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    BOLO A bald eagle watches over the Homer Spit in March 2018 from the tsunami warning tower near Mariner Park in Homer, Alaska. “BOLO” is police slang for “be on the lookout.” (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)
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    March 22, 2018 11:06 am

    The Betster saw something rather amusing the other day: a saying, proclaiming that “It’s like winter is really mad and…

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    On the first day of Daylight Saving Time on Sunday, March 11, 2018 seagulls fly over the Homer Spit, Alaska. Fresh snow covered the beach to the high tide line. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)
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    March 15, 2018 1:10 pm

    If you’re reading this online from your Maui vacation cottage, Betsteroids, congratulate yourself on escaping for spring break at the…

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    A cow moose munches on some bushes Thursday, March 1, 2018 on Ohlson Mountain Road outside Homer, Alaska. She, another moose and a calf browsed just along the side of the road, where the snow was slightly less deep. With March bringing with it the whiplash of repeated snow falls and thawing, many moose are gravitating toward roads to give themselves an easier time navigating. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
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    March 8, 2018 9:58 am

    Parents, brace yourselves. If you thought figuring out what to do with your various offspring for an extra few hours…

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    High waves blow on Kachemak Bay about 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 as seen from West Hill Road in Homer, Alaska. The storm caused power outages on the lower Kenai Peninsula and high winds caused drifts on area roads, including Ohlson Mountain Road. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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    March 1, 2018 10:07 am

    Was there ever a friend so fickle as the weather? The Betster thinks not. Just when she lulls us into…

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    A young moose browses on a bush by Homer City Hall on Friday morning, Feb. 9, 2018. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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    February 22, 2018 9:47 am

    The other night the Betster drew the short straw and had to cover one of those important community meetings instead…

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    Jay Green, second from left, and Andrew Hodnik, second from right, hold up Quilts of Valor given to them and made by Dana Moore, far left, and Connie Isenhour, far right. The quilts are a project of Faith Friday Friends, a group at Faith Lutheran Church. Under the national program volutneers make quilts to honor service members and veterans touched by war. Green flew 196 combat missions in Vietnam as a U.S. Navy pilot from 1967-68 and Hodnik served in the U.S. Army as a combat engineer from 1989-93, including tours in Operation Desert Storm and Somalia. In the middle is Hodnik’s mother, Dr. Vicky Hodnik. The quilts were presented at Hodnik’s dental office on Feb. 6 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)
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    By Michael Armstrong • February 15, 2018 10:31 am

    At Monday’s Homer City Council meeting, council member Shelly Erickson suggested a little snow jujitsu. “I’m just thinking we need…

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    A man enjoys an afternoon of snowkiting, or kite skiing, across Beluga Lake with his dog Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. It was one of the last cold, clear crisp days for outdoor enthusiasts before a temperature spike and a snow dump on Tuesday. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
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    February 8, 2018 9:57 am

    Hold onto wool hats, people, we are nearly up to 9 hours of beautiful, bountiful, blessed light a day! Today,…

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    Marian Aplin, Sue Mauger and Heather Renner pose in their “Gaggle of Gagged Scientists” costume at the Ski for Women event on Feb. 5, 2017 at the Lookout Ski Trails in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News)
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    February 1, 2018 10:58 am

    In light of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address this week, the Betster got to thinking about the…

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    Homer Volunteer Fire Department firefighters and Homer Police responded about 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22, to a single-vehicle rollover at the east end of Beluga Lake. EMTs in an Argo ATV drove out to the scene to treat and transport the male victim to the staging area at the bottom of the float plane launch ramp near the Homer Airport. According to police, the rollover ejected the man from the truck. The crash is not related to an earlier incident on Monday where a truck got stuck in thin ice on the northeast end of the lake. In that incident, Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials said the driver had strayed into the Homer Airport Critical Habitat area, an area prohibited to motorized vehicles. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)
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    January 25, 2018 11:17 am

    Quake. Shaker. Tremblor. Shock Wave. Rumbler. Whatever you like to call that seismic shifting of our tectonic plates and comfort…

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    Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center board of director President Kari Ann Baker unveils the cover of the 2018 tourism and recreation guide at the chamber’s annual meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018 at the Best Western Bidarka Inn in Homer, Alaska. The cover photo was taken by Collin Walker and picked in a contest held by the chamber. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)
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    January 18, 2018 11:55 am

    “For a brief moment Sunday, the southernmost tip of Alaska was warmer than the southernmost tip of Florida.” So reads…

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    Skiers do the Sunset Loop Sunday on the Kachemak Nordic Ski Club trails on Diamond Ridge. Through the trailhead at the Diamond Ridge Fire Station, skiers can access the trail with a fabulous view of Kachemak Bay. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)
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    January 11, 2018 10:19 am

    What are we supposed to do now? That’s what the Betster has been left pondering the last few days as…

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    The sun rises over the Homer Spit and the Kenai Mountains on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. On Thursday there will be 6 hours and 17 minutes of daylight, a gain of 13 minutes from last week. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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    January 3, 2018 4:58 pm

    Ugh. That’s really all the Betster can muster today, folks. Is it really 2018 already? Was it not just yesterday…

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    Students at K-Bay Martial Athletics get in the spirit of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” on Dec. 19. They fought light saber battles with foam swords. From left to right, back, are Jim Richardson, Charlotte Richardson and Cooper Hyde; center, Guro Kurt P. Leffler II, Hayden Cox, second from right, and Alivia Craddock. K-Bay Martial Athletics offers an after-school program called Warriors and Scholars that teaches children martial arts but also values like politeness, respects and team work as well as weapons safety.
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    December 28, 2017 9:16 am

    Vacations in the 21st Century quite frankly baffle the Betster. Intrinsic in the meaning or common understanding of the word…

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