Godspell comes to town
Musical sets contemporary music and modern flair against ancient parablesBy Katie Emerick
Homer Tribune
The time has come. As the changing of seasons turns its eyes to Homer once more, the Homer High School music department, together with Pier One Theatre, is again hitting the stage with a spring musical production. This year’s show is “Godspell,” originally [...]
Heimbold carves his niche with feeling
Veteran performer finds emotional soul in music no matter what the stageBy Katie Emerick
Homer Tribune
Over the years, Homer has played host to some truly gifted musical minds. Converging on this quaint, creative hamlet are hosts of artists who stop for shows in the midst of world and national tours. In their absence, however, the art [...]
Traveling Homer’s caffeine trapline
The best part of waking up at the end of the roadBy Mike Heimbuch
Homer Tribune
When Gus told me to have my truck at his repair shop at 7 a.m. in December, I was pretty sure he was joking. That truck won’t start before daylight and December doesn’t seem to have a sunrise. He wasn’t joking [...]
Homer Electric drops rates
• HEA announces rate reduction as of April 1By Carey James
Special to the Homer Tribune
After several months of jaw-dropping electric bills for Kenai Peninsula residents, rates will be coming down starting next month. Homer Electric Association announced this week that it would be adjusting its rates back to the pre-December state. The reduction [...]
Big ‘Whoop’
• Redoubt finally blows its topBy Sean Pearson
Homer Tribune
After months of toying with observers, and sending aviation color codes vacillating between yellow and orange, Mount Redoubt made it’s presence well known with six violent eruptions that started Sunday night and progressed through Monday evening.And scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory say she may not be [...]
City Council shelves Seaton’s college funding plan
• Concern expressed over Seaton’s proposal to reallocate city hall funds to collegeBy Carey James
Special to the Homer Tribune
At its March 9 meeting, the Homer City Council got a surprise request from Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer, to consider reallocating state funds previously designated to help the city build a new city hall. Seaton suggested the [...]
Homer catches wind of turbine talk
• Wind turbine presentation draws crowd in HomerBy Carey James
Special to the Homer Tribune
As he looked out his Bear Creek window Monday afternoon, wind gusted Bill Fry’s house. And while many in Homer saw a chilly March day, Fry sees opportunity. “Right now, we’re between three and seven miles per hour,” Fry said, checking a [...]
Swartz and Ogle bring home Women of Distinction honors
By Catriona Lowe
Special to the Homer Tribune
With so many worthy candidates to choose from, nominations for the fifth-annual Women of Distinction Awards poured in steadily to Haven House over the past few weeks. This Friday’s ceremony is held in March to coincide with Women’s History Month. Since the inception of the award in 2005, [...]
FYI
No time left for PFDsWell, maybe a little. But if you haven’t applied yet, you’re about to run out of time. The March 31st deadline to apply for the 2009 PFD is rapidly approaching. As of March 16th, more than 437,000 Alaskans had applied online, 16,000 more applicants than this time last year. Every Alaskan can [...]
Education: Why you just can’t get enough
By Steve Gillon
As the economy continues to falter, and jobs become harder to keep, and even harder to find, colleges and post secondary training programs are experiencing significant increases in enrollment. The value of post secondary education is obvious to just about anyone, and when jobs are scarce, empty seats in classrooms get scarce, too.Even [...]
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