Homer fisherman wins diehard derby Oct 27, 2009
Lyon of Homer boated a 22. 5-pound king salmon Oct. 11 to capture the Homer Elks Lodge's Winter King Salmon Derby, which brought 85 anglers to Homer and raised $3,500 for the Elks' youth scholarship and veterans programs ... Dave Sanders, also of Homer, was just behind Lyon with a 22. (Anchorage Daily News)
• This amazing autumn is one for the books Oct 24, 2009
This amazing autumn is one for the books Jill Homer / Juneau Empire ... Jill Homer / Juneau Empire ... Jill Homer is an outdoor enthusiast and deputy managing editor at the Juneau Empire. (Juneau Empire)
Compass Points travel QA Oct 24, 2009
Check out Homer on Kachemak Bay, Seward, Kenai Fjords National Park (definitely take a daylong cruise) and Valdez. It's not for everyone, but one way to cut costs is renting a small RV and staying at Alaska's many campgrounds. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Football debuts today in The Dome Oct 24, 2009
Brantely said he and Homer coach Cam Wyatt teamed up Thursday night for a game of mini-golf against a couple players from their respective teams ... Alex Innes, North Pole; Anthony Resetarits, Homer; Lee Jones, North Pole; Justin Kauffman, West; Alex Ball, Homer; Matt Tyrrell, Homer; Jeremiah Carr, Homer; Mark Moeola, South; Joe Sokimi, South; Lucas Cosgriff, South; Michael Sharp, West; Ian Isby, South; Silver Maake, Juneau; Cole Jacobsen, Homer; Eric Cothran, Service; Chris Theulen, Service;... (Anchorage Daily News)
First rankings of the season released Oct 23, 2009
Eli Garvey, Homer; 5 ... Mitch Wyatt, Homer; 3. (Anchorage Daily News)
Charles Homer (Charlie) Wallen Jr.,Billie (Honeycutt) Wallen, Oct 23, 2009
Charles Homer (Charlie) Wallen Jr.,Billie (Honeycutt) Wallen ... GRAND JUNCTION Charles Homer (Charlie) Wallen, Jr. was born Nov. 12, 1926 in Oak Park, Ill. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Why a Peninsula village was abandoned to spirits Oct 22, 2009
Naomi Klouda / Homer Tribune photo. Malania Helen Kehl of Nanwalek. (Anchorage Daily News)
Alaska's best? Kauffman and Tufuga Oct 21, 2009
Other top small-schools awards went to Kenai's Donny Dormady (Lineman of the Year), Soldotna linebacker Braden Price (Defensive Player of the Year), Homer coach Cam Wyatt (Coach of the Year) and Nikiski assistant Tim Johnson (Assistant Coach of the Year) ... Coach of the Year -- Cameron Wyatt, Homer ... Defensive backs -- Cole Jacobsen, Homer; Brando Wik, Nikiski; Charles King, Eielson. (Anchorage Daily News)
HEA considers self-regulation Oct 20, 2009
Homer Electric Association is moving toward self-regulation. What does that mean. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
The final push Oct 18, 2009
6, Bitterman, Sara, Homer, 2:14 ... 3, Schmidt, Marie, Homer, 2:25 ... 9, Schmidt, Emily, Homer, 2:37. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Yahoo! Falcons to Super Bowl; Richt hammered again Oct 17, 2009
And for you idiot blind homers who refuse to acknowledge that there are better choices than Richt out there to coach our team, here are but five names off the top of my head ... This is NOT a homer who is blind either. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Supremacy on the line today Oct 17, 2009
4 penalties per game, while the Stars were flagged 15 times in their semifinal win over Homer. The tendency to take penalties could be heightened by the intense rivalry between the two schools, and both head coaches said their players need to keep their emotions in check. (Anchorage Daily News)
Stars, Kardinals to battle for crown Oct 15, 2009
On one play in the Stars' 44-20 semifinal win over Homer last weekend, an apparent touchdown was blown dead by an official, who thought a tackled player had the ball. He didn't. (Anchorage Daily News)
Springing into Alaska: Plenty to do and see before the snow melts Oct 14, 2009
Although the weather turned cool and damp for the rest of our stay on the Kenai, we still were able to kayak on Kachemak Bay across from Homer. Seaside Adventure owner Rick Harness had us swap days and hike the first day at Kachemak Bay State Park, then kayak the next, to avoid being on the water as a front blew through. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Letters to the editor (10/10/09) Oct 10, 2009
For the past 26 years I've made an annual trip to Alaska and visited places from Dutch Harbor to Sitka, and Homer to Circle -- and many, many places in between. Now, though, I'm disabled and unable to travel to Alaska any longer. (Anchorage Daily News)
Kenai reaches final Oct 10, 2009
STATE FOOTBALL: Winner of Soldotna vs. Homer will play Kardinals for the title. By KEVIN KLOTT Daily News correspondent. (Anchorage Daily News)
Budget cuts hurt Alaska's Boys and Girls Clubs Oct 7, 2009
The Homer clubhouse's manager will go half-time and programs will be greatly reduced. "(The budget cuts) have been devastating," said Margaret Anderson, board member for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Kenai Peninsula. (Anchorage Daily News)
Is Letterman a Creep? Oct 6, 2009
VAN SUSTEREN: First, I want to talk about your extraordinary life from Homer, Alaska to an extraordinary music success ... VAN SUSTEREN: And Homer, Alaska, we know has a population of about 5,000, and things were rough for you, weren't they ... But how did you go from Homer, Alaska to Interlochen, Michigan, as a young girl. (Fox News)
Of bars and blackfish Oct 5, 2009
In 2004 she performed in a store front in Homer ... They'll be presenting improv 0000261C ised concerts in conjunction with the show as it's presented in Anchorage, then in Homer, and plan to record them, he said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Perfection ended Oct 4, 2009
FRIDAY'S RESULTS BARTLETT 34, COLONY 12 PALMER 48, SOUTH 12 SATURDAY'S RESULTS NORTH POLE 36, WEST 12 KENAI 47, BARROW 13 SOLDOTNA 41, MONROE 0 HOMER 24, NIKISKI 15 KODIAK 24, EIELSON 14 FRIDAY'S GAMES KODIAK (5-4) VS. KENAI (8-1), 4 P.M. NORTH POLE (5-4) VS. BARTLETT (7-2), 7:30 P.M. SATURDAY'S GAMES PALMER (6-3) VS. CHUGIAK/JUNEAU WINNER SOLDOTNA (7-2) VS. HOMER (6-2), 4:30 P.M. Postseason football. ADVERTISEMENT. (Anchorage Daily News)
Trip to Alaska combines lit with sociology Oct 3, 2009
The group left on July 23 and flew to Homer, Alaska, population 5,364. They took a water taxi -- there are no roads -- to the Peterson Bay Field Station on the south shore of Kachemak Bay. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
2010 Harley rally gets Homer council's OK Oct 2, 2009
Links: , A cross-continent motorcycle rally -- the "Iditarod of Harley-Davidsons" -- set to end in Homer next July 4 got the blessing of the Homer City Council this week after two organizers promised the participants wouldn't overwhelm the town. "I think it would be a shame if the city didn't do everything possible to bring this group and its effort to present a once-in-a-lifetime event to Homer," said motorcycle rider and Homer Chamber of Commerce executive director Tina Day ... Greg Martin of... (Anchorage Daily News)
• Steel string guitar soloist Alex de Grassi ready for return to Alaska Oct 1, 2009
He came up to the Last Frontier a handful of times in the 1980s and played venues across the state, including Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, Petersburg, Homer, Sitka and others. Unfortunately, Juneau will be the only stop this time in Alaska. (Juneau Empire)
Homer winery invests in wind power Oct 1, 2009
The owners of Homer's set up a 70-foot wind tower last week and are hoping it produces enough juice to power equipment and heat the winery building. The property on East End Road, three miles east of town, is not the windiest place in Homer, "but we do as much as we can to lesson our carbon footprint," said Dorothy Fry, co-owner with her husband, Bill. (Anchorage Daily News)
Heavy flatfish nets hefty purse Oct 1, 2009
HOMER JACKPOT HALIBUT DERBY: Youngblood wins $40,400 for his 354 ... Youngblood, the Homer resident who caught a 354 ... 6-pound halibut more than three months ago, on Wednesday night was declared the winner of the 24th annual Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby and earned $40,400. (Anchorage Daily News)
Win or wave goodbye this weekend Sep 30, 2009
And Homer (5-2) plays Nikiski (5-3), which it beat 27-0 in Week 1 ... Homer (5-2) at Nikiski (5-3), 4 p.m.. (Anchorage Daily News)
Noella Gloria Harford Sep 30, 2009
Graveside services were held Sept. 12 at the Hickerson Memorial Cemetery in Homer where she was laid to rest with her husband, Robert ... Memorial services were held Sept. 12 at the Homer United Methodist Church ... She lived in Homer from 1997 to 2001 and was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Homer and also attended the Homer United Methodist Church. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Steelhead or rainbow: The great fish debate Sep 30, 2009
The Anchor River north of Homer is one of the Peninsula streams with a fish-counting weir, but for budgetary reasons it is removed in early September after the silver salmon run ends ... Nicky Szarzi, a Fish and Game area management biologist in Homer, expects the number will fall between 1,000 and 1,500 fish -- considerably less than the 4,000 steelhead estimated to be in the Anchor decades ago. (Anchorage Daily News)
Two bison from Portage facility shipped to Popof Island Sep 26, 2009
They were selected, tested for disease and tagged at the center before making the trip from Portage to Homer in a 20-foot trailer for their planned Sept. 15 departure. Their cruise, however, was postponed when the vehicle lift on the state ferry Tustumena malfunctioned. (Anchorage Daily News)
Bison cool heels while ferry is repaired Sep 25, 2009
Among the passengers delayed from getting to Southwest Alaska and the Aleutians when the Alaska State Ferry Tustumena broke down in Homer recently were two female bison being transported to Sand Point to diversify the gene pool of the Popof Island herd. The bison were from the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Portage. (Anchorage Daily News)
Past spills and ongoing risks of oil companies are omens Sep 25, 2009
Bob Shavelson is Executive Director of Cook Inlet Keeper, a citizen-based nonprofit organization with offices in Anchorage and Homer ... Bob Shavelson is Executive Director of Cook Inletkeeper, a citizen-based nonprofit organization with offices in Homer and Anchorage that is dedicated to clean water and healthy salmon. (Anchorage Daily News)
Looking Back Sep 24, 2009
L. O. Gingerich is a new man assisting Homer Yoder, driving one of the Standard Oil trucks for him, beginning the latter part of last week ... President Jim Yoder presented a lifetime membership to Homer Brenneman and the Optimist of the Year Award to Rolland Yoder. (Kalona News, IA)
Eagles, Kardinals hold top ranking Sep 24, 2009
The Kardinals had to endure a 23-hour ferry ride from Whittier to play the game, then a 12-hour ride back to Homer. In all, Kenai spent roughly 35 hours on the water and another five riding the bus. (Anchorage Daily News)
Canadian government support boosts AK-BC intertie possibilities Sep 23, 2009
Web search powered by YAHOO. A decision by top Canadian leaders to build a high-voltage transmission line into northwest British Columbia is being praised by Southeast Alaska hydropower proponents as a key step in developing the long-sought electrical intertie between Alaska and the Canadian province. (Juneau Empire)
ISU group who joined for archaeological dig in 1969 reunites Sep 21, 2009
Raymond Scott, Homer. Ed Bovy, La Grange. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Labor department: Unemployment rate edges down locally Sep 20, 2009
Web search powered by YAHOO. Unemployment dropped in Juneau in August as more residents found work. (Juneau Empire)
Aging well: Mike McCormick looks back on his 15 years with Whistling Swan Sep 20, 2009
The Alaska Art Education Association Fall Conference will take place in Homer, Oct. 2-4. For details and a registration form, go to. (Anchorage Daily News)
Common ground for unusual rivals: eight-man football Sep 20, 2009
To reach the tiny fishing village at the head of Kachemak Bay, travelers must head 25 miles due east out of Homer ... Until two years ago, the only sport offered was wrestling, a program started by longtime Homer football and wrestling coach Steve Wolf ... Voznesenka practices in a small clearing behind the school or at Wolf's sod farm near Homer. (Anchorage Daily News)
• Jumbo-vision: Standing on the top of Douglas Island Sep 19, 2009
Jill Homer is the deputy managing editor at the Juneau Empire. Share this page. (Juneau Empire)
Alaska state writer makes appearances in Valley Sep 18, 2009
The Homer resident was involved with the effort build a new facility in her hometown and wants to share strategies for raising money and the construction process. I think a lot of people have lost sight of what libraries can be. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Wisbey stepping down as executive director Sep 18, 2009
Chet Susslin / The Citizen Peter Wisbey, executive director of the Seward House, holds Homer resident Francis B. Carpenter's First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln and William Seward. Wisbey, a Rochester resident, has commuted for nine years to his job at Seward House and plans to return to Rochester to be with his family and pursue career opportunities closer to home, he said Thursday. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Wasilla boys finish second in Homer Invitational Sep 15, 2009
HOMER Wasilla senior Christian Long used a pair of wins to help lead the Wasilla Warriors boys swimming and diving team to a second-place finish at the Homer Invitational in Homer on Saturday ... Saturday, Homer High School. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Crab pot comes up with a toothless monster Sep 15, 2009
Bill Coghill of Soldotna, his daughter Carolyn and their Homer friend Bill Nelson had no idea what the bottom-dwelling, 5-foot-long, pinkish, eel-like thing in their crab pot was and so handled it carefully before letting it go. A water taxi driver later set them straight: It was a , found from Northern California to the Bering Sea but not usually as large as the one they caught off Kachemak Bay. (Anchorage Daily News)
Hanson impressive from start Sep 15, 2009
Hanson gave up six runs and three homers in his June 7 major league debut against Milwaukee and has gone 9-3 with a 2 ... His only loss in his last seven games came Aug. 28 in Philadelphia, when he gave up one run (a homer) in two innings before a second rain delay. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Comedienne Tina Fey wins Emmy for TV Palin spoof Sep 14, 2009
Dan Castellaneta, who voices Homer Simpson, won his fourth Emmy in the voice-over category. TV movie Grey Gardens was one of seven shows to pick up three awards, after being nominated for 17 prizes. (BBC News -- Americas)
Tina Fey wins Emmy for Palin spoof Sep 14, 2009
Dan Castellaneta, who voices Homer Simpson, won his fourth Emmy in the voice-over category. Host Kathy Griffin lost in both her categories. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Flames along Kachemak Bay Sep 13, 2009
The basket called "Surpass" was burned at sunset on the autumnal equinox last year in Homer ... Each year at fall equinox, a strange and fiery thing takes place in Homer ... Admittedly strange things take place in Homer -- and other small Alaska towns -- all the time without regard to celestial convergences. (Anchorage Daily News)
Homer 'boat museum' owners had big plans for Spit property Sep 12, 2009
The Cousins family has converted the former barge into a 3-deck residence on the Homer Spit ... The owners of a "boat museum" on the Homer Spit that looks suspiciously like a maritime junkyard have been asked to spiff up their three acres by getting rid of about 100,000 pounds of scrap metal. (Anchorage Daily News)
Braves say stranger things have happened. Sep 10, 2009
Hanson surrendered six runs and three homers in his major league debut against Milwaukee, but in the 15 starts since then he has a 2. 67 ERA with six homers allowed in 87-2/3 innings ... Chipper is 4-for-9 with two homers against him, and Adam LaRoche is 6-for-15. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Clouds break for Kachemak Bay photo 'message' Sep 10, 2009
Commercial fishermen and other mariners join Sunday off Homer to send a message to save the oceans from ocean acidification caused by fossil fuel emissions. ADN finds the news from all over Alaska and about Alaska from around the nation so you don't have to. (Anchorage Daily News)
Harold Tuttle Sep 10, 2009
To submit a free obituary, contact Newsroom Assistant Machelle Homer at (209) 369-7035. Paid obituaries are written by families. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Eagles perched atop statewide football poll Sep 9, 2009
He said things are set to get more difficult for the top-ranked Kardinals, who play Homer, Kodiak and Soldotna -- all potential playoff teams -- in the final three games of the regular season ... Kenai at Homer, 2 p.m.. (Anchorage Daily News)
Texas man recovering after being run over Sep 9, 2009
They drove up from Homer, where she lives, to attend the festival. With some friends, they went to a nearby field and sat, playing guitars. (Anchorage Daily News)
Anchorage angler grabs lead in Homer Sep 8, 2009
Anthony Sandoval of Anchorage took the early lead in the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby's final month with a 186. 4-pounder he boated Saturday. (Anchorage Daily News)
Chugach gas supply contract approved Sep 6, 2009
Without that analysis and discussion, the two asked, how could political leaders, Railbelt consumers and gas producers understand the meaning of the commission's approval of the tariff and how should utilities needing gas immediately -- Enstar, Matanuska Electric Association and Homer Electric Association -- be guided by the decision. "Most importantly," they asked, "does this tariff approval establish a price for Cook Inlet gas that producers and utilities can rely on in future contracts?". (Anchorage Daily News)
Master vs. pupil on the gridiron Sep 4, 2009
RECORDS: Homer 3-1 Northern Lights and 3-1 overall; East 0-3, 0-4 ... THE SKINNY: In Homer's five previous meetings with CIC schools -- all losses -- the Mariners have been outscored 155-35, including a 35-12 loss to South in 2005 ... Homer vs. East At AFS, 7 p.m.. (Anchorage Daily News)
Homer's city-owned ice plant nears record sales Sep 4, 2009
Patrick Dozier off-loads halibut at the Homer fish dock early Tuesday, July 13, 2004 ... Homer is the only Alaska port city that operates its own and the plant is well on its way to a record year. (Anchorage Daily News)
ALL PUMPED UP Sep 3, 2009
Payin thru the Nose wrote on Sep 2, 2009 11:02 AM:" Well that put prices above 4 bucks a gallon in spots here in Homer. Winter coming on, no breaks in sight. ". Power Wagon wrote on Sep 2, 2009 10:54 AM:" Jim from Boston;Give it up. You're obviously not smart enough to understand the PFD system since you still insist on looking at it as a "dole out" instead of the allocation of tax money that it is. I have seen you continuously make that reference in this site time after time while people... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Homer Spit will finally get full trail, city says Sep 3, 2009
The Homer Spit is a mixed bag of fishing, industrial and tourist interests but has no pedestrian facilities past the halfway point ... The city of Homer is planning to take over from the state construction of a pedestrian/bike trail on the Spit and get the long-stalled project moving again. (Anchorage Daily News)
Take advantage of the gluttonous fall fish Sep 3, 2009
The 30-mile long Anchor River north of Homer is a clear-water stream narrow enough that most fly fishermen can cast across ... "We really have no idea," said Nicky Szarzi, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist based in Homer. (Anchorage Daily News)
Service takes over top spot in poll Sep 2, 2009
The top four teams remain the same from last week, with Homer replacing Monroe at No. 5. Kenai is still the top-ranked team after beating up on four teams with a combined 3-13 record. (Anchorage Daily News)
More Glacier Bay Visits and Round-Trip Seattle CruiseTours Enhance 2010 Alaska Program Sep 1, 2009
"By adding them into the Amsterdam's new 14-day itinerary -- which already contains the exciting new ports of Homer, Kodiak and Anchorage -- we're offering the best of the best in southeast Alaska." ... Historic ports of call include Ketchikan, Skagway, Sitka, Victoria, British Columbia, and new for 2010, Anchorage, Homer, Kodiak and Juneau. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports: Aug 31, 2009
Rob Johnson contributed a two-run homer and Jose Lopez had a solo shot in the eighth, his 20th. Hasselbeck throws for 2 TDs in Seahawks' win, while Chiefs lose Cassel to injury. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
Letters to the editor (8/29/09) Aug 29, 2009
Anchorage Daily News. Daylight : 6:45 AM - 9:16 PM. (Anchorage Daily News)
17,500 Canadians Cant Be Wrong Aug 29, 2009
17,500 Canadians Can t Be Wrong. 6:00 am August 28, 2009, by Bob Barr. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
