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| Wednesday, May 7, 2008 |
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NANA Regional Corp., officials have recently been making the rounds on
the Kenai Peninsula to discuss two mining initiatives likely to share
space on the Aug. 26 ballot. One Clean Water Initiative is already approved for the ballot. The other is currently on appeal before the Alaska Supreme Court, with a decision that could be issued by summer. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced in April that it will open Kachemak Bay to non-commercial tanner crab fishing on July 15, 2008. Subsistence, personal-use and sport fisheries for Tanner crab will open in the waters of Kachemak Bay, east of a line between Anchor Point and Point Pogibshi. Department surveys estimate the abundance of legal sized male Tanner crab has met the minimum criteria for opening the fishery under the management plan adopted by the Alaska Board of Fisheries in 2002. Anyone looking for a really special Mother’s Day gift might consider a hooligan — or better yet, a whole mess of them. Even better yet, take Mom fishing on the Kenai River and help her net her own mess. Of course, it might help if she likes being wet, cold and muddy and heading and gutting dozens of slippery little fish before eating them crispy fried in butter and topped with fresh chives. Either way, it’s guaranteed to be a more memorable gift than the conventional buffet dinners most moms will be treated to their special day. Homer saw it’s first and perhaps only cruise ship for the summer on Monday when the Statendam docked for about 11 hours. The Holland American cruise held about 1,100 passengers and 500 crew, said acting Harbor Master Bryan Hawkins. They are on a 66-day cruise. Teams and individuals brought in 950 bags of trash to the Chamber of Commerce Saturday concluding another annual clean-up day to eliminate some of the debris that collects over winter. Youth brought in 109, adults 157, groups 400, families 87. Recycling netted 197 bags. This year’s efforts topped 2007 by 83 bags. Prizes were awarded to the three top collectors in each category and an additional 16 people won prizes from fluorescent coupons hidden in “garbage hotspots.” Get free packaging material South Peninsula Hospital will now recycle packing materials by offering them to the community for reuse. Thanks to the space afforded from the newly expanded warehouse, an area has been designated to store clean, separated packing materials. Bubble wrap, plastic air “bladders,” “peanuts” and shipping paper are some of the items stored there Homer city elections might spark more lively debate between candidates and the public might be able to better gauge positions if a new ordinance is adopted by the council. Public testimony will be taken at Monday night’s Homer City Council meeting on a proposal made by Councilman Dennis Novak to change elections to a seating system. |
Math Wizards
Students from West Homer participated in the Math Bowl at Seward Elementary on Friday, and took first place overall in the competition. From left to right are: Quinn Daugharty, Myles Cullenberg, Nicholas Faulkner, John Walsworth and Drew Brown.
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