News Briefs – April 4

Murkowski gives public talk

The public is invited to hear from Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who will present a Legislative update at a Homer Chamber of Commerce luncheon from noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, April 4, at the Best Western Bidarka Inn. Lunch costs $14 for Chamber members, $16 for non-members.
You must RSVP to 235-7740 or membership@homeralaska.org.

Two for council, 6 for task force

The deadline closed at 5 p.m. Tuesday for both the Homer City Council seat vacated by Kevin Hogan and for the new Water Sewer Enterprise Fund Task Force.
Local realtor Sharon Minsch and Homer Electric Engineer, Donald Stead, have applied for council. Volunteers for the task force are Lloyd Moore, Larry Slone, Terry Yager and Bob Howard put their names in for the task force.
Councilmember Beth Wythe also volunteered for the task force. The plan is for the Homer City Council to appoint a new member to the council and a task force to study the water sewer rate schedule.
The issue is to be taken up at the next Monday night city council meeting.

Armchair traveler talks Argentina

Friends of the Homer Public Library continues its Armchair Traveler series at 7 p.m. April 10 with a presentation about Crete and Argentina by Kim Terpening.
Terpening will follow the path she trekked, from the Cretan coastline, to Argentina’s wine country. On Crete, Kim stayed at the resurrected mountaintop stone village of Milia. It was used as a hideout for World War II resistance fighters and is now an off-the-grid ecological farm. Kim will show slides.