Down East welcomes reggae
By Layton Ehmke Homer Tribune For Clinton Fearon, reggae music is his constant. While the world and his audiences change around him, Fearon will be persistent in promoting messages of love through rocksteady and reggae music. “It does not change for me. I came up in the more reocksteady and reggae era — but I’ve seen [...]
Willy Porter to play Duggan’s
By Layton Ehmke Homer Tribune When Willy Porter was forging his way into music, he took his show on the road opening for Rickie Lee Jones, Tori Amos and The Cranberries in the year following his signing with Private Music/BMG. His style, a mixture of Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges, Richard Thompson and Lindsey Buckingham took [...]
Guys and Dolls
•Gamblers, showgirls and soul-savers mix it upBy Sean Pearson Homer Tribune What’s playing at the Mariner Theatre?I’ll tell you what’s playing at the Mariner Theatre. A story about a crap-shooter trying to go straight for his showgirl fiancee of 14 years, and a gambler who fell for a soul-saver named Sarah.That’s what’s playing at the [...]
Obituary: Susan Arndt
Susan Arndt Susan was born in Rice Lake, Wis., on Sept. 28, 1953. She grew up in Coon Rapids, Minn,. and headed up to Alaska in 1976. She has been a Homer resident since 1979. She was diagnosed with breast cancer last February and died peacefully in her home on Feb. 10, 2007. She is [...]
Business Briefs
Salty Dawg turns 50The Salty Dawg Saloon on the Homer Spit will turn 50 years old on April 6. In celebration of their 50th anniversary, they are asking that anyone who has any old souvenirs, memorabilia or photos to bring them by the saloon on March 9, 10, or 11 from 12-4 p.m. for scanning [...]
State unemployment benefits below national average
• Maximum benefit stagnant for past decadeBy Carey James Homer Tribune With seasonal jobs in fishing, tourism and construction as well as many other industries filling up Alaska’s economy, the state’s unemployment insurance program is well-used. A recent state study of Alaska’s unemployment insurance, however, says the state’s maximum weekly benefit puts the state at [...]
Youth briefs
Global Youth Service Day comingYouth are encouraged to start planning service and service-learning projects now for National and Global Youth Service Day on April 20-22.Youth across America and the world will join together in April to lead simultaneous community service projects for the 19th-Annual National and Global Youth Service Day. Young people across the world [...]
Clowing around for a cause
By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune After years of growing up as part of his parents’ Greenlight Circus in Talkeetna, and juggling and clowning his way through California and Italy, Coire Langham decided to return to his Alaska roots this year to pass on his talents to Homer area youth.Bringing with him a surplus of circus [...]
Deussing hearing continued
By Layton Ehmke Homer Tribune The Feb. 22 pre-indictment hearing set for former Chapman and Nanwalek school educator and principal Fred Deussing, 64, was continued to a later date, according to court records. Deussing is alleged to possess one of the most extreme collections of child pornography police have seen in the state. He is [...]
Avian bird ‘food’ makes me puke
By Sean Pearson During one of my many Spit jaunts to check out the sea otters, monitor tsunami evacuation routes and convince myself that I must have hallucinated that guy setting up his tent on the beach in February, I found my mind wandering a bit. Amidst the soaring eagles, majestic mountains and crashing waves, [...]
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