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Announcements

An organizational meeting for a Parkinson’s Support Group is 2:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Homer Senior Citizens…

Punky

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Pet of the Week

Punky is a 1-year-old miniature Doberman pinscher cross.  Good with kids, cats, other dogs;  house trained, affectionate and…

Homer Mayor Beth Wythe, center, reads a proclamation at the Jan. 12 Homer City Council meeting declaring Friday as Big Read Day and encouraging people to take part in the Homer Public Library’s Big Read for Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451.”  The Big Read starts with a kick-off bonfire at 7 p.m. Friday at the Homer Public Library. Watching are Marylou Burton, treasurer, Friends of the Homer Public Library; Library Advisory Board student member Sabina Karwowski; Library Director Anne Dixon; and Friends of the Homer Public Library Coordinator Erin Hollowell.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

If you looked up in the sky lately and can see past the downtown light pollution, you might…

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Court Reports

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through Jan. 16: Judgments Adam Green, 29,…

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State Trooper Report

Jan. 12 Alaska State Troopers at 2:20 p.m. went to a domestic disturbance at a Danver Street home…

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Homer Police Reports

 Jan. 12 Police at 11:36 p.m. contacted people in a car at a Sterling Highway store and arrested…

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Fire Company Reports

Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services  Jan. 12-18 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to eight medical calls…

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Announcements

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Homer Flotilla, offers Sailing and Boating Skills and Seamanship classes 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays…

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Shorebird fest seeks 6-by-6 paintings

The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival Committee seeks artists to paint Alaska birds on 6-inch-by-6-inch canvases as a fundraiser…

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Iredale offers pottery classes

Homer ceramic artist Ahna Iredale offers a six-week pottery class at her studio, Rarebird Pottery. Classes are three…

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Audition for Spring Cabaret set

Auditions for the Homer Council on the Arts Spring Cabaret are at 6 p.m. Jan. 29 at HCOA.…

Some of the cast of “The ’60s Show” ham it up in rehearsals Monday at the Mariner Theatre. From left to right are Nolan Bunting, Michael Hurd, Bobbye Tripplet Hurd, Daniel Wysocki and Sunrise Sjoeberg. The set is a reproduction of the “Laugh-In” wall from the 1960s comedy variety TV show.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Forward into the past: ’60s Show crosses generational boundaries

Calling itself “a trip down Penny Lane” — uh, that would be a Beatles song — “The ’60s…

Rick Paulsrud emcees the 2014 Sportsman’s Banquet at Chapman School in Anchor Point, while a taxidermied deer stares over his shoulder.-Photo provided

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Sportsman’s banquet: a fun evening not just for men

It began as a mid-winter event for men to swap hunting and fishing stories. Six years later —…