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    A good day to ride
    Homer’s Best Bets
    March 18, 2013 4:37 pm

    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.
    Homer’s Best Bets
    March 8, 2013 12:46 pm

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

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    Reading without a net
    Homer’s Best Bets
    March 4, 2013 3:50 pm

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

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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.
    Homer’s Best Bets
    February 18, 2013 4:22 pm

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

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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
    Homer’s Best Bets
    February 15, 2013 4:11 pm

    Yo, Betsteroids, note the date on this issue. That’s right, it’s Feb. 7, a week out from National Strike Fear…

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    February 4, 2013 2:32 pm

    Worried that Homer had settled into a nice, calm stable weather pattern? Did you fear that our reputation as the…

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    Ready to read
    Homer’s Best Bets
    January 24, 2013 4:58 pm

    Over the past few weeks, Facebook has been mixing up its status questions. One week it was “How are you…

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    The town of skinny shoulders
    Homer’s Best Bets
    January 24, 2013 2:10 pm

    You know how in the police blotter sometimes cops pull over motorists because they crossed the center line? Or, sometimes…

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    Homer’s Best Bets
    January 24, 2013 1:32 pm

    Yours truly does not like to be the town scold, always grumping about something  that really doesn’t matter. After last…

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    Splish splash
    Homer’s Best Bets
    January 24, 2013 11:19 am

    Starting at midnight today, there are 521,280 minutes left in the year. You already blew the first 1,440 minutes on…

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    Homer’s Best Bets
    Homer’s Best Bets
    December 27, 2012 3:13 pm

    Oops. Santa Claus seems to have messed up the Betster’s Christmas wish list.  “A new snow shovel,” the Betster asked…

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    December 20, 2012 11:41 am

    How can you find joy in a season when in a small New England town 26 families bury their loved…

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    Golden day -
    Homer’s Best Bets
    December 13, 2012 12:03 pm

    If you’re reading this on Thursday morning or anytime after Dec. 13, well, whew, the world didn’t end. Or maybe…

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