She was known around Boonville as the Stick Lady, a gaunt, listing figure in hip-length khaki, high-water trousers, a leather Australian bush hat securely fastened to her head, a predictable sight every afternoon, rain or shine. On hundred degree days she'd walk in the morning. On rainy days Dolores would walk up and down the grandstand stairs at the Fairgrounds. Her daily effort may have extended her life, or abbreviated it.
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By this picture you would think that we are an average family getting our picture taken outside on a bright summer day. On another day you might be right, but on this particular day you…
Those involved in the marijuana industry now have the chance to put their names on a county registry that will allow priority processing once the state launches a medical marijuana licensing system. A resolution authorizing…
(Dec 22) Everyone is invited to join in singing songs of the season and songs of peace, hope, and light, on Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 7:00pm. This is the seventeenth annual free community Solstice Sing hosted…
Nobody in the District Attorney’s Office wanted the Arogundade case because they all knew it was bogus. The bad guy got away and left Jamiu Arogundade holding the bag. Literally. But it was a big…
As I write, on a cold, wet, and windy Sunday morning, the power is out at The Nest in the hills above the Christine Woods region, and possibly the whole Valley for all I know. This happens a lot less frequently in recent years but I am somewhat at a loss as to how I will do so many of the things I take for granted, not to mention that with the internet out and spotty cellphone service up here I am virtually incommunicado with the outside world. Not a bad thing at times, but right now these technical difficulties are a little inconvenient.
THE SUPERVISORS have approved a 16 percent pay raise for District Attorney David Eyster and a 10 percent raise for Sheriff Tom Allman. Supervisors McCowen and Woodhouse wanted to give Eyster more to ensure he…