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Posts published in March 2012

The Mayor Is Gone

Fort Bragg said goodbye to Vern Piver last Saturday. It was standing room only in the high school gym where one of the largest crowds…

River Views

The river rolls on, but time and circumstance have a way of altering the river’s course. Some of you may be reading my words for…

‘He Was Big & I Was Small’

The trial of accused Albion child molester Richard Kruse is finally getting underway after many delays and attorney changes. It's not looking good for Kruse…

Traffic Revenue Takes A Nosedive

Say you’re an average Mendo driver and you get ticketed for running a red light combined with lesser offense like not signaling or bad wipers.…

Keeping A Poor Man Down

It was just possible to get 25-to-life for this poor guy by taking the strike offense and applying it creatively to the new charges, to stretch this latest crime to the limit.

Off The Record

LEONARD CIRINO has died. Leonard, the well-known Albion poet, had suffered from cancer, and passed away two weeks ago in Springfield, Oregon where he'd lived…

Valley People

A REPLACEMENT bridge over the Navarro at the Philo end of the Philo-Greenwood Road is in the planning stages, and thanks to Rose Zimmer for…

Arline Day, A Personal Memory

Arline Day-Chambers passed away Saturday in Ashland, Oregon. She was 94. “Nana,” as she was always known among her family, was a fourth generation Californian…

Marijuana Initiatives Max Out

With 3 legalization initiatives and 1 medical marijuana regulation initiative all aiming for the same 2012 ballot and competing for the same scarce funds, none…

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