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Posts published in May 2011

Harmon’s Handwriting

Many years ago while browsing the bookstore, I ran across a book which contained the addresses of famous sports legends. Well! It was the middle of winter and I had nothing better to do, so…

Coyote Valley

Many years ago, my great-grandparents, Arthur and Elsie Allen, were given a lot on old Coyote Valley. They cleared it and planted grapes. The pace at which the land was cleared upset the local agent…

HGH & Vision

A few years ago our fine editor Bruce Anderson and I read the same article in a popular monthly magazine about steroids and competitive amateur bicycle racing. The article was written by a man in…

Sustainable Viticulture?

In the fall of 2008, the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources devoted an entire 88-page edition of its quarterly magazine, California Agriculture, to profiling a trend known as “sustainable viticulture.” Broadly…

The Big Nurse & The Mother Of All Ukiah Eyesores

County CEO Carmel Angelo, a nurse by training, Big Nurse in practice, recently saw her lush contract renewed for another four years via the automatic, undiscussed consent calendar route. The Board's thinking seems to be that " The devil you know..."

Valley People

THE AV HEALTH CENTER really is in trouble. Big trouble. Some of it their own doing, of course, via an overly grand building expansion, but it's got to be saved because it is vital to…

Off The Record

This Week: The Rev is flabbergasted; The Pot Cops get ready; The Libs take on foreskin; and much more

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