Three charged in string of burglaries
A rash of burglaries in the Anchor Point area over a two-month period this spring led to three men being charged on multiple felony counts, one involving a theft at the North Fork home of a deceased person.
Nathan Sargeant III, 21, Ross A. Poindexter, 21 and Henry V. Mischler, 20, were each charged with four counts of first-degree burglary, four counts of theft and three counts of third-degree criminal mischief Aug. 19.
Turning down the lights
The Bunnell Street Gallery operates in the Inlet Trading Post, Homer’s oldest commercial building. Its classic western-style dates from the no-nonsense building designs of the Depression Era, constructed in 1936 from a Sears & Roebuck shipment that arrived via steamship.
Stand-up paddlesurfing: the ‘wave’ of the future?
Anymore, spotting a number of wet-suited surfers riding ice-encrusted waves off the Homer Spit is fairly commonplace. After a few hours, they often head back to shore, exhausted, wearing ice crystals for eyebrows. But storm swells that bring surfable waves don’t really show up in the Homer area until mid October.
Community news – Sept. 1
Homer Council on the Arts gets a new look
“We are so excited to have a new look to our building on Pioneer Avenue. The new paint and our new sign scream ART,” said Executive Director Gail Edgerly. “We wouldn’t have been able to fund these upgrades without support from the Rasmuson Foundation, local volunteers and [...]
Homer celebrates hospital improvements
More than 200 people turned out to help celebrate the newly remodeled South Peninsula Hospital Saturday, an event that commemorated $14.7 million in improvements that include the town’s gain of spacious birthing and surgery centers.
Murkowski concedes election to Miller
District 35’s voting results favored Joe Miller over incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski by just under 200 votes or 1,223 to 1,056, counting it among the Interior and Mat-Su Valley voters who gave Miller the edge at the close of election day.
With about 9,000 outstanding ballots by the end of Tuesday remaining to be counted, that race is too close to call. Some 2,300 were estimated to be from the Kenai Peninsula, with only about 500 of those counted so far.
For the Record – Sept. 1
The following records are cases and records filed in court. Individuals are innocent until proven guilty, and copies of the records are publicly available.
Felony:
Anatoly A. Kojin 25, driving under the influence, refusal to submit to chemical test.
Misdemeanor:
Mary Jean Clements 23, driving under the influence
April Lee Evans 25, driving under the influence
Timothy E. [...]
Police Report – Sept. 1
Homer Volunteer Fire Department responded to 11 EMS and 2 fire calls for the week of August 23rd through August 29, 2010.
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• Caller reports the Homer Theatre has been broken into. Officers to the scene.
• Property manager reports an assisted living female resident entering other apartments uninvited. Officer to contact assisted living caretaker.
• Caller [...]
Miller bests Murkowski in District 35
The message of the Tea Party Express won over many voters’ minds on the Kenai Peninsula, showing up in District 35’s voting results as favoring Joe Miller over incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski by just under 200 votes or 1,223 to 1,056.
A tight count statewide means that race is too close to call. Statewide, the two hang by 45,909 Miller votes to 43,949 for Murkowski, with nine more precinct ballots needing to be counted. Miller, a Fairbanks attorney, led from when the first returns came in Tuesday night.
Cities share sisterly secrets of success
Eight visitors from Teshio, Japan continue to spend their week meeting Homer residents and taking in the sights in celebration of the 25-year Sister City relationship between Homer and Teshio. And, while exchanging gifts, ideas and stories about their lives, the two very different groups discovered they have a number of things in common. Politics isn’t necessarily one of them.
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