“OOOOO-eeeeeeeeee!” I shouted, coming down hard on the second syllable and giving it some real verve and brio, the pitch steadily rising into the sensory…
Posts published in “Year: 2017”
As soon as my wife Judy and I decided to go to Chicago for our vacation I started talking about going to Hammond. Judy understands…
Rainy Days;
175 Open;
Blackbird Visit;
Panchito Fundraiser;
Trivia Quiz;
PA Pervs;
Siska Snow;
Manbeater Chantal;
Little Dog;
Extremely Wrong;
Palace Receiver;
Yesterday's Catch;
F&G Meeting;
Earth's Crust;
The Deluge;
PA Agenda;
Trump Conference;
Benefit Concert;
Decoded
At a hurriedly called January 3rd meeting, the Mendocino Coast District Hospital's Board of Directors voted a resolution of censure for one of its members,…
For someone enamored of success and not inclined to resign himself to his fate, it was a curse to live in a less than aristocratic neighborhood, study in elite colleges through a scholarship, and not be rich but have wealthy classmates and friends. This was the case of Francis Scott Fitzgerald, an attractive and very talented young man, doomed to ply his charm among clans whose slick offspring played polo, danced in the Country Club with rich heiresses who were a bit vain and "had a voice full of money". He would see these women get into the cream and tobacco colored convertibles of their boyfriends, their bonnets tied with ribbons of tulle around their luminous chins, in the shade of chestnut trees on the elegant Summit Avenue in Saint Paul, Minnesota and perhaps in his subconscious, he resolved to hurl his life against that mirror.
Winner of 2016’s Lucky To Be Alive Award, Ricardo Garcia, was sentenced to five years in prison early Tuesday afternoon by Judge Ann Moorman. The…
First came the “Dogwood” plan: a 320-acre timber harvest plan (THP) filed by Gualala Redwoods Timber (GRT) in 2015. It involves tractor-logging hundreds of stately…
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Huffman Boycott;
Shoemaker Wrong;
Boys Basketball;
Little Dog;
Chiropractor Missed;
Cannabis Crimes;
Flu Restrictions;
Counterfeit Bills;
Nature Reflections;
Basketball Study;
BabyBoo Annoyed;
Planning Agenda;
College Sports;
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Alexie Show;
Corporate Tyranny;
Psychopathocracy;
Acoustic Concert;
Chanting
As the inauguration of Trump fast approaches, many frightened Americans talk of moving to Canada, in much the same way frightened Americans spoke of moving abroad when George Bush became President. But Canada and other safe haven countries only want us these days if we are wealthy or possessed of highly desirable technological skills. Thus we common folk must consider other responses to the new regime.
There is a move underway in Anderson Valley to persuade Redwood Credit Union to install a full service ATM in downtown Boonville.
Signup sheets have been circulating from Yorkville to Navarro, and nearly 100 people who are already RCU members, including business accounts and multiple memberships, have signed. So have 30 people who would potentially become members if an ATM were accessible.
SUPERVISOR WOODHOUSE made it official last week, submitting the following letter of resignation to his colleagues on the Board of Supervisors: “Although I have made…