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Editor: If the existence of the Loch Ness monster, "Nessie," could be positively disproved, I would find the world to be a less interesting place. Should anyone ask me if I believe in Nessie, I would have to say that I keep an open mind on the subject. Since science cannot prove or disprove certain […]

Editor: Like Hank Sims, I too was assured the Richardson Grove project was just a minor tweak, without any environmental consequences, and great for local businesses but without any impact on traffic, or sprawl, or Big Boxes, or anything else bad ("Town Dandy," April 9). The county’s media campaign was very effective — that is, […]

Rich and Creamy Editor: Marcy Burstiner’s praise for The Ferndale Enterprise’s coverage of the Humboldt Creamery story was well deserved (“Media Maven,” April 2). I enjoy reading Ms. Burstiner’s column and appreciate her insights. She only read the Enterprise’s stories because the editor had put them online, which is unfortunate since it is through subscriptions […]

Editor: I enjoyed Ryan Burns’ article “When Weed is Legal” (April 2) and I don’t have a problem with marijuana. In fact, I feel the government’s efforts to protect me has actually placed my family in a more dangerous situation. My concern is that J. D. wired 9,000 watts of lighting by himself. He admits […]

Editor: Just a note of appreciation for the Jennifer Savage article “Get Less Poor!” (March 26) – very moving, should be posted to the politicos of our nation. Very seldom do you read such accurate, timely and beneficial advice. It’s frustrating to me not to be able to expand my comments, but I know excellence […]

Editor: I was overjoyed to see Joseph Byrd’s piece on the Jazz Festival (“Regarding Local Festivals,” April 2). The quality of our local Blues and Jazz festivals has been going downhill since Glenn Maxon has taken over the helm. He has eliminated local bands from both. Our Blues Fest was the best, with two stages […]

Editor: I know this is a distressing time for newspapers and their need to shave costs. However, some decisions made also shave readers. I’m afraid that the Journal is heading in that direction. The last edition is a case in point as more than half was mostly unreadable because of the tiny print, as well […]

Editor: Ryan Burns wrote an article on the plane that went down, and told some info about the pilot "Lost," March 12). I am the daughter of the passenger Rick Gustafson, and wanted to thank Burns, personally, for that article. My stepmom and I just spent three days in Arcata, meeting with the Coast Guard […]

Editor: How interesting to find you, Mr. Sims, editor of the wonderful NCJ, with the attitude of "you’ve seen one redwood, you’ve seen them all" ("Town Dandy," March 12). How else can we construe your casual description of the severing of the roots of 30 of the largest old-growth trees in Richardson Grove State Park […]

Editor: Allow me to offer one minor addition to Greg King’s self-stirring narrative ("Mailbox," March 5) about his solo discovery of the Headwaters Forest (an event, along with publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, that some feel marked the beginning of the environmental movement). Greg King wrote, "The big grove was trackless with dozens of […]

Editor: As the writer for the competition with that feisty Independent, I’d like you to be aware that the community supports us as well, and in fact, we are more widely read than the Independent ("Media Maven," March 5). Your chauvinism is showing. Mary E. Anderson, Redway

Editor: While reading Marcy Burstiner’s "Subscribe ’til It Hurts," I noticed what I consider an error in the article ("Media Maven," March 5). She used the phrase/term "The 101" — referring, of course, to our north-south highway. Now, I don’t know how this came to be, or why it is an error, but I do […]