AVTEC’s New Training Kitchens

AVTEC Culinary Arts students have begun learning knife skills, and cooking in the new building’s two sparkling training kitchens. They now have all new, state-of-the-art equipment to use, under the firm direction of instructor Cheryl Lewis. Only those who saw what they used to have to work with can truly appreciate the difference!

Weekend Sale & Fun in Seward!!

Forget the fair – we’ve got two events this weekend and next you don’t want to miss!
Due to popular demand, the ASFA Phoenix Chapter Rummage / Quilt / Bake Sale is being held over to this Saturday!
Location:      Seward Elk’s Lodge
                    419 Fifth Avenue
Date:            Saturday, August 28
Time:            10:00 am – 5:00 pm
We’ve got something for everyone –

Handmade [...]

School Lunches

Statistics show that one out of every three children is overweight or obese in this country. The Kenai Peninsula Borough is not exempt from this trend, and we, as a family, community, district, state, and nation need to do all we can to halt this trend and raise our children to be [...]

Weekend Treasure Trove!!

The Phoenix Chapter of the Alaska State Firefighters Association is hosting a Rummage/Bake/Quilt Sale on August 21 & 22 (today and tomorrow)! In addition to unique rummage sale finds, you’ll also find new handmade quilts from local quilters and homemade sweets.
Event:          Rummage / Bake / Quilt Sale
Location:    Seward Elk’s Lodge
                    419 Fifth Avenue (next to Sacred Heart Catholic Church)
Date:          [...]

Dinner Cruise to Fox Island – Labor Day Weekend

Start your Labor Day weekend with a Dinner Cruise to Fox Island!
Support Volunteer Firefighters

$50 donation for Cruise & Dinner

Kenai Fjords Sightseeing Cruise to Fox Island
Prime Rib & Salmon Dinner on Fox Island
No Host Bar – Alaskan Beer & Wine
Outcry & Silent Auctions* *Credit cards accepted

Bring your piggy bank [...]

The Green Beet: Dip Netting Frenzy

The red runs on the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers are in full swing, and the Soldotna/Kenai area is flooded with Alaska visitors ready to net their share of fish for the 2010 season. I’ve dip netted for years, sometimes coming home with my limit, other times with only a fraction of what the state says [...]

The Green Beet: Chickweed Spring Rolls

I’ve been enjoying some of my first harvest this week – radishes straight out of the ground, cucumbers out of a friend’s much-coveted greenhouse. This is also a great time to enjoy the wild plants popping up in your yards and along trails. This week my family feasted several times on Thai fresh spring rolls with [...]

Food for the 4th!

SCN to the Seward Chamber
Hello Cindy,
A purely for fun request. Me and other foodies are dying to know what food booths will be in the line up for this weekend. Do you have a list of the booths? I hear there are more then ever this year.
Paul
Chamber to SCN
Hi Paul,
These are the food vendors signed [...]

The Green Beet:Hints for the less-than-perfect gardener

By Jen Ransom for Seward City News
By now many of you have planted. If you haven’t, it’s not too late. Many greenhouses still have vegetable starts available; many look much healthier than mine. Yet I don’t mind putting the long, leggy starts of broccoli and less-than-tight clusters of lettuce into the ground: My experience has [...]

The Green Beet: Broccoli

This is the perfect week for starting broccoli indoors to have the yummy crucifer ready by mid-summer. Four weeks before planting is a great time table to have the starts hardened and ready to plant by June 1st – possibly a week earlier if the evening temperatures cooperate. This plant loves cool nights, and so [...]

AVTEC Annual Guest Chef Dinner is on

The AVTEC Annual Guest Chef Dinner will be held on Saturday, April 17 at 6:30 p.m. AVTEC holds this dinner once a year and proceeds from dinner provide scholarships to help fund culinary students’ training at AVTEC. This year the Guest Chef is Chef Eric DuBey from Thirty Six Bistro in Anchorage. This year’s dinner [...]

Alaska SeaLife Center Mini Golf–March 27th!

Dear Golf Enthusiasts, Fun Lovers, and Wildlife Rescue Supporters:
It is time once again to hit the links in the 4th Annual Alaska SeaLife Center Indoor Miniature Golf Tournament! Our course designer is hard at work planning a new and exciting route, and the sea lions are looking forward to the entertainment.
This fundraiser for the Center’s [...]

Annual Community Library Wine Tasting/Dessert Auction

The Seward Community Library Association will be hosting the annual Wine Tasting and Dessert Auction this coming Friday, March 12. It will be held at the Holiday Inn Express from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Tickets are $35.00 and are available beforehand at the library or at the door. Price includes appetizer buffet and wine tasting. [...]

Student Art Show & Book Fair @ Seward Elementary

STUDENT ART SHOW & BOOK FAIR @ SEWARD ELEMENTARY
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH
5:30 – 7:00 pm
Featuring artwork created by kindergarten – 6th grade Seward Elementary students with Artist-in-Residence, Justine Pachuzal, in the gym. Through activities such as this, our children learn to appreciate art and discover their own creativity. Be sure to [...]

Seahawk Dessert Auction A Delicious Success

The Seward Seahawk’s Athletic Booster Club thanks everyone who participated in our Silent Dessert Auction held February 5th. The event made just over $500 which will go directly to the school’s athletic teams. There were some fantastic desserts made by some of Seward’s best bakers. Special thanks go to those who donated the desserts: Jaimie [...]

Seahawks Fundraiser

Seward Seahawk’s Athletic Booster Club
Fundraiser
Dessert
Silent Auction

Friday, February 5th
at the Seahawk Classic Basketball Tournament
Games start at 3pm – Seward High School

Come watch the games, cheer on the home team and bid on some delicious desserts! Winning bids will be awarded at the conclusion of the day’s games.

Anyone wishing to donate a dessert [...]

Post Jump-Off Spaghetti Feed

Help support your neighboring volunteer fire agencies on the east side of the peninsula in their effort to put on the 2010 Alaska State Fire Conference here in September.
When: Saturday, January 16th, 5-8pm
Where: Seward Elks Lodge, 419 5th Ave (5th & Madison, South of the Post Office)
Cost: $10/Adults, $5/Children 10 and under.
Menu:
Salad
Spaghetti
Meatballs
Bread
Dessert
Brought to you by [...]

Grand Prize Alaska Wildland Adventures 3 Day / 2 Night All-Inclusive Kenai Fiords Glacier Lodge Package

If you would like to win this grand prize at the Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance’s 3rd Annual Locally Grown, Close to Home: Beer, Wine & Food Tasting Event happening Friday, November 20th from 7-10 p.m. at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward then enter the Chef Off! We are asking area chefs, food connoisseurs, and [...]

Fall Membership Social

Don’t forget!!
Seward Nordic Ski Club
Fall Membership Social
Saturday, November 7, 6-9pm
at Resurrect Art Coffeehouse
Sign up or renew your membership with the Seward Nordic Ski club and enjoy homemade soup, bread, a chocolate fountain! Midnight Sun Brewing Beer and wine available for a donation.
Silent auction items from local artisans and businesses including All Day Ice Climbing Excursion [...]

Savory Alaskan Delight

The Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance (RBCA) is hosting its 3rd Annual: “Locally Grown, Close to Home, Beer, Wine and Food Tasting” membership drive and fundraiser on Friday, November 20, 2009 7pm at the Alaska Sea Life Center. As part of the event, we are asking area chefs, food connoisseurs, and cooks to share [...]

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