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9 a.m. T-ball Registration Boys and Girls Club Teen Center
read >9 a.m. Apple Solutions for Small Business See Event Description
read >9 a.m. Doris Niles Humboldt County Science Fair Humboldt State University
read >10 a.m. Annual Juggling Festival Humboldt State University
read >6 p.m. Americans for Safe Access Bayview Courtyard Complex
read >6 p.m. Apple Solutions for Small Business Fortuna River Lodge
read >7 p.m. Blondies Open Mic Night Blondies Food And Drink
read >7:30 p.m. A Midsummer Night's Dream Arcata High School
read >8 p.m. Karaoke at Bear River Casino Bear River Casino
read >8 p.m. Karaoke Blue Lake Casino
read >8 p.m. On the Wings of a Dove Carlo Theater (Dell'Arte)
read >8 p.m. Moscow State Radio Symphony Van Duzer Theatre
read >8 p.m. Random Acts of Comedy Arcata Theater Lounge
read >8 p.m. Antigone College of the Redwoods
read >9 p.m. Lisa Baney Cher-Ae-Heights Casino
read >9 p.m. Wig-in-a-Box Karaoke at Aunty Mo's Aunty Mo's Lounge
read >9 p.m. Aftershock Thursdays w/ Da Foot Clan Nocturnum
read >9 p.m. Children of the Sun (blues) Six Rivers Brewery
read >9 p.m. Skerdio, Psy Fi Red Fox Tavern
read >9:30 p.m. Woven Roots, Monk (reggae) Humboldt Brews
read >10 p.m. DJ/Thirsty Thursday Central Station Cocktail Lounge
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Smoke It Out
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Robbin’ Hoods
By North Coast Journal Readers
Editor:
Thanks for your column of May 14 (“Town Dandy”)! In some of our “community” meetings here, I’ve listened to certain of our local growers smugly and proudly romanticize themselves as “outlaws.” I get the feeling that they envision themselves as Errol Flynn clones flitting through the forest dressed in green tights as they continually outwit the Sheriff. To me they look more like petty crooks.
Keep up the good work!
Nick Marlowe, Salmon Creek
1. Jack B. Quick:
June 7, 10:05 a.m.
The growers are nothing better than bootleggers, if they must have some sort of 'outlaw' identification - entrepreneurs who don't wish to comply with any sort of regulations governing their industry/product. ie - the new mob.
The 'robbing hoods' are the ones with guns going around stealing the stashes of the above bootleggers, who do make insane amounts of money from their illegal efforts. Notice these armed thugs don't perform home invasions on homes that haven't been converted to grow ops.
Neither group deserves any sort of respect or glorification, but its good to see even in this lawless land that there are checks and balances in place.
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