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Betty Fuller, working with a shovel outside the Cooper Landing Post Office in 1969, was among the first to suggest that her town’s first post office had been named for a postal official. (Photo courtesy of Mona Painter)

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Riddiford: Story of a Name Change — Part 2

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Cooper Landing, on the Kenai Peninsula, was once identified with a postal inspector named Charles Arthur…

These festive gingerbread cookies are topped with royal icing and sprinkles. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Rolling out the gingerbread

With Christmas around the corner, it’s time for the holiday classic

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Conservation Corner: Improving habitats at home

Financial assistance available to help private landowners improve Kenai Peninsula salmon habitats

Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion Roasted Broccoli Caesar Salad would be perfect alongside your Thanksgiving spread and provides some much-needed greens and fiber to balance out the rolls and gravy.

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A toasty, warm salad for a cozy Thanksgiving

This warm side dish provides some much-needed greens and fiber to balance out the rolls and gravy

Charles Riddiford, far right in the back row, posed for this Spokane Post Office staff photo in 1898 when he was just a clerk. The photo appeared in a 1922 edition of the Spokesman Review, along with a discussion of the post office’s tremendous growth.

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Riddiford: Story of a Name Change — Part 1

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Place names can be ephemeral. And they can fade for myriad reasons. Sometimes offensive names are…

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Homer happenings from years past

Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion These snowballs are made of chocolate cupcakes are surrounded with sugary meringue and coconut flakes.

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Snowballs for a snow day

Winter-themed cupcakes celebrate a day at home

This is the military plaque placed upon the Anchorage grave of Arlon Elwood “Jackson” Ball. (Photo from findagrave.com)

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Human Complexity: The Story of Jackson Ball — Part 4

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Trouble seemed to find Arlon Elwood “Jackson” Ball — from the time he lost his father…

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Homer happenings from years past

Photo from Ball Family memorial slideshow, 2022 This photo from the early 1960s shows Jackson Ball enjoying the Christmas holidays with his eldest three daughters. His fourth and youngest daughter was born less than a year and a half before Ball’s death in 1968.

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Human Complexity: The Story of Jackson Ball — Part 3

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Misfortune was written across the recent history of the Arlon Elwood “Jackson” Ball family. Ball’s father…

These spiced date cookies may look a lot like Fig Newtons, but the texture and flavor are quite different. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Dessert in a pinch

Spiced date cookies make a last-minute save

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Homer happenings from years past

This is an early photo of U.S. Army soldier Arlon Elwood “Jackson” Ball in uniform. The patches, ribbons and medals on this uniform demonstrate that he had not yet served overseas or been involved in any combat. (Photo from Ball Family memorial slideshow, 2022)

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Human Complexity: The Story of Jackson Ball — Part 2

AUTHOR’S NOTE: “Jackson” Ball met a tragic end nearly 20 years after moving to Alaska from the East…