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Posts published in November 2010

The 1368

The kids were sitting next to their mother in the gal­lery when daddy shuffled in chained to some other pris­oners and the guard seated them in the dock. The little girl squealed, “Look Mum —…

A Brief History of the Sheriff’s Budget

Back in 1994, the Board of Supervisors unanimously declared that the Sheriff’s “overtime budget appears to be out of kilter.” Sheriff Jim Tuso had spent $900,000 more on over­time than he had in his budget.…

Off the Record

WILL PARRISH'S truly excellent series on the wine industry can be found in its entirety at www.theava.com. It's the first comprehensive investigation of the Northcoast's dominant enterprise (apart from marijuana, of course) from a critical…

Valley People

EVERYONE who knew Susan Keegan of Ukiah is shocked and saddened at her sudden death two weeks ago. Mrs. Keegan, only 55, was the wife of Dr. Peter Keegan and well known in the Anderson…

Letters to the Editor

HANES V. CRISPIN I Dear Sir — Although it is late in coming, this is a response to the article in your paper printed on June 12, 2009. It was an interview with John Hanes…

Farm To Farm

Sunday morning there was a message on the answer­ing machine from a neighboring rancher who said he'd found a dead goat in the middle of the pasture. Also sev­eral of his heifers had jumped fence…

Sports Notes

LeGarrette Blount in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers run­ning back who helped to beat the San Francisco 49ers last Sunday. He also was the Oregon Ducks running back who punched the Boise State football player after…

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