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Can't Swim

Pool closures leave many Humboldt swimmers gasping for a solution. Not all is gloom, however.
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Crude Figures

june 12, 2008

Ends Meet

june 5, 2008

Can't Swim
june 19, 2008

inside

music

No Bubblegum

THE HUM by Bob Doran

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poem

Early June, 58°, Overcast

POEM by Theresa McLaren

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books

The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch

BOOKNOTES by Chris Hall

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mckinleyville-arts-night

Third Friday McKinleyville Arts Night

MCKINLEYVILLE ARTS NIGHT by North Coast Journal Staff

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theater

The Fest Begins!

STAGE MATTERS by William Kowinski

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science

Our Mattole Canyon

GARLICK'S NOTEBOOK by Don Garlick

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food

Oyster Heaven

TABLE TALK by Bob Doran

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review

The Midnight Organ Fight

IN REVIEW by Mark Shikuma

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review

Lie Down in the Light

IN REVIEW by Steven Streufert

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movies

'Hulk' of Crap

FILMLAND by Charlie Myers

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news and views

Of Course We Do

When Cheryl Rau and Pat McCutcheon first began their relationship back in the 1980s, they never dreamed that one day they would be married as ...

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web extra

Pool Stories

Everybody's got a swimming story — where they learned, the crazy way they could've been buried alive under a pile of wet kids, how it ...

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Our Gas Plight

Editor: Who owns the tank farms in Eureka ("Crude Figures," June 9)? Why are gas prices lower inland, with higher distribution costs? Hint: competition from ...

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Horse Bites

Editor: You're too old to continue working? You're sick and it's going to be expensive to keep you alive? Why not just send you to ...

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Another Horse Bite

Editor: There have always been a wide range of ways to care for and use horses here in Humboldt County and through out civilization. There ...

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A Commie Writes

(Ed. note: We received the following handwritten letter a couple of weeks ago, but it was temporarily forsaken and forgotten in the wilds of my ...

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short stories

Fire, No Driver

A call came into the Willow Creek Volunteer Fire Department last Sunday: There was a fire just past Titlow Hill. Volunteers rushed to the station. ...

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short stories

Angels and Insects

Four miles south of Batavia, Ohio and 25 miles east of Cincinnati in a lush green valley formed by glacial deposits, participants, spectators and 17-year ...

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the town dandy

Old School and New

Well, Rich Somerville, welcome to Humboldt County. Here's a briefing from The Town Dandy, and don't say I never did you any favors ... I ...

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