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Posts published in October 2011

Valley People

CHRISTINE CLARK remains at Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits where she is fighting off a persistent infection. An absolutely crucial Valley Person with many years of ambulance service and other good works too numerous to…

The Willits-Something Mafia

The woman all the bloodshed was over left the witness stand in tears last Wednesday morning, and Judge Richard Henderson called a recess to give her time to compose herself before cross-examination by the defense.…

When Tweekers Come To Visit

We all have distant relatives we wish were even more distant, like maybe a couple of galaxies away. The Hanes family undoubtedly wishes that Holly Phillips, “a distant relative,” was a galaxy or two distant.…

Day of the Dead Countdown

It was his Auntie's idea. She was like, "Ok, your little man wants Halloween decorations? Let's go to the cemetery and do gravestone rubbings." So we bought some large newsprint from Racines, grabbed our shoebox…

Amsterdam Holiday, Part 4

In the breezy sunlit spring morning I walked across Amsterdam in slow search of The Gray Area coffeeshop on Oude Leliestraat. Didn't come up on it right away, but I passed the Anne Frank Huis,…

Northstone Organics In Court

In a Sept. 22 preliminary hearing in Santa Rosa, judge Andria K. Richey ruled that should Northstone Organics be in compliance with state law and Attorney General guidelines governing collectives, they can do more than…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. By the time you read this, the candidates for School Board will have had their public ‘meet and greet’ session at the…

Amsterdam Holiday, Part 3

After showering and running a squeegee on the questionable non-sloped floor in Amsterdam’s Bed and Coffee, I ditched my airplane clothes and slimmed my backpack down to hit the street. I took an endearing last…

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