By Mona Painter
Turnagain Times
Cooper Landing Correspondent
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Mona Painter/Turnagin Times EMT Phil Weber checks Dan Michels blood pressure during the Cooper Landing Emergency Services open house July 20. |
The open house July 20 at Cooper Landing Emergency Services on Snug Harbor Road was a big success. Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor John Williams, his wife Sharon, and Chief of Staff Tim Navarre were among the 200 visitors to the new facility. Grace Reger and Phil Weber took blood pressure readings while other volunteers served hotdogs, hamburgers, and the popular root beer floats. Visitors explored the building and kids climbed on the brightly polished emergency vehicles parked outside. I saw Smokey Bear being escorted toward the blood pressure table and wondered if they had a cuff large enough for those hairy biceps.
Dominic Bauer and Shannon Meredith’s Kingfisher Inn restaurant opened recently near Sterling Highway Mile 47 in the former Peak’s Pizza and Sackett’s Kenai Grill building overlooking Kenai Lake. Currently serving dinners, Dominic plans to offer breakfast and lunch when his staffing is completed. Judy Odhner’s desserts are very popular and I can vouch for the Bananas Foster.
Terry Hook’s restaurant, Chief’s Kick-Ass Cookhouse, at Mile 49.9 also opened recently. Chief is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day but Tuesday. Cheryle James calls his cinnamon rolls “awesome” and says he also makes turnovers, danishes, and a very good brisket.
Cooper Landing Senior Citizens Corp. Inc.’s general meeting is scheduled to begin with a potluck lunch at 11:30 a.m. on Wed., Aug. 12 in the Common Room at Eagles View senior housing on Campus Drive off of Snug Harbor Road. The official groundbreaking ceremony for Ravens View, the next apartment units, is scheduled. Choosing a logo to be used on CLSCCI stationery and clothing from three options submitted by Julaine Fleetwood is on the agenda.
Ed Holsten, Bill Fort, and Scott Davis completed the little greenhouse in the parking area at Eagles View. A two-bedroom apartment will be available to rent in Eagles View on Sept. 1. The Endowment Fund is closing in on $400,000 after a large gift from the estate of Helen Gwin. The Endowment Board is looking for a new member in Sept. A fundraising soup supper is planned for Sat., Sept. 6 at the community hall. Call 595-3000 for information.
Museum garage sale raised $900
Cooper Landing Historical Society and Museum’s garage sale in July netted $900 for the museum general fund thanks to donations from Drifters Lodge, Shannon Meredith, Jim and Pinkie Richardson, Al and Pat Fleetwood, CLSCCI, Bill and Mary Fort, Virginia Morgan, Will and LuRue Troyer, Gary and Jan Mitchell, and Martha Brewer. Putting up the tents and tarps and working as salespeople were Rich and Paula Iverson, Jack and Carla Britton, Ron Gravenhorst, Tom and Arlene Knock, Jane Behlke, Mary Fort and her cousin Marge, and me. Museum attendance and income through gift shop sales and donations are all running about the same as in 2007.
Mothers of local preschool age children are planning a community co-op preschool to start this fall. As soon as possible, they would like to use the Cooper Landing School portable classroom where the Alaska State Troopers are now based. The community hall is one option for use on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. until noon. E-mail Heather Pearson at Pearson@kenaifloat-n-fish.com if you have suggestions or questions.