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Posts published in “Day: January 1, 2014

Mendocino County Today: January 2, 2014

THE AVA PRESENTS! THE BEST & THE WORST OF MENDOCINO COUNTY, 2013 ABSENTEE OF THE YEAR: Winter. Where did it go? 2013 was the driest year…

Bird’s Eye View

As we enter the New Year I believe we should acknowledge a couple of very special folks in the Valley: our most senior of seniors. The oldest Valley resident is 95-year old Freda Fox (born in 1918) who will be turning 96 in March, while our second eldest resident is Ross Murray (also a new born baby of 1918), who in September of this year will turn 96 years young.

AMTRAK — Again!

AMTRAK has handled the black-porter/white-porter issue very deftly. Their logo — or at least the one that appears on the tissue covering the head rest…

Valley People (Jan 1, 2014)

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Steve Williams Henry Hill Alyce Falge Harold Perry Raul Malfavon Deborah Sarsgaard Robert Tomkins Clyde Price Mike Langley Elizabeth Carson Leo…

Mendo’s Black Mesa Caravan

I was among five people from inland Mendocino County who stayed with elder Dine' (Navajo) families at Black Mesa, an uplands mountain plateau on Navajo/Hopi reservation land in the high, frigid (especially at this time of year) northeastern Arizona desert. This expansive area, roughly sixty miles in diameter, has sustained continuous human occupation for thousands of years.

Letters (Jan 1, 2014)

The Medical Marijuana Patients Union has been picking up other people's garbage on California highways for 10+ years. We presently have two sites, one on 128 from Philo to the outskirts of Boonville & the second on Highway 101 north of Cloverdale at the Sonoma/Mendo County line.

Drought

We are currently in the midst of a local drought that coincides with a state drought that coincides with a regional drought that coincides with the global climate change crisis that more and more scientists believe is now irreversible

Christmas In Myanmar

Finally sitting in our new home in Sittwe, Myanmar, listening to the many sounds of the evening, monks chanting, students reciting homework and of course the blow-up bouncy castle in our neighbor’s yard blasting bouncy Myanmar hip-hop to attract the kids.

Mendocino County Today: January 1, 2014

THE ROACH CLIP — In 2003 the Pride of Tacoma Press published a limited edition (150 copies) of a piece written by Charles Willeford in…

The Best & The Worst Of Mendocino County, 2013

ABSENTEE OF THE YEAR: Winter. Where did it go? 2013 was the driest year in Mendocino County ever. MIA OF THE YEAR. Mendocino County District…

Courthouse Review, 2013

When I returned from a sabbatical to the north last January, I was astounded to find that the local media was completely ignoring the murder trial of Glen Hughes.

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