Off the Record
by The AVA
This week: A shootout in Gualala, a mutiny at the Board of Supervisors, Oliver Stone goes South of the Border and much more
Archive for:
July, 2010
Joy Greenfield & The Russians
The New Cold War comes to Mendocino County.
Valley People
by The AVA
WILLIE HOUSLEY reminds you parents out there that it’s time to sign your boy childs, 7-15, up for youth football this Saturday at the Boonville Fairgrounds, 10am to 6pm, which gives you 8 full hours to get it done. Information at 485-4879 or 895-2688. TO HELP FUND Youth Football, a men’s softball tournament is being [...]
July 29, 2010 | Posted in Valley People | Read More »
Hoyle & The Bulgos
by Bruce McEwen
The high profile bust featuring the Bulgarians of Covelo has devel oped an added angle — and more defendants.
Blocked Block Party Redeemed: City Settles in EcoMotion Fiasco
Fort Bragg City Council was going to allow a fundraiser block party in the streets of the city. Then they canceled it and kept a $5,000 deposit EcoMotion laid down for the event. Now, after a lot of bad noise, they’re giving it back. According to Nicole Kench, EcoMotion event promoter and founder, city manager [...]
“Not Just Something You Stand in Front of Then Walk Away From”
Studio Odd Hours, which you may or may not remember, has ceased to exist. For those of you who did not know of the “intelligent, New American Art” displayed in downtown Fort Bragg, or who refused climbing the flight of stairs leading to the second-story exhibition room on First Fridays: shame on you. The norm-bending [...]
Letters to the Editor
by The AVA
OUT TO PASTURE To whoever accused me of being “severely neglected”— My name is Filly and I am the equine equivalent of a 95-97-year-old woman. I know you have this beautiful image in your head of what a horse should look like: smooth muscles rippling under a glossy coat perhaps. Just strike that from your [...]
July 28, 2010 | Posted in Letters to the Editor | Read More »
Farm To Farm
Last week my four year-old son and I harvested maybe six pounds of roma tomatoes. They came in earlier this year on account of the starts were blooming in early June when they finally found their way into the soil. “I’ll probably get a nice crop of early ones,” I thought when we set them. [...]
Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Mary Pat Palmer
by Steve Sparks
I met with Mary Pat at her home at the Philo School of Herbal Energetics which she runs in the Christine Woods area between Philo and Navarro. Her two dogs, Bear and his mother Sola, along with Mary Pat, greeted me and after a brief look at the wonderful garden we sat down to talk. [...]
July 28, 2010 | Posted in Lives & Times | Read More »
Bird’s Eye View
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. I was just one of over a hundred people in attendance at the most recent live music show down in The Deep End at Dave Evans’ Navarro Store on the Sunday before last. The performances went from around 3pm thru to 11pm [...]
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