Monthly Newsletter
February 2022
Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center
Hello: The days are getting noticeably longer every day. The sun, when we see it, will be over the mountain and my backyard will have direct sunlight about the middle of the month. Many of you will already being seeing that warm globe before me so enjoy. Thank you all who participated in the “Light up the Landing” project this year! This will be an annual event for the enjoyment of our locals and our winter visitors. All you drift boaters and rafters out there, we are reaching out to you to see if there is interest in a 2022 Regatta. In this newsletter you’ll find a link to a three-minute interest survey. Kindly respond to the survey or call one of our board members if you are interested. If we don’t hear from you, expect a call from one of us. Is it time to put the fun back into our lives? We want to welcome new board members Shaun Sehl (Prospector John’s) and Kindra Leaders (Grizzly Ridge). Election of officers was held at the January meeting resulting in Kindra Leaders being elected as the Vice President. All the other officers remain the same. We appreciate their continued support on the board. Thank you to all members who are helping to keep our Chamber active. Your Chamber has reached out to Alaska Recreational Management for insight into their plans for this upcoming season and any proactive measures they are taking in response to the closure on August 15th of the Russian River campground. We have invited them to attend the February 24th meeting at Wildman’s. Our next meeting is later than usual to accommodate travel plans for many of the board members. Everyone is invited to our meeting being held at 3:30 at Wildman’s on February 24th.
Board Of Directors President Cheryle James Wildman’s 907-290-1213 Vice-President Kindra Leaders Grizzly Ridge 907-202-6377 Treasurer Shirley Wilmoth The Hutch B&B 907-595-1270 Secretary Rose Hetrick Inn at Tern Lake 907-288-3667 Director Shaun Sehl Prospector John’s 907-250-7775
Thank you, Cheryle James & Your Chamber Board
Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce PO Box 809 Cooper Landing, Alaska 99572 info@cooperlandingchamber.com Newsletter Layout & Design by Best Route Productions
Cooper Landing Community Club With the new year comes a slightly new Board of Directors. New to the Board is Melissa Brennan as the Secretary. Returning members are Ed Holsten as the Member At-Large, Jamie Gonzales as the Treasurer, and Yvette Galbraith as the Vice President. Martha Story has stepped into the role as President. Kristine Route stepped down as President to move onto bigger and better things. Krissy does promise to still help with the softball tournament. That’s right, the 26th Annual Softball Tournament. We are bringing it back! So stretch out those arms and cancel all of your plans for May 26th through June 4th. The Community Club sends out a huge thanks to the Quartz Creek DOT crew. Thanks for keeping our town safe and for helping with the Snug Harbor Walking Path. You all do a great job! We still have some directories for community members that ordered them. We are looking into sending them to folks that have not picked theirs up yet and will contact you soon. If you want to make other arrangements to pick a directory up you can email cooperlandingcommunityclub@gmail.com. Thanks to all that supported our fundraiser and bought a directory!
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May 26th to June 4th, 2022
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Are You Interested in the Regatta?
2019 Regatta Participants
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Are you interested in participating in the Drift Boat Regatta this year? Would you like to compete in the Drift Boat Race down the Upper Kenai? Or would you like to partake in the Clean up the Kenai Rafting Trash Collection Competition? Don’t want to race, but would like to sponsor someone else too? Let us know what your interests levels are by taking our short 3-minute survey. Simply follow the link below and answer a few questions to let us know if we should host the event this year. Thank you! Click Here for Regatta Survey
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Cooper Landing Lynx News
February 2022
Second Place Winners in the 3/4 District Competition!
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS Battle of the Books is a highly competitive academic competition that requires teams to read twelve chapter books by a variety of authors. The books are selected by the Alaska Association of School Librarians and must meet of high quality and cover a diversity of subject areas. Students start reading the books in October and aim to complete the reading list by January. Students try to read the books as many times as possible before the District Battles, usually held the second week of February. On Battle Day Cooper Landing students compete in four rounds against twenty-four other schools throughout the Kenai Peninsula. Each round consists of twelve questions that test students’ knowledge about fact and details from the books they’ve read. Teams have thirty seconds to figure out the answer and write both the book title and author on the answer sheet. One person from each team verbally announces the answer when asked by the game host. If a team wins first in the district competition, they will go on to compete at the state level.
The goal of Battle of the Books is to help students with reading comprehension, expand reading interests, and to promote academic excellence. If you’d like to be a future sponsor of the Battle of the Books, click the button below for ways you can support our teams.
This year Cooper Landing had a 3/4 grade level Battle Team and a 5/6 grade level Battle Team. Competitions were moved up and held the last week of January. We are extremely proud of the Cooper Landing students who participated in the Battle of the Books this year. Being on the Battle Book Team is no easy feat. It takes hard work, commitment, and dedication to be a great team, let alone to memorize in great detail facts about the books. Our students work incredibly hard and enjoy participating in this activity every year. Congratulations to the 3/4 Team who took second place in the District Battle. They were one question away from going into overtime against Soldotna Montessori.
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My favorite part about Battle of the Books is when we are all reading together and we end up finding out something CRAZY! Sad, funny, or weird we can go through it together. It’s the best way to read a sad book, like Pax by Sara Pennypacker.
” -Sydney
Become a Sponsor
Thank you Jamie Gonzales for sponsoring our Battle of the Books teams!! We enjoyed the snacks you provided to keep our minds engaged and the Wildman’s Ice Cream Gift Certificates.
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I’m in love with Battle of the Books! It pushes me to read more and to learn more. My favorite part is all of the new books that I get to read. Some that I wouldn’t of read otherwise .
-Athena
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Third Place Winners in the 5/6 District Competition! Page 5
Cooper Landing Gem News Do you have business or organization updates you would like to share with the community? All Chamber Members are invited to submit updates and information to the monthly newsletter. Contact us for more information. Contact Us
Happy Birthday 2/5 2/9 2/11 2/11 2/12 2/12 2/12 2/14 2/17 2/17 2/18 2/24 2/28
Kim Neis Pat Dye Roxanne Defoe Greg Raveaux Richard Dreifuerst Shane Farley Olive James Cecilia Pearson Tommy Gossard Martha Story Ken Leaders Stacy Corbin Alec Lamberson
Happy Anniversary 2/19 Malcolm and Ladonna Herbert
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ANNUAL GRANT CYCLE
2022
KMTA awards grants to community projects that recognize, preserve, and interpret the historic, scenic, and natural recreational resources and cultural landscapes of the Kenai Mountains - Turnagain Arm historic transportation corridor. Projects promote and facilitate public enjoyment of these resources.
KMTA National Heritage Area | PO Box 1934 | GIrdwood, Alaska | 99587
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2022 Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce & CVB Please support our local businesses! 5 Dogs Fishing
(907) 598-3525
Grizzly Ridge
(907) 595-1260
Alaskan Angling Adventures LLC
(907) 595-3336
Gwin’s Lodge
(907) 595-1266
Alaska Heavenly Lodge
(907) 599-0022
Inn at Tern Lake (Moose Pass)
(907) 288-3667
Alaska Horsemen Lodge
(907) 595-1806
Jason’s Guide Service
(907) 351-3036
Alaska Waste
(907) 312-6267
Kahtnu Spirit Lodging
(907) 299-2855
Alaska Outdoor Woodstoves
(907) 598-1633
Kenai Cache Outfitters
(907) 595-1401
Alaska River Adventures
(907) 595-2000
Kenai Kayak Company
(907) 441-6753
Alaska Rivers Company
(907) 595-1226
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area
(206) 920-9051
Alaska Troutfitters
(907) 595-1212
KPB Mayor –Charlie Pierce (Soldotna)
(800) 478-4441
Alaska Wildland Adventures
(800) 334-8730
KPBSD Superintendent
(907) 714-8836
Andy’s Artwork
(907) 802-1274
Kenai Peninsula Econ. Dev. Dist.
(907) 283-3335
Angle 45 Adventures (Hope)
(907) 782-3175
Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge
(907) 595-1425
Bean Creek Gallery
(907) 595-3488
Kenai River Drifters Lodge
(907) 595-5555
Bearfoot Publications
(907)320-1145
Kenai River Float-n-Fish
(907) 519-0048
Best Route Productions
(303) 570-2081
Kenai River Sportfishing Association
(907)262-8588
Bike Cooper Landing, LLC
(907) 231-6793
Kenai River Trout Anglers
(907) 599-0085
Blue Yeti Food Truck
(907) 231-6089
Kenai Watershed Forum
(907) 265-5412
Boatman’s
(907) 202-1004
Mystic Waters Fly Fishing
(509) 715-9697
Camp K on Kenai Lake
(907) 279-3551
Peninsula Axe Throwing
(716) 222-0556
Cooper Landing Brewery
(907) 276-5044
Professional Testing
(907)598-1633
Cooper Landing Community Club
(907) 595-2169
Prospector John’s Pan for Gold
(907) 598-1808
Cooper Landing Community Library
(907) 595-1241
Round Mountain Retreat
(907) 598-1333
Cooper Landing Community School
(907) 595-1244
Salmon Run Lodge
(907) 595-2197
Cooper Landing Emergency Services
(907) 595-1800
Seramur Home Services
(907) 599-0019
Cooper Landing Fish Camp
(907) 595-3474
Sharon Saunders, GRI, Realtor
(928) 706-8901
Cooper Landing Fishing Guide
(907) 599-0126
Sunrise Inn & Café
(907) 595-1222
Cooper Landing Rifle & Sportsman’s Club
(907) 599-0004
Tanisha Walters, L.Ac. Acupuncturist
(303) 482-7176
Cooper Landing Historical Society
(907) 598-1042
Talon Air Service, Inc. (Soldotna)
(907) 262-8899
Cooper Landing Senior Citizens Corp.
(907) 595-3000
The Hutch Bed & Breakfast
(907) 595-1270
Eagle Landing Resort
(907) 595-1213
Upper Kenai Cabins
(907) 595-3055
First National Bank Alaska (Soldotna)
(907) 260-6000
Wildman TR Inc.
(907) 595-1456
Fish & Sons Kenai Charters
(907) 598-1065
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Cooper Landing Library Hours • Monday: 1-3 pm •Tuesday: 3-5 pm •Wednesday: 9-11am (pickup only) & 1-3 pm •Thursday: 1-3 pm •Friday: 1-3 pm
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