Time for annual 401(k) review?
Once you’ve started contributing to your 401(k) plan and funded it with investments that are appropriate for your needs, you might think you’re in good shape and that your 401(k) is now on “autopilot.” But that type of thinking can actually be counterproductive, because to get the maximum benefits from your 401(k), you’ll need to [...]
Sports Calendar
Community SchoolsSunday2:00 Women`s Soccer 4:00 Soccer 6:00 Volleyball Monday5:30 Fencing 6:00 Weightlifting6:30 Gymnastics Class8:00 SoccerTuesday6:00 Climbing6:00 Weightlifting6:15 Gymnastics8:00 Basketball VarsityMondayGirls Varsity Cheerleading Practice BeginsGirls Varsity Basketball Practice BeginsBoys Varsity Basketball Practice Begins
Sports Briefs
Women’s Indoor SoccerAll ages and skills welcome. Sundays, 2-4 pm @ HHS. Call 235-2437 for info. Cross country ski coach neededHomer Middle School is currently seeking an individual to coach the middle school cross country ski team. The season dates are from January 5, 2009 through February 21, 2009 and school practice times are from [...]
Mariner captains lead hockey team in tough loss at home
• Buckley, Martushev and Quinn voted team captains before the gameBy Drew Hilsabeck Homer Tribune The Homer High Hockey team hosted Houston for a home matchup at the Kevin Bell Arena on Friday night. The Mariners fought back from a late 3-1 deficit to tie the game late into the third but ultimately fell short [...]
Mariners host Round Robin Rumble Tourney
By Drew Hilsabeck Homer Tribune The Homer Mariner Wrestling team hosted the Round Robin Rumble on Saturday at the Alice Witte Gymnasium. There were no surprises as Senior Ben Daigle (140), Senior Robby Brymer (145) and Sophomore Mitch Wyatt (152) all earned gold medals for the Mariners.“He’s been punishing his opponents,” said Head Coach Chris [...]
Nina Allen appointed to Alaska Mental Health Board
By Drew Hilsabeck Homer Tribune Homer resident Nina Allen was one of three recent appointees to the Alaska Mental Health Board by Gov. Sarah Palin. Allen has been chief executive officer since 2006 of South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services, now called The Center. “It never really occurred to me that I could be involved in [...]
Nonprofits continue to protest cuts
By Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune Nonprofit groups filled the Homer City Council chambers Monday night, protesting a proposed 25 percent cut that would reduce their 2009 allocations. Homer Senior Center administrator Fred Lau testified he had conducted an informal survey among nonprofit groups working in Homer. “I wanted to find out the total operating budgets of [...]
A winter wonderland of shopping
Jane M. Pascall Editor Jane M. PascallEditor When I was a kid, Thanksgiving meant a day off from school, a cozy sleep-in, a delicious dinner and the movie “The Wizard of Oz,” showing on our black and white TV. In fact, it wasn’t until I was a teenager and saw the film at a theater [...]
Informed decisions for resource development
Dan Pascucci Here in Alaska, we are blessed with a wealth of natural resources from oil to salmon, lumber to gold. Often, different groups of users have different ideas of what should be done with those resources. Many Alaskans stood proudly chanting “drill, baby, drill” as we watched our governor on a national stage calling [...]
Adding to the quality of life
Michelle Waclawski An unassuming building on the Sterling Highway holds a quality of life issue for us: the Boys & Girls Club of Homer provides after-school care for kids every school day plus summers for only $20 per child per year. It is the old middle school, and has an art/music room, computer lab, homework [...]
