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Save Our Fair

The Mendocino County Fair, aka The Boonville Fair, is on the ropes, running on fumes, life support, dying. Choose your favorite mortality metaphor. It applies. The Fair's annual state subsidy of about $215,000 has been…

Mendo Veterans At War

Stacey Cryer was wearing her psychic flak jacket as the Supervisors met to discuss the use of the County’s veterans facilities on November 6. Ms. Cryer, the amenable director of Mendocino County's Health and Human…

Genetically-Modified Democracy

Normally, I don't watch much television, as I am easily nauseated. But when the San Francisco Giants made the playoffs and then the World Series I made sure to catch every game. As a side-effect,…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Thanksgiving is upon us! My favorite holiday of the year when all you have to do is eat, drink, and be merry,…

Panther Soccer 2012

As reported last week, the 2012 high school boys’ soccer season ended in the “ultimate victory” for Anderson Valley — the post season Championship. However, as regular fans/readers will be well aware, it was a…

Election Notes, Mendocino County

Fleeting impressions. As usual, most people lost, and, as usual, almost half those eligible to vote didn't bother. Obama and Romney spent about six billion dollars raised from wealthy individuals and wealthy individuals organized as…

Looking Back, Part 5

My 2nd grade year in Mrs. Hickey’s class (the only one of my first four years in school during which my mother did not teach the same grade that I was attending) was no more…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. This month’s Birthday Greetings go out to Jeanne Nickless, Shirley Harris, Judy Long, David Kooyers, Cheryl Rajeski, Gerald Bowers, Peter Kayd, John…

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