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Posts published in April 2010

When Issues Converge: The Pot Conference

Patients Out Of Time is a pro-cannabis reform group led by Al Byrne, a retired Naval officer, and MaryLynn Mathre, a Vietnam era nurse. Al survived two catastrophic events in which others died and over…

Kitten Stompers At The Supreme Court

Last Tuesday the Supreme Court patted America on the back about its specialness, its sacred right of free speech, by striking down a law which prohibited the selling of “crush” videos where kittens and other…

Meet The Guild Artists

It's been said that Mendocino County with its population of just under 90,000 souls, has more art­ists per capita than any other county in California — and Anderson Valley is the place many of these…

How an Alias was Born: The Howard Belkamp Story

Back in the early 80s, I understood there was a story that needed to be told, and I would have to be the one to do it. This story was called Redleg Boogie Blues and…

Farm To Farm

As far back as I can remember, birthdays have always spelled trouble for me. The minute I ever woke up I started misbehaving. These days the epiphany might not hit at all. I am only…

Yes on Measure A

The Boonville schools are falling down. They are half a century old, erected long before the computer and energy technologies that modern education has come to depend on. When today's high school and much of…

Father Knows Best

You could call them the Courthouse Players. Their repertory changes every day and fresh talent? An annual cast of thousands! The Mendocino County Courthouse stages new dramas every working day, but some weeks the material…

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