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Nyla Lightcap, membership director for the Homer Chamber of Commerce, fills a Shop Small Saturday tote with stickers and information during the local business event Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 at the Homer Bookstore in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Small Business Saturday puts spotlight on local shops

While some small businesses may be tucked away in a corner of town or generally get by on…

Kenai Central’s Maria Salzetti leads a group of racers up Kill Bill hill Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 21, 2017, at the Turkey Skate race on the Tsalteshi Trails in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Upcoming events: Homer High School Hockey: The Homer High School hockey team will play Wasilla at 7 p.m.…

A crowd of Homer residents and several of their canine companions take off at the start of the 3rd Annual “Sweating Gravy” Turkey Trot 5K Fun Run/Walk on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017 at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. Hosted by the Kachemak Bay Running Club and the Community Recreation Program, the run is non- competitive and non-timed. To enter, participants donated two non-perishable food items, which were given to the Homer Food Pantry. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Trot ‘till you drop

By Megan Pacer Homer News

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Council makes amendments to city budget

Homer’s next budget is another step closer to being finalized after Monday’s City Council meeting, where several amendments…

Homer’s Zoe Stonorov skis through the Tsalteshi Trails during the Homer Mariner Nordic ski team’s first race of the season Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 at the trails in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Stephanie Ball)

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Ski team heads north for first race of the season

With snow left over from a dumping on Nov. 19 and more falling on Tuesday, Nov. 21, Homer…

Homer PD’s Sgt. Ryan Browning (right) talks to a teen driver while he traverses a course with Officer Jim Knott (left) at a Project Drive clinic they put on in Anchorage. The department has put hundreds of students through the anti-drunk driving educational clinic since it began in 2011. (Photo courtesy Ryan Browning)

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City gets state grant for drunk driving prevention program

One would be hard pressed to find a police station in the country for which drunk driving is…

A member of the Homer High School hockey team takes a shot against Soldotna High School during the last game of the End of the Road Shootout on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017 at the Kevin Bell Arena in Homer, Alaska. The Mariners toppled the Stars 10-3 and won the tournament. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer claims top spot in End of the Road Shootout

The Homer hockey team showed they mean business this season when they claimed the top spot at the…

Boxes of food sit assembled on the floor of the United Methodist Church while a large group of volunteers puts together packages for Thanksgiving meals Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017 in Homer, Alaska. The effort is lead by the Salvation Army and the Kachemak Bay Lions Club, though volunteers and donations come from many other community groups and individuals. The packages with fixings for a Thanksgiving holiday meal go to those who apply to the program. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Several churches, groups are offering free Thanksgiving meals in Homer

Sometimes pulling out all the stops for the Thanksgiving holiday is fun — having the whole family gather…

Mayor Bryan Zak delivers the first meal to be driven by the Homer Senior Citizen Center’s new Subaru to resident Marilyn Prevost on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 in Homer, Alaska. Prevost, 80, has lived in Homer for 73 years and receives some of the more than 3,000 meals given out by the program each year. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer’s Meals on Wheels program gets new Subaru after winning grant

Those who are signed up to get daily deliveries from the Homer Senior Citizens Center’s Meals on Wheels…

Homer’s Levi King works his way to a pin of Colony’s Simon Ganchenko at 195 pounds Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in the championship dual of the Peninsula Duals at Nikiski High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Weekly sports highlights

Upcoming events: Homer High School Hockey: The Homer High School hockey team will play Wasilla at 7 p.m.…

Human rights lawyer and Kenya native Chris Mburu takes a selfie with Kenny Daher of Project GRAD, center, and Kimani Nyambura, right, in front of the mountains Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 in Port Graham, Alaska. Mburu, who started a foundation to put Kenyan children through school after being sponsored himself, gave presentations to several Kenai Peninsula schools this week along with Nyambura, one of the students who has been able to go to school thanks to the foundation. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Human rights lawyer from Kenya speaks to peninsula students about importance of education

Before he got an education, Kimani Nyambura didn’t know how people could fit into an airplane when it…

Members of the Homer High School Nordic ski team play a game during their Friday, Nov, 3, 2017 practice at the high school in Homer, Alaska. The team just recently started practicing on snow. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Coaches, skiers look forward to season

Ever wonder what those cross-country runners do in the winter to stay fit. Chances are, at least for…

Oceana Wills, a local artist and commercial fisherman, goes through some of her paintings Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 at the cabin where she’s living for the winter in Kachemak City, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Local fisherman enters Homer art scene

For someone who has lived in Homer since the day they were born, like Oceana Wills, there is…