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Posts published in “Day: August 11, 2010

Letters to the Editor

THE BAD SUPERINTENDENT Dear Editor, Mark Iacuaniello, superintendent of the Point Arena Schools District in Point Area, retired August 1, 2010. He arrived at Point Arena in 2001 after he was “let go” as superintendent…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably I shall begin. Let’s start with a couple of those good news/bad news items that can be either one of the two depending on your perspective.…

Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Pilar Echeverria

On a sunny Friday morning I met with Pilar on the deck behind the Ferrer Building in downtown Boonville and with a much-needed cup of delicious coffee that she had provided from her Mosswood Market…

The Texting Drug

As more people discover how to send text messages on their ever-present cell phones, we have become a nation of hypnotized zombies who stare into our phones while we drive into telephone poles, walk into…

Getting Well

“Programming our intelligence with illusion and fan­tasy of there’s something wrong with us and enough isn’t enough and too much isn’t too much then turning us loose on ourselves and the world.” — John Trudell…

Skidding Toward Fall

This economy has a destination for sure, but it's not in the direction where all eyes are trained in moist hopefulness: that glimmering horizon of longed-for growth. You will not get that kind of growth…

How BP Harnesses Music To Its Message

There is nothing more sincere than a guitar. A few simple chords, plucked or picked one note after the other at a gently swaying tempo summon reflexive feelings of trust, comfort, love, and hope. This…

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