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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is requesting input from interested persons at…

Firefighter Elaine Grabowski demonstrates a “fireman’s carry” with 4-year-old Georgie Farren during a fire safety lesson at Paul Banks Elementary School.   -Photo by Emily Priest

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Paul Banks’ kids get lesson in fire safety

For most preschoolers, nothing could beat meeting a real live superhero. But a special event at Paul Banks…

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Hospice, HCOA collaborate show

Hospice of Homer held its annual Remembrance Celebration Sunday, Sept. 27. The event provided community members a special…

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Many make Halibut Fest possible

I would like to extend a sincere thank you to everyone who sponsored, volunteered for, participated in and…

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HoWL says thanks

HoWL Inc. would like to thank the Youth Advisory Committee and the Homer Foundation for their generous gift…

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Francie Roberts will be missed

Francie Roberts, thank you for serving on the Homer City Council for 12 years. Six of those years…

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Animal shelter does Homer proud

Three summers ago, the time was right to get a dog.  I wanted to get a shelter dog…

Homer cornerback Hunter Edens (No. 11) and wide receiver Zach McKenna (No. 48) tackle a Voznesenka player during Saturday’s homecoming game.-Photo by Betsy Wolf

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Mariners celebrate homecoming win

On Friday night, Homer High School students braved wet weather to gather around a homecoming bonfire in the…

From left to right, Liz Diament, Zane Boyer, and Nona Safra read from Jewish service sheets in the Boyers’ yurt on Wednesday, Sept. 23. They’re among the Homer Jews who gathered to celebrate the High Holy Days last month.-Photo by Annie Rosenthal, Homer News

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Homer’s Jewish community celebrates High Holy Days

The signs of fall in Homer are many: the Spit closes, the tourists disperse back to their respective…

Homer musician Sally Wills releases her new CD, “Close to Homer, at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Mermaid Cafe. Enjoy live music and refreshments.-Photo provided

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The Arts in Brief

Subsistence program art sought The Federal Subsistence Management Program sponsors its annual art contest for all students in…

Martty Zeller got his first taste of improv while visiting Vancouver, B.C., for a conference 30 years ago. His reaction: “Oh man, I wanna do that.” That experience gave birth to Homer’s own improv troupe, Fresh Produce. While Zeller found improv helpful in his law career, it’s been even more useful in his current field: mental health. Research shows the tools of improv can help people struggling to care for a family member with Alzheimer’s or schizophrenia. Rather than showing them the flaws in their connection with reality, improv is about going along with what your stage partner suggests — about saying “yes,” accepting their vision.

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Much more than a performance

Late one night in a bar in Vancouver, British Columbia, 30 years ago, Martty Zeller watched two men…

Marite Perez poses in front of the Alaska flag at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center last Friday. Perez, 44, of Merida, Venezuela, biked into Homer last week after biking 1,600 miles from San Francisco, Calif. Perez did part of her trip on the Alaska ferry from Bellingham, Wash., to Haines. She started on June 21.  “Alaska is incredible. It is magnetic, totally,” Perez said, “On this trip I’ve been meeting the most incredible people.” In Venezuela, Perez works as a hiking guide, taking people on treks into the rain forests.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Major pedal power

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Outen abandons North Atlantic crossing

The British adventurer who arrived by kayak in Homer in August 2014 as part of an attempt to…