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Posts published in June 2012

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. So how was it for you? The Sierra Music Festival that is.…

Lives & Times Of Valley Folks

Kevin was born on July 4th, 1958 in Long Beach, California, to parents June Manning and Donald Crane. Both sides of the family had come to this country in the mid-to-late 1800’s, with the Manning’s settling Utah and the Crane’s in Idaho. While Kevin’s mother was not a Mormon, his Grandmother Manning was and the community where they lived, American Fork, was one dominated by Mormons since the 1850’s.

River Views

The May 30th AVA contained an article describing the bureaucratic mess one person (Gregg Stevens) went through dealing with the Coastal Commission after winter weather…

Giants & Greece

Matt Cain recently pitched a perfect game for the San Francisco Giants while Greece is in the midst of a massive economic collapse. Gregor Blanco made one of the great catches in Giants history to preserve Cain’s perfecto while Spain is in economic freefall with over 25% unemployment and Spanish real estate prices falling falling falling.

Who Me?

As a notorious abuser of children is put away in Pennsylvania, many turn their rage towards those who must have known kids were being hurt,…

Boomville

Chatting with Sierra Nevada World Music Festival honcho Warren Smith sidestage as the weekend was winding down Sunday evening, he agreed that putting on such…

Supes Do Show Biz

Let’s take a closer look at the Supervisors reluctant decision Tuesday to approve Sheriff Tom Allman’s participation in a six-part reality series on marijuana eradication…

Rastas: What’s To Protest?

A squadron of gunships came thundering down the Anderson Valley Sunday morning, flying low and fast, in combat formation, racing over the treetops just ahead…

Valley People

JUDY WAGGONER-ISBELL, a life-long resident of the Anderson Valley, was airlifted from her Navarro home Friday night to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa…

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