Humboldt County's monthly magazine of Politics, People, and Art

Vol. VIII, Issue 2


Editor and Publisher: Judy Hodgson

Art Director/Production Manager: Carolyn Fernandez


February 1997

Cover of the February 1997 NCJ

On the cover: Original oil on canvas by Linda Mitchell

COVER STORY

CHILDREN OF DIVORCE: WHO SPEAKS FOR THEM?
A North Coast Journal investigation of Humboldt County's court-appointed guardian ad litem.
(Story by Jim Hight)

OUTDOORS

"CAMPING IN EXTREMES" by Tim Martin
Let's go camping? Are you crazy? It's February!

MUSINGS

"MAN'S BEST FRIEND" by George Ringwald
Most of my life, it seems, I've been hounded by dogs, so to speak.

ESSAY

"BAND-AIDS FOR DEMOCRACY" by Wally Graves
Two recent articles in the North Coast Journal reveal
telltale symptoms of a dangerously advanced democracy.

DEPARTMENTS

PUBLISHER
"WHEN PARENTS CAN'T AGREE" by Judy Hodgson

LETTERS

UPFRONT
Humboldt County news

GUEST OPINION
"FREE TRADE FOLLY" by Jay Davis, M.D.
Who, in the "Land of the Free" could be against free trade?

PHOTO PAGE
"ONCE UPON A PRESSTIME"
From 1886 through 1995, the Arcata Union newspaper chronicled
the life and times of northern Humboldt County.


COLUMNS

ROOTBOUND
"EIGHT MILES HIGH" by Maka MacKenna
Jimmy was a man of such mystery we don't even know where he came from.

GARDEN
"A RURAL RESOURCE" by Terry Kramer
Cooperative Extension has evolved to meet current rural economic needs
of the community, but budget cuts threaten its existence.

ON-LINE
"CY-BER-PHO-BI-A" by Howard Seemann
An irrational, excessive fear, dread or hatred of the rapid proliferation of on-line
information resources, computer programs and other technological advances.

FOOD
"A SLOW SIMMER IN ONE POT" by Betty Thompson
One-dish dinners are for busy people with little time for cooking.

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