Cooper Landing Gem- March 2023

Dear Members,

Love that sunshine and longer days. Keep a look out this month for those pesky leprechauns, as this is their month to celebrate.

The Upper Kenai River Guide is at print and we should be receiving the great looking 2023 edition this month. It is posted online through our web page if you want to preview it before the print copy is out.

Our attention is now turning to the Regatta. We will be sending out information for boats to register, and sponsors for boats. If you have any suggestions on how to improve our event, want to help working with the race or any other part of the event, please let one of us on the board know. We are working to have entering your boat and sponsoring a boat online as an option again this year.

This month the activity level in the Landing should start to ramp up. There is road construction starting already between here and Seward, spring break for schools is the middle of the month, and with snow and sun, outdoor activities will be in full swing.

Enjoy these hopefully ending days of winter and look forward to spring.

Thank you,

Cheryle James President

Cooper Landing Community School Activities

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

Spring Fun! with the Cooper Landing Cookie Lady - Saturday, March 25, 10am-12pm, Community Hall

Join Marja Beltrami for a sugar cookie decorating class. All supplies included and participants will go home with 6 decorated sugar cookies! $75/person (10% goes to the Community School program). To register, call Marja at 907-244-6752.

Click here for more information and to register

Walk or Workout - Mondays-Fridays (school days only), 7:30-8:30am and 2:30-3:30pm, 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 - Now on Thursdays, 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. $7 per session. Call/text Dusty Byrd for more information, 907-202-0129.

Volleyball - Tuesdays & 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.

Contact

www.clcommunityschool.webs.com

The Fireflies are an All-Ages Auxiliary of Cooper Landing Emergency Services! We find fun & creative ways to raise money and perform acts of service!

Our upcoming meeting will be Sunday, March 12th at 35115 Edwards St from 2 - 4 PM. Feel free to bring snacks or refreshments, but by no means feel obligated!

We have an exciting calendar of volunteering & fundraising opportunities that can fit into a wide variety of schedules with varying levels of time commitments! Currently we are accepting fishing flies for our fly tying competition. Flies must be turned in (or mailed in) by April 26th. Please include your name and/or business name with a sentence or two about your fly. Bonus if you include why you support CLES! They can be mailed to CLES PO Box 510 Cooper Landing, AK 99572 or dropped off at CLES. Flies will be displayed at the Library and Softball Tournament (May 1st - June 14th)! The fly that generates the most donations will represent The Fireflies for one year and have bragging rights that last forever! Contact Rachel Mundy 907-9174444 with any questions!

Second Place Winners in the 5/6 District Competition!

February was an exciting month at Cooper Landing School! The annual Battle of the Book competition took place in the beginning of the month. We had three teams competing this year in the 3/4, 5/6, and Middle School categories. This highly competitive academic competition requires teams to read ten to twelve chapter books by a variety of authors. Our students worked hard to read and memorize details about the books for several months. The 5/6 scored high enough to enter the district finals where they placed in second place.

High School students worked hard writing essays for the 2023 George S. And Stella M. Knight Essay contest. Stela’s essay “The Importance of The Constitution” was selected as Alaska’s third place winner!

Congratulations to Molly, Kaia, and Stela! Job well done! We are all very proud of you!

Cooper Landing Library News

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

• March 21 King Peggy by Peggielene Bartels

• April 18 West with Giraffes by Linda Rutledge

• May 16 The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict

Community Movie Night

Even if your name isn’t Inigo Montoya, prepare to storm the Community Hall on Friday March 10th at 7pm for Cooper Landing Social Club’s Movie Night! We’ll be showing a classic adventure comedy filled with pirates, giants, sword fighting, and “wuv, true wuv”.

The movie is rated PG and free to any who wish to attend. We ask that anyone under 16 be accompanied by an adult. For more information about the movie being shown, please visit the Cooper Landing Community Library’s website.

Also, feel free to bring your favorite movie-watching snacks and drinks!

Click Here for more information

Winter Library Hours

Monday 1-3 pm

Tuesday 3-5 pm

Wednesday 1-3 pm

Thursday 1-3pm

Friday 1- 3 pm

Saturday 11am - 2 pm

Library Board Meeting

There is a Library Board Meeting scheduled for March 15th at 11am. Please email us with any items for the agenda.

cooperlandinglibrary@gmail.com

www.cooperlandinglibrary.com Cooper

This Could Be You...

Enter and Mark Your Calendars for May 20th 2023

Future Regatta Winners

The 16th Annual Regatta is scheduled for May 20th, 2023. Online registration and sponsorship forms will be available April 1st. More details will be coming soon, but feel free to start getting your arms in shape for this year’s competition.

2022 Regatta Winners

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Cooper Landing Community Club

Spring is around the corner and there is a lot of activity going on with the Community Club! Mark your calendar for our next meeting Thursday, March 23rd, at 6 pm at the Hall. Submissions for being on the agenda are due no later than March 13th. Please join us in person or via Zoom.

Along with Community School’s sponsored weekly Yoga sessions with Dusty and the Cooper Landing Cookie Lady’s decorating class we have two new activities scheduled thanks to our new Social Committee Coordinator, Rick Odgers. This month you can now enjoy a game night and a movie night at the hall. And our Tea Social is back! For more information, visit our calendar for the dates and times for these events. And be sure to note some of our local community liaison organizations are on there too for their monthly scheduled and special meetings.

After our last meeting in January the CLCC Board experienced some changes. President Martha Story and Treasurer Jaimie Gonzalez elected to not renew their seats. We would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their time and years of dedication to the Community Club. Their hard work and efforts have greatly been appreciated! When you see them out and about, please be sure to thank them for their contribution to our community! Because of those vacancies, we were able to welcome two new members to the board, Lorriane Temple and Ruth Nelson. We are excited to have them come aboard with their wealth of experiences and local knowledge.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at our next meeting!

• Yvette Galbraith, President

• Melissa, Vice President

• Lorraine Temple, Treasurer

• Ruth Nelson, Secretary

• Ed Holsten, Member

We’ve updated our email address:

To contact the officers or to find out information about our non-profit contact: officers@cooperlandingcommunityclub.com

For all Hall Rental Inquiries and Reservations contact: rentals@cooperlandingcommunityclub.com

Contact Us:

officers@cooperlandingcommunityclub.com

www.cooperlandingcommunityclub.com

Cooper Landing Community Club

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