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Editor: Long ago the Co-op Bakery — more formally known as the North Coast Bakery, or simply to some as the God D*ed Bakery — did indeed make a “severe” whole wheat loaf (“Quest for Bread,” Jan. 14). We still do: It’s our whole wheat sourdough, and some people still love it. We also used […]

Editor: Thank you for writing about the transition to electronic medical records (EMR) in your Jan. 7 issue (“Top of the Charts”). I was disappointed that, in your otherwise extensive coverage of the local challenges, you failed to mention or have any discussions with me or my colleagues at Eureka Family Practice. Not only are […]

Editor: It’s not often — well, not very often — that the entire letter page is a downer (“Mailbox,” Jan. 7). And Josh Kinch isn’t even participating this time! I certainly respect everybody’s right to not have my opinion, but I thought “Prodigal Arkley” (Dec. 31) was a cartoon and humor masterpiece. As a hip, […]

Editor: Belated note on “Prodigal Arkley” (Dec. 31): In the 15-20 minutes it took me to stop laughing after I perused the piece, I mentally composed a letter to the editor — “Seven-O-Heaven has outdone itself! Hilarious! Brilliant! Thank you!” Then I thought, “Nah, they’ll get so much praise that I don’t need to throw […]

Editor: Your article on wastewater in Eureka was good, but contained a major mistake (“Waste Water,” Dec. 31). Brewery water does not just go into the bottle. In fact, breweries are major producers of wastewater, which can have significant demands on wastewater treatment plants. Mad River Brewing has a pretreatment facility in Blue Lake. Both […]

Editor: Once again, thank you to Jennifer Savage for a well written, well reasoned, informative letter about managing one’s money (“Insolvency Resolved,” Dec. 24). In my opinion her work should be shared with every high school student in Humboldt County who is about to step out into the world of personal finance, and the personal […]

Editor: I am just catching up on my NCJ’s from the holiday season and was impressed, as well as saddened, by Ryan Burns’ piece on the plane that was lost off Trinidad last spring. (“The Plane That Wasn’t There,” Dec. 17). Burns’ fine account of how this tragic story was, and continues to be, kept […]

Editor: The issues described by Carol Harrison regarding electronic medical records reminded me of another reason for North Coast veterans to be grateful for the VA medical system (“Top of the Charts,” Jan. 7). Veterans Affairs has a fully implemented electronic medical data system that allows veterans’ complete medical records (and even Advanced Directives) to […]

Editor: Jennifer Savage has opinions, and that’s great — but does she have to express them (“Public Viewings,” Jan. 7)? In reading your bitter little column (paradoxically illustrated by a truly stunning exemplar of Matt Porr’s work), I found myself pondering the platitude that a picture is worth a thousand words: I could certainly have […]

Editor: Let’s see, it’s the week between Christmas and New Year’s and all the adults at the Journal are gone? How else can the lame parable by your calendar editor, Andrew Goff, be explained (“Prodigal Arkley,” Dec. 31)?  Even the title of Mr. Goff’s piece — “Prodigal Arkley” — was erroneous. According to my 1990 […]

Editor: Thank you for your thoughtful, and sorrowful, article on the plain tragedy ending the lives of two daring, and yes, perhaps foolish men (“The Plane That Wasn’t There” Dec. 17). While no one could possibly say with any definitiveness whether a prompt response could have saved those men’s lives, neither can anyone say that […]

Editor: Traitors? Fraudsters? Hank, I’m surprised at you. One would think the CRU scientists had been caught red-handed indeed. And yet to date there’s no evidence of fraud at all (“Town Dandy,” Dec. 17) The two most hyped examples of alleged fraud (out of thousands of e-mails over years of time) are the code for […]