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Posts published in August 2009

Valley People 8/05/2009

THERE ARE PEOPLE we all assume are indestructible, indomitable people who seem to go on and on, but whose passings, when they come even at an advanced age, are still unexpected. Rosalie Reynold's death in…

Letters to the Editor 8/05/2009

ADVOCATE GIVES LAW BREAKER A PASS Editor, The editor of the Fort Bragg Advocate News just told me she could not publish the below letter because it would open her up to liability regarding a…

Just a Matter of Time?

“I guess it was just a matter of time,” a patron of the Ledford House restaurant in Albion said when he heard about Anthony Geer’s DUI. Mr. Geer owns the renowned Coast eatery. Patrol deputies…

Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Kevin Burke

Before I begin this week’s interview I feel it is necessary to point out that my guests’ opinions are just that: their opinions; nothing more, nothing less. They are not substantiated by factual background research…

Off the Record 8/05/2009

WE'LL GIVE CLINT SMITH next week's front page because, as we went to press Tuesday afternoon, Judge Brennan hadn't announced his likely finding that Smith be spared prison time for his months-long sexual relationship with…

Bird’s Eye View 8/05/2009

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Two of the Valley’s most popular events are coming up this weekend. On Saturday, August 8th at noon it’s the Annual Airport…

What It’s Like to Die

I died in April, 1979, a Saturday morning that I seem, now, to remember as being sunny and animated, as most sunny spring days on the Mendocino coast are, with that naive optimism unique to…

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