Cooper Landing Gem- January 2023

Dear Members,

Time to ring in a New Year and make those New Year’s resolutions. You have all year to complete those resolutions so if you slip up, start again. A good one to consider is being kind to those you deal with in your daily life.

Our big winner for the name the snowman contest is Cindy Dawson with Jingle McFreeze for our snowman’s name. Congratulations Cindy, there is a gift certificate at Wildman’s for you.

We are in the final phase of getting the 2023 Upper Kenai Visitor’s Guide ready to send to the printer.

Thank you all for renewing your memberships and advertisements. We are planning to do the Regatta again this year in May so mark your calendars. Date to be announced.

Do you have any ideas, suggestions, information to share with the Chamber. Please feel free to contact any of the board members and we will take it under advisement. We are still in need of people to serve on the board? Interested, please contact us, we would appreciate the extra assistance.

Thank you,

Cheryle James President

Welcome Our New Chamber Members!!

This year we had five new members join the Chamber- Kenai Lake Baptist Church, Our Place Rentals, Resurrection Trail House, Trail Lake Lodge, and Sourdough Dru’s Girfts and Gold. Please give them a warm welcome and check out their bios below.

Resurrection Trail House

Stay in the heart of Cooper Landing surrounded by beautiful mountain views. Here you’ll find quick access to world class trout and salmon fishing, hiking trails, kayaking, rafting, and wildlife viewing. Resurrection Pass Trail is just a quarter mile away! Use the contact information below to learn more.

Contact: 907-202-6388

resurrectiontrailhouse@gmail.com www.resurrectiontrailhouse.com

Photo by: Resurrectino Trail House

Photo by: Trail Lake Lodge

Photo by: Kenai Lake Baptist Church

Come on in I will tell you a long windy story! l’ve got Gifts, cigarettes, ice, CBD products, sundries and local Gold and plenty of “BS”.

My goal is to have fun with you! Show you some Alaskan hospitality. We are all strangers in a strange land …. so lets enjoy one another. Operating hours/days are whenever I feel like it! And I know how to have fun! If I am not open -well guess I am not ready to have fun! But that is one thing I have never done -have too much fun; too much fun!

Photo by: Best Route Productions

Photo by: Google Sourdough Dru’s

Cooper Landing Community School Activities

Our local non-profit Community School program is offering the following activities:

Walk or Workout - Mondays-Fridays (school days only), 7:30-8:30am and 2:303:30pm, Cooper Landing School gymnasium. Walk laps, or use the step climber, rowing machine, universal weight system, and free weights. Adults only, please.

Tot Time! - Mondays and Wednesdays, 12-1pm, Cooper Landing School gymnasium Bring the little ones out to play with friends, run in the gym, and work off some energy.

Yoga with Dusty or Liz -(Will resume in January) Tuesdays, 9am, Cooper Landing Community Hall

With focus on breath work, strength and yoga flow, our hope is to create a space and a practice for all community members that will be progressive through the winter. Note: We will be practicing with music. Bring your own mat. Props and modifications will be available. $5 per session. Call/text Dusty Byrd for more information, 907-202-0129.

Volleyball - Thursdays, 6pm, Cooper Landing School gymnasium

Adults only. Please have clean, non-marking shoes to play in.

All activities during school hours (afternoon Walk/Workout and Tot Time) require participants to first complete a school volunteer application, found here. When the application has been approved, you will be notified by email. You can then participate in these activities. Please feel free to stop by the school between 9am and 3pm for assistance with this application.

If you have ideas for future activities or would like to teach an adult or youth class through Community School, please contact us at cooperlandingcommunityschool@ gmail.com.

Cooper Landing Library News

Cooper Landing Community Library is a small log building built in 1983 that houses just about everything those big city libraries have. Lots of books, DVDs, public access computers and printers. It also has a sweet woodstove for those colder than normal winter days and plenty of comfy chairs that allow our patrons to sit and read or access our WiFi. We are a non-profit, run by volunteers and funded in part by the State Library. The rest of the funding comes from donations from the public and grants.

A huge thank you to The Rasmuson Foundation who helped us double the size of the building, funded expansion of the children’s section, made us more energy efficient, and funded replacement of our electronics. Thanks to ARPA funding, we survived the Pandemic Lockdown since we were unable to hold our annual Sweepstakes fund raisers. Thank you to the Book Hook grant through the Juneau Community Foundation that gave us the extra money for books and magazines. And thanks to all those people who donate to keep us in business. Lastly, we are grateful to the State Library for the annual grant that we continue to match.

Zoom Book Club Dates - 9am Video Call (email cooperlandinglibrary@gmail.com to be added to the Zoom list)

• January 17 The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

• February 21 The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

• March 21 King Peggy by Peggielene Bartels

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2023 Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce & CVB

Please support our local businesses!

5 Dogs Fishing (907) 598-3525 Jason’s Guide Service (907) 351-3036

Alaskan Angling Adventures LLC (907) 595-3336 Kahtnu Spirit Lodging (907) 299-2855

Alaska Horsemen Lodge (907) 595-1806 Kenai Cache Outfitters (907) 595-1401

Alaska Outdoor Woodstoves (907) 598-1633 Kenai Kayak Company (907) 441-6753

Alaska River Adventures (907) 595-2000 Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area (206) 920-9051

Alaska Rivers Company (907) 595-1226 Kenai Peninsula Econ. Dev. Dist. (907) 283-3335

Alaska Troutfitters (907) 595-1212 Kenai Peninsula Mayor (800) 478-4441

Alaska Wildland Adventures (800) 334-8730 Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge (907) 595-1425

Angle 45 Adventures (Hope) (907) 782-3175 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

Boatman’s (907) 202-1004 Kenai Watershed Forum (907) 265-5412

Camp Fire Alaska (907) 279-3551 Mystic Waters Fly Fishing (509) 715-9697

Cooper Landing Brewery (907) 276-5044 Our Place Rentals (907) 595-1829

Cooper Landing Community Club (907) 595-2169 Resurrection Trail House (907)202-6388

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 Sourdough Dru’s Gifts & Gold (Hope) (907)782-3282

Cooper Landing Historical Society (907) 598-1042 Sunrise Inn & Café (907) 595-1222

Cooper Landing Rifle & Sportsman’s Club (907) 599-0004 Talon Air Service, Inc. (Soldotna) (907) 262-8899

Cooper Landing Senior Citizens Corp. (907) 595-3000 Trail Lake Lodge (Moose Pass) (907)288-3101

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

Grizzly Ridge (907) 595-1260 Gwin’s Lodge (907) 595-1266

Inn at Tern Lake (Moose Pass) (907) 288-3667

CLSCCI Board Mtg. 6 pm Helen Gwin Commons

Chamber Meeting 3:30 pm Wildmans

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