On the 4th of July, 1826, America celebrated the 50th anniversary of her Independence. John Adams, the second President of the United States, died on that day at the age of 90. His last words…
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I defy you to read this all the way through and tell me we don't need Single Payer in this country. Every time the subject of healthcare comes up at the County level we get…
(AVA June, 1996.) In-Service Training by Richard Carlson The legislature determined that we needed uplifting and sensitizing, so five or six days a year — the dreaded SIP days (Student Improvement Program) — we went to…
Graduation Speech 2012 by Olivia Allen (Anderson Valley High School 2012 Salutatorian.) This evening is the night that we have been anticipating for twelve long years. And, as I’m sure the teachers of the Anderson…
This article first appeared in the AVA in June, 1996. (I have included an excerpt from Wikipedia about Mr. Blackburn as introduction/background. — Mark Scaramella * * * A memoir of author/lyricist Tom Blackburn Dirty…
We’ve seen our share of officially-sanctioned buffoonery from the Supervisors over the years, unconsciously comic performances from County Ag Advisor Glen McGourty, (former) Supervisor Nelson Redding, County School Superintendent Paul Tichinin, Supervisor Tom Lucier, the…
STONED DOGS Dear Editor, There is truth to these stories about “stoned dogs,” temporarily disoriented, unable to move normally. But it's not a dangerous situation, as stated by Glenda Anderson in the 5/17/12 Press Democrat:…