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The holidays present an increased risk of home fires--often involving cooking, Christmas trees, candles and decorations. Most of these home fires, though, can be prevented during the holidays and beyond. 

Here are a few basic tips to make sure your holidays are happy and bright -- and not in the flashing-siren kind of way.

Click on the attachment below to check out schedule changes during Winter Break.  New Community Recreation activities/programs will be starting in January 2018!

City offices will be closed New Year's Eve, Friday, December 31^st.

Offices will be open again Monday, January 2nd during regular business hours.  

Our best wishes to everyone for a healthy, prosperous new year!

The Alaska Tsunami modeling group just finished a tsunami hazard assessment for the community of Homer where they mapped the probable extent of inundation generated by earthquakes as large as the 2011 Tohuku earthquake in Japan as well as inundation caused by local submarine landslides in Kachemak Bay.

Alaska is the largest tsunami “producer” in the United States.  These tsunamis have the potential to reach Alaska coastal communities within minutes of the earthquake.  Saving lives and property depends on how well a community is prepared.

The City of Homer received two awards this month from the Alaska Rural Water Association.  The awards, presented at the Association's Annual Training Conference,  recognize systems and operators that have done an outstanding job in the water and wastewater field.

BIG NEWS! 
The Homer Public Library has recently been awarded one of 25 grants as part of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Libraries Ready to Code initiative sponsored by Google.  This grant will fund programs and opportunities at the library over the next year that support computational thinking and computer science for youth, from preschool to high school, and their families.

Teen drivers comprise of just over 5% of Alaska’s licensed drivers, yet they typically make up over 20% of total motor vehicle fatalities and 30% of major injuries. 17% of fatal and major injury crashes involved an alcohol impaired teen driver.

The City of Homer participated in a Homer High School sponsored career "fair" during the school's October 17^th Focus on Learning classes.

Despite days of rain interspersed with days with strong winds, the progress is being made on the Boat House Pavilion.  

Equipment, building materials and a crew is on site. The steel frame went up recently and currently concrete work is in progress. 

The Boat House crew reports that electrical work happens soon and Bay Weld Boats is getting to work on the beautiful mast that will really cap off the pavilion's maritime design. 

Alaska Book Week is an annual, statewide celebration of Alaska's authors and books.  Homer Public Library and Friends of the Homer Public Library are celebrating with the following free book reading events.  Join us at the Library for one or all!

Thursday, October 5^th at 6 pm

Author Joseph Robertia reads from his book:  Life with Forty Dogs:  Misadventures With Runts, Rejects, Retirees and Rescues.