Big Spartan jackup rig headed for Homer
Beach walkers and home owners with a view of Kachemak Bay will catch sight of a giant vessel heading into bay the on Saturday evening, if all goes as scheduled for the M/V Kang Sheng Kou.
It is carrying the jackup rig known as Spartan 151. The mobile jackup is nearly as tall as the Hotel Captain Cook and 174-feet wide. Its massive size meant it was too large to fit through the Panama Canal, and needed instead to be routed from its Texas origination in the Gulf of Mexico all the way around Cape Horn.
School finds new use
Offices at Homer City Hall may be moved for a few months to the old Homer intermediate school building in the classroom areas recently vacated by Kachemak Bay Campus.
This would put city services next to the Homer Boys and Girls Club.
Construction on the 4,000-foot addition to city hall is set to begin in the coming days, with land clearing already complete. City Manager Walt Wrede said if city functions move out, it would make it easier and perhaps quicker for the contractors to do their work, which involves eventually tearing off an outer wall that currently separates the first and second floor from a courtyard in the back of the Pioneer Avenue building.
Homer artists win Rasmuson recognition
An artist teaching the world about impermanent art, an elaborate beader and a musician, all from Homer, were honored with awards from the Rasmuson Foundation in grants announced Wednesday.
Mavis Muller and Kate Boyan each were awarded $12,000 individual artist fellowships and Caressa Bohrer was awarded a $5,000 individual artist award.
Mavis Muller plans to use her award to learn new technical skills to present and document the story of baskets as impermanent art. Boyan will experiment in installation art by working on a series of beaded pieces about dip netting for red salmon. Bohrer, a musician, plans to purchase recording equipment to make musical recordings accessible to more people.
Art Briefs – May 25
Are you a teen who has never been across the bay? Youth, age 12-14 who have never been across Kachemak Bay are invited to submit a creative work – story, video, essay or song – to Carmen Field at the Islands and Ocean Visitor Center before 5 p.m. Friday to compete for a trip to [...]
‘Out North’ to play at Pier One Theatre
After launching their 39th summer season with a comedy, “Just Another High School Play” staged by the Homer High School drama class last weekend, Pier One Theatre is swinging into serious drama with “The Glass Menagerie” May 27 and 28.
Tennessee Williams’ classic with Robert Pond directing, will be staged by Anchorage’s Out North Theatre. The play is framed as Tom’s recollection of his mother Amanda and his sister Laura.
Amanda’s husband, Tom’s father, abandoned the family long ago. Although a survivor and a pragmatist, Amanda yearns for the illusions and comforts she remembers from her days as a popular southern belle.
Atz Kilcher stages new basket art show
Although most know him best as an outstanding singer-song writer, Atz Kilcher embraces another of his creative endeavors as the more satisfying art.
He calls it “basket making” but his work also includes a wide range of creations from picture frames to wall hangings to wine bottle covers, all created with roots and other natural items.
“I love every aspect of creating things from materials supplied by nature,” Kilcher said in a recent interview. He had just returned from two weeks at the head of Kachemak Bay where the Fox, Sheep and Bradley Rivers empty into Kachemak Bay beyond the end of East End Road. He serves as range rider for the Fox River Cattlemen’s Association, keeping an eye on the herds that pasture there, sans fences, in summer.
Fishin’ Chix just want to catch fish, have fun
No offense to the men, but women fishing in the company of women offers some different fish to fry.
For one, it’s satisfying to be able to talk about different things like divorces or children or challenges when the Fishin’ Chix get together. Not that a sunny day fishing for halibut on Kachemak Bay fostered anything too somber. On Sunday, the Chix, a group of 10 women went out on Homer Ocean Charters and each one limited out on halibut. The largest halibut was caught by Shauna Laws, who reeled in a 38 pounder.
Monte Davis named chamber director
Well-known and loved Alaskan musician Monte Davis, of the JoAnn and Monte duo, has accepted the position as executive director of the Homer Chamber of Commerce, beginning June 1. The couple is in the process of purchasing a home and moving from Anchorage to Homer.
“When I first saw the position was open, I threw my hat in the ring immediately,” Davis said. “I was only concerned that the business world doesn’t have much respect for musicians.”
But Davis’ business experience goes far beyond “show biz” and even his work running their own music company added greatly to his resume. “There’s a good reason it’s called ‘show business,’” he said.
Community news – May 25
Park gets upgraded equipment Friends of the Karen Hornaday Park gathered there Saturday and Sunday to put the park in shape for the summer season. Sunday’s work group was primarily related to the little league. “The park was built by the community,” maintenance coordinator Angie Otteson said, “and it’s up to us to keep it [...]
Letters – May 25
Like there’s no tomorrow I think that most of us would like to be healthy and happy and also know that others are healthy and happy as well. How do we get there? The answer is simple and was perfectly stated by Mahatma Gandhi “You must be the change you wish to see in the [...]
