Seeking “Kathy hats”

In August of last year, our dear friend and longtime Homer resident, Kathy Morton, passed away from pancreatic cancer. This coming August, the Homer Council on the Arts (HCOA) will have a retrospective exhibition of her life’s art.

Kathy was a multi-talented artist who explored many creative forms, but she is perhaps best known for the distinctive hats she sold for years at the Homer Farmers Market. These hats were as unique and memorable as Kathy herself.

We are seeking community members who own a cherished “Kathy hat” and would be willing to share it as part of a special, thoughtfully designed display within the exhibition. If you have one of these one-of-a-kind pieces and are curious about participating, we would love to hear from you.

Please email sallierediske@gmail.com or call/text 907-299-1370 for more information.

Thank you,

Sallie Rediske



Reign Of Terror

The Department of Homeland Security, DHS, performs a vital public safety function when they remove violent felons off of our streets, but that’s not what’s going on here.

According to DHS, there are 2 million undocumented immigrants in Texas and 1.6 million in Florida. Although there are only 90,000 in Minnesota and 5,000 in Maine, ICE has focused this new Trumpian Reign of Terror on these two states. This is clearly political revenge in an attempt to force us to submit to his racial prejudices and incite a reason to invoke the Insurrection Act. Even off duty police officers have been racially profiled and detained.

Today, ICE and Border Patrol agents routinely conduct operations while masked to conceal their identities. This mirrors the Klu Klux Klan practices to intimidate and facilitate mob violence without risk of personal consequences. We’re told that we have nothing to fear. But, when armed officers of the government hide their identities, they’re telling us exactly what to fear.

Just like police batons, fire hoses, and German shepherd violence failed in the 1960s , the vicious, blatant executions in Minneapolis must galvanize this nation back to sanity.

Let’s be grateful to the people who are bearing witness and filming while protesting. We can join them by flooding messages to Senators Murkowski and Sullivan to end this nightmare. We can also contribute to organizations like ACLU and Immigrant Law Center of MN.

Michael A. LeMay

Veterans For Peace