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Summer of Fun
General & Multiple Activity Programs ARCATA CHILDREN’S CENTER SUMMER PROGRAM Description: Outdoor games, weekly field trips and child-initiated group projects in math, science, reading, art, music and theater. Ages: school age kids When: 7:45 a.m.-6 p.m., Jun. 14-Aug. 21. Where: Arcata Children’s Center Cost: Free to eligible families Contact: 822-1423 HERBAL SUMMER CAMP Description: A…
Final Campaign Finance Statements In
It’s that time again. The latest round of campaign finance disclosure forms have arrived, minus one from Paul Gallegos, who hadn’t filed by the time the Election’s Office closed Thursday night. Below is a taste of the financial madness, primarily focusing on major contributers for each candidate. By this point, the lines are drawn and…
For the Glory
As regards our earlier correction regarding Kinetic (non)debauchery at Crab Park: We see now how that mistake was made. In short, it must have been a completely different pyrotechnic party that we attended at Crab Park last year during the Kinetic Sculpture camp-out. While the riders were down the beach, tucked snugly in their sleeping bags,…
Kinetic Debauchery Denied
We got a note from the President of the Kinetic Universe this morning taking issue with several things in a short piece in this week’s Journal on the Kinetic Grand Championship Sculpture Race, specifically, regarding Sunday night activities in Crab Park on Cannibal Island. (Apparently we were ratted out by KHUM.) Our correspondent wrote of…
Gunman Reported at Mad River Hospital
Mad River Community Hospital, United Indian Health Services and Pacific Union school are currently on lockdown, following reports of a man with a gun at the hospital. APD officers, backed up by other area law enforcement, are on the scene. A KHUM listener sent the station audio of the robocall that went out to Arcata…
Woman Cuts Own Throat With Butcher Knife
A Whitethorn woman cut her own throat with a butcher knife Saturday morning and may have died if not for the quick response of a sheriff’s deputy, according to a Sheriff’s Office press release. Deputy Robert Hamilton arrived at a home on the 1200 block of A Rd. at about 9:30 a.m., responding to a…
Child Pornography Arrest
UPDATE (with photo): Maniaci (yes, his name contains the word “maniac”) is being held on $250,000 bail. This just in from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office: Last Friday morning, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Detectives arrested a Phillipsville man after serving a search warrant at his house and finding child pornography. The case originated when a juvenile…
Carolling Praise for the Eye
“Kevin L. Hoover (is) an existential hero, the last moral man in a corrupt universe, walking the semi-corrupt streets of Arcata, observing without judging, until he decides the hell with it, I’m going to judge.” — John Carroll, San Francisco Chronicle
Fifth District Roundtable Rewind
In case you missed some or all of last night’s roundtable discussion with three of the four candidates for Fifth District Supervisor on KHUM, here it is, courtesy of the station’s dollar-store Web cam:
Piss Off Steam!
Steam curls up Reaching for the ceiling And…
McKinleyville Arts Night
McKinleyville Art Night will be Friday, May 21st, 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Join us for our community’s celebration of local art and artists for music, food and fun. You can find more information about the artists and venues and see additional images online at www.mckinleyvilleartsnight.com. 1) The Front Gallery & Gifts, 1181 Central Ave. 2)…
Wet-suited Cormorants
“Criticism flows off him like water off a duck’s back,” we say, referring to someone who is incapable of hearing feedback. Water does indeed flow readily from the oily feathers of a duck, and not just off its back. Its breast feathers are equally water resistant, so most ducks can happily paddle around in cold…
Together
The Canadian-based band The New Pornographers, led by songwriters A.C. Newman and Dan Bejar, staked its reputation on delivering smart pop songs. From their 2000 debut, Mass Romantic, the talented core group, including vocalist/songwriter Neko Case, has remained intact. They’ve enlarged the troupe, adding guitarist Todd Fancey and Newman’s niece, Kathryn Calder, on vocals and keyboards…
Distant Relatives
Listening to Distant Relatives, it’s easy to imagine Damian Marley and Nas being related — they perform as though they’ve spent a lifetime playing together. No wonder. They’re both internationally successful and respected artists who celebrate their African heritage, especially on this latest effort. Damian Marley, of course, is also known for being Bob Marley’s…
Celebrations
If you strolled through downtown Arcata over the weekend, you may have heard the sound of music in the air, caught a whiff of barbeque, or a glimpse of a bright tent with artwork laid out for the passerby. Organizers called it the “first annual” Humboldt Arts Festival. Any copy editor will tell you that’s…
Women & Children Last
The Journal recently reported that McKinleyville Middle School’s art program and perhaps music program are set to expire due the state’s financial muddle. What kind of society have we devolved to when the very programs designed to tap into what makes us human are seen as disposable? When only the children of the wealthy have…
Wild Blue Yonder
A pair of fisheries biologists stood on the tarmac of Eureka’s Murray Field airport Saturday afternoon, eyeballing a nearby Cessna 210 and talking about shapes. The scientists, mild mannered and perhaps a bit nervous, were HSU Fisheries Professor David Hankin and Crescent City-based consultant Zack Larson, both members of the North Coast Regional Stakeholder Group,…
Little Benito
Previews Opening this weekend: Shrek Forever After, the fourth and perhaps final episode in DreamWorks’ lovable ogre franchise. The usual crew is back: Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers), Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), sidekicks Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas). The story finds an older but not wiser Shrek mired in domestic life,…
Sons of…
Taking up the family business is nothing unusual. It happens in all sorts of professions — plumbers do it, roofers, retailers, lawyers, etc. — and it certainly happens in the music world. You will definitely see it in action Friday night with a pair of dueling “sons of” shows in Arcata. Down and dirty New…
Mad Props
This is a hot political season, not only because of the battles raging across Humboldt County for a variety of key positions, but also for the multitude of ballot initiatives coming to a ballot near you in June. Much attention has been paid to the Tax Cannabis Act, which could very well legalize marijuana in…
Draft McMenamins!
Tuesday morning, half an hour or so before the Eureka Inn’s big grand reopening shindig. A few workmen pass back and forth in the grande old damme’s neatly but sparsely refurbished lobby, on their way to one task or another. A very eager and enthusiastic young woman manned the front counter, unsure about when the…
Elections and Crime
Editor: So after Bonnie Neely’s campaign gets an anonymous, threatening phone call, Virginia Bass believes that the “professional” response would have been for Neely’s campaign to contact her directly, so she could “investigate” (“Notes from the Hustings,” May 13). Sounds like Bass believes that Neely’s campaign should have known said threats were connected to Bass…
CR: Up is Down
Editor: I found out by poking around on the Internet. One of my College of the Redwoods journalism classes had been canceled. No explanation. The reason, I’m left to assume — they’re cutting classes because enrollment is up. Really? All I know is that I love to teach at CR and always have. My mother…
