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Posts published in “Day: September 23, 2010

Letters to the Editor

LOSE’EM-ALL LOSES AGAIN Dear Editor, Hello to the great readers of the AVA. This is Timo­thy Elliott once again. I would like to ask for a moment of your time. Again, I am writing to…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably I shall begin. Thanks to my ace team of investigative reporters, along with various Valley sleuths and histori­ans such as Pat Hulbert and others, I can…

Panther Soccer 2010

The first home league game of the season saw the Pirates of Point Arena come to the Valley last Wednes­day for a 4.30 match-up with the hometown Panthers. The Pirates are always a decent team…

Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Doug Johnson

I met with Doug at his property just south of Navarro where he has several showrooms full of his pottery along with the very quaint house where he lives. He made a pot of strong…

Sports Notes

After the season opening loss against the Seattle Sea­hawks, Head coach Singletary should have fell on his sword and accepted responsibility for he debacle by saying “when it's fourth down and less than a yard…

Magical Thinking

“Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believ­ing in government and business.” — Tom Robbins Big game tonight, our Giants scrapping for first place in the National League West, a dozen games left…

Unexpected Encounters With Greatness

Being present at a musical performance of unex­pected greatness is even more memorable than having high expectations met. When I heard Rostropovich with the Boston Symphony under Seiji Ozawa in 1985 play­ing the Dvorak Cello…

Reducing Our Cancer Risk

What is the greatest risk factor for getting cancer? Tobacco? Environmental pollution? Try age. The longer we live, the more likely our chances that we’ll contract some form of cancer. Since all of us grow…

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