Ten wishes for 2009
New Year wishing, like New Year resolutions, are pondering moments we tend to use to reflect on the big what if’s of the world within and without. Like poet Charles Lamb put it, a new year is every person’s birthday. Let’s dream of a better year and the power to find personal and collective solutions [...]
Star adorns South Peninsula Hospital
by Drew Hilsabeck Homer Tribune From many points in the city of Homer, you can look north and see a really big star. Not the star of the north, but another that was recently bestowed upon the community that resides above the new addition to the hospital.“This is a nice gift for the community,” said [...]
FYI
Medicare open enrollment deadline The open-enrollment period to join, switch or drop Medicare prescription drug plans ends today.People who miss this enrollment window must wait until next Nov. 15 to enroll, and will pay permanent late fees. The exceptions are people who get both Medicare and Medicaid, or who have recently lost their group health [...]
Eagle-feeding on the Spit commences
It’s eagle feeding season and Eagle Lady Jean Keene has resumed her morning fish allotments for the birds outside of her home on the Homer Spit every morning at about 10:30 a.m. Even at age 85, Keene manages to brave subzero temperatures this week to assure the eagles are getting what they come to expect [...]
Our current fix looks similar to 1968
by Steve Haycox It seems it would be difficult to top this year in Alaska politics. The surprise of Sarah Palin’s emergence as a political media star competes with the trial and election defeat of Sen. Stevens as principal elements in what has been described as a great Alaskan political earthquake. Without those twin tremors, [...]
Letters
Star brightens communityHas anyone noticed the beautiful, huge star on top of the Homer Hospital? It’s best seen at night when it is alight in full glory. It is certainly worth a trip to view it. It is a holiday gift to the community of Homer, a sign of Peace and Goodwill, from Bob Brant [...]
2008 Year in Review
The year 2008 showed a dramatic twist in energy and political issues for Alaskans, no less so on the Homer front where record fuel costs, renewable energy debates and political corruption cases filled news pages. Stevens guilty of corruptionU.S. Sen. Ted Stevens grabbed headlines in the first days of 2008 as Alaskans recognized the bounty [...]
2008 Sports in Review
Witte inducted in Hall of FameFormer Homer High School coach and gymnasium namesake Alice Witte was inducted into the Class of 2008 Alaska High School Hall of Fame in April. Witte is well-known around Homer for her coaching accomplishments in ice hockey, basketball, softball, baseball, track and field, cross-country running and gymnastics from 1975-1994.After Witte [...]
Sports Schedule
Varsity Sports Schedule Tuesday3 p.m. Boys C – Team Basketball at Skyview4:30 p.m. Boys JV Basketball atSkyview6 p.m. Boys Varsity Basketball at Skyview Community Sports ScheduleWednesday 4 p.m. Open Gym 6 p.m. Weightlifting 6 p.m. Table Tennis 8 p.m. Soccer Friday7 p.m. Soccer Saturday10 a.m. Soccer Tournament Sunday2 p.m. Women`s Soccer 4 p.m. Soccer 6 [...]
Forecasting the future
It’s tough to make business plans when the economy is being buffeted by forces beyond your control. And most forecasters predict the rough ride will last at least through the rest of the coming year.Here are some outlooks for the prospects and challenges facing important Alaska seafoods provided by longtime analyst Ken Talley, editor of [...]
