The Seward Phoenix Log - News of the Eastern Kenai Peninsula since 1966

SCF awarded $44,000 in small grants to 12 different organizations during its recent grant cycle. Donors and recipients of Seward Community Foundation’s largesse filled the Seward Brewing Company...

Thursday, May 16 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous, Church of the Nazarene, Fourth and C, 362-6623. 7 to 8 p.m., Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department meeting, Bear Creek Fire Station, 13105 Seward Highway (Mile 5), 224-3345. Friday, May 17...

The following is from the editorial page of the May 14, 1987 Seward Phoenix LOG. LIVING IT UP WITH THE DUCKS... We like the suggestion put forth by businessman Dale Clemens at Monday’s Council meeting. He proposed building a boardwalk extending the...

At Seward Fisheries, plant manager Charles McEldowney has a situation on his hands. Seasonal workers are coming into town but container housing hasn’t been inspected and now there’s a citizens...

Tessa Polasek didn’t realize she was helping to make history as she sliced up the T-shirt that she had selected into pieces and braided the bottom end to make it into a cloth bag. Six-year-old...

Thursday, May 2 6:30 p.m., Pioneers of Alaska, Seward Senior Center, 336 Third, 288-3616. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous, Church of the Nazarene, Fourth and C, 362-6623. 7 to 8 p.m., Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department meeting, Bear Creek...

School board meets here Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. Monday, May 6 at Seward High School. Spring concert set for May 2 Seward community choir’s Spring Concert will run from 7 to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 2 in the...

May 2, 1987 The Seward Phoenix LOG Compiled by Julie Rosier FY 88 Budget: Little change in five years – The City of Seward is doing very well. In preparing the budget in April 1983, the city looked at the revenue projections for the coming years...

Last week, not far outside Seward’s small boat harbor, local youth aboard the Kenai Fjords Tour’s vessel Alaskan Explorer encountered a pod of black and white Dall’s porpoise resembling...

Seward’s City Manager Jim Hunt and Assistant City Manager Ron Long were absent from the Seward City Council regular meeting Monday along with Councilor Jean Bardarson. They are engaged in a...

The following is from the editorial page of the April 28, 1988 Seward Phoenix LOG. NOT SEEING IT TILL IT HITS YOU IN THE HEAD... That’s how we feel. Sometimes all it takes is a letter to the editor to make you see what you don’t have. Several...

The Crystal Symphony makes a stop in Seward on its way to Vancouver, B.C. The cruise ship is the first to put into port at the Alaska Railroad Cruise Ship Terminal this year. This trip originated in...

Garden club hosts roundtable discussion The Resurrection Bay Garden Club will present a roundtable discussion about composting at 4 p.m., Saturday, April 27, downstairs at Seward Community Library. Composting gurus Kirstie Willean and Bob Stark will...

The just concluded legislative session added $10 million to the funds available to construct the next phase of the Seward Marine Industrial Center. The total project cost for the SMIC breakwater, the...

Once a year the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meets in Seward. For those unfamiliar with the proceedings there is an opening ritual including a prayer. While the sun shone brightly outside, Pastor...

There were plenty of smiles, and impressed exclamations as a steady stream of interested people explored Lucky Wilson’s Seward Aircraft Storage hangar during an open house April 11. Alaska...

Seward businesses have begun to see the signs of springtime activity as the weather improves. There’s more weekend visitors taking advantage of the sights and activities that the Resurrection Bay...

Thursday, April 18 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous, Church of the Nazarene, Fourth and C, 362-6623. 7 to 8 p.m., Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department meeting, Bear Creek Fire Station, 13105 Seward Highway (Mile 5), 224-3345. Friday, April 19...

The original Seward Founders Monument was erected by the Elks Lodge in 1978. Some years later the wooden platform deteriorated and was removed as a safety measure. Upon the 75th anniversary of the...

Compiled by Julie Rosier Sawmill to be buzzing in 1989 – Chugach Alaska Corporation‘s plans for a timber mill at the Seward Marine Industrial Center have been given a clear go ahead, according to CAC President and Chief Executive Officer Michael...

The following is from the editorial page of the April 16, 1987 Seward Phoenix LOG. LET’S GET ON THE SAME TRAIN... Last week’s meeting of city officials, representatives from Alaska Railroad and the private sector was a step in the right...

James “Jim” Herbert, a commercial fisherman and mariner was appointed Monday to represent the City of Seward as a director on the Prince William Sound Regional Citizen’s Advisory Council....

Two Sewardites were recognized for their public service at the outset of Monday’s Seward City Council meeting. John French was applauded for his work representing the Seward area on the Prince...

The Seward-based Alaska State Park Ranger position will be left vacant in April if we don’t let our elected officials know how important it is to our community. Long standing state park ranger Terry Rude will be taking his hard earned retirement...

Updated: In the following article Major Marine Tours and Kenai Fjords Tours are both cited as featuring National Park Service interpretive guides aboard their cruises. However, Kenai Fjords Tours...