North Coast Journal, 145 G St., St. A, Arcata, CA 95521 USA

THE NORTH COAST JOURNAL
(Vol. IX, Issue 7)

Humboldt County's monthly magazine of Politics, People and Art
145 G St., Suite A, Arcata, Calif. 95521
phone (707) 826-2000 fax (707) 826-2060


July 1998

Cover of the July 1998 NCJ
On the cover: Students and alumni of Pacific Dunes High School (photo by Jack Hopkins)


COVER STORY

LOIS' PLACE -- SAYING GOODBYE
Story by Judy Hodgson

On June 30, Lois Busey and some of her co-workers --
remnants of the once-mighty Western Division headquarters
of Louisiana-Pacific Corp. -- turned in their keys.


MUSINGS

THOSE FERTILE WEEDS
by George Ringwald


NORTH COAST

A BREACH OF TRUST?
by Rosemary Edmiston

In the early 1980s, Lee Hover became somewhat of a local celebrity after donating
a good portion of his family's American Indian basket collection to the Clarke Memorial Museum in Eureka. ...
But 15 years later the Hovers' relationship with the museum has deteriorated ...


THE ARTS

FROM AMAHL TO CINDERELLA
by Barry Blake

The Humboldt Light Opera is turning a quarter of a century.


EDUCATION

SCHOLARS OF THE PAST
by Tiffany Lee-Youngren

"It all started six months ago amidst a ring of books.
Erik Anderson and Aaron Batt needed a topic for Maple Creek School's annual History Day project,
so Erik's mom Sandy set up stacks of books in a circle on her living room floor.
A few hours later, the teenagers had narrowed their search to one historical figure..."


PUBLISHER

TAR BABY OF A STORY
by Judy Hodgson


LETTERS


UPFRONT


COLUMNS

FOOD
SORTING OUT SORBET
by Betty Thompson

"Sorbet, French for sherbet, is frozen fruit juice, wine (port, marsala or Sauterne)
and/or liqueur mixtures served between dinner courses, before the entree, to cleanse the palate. ..."


GARDEN
JULY GARDEN CHECKLIST
by Terry Kramer


THINGS
THE LITTLE THINGS OF SUMMER
by Miv Schaaf

"Summer -- do we all think back to childhood when summer comes? I do. ..."


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