Smart financial moves can pay off after layoffs
If you get laid off or “downsized,” it’s unquestionably a tough break, and it can be stressful in many ways. However, if you make the right investment-related moves, the loss of a job doesn’t necessarily mean you have lost the opportunity to achieve your important financial goals. Above all else, don’t panic when you learn [...]
Announcements
BIRTHSQuinten Mathew Blaine, a baby boy weighing 7-pounds, 1.2-ounces, was born at 2:17 a.m. on April 17 to Carrie and Jesse Blaine. Quinten’s grandparents, Jim and Terrie Blaine and Mike and Denise Beach, welcome him. SENIORSHomer Senior Citizens has a community Medicare volunteer who will help Medicare clients enroll in a prescription (drug) plan and [...]
Sports Calendar
Thursday, April 26•Girls Soccer at Skyview, 4 p.m.•Boys Soccer at Skyview, 6 p.m. Friday, April 27•Varsity Softball at Seward 4 and 6 p.m.•JV Softball at Dimond, 6 p.m.•JV Softball at Service, 7:45 p.m. Saturday, April 28•Varsity Softball at Monroe, 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. •Track at Seward Invitational, 11:30 a.m.•JV Softball at East, 12:30 [...]
Sports Briefs
Homer soccer betters record in Valley Despite opening their trip north with a 0-0 tie against the Colony Knights on Friday, the Lady Mariners regrouped to defeat the Palmer Moose on Saturday 2-1 in Palmer. Gillian Beran-Maryott got the scoring underway for the Lady M’s, finding the back of the Lady Moose net 10 minutes [...]
Homer shines at Skyview meet
By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune Despite chilly winds and 21 other teams champing at the bit to tear into another season of track and field, the Homer Mariners made a strong showing at the Skyview Invitational Track Meet during the weekend. The Mariner boys’ team took fifth place overall in early season action – something [...]
Covering the bases with Lary Kuhns
By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune Lary Kuhns loves baseball. It would probably be difficult to call it his first love, as his family obviously takes the top spot. And his commitment to law-enforcement ranks right up there, too — something Kuhns proved by maintaining a dogged determination, and testifying in a famous Homer alleged murder [...]
Arts briefs
Scholarships offeredPtarmigan Arts is seeking applicants for its yearly community visual arts scholarship. All junior and senior high school (including correspondence, home schooled, or Flex School) students in the Homer, Seldovia, Nanwalek, or Port Graham areas are eligible. The scholarship can be used for summer school, workshops, apprenticeships or college. The deadline for applications is [...]
Jubilee encourages performance art
By Carey James Homer Tribune The selection committee for Homer’s annual Jubilee show have seen it time and again. One year, the town’s youngest would-be performers freeze on stage, sometimes bursting into tears when faced with the audition process. But the next year, these same performers prove themselves, owning the audition stage and securing a [...]
Spring concert kicks off 25th season for orchestra
• World premiere of “A Place Called Home” by Adrienne AlbertBy Carey James Homer Tribune Adrienne Albert’s journey to put the Kenai Peninsula into musical context continues this week as the composer presents the world premier of the last movement of her musical interpretation of the area. “A Place Called Home,” features the Kenai Peninsula [...]
Homer welcomes back rock ‘n’ roll intellect
By Layton Ehmke Homer Tribune Todd Snider’s greatest compliment and criticism are one in the same — he copes with life through music, and the sauce. It’s a kinship he shares with those he respects the most.Legendary performers like Kris Kristofferson and Jimmy Buffett told Snider it’s a Catch-22 they’ve grappled with — and he [...]
