THE 91st ANNUAL BOONVILLE FAIR, technically the Mendocino County Fair, has come and gone. The crowds seemed larger than ever in all senses including the diabetic, but also more wholesome in a child-oriented way than the drinkin' and fightin' fairs of the sixties into the early seventies when Slim Pickens, then a rodeo caller, declared Boonville "the roughest rodeo town" he'd ever worked, and he'd worked some rough ones.
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MICHAEL SLAUGHTER has died, just as he said he was going to do in his final message to us.
A long-time subscriber all the way back to the 1980s, Michael had sent us an email that said, "Today I die. Thank you for the decades together. Michael Slaughter.”
In Pontevedra, the din of motors and horns has been replaced by birdsong and human voices.
Fair Weekend;
Truck Driver;
Rancho Bust;
Boonville Schools;
Rubber-stamping Folsom;
River Development;
Autumn;
Escobar Complaint;
Little Dog;
Felony Hugging;
Complex Update;
Hydrogen Trains;
Settler Trial;
Plant Sale;
Opaque Hospital;
Police Reports;
Homeless Jobs;
Fountaingrove Book;
Yesterday's Catch;
Betrayed;
Boring;
Harry Stanton;
Discipline;
Fear;
Marihuana;
Fallen Catholics;
Gibbons' Day;
Monster Fishing;
Liberals Stink;
Burp Hollow;
Open Studios;
1940;
Haschak Endorsement;
Sanctuary Fundraiser;
Whorehouse Theater;
Defense;
Vacancies;
Ken Kesey;
GOP Plan
PG&E Bailout;
Ed Notes;
Medical Responses;
Help Hooty;
Homeless Problem;
Miata Mystery;
Little Dog;
Willie's Choice;
Yesterday's Catch;
Michael Slaughter;
YesterLadies;
Going Back;
What?!;
Sea Stories;
Trickledown Worsens;
Polystyrene Cladding;
Storm Deal;
Immortal Selves
Cyclist Killed;
Vehicle Rollover;
RV Fire;
Little Dog;
Planning Question;
Conehead;
Complex Update;
Needless Fight;
Museum Board;
County Business;
Pets;
Never Acknowledged;
Firefighter Cuts;
Yesterday's Catch;
Ruined Land;
Hurricane Prep;
Vague Proposition;
Art Career;
Marco Radio
Bonni Davi;
Blattner Service;
Retardant Kill;
Dixie Lamentation;
Little Dog;
Complex Update;
Firemobile;
Water Policy;
Fisherman;
Driver Dolly;
Bush Again;
Watershed Blues;
McCowen Patrol;
B Agenda;
Yesterday's Catch;
Ukiah Elks;
Umpire Pay;
Dark Matter;
Fired;
Revelation;
BYO Bong;
Scrabble Tournament;
Obsessions;
Plant Sale;
Unique Experience;
Horndog Kavanaugh;
Cold War;
Blood Bros;
Dem Contract;
Liberials;
Marco Radio
McCowen Rumor;
Albion Lawsuit;
Foodshed Fair;
TV;
Recommended Reading;
Little Dog;
Blank Checks;
Voicemail Brown;
Praise-a-thon;
Hospital Meetings;
Noyo Net;
Political-Media Complex;
Pinches Endorsement;
Yesterday's Catch;
Food Radio;
Grand Strategy;
Fireproof Homes;
Perception;
Science Sunday;
USA Healthcare;
Meetings Canceled;
Museum Admission;
Behind Bars;
Busytown;
FBI Infiltration;
Hurricane Florence