Richmond Reflects
HSU’s retiring president looks back, and forward, in his own words
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Richmond Reflects
Thirteen years ago, Rollin Richmond came to Arcata as Humboldt State University’s new president and surveyed a campus in crisis. There were the frayed relations with the city of Arcata and surrounding community, a 2001 fundraising scandal that shook the university to its core, a demoralized staff and stagnant enrollment. Oh, and a 10-percent cut…
Last of the Liquors Leave the Pulp Mill
The Samoa Pulp Mill is liquor free as of today. The nearly six-month process of hauling the three million gallons of abandoned caustic chemicals ended with a final truck heading northbound to Longview, Washington, where the pulping liquors are being reconstituted for use in a pulp mill there. Congressman Jared Huffman praised the efforts of…
CANCELED: The Avett Brothers to Reschedule
Do you have tickets for The Avett Brothers at Center Arts tonight? Are they there, held to your refrigerator with a banjo magnet? You may want to leave them there for a while because the uber popular bluegrass band has to reschedule. From their statement to Center Arts: “The Avett Brothers regret to announce that…
Fight Night Returns to Trinidad
Seven months after local music promoter and amateur mixed martial artist Steve Watts was paralyzed during a bout, fight night is returning to Trinidad, albeit in a more regulated form. “It’s going to be a lot different,” said Steve Fossum, president of the International Sport Combat Federation, which has signed on to sanction Cher-Ae Heights…
Covered in Cute
If you saw the Journal’s post earlier today, you know that some readers think paper copies of this publication make good backdrops for promotional marijuana pictures. But hey, they make good backdrops for cuteness too. Above is Honey, friend of one of the Journal’s delivery drivers. I have been a part of the Journal delivery…
DA Candidates Covered in Weed
A savvy Fortuna merchant is peddling some of last year’s great green crop for what, by his/her account, is a swinging deal. Yup, for “200 a unit” you can pick up some year-old, untrimmed, seeded trainwreck via Craigslist. The seller, apparently aware that pictures = clicks on Craigslist postings, carefully piled the “good bud” on…
Bucolic Frolic
The Scots have given us so much: Scotch, golf, deep-fried Mars bars and the original Bond. Their tartan-wrapped gifts keep on giving this weekend in Fortuna. Och! Time again for the North Coast Scottish Society’s Frolic in the Glen on Saturday, Sept. 6 in Rohner Park (free). The Humboldt Highlanders Pipes and Drums blow it…
Wiyot Days
Humboldt’s rich history goes back further than logging and choo-choo trains. Waaaay further back. Before it was settled as a poorly chosen port by the sea, Humboldt was home to a number of indigenous tribes. Wiyot Day (free) is all about celebrating and honoring one of those tribes. On Saturday, September 6, from noon until 9…
Pump Your Brakes
Why speed when you can slow down and let the people get a good look? During Cruz’n Eureka, the white-walled, chrome-plated annual fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club of the Redwoods, drivers will be showing off their wheels all over town (free attendance). The weekend starts early on Thursday, Sept. 4, with a poker…
Leave Your Mark on Ocean Night
If you were hot to see Wiremark, as the Journal had erroneously named tonight’s Ocean Night film, tough. The actual title is Watermark, and it’s a painterly exploration of how humankind has shaped and been shaped by water. In California, the vast, manmade All-American Canal diverts water from the Colorado River to urban centres. In India,…
Trinidad Art Night
Trinidad Art Night Friday, Sept. 5, 6-9 p.m. For more information on openings, exhibitions and events, visit trinidadartnights.com. Catch Lida Penkova’s “Salmon Run” at the Strawberry Rock Gallery. Upper Trinidad SAUNDER’S PARK (start of Patricks Point Drive). Circus of the Elements fire dance at 8:45 p.m. OCEAN GROVE 480 Patricks Point Drive. “Afterparty!” 9:30 p.m. with The Joe Dominick Band and High Crimes. Admission…
Pension Tension
Editor: I would like to clarify some points made in the article and the letter to the editor entitled “High on the Hog”. The cost of pensions has increased but we should not forget that the state knew about this for many years and did very little until it became a crisis. Most people don’t…
Schooling
Editor: I just read Paul Mann’s blistering assessment of higher education in America and nearly choked on my coffee. Concise clarity is a shock first thing in the morning! From Latin, the gist of the word “education” involves “leading out of” ignorance. When students do the will of corporations without even being aware of it,…
Future Shock
Editor: (Sent from the near future — there’s an app for that now.) I’m writing to complain about the prices at the farmers market. Four-hundred-and-fifty dollars per ounce for Sour Diesel is exorbitant and unnecessary. I thought the price would come down after legalization! Where do they think the money is going to come from…
Free
she walked in the wild ate from the earth kissed the love she had no past the stars were her guide free was not a word she knew, it was a feeling that is always there. I met her one day barefoot in the wet grass I told her about my past she laughed grabbed…
The Bounty Around Us
“It’s that time of the year,” sang Len Barry, and I echo his words. He meant summertime, but I mean Local Food Month, when we officially celebrate the food grown or made in our county — a month-long party featuring special events and chances to meet local food producers and taste their products. Providing an…
Multigenerational appeal
This week, we check in with veterans of Humboldt bluegrass Absynth Quintet about the upcoming album Telepathy with Glowbugs and discuss making the leap from house parties to professional venues with 20-something psych-jazz quartet High Crimes. AQ and I go way back — banjo player Ian Davidson is my neighbor and I’ve interviewed these guys…
City Lights Up
Business owners near Las Vegas’ most famous roadway face a unique design review problem: Because of a city-approved “scenic byway” designation, any business located on Las Vegas Boulevard between Sahara and Washington avenues must have a sign that contains 75 percent neon. You know, to maintain that preternatural aura that defines the desert city nights.…
September Gardening To-Do List
Though the days feel hot, humid and long, a mild chill at night and streaks of vibrant color through the foliage of birches and maples let us know that winter is coming, and if you’ve ever watched Game of Thrones, you know you don’t want to be caught unprepared by that. It’s getting to be…
A Fine Edge
Attending Arts Alive! typically embodies fun, amusement, a bit of awe before a particularly impressive piece of artwork, the joy inherent in being part of the thriving crowd on the streets. Eureka, electrified. This month’s selections start off on a somber note, however, as the event takes place on the eve of what would have…
Going Underground
Reviews AS ABOVE, SO BELOW. And it’s a mess on both sides. Another found footage cock-up based on the shaky premise that, somewhere in the bowels of the Earth, an alchemist hid a compound that can transform base materials into gold, heal wounds and give eternal life. But he hid the stuff in/near the gates…
Albin and the ‘Scripmonks
Oh, Councilman Albin. Did you seriously select as your campaign motif a ship’s wheel with the motto I’m On Board? I ask because, according to a report in the Lost Coast Outpost, sir, it’s not so much that you’re on board as you’re on prescription Vicodin and Lorazepam and THAT, my friend, is one fierce…
First Saturday Night Arts Alive!
First Saturday Night Arts Alive! Saturday, Sept. 6, 6-9 p.m. Presented by the Humboldt Arts Council and Eureka Main Street. Opening receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are held the first Saturday of each month. Phone (707) 442-9054 or go to www.eurekamainstreet.org for more information or to have an exhibit or performance included. A. ST.…
Fortuna Arts Night
Fortuna Arts Night Friday, Sept. 5, 5-8 p.m. Presented by members of the Fortuna business community and open for all Fortuna businesses to display the work of local artists. Receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are from 6-8 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. Enter to win $50 in Fortuna Bucks by picking…
