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Posts published in June 2012

Valley People

WITH THE SALE of Gowan's Farm Supply, and Dave and Nancy moving on to Oregon "not far south of Eugene," as Dave said Tuesday morning, Anderson Valley seems that much less Anderson Valley, less anchored…

Off The Record

A COUPLE OF MILD SURPRISES in Tuesday's election: Norm Solomon only pulled 10% of the vote as the Republican candidate, Dan Roberts, came in at about 11%, just enough to move Roberts into a November…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. We’ll start off with a question. What do these Valley folks have in common? – Eva Holcomb, June Lemons, Diane Herron, Carolyn…

Lives & Times Of Valley Folks: Patrick Ford

I met with Patrick at the Veterans Hall / Senior Center in Boonville a couple of weeks ago. It seemed an obvious choice as we are both Senior Center Board members and Pat is shortly…

What A Wonderful Wedding!

I was lucky to be invited to the wedding of Yutzel Alejandra Garcia and Alejandro Gonzales on Saturday June 7th. The ceremony took place at St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Church in Ukiah. The…

A Memoir Of JoAnna Farkouh

The way her tongue clicked as she switched from French to Arabic, her mother listening via Skype from thousands of miles away in Lebanon; it all was such magic. Her black boots were pushed in…

Mendocino County Today: June 12, 2012

PARK LANDS UP FOR GRABS — An investigative story broke Monday, June 11th, on MSNBC detailing some of the most disturbing trends across America regarding public parks. InvestigateWest, a Seattle based non-profit, details how governments,…

Mendocino County Today: June 11, 2012

(AVA, SEPTEMBER 3, 1996, almost 17 years ago) — Blindly self-important reps of eight local enviro presences from Earth First! to the Sierra Club, maneuvered by the Clintonites among them and their own overweening vanity,…

Graduation Speech, 2012

Graduation Speech 2012 by Olivia Allen (Anderson Valley High School 2012  Salutatorian.) This evening is the night that we have been anticipating for twelve long years. And, as I’m sure the teachers of the Anderson…

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