THE NORTH COAST JOURNAL
(Vol. IX, Issue 2)

Humboldt County's monthly magazine of Politics, People and Art
145 G St., Suite A, Arcata, Calif. 95521

FEBRUARY 1998

On the cover: Dottie Sweet, photo by Brandi Easter

COVER STORY

ART ON A HANGER
Story by Rosemary Edmiston
Dottie Sweet was out for a walk one morning
and found an old piece of rug backing.
Guess what she did with it?

PALCO VIOLATIONS IN PERSPECTIVE
by Jerry Partain
" 'Without the necessary data, we are not in a position to make a judgement on the proper rate of harvest;
however, it is evident that the company is preparing and operating
on more timber plans than its foresters can supervise properly at this time.'

PEPPER SPRAY FOLLOW-UP

A QUESTION OF PRE-TRIAL PUNISHMENT
by Rosemary Edmiston
"On a wet day in early October, Noel Tendick and Michael McCurdy
sloshed through the mud onto Pacific Lumber Co. land near Stafford.
They chained themselves to an unoccupied bulldozer using the welded metal pipes
that have become so familiar in the environmental battlefield surrounding Headwaters Forest.

When a team of sheriff's deputies arrived, they warned
the two young men to release themselves or be treated with pepper spray.
'The Two,' as they have come to be known in legal papers,
refused and were subsequently doused with the stinging chemical ..."

HEALTH

WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN?
An exclusive interview with heart surgeon Dr. Charles Dietl
by Judy Hodgson
"In the December edition, The Journal reported that the St. Joseph Heart Institute
had been in operation just three months -- May through July 1997 --
when the hospital voluntarily suspended operations in order 'to review an unusually high death rate.'

That statement was incorrect. As previously reported,
the reason for the suspension was to conduct a program review to
determine if the death rate was high -- or within expected limits --
and that has yet to be determined. ..."

FISCAL FITNESS

MANAGING THE ASSETS OF OTHERS
by Ron Ross

DEPARTMENTS

PUBLISHER
THE MINUTES OF APRIL 3RD
by Judy Hodgson
" In April it will have been a year since we ran across what we thought was a violation of the Brown Act ...
by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors. ... We eventually filed a lawsuit. ... "
See the County's release of the portion of minutes from that meeting.

UPFRONT
POLITICAL MUSICAL CHAIRS
Humboldt County News Briefs

LETTERS

BRIDAL SECTION

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY
CAPTURE THE DAY ON FILM
by Rosemary Edmiston

FOOD
FOOD FOR A CROWD
by Betty Thompson

GARDEN
PLAN(T) AHEAD FOR OUTDOOR WEDDINGS
by Terry Kramer

HUMOR
AH, SWEET WEDDED BLISS
by Maka MacKenna
"You can't help being impressed by the amount of sheer optimism
demonstrated by those shiny young couples (and some not so young)
whose posed pictures decorate the photo section of the newspaper. ..."