Panther Soccer 2014
The late postponement of the opening game against Clear Lake as a result of the very disappointing fact that no officials had been assigned to referee the game, saw the 2014 AV High School Boys’...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Friday, September 5, 2014
SOME VERY ODD THINGS turned up in the July minutes of the County’s Retirement Board, and if I were a retired County employee I’d start paying very, very close attention to my money. ACCORDING TO THE...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Saturday, September 6, 2014
THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE, but related, issues involved in the Grand Jury’s two reports on County Mental Health. The first, “An Appearance of a Conflict of Interest,” makes a bulletproof case that the...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sunday, September 7, 2014
BUSY FRIDAY in the County Courthouse, with an enterprising Philo (Holmes Ranch) man named Kelly Boss at the center of much of the action. A search warrant served on a Cameron Road (Elk) property set in...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Monday, September 8, 2014
DANA CRUMB has died. A long-time resident of Potter Valley and a talented chef, she and her former husband, Robert, settled in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury just before the hippies kicked off, driving...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Tuesday, September 9, 2014
SHERIFF TOM ALLMAN told a Laytonville audience last week, “I’ve never arrested a card-carrying cartel member.” He meant, of course, a person who could be linked to a drug cartel. Doubt any cartel...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Wednesday, September 10
Railroad Courthouse; Free Speech; Waterboard Radio; Bypass Dirt Ruling; Catch of the Day; America, 1957; Revolving Door; Rural Skills Presentations; Sunday Sermon; Local Diseases; Nuclear Insanities
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Valley People (Sep 10, 2014)
AN ENTERPRISING Holmes Ranch man named Kelly Boss was the center of much County Courthouse attention last Friday. A search warrant served on a Cameron Road (Elk) property owned by Boss set in motion an...
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Letters (Sep 10, 2014)
A STEM WINDER THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS MY FRIEND PUSHING, ‘NOT TRYING TO FIRE’ GET WIRED, BUT ONLY ONE DEPRESSED ON THE COAST? YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN FREEDOM OF MONEY APRIL FOOLS TOLD THE TRUTH UNDER OATH...
View ArticleBoss Kelly
The preliminary hearing for Kelly Boss of Philo ended in a holding order last week, which means the state showed up with enough evidence to make a reasonable person, Ukiah Judge John Behnke in this...
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Will The Real Crazy Person Please Stand Up?
Rather than acting as “Supervisors” who oversee the actions of their subordinates, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors prefers to insult the messenger, in this case the Mendocino County Grand...
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Off the Record (Sep 10, 2014)
SHERIFF TOM ALLMAN told a Laytonville audience last week, “I’ve never arrested a card-carrying cartel member.” He meant, of course, a person who could be linked to a drug cartel. Doubt any cartel...
View ArticleStealing
Angel Pagan, the switch-hitting leadoff batter for the Giants, one of the swiftest outfielders in the game, takes a short lead off first base and tries to ignore his inner dialogue about base stealing...
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Winning The West
“Hell, taking um on the trail ain’t hardy no trouble ah-tall. The cowards never get going and the weaklings die along the way.” The wagon master boasted, jingling the coins in his pocket and grinning...
View ArticleBird’s Eye View (Sep 10, 2014)
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. So it’s that time again. The County Fair comes to Boonville! Let’s start with some intriguing questions that were raised at the...
View ArticleBusiness as Usual For California Water Hogs
The year 2013 was California’s driest on record. The first six months of 2014 were the hottest half-year on record. Reservoirs are drying up. Groundwater basins are diminishing at an alarming rate....
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Mendocino Talking: Tom Hine, aka Tommy Wayne Kramer
(Author’s Note: Tom Hine is a Journalist, Columnist, and Investigator, best known for his weekly Sunday column writing as Tommy Wayne Kramer in the Ukiah Daily Journal.) I grew up near Cleveland, Ohio...
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Mendocino County Today: Thursday, September 11, 2014
Local Affairs Lions & Bears Police Reports Catch of the Day AVHC Letters & Questions This Land Is Mine Think Day NPR’s New Boss County Budget Celebration Jackson Forest Updates WHY IS...
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Old Trees
Last week I wrote about the proposed timber harvest plan on the edge of the Little River Airport property. In that piece I said something to the effect that most of the people opposing this particular...
View ArticlePanther Soccer (Sep 10, 2014)
(This report mostly uses the term “football” when referring to the world’s game, although to some readers the sport in question is “soccer,” or perhaps “futbol.” Whichever term you use, I hope you will...
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