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july 17, 2008
Eastern Promises
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: I guess it all boils down to expectations. We really didn’t know what to expect. We knew we were getting a Chinese child between the age of 10 and ...
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WalMart Welcome
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: Please don’t perpetuate the myth that Arcata has locked out chain stores (“Small-Box”, July 10). It’s only formula restaurants that are limited to nine by the City Council. Borders, ...
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Dino Fight
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: In the July 10 issue, North Coast Journal publisher Judy Hodgson published a letter to advertisers, explaining why the Journal will have to raise its rates. Hodgson lamented that ...
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Skills Pay Bills
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: Quite a while ago, I read in your paper about unscrupulous auctioneers selling, undisclosed, unbuildable lots in Shelter Cove to unsuspecting buyers, essentially ripping them off (“Buyer Beware!” April ...
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Bow Down to Bob
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: It has come to my attention that it is time to eat my words of yesteryear. I once wrote a letter complaining about Bob Doran as a journalist for ...
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Visit to America
by Hank Sims
There we were, a good portion of my extended family, just about ready to indulge the perennial Humboldt itch to get someplace sunny and warm, at least for a couple ...
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Fire Without End
Up in the Trinities, an unholy fire season makes, breaks communities
by David Garrison
Five firefighters from different parts of the country climbed out of a gray truck on Sunday morning. Dense smoke pressed against their red helmets, hot and heavy like a clothes ...
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30th Humboldt Folklife Festival
Sat., July 19 - Sat., July 26, 2008
by Maia Cheli-Colando
In its 30th year, the Humboldt Folklife Society’s annual summer music festival has grown to eight days — four evening concerts, two dances and two admission-free daytime events. That many ...

















