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Aquarelle Restaurant in Boonville is re-opening this weekend, Friday, January 24. Like all local businesses they rely on Valley folks for support more than ever during the winter months and, as I’ve said many times, “Eating out is fun.”

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Who is the moronic motorcyclist who insists on tearing along Hwy 128 at approximately 80mph just north of Boonville at various times during the week and on Sunday afternoons in particular? The noise of his engine as he roars into the distance is most unsettling as you anticipate a deafening screech and crash at any moment. Hopefully he doesn’t kill anyone and the worst that happens to him is that his bike is wrecked and he has to wear a neck brace for a few months.

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The Valley’s only liquor license (for the near future at least) will take effect at The Buckhorn, Boonville, in the next few weeks. A great relief to many local folks, as surely a bar/restaurant with a full range of libations is a virtual necessity in any civilized society

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As we enter the New Year I believe we should acknowledge a couple of very special folks in the Valley: our most senior of seniors. The oldest Valley resident is 95-year old Freda Fox (born in 1918) who will be turning 96 in March, while our second eldest resident is Ross Murray (also a new born baby of 1918), who in September of this year will turn 96 years young.

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Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. So here we are once again. The holi­day season and the end of yet another year just around the corner. What happened…

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Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Is it cold enough for you? I thought so. As is often the case when the first such significant cold spell hits…

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Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. So how was your Turkey Day? Exces­sive and “over-the-top” I hope. I was kindly invited to an event attended by a cross-generational…

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Greetings one and all. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin. And a Happy “Turkey and Football Day” to all! What a great day. “Well done!” to whoever thought of it. Family, friends, food,…

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Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Fifty years ago, on November 22nd, 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Har­vey Oswald, Cuban dissidents, the KGB, the CIA, and…

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