New science rooms at the high school? A swimming pool? Are these really among the best ways to spend money at the school? Some would say, “Yes.” Anyway, that may be the result if the new bond issue passes. How about a chalkboard, some stimulating two-way conversation between teachers and students, a little extra sprinkling of discipline and a modicum of student accountability, and homework assignments and tests completed with passing grades?
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A very special era in Anderson Valley boys athletics is ending at graduation on June 9th, 2016. Unlike our local North Coast Leauge (NCL) 3, I grew up in a town where there were 2500…
The camping season is well underway at Hendy Woods State Park and visitors and locals alike are enjoying the recently renovated Day Use Area. Hendy Woods Community is again sponsoring the Second Sunday free day…
Here are a few things about the 19th annual Anderson Valley Pinot Festival that you might have missed - the Severn grumble. First off it was an X-rated affair with no children allowed even when…
One project that AV Foodshed has envisioned for a number of years is a community garden space in Anderson Valley. Thanks to the North Coast Opportunities Gardens Project and AV Elder Home, the garden is…
LOGGER DAN KUNY continues to heal at his Ukiah home from the nearly fatal injuries he suffered when a tree fell on him three weeks ago as he worked in the forests of Placer County.…
President Obama recently became the first sitting president to visit Hiroshima since America dropped an atom bomb on the city in August 1945. Mr. Obama did not apologize for it, nor for the bombing of Nagasaki three days later. Nor should he.
DAN KUNY is recuperating at his Ukiah home after the logging accident that nearly killed him two weeks ago. The Kuny family remains grateful to the emergency care their patriarch received in Modesto, less pleased…
With so much happening here for the Memorial Day weekend, perhaps we should reflect for a moment on the reason why we get this holiday to enjoy all of these events in the first place. It is to commemorate US soldiers who have died while serving in the military.