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Posts published in September 2017

Bird’s Eye View (Sep. 13, 2017)

Let’s start this week with “This Trump Thing,” aka, The US Presidency. It is still baffling that Republican Senator John McCain tolerates Donald Trump in any capacity—at all—after then-candidate Trump assaulted McCain's military record in…

End-Of-Life Planning

[Oct 8] The AV Village group has invited Maggie Watson, author of “A Graceful Farewell: Putting Your Affairs in Order” to discuss positive ways to prepare for the end of your life, regarding to finances,…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Sep. 13, 2017

Warm Rain;
Permit Process;
GJ Details;
Boondoggle Approved;
Corporate Mentality;
Annotated PR;
Hammer Guilty;
Asha Search;
Bluebird;
McCowen Exception;
Houseboats;
County Fair;
Weed Limit;
Propane Shots;
Little Dog;
Yesterday’s Catch;
Lucille;
Catamount Sightings;
Established Order;
Religious Tyranny;
Warring Tribes;
Floodgate Farm;
Benefit Concert;
Whose Economy;
Digging Dog;
Survivors;
Doug Dowd;
Planning Agenda;
Burn Bird;
Jimmy Jive

Off the Record (Sep. 13, 2017)

BOONDOGGLE ALERT! Agenda Item 4w on Tuesday’s Supe’s agenda: Approval of Agreement with Mendocino County Office of Education in the Amount of $175,000 to Provide CalFresh Outreach Services to School Children in Mendocino County for…

Baseball 2017

It’s that time of year again: time for me to write about the baseball season now exiled to distant outfields as political and meteorological storms grab the headlines. Last July, a bit earlier in the…

Piano Concert

[Oct 7] A solo piano concert of classical music, classical-crossover music and original compositions by Gabriela Lena Frank at the AV Grange in Philo. Sat. Oct. 7, 2017 at 7:30 pm. Grammy-winning composer/pianist Gabriela Lena…

Get The Snitch, Butt Boy!

The jury trial for Adam Michael Kendall, a New Jersey resident, for the attempted murder of another New Jersey man, Michael Monahan, will be in its second week by the time the AVA goes to press on Wednesday.

Redwood Presentation

[Oct 3] The Mendocino Land Trust, Save the Redwoods League, and California State Parks are pleased to announce a public presentation on the historic secondary-growth redwoods of the Fritz Wonder Plot. Located 8 miles upstream…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Sep. 12, 2017

Dispatch Reconsideration;
Carnival Ride;
Heart Attack;
Christian Slaughter;
Harvest Time;
Pot Raids;
Crime Rate;
Church Service;
Page 9;
CalFresh Boondoggle;
Failed Experiment;
Rental Exemption;
Locovore Month;
Peckered Pole;
Little Dog;
Keegan Hearsay;
Millsite Workshop;
River House;
No Clases;
Yesterday’s Catch;
Hurricane Irma;
Satellite Views;
Soft Centre;
Completely Detached;
Weather People;
New Vonnegut;
Sunset;
Sunday Afternoons;
Big Ag;
Kafka’s Housing;
Beyond Reclamation;
Crush Rush;
Future Sacrificed;
Being 70;
Unhappiness;
Cobb Bio;
Acyrologia;
Movie Invitation

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