Peninsula Clarion, April 10, 2019

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Peninsula Clarion

Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies volunteer fair

4/10/19

Vietnam Vets honored at KPC

A volunteer fair will take place on Thursday, April 18 and Friday, April 19 3-6:30 p.m. at Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center. For people of ALL ages and abilities. Representatives from each organization will be welcoming you with answers, sign-up sheets and refreshments.

Food for Thought Series: Eat Better on a Budget The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank and UAF Cooperative Extension Service are partnering to offer a special program on Wednesdays during the month of April. Come join us on April 10 for a free, tasty, hot meal and a brief presentation, “Eat Better on a Budget.” Dinner from 5:30-6 p.m. Presentation from 6-7 p.m. RSVP to Greg Meyer at 907-262-3111 or gmeyer@kpfoodbank.org.

Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board meeting The Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board will meet on Thursday, April 11 at 5:30 p.m. at the Gilman River Center on Funny River Road, Soldotna. Agenda topics include committee and agency reports. The public is welcome to attend. If you have any questions about the meeting you can contact Jack Blackwell at 907-262-5581, Ext 21.

KPC Director Gary Turner Royce Bird Veteran’s Service Coordinator welcome Vietnam Vets on National Vietnam War Veterans Day.

For the second year, Kenai Peninsula College (KPC) hosted a commemoration ceremony at the Kenai River Campus in honor of National Vietnam War Veterans Day. Proclaimed in 2017, the local ceremony was created to honor the many Vietnam War Vets who live and have lived on the Kenai Penin-

sula. “We have a robust population of veterans utilizing the education benefits throughout the University of Alaska system as well as a large population of veterans that are not utilizing their benefits so we were honored to invite them all here to KPC on National Vietnam War Veterans

The 9th Annual Taste of the Kenai at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex March 30 was a sellout event. The event featured 23 vendors from Nikiski to Homer featuring their specialty offerings. “We expanded the event again this year to make it engaging and interactive. So we had something for everyone to participate in and it worked well,” said Dennis Meadows, KPTMC interim director. When the door prizes were given out and the

raffle winners claimed their prizes, the People’s Choice Awards were announced. Chosen for the Best NonAlcoholic beverage was Coca-Cola of Alaska. Best Libation was Alaska Berries and the People’s Choice for the Best Dessert was Oh Sweet Cheezus! Newcomers to the Taste of the Kenai competition from Nikiski was The TreeHouse

addressed that highlighted his family’s personal war experiences. Forty five years later, McHale feels that respect for the veterans who were never welcomed home and thanked for their service is changing. “Each year as more and more veterans return from See VETS, page A3

Restaurant, which took People’s Choice awards in two categories — Best Presentation and Best Entrée. “This was our first year and we had a blast it was a lot of fun,” said Harrison Deveer, after receiving the award. “We’ve been in business in Nikiski for 17 years, but have just opened the caterSee TASTE, page A3

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month  

The Alaskan Sexual Assault rate is 2.5 times the national average. Child sexual assault in Alaska is almost six times the national average. For help, contact your local police or The LeeShore Center crisis line at: 283-7257

Vendors Choice award goes to the new Siam Noodles of Soldotna.

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Vet and a member of the KPC Council, brought the keynote address. “Today is recognized nationally as the last day that the prisoners of war came home from Vietnam. It’s about saying welcome home and thank you to those Vietnam Veterans who are still living,” said McHale in an emotional

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Nikiksi community council meeting The Nikiski community council meting will take place Monday, April 8 at 7 p.m. at the Nikiski Senior Center on Lake Marie Street.

Day,” said Royce Bird, Veteran’s Service coordinator with an office at KPC. About a dozen Vietnam Vets showed up with their families and were presented with the National Vietnam Veteran lapel pin. Jim McHale, commander of Kenai Peninsula Chapter of the Order of the Purple and Vietnam War

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