Captive Virgins, Polygamy and Sex Slaves?
How Jesus H. Christ really feels about the bonds of marriage.
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Monday, July 13, 2015
HOW to make a beautiful building out of an old garage. Mark Triplett, builder. Stephanie and Chris Tebbutt, owners. The structure is located on Anderson Valley Way, Boonville, and will function as a...
View ArticleNavarro Store Concerts, 2015
July 18 THE SUBDUDES (6 pm) Opening Band: David Hayes and Gene Parsons (3 pm) Tickets $45 August 8 GUITAR SHORTY (6 pm) Opening Band: Michael Ward's The Mighty T-Bones (3:30 pm) Opening Band: Thom...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Tuesday, July 14, 2015
FORT BRAGG CYCLIST KILLED IN HIT & RUN Bicyclist Jacob Aaron Howard, 36, of Fort Bragg, was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday afternoon after he was hit by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on...
View ArticleJeb and Hillary: Separated At Birth?
To paraphrase Gore Vidal: "America: 67 kinds of laundry detergent and one political party."
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Wednesday, July 15, 2015
AS OF CLOSING TIME Tuesday afternoon at the County Courthouse in Ukiah, there was no verdict in the Zamora trial. Francisco Zamora stands accused of threatening Supervisor John McCowen with a walking...
View ArticleValley People (July 15, 2015)
THE FIRST ANNUAL Heroes of Health and Safety Fair, Saturday July 18th at the Boonville Fairgrounds, 10am-3pm. There is no cost to this family-friendly event. Many demonstrations and exhibits throughout...
View ArticlePuppy Survives Mountain Lion
It's a funny mood around Peggy Templer's house in the northern California woods, a mixture of dread, relief and fear. Shock waves are still in the air. Lions'll do that to you, this lion in particular....
View ArticleOff the Record (July 15, 2015)
ROUGHLY a quarter of the 8,145 undocumented people released from local jails between January and August of last year were later arrested for various crimes, according to an Immigration and Customs...
View ArticleOne Mean Redskin
It appears that Native Americans are currently part of the national cultural conversation and I — well, wait. I should probably qualify that by saying that the concept and conception of Native...
View ArticleFright Night
The other day I got to wondering: since I returned from Vietnam some 47 years ago, how many times have I been startled out of my wits? For at least a decade after my return my nerves were so shot I was...
View ArticleBike Roulette On Mendo Roads
Gabriel Ray, the young man who mowed down five bicyclists on the Old Ukiah Road between Hopland and Ukiah last winter, has been bound over for trial after a lengthy preliminary hearing. The multiple...
View ArticleLetters (July 15, 2015)
After reading David Severn’s “Balo’s Barn” (AVA, June 24) article, I’m not surprised that this County is no different than the US government. Let’s face it: If you have the privilege of wealth you can...
View ArticleThe Moving Gravestone
My brother died in 2000. He was 51 years old. We had been estranged for over 20 years. We had lived much different lives. When he died (killed) some of his acquaintances had his ashes scattered in the...
View ArticleIf There Must Be A Death Penalty…
Much ado about the death penalty lately... Some places want to reinstate the firing squad, which is interesting if only because one of more of the gun wielders can deliberately miss the target if they...
View ArticleBusy Socially In A Rural Setting
I grew up where men seldom touched other men, beyond a handshake, and everybody was happy with that arrangement. But, when I came out to the coast, well, people hugged. You see the guy from the stamp...
View ArticleRiver Views (July 15, 2015)
It's raining in July at the Macdonald ranch. Here it proves a welcome sight, damping down dusty roads and dry grass. Any rain in drought years seems precious. We are almost certainly undergoing some...
View ArticleCherry Tree Myth
The Fourth of July has always been a mixed bag for me. As a boy, I loved the barbecue and fireworks party in our neighbors’ backyard. My friends and I ran around in the dark with sparklers, ate potato...
View ArticleDelayed In Toronto
How many times have you seen TV news reports of people stranded in airports, and thought, “Thank God that’s not me?” Usually the delay is attributed to the weather forcing cancellations. In our case it...
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