Daily Archives: May 26, 2010
Birding basics: Go with what you know
By Jenny Neyman Redoubt Reporter At first flush, beginning birding seems both bird-brain easy and overwhelmingly challenging for the exact same reason — birds are everywhere. Spring on the Kenai Peninsula is accompanied by the constant fluttering heartbeat of avian … Continue reading
Filed under birds, outdoors, recreation
Delayed traffic memory — Road construction projects to avoid hassles of last year
By Joseph Robertia Redoubt Reporter For Kasilof residents this spring, all roads north lead to construction. Kalifornsky Beach Road and the Sterling Highway, the only two routes between Kasilof and Kenai, Soldotna and points north, are both under construction. As … Continue reading
Filed under public safety
Almanac: Soft on the rules — Fun is priority in annual Cooper Landing Softball Tournament
By Clark Fair Redoubt Reporter The hard-luck story of the Float-N-Fish team in the Cooper Landing Community Softball Tournament went almost all the way back to the tourney’s inaugural season in 1995, but it ended decisively last June 7 when … Continue reading
Filed under Almanac, Cooper Landing, sports
Kayak the Kenai — Low water, high temps make for fun float trip
By Joseph Robertia Redoubt Reporter The deep, blue water of Skilak Lake was nearly as still as if it were still iced up, but the surface’s mirrorlike reflection of the few wispy cloud formations overhead was a telltale sign winter … Continue reading
Filed under outdoors, recreation
Common Ground: Got your goat — Tough lessons sometimes have sweet endings
By Christine Cunningham, for the Redoubt Reporter Every person who thinks he or she has a fair grasp of the truth of things must one day be proven wrong. My day to be proven wrong came on my first mountain … Continue reading
Winging It: Patience nets results as bird migrations progress
By Sean Ulman, for the Redoubt Reporter Week 5. Days blend despite our efforts to diversify our looping schedule. We switch off waking early and sleeping in, nap before night sessions. Weather shifts and eventful bird sightings have become useful … Continue reading
Filed under birds, ecology, outdoors, Winging it
Crowning achievement — Soldotna woman named Alaska TOPS Queen for 200-pound weight loss
By AdriAnna Newberry For the Redoubt Reporter Some queens are born to the position. Others win it through battles and wars. For Jackie Mouser, of Soldotna, her enemy was herself. In a battle for health and happiness Mouser conquered her … Continue reading
Filed under health
Honored chorus — High schoolers to sing in Washington, D.C.
By Jenny Neyman Redoubt Reporter If Renee Henderson, choir director at Kenai Central High School, had any doubts about Kyle Dougherty’s lung capacity when she submitted his audition recording for national honor choir, he amply dispelled them by his reaction … Continue reading
Interesting art hanging around at area galleries
By Zirrus VanDevere, for the Redoubt Reporter One can find plenty of enjoyable pieces of art around town this month. There’s Connie Goltz’s whimsical Australian dot paintings, shown along with the first forays into exhibiting work by her husband, Jay … Continue reading
Schooling for a bigger library
Photo courtesy of Kenai Middle School Leadership students from Kenai Middle School present a check for $500 to Dr. Donna Peterson to support the expansion of the Kenai Community Library. The students held a dance and bake sale to raise … Continue reading
Filed under schools
Deploying new technology, strategically
By Joseph Kashi, for the Redoubt Reporter Optimizing your technology investment involves more than simply choosing the best hardware and software then available. When, and how, you implement any new technology probably has a greater positive or negative benefit than … Continue reading
Filed under Plugged in, technology
