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He Touched Me

Reading Bruce McEwen’s tragic Hug A Kid, Go To Jail, I thought, “My God, there but for the grace of luck and chance and (in my system of belief) the intervention of angels, I, too, might have been arrested for child molestation and been sent to prison and labeled a sex offender for the rest of my life — on several different occasions. What? How?

Off The Record

CALTRANS has been ordered by a federal judge to correct its carelessly drafted environmental analysis that would widen and realign Highway 101 through the ancient…

Valley People

GWEN SIDWELL of Boonville has died at age 88. A long-time resident of the Anderson Valley, Mrs. Sidwell had been married to Bill Rapp, for…

The Temples Of Baseball

Baseball season again. Time to re-enter the temples of baseball. Temples? Yes, temples. To most people, baseball is merely a game. But to some others,…

More Brews & Booze From Around the Globe

I previously served up a short listing of alcoholic beverages of the world — and I’m glad I’m merely writing about so much booze. For…

The Secret Belt

There I was up on stage with my four teammates in front of the entire student body being praised by my coach for qualifying to…

A Little Revival

About 20 years ago, I reached a fork in the road. It was time to either commit to the small town, join the family business…

Mendocino County Today: April 11, 2012

ACCORDING to the Sacramento Bee, California's deer population is down by half over the past twelve years. “Deer require a particular type of forest habitat…

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