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    Homer Public Library Director Ann Dixon, left, poses for a photo with incoming Library Director David Berry, right, on April 15, 2019, at the library in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided)
    City of Homer hires new library director
    By Michael Armstrong • April 17, 2019 5:30 am

    The City of Homer has hired David Berry to be the new Homer Public Library Director, the city announced in…

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    Lifelong, youth learners to be honored
    Lifelong, youth learners to be honored
    By Megan Pacer • April 10, 2019 5:30 am

    The time’s come again for the Friends of the Homer Public Library to recognize two community members for their dedication…

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    Susan Ann Gibson
    Susan Ann Gibson

    Susan Ann Gibson March 12, 1952-Aug. 23, 2015 Susan Ann Gibson died at home on Aug. 23, 2015, in the…

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    NONPROFIT NEEDS
    NONPROFIT NEEDS
    June 25, 2015 10:09 am

    Friends of the Homer Public Library needs volunteers to help clean up/landscape the western lot and the use of a…

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    Thanks to Homer Foundation
    Thanks to Homer Foundation
    May 14, 2015 11:48 am

    Dear Homer Foundation, The City of Homer received a grant from the Homer Foundation to connect the fireplace at the…

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    Reading gets a helping hand
    Reading gets a helping hand
    April 23, 2015 9:27 am

    Homer Homemakers FCE thanks Ulmer’s Drug and Hardware for special ordering books suitable for the Raise-a-Reader packets that the club…

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    Big Read, big success
    Big Read, big success
    April 23, 2015 9:25 am

    One of the things that makes Homer unique is its sense of community. The Big Read sponsored by the Friends…

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    John Straley
    Lifelong Learning event celebrates Homer
    By Aryn Young • April 8, 2015 4:54 pm

    How a community nurtures learning, and how libraries inspire that, kept coming up in speeches last Saturday for the Friends…

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    Novelists discuss dystopian worlds
    Novelists discuss dystopian worlds
    February 18, 2015 3:43 pm

    As part of the Big Read for Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451,” the Friends of the Homer Public Library sponsor a…

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    West Homer Elementary School librarian Lisa Whip, recipient of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School Board’s Golden Apple Award, is surrounded by co-workers at Monday’s school board meeting in Soldotna. From left: Pat Moreth, Karen Murdock, Lyn Maslow, Lynn Temple, Judy Gonzalves, Whip, Shele Worsfold, Katie Bynagle and Barb Veeck.-Photo by Pegge Erkeneff
    WHES librarian awarded district’s golden apple
    By McKibben Jackinsky • February 4, 2015 1:45 pm

    Apples displayed on desks, apples given to them by students. West Homer Elementary School librarian also has an apple for…

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    HCOA needs volunteers, performers for Street Faire
    HCOA needs volunteers, performers for Street Faire
    July 2, 2014 4:16 pm

    The Homer Council on the Arts Street Faire needs volunteers and performers for its annual outdoor event, held 10 a.m.-6…

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    Little Free Library started at Fritz Creek General Store
    Little Free Library started at Fritz Creek General...
    June 11, 2014 4:18 pm

    The Friends of the Homer Public Library has started its first Little Free Library at the Fritz Creek General Store….

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    Willie Hensley, right-Homer News file photos
    ‘Lifelong learners’ honored Saturday
    By McKibben Jackinsky • April 9, 2014 4:58 pm

    Kyra Wagner is the recipient of the Friends of the Homer Library’s 2014 Lifelong Learner Award. Also being honored at…

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    Connections Coach Janet Szajkowski, left, helps Iris Downey, grade 6, and Jadzia Thomas, grade 5, study for Friday’s state Battle of the Books.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Book battle advances from district to state
    By McKibben Jackinsky • February 20, 2014 11:18 am

    Sure they can read, but do they know what they’re reading? Absolutely. Proof of that pudding is the Kenai Peninsula…

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