ONE DAY AT A TIME Editor, J. Biro seriously needed a buzz. He could talk the talk but like everyone he knew would rather do anything than actually meditate. He had already smoked up the…
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KZYX is advertising for a news director. Paul Hanson has resigned. I hope Hanson's departure wasn't inspired by an odd few hours two weeks ago that began with Hanson's visit to our office. Here's what…
BOONVILLE, having been severed from the grid Saturday night about 10:30, was a ghost town all day Sunday and remained lifeless until the power flickered back on at 7:30 Sunday evening. Only the Boonville Hotel…
Here on the West Coast of the United States the Japanese earthquake was swiftly domesticated in the early dawn hours of Friday as the possible dimensions of the tsunami speeding States-ward across the Pacific. On…
Amenities turn into luxuries as you suffer a class fall. Buying fresh-cut flowers and newly published books requires more “discretionary” income than you have. You either give them up or find other options. Access to…
Last week, I sat down for a comforting dinner of baked chicken, escalloped potatoes and delicious bread pudding at a senior center over 100 miles from home. I didn't know anybody in the room, so…
So much talk about the rich. They have all the money and get all the press. “Any publicity is good publicity,” said the manager of a band I had in the sixties. Charlie Sheen knows…
Cliff Glover recently gave us one of his bowls. Cliff is an excellent potter and a superb cook. Tall, and possessed of a magnificent froth of silver gray hair, Cliff and his partner Marion Miller…
DESERVING SWILL BUCKETS Editor, In my opinion, the Supes got it right, voting 5/0 to keep re-investing about $300K a year from Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) revenue to promote county-wide business and tourism. This represents…