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Years Ago

Published 5:22 am Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Years Ago

20 years ago in the Homer News

The Board of Fish tabled two proposals that would have affected Homer sport fisheries. One proposal would have put a moratorium on the number of sport halibut charters. Another proposal would have put a two-fish bag limit on winter king salmon. The board sent the proposals to a task force.

Homer halibut charter operators had proposed the moratorium in response to a North Pacific Management Council cap of 3.5 million pounds for sport-caught halibut in the Central Gulf of Alaska region.

— From the issue of Nov. 19, 1998

30 years ago in the Homer News

Homer Police charged a 37-year-old Sterling man with fourth-degree criminal mischief. Police said the man defaced an art mural in front of Proctor’s Grocery (now NOMAR) on Veterans Day.

The man wrote “T.D.C. ‘63 V.N” to honor a friend for Veterans Day. Damage to the wall was about $50. The mural created by Tom Reed shows silhouettes of local performing artists.

— From the issue of Nov. 17, 1988

50 years ago in the Homer News

The Nov. 21, 1968, issue of the Homer News is missing from the archives.

— From the issue of Nov. 21, 1968