Fabric artist explores life’s journey through textures, patterns
By Zirrus VanDevere Susan Welsh-Smith has had two open-heart surgeries in the last 12 years. She lives in Ninilchik and has been a fiber artist for many years, and has her work currently on display at the Funky Monkey in … Continue reading
Putting the ‘juvenile’ in juvenile delinquent — Young vandals turned in by parents for doing considerable damage to Sears Elementary
By Clark Fair Redoubt Reporter On the surface, the crime was like many other incidents of vandalism perpetrated against area schools: Over the weekend in mid-June 1980, someone had broken into Sears Elementary in Kenai and damaged numerous classrooms. Then, … Continue reading
