Time for some financial spring cleaning?
By Matt North Now that April is here, you might decide to spruce up your home, both inside and out. But you also may want to do a little “spring cleaning” to help keep your financial house in order.What steps should you take to tidy up your financial situation? Actually, some of the moves are [...]
Announcements
BIRTHSFaith Marie Cosselman, a baby girl weighing 7-pounds, 6.5-ounces, was born at 4:34 a.m. on March 19 to Alisha Touchton and Jacob Cosselman. Faith is welcomed by her grandparents: Cyrena Touchton and Janice Cosselman of Anchor Point; John Touchton of Maine and Mitchell Cosselman of Mich.Jake Patrick Hannan, a baby boy weighing 8-pounds, was born [...]
Glacier Kings Tournament Statistics
Robert Lewis: 4 goals, 1 assistMihael Kuzmin 1 assistJason Baird: 1 goal, 4 assistsAsa Stage: 1 assistRuss Merritt: 2 goals, 1 assistVladmir Kalugin: 3 goalsKarl Swanson: 1 goal, 1 assistBen Rasmussen 1 goalZenon Martushev: 116 shots, 105 saves
Battle of the ‘Kings
•Bantam Glacier Kings fall to Healy in State Championship By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune Coach Elliot Jackson should rest assured that he did everything he could to get his team of Homer Glacier King Bantam hockey players fired up in their semifinal game against the Healy Coal Kings on Saturday. He tried appealing to their [...]
Bringing Homer championship cheer
•Mariner squad takes second at State By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune Perhaps you already caught the results of last week’s State Cheerleading Championships in one of the other Alaska papers. No? Maybe they were somehow lost amid all the “March Madness” of state basketball championships. In a continued effort to develop a little more respect [...]
Arts Briefs
Scrabble tourney spells excitementThe second-annual “My Word Against Yours” Scrabble Tournament will be Saturday and Sunday at the Quarter Deck at Land’s End Resort. The event offers competition at all levels, with timed competitions at two levels, as well as a social Scrabble division. Prizes will be awarded for winners in the top two divisions. [...]
Youth Orchestra to play with symphony
By Cindy Tapia Homer Tribune “We are here to stay,” said Lisa Whip, of the Homer Youth String Orchestra Club. Whip is the parent organizer and visionary for the Homer Youth String Orchestra Club, which started three years ago to provide local Homer youth with orchestral opportunities.The Homer Youth String Orchestra is a group of [...]
Chocolate and almond brownies prove irresistible
By Samantha Cunningham Once upon a time when I was too young to know better, I traveled to Belize with a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old child, both fiercely independent, one still in diapers. For a month, I collected many stories, some unfit for publication, but it did make for lasting memories of astounding places. Ancient [...]
Snowshoe hints from Beth Trowbridge
•Wear warm clothing that is easy to move around in. Layers are best. •Bring something to stay hydrated. Water is best. •Some people use ski or walking poles for balance. They aren’t a necessity. •All snowshoes at the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies clip on to winter boots. No special footwear is necessary. •Snowshoeing [...]
Snowshoeing sure bet at Wynn Nature Center
By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune So you’ve carved up some fresh flakes on your Burton snowboard, skied all the trails from Lookout to Roger’s Loop and even caught the “tubular extreme” on Ohlson Mountain. Figure you’ve pummeled all the powder around town? Don’t hang up your bunny boots just yet. Ice in the harbor and [...]
