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10 a.m. Eureka Farmers Market Henderson Center

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10 a.m. HSU Part-Time Job Fair HSU Quad

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10:30 a.m. North Coast Parents Outing to the Discovery Museum Discovery Museum

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noon Redwood Art Association Summer Exhibition Redwood Art Association Gallery

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1 p.m. HDCC Open House for Obama Speech Democratic Headquarters

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3 p.m. Wildrivers 101 Film Festival Various Locations

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3:30 p.m. McKinleyville Farmers' Market McKinleyville Safeway Shopping Plaza

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5 p.m. Humweek 2008 Humboldt State University

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6 p.m. Matthew Cook Cher-Ae-Heights Casino

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6 p.m. Bill McBride and Friends Hotel Ivanhoe

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6 p.m. McKinleyville Concerts in the Park: The Fickle Hill Billies Pierson Park

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6 p.m. Obama Speech Watch Party Humboldt Brews

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6:30 p.m. Seabury Gould at Gallagher's Gallagher's

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7 p.m. Mr. Calamari's Jazz Machine Old Town Coffee & Chocolates

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7 p.m. All ages Open Mic East Side Deli

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7 p.m. Jazz with the Keep on Truckin' Big Band Mosgo's

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7 p.m. Benbow Summer Jazz Series: Humboldt Time Benbow Inn

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7 p.m. Sudbury Valley School Model of Self-Governance Adorni Recreation Center

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8 p.m. Karaoke WAVE @ blue lake casino

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8 p.m. Karaoke at Bear River Casino Bear River Casino

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8 p.m. Redwood Jazz Voices Muddy's Hot Cup

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9 p.m. Montage The Boiler Room

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9 p.m. Soldiers of Shangri-la Six Rivers Brewery

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9 p.m. Kyle Blase Trio Jambalaya

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9 p.m. For The Funk Of It (DJ KNUTZ & Friends) Humboldt Brews

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9 p.m. Bonus Entertainment Presents: Norrisman with Rude Lion Sound The Red Fox Tavern

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9:30 p.m. Salsa Night at Ragg's Ragg's Rack Room

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10 p.m. Music by DJ Sidelines

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Compline 1-29-95

By Mary Lentz

My car coasts to a stop

where the mountain road

melts into asphalt.

I see a barn owl hunched atop the yield sign.

Its talons rasp the reflective tape.

Its pale mask, punctured by two hematite moons,

swivels towards raindrops falling

through the yellow pools of my headlights,

then turns back,

riveted by a heartbeat

underneath the forest floor.

The owl's wings open like a prayer

and surge through the incense of wet redwood.

Silhouettes of branches

genuflect in turn.

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