Former principal arrested for child porn
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
A Feb. 22 pre-indictment hearing has been set in Anchorage for former Chapman and Nanwalek school educator and principal Fred Deussing, 64, who allegedly possessed one of the most extreme collections of child pornography police have ever seen in the state. According to school district administration, Deussing was employed by [...]
Feds take over shooting review
•Results have yet to meet the public eye
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
Investigators looking into the March 1 Homer Airport shooting between authorities and fugitive Jason Karlo Jacob Anderson,31, of Duluth Minn., have forwarded the case on to the federal prosecutors without issuing charges. Nearly a year and multiple reviews later, facts from the case have yet [...]
Homer shares back
By Sean Pearson
Homer Tribune
After more than 14 years of sharing her spirit with the Homer community, longtime resident Shari Daugherty found herself on the receiving end for once when she was honored as Homer’s 2006 Citizen of the Year on Friday.And she didn’t even have to share the spotlight.Nearly 100 people packed the Homer Chamber [...]
Brother Asaiah gets his day
By Sean Pearson
Homer Tribune
Wanting to designate a special day for Homer’s patron saint of wisdom,
knowledge, faith and love, Mayor Jim Hornaday signed a proclamation
last Monday dubbing Feb. 14, 2007, Brother Asaiah Bates Day. Citing
several humanitarian and altruistic traits often demonstrated by the
Brother through his brief tour of the earthly realm, Hornaday
specifically noted the Brother’s acts [...]
Normally, fish like pebbles
Laine Welch
Citing concerns that “fish and minerals don’t mix,” the United Fishermen of Alaska this week voted unanimously to oppose the Pebble Mine project being proposed near Bristol Bay. Pebble would be the largest open pit copper and gold mine in North America. “The very development of Pebble is an industry unto itself,” said UFA [...]
Rio Tinto increases Northern Dynasty shares
• Conservation group warns of mining risksBy Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
The dig or no-dig fight over the Pebble prospect continues as interest groups make moves by buying Alaska newspaper space and making the rounds in public forums. The most recent move comes from Northern Dynasty, which, as of yesterday, announced that the Rio Tinto company will [...]
FYI
Wine and wooden skisThe Kachemak Nordic Ski Club will hold its annual Wine and Cheese Tour on Feb. 11, beginning at noon. The self-guided tour will start from the Diamond Ridge Sunset Loop Trailhead. Signs will mark the tour route, and all skiers and snowshoers are invited. There will be three stops, including two at [...]
Ban on aerial wolf hunting to be on ballot
ANCHORAGE, (AP)
ANCHORAGE, (AP)— An initiative to ban the aerial shooting of wolves has been approved to appear on the 2008 ballot, Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell’s office announced Friday. Parnell gave notice that Alaskans for Wildlife’s ballot petition banning the same-day airborne shooting of wolves met the required number of signatures to be placed on the [...]
Letters to the editor
Wealthy fishermen get the fishThe International Pacific Halibut Commission regulatory proposal of a one-fish bag limit is unfairly discriminatory between financial classes of recreational fishermen holding the same Alaska sport-fishing license. The one-fish bag limit regulation proposal would unjustly apply only to the recreational fishermen of modest financial means, using the public services of a [...]
A true generalist may unlock society’s mysteries
Jessica Schallock
“I am a true four-wheel-drive creature that can go anywhere.” Such were the words of biophysicist Luca Turin when describing his varied education in Chandler Burr’s 2002 book “The Emperor of Scent.” Luca Turin has developed a new theory of our sense of smell that hinges on molecular vibration rather than shape. Turin, too [...]
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