Tapping into ‘Team Danger’
There’s little doubt that Homer’s been building itself up as a substantial place to hear live music. Almost nightly, one of the town’s various stages will offer up a demonstration of its many local musical talents. Often absent from the spectrum, however, are the DJs. With the exception of the Alibi, which has long delivered electronic recordings from various mixers, an evening of DJ compilations has remained largely occasional. Team Danger hopes to change that. Combining both audio and visual medias for the total dance experience, Kevin Co is flush with diverse arrays of underground pop and world beat sounds accompanied by wildly weird projections.
Calendar – March 3
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Popeye wrestlers grapple for wins in Nikiski
Popeye wrestlers continued to show their dominance on the mats at Nikiski over the weekend, helping to establish Homer as a major powerhouse in Alaska wrestling.
Some 33 wrestlers of all ages from the Homer area competed, with 18 winning medals. The showing put the Popeye wrestling club at fourth-place overall against 17 teams. Homer Coach Chris Perk was enthusiastic about the team’s performance, as well as their future prospects. “Overall, we’re progressing very nicely,” Perk said, adding that he was especially excited about several wrestlers who performed at their very best. “Ben Harville got his first, first-place win ever. And Mitch Wyatt pinned Fred Pollard, who had been a state place winner.”
Ironmen and women earn titles through snow and slush
Had Ironmen and women waited just a bit longer to run, bike and ski through Homer’s annual Sea to Ski Triathlon, they would have found themselves basking under blue skies and warm sunshine.
As it was, the 1 p.m. start saw some 93 competitors from as far away as Juneau and Fairbanks braving wet snow and a chilly fog that rolled in and settled over parts of town throughout the early afternoon.
Otter Room sweeps broomball title from Down East
It was the last game of the season, and truly anybody’s game.
After picking Duggan’s clean 2-0 in game one, the Down East “Dumpster Crows” shook off their shut-out victory and prepared to battle the storied Otter Room, whose eight-game winning streak made them smell even fresher. The winners would proceed to Anchorage for the state finals. The losers would hang up their brooms until next season.
Weathering the freak storms
Is it just me, or do we seem perpetually stuck in some sort of weather “Twilight Zone” recently?
It could just be me. I haven’t completely ruled that possibility out yet. Despite my keen skills of observation and awareness, one or two things have been known to slip by me on occasion: A person’s name, a phone number, an entire year. That’s why I have to wonder if this idiosyncratic fluctuation between heavy snows and warm sunshine is nothing more than a figment of my overactive imagination. Kinda like when John Lithgow watched that gremlin tear the airplane wing apart in the Twilight Zone movie. (Cleverly re-enacted by Bart Simpson on a school bus in “Terror at 5-1/2 feet.”)
Picking priorities
Upon Googling top news stories for Monday, I was relatively shocked to see that two headlines were juxtaposed so as to imply equal importance to both:
“Dozens killed in Moscow subway bombing” and “Ricky Martin says he is a ‘fortunate homosexual man.’”
Seriously?
I have long cringed at the headlines and stories of doom and gloom that newspapers are so frequently criticized for running in an attempt to attract readers. And while there’s certainly nothing particularly positive about a subway bombing, at least we could actually it news. How many of us really care about Ricky Martin’s sexual orientation?
Looking past Lincoln’s typo
One of the characters in the television show “The West Wing” claimed to have found a typo in the Constitution: a misplaced comma that fundamentally changed the meaning of the Fifth Amendment. I used to think this was a silly dramatic device to enhance the story line. However, I’ve found an error in the Gettysburg Address. President Lincoln actually wrote the address in longhand, so it’s not a typo. But it is — indeed — an error. It’s in the last sentence: “…that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.”
A victory that was almost partisan
The passage of the healthcare reform bill has been labeled a partisan victory, which it mostly was. Not entirely, however. While all the republicans voted against passage, 35 democrats resisted the will of their leaders, under enormous pressure. Democratic leaders called for primary challenges to all members of Congress who opposed their orders, and we know that other threats were leveled against individual members.
Letters – March 31
Making a ‘Stand for Peace’ On March 31, Alaskans across the state will take a stand for Alaska’s future by speaking out against domestic violence and sexual assault in our state, and standing up for healing and a brighter future. I encourage all Homer residents to come join Haven House and make a peace flag [...]
