Chamber honors locals
By Layton Ehmke Homer Tribune Business owners Leslie Mastick of Homer’s Jeans, Anette Avant of Kenai Physical Therapy, Karen Nogle for Latitude 59º, and citizens Diana Jeska, Julie Woodworth, and Alan Parks are honored at the Homer Chamber of Commerce’s Community Awards on Friday night at the Homer Theatre. Latitude 59º, owned by Wendell Cummings, [...]
Births and Obits
BIRTHSDayus Anthony Geysbeek, a baby boy weighing 8-pounds, 5-ounces, was born at 12:40 p.m. Jan. 23, 2008 to Corey and Hope Geysbeek. Grandparents are Lynn and Ramona Stowe. Lee and Jan Geysbeek. Michael Lee Farmer III, a baby boy weighing 8-pounds, 10-ounces, was born at 11:11 p.m. Jan. 25, 2008 to Michael and Deva Farmer [...]
Announcements
SENIORS• Homer Senior Citizens has a community Medicare volunteer who will help Medicare clients to enroll in a prescription (drug) plan and answer questions. Call 235-7655 to make an appointment.• Senior Center lunches are Mondays through Fridays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. All lunches include full salad bar and dessert. For more information, call 235-7655. Lunch [...]
Five questions to ask yourself when you near retirement
Matt North Keeping uptown men’s fashion alive through Alaska’s blizzards Whenever you see people enjoying a comfortable retirement – traveling, volunteering, pursuing hobbies, taking up a new career – you can be pretty sure it all didn’t happen by accident. In fact, success at retirement is similar to success in just about any endeavor – [...]
Music and Arts briefs
Buzzing about a bluesman As blues player Seth Freeman rises through the ranks, he makes the loop through Alaska. This 23-year-old Little Rock, Ark. based musician cites some of his influences as Johnny Winter, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Vaughan, Steve Gaines, Frank Marino, Wes Jeans, Paul Travis and B.B. King. On Feb. 8 and 9, Freeman [...]
Exhibit celebrates the legends of Alaska
• Artist roundup includes tall tales, tundra art and an artist who sold a painting to the queen of EnglandBy Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune When artist Michael Walsh was rummaging among “artifacts” outside a Fairbanks gallery last fall, he came across a crushed 55-gallon drum.“I didn’t know what would go on it, but I knew [...]
Homer takes on Punk, Rock, Rap and Funk
Dirty Little Monkey and Alaska ThunderFunk promise to assault your sensesBy Layton Ehmke Homer Tribune It wasn’t all that long ago I could hop in a van with a pile of pals, head down I-70 through the Midwest, and, within a couple of hours, be standing within spitting distance of music groups like the Red [...]
Sports Briefs
Huskies carve up the trailsHomer Huskies skiers continue to improve their times over the winter ski season, according to Husky Head Coach Leonard Miller. The top 10 results for the groupings from last Friday’s meet in Soldotna include:In the girls’ 7th grade race, Hannah Larue took first for the second time in two meets — [...]
Homer struggles against larger teams
• Mariners drop three games at homeBy Sean Pearson Homer Tribune Things went from bad to worse for the Homer Mariners over the weekend as they hosted teams from Ketchikan, Wasilla and Kenai for their first home games in several weeks.The Ketchikan Kings drew first blood on Thursday night, shutting down the Mariner’s offensive drive [...]
Nikolaevsk boys take second at Warrior Rumble
• Warrior girls struggle, fall in three gamesBy Sean Pearson Homer Tribune The Nikolaevsk boys basketball team heated things up in the village as they kicked off their weekend Warrior Rumble with a 52-5 rout of visiting Cantwell. The Warriors scored 26 points in the first quarter, while Cantwell’s Josh Tyrrell scored all five of [...]
