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An adult swan leads three young swans, or cygnets, across Beluga Lake last week. Another adult swan was nearby.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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The other day the Betster and some friends debated whether or not it would rain on a holiday…

Sarah and Hani Demetrious stand outside Skyhorse, their custom motorhome, at the Homer Brewery on Monday. From Key West, Fla., the couple arrived in Homer this week. See their trip blog at adventuresinskyhorse.com.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Your average American holiday requires some sort of token effort. It’s not just a day off. You have…

Pig wrangler Robert McGinnis encourages two of the Kenai Peninsula Racing Pigs at the Kenai Peninsula Fair last Friday.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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You know why it rains in August? That’s so when students go back to school with their new…

Visitors walk the grounds last year at the Kenai Peninsula Fair. The annual August tradition opens at 9:30 a.m. Friday and runs through Sunday. The fair closes 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday. This year’s theme is “Clammin’ It Up.” Admission is $10 a day for adults, $5 for youth 6-12 and seniors 65 and older or a three-day pass for $25 adults, $10 youth and seniors. Friday is Red Shirt Friday to “remember everyone deployed.” Back this year are the popular pig races. For a fair schedule, go to kenaipeninsulafair.com.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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If you did a web search on “photos of icky fall colors” on local social media pages, your…

Anna Stewart, left, and Sarah Bodary, right, sell flowers last month at the Saturday Homer Farmers’ Market. The Homer Farmers’ Market is 3-6 p.m Wednesdays and 10 a.m-3 p.m. Saturdays on Ocean Drive, with kids activities and music. The market features vegetables, flowers, seafood and other food and crops from local producers. Locally made arts and crafts also are on sale.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Some want to blame the Betster for this recent stretch of soggy weather. “So seize that sun again…

Greensky Bluegrass performs at Salmonstock 2012. The three-day festival starts Friday at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik.-Photo by Tim Steinberg for Salmonstock

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It might seem like a distant memory, but remember in May when it snowed? Remember how miserable we…

Atz Kilcher drives a truck towing a historic cabin on East End Road on Monday afternoon. The cabin was built by Francis Byer, the builder of the Homestead Restaurant building. Kilcher was moving the cabin to property on West Hill Road where it will be an artist’s studio. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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What with all this road construction and utility work, the Betster hasn’t had so much fun driving since…

Homer experienced a big city traffic jam last Thursday when the Sterling Highway repaving project and gas line utility work caused traffic to back up from Lake Street west.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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The other day the Betster noticed a large, saucer shaped cloud hovering over Homer. Sometimes a cloud is…

A fox sparrow perches on top of a spruce tree near a meadow on Diamond Ridge.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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The other day as the Betster drove by yet another crew of lime-green vested pipeline dudes playing with…

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A national holiday on Thursday? That is like so Thanksgiving, but there you go. This year, we celebrate…

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Here in Betsterland we run into a contradiction every summer: The more stuff that happens, the less space…

Beach walkers wait for kite surfers to hit the waves last Saturday as fog shrouds the Homer Spit during KiteFest.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Based on the number of people with reddish tints to their faces around town, not all of you…

National Public Radio puzzlemaster Will Shortz, second from left, and Robert Roberts, fourth from right and the top ranked U.S. table-tennis player, join Homer ping-pong players last weekend at Homer High School. From left to right are Dan Kroph, Shortz, Jimmy and Gary Gao, Roberts, Dale Banks, Matt Faris and Kyle, last name not known. Shortz visited Alaska as part of his goal to play ping pong in all 50 states.-Photo by Mary Kate Green

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“A screaming comes across the sky,” starts Thomas Pynchon’s “Gravity’s Rainbow.” Pynchon wrote about V-2 rockets in London…