The Green Beet: The 3/50 Project
While vacationing last month, I came across an article in a local newspaper that introduced me to a grassroots campaign launched early last year named The 3/50 Project, an innovative call to strengthen your local economy by shopping at brick and mortar businesses in your area. While The Green Beet typically focuses on a different [...]
$500 reward for lost best friend (australian shepherd)
Please help us find our lost australian shepherd, KC-Girl. She is gray body, black/white/copper face. Lost 1/1/2010 Mile 7 Swd Highway. Bald spot on neck from post-op collar. We REALLY really miss her. $500 reward. Please call 224-3504.
December 2009 Weather Summary
December was certainly an interesting month with some wonderful snow in town early in the month followed by a lengthy warm spell. As measured at the Seward airport weather station, December temperature in Kenai Fjords NP was average—28.1 degrees F (equal to the 30-year December average temperature). Total rainfall (or melted snow) for October was [...]
Got Calendar?
The 2010 Seward community calendars have arrived. Calendars are for sale for $10 at the Library or by contacting Fritz Klasner (fklasner@gmail.com, 224-4664). Featuring photographs submitted by community members, advertisements for local businesses, and listing birthdays, anniversaries, and events in the community; the calendar is the perfect wall companion to the online SCN calendar.
Calendar proceeds are [...]
Community Calendars are here!
The 2010 Seward community calendars have arrived. Advance orders have been distributed (please contact us if you’ve not received your’s). Calendars are for sale for $10 at the Library or by contacting Fritz Klasner (fklasner@gmail.com, 224-4664). Featuring photographs submitted by community members, advertisements for local businesses, and listing birthdays, anniversaries, and events in the community; [...]
Reward 4 B/W Aussie
REWARD: Our black & white Austrailian Shepherd dog ran away on New Year’s Eve due to Fireworks at Mile 7 area. She’s a GREAT dog. Please call to tell us you took her in to protect her. REWARD for her safe return; we really miss her. She has a bald spot on her neck/shoulders due [...]
It Takes 2 YES YES Votes to Support the Library Museum
Since 2005, the Seward Community Library Building Committee (SCLMBC) has worked diligently on behalf of the community to bring a new co-located library museum facility to reality. Their efforts have been mindful of what is essential for our community’s future education, information and historic preservation needs and the need for this new facility be one [...]
In Support of the Seward community Library Museum
By Jonathan Sewall & Bev Dunham.
We are in support of the Seward community Library Museum project and encourage the support of voters for Advisory Proposition 2 and Bond Prop. 3 on the October 6 city ballot that will make it possible. That said, a little personal history leading to that support:
Jonathan: My family came to [...]
Homer Library Enhances Quality of Life
Sept. 23, 2009
Dear Editor,
I understand that Seward voters will be voting on October 6 on a bond proposal and advisory sales tax measure to fund the proposed new library and museum building. Whether those pass or fail is up to your voters and their priorities, but I thought I might pass on some experience [...]
Pavilion Plus PARKS Picnic Potluck Sun 7.19
All are invited to the community potluck picnic Sunday, July 19 at 6 pm at the Branson Pavilion at the end of Adams Street, just off Ballaine Blvd. Sunday, July 19 6 pm. Potluck Picnic to celebrate the Branson Pavilion ribbon cutting and the PARKS playground one year anniversary. SPRD will provide the main course, [...]
Garage Salers Garage Sale!
Saturday, July 11 starting at 10. Antiques, collectibles, oddities, art, some furniture, and of course some useful stuff too. Too much to name! 1700 and 1701 Chiswell. Take Phoenix off of 3rd. Go past the horse corral and take the 4th dirt road on the left, Barwell. Percentage of Marianna’s garage sale will be donated [...]
Rasmuson Foundation Matches Local Giving
Through the receiving of local donations the Seward Community Foundation is pleased to announce that it has met its June 30th goal of reaching its second challenge match from the Rasmuson Foundation. By reaching the goal of $25,000 SCF will be awarded a 2:1 match for the Seward Community Fund. [...]
Alaska King Crab and Prime Rib at Bowmans Bearcreek Lodge
Come on out to Hope every Sunday for Alaskan King Crab and Prime Rib at Bowmans Bearcreek Dinner House. Take a ride and come to Hope so we can spoil you with great food. See you soon, Kent and Melanie Bowman
Special Olympics Torch Run This Saturday!
On May 16th over 800 people, to include Alaska Law Enforcement Personnel, are expected to run simultaneously in 17 Alaskan Communities to raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics Alaska.
This years run in Seward will be in conjuction with the exit glacier run. The last bus to the start at the Windsong Lodge will [...]
Resurrection Lutheran Church welcomes new pastor
The members of Resurrection Lutheran Church welcomed a new sheepdog last Sunday. Pastor Ron Nitz, formerly of Portland, Ore., took over pastoral duties on May 3, known as Good Shepherd Sunday on the church calendar.In his first sermon at RLC, Nitz used the biblical imagery of Jesus as a good shepherd, and likened the role [...]
Benefit for Kevin Towsley
Kevin Towsley, a local Firefighter & long time Seward resident is currently fighting Pancreatic Cancer and is receiving
treatments. Kevin is Chairman of Bear Creek Volunteer Fire & Emergency Medical Services, Inc and volunteer Fire Captain with the Bear Creek Fire Service Area. He is currently employed by the City of Seward, Public Works department as [...]
Qutekcak NYO Scores in Palmer!
The Qutekcak Native Youth Olympics team traveled to Palmer this past week end to compete at the Alaska Job Corps Invitational. The students on the team are Ariana Stevens, Chris Towsely, and Tori DeGroot from Seward Middle School and Garrett Hansen, Robin Standish, Jake Towsely, Billy Joe Wardlow and Kenan Napoleon from Seward High School.
Team [...]
Legislative Teleconference Consituents Meeting
The last telephonic Consituents Meeting for the current session will be held April 1, 2009 from 6pm to 7pm. The public is welcome to come to the teleconference to ask questions of the legislators from our district and express their concerns. The teleconference is available at the Seward LIO, located at 302 Railway Suite 107 [...]
Bear Creek to Host Firefighter Academy
The Bear Creek Fire Service Area is planning to host a Firefighter academy with funding received from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.
“We have some of the best equipment on the Kenai Peninsula for a community our size, but it takes Volunteers to make it work and that’s our primary area of concern right now, [...]
L&Found cell phone
If you lost a cell phone at or near the new Community Built Playground off Ballaine & Adams, we turned it in to Seward Police. Identify & claim it there, City Hall 5th & Adams.
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