Councilmember dressed down for ethics absence
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
Four months following Councilman Matt Shadle’s no-show for his September quasi-judicial hearing, there’s an initial resolution to the long-debated issue of council ethics and absences. At that September meeting, citizen Tom Taffe drew a complaint related to Shadle’s accused failure to declare a conflict of interest when council was appointing planning commission [...]
Homer to apply for money to study hydropower
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
Homer is hot for saving energy these days. The latest attempt to combat increasing energy costs comes via the possibility of harnessing the pulling power of the flow of your municipal water supply. Hydropower takes advantage of the energy generated as water flows from the top of the bluff downward. At this [...]
Homer cited as national leader in dealing with global warming
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
If you’d never been to Homer and could only form an opinion based on what the national media has to say about the hamlet, you’d think Homer was filled with the most adventurous, health-conscious, eagle-feeding, bear-scratching, earth-hugging hippies you’d ever seen. Well, you’d be partly right. In the past few years, Homer [...]
Schools could see more teacher cuts
• Despite more oil revenue rolling in, district still faces layoffsBy Naomi Klouda
Homer Tribune
Regardless of the newly tinkered education funding formula by legislators this session, watch for a projected cut of 14.5 staff positions in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District next year. The layoffs, proposed in the 2008 fiscal year budget, are the result [...]
Legislative Watch
• Upcoming bills provide testimony opportunitiesBy Naomi Klouda
Homer Tribune
Legislation that addresses Alaska’s Health Care Crisis known as the New draft of SB 160 will be presented during a Senate committee hearing this afternoon at 1:30 p.m.Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage, is introducing a new version of Senate Bill 160 today for the Senate Health, Education and [...]
Fisheries jobs could rest on Congress chopping block
Laine Welch
Alaska fisheries and jobs from Ketchikan to the Yukon will be big losers if more than $7 million in federal funding is cut by Congress. The looming shortfall took state policy makers by surprise, according to industry watchdog Bob Tkacz. In his “Laws for the Sea,” a weekly report on fisheries news before the [...]
Salvation Army raises funds to help Kenyan girls’ education
• Organization focuses on providing education for girls past age 13
By Naomi Klouda
Homer Tribune
A one-day fundraiser at the Salvation Army Store on Friday seeks to raise $1,600 toward a young girl’s high school education in Kenya.Every year the local Salvation Army seeks out an international issue with an eye toward what pebble of help it [...]
FYI
Mackey takes T-200Defending champion of the Yukon Quest and Iditarod, musher Lance Mackey won his first Tustumena 200 race last weekend, as he leapt ahead of Homer musher Bill Steyer and Two Rivers musher Judy Currier. His next race before the Iditarod is the Yukon Quest. Other winners of the day were Allen Moore of [...]
Letters to the editor
School Shooting: Alaska StyleThis morning, Tuesday the 29th, a mama moose and her calf were nestled under a bush near the entrance of Homer High School. As longtime Alaskan kids, used to the presence of moose, our school janitor calmly directed us to another set of stairs around the animals.A couple of hours later, during [...]
Air all views before the public
Matt Shadle
The newpapers refused to print a letter I sent in September due to providing insufficient time for rebuttal of any candidate running for Council and size restrictions. It is very interesting that opinion letters are routinely printed that are equal to or larger than what I submitted. It is also very interesting that the [...]
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