Letters + Opinion

Editor: There is one value that the row of Eucalyptus trees along the 101 corridor provide us that was not mentioned in your Jan. 8.article (“O, Eucalyptus,” Jan. 8). Viewed from across the bay they create a beautiful scenic vista. Please refer to the attached photographs that I recently took from Arcata’s marsh. Removing 50 […]

Editor: Many thanks to Dave Silverbrand for his article on Nancy Huntzinger and her murdered son Curtis (“Nancy’s Day,” Jan. 9).  As a father, community member and human being, I read his account of a mother who for 18 years refused to give up searching for answers about her son’s disappearance and was moved to […]

Editor: Kyana Taillon’s antiseptic images of the “upsides” [sic] of marijuana only serve to perpetuate the false notion that there are few negative effects from its cultivation and use (“New Year’s Eve,” Jan. 1). Perhaps her promise to explore “some of the darker aspects” in the future might include a close-up of the thin, tear-stained […]

Editor: I was incredibly saddened and very upset that you decided to undress Sarah Price so publicly, as she was a very private person (“Saving Sam,” Dec. 25). Simply going by your descriptions of Sarah, it was an intrusive move to publish her pain and her ending of her life. I also found the timing […]

Editor: As much as I like the photography and artistic creativity of the New Year’s photo essay, I feel the need to express how old and boring this is getting (“New Year’s Eve,” Jan. 1). I personally have no problem with environmentally conscious dope growers and don’t empathize with the tighter regulation sentiments of many […]

Editor: I want to thank you again for last week’s article about Sam Price (“Saving Sam,” Dec. 25). I agree with Jessie Brownlee’s comment that we all could have done more. We are all in some ways responsible, but I also want to say that I think that she did find support and safety here […]

Editor: While I wouldn’t have used the term “fed-up,” I am extremely disappointed by the conduct of the Board of Trustees of St. Joseph Hospital (“Medical Chief Grief,” Jan. 1).  During the 12 years that I have been a member of the medical staff, the St. Joseph’s board has rarely played a significant role in […]

Editor: I seriously don’t think I have ever read anything in this paper as wild as “Zombies of the ER,” by Marcy Burstiner (Jan. 1). Having an apparent meltdown over the columnists from the Reporter now appearing twice weekly in the Times-Standard, she uses scads of loaded pejoratives to communicate her liberal hissy fit over […]

Editor: I have been reading the NCJ for as long as it has been published. I look forward to each new edition arriving in time for my once a week breakfast outing. It is a serious tradition with me and all the staff at the restaurant I frequent. Lately, there have been editions of the […]

Because of a computer error, the URL given in Cindee Grace’s letter last week (“Mailbox,” Jan. 1) was printed incorrectly. The true address at which her book Holistic Self-Care for Post Traumatic Stress & Dissociative Identity can be found is amyweintraub.com/resources.htm.