The Santa Train was set to leave Willits station at around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, and most of the kids were pretty well pumped. Greg "The Train Singer" Schindel, magnificently mustachioed troubadour of the rails, was working the queue, sneaking in a rendition of "Working on the Railroad" among seasonal fare like "Santa Claus Is Coming […]
Letters + Opinion
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Vote Smart
Editor: Hank Sims now says Humboldt’s official method of counting votes is an outrage and the Diebold/Premier folks “should be shunned. Maybe indicted.” (“Town Dandy,”Dec. 11) He may be late to the party, but the top hat and tails are always welcome. Yes, Humboldt has joined Florida, Ohio and towns and counties across the land […]
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Studies in Grace
Editor: Thanks for mentioning my town, Fernbridge, in your story (“Red Hots,” Dec 11). But “The Most Conservative Place in the County”? I find that it’s probable the most liberal place out there. Everyday at my store-cafe-bakery we get every type of person that lives around here. Who hasn’t been at the cafe counter to […]
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Mistaken identification
In last week’s Arts! Arcata guide, two works of art were mistakenly attributed to other artists. A painting by Richard Quenzer (shown at Arcata Co–op) was wrongly credited to Ken Jarvela. A painting by Patricia Sennott (shown at Meridian Fine Art Gallery) wrongly credited to Susan Fox. The Journal regrets the errors.
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Upvote
Editor: So Marcy Burstiner thinks her column is no longer useful just because the Eureka Reporter is gone (“Media Maven,” Dec. 4)? Does she think that no one else reads her column? I’m no journalist, but I have gotten a lot of insight from her. If she has more to say, please ask her to […]
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Questions All Around
Editor: As a friend of Greg Jennings, I am perplexed by a couple of things since his untimely death (“Ghost Bike,” Dec. 4).First, why no “rumble strips” along Highway 101 or 299? Come on Caltrans, what’s it going take? Second, on my daily commute back to Eureka from work I am amazed at the number […]
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Fair Comment
Editor: Whatever “synergy” is, it sure seems to rob the “synergist” of their sense of humor, judging by the don’t-be-mean-to-us tone of the four letters published (“Mailbox,” Nov. 26 and Dec. 4) in response to Emily Hobelmann’s tongue-in-cheek preview of the Synergy Fair (“Synergasm,” Nov. 13). My reading of the original piece is that was […]
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Deck Zero
A couple of weeks ago I got a chance to do my duty for democracy at the Humboldt County Elections Office. I was working a scanner with Kevin Collins — Ettersburg resident, commercial fisherman, old-school frizzy-bearded Humboldt County visionary. Collins was keeping logs, I was operating the computer, Humboldt County Clerk-Recorder Carolyn Crnich and other […]
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Growth in Loleta
Editor: Your article “Arkley v. Humboldt” (Nov. 26) implies that our companies that own the Loleta area land in question intend to develop it as a subdivision. Had your reporter contacted us before writing the article, he would have learned that we have no intention of doing so. Nevertheless, ascertaining the correct number of legal […]
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Historical Blight
Editor: When the Bayshore Mall opened, the existing retail districts, downtown and the Pierson Mall collapsed. Many established local businesses in those places either moved to Bayshore or closed permanently. Storefronts were vacant or occupied by lower-grade tenants for years, a trend still not entirely reversed. Was that urban decay? Will the Marina Center have […]
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The Straw-Bale Paper
There is nothing that represents a rural community like a straw bale. Friends in Ferndale built a house out of straw bales this year. And in these pages, Amy Stewart taught us how to build a vegetable garden on top of one. Now I want to show you how you can build a news publication […]
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Dissynergy
Editor: I am confused by the “Synergasm” article (Nov. 13) written about the Fourth Annual Synergy Fair, an event I put energy into organizing and promoting all year long. Synergy Fair is a service to the community, a time for people to learn and experience the many types of complementary alternative healing modalities available to […]