http://homertribune.com Homer, Alaska Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:46:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Sunday, March 14 at 2 a.m., Daylight-saving time 2010 begins. Be sure to move your clocks ahead one hour in order to "spring" into the season. http://homertribune.com/2010/03/daylight-saving-time-starts-sunday/ By Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune [caption id="attachment_7573" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Satellite maps provided by the National Weather Service show the snow blizzard and hurricane force winds that pushed from the Aleutian Chain to the Alaska Peninsula and into the Kenai Peninsula area in three separate fronts lasting from Friday to Tuesday."][/caption] State ski meets ... http://homertribune.com/2010/03/blizzard-leaves-town-covered/ • Corps says cost/benefit ratio makes East Harbor plan unfeasible By Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune The high expense of armor rock lies at the bottom of a problem holding up public works projects throughout Alaska, and places Homer’s hopes for an East Harbor beyond reach for now. According to U.S. Army Corp of ... http://homertribune.com/2010/03/costly-rock-politics-stymie-harbor-project/ “Even now if you go up in October, you will see orcas up there hunting seal. My feeling is, belugas are a candy bar for orcas.” — Beaver Nelson • Most testimony from the Peninsula favors habitat restrictions By Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune The testimony on whether or not to designate most of Cook Inlet ... http://homertribune.com/2010/03/beluga-comments-stretch-into-the-thousands/ Oldest resident at senior center turns 98 Friendship Terrace resident Sue Lewis turns 98 on March 17, a day sure to be celebrated among friends and family in Homer. She was born on that date in 1912 on her family’s farm near Clear Lake, Wash. It’s hard to account for how she ... http://homertribune.com/2010/03/community-news-march-10/ • Olympic champ Larry Martin inducted into ASAA Hall of Fame By Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune [caption id="attachment_7558" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Larry Martin"][/caption] Growing up in Homer in the 1950-60s, young skier Larry Martin helped maintain his own cross-country trails. He was often in the dark, in a broad swath of wide open emptiness, trailing ... http://homertribune.com/2010/03/growing-up-in-homer-on-skis/ The following records are cases and records filed in court.  Individuals are innocent until proven guilty, and copies of the records are publicly available. Judgement Dagny L. Anderson, 26, misconduct involving controlled substance in the sixth degree, guilty. Beau E.H. Turner, 18, repeat minor, consuming, possessing, or controlling alcohol, guilty. Richard W. Foley, ... http://homertribune.com/2010/03/for-the-record-march-10/ Fire/EMS The Homer Volunteer Fire Department responded to eight emergency medical calls and one fire call for the week of March 1 through March 7. KESA responded to two medical calls and one fire call from March 1 through March 7. Assault On March 3, a caller reported a student at Homer High School ... http://homertribune.com/2010/03/police-report-march-10/ By Sean Pearson As a young child, I always seemed to have a relatively active imagination. Over the years, I’ve come to understand that this was either the product of too many Gilligan’s Island reruns, or a pathetically limited experience of school field trips during my formative years. And while the ... http://homertribune.com/2010/03/life-as-an-elementary-school-hero/ By Sean Pearson After months of waiting for the elusive winter snows to grace our presence in 2010, March truly rolled into Homer like a lion. Students across the south Kenai Peninsula relished in two snow days – but found themselves relatively unable to enjoy the fresh powder thanks to hurricane-force winds ... http://homertribune.com/2010/03/surviving-the-blizzard-of-2010/