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Farm To Farm

There we were, the guy “Fly” and I literally dangling on a limb of this outstretched madrone trunk, gripping another branch for dear life with the small pack of dogs raising a ruckus at the…

Smart Meter — Sibling of Enron

Did you ever wonder what that smart meter that your gas and electric company wants to install on your house is going to cost? Maybe you are off the grid with your own solar panels…

Sports Notes

I think Raiders' head coach Tom Cable won over his players' locker room in Napa, in the training camp of '09 when he busted the jaw of Al Davis' rat. Then Richard Seymore came to…

AV Panthers — 2010 Champions!

Last Saturday (Nov 13th), on a sunny afternoon at Tom Smith Field in Boonville, two goals in the final breathtaking four minutes of play enabled the Anderson Valley High School Boys Soccer team to secure…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. For various reasons, this is a shorter column than usual. Hopefully you will not be too upset. I am sure it was…

Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Kent Rogers

I met with Kent at his home high above the Valley, approximately six miles up Peachland Road. After meeting his dog, Amy, a six-year old Labrador mix who Kent originally took in as a foster…

More Greed Than Green: Desert Solar Gone Mad

The iconic Mojave Desert is viewed by most as a bar­rier to Las Vegas, the water parks of the Colorado River or spring training. Vast, lifeless, barren, desolate, monotonous, nothing but sun wind and gravel.…

Critical Delusion

“The fraudulent practices that got people into homes they couldn’t afford are at the heart of our problem.” — Robert Scheer There is no doubt I am happier and more productive and healthier and much…

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