| There's a stretch
of road between the villages of San Luis and Tronadora that we may
have to start calling Homer Alaska South. Living side by side just
past the road to the village of Chimurria are Ordell and Madelin Christianson
of Homer and Jeanne and Dave Manson of, yes, Homer. If you go up the
Chimurria Road to where some houses are being remodeled, you'll find
Herb Upton of Homer. Homer, by the way, is known as the town at the
end of the road, a sport-fishing heaven at the foot of the Kenai Peninsula
beside Cook Inlet. Herb is an engineer on one of the ferries of the
Alaska Marine Highway and plies the scenic and sometimes overly exciting
waters between Homer, Kodiak, and several ports out into the Aleutian
Islands. Jeanne is a nurse who has some years left before she and
Dave can retire to the new home they love at Lake Arenal. Ordell's
brother Verne, from Anchorage, Alaska, has bought property near Puerto
San Luis Lodge and plans to have a house built by December. While
the effort continues to establish an animal shelter in the area, |
first by encouraging
someone to donate land, the foster family program is well off the
ground. Sonya Sullivan, Christina Glass, Sandy Shaw and Dr. Eric Ortiz
all are caring for animals in need of a permanent home. Christina
was "gifted" with a medium-size dog that then had 6 puppies.
To acquire one or more of them, email her at paisajes2@hotmail.com.
Sandy is caring for a cute little stranger who will not get much bigger.
Email Sandy at sshrae@racsa.co.cr.
Perhaps hoping to sell a lot
of plants to the roster of Alaskans, some entrepreneur has established
a new nursery a few hundred meters up the road to Chimurria. Since
most south-side residents have had to go for their nursery needs
through Tilaran onto the road to Monteverde, the new nursery may
prove very convenient if well-stocked. We'll find out more about
it for next week's paper. It's called Vivero Lago Verde. There's
a Lago Verde sign at the foot of the Chimurria Road next to the
Casa Manana B&B sign.
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