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Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016

Rodger Tolman;
Observing Balloteers;
Rodriguez Guilty;
AG/AH;
Orange Creep;
Mendocino Shakedown;
Bypass Ceremony;
Elk Girls;
Yesterday's Catch;
Little Dog;
Mass Extinction;
Educational Priorities;
Human Waste;
Dreadful Pipeline;
Father Osuna;
Library Events;
Master Gardeners;
5150 Patrol;
Vote Jill;
Double Tragedy;
Noyo Printworks;
Polls Plan;
Art Show

You’re Either In The Barn…

If you didn’t have the opportunity to attend the Oktoberfest sponsored by the Anderson Valley Senior Center held at the “Barn” then you missed a fun evening of German food prepared by many dedicated volunteers…

Valley People (Nov. 2, 2016)

WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD — Monday at 5pm the Department of Water Resources rain gauge in Yorkville tallied 9.92 inches for the month of October, thus surpassing the previous record, set in 1945, of 9.87…

Screen Time

Dipping into the national news for the first time in some months, I found several articles about the American Academy of Pediatrics rescinding most of their previous suggestions that parents limit the number of hours their infants, toddlers, older children, and teens interface with media-blasting computer gizmos with screens. The pediatricians decided they were being too alarmist about how damaging computers and other television-like devices can be to the brains and psyches of infants and children and teens. Now, say the pediatricians, basing their new guidelines on no credible science, parents should feel fine about children watching as much media garbage as they want.

Anna’s Treasure

Late last May, out of a clear blue sky, and seemingly normal health, I developed a head ache one morning. The headache grew by noon into a pounder with shivering feet unaccountably accompanying sweat beads…

Charles Shaw Fishing

My friend and client Ed Beard told me about a new couple in the Napa Valley. They had bought a small parcel and built a small winery and home. Ed suggested to me that they…

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