Tributaries
Tidbits from the Headwaters
Chosen Frozen
On March 21 a crowd of enthusiastic adults and students gathered on 2 Mile Lake near Chitina for Chosen Frozen. Even though it was overcast with a little breeze, spring was in the air!
Community Christmas Bazaar
Minus 20-degree temperatures did not deter the annual Community Christmas Bazaar vendors from setting up their homemade wares this past Saturday at the Kenny Lake School.
4-H Teaches Life Skills By Doing
Patty Miller, the Kenny Lake 4-H Club leader, puts a lot of heart and time into the youth program, and wouldn’t have it any other way. 4-H teaches life skills by allowing kids to roll up their sleeves and do hands-on, experiential learning in almost any subject. The program is part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska’s land grant university, offered by the Cooperative Extension Service.
Wild Food Feast in Kenny Lake Celebrates the Watershed
On September 24, over 70 people gathered for a potluck celebration bringing 30 dishes made with ingredients from the Copper River watershed. From pickled beluga to moose soup, salmon chowder to zucchini cake, candied chanterelles to bull kelp pickles, dishes were organized into the four categories of Flying, Walking, Swimming and Growing.
Kenny Lake Library Book Camp
The Kenny Lake Public Library hosted its annual Book Camp for children aged 7-12 on July 11-15. Twenty-three young readers joined for a fun week of reading, crafts, games, music and friendship. This year’s theme, Off the Beaten Path, brought us outside to explore the natural world, investigate new things, strengthen our love of reading and keep curious minds active.
Kenny Lake Fair
The Kenny Lake Fair started off the night before with a delicious dinner and dessert auction followed by a square dance. The funds raised from this event go to the Kenny Lake High School Scholarship Fund. Delectable desserts were auctioned off with generous donations flowing to the fund.
Kenny Lake Baseball Coaches Reunite
A weeklong baseball/soccer camp in Kenny Lake for children aged 6 through 12 was held in Kenny Lake June 6-10. Twenty children participated throughout the week, coached by Matt and Judith Lorenz, Doug Vollman and special guest Reed Carlson.
Hatch & Release
Two hundred coho salmon eggs came to Jennifer Hodges’s third, fourth and fifth-grade classroom at the Kenny Lake School this past January. The class watched, waited, and learned about how salmon come to be.