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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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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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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…

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Conservation Corner: Experiments with chicken tractors to manage orange hawkweed

Orange hawkweed is unlike many invasive plants in that it spreads by rhizomes, stolons (runners), and seeds, secretes…

Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion This jalapeno popper dip will brighten up any spread with subtle spice.

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Thanksgiving planning: Spicing up the basics

This jalapeno popper dip adds some heat to traditional holiday fare

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Photo courtesy of the Ball Family Collection After being honorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 1945, Arlon Elwood “Jackson” Ball posed for this photograph, demonstrating his five years of military service through his many ribbons, badges and patches.

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Human Complexity: The Story of Jackson Ball — Part 1

A Premise to Explore

Photo courtesy Susan Johnson “Six of One,” a photograph by Susan Johnson on display in her exhibit “Fruits of our Labor” at Homer Council on the Arts through October.

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The thrill of the harvest

Photographer celebrates the beauty of the harvest with an exhibit that showcases the bounty from her numerous gardens