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Posts published in October 2009

La Familia In Boonville?

The Mexican drug cartel La Familia went down last week, big time, with kingpins arrested in 19 states and 750 pounds of meth seized and Michoacan, the birthplace of most Mendocino County immigrants, much in…

Keevan Labowitz from Kenya

I found a note in the faculty room at AVHS and think it deserves a broader audience. These are excerpts not the entire text. “What’s up music lovers!? So I am currently living in Kenya…

Alphonse Riede

Alphonse Joseph Hingel Riede, born April 10, 1930 in Toronto, Ontario, the only child of Katharine (nee Hingel) and Alphons Riede. Alphons died peacefully after a long illness in Mendocino Coast Dis­trict Hospital. He was…

Letters to the Editor 10/28/2009

APPRECIATING HISTORY I Letter to the Editor, Our Enclosure Project is well under way! We want to extend thanks to the many donors that are making this project a reality: The Miner-Anderson Founda­tion, Anderson Valley…

Gowan’s Generosity

The Gowan family once again invited every kinder­gartener and first grade student to come on down and pick (for a tiny fee) their very own Hallow­een pumpkin right out of the field where they were…

Why is Tim in jail?

Editor, My soon to be wife and I  find ourselves in an unfor­tunate situation due to Mendocino County detectives failure to perform their full duties as peace officers. My name is Tim Taber and I…

Valley People, 10/28/2009

THE ANNUAL LION'S CLUB Halloween costume parade is this Saturday night, October 31 at 7pm at the high school gym. Everyone welcome. There will be with costume prizes awarded little kids preschool through fourth grade,…

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