Music
Tidal Wave floods Alice’s Palace tonightby Randi Somers Homer Tribune Three French Canadians and a New Englander take the stage at Alice’s Champagne Palace tonight – and their reputation serves as an alert to be ready to dance.The Quebec band, Tidal Wave (“Raz de Maree” in French), has won fans across both Canada and the [...]
Announcements
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 on Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. All lunches include full salad bar [...]
High school artists paint the masters
HOMER TRIBUNE/Sean Pearson HOMER TRIBUNE/Sean Pearson Under the direction of art instructor Maygen Jannetta, art students at Homer High School devoted much the final two weeks of the year creating a wall mural in the styles of famed artists. Each panel was done by a different group of two to four students and was designed [...]
Culinary Chronicles
By Nelda Osgood Seafood Stews and ChowdersMost Homer clam chowder fans have taste-tested their way around the restaurants in town to find their favorite bowl of seafood soup. My husband likes chowder creamy and so thick it almost stands up in the spoon. The recipe offered below for Cook Inlet Chowder is a thinner version [...]
Shakespeare whimsy opens Pier One Theatre season
By Randi Somers Homer Tribune Performing one of William Shakespeare’s more convoluted and difficult plays, a troupe of 20 young actors are packing the Pier One Theatre for a two-weekend run that opens their season, reprising their April success at the Kachemak Community Center. Audience response indicates that the performers’ refined nuances – thanks perhaps [...]
Halibut Cove
Halibut Cove artists open season to localsby Randi Somers Homer Tribune In a long-standing annual ritual to launch the summer season, more than 100 residents were ferried to Halibut Cove last week to peruse the latest creations of the Cove’s 16 working artists. On Thursday evening, a group of locals in tourism-related businesses cruised to [...]
Point of View
Sen. Ted Stevens talks about taking care of our American heroesBy Sen. Ted Stevens This weekend, we took time to remember and honor those who have worn our country’s uniform, particularly those who paid the ultimate price to preserve our freedoms. It is a chance to show our gratitude and deepest respects for generations of [...]
Vacations with Dad
By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune With all the RVs and campers rolling into town this weekend for Memorial Day festivities, I was reminded of family vacations as a youngster.(The RVs and campers had absolutely nothing to do with sparking my memory — we never owned or rented a cabin, camper, RV, trailer, bus, van, tent [...]
FYI
California sea lion rescued from Homer SpitA California sea lion that showed up in Kachemak Bay was rescued by the Alaska Sea Life Center on Thursday evening from the east side of the Homer Spit. The male sea lion’s condition seemed to be improved over previous assessments, said Brett Long, mammal curator at the Alaska [...]
Ninilchik’s Presley tops long jump at State
By Sean Pearson Homer Tribune Ninilchik Wolverine Cody Presley leaped past a field of jumpers to take first place at the 2008 Class 1-2-3A State Track and Field Championships in Fairbanks over the weekend. Presley jumped 18 feet, 5 inches to take the title, besting Matt Sullivan of ACS by just under two inches. Presley’s [...]
