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Homer Cycling Club’s Martin Renner provides the energy to operate a blender and Adele Person pours the resulting smoothies for guests at Saturday’s Safe Kids Fair.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
Homer’s Best Bets
April 30, 2014 5:04 pm

If we were commissars, we’d be polishing our medals and fluffing up our big fur for the big May Day…

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Members of the Kachemak Bay Wooden Boat Society pose with Homer Boat Yard owner Mike Stockburger after he moved the Indomita from West Hill to the boat yard on Kachemak Drive last Friday. A Homer man donated the ketch to the society. From left to right are Jim Lunny, John Miles, Bummpo Bremicker, Dave Seaman and Stockburger.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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April 16, 2014 5:40 pm

Recently our reporters made two separate forays to Portland, Ore. No, this wasn’t a big story investigating the People’s Republic…

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Two blue herons are seen at the Homer Harbor. Blue herons are the largest of the North American herons. They can be found throughout North America and Central America shorelines and wetlands. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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April 9, 2014 5:43 pm

Some have been blaming the Post Office’s long lines of late to “T” time.  We’re not talking “tee” time as…

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With ice still covering Beluga Lake, this pair of swans spent a recent morning sailing on the warmer water of Beluga Slough.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
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April 2, 2014 6:10 pm

To the Betster, it looks like 2014 has two themes at work: weather and history.  Let’s take the weather first….

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A truck drives past waves crashing on the Homer Spit Road last Friday afternoon as the high tide comes in. Winds were 35 to 40 mph with seas up to 7 feet on a 17.6-foot high tide. This weekend’s forecast calls for better weather, with sunshine and temperatures in the low 30s and high 20s.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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March 19, 2014 3:22 pm

Let us suppose you lived in a far northern climate. Let’s say that you expect cold temperatures and have acquired…

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A bald eagle sits in a nest by the motorhome dump station across from the Homer Post Office last Thursday. A pair of eagles built the nest in 2012, and might be the same pair that had a nest in a tree by the Lake Street stoplight before a storm blew the tree down.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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March 12, 2014 2:38 pm

Sometimes the Betster isn’t tuned in to all the action going on in the world. On Monday while driving to…

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March 5, 2014 6:17 pm

The fun thing about living in Alaska is that it challenges us to get out of our comfort zones and…

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Williwaw plays last year for Marimba Madness. The showcase of African music returns at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Homer Elks Lodge, with Williwaw, Tamba Hadzi and Shamwari performing. Special guest stars Soriba and Shelley Fofana also perform. The event is a fundraiser for the Homer Council on the Arts.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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February 26, 2014 5:50 pm

Thanks to the web, you can now find not just winter jokes, but Alaska winter jokes. One of the Alaska…

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At the closing ceremonies of the 2014 Homer Winter Carnival on Saturday, Cathy Essex holds cue cards with the lyrics of Alaska’s Flag Song. Nichole Essex, right, displays her collection of  HWC buttons.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
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February 20, 2014 12:28 pm

If anyone doubted winter had finally returned to Homer, all you had to do was dance in the snow on…

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Lúnasa performs at the Mariner Theatre last Saturday. From left to right are Kevin Crawford, Cillian Vallely, Seán Smyth, Ed Boyd and Trevor Hutchinson on double bass.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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February 12, 2014 6:42 pm

As has now become apparent, the Betster has only been posing as a smart-aleck social adviser and in reality works…

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A group of rock sandpipers feed on the low tide last week at the Homer Spit.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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February 6, 2014 12:40 pm

Just when you thought our winter weather couldn’t get any weirder, along comes a new twist. We’re in a fire…

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A beach walker left bare footprints on the sand near Bishop’s Beach last Saturday, proof that for some it was warm enough to shed shoes.-Photo by Stan Purington
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January 30, 2014 10:50 am

The Betster would like to call back last week’s Best Bets in which yours truly said it appeared parts of…

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Homer News reporters Michael Armstrong, left, and McKibben Jackinsky, right, cut the cake at the 50th anniversary party for the Homer News last Thursday at VBS / Specialty Stoves. Former reporter Hal Spence is the background. For more photos, see the Spotted page at homernews.com.-Photo by Meldonna Cody
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January 22, 2014 4:11 pm

A quick glance at the weather forecast for a Pacific Northwest city calls for a chance of rain, and temperatures…

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