Kids learn health and safety tips while having fun at last year’s safety fair. This year’s fair will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Homer High School.-Photo provided

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Annual kids safety fair expands to include wellness, older youth

The annual “Safe Kids Fair” is taking a new twist this year, expanding the umbrella of topics to…

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Symposium connects trails, user groups

Opinions abounded during the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission’s “Homer on the Move!” trail symposium last Saturday. With…

Homer High School freshman Andie Sonnen works to gain ground against a SoHi midfielder during the Mariner-hosted game on Tuesday.

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SoHi also beats girls’ team

The Mariner Girls varsity team lost its home game against Soldotna High School Tuesday, and thanks to temperamental…

Mariner Senior Ben Westphal, left, heads the ball to freshman Charles Rohr in front of SoHi defense during a home game on Tuesday.-Photo by Shannon Reid

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Mariners’ boys team suffers first loss of soccer season

The Mariner boys varsity soccer team suffered its first loss of the season against Soldotna High School on…

Neysa Villa, left, and Jane Wipf Wiebe pose for a photo at a reception for friends and family at the Sioux Falls Convention Center on April 12, one day after being inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. Villa and Wipf were two of 20 that made up the hall of fame’s Class of 2015 and have strong ties to Freeman.

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Homer’s Jane Wiebe inducted into S. D. Sports Hall of Fame

Two women with strong ties to Freeman were prominently featured as the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame…

The members of the Mariner baseball team are, front Row (kneeling), from left to right, are Joe Ravin, Douglas Dean, Collin MacCampbell, JJ Sonnen, Landon Bunting. Back Row (standing) left to Right: Zach Lueth, Michael Swaboda, Kyle Johnson, Greg Smith, Owen Delehanty, Garret Butcher, Sheldon Hutt, Brandon Beachy, James Webber, Kyle Wells, Adam Brinster, Woape Huffman, Spencer Warren. Not Pictured are Wylie Donich, Evan Boyer, Paul Trowbridge, Patrick Rainwater and Elias Graham.-Photo by Lindsay Olsen

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Experience, focus on successful finish mark start of Mariner baseball season

With nine returning seniors, the Mariner baseball team will take to the field Tuesday in their opening game…

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WHES student places 11th in state Geo Bee

On March 27, Parker Lowney, a student in Brandon Young’s sixth-grade class at West Homer Elementary School, earned…

Judy Gonsalves

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WHES teacher noted for ‘excellence’

A West Homer Elementary School teacher is one of five Kenai Peninsula Borough School District educators who have…

Homer High School students Ian Lowe, Sheldon Hutt and Patrick Rainwater officiate a game of football at Paul Banks Elementary School last week.-Photo provided

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High school students join Paul Banks kids at recess

On April 14, six Homer High School students attended Paul Banks Elementary recess. The high school students, Sam…

Homer High School student Daniel Wiest’s volcano eruption preparedness kit consists of a five-gallon bucket with a resealable lid containing: emergency reference material outlining what to do in the case of an eruption, 10 dust masks, three sets of eye protection, five plastic drop cloths, a roll of painter’s tape, moist sanitizing towels, a manual can opener, pliers, a whistle, a first aid kit, a box of matches, heavy work gloves, small battery-powered radio, water purification tablets, a battery-powered flashlight and extra batteries. If appropriately used, the kit will reduce the chance of injury and damage to property by providing the necessary items and information to safely prepare after a volcanic eruption, says Wiest.

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Homer student places second in Caring for Kenai

A Homer High School student has won second place and $1,100 in the 25th annual Caring for the…

Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

Community

New landmark

“Circle Hook,” the latest in city 1-percent-for art projects, was installed last week along a new trail at…

‘Backing Out of Time’ shows next week in HSC fundraiser

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‘Backing Out of Time’ shows next week in HSC fundraiser

“Backing Out of Time,” a film about Baby Boomers caring for parents with Alzheimer’s, shows at 6 p.m.…

The Revelers play next week at Alice’s Champagne Palace

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The Revelers play next week at Alice’s Champagne Palace

Louisiana-bred group The Revelers performs as part of its Alaska tour next week at 8 p.m. April 30…