In the Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West tells Dorothy, “I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!” For some reason, the Wicked Witch of the West had a beef not only with Dorothy, but with Toto, too. Every time she encounters Dorothy, she has to mention poor little Toto, […]
Meghannraye Sutton
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Stop the Press
Local news merchant Jack Durham sits in his sunny, cozy office behind his office phone, keyboard and a ’90s desktop Mac computer. Hundreds of issues of faded McKinleyville Press newspapers are strewn haphazardly on the bookshelves that line the sidewall. A wooden pachinko machine leans against the back wall. He says he’s taking that with […]
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Lazio’s Last Stand
The year was 1968. The place was Eureka, Calif. Down near the waterfront on C Street, the finest fish cuisine and the most popular joint in town sat on the right on the pier, overlooking the bay full of sailboats and the skeleton of the nearly built Samoa Bridge. At the renowned Lazio’s Seafood Restaurant, […]
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Small-Box
Being a business owner in this community isn’t always as lovey-dovey as one might imagine. Ask Larry Glass. He has owned The Works, a record store in Old Town Eureka, for 38 years, and has a second shop in Arcata. He also is a Eureka City Council member who opposes big-box development on the waterfront […]
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Something Out of Nothing
This week’s Table Talk is not about what’s on the table, it’s about what’s not on the table. There are no elegant grilled oysters on the table. There’s no gourmet Japanese sushi topped with simply delightful Unagi sauce. There are no chocolate bon-bons. There’s a can of string beans and a can of refried beans. […]
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The Prize of Hope Ceremony
June 21, Dell’Arte Some people hear the name Tim Robbins and immediately think, Hollywood star. Actually, as Robbins himself explained it, this star’s mission is to work against everything Hollywood and corporate media stand for. Along with being famous in the movies and married to the lovely Susan Sarandon, Robbins is a successful theatre actor, […]
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Walking With Brother
There once lived an elderly woman known as “Peace Pilgrim.” When she was in her 40s, she started walking across the United States to promote peace. The year was 1953. She continued walking for the next 28 years and traveled over 25,000 miles on foot. Her sole purpose was simply to promote peace by walking […]
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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 wife and wife. At that point, the concept of a woman and woman marrying — or man and man for that matter — was ludicrous. The couple describes that era […]
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Bike Lock
What remains of the former Arcata Library Bikes is not shiny and new. A pile of rusty cogs, broken spokes and flattened rubber wheels attached to partially disassembled metal bikes sits in front of a painted yellow garden shed off of Alliance Road. Inside the shed, one working mountain bike stands upright and is available […]
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Gas Crime
A few months ago, security tapes from the Indianola Market captured images of a "decent-looking guy" rolling up to the gas pump in a White Jeep Cherokee. As the gas flowed like a river into the handsome man’s jeep, he frantically looked through his pockets, side panels and wallet for his money. But by what […]
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Sum Funk
Live music June 7 at Benbow. George Clinton danced by the Eel River in a peacock headdress, pink and yellow mini-braids, and a checkered brown baller jacket down to his knees. The crowd sang out, "We want the funk! Gotta have the funk!" and bounced together in the same collective energy. Little girls danced on […]
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The Watery Farewell
Last Monday morning, a bumbling yellow bus carried Mr. Trone’s fourth-grade students eastbound down Highway 299. The Pine Hill Elementary students were about to say some sad goodbyes down by the rocky banks of the Mad River. Already waiting at the Mad River Fish Hatchery in Blue Lake, 11 baby steelhead swam round and round […]