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Elizabeth Chilson of Soldotna reads an excerpt of her first place fiction piece, “Signe and the Snow,” om October 2021 at Homer Council on the Arts as part of 24th Kenai Peninsula Writer’s Contest. (Photo provided)

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Writing, sharing, connecting

Peninsula Writers Contest returns for its 25th year

Sunday’s 21-foot afternoon tide and 50-mile-an-hour winds closed the Homer Spit Road for several hours so that City plows could remove rocks and debris as the water splashed over boulders and onto the road, with hundreds of community members watching from local beaches. This week, crews are moving soil from the City’s dredge pile to replace lost soil at the boardwalks. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News) Collins Construction workers rebuild soil damaged during Sunday’s storm, paid by private businesses on the boardwalk, with material coming from the City dredge pile free of charge, Oct. 11, 2022. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)

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Best Bets

Holy howling winds and talk about surf’s up! Did you race to a local beach to take in…

Candy pecans make a roadtrip sweet snack. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sweet treats for the road

Candied pecans accompany more subued wandering

A work included in the “Our Town” exhibit at Fireweed Gallery is on display on Oct. 7, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. The exibit runs through December. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)

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The art of ‘Our Town’

Local artists collaborate with a colorful exhibit of Homer’s iconic buildings and architecture

These labor-intensive pierogies can be made in large batches and frozen for future meals. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Pierogies — Europe’s beloved carb

My recipe is for a savory potato, onion and cheese filled version that will make any carb-lover smile.

Photo courtesy of the Kenai Historical Society This is how Kenai appeared in about 1919, when Bill Dawson was running a general store in the village.

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Bill Dawson: The Price of Success, Part 2

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Part One introduced William N. “Bill” Dawson as a spinner of yarns who came to the…

William N. (“Bill”) Dawson poses in either Kenai or Kasilof in 1898 with a collection of moose antlers and sheep horns — trophies from kills he had made in the Skilak Lake area. (Photo from J.T. Studley’s 1912 hunting memoir)

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Bill Dawson: The Price of Success, Part 1

Toeing the Line

Homer resident Beth Carroll visits the Twitter Creek Farms booth at the Homer Farmers Market on Sunday. A few vendors are still selling there on Saturdays and Wednesdays. (Photo by Christina Whiting)

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Best Bets – October 20, 2022

It’s official — the frost is on the pumpkin and potatoes, squash and whatever other late season goodies…

Photo courtesy of Newspapers.com archive Sisters Alice M. Brooks and Willietta E. Kuppler (both nee Dolan), seen here (center of photo) in a 1943 Los Angeles newspaper article, taught in Kenai from 1911 to 1914 and came to despise Bill Dawson, whom they referred to as “Old Bible Bill.”

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Bill Dawson: The Price of Success, Part 3

“… If I were to designate the meanest character I ever met, I should name ‘Old Bible Bill,’…

Valentine (Photo provided)

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Pet of the Week: Valentine

Valentine is a gentle soul with a heart of gold. She’s an easygoing gal who loves to just…

Tom Kizzia poses with a stack of his book, “Cold Mountain Path,” on Sept. 1, 2021. (Photo provided)

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Homer author named historian of the year

Kizzia has a long history in the state

The masthead for the Homer Weekly News as sketched by Alathea Clymer of Fritz Creek Studios.

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past