Vulnerable Part 2
has anything really changed in Humboldt’s nursing homes?
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Vulnerable — Part 2
Second of two parts Drifting languidly through the halls at Seaview Rehabilitation & Wellness Center, the poles are as brightly colored and as aimless as reef fish. They waft forward, idle, then reverse. The poles are paint-roller extension handles, the kind used to reach high ceilings, except these are draped with flowers and ribbons. They…
Mama Whale Passes
Sad news — especially for those who seized the opportunity to be mesmerized by cetacean sublimeness in the past couple of months. The mama gray whale who had been living in the Klamath River since June 24 — and who’d been alone since her calf swam back out to sea July 22 — has died.…
Vanishing Congressman
OK, Mike Thompson’s running. But not here. And he’s sad to leave us. Read all about it in his press release: Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced that he will seek re-election from his life-long home in the reshaped Fifth Congressional district map. California Congressional district maps, drawn by a voter approved independent commission, were…
Times-Standard puts the kibosh on us freeloaders
Oh no! If we can’t figure out how to delete cookies, we’re screwed! Read the announcement… if you’re still able to!
Tokens, Produce and Glorious Facial Hair
North Coast Journal contributor Josephine Johnson attended the Arcata Farmers’ Market Saturday and shot the following video, in which a representative of the North Coast Growers Association explains Blue Tokens and The Bucky Walters pluck, strum and pick to the crowd’s delight. Arcata Farmers Market from Josephine Johnson on Vimeo.
Teen Beat
Kaylee Savage-Wright is one half of a teenaged sister-brother team covering San Francisco’s Outside Lands fest on behalf of the North Coast Journal — because we believe the youth are our future. Kaylee submitted the following report: Friday highlights: Joy Formidable kicked things off with tons of energy, especially impressive considering they were playing an…
Not Disgruntled
Editor: While Zach St. George’s July 28 article, “It’s Good to Be President,” gave a reasonably sound overview of the controversial issue of high executive pay throughout the 23-campus California State University system, it glossed over a unique aspect of Humboldt State’s organizational culture. More often than not, staff members represented by the California State…
Evening
One hand curls loosely beneath the chin of…
Zip-A-Dee Zumba
Editor: As a local “zumbaista” I was pleased to see your article (“Joyous Zumba,” July 21.) on the incandescent Marla Joy. I loved the lively and apt comparison of a zumba class with a margarita. It’s true — zumba is a better high — and good for you, what a deal! The accompanying photo montage…
St. George Spirits
“Is it all right?” asks the tasting room bartender Chris, looking down quizzically at my barely touched vodka shot. “It’s fantastic,” I tell him. “Just pacing myself.” He pours the rest out, but he’s not happy about it. And it really is a damn fine vodka, a vodka to put Goose-swillers in their place, a…
Walmart in Eureka
Walmart in Eureka
Whale Tale
It just looked wrong. As the 45-foot mother whale circled and circled again by the Klamath bridge long after her calf had returned to the ocean, looking like any anxious parent, all I could think was, “Whales don’t belong in rivers!” However, it wasn’t always so. Fifty million years ago the earliest whales lived in…
Pakistan: Folk and Pop Instrumentals 1966-1976
One need not be well-versed in the history of Pakistan to know that in recent times its society suffered a series of wars, military coups and drastic social and governmental shifts. During a period in the mid-‘60s through the mid-‘70s, filmmakers, television programmers and musicians enjoyed a relatively brief window of uncensored creativity. In 1977,…
The New Universe and the Human Future: How a Shared Cosmology Could Transform the World
“If we had a transnationally shared, believable picture of the cosmos, including a mythic-quality story of its origins and our origins — a picture recognized as equally true for everyone on this planet — we humans would see our problems in an entirely new light, and we would almost certainly solve them.” That’s the urgent…
Three Feet
Tina Manos was riding her bicycle back home to Eureka from the North Spit one Saturday when the side mirror of a passing pickup truck struck her in the back. She flew off her bike, hit the ground and was knocked unconscious. Manos, a kinesiology professor at Humboldt State University who researches and teaches bike…
Winning
It’s that winning time of year again. August, when the Humboldt County Fair brings the usual county fair goodness to the Ferndale Fairgrounds for 11 days. You’ll find the usual carnie games, Ferris wheel, cotton candy, corndogs and other meats on sticks, along with 4-H kids in white outfits with green hats and scarves and…
Con Artistry
The sunny Riviera is a real place. In fact, there are two (not counting the hotel in Vegas or the club in Manhattan): the beaches and casinos of the French Riviera and the Italian Riviera. But there is also the unreal Riviera, bordered in time by the 1920s of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the 1950s…
Goat Griping
Editor: Thumb to Mouth? (Mailbox, July 28) When I first read of the controversy over the proposed goat dairy, my response was, “Well there they go again. Shame on those NIMBY’s!” Then I read further. Seventy goats per acre isn’t your usual dairy. The risk to nearby residents may not be as great as the…
Corrections
A report online and reprinted in last week’s Journal overstated the degree of knowledge that City Manager David Tyson had regarding the identity of the new tenant at the Bayshore Mall. The report should have read: But some people who may be able to confirm the identity of the tenant can’t talk. Tyson said he…
A Fine and Fancy Ramble
I forget who it was, but someone told me it’s all happening at the zoo. He wasn’t too clear on what all “all” was, but it sounded cool. And since my knee-jerk reaction is to accept what I’m told, I do believe it. Right! Now I remember where I heard it! It was that adorably…
Where’s Walmart?
The Bayshore Mall may soon include the Bayshore Wal. Local union reps and labor experts are dismayed, predicting scenes of post-Walmartalyptic depression and lost jobs. But … Costco, Target and Kmart are already here. Is Walmart really any worse? Researchers can’t say with any certainty. Walmart’s smaller rivals have avoided the legal issues that make…
Do the Monkey!
Reviews RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. Virtually everyone of my age or so who goes to movies no doubt remembers the original Planet of the Apes, released in 1968. Who could forget the startling final scene when the humans discover the ruined Statue of Liberty, not to mention the over-emoting Charlton Heston whose…
Americali
Considering her melodious name, it’s not surprising that Melody Walker became a musician. After living for years in Humboldt and earning a music degree from HSU, Melody now lives in the East Bay with her musician boyfriend Jacob Groopman of The Real Nasty. When I caught up with Melody Tuesday morning via cell, she and…
