Daily Archives: February 17, 2010
Fence for dunes hits barriers — Efforts to protect Kasilof beach more complex than anticipated
By Jenny Neyman Redoubt Reporter Signs posted around the dunes at the mouth of the Kasilof River warning the thousands of visitors during personal-use fishing season to stay off the fragile beach grass have been about as effective as fishermen … Continue reading
Filed under dipnetting, ecology, fishing, Kasilof
Pox scare breaks out with Skyview student — Basketball player quarantined on Barrow trip
By Jenny Neyman Redoubt Reporter Teamwork is a key element of basketball, and it’s a lesson the Skyview High School Panthers girls basketball team has learned well. On a trip to Barrow earlier this month, the team took that tenet … Continue reading
ATV ride hits watery stop
By Jenny Neyman Redoubt Reporter Dalton Quimby’s ATV ride came to an abrupt and watery end Friday night in Soldotna Creek. He and a friend were driving an ATV, borrowed from a buddy, along a snowmachine track at the base … Continue reading
Filed under public safety, recreation, winter
Pebble tumbles through more water issues — Mining corporation says ‘no harm done to environment’
By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune Some 18 months after Alaskans defeated Ballot Measure 4 — the Clean Water Initiative — the Pebble Limited Partnership continues to butt heads with watchdog groups concerned about the mining corporation’s efforts to build a … Continue reading
Filed under ecology, Pebble Mine
“‘Grease’ is the word!”
By Jenny Neyman Redoubt Reporter “Grease” is a love story. It’s a coming-of-age journey. It’s a cautionary tale. It’s an antidote to the “Happy Days” version of the 1950s where everything was shiny and apron-wearing and pure, and even the … Continue reading
Filed under entertainment, Kenai Performers, theater
Stage of transition — Kenai Performers acting on desire for permanent home
By Jenny Neyman Redoubt Reporter Theater has been at home on the central Kenai Peninsula for about five decades now, from the homesteader days of the Homemakers Club and Ninilchik Players staging a few farces and melodramas in the 1950s, … Continue reading
Filed under Kenai Performers, theater
Almanac: And the ‘Ballad’ played on…
Editor’s note: Today we offer part three of a three-part series examining the early history of performing arts on the central Kenai Peninsula. In part one, we looked at the earliest attempts to entertain the masses. In part two, we … Continue reading
Filed under Almanac, history, homesteaders, Kenai Performers, theater
Art Seen: Sainted creativity — Artists capture divine whimsy in found object installations
By Zirrus VanDevere, for the Redoubt Reporter Margo Klass and Frank Soos are artist and writer, respectively, and have teamed up since 2002 to put up exhibits that are both tactile and cerebral. Their current collaboration, “A Contemporary Book of … Continue reading
Art Seen: Nikiski artist renders beauty of Alaska in natural medium
By Zirrus VanDevere, for the Redoubt Reporter Local artist Andy Hehnlin loves to talk technique. Entirely self-taught, he works egg tempera with talent and a great affection for the medium. Popular in the 15th century, egg tempera simply means the … Continue reading
Science of the Seasons: Pros, cons of protozoa
By David Wartinbee, for the Redoubt Reporter In the late 1600s and early 1700s, a microcopist named Anton van Leeuwenhoek wrote letters to the Royal Society of London about tiny animalcules he was observing with his microscope. His microscope was … Continue reading
Filed under science, science of the seasons
No time to chill with full slate of winter activities
By Steven Meyer, for the Redoubt Reporter “There’s nothing to do here in the winter.” That’s a thought professed by countless folks I have known in the past 38 years living in Alaska. Now, I cannot speak for those who … Continue reading
Filed under hunting, outdoors, recreation, winter
Plugged In: Standard zoom lenses with a wider view
By Joseph Kashi, for the Redoubt Reporter This week, without any preliminary frills, we’ll look at “normal” range zoom lenses that include very good wide-angle capabilities. You can find last week’s more detailed overall discussion of wide-angle photography online at … Continue reading
Filed under photography, Plugged in
