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River Views

As if the sound of chainsaws in the six a.m. hour wasn’t bracing enough, bare feet on the kitchen floor stepped nearly toe to pincer with a scorpion. There are dozens of species of scorpions; ours are forest scorpions, Uroctonus mordax.

No Honeybees

“The busy bee has no time for sorrow.” — William Blake I am not a master gardener. I’ve been growing vegetables and flowers and herbs for fifty years, and at various times I’ve made my…

Off The Record

RAY WHITTAKER is a good ref and a good guy. Anybody who's attended a local ball game over three generations of Mendocino County high school kids can attest to his steady, competent fairness. He has…

Valley People

CURTIS ‘CURT’ BERRY, long-time resident of upper Greenwood Road, has died. We hope to have a full obituary in next week's paper. POINT ARENA'S high school baseball team is justly proud of being the first…

Mendocino County Today: June 6, 2012

PLEASE WRITE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR BILLY MAYFIELD'S PAROLE TO: GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN, STATE CAPITOL BUILDING, SUITE 1173, SACRAMENTO, CA, 95814. CURTIS ‘CURT’ BERRY, long-time resident of upper Greenwood Road, has died. We hope to…

Resistance To Nazis In A Land Riddled With Caves

We rode out of St. Julien, across the bridge over the Dordogne River and a mile down the other side of the river. We turned right on a side road toward a settlement called Le…

Mendocino County Today: June 5, 2012

RAY WHITTAKER is a good ref and a good guy. Anybody who's attended a local ball game over three generations of Mendocino County high school kids can attest to his steady, competent fairness. He has…

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