Cooper Landing Gem- September 2023

Greetings,

Those leaves are showing the hint of yellow and fall is in the air. The season is winding down, and it is with great hope that it was bountiful for all our members.

We will be back having regular meetings this month. We will be sending out membership renewals and working on the Upper Kenai River Guide. We really would appreciate members wintering here to consider joining the board of directors for the Chamber. Your innovative ideas, and fresh outlooks would be deeply appreciated.

This is the last month for our Summer Raffle, check out the information on the following pages to learn more about how to enter and the awesome prizes you can win!

A thank you to all our members in advance for your continued support of the Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce &Visitors Bureau.

Thank you,

Cooper Landing Library News

Winter Book Club:

September 19 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

October 17 - Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams

November 21 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

December - no meeting

January 16 - Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

February 20 - American Dirt by Jeannie Cummins

March 19 - Homecoming by Kate Morton

Email cooperlandinglibrary@gmail.com for Zoom info

Library Hours

Monday: 1-3 pm

Tuesday: 3-5 pm

Wednesday: 1-3 pm

Thursday: 1-3 pm

Friday: 1-3 pm

Saturday: 11 am - 2 pm

Contact Us: 907-595-1241

cooperlandinglibrary@gmail.com

www.cooperlandinglibrary.com

Cooper Landing Community Library

Cooper Landing Advisory Planning Commission (CLAPC)

The next Cooper Landing Advisory Planning Commission (CLAPC) meeting is scheduled for October 4th. We do not know at this time if there are any agenda items but if there are you’ll see the draft agenda posted in the Cooper Landing Crier online and physically around town on bulletin boards.

If you are unable to attend a meeting either via Zoom or in person then you may send us a written message one of two ways:

1. For email visit: https://www.kpb.us/planning-dept/planning-commissions/cooper-landingapc/email-cooper-landing-apc

2. USPS mailing: Send your correspondence to Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Department, Attn: CLAPC, 144 N Binkley St., Soldotna, AK 99669.

Cooper Landing Historical Society and Museum

Hello CLHS Board members, docents, and all interested in the Cooper Landing Historical Society and Museum:

You all know about this 2023 Summer Raffle sponsored by Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce to benefit the Cooper Landing Youth Group Progam. Kristine (Krissy )Route and the Youth Group started selling raffle tickets earlier this summer during their docent days at the Cooper Landing Museum. Having Kristine and the kids at the museum on Wednesdays was a blast!

We are proud to have the 2023 Summer Raffle drawings at our next CLHS Board Meeting at the museum on Saturday, September 23 at 2 pm! Our Board meeting will begin at 1 pm with a synopsis of summer activity, discussion of plans for our annual December Christmas Open House, and plans for covering the CAT.

This will be an open meeting for all interested persons. Interested in the museum, the historical society, and the winners of the Summer Raffle!

September 4, Labor Day, is the last regular day of the museum season.

Thank You Volunteers

• Thanks to Kate Stevenson for summer Treasure Sales proceeds and for many docent days in the museum during which time she also cleaned the buildings, planted and cared for all the flowers, and kept the Chamber cabin up to snuff!

• Thanks to Dave Westerman and Don Barber for re-roofing the old postoffice and the outhouse— very time intensive and much physical work up on the roof and down on the ground.

• Thanks to Sally Losco, Skye High, Kristine Route and the Cooper Landing Youth Group, and Cathy Leaders for docent days with me.

• Thanks to Kate Stevenson, Chris Nyman, Kristine Route and the Youth Group, and Connie Loveall for the yard work.

• Thanks to Mike Gephardt for turning on the water.

• Thanks to Kristine Route for the interpretive signage.

• Thanks to Keith Freeman for moving the CAT away from Katie Feichtinger’s mural.

• Thanks to Kevin Minto for donations of his art and craft work to sell to benefit the museum.

• Thanks to Cathy Leaders, Tammy and Roy Dudley, and Yvette Galbraith for donations to the museum.

• Thanks, Barb Atkinson, for the minutes from the July 9 meeting.

Much to be thankful for this summer! I am so pleased and so appreciative of the work that’s been down at, in, on, and for the museum! Please let me know if I’ve forgotten to thank someone.

Mona 907-202-6049

2023 Summer Raffle

Grand Prize $1,000 Cash

2nd prize $500 Cash

3rd Prize $ 250 Cash

Plus several other gift prizes from:

• Alaska Rivers Company

• Best Route Productions

• Cooper Landing Cookie Lady

• L’ook Beadwork

• The Alaska Mint

This fundraiser is presented by the Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce with proceeds from the raffle benefiting the Cooper Landing Youth Group Program.

Ticket Prices

1 for $20

3 for $50

15 for $100

Drawing will be held on September 23, 2023. Winners need not be present to win. Participants must be 18 or older to enter. For complete raffle terms and conditions visit our website.

Cooper Landing Chamber Permit # 2636

www.cooperlandingchamber.com

Use the QR Code to purchase tickets online

Enter to Win

CASH PRIZES

• First Prize: $1,000

• Second Prize: $500

• Third Prize: $250

ALASKA MADE PRIZES

Win one of fifteen great prizes, valued over $1,000 from the Alaska Mint. These unique Alaska made jewelry and gifts are perfect for any occasion. All are one of kind pieces you won’t find anywhere else.

Win a pair of custom made earrings from L’ook Beadwork. These two inch round earrings feature wild silver salmon skin from the Placer River with a resin center, complete with three salmon eggs made from beads. The center is surrounded by black beadwork, rhinestones, and 4mm black rondelles with silver plated findings.

Win a $200 gift certificate for a canvas or metal print of your choice of any of Best Route Productions’ images. Find the perfect image to match your style to hang in your home or office.

ALASKA ADVENTURE PRIZES

Win a 3-hour Alaska float trip for two down the turquoise waters of the Kenai River with Alaska Rivers Company. Your guide will take you through one of Alaska’s most beautiful areas, home to eagles, moose, Dall sheep and bears. Bask in the views and enjoy the rhythm of the river. Suitable for all ages.

Win a Custom Cookie Decoration class for four from the Cooper Landing Cookie Lady. Each attendee will get to design six cookies.

How to Enter

Enter for your chance to be the lucky grand prize winner of $1,000 when you purchase a raffle ticket in our Summer Cash Raffle. All participants have a chance to win one of twenty-two prizes, each with a $100 or more-dollar value. This fundraiser is presented by the Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce with proceeds from the raffle benefiting the Cooper Landing Youth Group Program.

Raffle Tickets can be purchased both online and in-person from July 12th through September 22nd.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the Cooper Landing Museum on Wednesdays through August 9th from 1:00 to 5:30 pm. They can also be purchased on select weekends at Wildman’s, or from any Youth Group member.

Online tickets will be assigned a number based on the order in which they are purchased. The number is not available at checkout as the numbers will have to be manually assigned.

All prizes will be drawn on September 23, 2023. Winners need not be present to win and will be notified. Participants must be 18 or older to enter.

Learn more about the Raffle by clicking the button below or by scanning the QR Code at the right.

Purchase Tickets

Cooper Landing Trails and Walkable Community Project

Cooper Landing Trails (CLT) needs the following volunteers:

• A treasurer to join our group of three committee officers.

• Help with brushing and maintenance on the Safety Path.

• Help with equipment movement and grooming of ski trails.

If you are interested in helping out please contact: walkcooperlanding@gmail.com

David Story, Chair, and Janette Cadieux, Secretary.

CLT is a committee of Cooper Landing Community Club

Community Potluck

Tuesday, September 26th at 6pm at the Kenai Lake Baptist Church

Theme: Camping Foods

Are you looking for a fun evening activity?

Come on down to Sunrise to test your knowledge at Trivia Night on Monday’s at 9pm. Bring your friends, each team can have up to four players. Compete in five rounds and earn points to become the weekly winner. The final round is a challenging audio music round.

Cooper Landing Senior Citizen Corp. Inc

CLSCCI Sexy Senior Dumpster Cleaners enjoyed a busy summer with the usual group and welcome summer visitors. Michael and Brigitte DeAngelis, Shirley Wilmoth, Judith Kalles, Janet Konopa, Mayme Ohnemus, and Mona Painter with Greg and Linda Raveaux, and Bruce and Sue Bronson.

Gary Galbriath and Nick Vanderhoff worked at the Cooper Landing site and Lori DeFrance took care of the Hope site. Thank you, all!

Mario Carboni delighted the group in JAM Commons at Ravens View with his piano magic and vocals.

Two pictures from the August 7 combination monthly CLSCCI Board meeting and the quarterly CLSCCI membership meeting. CLSCCI President Al Clayton started a round of getting to know each other by doing vocal autobiographies.

Derrick Burlison and his friend Jake Musgrove removed 15 dead spruce from around Eagles View as a gift to the residents there. Greg Staser mowed Ravens View Lawn and Andrea Wilson cut the grass at Eagles View in July. Many thanks to these volunteers!

Does anyone know who this little zebra striped case belongs to? This was left in the senior van and so far it is a mystery. Inside is an item of girls clothing.

Lots of excitement was in the air as students returned to school on August 15th. Everyone was happy to see their friends and catch up after the summer. We have a few new faces in our family including our longterm sub, Barb Whiteman. She joined us for the start of term while the search continued for a new K-3 teacher. We are grateful for her hardwork and willingness to jump right in.

As many of you know Tommy Gossard went on to teach at Skyview Middle School. We appreciate all of the time and dedication he put into Cooper Landing School. Although he is missed, we wish him the best on his new adventure.

Back

The older students, 4-8 grade, fell right back in sync with the daily schedule in Ms. Krissy’s room. One fourth grader stated, “The summer was so boring, I couldn’t wait to come back to school.”

A big special thank you to everyone who volunteered to help get the school ready for the new year! There were boxes upon boxes of new material and many items to be moved. A team of helpers spend countless hours helping put things away and clean for the new year.

On a side note, we are still looking for a janitor. Contact us if you are interested in applying!

Previous CL teacher and students return to school to help prepare for the upcoming year.

Students pair up in a science experiment to see who can make the biggest bubble using straws and string.

With school back in session, the pace of our town has mellowed a bit during midweek, but our weekends are still lively with traffic, visitors and fisherman. Our local activities and meetings will be picking back up as our season transgresses into fall.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Community Assistance Program (CAP) 2023/2024 submissions are due to the Cooper Landing Community Club by September 10th. We ask that our local community organization liaisons to please submit their requested amounts via email to officers@cooperlandingcommunityclub.com. Requests need to include the amount, what the donation will cover, and the contact information for the organization making the request. The CAP funds must be used for a public purpose, and applicants must demonstrate that the project or program is publicly available to every person in the community. We must have these submissions to review and vote on at our September meeting in order to be compliant with the program.

On the calendar this month is StreamWatch (9/10), DOT/Sterling Hwy 9/19, CLES Board Meeting (Firehall, 9/19), and CLCC Community Meeting (9/21). Friday night September 22 marks the return of movie nights at the Community Hall. Keep a lookout for updates on what film will be showing on the library website! On Saturday, September 23rd our beloved Soup Supper is back! Please be sure to attend this year as much needed proceeds go towards CLES.

Also back in the spirit of Firewise is the 5th Annual Wood Pile Contest! This is the reminder to keep busy stacking your piles! Judging will take place on October 8th. If you are interested in participating, please let us know. We also ask that if you have completed Firewise tasks around your house or business this year to please send in any pictures you have. Submissions, signing up and questions can be emailed to officers@cooperlandingcommunityclub.com.

As mentioned our next CLCC meeting is Thursday, September 21st at 6 pm. We ask all of our community liaisons to send a representative to attend and provide an update for our local residents. To be included on the agenda, please submit your requests no later than noon on September 13th. This allows us to include your participation in our public announcements per our bylaws.

The Cooper Landing Community Club (CLCC) and Cooper Landing Emergency Services (CLES) both have seats available on their boards. Please be sure to submit your applications if you are interested in contributing to our community. Submissions for CLCC are due at our September 21st meeting to attend and vote and October 9th for CLES. Watch the Crier and local Facebook social media pages for further information.

Thank you and hope to see you at our next meeting!

Yvette, Melissa, Lorraine, Ruth & Sandra

Cooper Landing Community Club

Calendar of Events

Tired of trying to keep track of Community activities, events and happenings? In addition to our printed monthly calendar check out our digital calendar to help keep track of what’s coming on and when. Any member submitted event activities will be placed on the digital calendar viewable through our website.

Attention anglers! Want a chance to win a $20 Gwin’s Lodge food credit? Post a pic of your recent catch and tag @gwinslodgealaska on Instagram or Gwin’s Lodge on Facebook! The picture with the most likes will receive this promo, winners announced every Wednesday. We look forward to seeing what you catch, good luck out there!

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