Men on Bikes
Tricks, stunts and epic crashes on the rough edges of cycling
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Men On Bikes
The light is fading at the Arcata Community Skate Park as Oliver Wallace begins another lap around the perimeter of the park, heading towards the big concrete bowl. He dips his bike over the edge of the bowl, rolls across the middle, and swoops up the other side, keeping one hand on the handlebars and…
Manifest Destiny
I should have seen it immediately. The clues were right there in Chris Durant’s splashy piece in the Times-Standard at the end of December. The headline, "Crooks pull elaborate casino heist" was accompanied by a clever graphic with the three suspects’ mug shots embedded in a slot machine. The photo of Peter Daniel Collins wasn’t…
Roger and out
Supervisor Roger Rodoni was creaky and hoarse when he made his last stand at the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday morning – at least that’s the way he appeared on television – but flu or not, the old cowboy did manage to unleash a customarily acerbic defense while his colleagues held his head under the…
Preaching Impeachment
Eight senior citizens and one adorable little girl stormed the Eureka offices of Congressman Mike Thompson last Wednesday at noon, lending their voices to a nationwide day of protest aimed at fomenting impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush. It was a cold, wet, blustery day. After several hours of silent protest outside the office…
The Studio School
Amber Marks-Thornton has been attending classes at the Studio School since she was 5 years old (it was called the Art Academy then). She’s now 16. Meadow Cooskey’s parents drive her all the way from Petrolia every Saturday during class sessions to attend the program’s art classes on the HSU campus. Parents of students report…
Gardening in the Rain
So there I am, sitting at the kitchen table, looking glumly out at the rain. "What am I supposed to write about this week?" I ask my husband. "It’s raining. There’s nothing to do outside." "Write about the rain," he says. That sounds rather Zen, but there’s something to it. If you live in Humboldt…
