50^th Anniversary of Statehood Committee
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 5:00 pm
Conference Room
Meeting Synopsis

Session 09-01 a meeting of the 50^th Anniversary of Statehood Committee was called to order at 5:05 pm on February 17, 2009 in the City Hall Conference Room located at 491 E. Pioneer Avenue, Homer Alaska.

Present: Craig Forrest, Mayor Jim Hornaday, Marie Walker, Heather Beggs

Staff: Dru Corbin

Absent: Bill Smith

VISITORS – none

SYNOPSIS

BUSINESS

1. Calendar of events for the year was discussed.

• March 8 – Homer premier of the Torrent Shipwreck at the Homer Theater
• April12-18 – National Library Week, at the Homer Public Library
• May 7-10 – Shorebird festival & Seafest with the Chamber
• May 21-24 – Seafest Celebration of the Sea
• June12-16 – Kenai Peninsula Writers Conference Kachemak Bay Campus on June 16
• June 26-28 – Homer Yacht Club Land’s End Regatta
• July 4 – 4^th of July celebration with parade, community picnic, dance
• July 18 – Homer Street Faire
• August –ARTrageous
• October 16– Statehood Memories
• November 7– Puttin’ on the Ritz
• December 31– Fireworks Extravaganza

2. 4^th of July Celebration

It was decided to contact the Elks to see if they would do the BBQ and coordinate the dance using the some of the funds we have in our budget. Dru will make contact and see what we can come up with.

3. October 16 would be a great time to have the “show & tell” of statehood memories for those with items from before statehood and stories to tell from around that time. Contact will be made at Islands and Oceans to host it there.

4. Fireworks – it was talked about checking into fireworks on 12/31 of 2009.

COMMENTS OF THE AUDIENCE - none

COMMENTS OF THE CITY STAFF - none

COMMENTS OF THE CHAIR - none

COMMENTS OF THE COMMITTEE - none

ADJOURNMENT - Meeting adjourned

NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR: To be announced