A story in last week’s paper about Mad River Community Hospital’s loss of several operating room nurses (“Urgent Care,” Nov. 20) misstated the position of Dr. Gregory Gibb. He is no longer the president of the Humboldt Del-Norte Independent Practice Association, having vacated the post in July. The current president is Dr. Bruce Kessler. Dr. […]
Letters + Opinion
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Love Song of the 1st District
Word broke last week that several high Congressional muckety-mucks have pressed President-elect Barack Obama to name our own representative, Mike Thompson, as the next Secretary of the Interior. The nominators include Bay Area lawmakers Anna Eshoo and George "The Enforcer" Miller, both loyal lieutenants of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. If appointed, Thompson would succeed Idaho […]
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Check Your Flippancy
Editor: I am writing about the preview for the 4th Annual Synergy Fair that your journalist Emily Hobelmann wrote up (“Synergasm,” Nov. 13). The preview was written up in a way that made me think that the writer did not take the event seriously. I think the preview was sarcastic, “tongue-in-cheek” stereotyping and had a […]
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The Annual Complaint
Editor: I patiently wait for the new Journal from the moment I finish reading the current edition. Your stories are well researched, offer a unique perspective to local issues and give a voice to many underappreciated members of this community. That being said, I could not be more annoyed with your layout on the cover […]
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Busting the Dams
The United States of America is a nation perpetually at war with itself, barely ever able to reach anything like a consensus opinion on anything at all. One possible exception: outgoing Vice President Dick Cheney. In June, the national Harris Poll had his popularity ratings at a grim 18 percent — as close to a […]
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Positive Thinking
Editor: I commend the Journal for its coverage of Umpqua Bank’s CEO Ray Davis’ recent state of the economy talk (“Short Stories,” Nov. 13). You were the only member of the local media to do so. You did the greater public a service by letting them know of a different voice. Instead of reading yet […]
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En Garde!
Editor: Mr. Sims argues that even though Measure T has been clearly ruled as unconstitutional, and denies a minority of residents their rights to liberty and participation in the electoral process, it should be vehemently defended, as it is the “will of the people” (“Town Dandy,” Nov. 13). I will be interested to see if […]
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Fingers Crossed
Editor: I want to thank Heidi Walters for her fine article “Without the Mill” (Nov. 6), about workers from Evergreen Pulp Mill. It was nice that she focused on how this shut-down has changed employee’s lives and left them stressed about their future. Let us hope that all from the mill return to the workforce […]
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Full Court Depress
Election night was a blast at northcoastjournal.com, and on the air with our friends at KHUM radio. For one, the occasion was the debut of the Journal‘s electronic intern, who was tasked with bringing home all the latest results so participants in our online chat room never had to leave the page. Visitors to our […]
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Ammon error
“Rammin’ at Ammon,” an article about the “All Hollow’s Heave” disc golf tournament in last week’s paper, misidentified the winner of last year’s tournament. In fact, Shaun Bryars of Nevada City won last year, as well as this year. The Journal regrets the error.
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To Mumbai, Alice!
In Humboldt County, some people think about mileage when shopping for food. Not in terms of how much gas it will take to get to the Safeway, but how many miles the food traveled before it landed on the store shelf. Enviro-foodies tell us that if you care about global warming you need to focus […]
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Watch Your Tongue
Editor: Thank you for Ryan Burns’ excellent article “At the Orgy” about Humboldt Imps latest sex-positive event (Oct. 30). It must be mentioned, though, that Ghouls Gone Wild was not an “orgy.” This is an important linguistic distinction. An orgy involves multiple parties who have all consented to interact sexually with one another. It was […]