Editor: Quite a while ago, I read in your paper about unscrupulous auctioneers selling, undisclosed, unbuildable lots in Shelter Cove to unsuspecting buyers, essentially ripping them off (“Buyer Beware!” April 22, 2004). I believe the article’s message was shame on the auctioneers and shame on the Humboldt County Tax Assessor. Now you’re helping steal from […]
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Bow Down to Bob
Editor: It has come to my attention that it is time to eat my words of yesteryear. I once wrote a letter complaining about Bob Doran as a journalist for your publication. Since then I have bumped into Mr. Doran at many events that any average journalist would not take the time to investigate. I […]
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Visit to America
There we were, a good portion of my extended family, just about ready to indulge the perennial Humboldt itch to get someplace sunny and warm, at least for a couple of weeks, at least every other year. And though I didn’t have any real illusions going in, I would say that the moment that illustrated […]
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Not A Gargantuan Error
Editor: It’s a minuscule mistake. Page 4, paragraph 1 (“To our advertisers,” July 3): No such word as “miniscule.” — Ed Munn, Arcata
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Respect Y Respeto
Editor: The Latino Community Providers’ Network (LatinoNet) would like to thank you for your recent bilingual story highlighting the impact of immigration policy on our local community (“The Iceman Cometh,” June 26). You mentioned LatinoNet’s monthly meeting in the article. The Vision Statement of the LatinoNet is “a North Coast where all Spanish-speaking people feel […]
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Lock and Load
He went to the big armory in the sky a few years ago, but on the evening of June 26, here in Petrolia, I could almost hear the joyful salvos that my neighbor, Curly Wright, half a mile down Conklin Creek Road, would have loosed off into the hillside the other side of the Mattole. […]
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A Law Worth Copying
hwarzenegger signed an emergency bill early last month that got little notice here on the far North Coast. It fixed – in a hurry – the state law governing home winemaking. Someone discovered that the law as written actually was ridiculous: It prohibited competitions like many county fairs have held for decades because legally homemade […]
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Imagine All The Fish
Editor: Will Harling and the Tribal experts are spot on in Orleans (“Slow Burn,” July 3). The closer out-of-area wildland fire teams work with the likes of the Mid Klamath Watershed Council (MKWC) and Karuk Tribe experts, the better. Our own local resources spread thin, out-of-area fire fighters coming in can be a blessing, especially […]
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Paper Potential
Editor: Thanks for the great column by Marcy Burstiner about Rich Somerville. I was a longtime friend and colleague of his, and the piece definitely captured Rich’s skill at bringing out the potential of community newspapers. I wanted to make sure you guys knew about the Richard Somerville Memorial Scholarship Fund. We’d greatly appreciate any […]
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The end of Somervillization as we know it
In the last column Rich Somerville penned as managing editor of the Times-Standard, he spoke about the Hawaiian term “huhu”, which he said meant a state of agitated anger. The column was about reader reaction to the paper’s editorial endorsing Clif Clendenen for the Board of Supervisors and the possibility it raised that Johanna Rodoni’s […]
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Everybody in the pool!
Thank you for your article on the sudden closure of several Humboldt County swimming pools (“Can’t Swim,” June 19). I was raised a swimmer: My parents met at a pool, I learned to swim at that same pool and eventually became an instructor and lifeguard (yep, at that same pool). I began teaching swimming nearly […]
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Tow this
Did someone turn in Mr. Hartin’s and Mr. Reece’s vehicles (“Tow Happy,” June 26)after seeing them sitting for how long? Did someone get tired of those vehicles blocking the view of one backing their vehicle out of a driveway? Or many other reasons to call a vehicle into Vehicle Abatement? If you call EPD all […]