North Coast Journal Reader

  Editor: Go Cody Hills! (“Backyard of Boats,” Dec. 6.) Not only are you honoring the Lazio and Alioto families’ legacies by restoring Stephanie, you are also carrying on for the Machis and Shelter Cove. My grandfather, Pop Machi (1877-1969) was born and raised in St. Elia, Sicily, and as a young man emigrated to […]

  Editor: A few articles appeared in local newspapers/blogs this past week regarding the sale of bonds by school districts (“The Big Borrow,” Dec. 6). I want to report the facts as they relate to Southern Humboldt Unified School District. The numbers represented in the article in the North Coast Journal regarding Southern Humboldt are […]

  Editor: Though I am new adjunct faculty at College of the Redwoods, I was taken aback by the letter headlined “Lower Class Food,” (Mailbox, Nov. 22). I’ve been more than surprised by how tasty, nutritious, and affordable the food actually is at CR. All entrees and a la carte items are priced below $5, and […]

   Editor: Your cover story of Nov. 22, “The Light on the Bluff,” deeply stirred my memories of my own 15 months as a “brother” with Gospel Outreach from July 1972 to October 1973. I delivered the Tri-City Advertiser, sold doughnuts door-to-door, and worked at the Carlotta grapestake mill, all as an expected testimony of […]

Editor: There are local folks who take their visitors to Fern Canyon or Trinidad, but I usually take them to Table Bluff first when the weather cooperates. Great ocean and bay views including parts of the refuge, Eel River delta and beyond to the Wildcat range. On Thanksgiving Day, one brave soul jumped off (lifted […]

Editor: I’m an Oregon landlord visiting and came upon your article, “A Home, Lost” (Nov. 22). It struck me as missing a fairly important element. I re-read it replacing “marijuana grow” with “Down Syndrome,” then “Mexican” and finally “Catholic.” Ah, now the article seemed more complete, although it does paint Ms. Cline as the problem […]

Editor: As Barry Evans pointed out in Field Notes (“Grimm’s Law: The Phoenician Connection,” Nov. 15), the plant called cannabis in Latin, following the k to h sound-shift of Grimm’s Law, is known to us as hemp in English. There is another more recent English cognate of cannabis: that is canvas, coming through Norman-French into […]

Editor: As Thanksgiving again approaches, with rain and leaves falling, our minds dwell on gratitude for many things. For us, our thankfulness for living in Humboldt County has deepened evermore. About six weeks ago, our lives were forever changed by a tragic collision that occurred on Old Arcata Road (“Surviving,” Nov. 15). Within minutes, and continuing unending as […]

Editor: Your Nov. 1 cover story,  “Banished,” reported that Arthur Jones was “ordered to leave the reservation and never come back,” which was indeed the position taken by the tribe’s lawyer who argued that Mr. Jones’ banishment should be “permanent.” As Mr. Jones’ lawyer, however, I argued that any exclusion should be indefinite, allowing for […]

  Editor: I read with amusement Ms. Marcy Burstiner’s Nov. 8 column in the North Caast Journal entitled “Funny Business,” wherein, among other things, Ms. Burstiner laments about the Arcata Police Department’s assault on Mr. Freelove. A question for you Ms. Burstiner; Did you as a concerned citizen contact the Arcata Police Department to try […]

Editor: Thank you for your article, “The $38 Million Label” (Oct. 11). Why would six chemical companies and their allies be willing to spend that kind of money to prevent one simple line on an ingredient label? Why are they so intent on concealment? What kind of public policy is it that withholds pertinent information […]