Announcements
BIRTHS On Jan. 12, a 6-pound, 10-ounce girl, Kyla Lalaune Seward, was born at 11:29 p.m. She joins proud parents Margaret and Devon Seward of Homer, grandparents Cheryl Courtney of Homer, Will Courtney of Fairbanks, Regina Harville of Homer, and Lenny Seward of Las Vegas. On Jan. 12, a 7-pound girl, Stevie Dawn Peldo, was born [...]
From diapers to double axels
Coaches teach tots to skate as soon as they can walkBy Sean Pearson Homer Tribune Forget those dated childhood milestones like walking and potty training. While young children in the Lower 48 spend their toddlerhood studying up on Blue’s Clues and Thomas the Tank Engine, Homer tots are strapping on skates and taking advantage of [...]
Augustine blesses Ring of Fire Meadery
By Layton Ehmke Homer Tribune On the heels of the recent activity at Mt. St. Augustine, Rachel and Laurence Livingston are poised to open the town’s first mead brewery. It’s name? The Ring of Fire Meadery. Head mead fermenter and known brewer Laurence has been heating things up for months in preparation to open in [...]
Limousine homesteaders
by Carey James Homer Tribune When Lulu Middleton, now 96, first came to Homer in 1948 with her six children, it was to help her husband, Henry, follow his dream. Middleton told Kelly Miller in a 1981 interview that her husband, a draftsman, wanted a change and Alaska appealed to him. “So we took off,” [...]
Jones, Klaar sweep Kenai Klassic
By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune Mariner crosscountry skiers Morgan Jones and Erika Klaar swept the top two spots in the Kenai Klassic at the Tsalteshi Trails on Saturday, where the Lady Mariner team took first place overall and the boys’ team took fourth. Klaar finished the 7.5 kilometer skate race with a time of 24 [...]
Mariner hockey rolls over Panthers
By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune Justin Adams scored his second hat trick in as many weeks as the Homer Mariners overpowered the Skyview Panthers in Soldotna 5-3 in North Star Conference play Saturday.The Panthers scored first, finding the back of the net with 1:56 left in the first period. That lead was quickly wiped out [...]
‘Polite’ Lady Mariners squeak by Soldotna Stars
By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune Lady Mariner Head Basketball Coach Tim Daugharty has a problem.It’s not that his team is lacking in height. Three players measure in at more than 5 feet, 11 inches.It’s not a lack of speed, or leadership or experience. Daugharty has outside shooters, a strong inside post, and some pretty incredible [...]
Free throws trip up Mariner basketball team
By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune If you happen to hear a faint and lonely thumping sound coming from Alice Witte Gymnasium in the wee hours of any morning, chances are, one of the Homer Mariners just hasn’t gotten his “five-in-a-row” in yet.In Mariner Head Coach Mark Casseri’s world, the price of admission to his basketball [...]
Arts Briefs
“Brothers” featured at Foreign Film FridayOn Friday, the Kachemak Bay Campus Student Association will sponsor a showing of “Brothers.” Directed by Susanne Bier, the Danish film won the Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Dramatic Audience Prize in 2004. The gripping psychological drama shows the wrenching effects of war on a “normal” family. Due to a [...]
Jammin’ with the old-time fiddlers
By Jill Homer Homer Tribune Michael “Wolf” Cartusciello wasn’t the first to admit that Friday the 13th may have not been the best time to get the old-time fiddlers together. After all, most of the other events slated for that night had been cancelled. And there was the small issue of Mt. Augustine spewing ash [...]
