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Noble Waidelich – One Year Later

Noble Waidelich answers the call as any good insurance agent might.  Waidelich is pleasant and professional, remaining calm even after learning the caller seeks a…

Ten Things about the Best Fest in the West

1. The Sierra Nevada World Music Festival is returning to Boonville this weekend of June 16-18 after five years off. It will be a tribute…

County Notes: The Answer Is No

Dozens of county employees and their union rep Patrick Hickey showed up at the Supervisors’ Tuesday morning budget hearing to ask that the County at…

Off the Record (June 14, 2023)

MIKE GENIELLA: Tommy Wayne Kramer just doesn’t get it. He continues his smug, arrogant attacks on the native landscaping at the Grace Hudson Museum although…

Deluge, Budget Deficit & Wishful Thinking

On Sunday the Heavens parted. Last Sunday’s (May 28th) super-torrential drenching reminded me of a sudden Illinois late Spring deluge that ends almost as soon…

TR Factor

Born in Portland Oregon in 1933, Diane Lee Burdick was the only child of Bill, a jack-of-all-trades Canadian immigrant, and Elna Jean, an Oregon-born portrait…

Off the Record (June 8, 2023)

CORRECTION: Last week’s interesting page 12 article about “The Honorable Occupation of Tie Hacking” was missing the byline. It was written by local historian and…

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