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Campers relax at Mariner Park last Saturday for the first busy weekend of the summer tourist season.-Photo by McKibben Jackisnky, Homer News

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We silly humans think that just because we set a schedule the world will follow. Hah! You know…

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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Yowzah, has spring finally arrived in this year’s Not Current In This Time Zone season.The other day the…

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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You can tell it’s spring because the calendar now says May. Seriously. In some parts of the world…

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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Recently the Betster went up to Anchortown for a big journo conference. Periodic trips to Alaska’s big city…

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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It’s kinda hard to get silly and sarcastic when the week starts with a bombing in Boston that…

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

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

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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When you woke up the other day, did you feel a little bit older? If so, that’s because…

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Holy Feng Shui, Betsteroids! Did you know March has five Fridays in it? This is supposed to be…

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

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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Have you noticed this month how every date in March falls on the same day of the week…

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The big hot tech news this week had something to do with a thing called Google Glass. At…

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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Notice the red color on this page? The words “love” and “Valentine’s Day”? Consider this fair warning that…