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Valley People 9/9/2009

PERHAPS THE BIGGEST CROWD in Navarro's crowded history gathered Monday afternoon to hear the majorly talented Winter Brothers and Dale Gieringer sing the blues. From all accounts everyone went away happy, happy and amazed that…

Off the Record 9/2/2009

THE CROOKS and incompetents who've combined to loot The Redwood Coast Senior Center have persuaded its endlessly pliable board of directors to contest the grand jury's recent findings that they are in fact a gang…

Valley People 9/2/2009

SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT J.R. COLLINS confirmed Tuesday that one student at Anderson Valley Elementary has tested positive for swine flu. Collins said he hoped “people don't panic” over the one case and that the school is…

Local Food Assistance

The Boonville Farmers’ Market cash assistance program, otherwise known as Boonville Community Supported Agriculture (BCSA), is in need of immediate monetary donations to keep it afloat for the remainder of this market season. The BCSA…

Valley People 8/26/2009

LESTER ‘Smitty’ Smith, of Philo, will get his life savings back. According to Smitty's attorney, Keith Faulder of Ukiah, the District Attorney’s office has finally agreed that the confiscated cash, as Smitty has insisted all…

Richard H. ‘Dick’ Sand

Richard Hunter 'Dick' Sand of Boonville died on Sunday, August 16, 2009. He was born March 26, 1935 in the state of Maine. Mr. Sand was a retired heavy equipment operator for CalTrans. Mr. Sand…

Madge Gibson

 Madge Day Gibson passed away peacefully at her home in Brunswick Village Assisted Living Community, Nevada City, on August 11. She was 90. Memorial services for Mrs. Gibson will be held Saturday, August 29, 2009…

Off the Record 8/26/2009

THE DISGUSTING NEWS that Pol Brennan, Irish Nationalist, has been deported reached Boonville last Friday. Mrs. Brennan writes: “I got a call at 3am this morning that Pol had been taken early in the morning…

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