Bristol Bay reds bring better payday
Fishermen are happy as they wrap up the world’s biggest red salmon fishery at Bristol Bay. Even though the catch of 28 million sockeye salmon came up a bit short, they will get a better payday than they’ve had in more than two decades.
All major processors are paying a base price of 95 cents a pound for sockeyes, compared to 70 cents last year. It’s the best base price since 1988, when Bristol Bay reds fetched $2.11 a pound. (The lowest price was 42 cents in 2001.) With bonuses for chilled and bled fish, this year’s final price for many fishermen could top $1.20 a pound.
Crimes rise with meth addiction
A 62-year-old Homer man was arrested and charged with second-degree assault in connection with a stabbing that occurred on Jenny Lane Saturday afternoon.
Alen Blatchford was arrested after he allegedly stabbed Michael Hanno, also of Homer, with a large kitchen knife. Hanno is recovering from his wounds at South Peninsula Hospital.
According to the felony criminal complaint lodged by the Homer Police Department, Hanno said he contacted Blatchford inside the defendant’s residence to “discuss arrangements of paying off a debt that he owed the defendant.”
Enstar wants to start gasline
Enstar has agreed to build and install a pressure-reducing station in the first phase of a Homer gasline project, set to begin construction Sept. 1.
Rep. Paul Seaton and Charlie Pierce, Enstar’s southern division manager, spoke to the Homer City Council on Monday to clarify this beginning stage of a long-awaited natural gasline. The city will be spending its legislative appropriation of $525,000 on the pressure reducing station and the 3,260 feet of 8-inch pipe from North Fork Road to Chapman Elementary School.
Two gray whales found dead on area beaches
Two gray whale deaths on area beaches are under study, one the possible victim of a killer whale and the other whose cause of death is unknown at this time. Both were pushed ashore by tides.
One whale was found the weekend of July 17 at Starisky Beach, measuring about 36 feet in length. Another, measuring 27 feet in length, washed ashore at Bishop’s Beach on Monday.
Community News – July 28
Webb, Hemstreet marry
Dave Webb and Melanie Hemstreet were married on Friday, July 9th, 2010. The bride’s parents are Tom and Evelyn Carpenter of Anchor Point. The groom’s parents are Hal and Nell Sue Webb of Conklin, N.Y. Dave is production manager of K-WAVE/KPEN/KGTL/KXBA radio.
Concert on the Lawn
KBBI’s 31st-Annual Concert on the Lawn is this [...]
Butterfly love comes to Homer
A crew from Hollywood scouted out Alaska towns like Juneau, Ketchikan and Anchorage in quest of the perfect setting for a new movie.
Homer, Seldovia and Halibut Cove won their hearts as the backdrop for “Innocent Love of the Butterfly,” a full-length love story/drama that is soon to begin filming.
Writer/director Philippe Durand and producer Frank Simeone were in town this past week to film potential locations for settings, said Karen Zak, who is helping with the logistics of the film.
Homer’s DeCino joins jazz greats
Joe DeCino has a challenge ahead.
He is currently composing music for four trumpets, four trombones, five saxes and a string orchestra for an Aug. 7 jazz concert at Bunnell Street Arts Center.
“I like to compose music, but mostly I want to get to the point where I sound the way I want to sound on the trumpet,” DeCino said. “I don’t want to be foolish and think I will be just a player.”
Spit signage deemed eyesore
Untidy signage on the Homer Spit has gotten out-of-hand on such a scale, the City of Homer isn’t sure whether to adjust city code or take other enforcement actions.
Sandwich boards announcing bargains or products are haphazardly placed near parking lots and in areas meant for pedestrians, City Manager Walt Wrede told the Homer City Council at Monday night’s meeting.
What I wanna be when I grow up
I’ve finally decided what I want to be when I grow up. (OK. That’s not exactly true, but it’s as close as I’ve come since hanging up my Nomex hood and spanner wrench a few years ago.)
And if any of you are cruel enough to suggest that I have yet to reach that all-important stage of “grown up,” I have only one thing to say:
Shut up.
Drug violence hits Homer hard
It’s finally here.
The violence associated with hardcore drug-trafficking has finally hit Homer — and it has struck with a vengeance. Just Saturday, another possible drug-related stabbing occurred off Jenny Lane, bringing the summer total to two. A recent shooting in Soldotna that left 23-year-old Brandon McGee dead is also reported to have ties to recent violent drug activities in Homer.
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