Off the Record
by The AVA
This week: Wife beaters in Ukiah, The Major’s prediction, Congressman Corktop’s war games and much more.
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December, 2010
Valley People
by The AVA
GONE IN 2010 but not forgotten: Guido Pronsolino J. Robert ‘Bob’ Mathias Dustin Dilley Frances Sylvia Martin Dick Sand Thomas Charles ‘Tom’ Smith JoAnne Wyant Patricia ‘Pat’ (Noonan) Erickson Elwin Maxey Warren ‘Skip’ Harris Rosalie Reynolds Bea Coffman Lee Reynolds Ava Glover Ernestine Prather Laurie Howes Dave Broadbent Charles Davis Dorothy Mae Williams Mariano Lopez [...]
December 30, 2010 | Posted in Valley People | Read More »
Making the Rich Happy
Nicely in time for the end-of-year job ratings, President Obama has crawled from the political graveyard, where only a month ago wreaths were being heaped around his sepulcher. The Commentariat now gravely applauds his recent victories in the US Congress: repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell inhibitions on gays in the military; Senate ratification [...]
December 30, 2010 | Posted in Region/National | Read More »
The Best & Worst: Mendocino County 2010!
by The AVA
Including: Best petticoat larcenist! Most acquitted pot grower! Most confused political campaign! And much more!
‘I’ll Take It Under Advisement’
by Bruce McEwen
There used to be the Hatfields and the McCoys. In Mendocino County there’s the Petersons and the Carrs.
Our Lady of Perpetual Fun
Take Hwy 1 north to Maple Street. Take a right and follow it to where the road becomes a T. See that huge building you’re facing that looks like nothing you’ve ever seen in Fort Bragg? That’s the one. Find a place to park because this is where the magic happens. And you thought you [...]
Letters to the Editor
by The AVA
THE EAST COAST BLIZZARD Editor, What a glorious, glorious old time blizzard! It is sooooo beautiful, and the plows can’t keep up with the drifts. In returning from Manhattan, where I went to see the film “Social Network” with Howard B., I boarded the D train around 8:45 pm which then decided to go on [...]
December 28, 2010 | Posted in Letters to the Editor | Read More »
Top Secret
(Overheard at an Air Force radar systems acquisition office, mid-1970s.) … * * * Hey, Sarge. You left the safe open again. Oh, get off my case. Nothing in there’s important. But op-sec. Don’t you care about op-sec? Op-sec applies to unclassified information. Ok. But come on. Aren’t you supposed to keep the safe locked? [...]
December 28, 2010 | Posted in Essays | Read More »
Farm To Farm
“Kiss me,” she said. Fly and I both sat bolt upright and gazed perplexed into one another’s eyes with the aid of the scant green light afforded by the digits on the dashboard. Since the motor was rattled loose and useless and the three of us couldn’t very well sleep in the back seat, Dana [...]
December 28, 2010 | Posted in Farm to Farm | Read More »
Bird’s Eye View
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Happy New Year! In a couple of days it’s the amateur party-goer’s Big Night Out of the Year: New Year’s Eve! That’s fine of course, but I encourage others to try and enjoy the festivities too, and wherever and with whomever they [...]
December 28, 2010 | Posted in Bird's Eye View by Turkey Vulture | Read More »
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