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Valley People (Sep 16, 2015)

RICK WYANT, formerly of Anderson Valley, lately of Willits, died unexpectedly Tuesday around noon in Willits at the age of 58. Mr. Wyant is survived by his father, Frank Wyant; wife of 41 years, Schevilla…

Bird’s Eye View (Sep 16, 2015)

With the County Fair taking place this weekend, I would like to remind some of you, particularly the younger generation, that it is not all about the carnival rides and looking cool with your date — important though such pastimes certainly are. Try to also check out the various display halls featuring arts, crafts, agriculture, etc, along with the impressive livestock corrals, the traditional rodeo, and the always-exciting sheep dog trials. This Fair is a unique event and one of the few remaining of a dying breed, so why not broaden your horizons and enjoy everything “The Best Little Fair in the West” has to offer?

Funny Money: The Supervisors’ 2015 Budget

In two weeks, the supes will adopt a budget of about $240 million for the 2015-16 fiscal year, complete with a reserve of $12 million. For a population of 90,000 people we get a lot…

Letters (Sep 16, 2015)

When the normal channels of justice do not function, the question is "what other resources are there to pursue justice; and what community resources are out there to work with to be sure the same type of criminal act does not keep reoccurring, particularly by the same criminal?

Outdoor Adventuring

Within a week I've seen A Walk in the Woods and Meru, two films about outdoor adventuring. A Walk in the Woods made it to Fort Bragg's Coast Cinemas. You are not likely to see…

Hillary Reveals Her True Colors

January 26, 1996  — The prime do-gooder bluestocking of all time was probably Beatrice Webb, who with her husband Sydney fostered the political tendency known as Fabianism, very influential in the evolution of the British…

Off the Record (Sep 16, 2015)

"GO FORT BRAGG" is the work of a Tai Chi instructor, Mayor Dave Turner's daughter, an under garments sales lady, and one of Turner's Sunday co-parishioners. Not exactly Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, and the Bolsheviks but…

The Parties Crawl Off To Die

I’ve alluded to being a registered Democrat now and again, a disclosure that makes some readers go feral with wrath. For years I could only justify it as formal opposition to the cretinous brand of…

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