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It’s all about freshness at the farmers market

It was hard to tell this last Saturday if the crowds were due to the fact that it…

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Getting creative with camping

Making healthy, diverse meals while outdoors takes some planning

Al and Grace Poindexter pose with the Fishy Peat potting soil in the Anchor Point Greenhouse on July 8, 2024, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Anchor Point Greenhouse keeps on growing

The Anchor Point Greenhouse provides a tour and description of local products available at their facility

“Kissing Kevin” by Sara Berg is available for purchase in print. (Image via Amazon.com)

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Sara Berg’s memoir about the Vietnam War now available in print

“Kissing Kevin: An American Nurse in the Vietnam War” came out in print in June 2024

This is the front side of the 1942 draft-registration card for Wilford Lorenzo “Bill” Hansen. He came to live on the Kenai Peninsula during the early 1950s and soon purchased a share in the Circus Bar, later changing its name to the Hilltop Bar and Café. (Document from ancestry.com)

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A violent season — Part 6

AUTHOR’S NOTE: After the Ann Pederson suicide and the Jack Griffiths murder in 1961, the former Circus Bar…

These noodles are made with only three ingredients, but they require a bit of time, patience, and a lot of elbow grease. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Filling the time with noodles

This summer I chose to enroll my son in his first organized team sport, and I had high…

These three drink tokens, probably all from the 1960s, came from Hilltop Bar and Café, in Soldotna, and were contributed by Jim Taylor.

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A violent season — Part 5

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The jury in the Jim Bush murder trial would soon have a decision to make. Bush…

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Homer happenings from years past

James Franklin Bush was arrested and jailed for vagrancy and contributing to the delinquency of minors in California in 1960, about a year before the murder in Soldotna of Jack Griffiths. (Public document from ancestry.com)

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A violent season — Part 4

AUTHOR’S NOTE: When a crime has no witnesses other than the accused perpetrator, investigators must search hard for…

Fresh strawberries will make this ice cream a much more flavorful treat. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Welcoming summer with this pretty, pink frozen treat

We had company (and a special solstice birthday girl) down to visit, so we spent our weekend by…

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Homer happenings from years past

This summer salad is sweet and refreshing, the perfect accompaniment to salty meat and chips. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Feeding happy memories

Fresh salad accompanies an outdoors Father’s Day meal

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Evolutions at the Market

I was rushing to get to the Homer Farmers Market this week, I admit it. The day got…