Ah, spring — that time of year when the snow starts melting, the sun stays out longer, you can almost feel summer coming — and you lose an hour of sleep. The Betster hopes everyone is adjusting well, or well enough, after daylight saving rolled the clocks forward this past Sunday. Speaking of time and clocks, if you’re looking for things to fill your schedule this week, look no further than here! For details, check out these Best Bets!
Community organizations in Homer have been making plans for the annual Homer Winter Carnival Celebration, which marks its 70th year this weekend with the theme “What’s Old is New!”.
When the Doyon proposal to build a large hotel and a dense housing complex was first announced it immediately brought back memories of the history of that area. Seared in my mind is the image of the crumpled Ryan Air Beechcraft 1900C that took the lives of 18 souls on Nov. 23, 1987. It came to rest about 500 feet from the proposed hotel site. Several other fatal and non-fatal accidents have occurred near the airport and the Beluga Lake seaplane base. Among those was the crash of a Cessna 206 returning from Bradley Lake on March 19, 1991, killing all four on board. The pilot lost visual reference during a small snow squall and crashed in Mud Bay short of the runway.