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Posts published in July 2009

What Else Was Jackson Going To Do For An Encore?

Though I was never a huge fan of the man or his music, there's no denying that Michael Jackson was prodigiously talented, and if I didn't enjoy his classic work as much as a few…

Valley People 7/1/2009

PAPERS were delivered a day late most places last week because of a techno-mix-up at our usually infallible Willits printer, Printing X-Press. A COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE will be held at the Boonville Firehouse Saturday, July…

Bird’s Eye View 7/1/2009

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Good god, it’s been hot! However, there’s no rest for the wicked so here we go. Public Service Announcements: Just one this…

Off the Record 7/01/2009

WHEN GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER proposed closing 220 state parks to help ease the $24 billion (and deepening) state budget shortfall, the federal government said that if the state shuts its parks, the feds will take them…

Lives & Times of Valley Folk: Barbara Goodell

I met with Barbara at her home on Lambert Lane and, with a bowl of cherries, some smoked albacore jerky, and a delicious glass of lemonade, we sat down on the deck to chat. Barbara…

The Trial of Glenn Sunkett

Dusty Miller and Matt Graves had just eaten dinner on the evening of July 10, 2008, when everything went wrong. Miller and Graves were on one of their first dates at a mutual friend’s house…

Local Timber Industry on Life Support

And the IV is about to be yanked out. The recent decision by Calfire not to award a timber sale in Jackson Demonstration State Forest to the only (very low) bidder has sparked a controversy…

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