A contractor with Armstrong Oil and Gas, the Denver-based operator of the North Fork gas field, has applied for a state permit to do a seismic survey of a 20-square-mile area in Nikolaevsk and the North Fork.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education got some lower-peninsula hospitality on Monday, with a dinner prepared for them by Nikolaevsk School and presentations by Homer Flex and Fireweed Academy at its work session and West Homer Elementary and Chapman School at its regular meeting, both held at Homer High School.

Russian Old Believer high school students taking next spring's high school qualifying exit exam face a choice of conscience: Do they follow the laws of the state or of their God? For the devoutly religious students attending school in the Old Believer communities of Nikolaevsk, Razdolna, Voznesenka and Kachemak Selo, there is no real choice.

Homer Volunteer Fire Department responded to 11 emergency medical calls for the week of Sept 21-27. Kachemak Emergency Services Area responded to one fire call and one medical call for the week of Sept.

Tears, hugs and shouts of joy marked high school graduation ceremonies at Homer Flex, Homer High, Ninilchik and Nikolaevsk schools last week.

At 10 years, Patrick and Susan Houlihan are relative newcomers to the south end of the North Fork Road.