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Off the Record (May 24, 2023)

DIANE KEARNEY, aka TR FACTOR, has died at age 89, a month shy of her 90th birthday. Ms. Factor lived for about ten years on the upper Mendocino Coast, and was a regular contributor to…

Variety Show 2023

After a three year hiatus (no show) the AV Variety Show roared back to life last weekend at the Anderson Valley Grange Hall. I attended the Friday show which was up to par in every…

Selling Newspapers, Springing Felons

As a kid I delivered newspapers (Cleveland News, Cleveland Press) and when I got older I worked 80-hour weeks in a ketchup factory. I spent college summers at a small shop that fabricated big ticket…

County Notes: Is Potter Valley About To ‘Go Dry’?

Lame duck 72-year old Supervisor Glenn McGourty doesn’t get excited about much these days. In fact, the only subject that still energizes him is water for grapes. So we were not surprised that he sounded…

Off the Record (May 17, 2023)

ONE ENCOURAGING national development is the push-back against the reverse bigotry launched by the pseudo-left. Veteran actor Richard Dreyfuss didn’t mince words the other day when he was asked about diversity rules for movies to…

ERRP: A Positive Force In Our Community

At back-to-back meetings last week (April 26 and April 27), the Laytonville Area Municipal Advisory Council (LAMAC) and the Laytonville County Water District (LCWD) Board, both approved supporting the Eel River Recovery Project (ERRP) in…

Notes On The AV Wildflower Show 2023

Last year I wrote a report on the 2022 Wildflower Show with this opening paragraph: “If there is one thing that stands out when looking at a large collection of wildflower specimens it is their…

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