Letters – May 26
Residents of KESA service area Since taking over full coverage of the service area, there have been greatly improved response times, both for ambulance and fire, and I think we are very grateful for all the great work the department is doing. The volunteers who have stepped forward now number close to 50. It is [...]
Comedy spices up Pier One summer season
After enchanting audiences for three nights at Alice’s Champagne Palace in late April, Pier One opens its theater on the Spit for a three-week run of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.”
The show starts Memorial Day Weekend, May 28, 29 and 30.
Events Calendar – May 26
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Lady Mariners leave Kards in dust
The Homer Lady Mariners pounded conference rival Kenai at home over the weekend, shutting them down 17-1 in game one. Sydney Sligh pitched for the win, and the Mariners relied on strong bats from Lauren Cashman, Jessie Erickson and Ashley Ketelle, who homered in the bottom of the second, and tripled in the bottom of the third.
Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby
Standings for May 24, 2010 Derby Leader: 248 pounds caught by Jesus “Skip” Torres III of Elmendorf Air Force Base on May 21. Torres was fishing with Ocean Hunter Charters aboard the F/V Ocean Hunter. May Standings 1st place ($1000): 248 pounds caught by Jesus “Skip” Torres III of Elmendorf Air Force Base on May [...]
Announcments – May 26
Alaska’s newest passenger ferry announced its 2010 sailing schedule between the communities of Homer and Seldovia, located on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. The M/V Kachemak Voyager will offer three round-trip sailings daily beginning on May 26. The vessel will depart from Seldovia at: 8 a.m., 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and depart Homer at: 9:15 a.m., [...]
Like the benefits of a 401(k) or an IRA? Check out the 529 plan
by Edward Jones Matthew North Financial Advisor If you have young children, the end of another school year means you are now one year closer to the day when you send them to college — and one year closer to dealing with the high costs of higher education. However, you still have time to save [...]
Girl Scouts recognized
Girls in six Girl Scout troops from Homer, Anchor Point and Nikolaevsk participated in a bridging and awards ceremony Friday evening at Faith Lutheran Church. Megan Hickman of the Nikolaevsk troop was recognized with a bronze award for her work in Kachemak Bay State Park. The silver award went to Taylor Ellison, Homer Troop, for her [...]
Halibut charter captain charged
A Ninilchik sport-fishing guide was charged Friday with allegations that he let one client catch five halibut and another to catch three in violation of the two-halibut limit imposed in Cook Inlet waters.
The charges stem from a July 10, 2009 fishing day off Anchor Point involving two Alaska Wildlife Troopers who booked an undercover fishing trip with Ninilchik Saltwater Charters’ owner Arthur C. Aho III.
Bringing government back to the common man
“Are you happy with the way things are in Washington?”
That’s the question posed by John R. Cox in his bid to replace Don Young as Alaska’s Congressman.
And he’s got a few points to make along the way.
“My goal for the seat is to return the voice of the people, back to the people,” Cox said in an interview at the Homer Tribune last week. “Running for Congress is not something that I woke up one day and decided to do. This has been in the works over the past 25 years.”
