by Bruce McEwen
On July 9th, Ira Bowes was walking along UP Avenue in Covelo, and as he passed the Hanover residence, he became the object of what spirited men refer to as “fighting words.” Being outnumbered three to one, Ira kept walking, apparently planning, as he walked, to get himself some reinforcements and return to the scene [...]
by The AVA
This Week: Opposing wine regulations; Outsourcing mental health treatment; Protesting the Supervisors; and much more
by The AVA
AARON BASSLER’S despairing father isn’t alone in his laments at the absence of effective mental health services. In Mendocino County those services, as they affect the most volatile persons, consist of the Mendocino County Jail where inmates see a couple of psych nurses and Dr. Rossoff, Mendocino County’s highest paid employee at around $220,000 a [...]
I spent last week compiling, organizing, and confirming the horde of information regarding the advent of the Grist Creek Aggregates proposed gravel mine in Covelo to write the (belated) next article in what was to be a series of articles on the project. Despite the fact that the hearing before the Board of Supervisors was [...]
by The AVA
COVELO OPEN PIT MINE Letter to the Editor On April 21, 2011 over fifty Round Valley residents made the trek down to Ukiah to appear at 9am to speak before the Planning Commission against the Planning Department Staff recommendation that the Grist Creek Open Pit Mining Project proceed without an EIR (Environmental Impact Report). They [...]
At one point during last Thursday’s hearing in front of the Mendocino County Planning Commission, as they considered a proposal for an open pit gravel mining operation in Covelo, I thought I heard a curious, faint, wheezing sound. As if sea creatures of some kind were rising to the surface of the water to breathe. [...]
by The AVA
CALL JERRY Dear Editor and AVA readers: I arrived at Tehachapi state prison with high hopes of something better to come. Sitting in the San Quentin reception center left me feeling numb. I escaped this time around in just over six weeks. Although still shackled and chained on that gray goose (prison bus), I felt [...]
by The AVA
HANK SIMS WRITES: ‘The Eureka Times-Standard kicks off with a piece on Humboldt County’s newest booming business opportunity: Raw logs shipped directly to Asia. Humboldt Bay Harbor District officials are expecting the business to grow quickly, writes North Coast Journal reporter Donna Tam. They’re forecasting a new ship every three weeks in the coming months, [...]
I have never spent the night in Covelo. The primary reasons that I have visited are rodeos, funerals and to clean or visit graves. My grandfather Elbert Perry ‘John’ Crabtree was from Round Valley. He was a lifelong cowboy and poured concrete septic forms on Thomas Lane in Ukiah for the first few years of [...]
by The AVA
NO HYDRAULIC FRACTURING Editor, Several weeks ago, most likely due to the Academy award nomination of the documentary, Gasland, the New York Times had not one, but two, front page articles within a week on the topic of hydraulic fracturing and the lax regulation regarding it. Hydraulic fracturing is the breaking up of underlying rock [...]
