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Farm To Farm

Sunday morning there was a message on the answer­ing machine from a neighboring rancher who said he'd found a dead goat in the middle of the pasture. Also sev­eral of his heifers had jumped fence…

Sports Notes

LeGarrette Blount in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers run­ning back who helped to beat the San Francisco 49ers last Sunday. He also was the Oregon Ducks running back who punched the Boise State football player after…

Panther Soccer 2010

The wonderfully successful 2010 Soccer Season is over and all that remains for me to do is to inform you of the team’s individual awards and to express gratitude to our many supporters. At a…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. And a Happy Thanksgiving to one and all for tomorrow! What a great day – “well done!” to whoever thought of it. This Mother-of-All national…

Attention Deficit Nonsense

“Tell the children the truth.” — Bob Marley 1957. Las Lomitas Elementary School. Menlo Park, California “I invite those people with ants in their pants,” pro­claimed Mrs. Davenport, my third grade teacher, “to run to…

Sheriff’s Budget Remains Fuzzy

During the discussion of the County’s annual budget all the way back in 1994 the then-Board of Supervisors unanimously declared that the Sheriff’s “overtime budget appears to be out of kilter.” Then-Sheriff Jim Tuso had…

Levity & The Latest Plan

It's already almost Thanksgiving.  How does this happen?  It's raining in Fort Bragg.  Wait, no- it's sunny. The Day of the Dead was a great memorial.  The local public access station here in Fort Bragg…

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