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    An early morning snowfall and chilly temperatures weren't enough to dampen the May Day Celebration at Fireweed Academy on Saturday. Crafts, a silent dessert auction, musicians and a May Day dance performed by the charter school's younger students kept the festivities going.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
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    May 8, 2013 7:42 pm

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    Homer Police Officer Stacey Luck on Tuesday morning talks to a motorist who had stopped to look at a moose feeding on the lawn by the Homer Education and Recreation Complex on the Sterling Highway.-Photos by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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    May 1, 2013 5:56 pm

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    A flock of about 25 lesser Canada geese fed at Beluga Slough while passing through Homer on Monday, Earth Day.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer  News
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    April 24, 2013 5:38 pm

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    A pile of buoys adds some color to the Homer Spit until flowers start blooming.-Photos by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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    April 17, 2013 4:50 pm

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    In this February 2007 photo, hockey players show their support for Kevin Bell. At the time, Bell was recovering from surgery. He died in January 2008. Starting at 2 p.m. Sunday is Kevin Bell Day at the Kevin Bell Ice Arena, with a tribute to Bell, free skating, hockey and broom ball games.-Photo provided
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    April 10, 2013 4:02 pm

    In yet another sign of spring — the Betster has a long list, by the way — Alaska Department of…

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    Poot Peak stands out behind the Homer Spit in a view late Monday evening from West Hill Road three days after the jack-up rig Endeavour-Spirit of Independence left.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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    April 3, 2013 4:41 pm

    The other day while toiling away in the word mines, the Betster experienced something unknown since last summer. I got…

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    A bald eagle sits on top of a tsunami warning tower on the Homer Spit last Friday. At about 9:50 a.m. On the March 27 anniversary of the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake, state and federal agencies held a test of the statewide tsunami warning system.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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    March 27, 2013 4:58 pm

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    For the past few days the Betster has been chasing owls and comets. The Betster has been on a mission…

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    Shamba performs last Saturday for the Homer Council on the Arts Marimba Madness fundraiser. From left to right are Stephanie Leib Migdal, Sue Post, Jenny Stroyeck, Sara Reinert, Jackie Forster, Amanda Miller and Jim Levine.
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    March 8, 2013 12:46 pm

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    The sun rises over the Kenai Mountains while fog covers Kachemak Bay last Thursday morning, a view many Homer workers see on their drive.
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    Scott Bartlett, left, Pratt Museum curator of collections, speaks at the opening last Friday of “Encounters: Whales in Our Waters,” as Lee Post, right, listens. Post coordinated ariculating the whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling.                               -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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    February 15, 2013 4:11 pm

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