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Federal Prosecutors, ‘Marijuana Stores’ & Large Grows

So apparently it’s back to Prohibition now. Or that’s at least what the four California US Attorneys, gathered in Sacramento, wished to convey in a joint press conference in Sacramento this last Friday morning. While…

Panther Futbol 2011

Author’s Note: The report below speaks of football when to some readers it means soccer, or perhaps futbol to others. The season continued to sputter along last week when, following two games lost the previous…

Panther Football 2011

Author’s Note: The following article refers to football, because the ball is a foot long, and this is America. Last season, the Panther football team went to Potter Valley and won a 68-64 offensive slugfest…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. It’s raining! Well, it is that time of year and hopefully everyone got their roofs fixed, gutters cleared, wood piles tarped, and…

Lives & Times Of Valley Folks: Beverly Bennett, Part 1

I met Beverley at her home at the Philo Pottery Inn and we sat in the lovely garden with some ‘real’ tea and biscuits (cookies) as we began our chat. Beverley was born in 1951…

Farm To Farm

The country roads in our valley are decorated with blowing cornhusks and broken pumpkins, remnants of crops not intended for human consumption, as the autumn harvest is in full swing. I get a tour of…

The Short, Sad Saga Of Aaron Bassler

And thus ended the short, sad saga of Aaron James Bassler, shot to death a little after noon on last Saturday's perfect fall day. The 35-year old Bassler had shot and killed two Mendocino Coast…

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