🌱 How did Kenai’s earliest churches worship in bars, cabins, and clubs?

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In today's newsletter:

• How did Kenai’s earliest churches worship in bars, cabins, and clubs?
• Why a tiny harbor seal pup on South Kenai Beach needed rescuing

Today's riddle: Where do you learn how to make ice cream ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 54 and low of 40 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, temps: high: 51, low: 39.
• Sunday: A blend of sun and clouds, with a high of 54 and low of 38 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Our Sunday best: Early churches of the central Kenai Peninsula — Part 2 (homernews.com) — If you’ve ever wondered how Kenai’s early churches got their start, this second installment traces colorful Catholic and Protestant beginnings from barroom Masses to log chapels across the central Kenai Peninsula. You’ll meet homesteaders, priests, and even some rowdy Irish stonemasons who helped shape the faith communities many locals know today.
   

• Alaska SeaLife Center Admits First Harbor Seal Patient of the 2026 Season (kvakradio.com) — A stranded newborn harbor seal pup was recently found on South Kenai Beach in Kenai and transported to the Alaska SeaLife Center for intensive care. The center is urging Kenai beachgoers to give seal pups plenty of space and call their hotline before approaching any distressed marine animals.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ⚠️ Magnitude 3.6 earthquake reported
  May 27 at 4:16 PM AKDT: 3.4 magnitude earthquake occurred near Kasilof, Alaska. More than 3 neighbors felt it. (Nextdoor )
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🗞 Nearby News

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• Hospital to buy Soldotna pharmacy in latest expansion effort (kbbi.org)
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• Relatives of Texas family lost in 2024 boat sinking near Homer file wrongful death lawsuit citing repairs (adn.com)

Nikiski

• Nikiski man sentenced to 99 years for mother's murder (kbbi.org)

Seward

• Archaeologists Excavated a 1,000-Year-Old House in Alaska and Found a Bronze Object That Shouldn't Have Been There (dailygalaxy.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Sundae School (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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