Fishing Hole could use a little help

Outdoors & Recreation

Fishing Hole could use a little help

Over the weekend, I took notice of a superfluity of rather unseemly comments concerning the conditions at the…

Breeding Bird Survey conducted by listening to songs

Outdoors & Recreation

Breeding Bird Survey conducted by listening to songs

I saw the moon for the first time this summer. Waking up at 2 a.m. brings a new…

Grandchildren in the garden: pure joy

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Grandchildren in the garden: pure joy

For the last two weeks this garden has been put to excellent use — grandchildren. Our daughter, Andrea,…

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Pet of the Week

Fred is always in motion. Just try getting a picture (ears included) of this boy. Two-years-old, neutered and…

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Court Reports

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through June 30: Judgments Ilya Kuzmin, 40,…

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State Trooper Report

June 23 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited a 23-year-old Homer man and a 21-year-old Homer man for commercial fishing…

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Homer Police Reports

June 23 A man at 2:35 p.m. made a 911 call of skateboarders in the road on Bartlett…

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Fire Company Reports

Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services June 23-29 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to 10 medical calls.…

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Student News

Laura Louise Wayne Delehanty has been named to the Juniata College, Huntington, Pa., 2014 Spring Dean’s List. To…

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Leonidas George Demas

Leonidas George Demas was born at 8:21 p.m. June 30, 2014, at South Peninsula Hospital to Candace and…

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Ethan Rowe Hume

Ethan Rowe Hume was born at 6:58 p.m. June 23, 2014, at South Peninsula Hospital to Briana and…

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Announcements

Please report sandhill crane colt (chick) sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Include location, date, time and number of…

Clara Anderson, center, waits for cake at her 109th birthday party on Wednesday at South Peninsula Hospital Long Term Care. With her are granddaughters Kellie Blue, left, Jean Oldham, back, and grand-daughter-in-law Connie Oldham, right. Born July 2, 1905, in Kirksville, Mo., Anderson said her secret to a long life is “Work hard when you’re a kid. Grow up in the corn fields. Work and exercise, probably.”-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Independence Day is one of the few American holidays that always falls on the same date — July…