by The AVA
“JOHN SCHARFFENBERGER: A Man and His Garden.” is the theme for a fundraiser for the local Ambulance Service. Scharffie’s splendid Philo acres have been featured in Martha Stewart Living, Garden Design magazine and the SF Chronicle among other wowed! publications, and is well-worth seeing, especially for a cause this good, which is our very own [...]
“Cleopatra’s nose, had it been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed.” So wrote Pascal, remembering how Caesar and Mark Anthony, those mighty generals of the Roman Empire, were captivated by Cleo’s commanding schnozz. This time Cleopatra’s nose took the form of Ted Kennedy’s brain tumor. If the tumor hadn’t finally [...]
Last Monday’s long-anticipated Budget Workshop began with 40-plus people wanting to tell the Board of Supervisors to spare certain services from the budget axe – the Willits library, the County Museum, the Coast Animal Shelter in Fort Bragg, Veteran’s Services, and Alcohol and Other Drug programs, all of which have already been cut substantially in [...]
by Bruce McEwen
Six black rappers in Covelo? On Chicken Ridge? It’s kind of complicated. You’ve got Darvel Blackwell, Clifton Jacobs, and Marquis Walker on one side of the beef, with Troy ‘T’ Sims, Jackie Slade, and Robert ‘Pete’ Long on the other. Robert Long was the easiest for the cops to identify because he had a bullet [...]
WRONG MISTAKES Dear Dr. Zack, Where have you been? I’ve got another problem that’s keeping me awake at night and I could use your help. I try to learn from my mistakes, so I don’t repeat them, but I keep remembering the wrong mistakes. If you know how to tell the difference between a right [...]
I was planning to plant peas Sunday morning. The moon was nearly full and therefore it should be a good time to put seeds in the ground to sprout. It was also a good time for digging fence post holes, according to the old timers. The full moon really does exact the same sort of [...]
by Steve Sparks
I met with Via at her house that she shares with partner Dave Martin on the Prather Ranch, just off Hwy 128 past The Grange Hall. She made a good strong cup of coffee and we sat down to talk. She was born Victoria Keller but was never referred to by that name. Growing up [...]
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Happy Easter, Christians! I was once reliably informed by a man who lived next door to a woman who had a cousin who had once visited the Vatican and saw the Pope give a speech that this is the most important time [...]
Striped bass came under direct attack in early March when a Bakersfield Republican introduced legislation that would eliminate all striped bass regulations, protection and habitat improvement with the goal of knocking the nonnative species into regional extinction. The bill comes from Assemblymember Jean Fuller under the premise that Chinook salmon numbers have dwindled due to [...]
There are certain moments which will always stand out in the mind of Minnesota Twins fans. Where were you when the Twins made it to the World Series in 1987 by beating the Detroit Tigers in the playoffs? I was in a cramped college apartment in Moorhead, watching the game on a tiny black and [...]
