Greetings one and all. Are you are sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin. This coming Monday, January 18, Martin Luther King’s birthday. With the world facing so much chaos and uncertainty, and witnessing hatred, cruelty, and conflict in so many places, it certainly seems appropriate to pay heed to his words, “We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools.” As true today as on the day he uttered it.
Public Service Announcements. #543. The General Knowledge and Trivia Quiz held at Lauren’s Restaurant is now on its winter/spring schedule of 7pm on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month. #544. The Vets from the Mendocino Animal Hospital will visit the Valley on two Thursdays this month: tomorrow, January 14, and next week, January 21. As always they will be at the AV Farm Supply on Highway 128, north of Philo from 2-3.30pm and I suggest you arrive later but if you get there before 3pm your pet will be seen. #545. Need a burn permit? From 11am to 3pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays you can get one from the Firehouse in Boonville. Call 895-2020 for more information or stop by. #546. The Boonville Farmers Market continues every Saturday at its winter venue, outside The Boonville General Store, from 10am-12:30 pm. For more info call Cindy at 895-2949. #547. The AV Lending Library, run by The Unity Club, is open at The Fairgrounds on Tuesdays 1.30-4.30pm and Saturdays 2-4pm. #548. The County Dump is open from 9am-4pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. Remember, no dead animals! The number for the Dump is 895-3569. It’s good to check first to be sure they’re open. The Recycling Center in Boonville at The Fairgrounds parking lot is open Wednesday-Saturday, 9-4pm (489-2033). #549. The “Second Wednesday Drumming Circle” will be at The Grange tonight, Wednesday, January 13 from 7-9pm. To confirm, perhaps call Andy at 895-3020.
Here is the menu for the Community lunches over the next week in the Senior Center at the Veterans Building in Boonville: $6 donation for seniors and $7 for Non-seniors. Tomorrow, Thursday, January 14, the lunch, served by Marti Titus and her crew at Noon, will be Vegetable Beef & Barley Soup with Banana Split Cake for dessert. Then, next Tuesday, January 19 at 6pm, the lunch will feature General Tso's Chicken with Carrot Cake for dessert. Meals include vegetables, salad bar, and fruit, plus milk, coffee, tea, and lemonade. What a deal— the best $7 you’ll spend all week! Hopefully you will be able to attend, and remember. ALL ages are welcome! Hope to see you there.
Topics and Valley events this week at The Three-Dot Lounge: “Moans, Groans, Good Thoughts, and Rampant (yet surprisingly reliable) Rumors from my favorite gathering place in the Valley.
…Update from Crab Feed Central. Tickets for perhaps our most community-centric Valley event of the year, The “Original” Crab Feed to benefit the Catholic Church on Saturday, February 6, are now on sale, and selling fast! They are $45 each, just 300 available. This is the 14th year of the “Original” Feed — more popular than ever so they will sell out. To buy yours, call either Gloria Ross at 895-3071 or John Schultz at 895-9552.
…“The cat is out of the bag.” Or to be more accurate, “the pig is out of the sty.” Yes, the long-awaited and much-anticipated opening of The Bewildered Pig has been announced. They will present their opening weekend at the location at the Floodgate in the Valley’s Deep End, formerly occupied by Coq au Vin, from Thursday, January 21 to Sunday, January 24th. I cannot imagine that drop-ins will be available so make reservations if you wish to be among the first to check out the latest addition to the Valley’s culinary scene. 895-2088. After all the hard work put in by the owners, we here at The Nest wish them every success, and not just because they are less than ten minutes flying time away!
…On the topic of local restaurants: a little bird told me that, following a winter break, Aquarelle Cafe is re-opening on Friday, January 22, with Libby’s Restaurant starting up again on a date nobody seems to know. Meanwhile, I hope to exclusively reveal a new development on our local restaurant scene in the next week or two.
…Several regulars reported that they thoroughly enjoyed their evening of basketball last Friday at the high school gym in Boonville. This was as a direct result of watching the victories against Mendocino for both the varsity and junior varsity boys teams, 52-45 and 42-28 respectively. Although the local girls went down valiantly in their match-up with the Cardinals, the two wins for the boys were as sweet as they always are against their traditional rivals, whose Varsity boys team in all likelihood will be battling the Panthers for the league title this season.
…From our 3-Dot regular, The Old Buzzard, comes another in his insightful series. “Signs that the Apocalypse is Approaching.” Buzzard reports, “As regular readers will be aware, at this time of year I have some insights into the NFL play-offs that have led to significant financial gain in the past. Or they certainly would have, if professional sports betting was legal of course. Although you will have to take my word for it, I was correct on three of the four play-off games last weekend and expect this trend to continue. Here are my selections for the coming weekend’s games, against the point-spread of course, after all we’re at the big boys table and it’s not a place for the faint of heart or fearful. I like the 5-1/2 points that a dangerous Kansas City (adequately quarter-backed by former 49er Alex Smith) are being given to take on Coach Belichick and his Patriots in New England on Saturday afternoon. As he has done so often before, Tom Brady may end up getting his team a win but I am betting they do not do so by more than 5. Up next, with some hesitation I recommend that you take the 7 points and go with Green Bay to not lose by more than that in Arizona. On Sunday morning, Carolina will surely stomp the Seattle Seahawks whose good fortune must end at some point, and the Panthers victory will be by more than the 3 points they will have to give. And for the final game of the weekend, I am going with the Steelers to straight up beat an unconvincing Payton Manning-led Denver Broncos. The Steelers will not even need any of the points they will get in spread-betting circles. At least three of these will surely be winners because a winning percentage of 50% or less is unacceptable at this level, even if it is just for fun and money is not involved. However, if more than one goes awry then you will know that the “fix is in” and that the NFL and its associates in Las Vegas are even more intertwined and crooked than we thought. Obviously, in a family newspaper such as the AVA, gambling talk cannot be condoned, so this is presented for entertainment purposes only.
I’m outtahere, and I’m taking the Old Buzzard with me; we’ve got see a man about a sheep. So, until we talk again, Keep the Faith; be careful out there; if you break a leg don’t come running to me; stay out of the ditches; think good thoughts; be wary of strangers with more dogs than teeth; be kind and show love to your pets; and may your god go with you. A final request, “Let us prey.” Sometimes poking, often stroking, but almost always humbly yours, Turkey Vulture. Contact me through the Letters Page or at turkeyvulture9@gmail.com. PS. Keep on wagging that tail, Fred. Hi, Silver Swan. Behaving yourself? Hopefully not!. Espero que usted está teniendo un gran tiempo, Round-eyed Robin.
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