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Posts published in September 2011

St. Mary’s Hospital: A Love Letter

The morning of July 23rd I woke up with a stomachache. By noon the stomachache was bending me in half but, like a true child…

Valley People

WHOEVER started the flattering rumor that the old ambulance barn has been remodeled certainly has a lot of gall. This individual passed the misinformation along…

Off The Record

THE MOST INTERESTING THING about former SoCo winemaker LaMarion Spence’s idea to help wine tasters avoid DUI arrests (not mentioned in the Press Democrat’s story…

But What About The Letters?

Last Wednesday night the Community Services District board convened to hear public comment on the healing center proposed by Laura Hamburg for downtown Boonville. Most…

The Rogue’s March

“This is the most repulsive case I have ever seen,” Judge Richard Henderson declared as he took up the sordid matter of Steven J. Henry,…

High Stakes Gambling

A couple of white women have beent busted for embezzling money from the ShoKaWa casino on the Hopland Rancheria. Roberta L. Reeder and Mary Ann…

Where’s Judge Lehan?

The Fort Bragg Advocate-News published a lengthy compilation of accused double-murderer/fugitive Aaron Bassler’s criminal record last week. The clear primary features of Bassler’s criminal history…

Letters To The Editor

GLOBITY, EMPIRACY, DOOM Dear Bruce, Empires come and empires go, and ours is over. Who said that? Anyone who has been paying attention. Sometimes the…

Memo Of The Week

Dear Postal Customer: This letter is an informational notice of the US Postal Service's intent to conduct an Area Mail Processing study of mail processing…

The Working Class Stranger

“Carl Oglesby dies at 76; led Students for a Democ­ratic Society,” was the headline on the obit in the LA Times. The description of SDS…

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