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Simon Lopez, left, and Marina Co, right, perform a clown skit, “Fast Food,” last Saturday at the Homer Council on the Arts Jubilee Performing Arts Show. The show featured musical, theater, circus skills, dance and other acts by local youth.-Photo by Aaron Carpenter, Homer News

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If you drove out to the Spit  this week and happened to see a cluster of people huddled…

Amanda Dorough, right, shows Homer High School senior Griffin Scero how to listen to breathing in Sim Man, a robotic teaching mannequin, at the Homer College, Career and Job Fair last Friday at Kachemak Bay Campus. Dorough is a student in the paramedic program at the Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai River Campus. The $125,000 teaching tool can simulate thousands of medical situations, including heart attacks. -A full recovery is expected

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As the Betster writes this, 93 days have passed and the Alaska Legislature still hasn’t passed a budget…

Former KBBI Public Radio General Manager Dave Anderson, left, shakes Homer Mayor Beth Wythe’s hand after she recognized him for his 35 years of service to the station at the March 29 Homer City Council meeting. Anderson retired last Friday and there is a party for him at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Alice’s Champagne Palace.

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You know the rhyme, “April showers bring May flowers?” Not current in this time zone, as television broadcasters…

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Periodically the Homer News gets press releases from Outside media flacks pitching a story. Usually they went us…

Crocuses are in bloom at the Homer Bookstore last Saturday. South-facing planters that get plenty of spring sun have begun to sprout flowers.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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As you travel around town on Friday, don’t be surprised if you see some strange things. Holy crocuses!…

The Easter Bunny arrives by Maritime Helicopters at a previous Easter Egg Hunt at the Homer Elks Lodge. The aerial arrival of the Easter Bunny has been a longtime tradition for the Elks Easter event.-Homer News file photo

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To seasoned Alaskans it should come as no surprise that spring started with a pleasant little flurry of…

A flock of rock sandpipers flies over Mud Bay last Friday off the Homer Spit. Rock sandpipers winter in Kachemak Bay. Local birders reported seeing groups of up to 3,000 on the Spit last week.-Winging their way to spring

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This week has been chock full of important dates. On Monday, 3/14/16, we got Pi Day, because the…

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Should you stroll down Pioneer Avenue on Friday night, don’t be surprised if the streets look empty. Unless…

Winn Levitt, front, and Beth Graber, back, play marimba during last year’s Marimba Madness. Their group, Tamba Hadzi, is one of four groups playing starting at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Homer Elks Lodge.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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When historians look back at March 1, 2016, they will hail it as the day one man overcame…

Joni Wise paints Paul Banks Elementary School second grader Xoe Bremicker’s face at the carnival last Saturday.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Are there any sociology graduate students out there looking for a dissertation topic? Oh brilliant minds, if you…

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Why, hello there friend of 3.57 degrees of separation. We don’t know each other yet, but according to…

Clouds mask the view across Kachemak Bay, though sunshine poked through briefly on Tuesday. It is unknown if any marmots saw their shadows on Alaska’s Marmot Day.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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The Iniskin quake so shook up the Betster last week that yours truly totally forgot about one of…

The West Homer Elementary School Brickheads celebrate at the Lego Robotics Tournament in Anchorage last weekend. The team won the Homer tournament and placed 28th — but won first place for Core Values, the teamwork award. From left to right are Seamus and Theo McDonough, Casey Anderson, assistant coach Jonah Brost, Aiden Brost, Ryan Carroll, Victor Romanko, coach Zach Miller, Cecilia Fitzpatrick, Thatcher Lowney and Eric Marshall. Not pictured is Rayna Lowther. -Photo by Erica Fitzpatrick

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Remember KLM Flight 876, the jet that went through the Redoubt Volcano ash in 1989? All four engines…