Casey passed away on Dec. 21. He was born on Nov. 18, 1973, to Jennifer and Geary Ray. He spent his early years in Southern California. His mother remarried in 1982, and his family moved to Ferndale when he was in third grade. Casey was involved in Boy Scouts, church activities and especially sports. He […]
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Coach Leonard Casanova’s Lucky Roll
My old man grew up a couple years behind the Casanova brothers on the outskirts of Ferndale in the early 1900s. All through my growing up my dad admired them both, even though Johnny Casanova was no longer alive. When he talked about Johnny, my dad would tear up and get shaky. Leonard Casanova was […]
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TL;DR: The Innovate Business Challenge
Happy Sunday! Too busy to read all of this week’s story about Humboldt County Office of Education’s Innovate Business Challenge? We get it. Here’s the elevator pitch: Since 2010, local high school students have been competing to win up to $8,000 in cash and prizes for their small business plans. They are mentored along the […]
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Ferndale Cowboy in National Rodeo Finals Tonight
Bill Bugenig, a Ferndale High School graduate and career rodeo cowboy, will compete in professional rodeo’s “Superbowl” tonight, as he rides into the arena at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas for the 2016 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Bugenig is a professional “bulldogger,” or steer wrestler, and tonight he will be riding a […]