Homer News

Mike Heimbuch Way too long after the normal weekly deadline for submitting my column, I started a piece about the City going after Mike Kennedy for the egregious display of recycled "durable goods" in his yard.

It takes a lot of hard work to make a living as an artist in Homer. From throwing thousands of pots at arts and crafts shows to welding steel, a handful of artists have managed to support themselves by their creations and make some cool art in the process.

Curves has moved to a new spot in the Orca Building on Pioneer Avenue - " back up from its old quarters on Lake Street.

Residents looking for a way to get or stay in shape had a new place to go as of 6:30 a.m. Monday.

One step closer to completing the Lexus and Scholastic EcoChallenge, the recycled fashion show accentuated the "reduce, reuse and recycle" message put forth by Homer's EcoLogical team with some modeling help from the Girl Scouts.

Bearfoot, the band that started as a group of Anchorage bluegrass camp counselors, returns to Homer for one performance at 7 p.m. Nov.

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard ssigned to either the USCGC Hickory or USCGC Roanoke Island have taken the motto "always ready" to heart when it comes to their duty station.

Citizens, relax. There's no need to worry. Everything is fine. Just move along and pay no attention to that man in the hockey mask juggling bloody chainsaws.

Warren Beachy, of Beach Construction, prepares concrete where above-ground fuel tanks will be placed at Petrol Marine's fuel station in Anchor Point.

Advice applies to all creative undertakings: Trust your instincts. Never underestimate yourself.

In a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Homer Mayor Pro Tempore Dennis Novak urged citizens "to observe this month by becoming aware of the tragedy of domestic violence." Charges filed in court this month show the range of domestic violence incidents.

Saturday night was the end of a long, long wait for Tom Youngblood of Homer. The waiting must have been worth it, judging by Youngblood's ear-to-ear smile and the $40,440 check tucked under his arm.

Get your paper whites while the supply lasts. I must say that a container of these lovely narcissus blooming in the deepest darkest days of winter are a joy.

Every seven years it seems like Homer goes through the Great Churn. All of a sudden, people who have lived here since Brother Asaiah was on the Homer City Council and held the same job since Jim Hornaday first wielded a gavel as judge, not mayor just up and leave.

Photo by Nina Faust - Lesser Sandhill Cranes are photographed here above Inspiration Ridge Reserve as they gather for fall migration.

Emily Johnson explores such themes as socialism, the environ-ment, relationships and displacement in her dance performances.

The next Homer City Council meeting on Oct. 26 will see one new face and one familiar -- but absent -- face.

Kelly Jackman, center, director of the Homer Boys & Girls Club, mugs it up with members Vince Waddell, left, Jarrett Johnson, right, and Jake Marquardt, bottom.

Have you ever flown across the country and looked down on all the little cities and towns passing below your feet? Traffic flows by on highways, smoke drifts up from chimneys and lights shine from homes as hundreds of million Americans going about their daily lives.

Surrounding a cutout of Homer Simpson are members of Homer High School's DDF team.