Youth Briefs
Summer Clubhouse Registration timeRegistrations are now being taken for summer sessions at the Homer Boys and Girls Club. Children must have completed first grade. Fees are $20 for new membership and $200 per session for a full-day program, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. A healthy lunch and snack is also provided daily. [...]
New morning host ‘Schwings’ in to KBBI
Journalist adds to news staff, replaces theater-bound Kathleen GustafsonBy Randi Somers Homer Tribune Homer will gain another experienced journalist to cover its local scene on May 12, when Emily Schwing joins KBBI Public Radio staff as morning host. And while her start date is still two weeks away, Schwing is so eager to get in [...]
Anouncements
SENIORSHomer 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 served to seniors, their guests and family, Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. All lunches include full salad bar [...]
Local musician finds common language abroad
• Rudy Multz provides ‘social commentary’ with universal appealBy Katie Emerick Homer Tribune While it’s universally acknowledged that music is a tool for self-expression, it can also provide stunning insight into the society of another culture. For local singer-songwriter Rudy Multz — who recently returned home from a 6-month stint in Istanbul, Turkey — life [...]
‘D’oh, Homer Spit’
• Birdsall to paint during First Friday openingBy Randi Somers Homer Tribune World-renowned artist Byron Birdsall will paint an original of the Homer Spit on Friday afternoon during his First Friday reception at the Art Shop Gallery. Birdsall’s performance and art will likely cause fans and art aficionados to linger as they tour galleries that [...]
First Friday: On a wing into spring
• Art anticipates, celebrates May Shorebird FestivalBy Randi Somers Homer Tribune Galleries in the heart of Homer will get an airborne leap into spring this weekend with fanciful flights for First Friday receptions — many flying in the vanguard of next week’s Shorebird Festival.Following a winter hiatus, the Ring of Fire Meadery joins the parade [...]
Hook ‘n Halibut
• Not just another pretty faceBy Sean Pearson Homer Tribune While often the butt of jokes about “sideways glances” and “getting blindsided,” the Pacific halibut holds its own as one of Homer’s top summer attractions. And whether it’s flailing on the end of a fishing line, filleted and served on a bed of fettuccini, or [...]
Popeye wrestlers bring home hardware from Anchorage tourney
• Head to state competition in 2 weeks to close 2008 seasonBy Sean Pearson Homer Tribune This weekend, Popeye wrestlers took part in some pretty risky business as they headed north to take part in the Anchorage Avalanche Wrestling Club. Despite a 12-inch blanket of April snow in the big city, 12 Popeye wrestlers ignored [...]
Halibut tagging not for the faint of heart
By Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune By the end of this year’s halibut tagging endeavor as a volunteer contribution to the Homer Halibut Derby, we caught 25 halibut in two outings on Capt. Pete Wedin’s boat, the “Julie Lynn.”Six of those halibut were released, eight now wear tags and 12 headed right for the dinner table.That’s [...]
Laws ‘R’ Us
By Laine welch The 2008 Alaska legislative session might be a (near) wrap, but several new “fish laws” are still moving at a good clip through Congress. One is aimed at improving the safety of seafood surging into the U.S. from foreign countries. “This bill will deal with about 80 percent of the seafood consumed [...]
