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Posts published in September 2010

Valley People

TWO MEN wanted on charges that they kidnapped and raped a 14-year-old girl who managed a daring escape two years ago in Boonville will be featured on "America's Most Wanted" television show this Saturday night…

Fair Notes

Rain threatened all weekend and finally fell in light mists late Friday and Saturday, just enough to sweeten the day-time air which, by early morning, became muggy-hot all three days. The threat of rain didn't…

Off the Record

This week: Hoyle & Hendry get sued, Aanestad takes over KMEC, Eyster promises to "revisit" Katlyn Long's death and much more

Leaf Us Alone

Joy Greenfield, the victim of the Covelo DEA raid, was recently at my river garden for a joint interview with a French reporter. For show and tell, I pulled out my uncomplicated hand-crank wheat grass…

Our Sunday Trip to the Boonville Fair

We left the rainy Coast early, swinging by the Albion store to pick up my parents.  We rocked out to the Putamayo Americana album en route, pointing out the water line on the trees to…

Flying To Eugene, A Short Story

Chris Jones, now a resident of Eugene, Oregon, says hello to all his friends, and is especially grateful to Morgan Baynham for Morgan's recent letter and gift, both of which I hand-delivered to CJ on…

Balancing Budgets In Unbalanced Times

At the end of August, Mendocino County's CEO informed the Supervisors that the good ship Mendo was still in the hole to the tune of $2.7 million for the current fiscal year. After two days…

Frequent Flyers

Captain Fathom has gotten out of jail for the umpteenth time. He’d been accused of stealing a car, something completely out of character for the aging lefty. The Captain had become involved in a confused…

The Koran At Fahrenheit 451°

By the end of the week, the air was so thick with pieties about the need for tolerance and respect for all creeds that one yearned for the Rev. Terry Jones, mutton chop whiskers akimbo,…

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