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Greenview Park gets approved, budget tightened Kevin L. Hoover Mad RiveR Union

ARCATA – The grassroots effort to transform Greenview Park into an inclusive playground which includes amenities for those with physical challenges has culminated in awards of contracts, with construction set to begin.

At its July 5 meeting, the Arcata City Council OK’d a $139,689 construction contract to GR Sundberg Inc., with a $7,311 contingency fee. Other contracts for $166,811.54 and $16,880.74 were issued for playground equipment and surfacing for landscape sculptures.

The funding was provided by the City of Arcata, state Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) 2015 Housing-related Parks Program Grant monies and from numerous fundraisers and sponsors organized by the Greenview Park Renovation Project.

Located on Lewis Avenue off 11th Street, the park will feature tactile walls, wheelchair rockers and other innovative structures designed to offer interest and engagement to all, including senior citizens.

They’ll have places to visit, and even low-impact, outdoor exercise equipment featuring “hand aerobics.”

Even with the sizable budget, the project is some $16,000 short of what it needs to fulfill its original vision.

Organizer Dan Bixler said some planned items will be delayed, including resurfacing of the basketball court and installation of a water fountain. Two benches will be installed, rather than three.

Construction should begin in three to four weeks.

Those wishing to donate to the Greenview Playground Project may do so via the Humboldt Area Foundation at haf.org. Follow the park’s progress in the Union and at the Greenview Playground Project Facebook page.

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Baywood logging could begin next month Kevin L. Hoover Mad RiveR Union

SUNNY BRAE/BAYSIDE – Now that Baywood Golf & Country Club’s Timber Harvest Plan (THP) has passed its second review, the logging trucks could start rolling up and down Sunny Brae’s Buttermilk Lane next month.

Baywood hopes to log about 73 forested and grassland acres in and around its Bayside golf course over the next few years in order to bolster its finances (Union,

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April 5). The plan, THP 1-17-044HUM, has drawn both support and fierce objections by area residents.

Draft versions of the THP were riddled with errors substantive and typographical, though following a June 29 Second Review at the Fortuna office of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire), the plan was further amended and corrected. On July 4, Baywood’s registered professional forester, Cameron Holmgren, signed off on the

changes. On July 5, CalFire Review team Chair found the plan conformant with the agency’s standards, with all significant impacts mitigated. Final, state-level approval must be determined within 15 working days, and appears likely.

If approved, logging could take place year-round for up to five years, though winter operations would be minimized, as wet weather limits industrial activity.

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dAm RigHT The Arcata Community Forest’s venerable, crumbling Jolly giant dam on Road 8 east of Humboldt State has been strengthened and improved to handle whatever water comes its way for generations to come. The roughly $200,000 retrofit project is complete and includes a number of improvements to the aging dam, which once held back a reservoir that served as Arcata's water supply. “The town can relax now knowing the dam will not fail,” said mark Andre, director of Environmental Services. The upgrades also remove the legacy dam from regulation by the state's division of dam Safety, saving the city between $6,000 and $8,000 each year in fees. They also give water three ways to escape from the dam, should the old reservoir ever fill up in a major storm event – via the present under-dam culvert, now with a heavy duty armored inlet, right; through a secondary, 36-inch outfall pipe midway up the dam; and over the new spillway, top photos. Unintended consequence: skaters who’ve seen the new spillway are drooling at the possibilities.

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Big improvements planned for Arcata Ball Park Andrew George Butler Mad RiveR Union

ARCATA – The Arcata Ball Park may get a facelift, with new bleachers, 400 additional seats, improved walkways, a new entrance and a beer garden.

Discussed at the City of Arcata’s Economic Development Committee’s meeting July 6, the plans for the Arcata Ball Park include a complete overhaul of entrance and exit pathways including a large foray at the head of the park, additional concession areas and a new maintenance shed.

Deputy Director of Community Services Julie Neander introduced the plan to the committee. She said a consulting company was brought on by the city to redesign and generally assess the potential of the old ballpark. The consulting firm’s tentative plans for the park will have to undergo a se-

ries of amendments before work can begin.

Arcata’s various committees, the Arcata City Council, the public, and the Crabs organization will all have an opportunity to add input before any renovations are approved.

Crabs Board President Bill Gruff said of the plan “This [plan] is a living creature, as we receive more comments, things will change.”

The focal point of any potential redesign will center around upgrading the ballpark’s well-used bleachers and congested walkways.

The park has more than 30,000 visitors during Crabs’ two-month season, according to Gruff. Gruff said that their biggest focus is making seating safer. “You can see the bleachers sway back and forth while people sign during the seventh inning

stretch,” Gruff said.

Under the plan, the old bleachers would be removed. The seating would then be divided into two sections, and elevated more than the current seats. The lower half of the seating would be accessible for the disabled, as would the walkway. The lower walkway adjacent to home plate would be replaced with seating, potentially bucket style instead of bleacher. An upper walkway would sit atop the stadium attached to the upper row of seating as well. The announcer’s booth would be raised up and include a lift.

Gruff also said that while he thinks the consulting firm’s plan has a lot of great material, he’d like to see more.

The Crabs, according to Gruff, would like to see actual dugouts, not covered benches, erected so that the ballpark would

meet NCAA regulations.

The seating area for the Crabs is not big enough, forcing players to sit outside the makeshift “dugout” area – a situation which is technically against the rules, according to Gruff. Also, Gruff said he’d like to see the visiting teams have a locker room area they can use during their contests with the Crabs.

The city has about $100,000 set aside in a trust fund waiting to be spent on the ballpark. The Crabs also have been saving money.

A modest $1 ticket price increase several years ago has been the only pressure put on park patrons to help raise money.

“We’ve been looking to upgrade the ballpark for decades, now,” Gruff said. “For a team like the Crabs, the setting you play in is as important as the game.”

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Education complements Arcata school route project Daniel Mintz Mad RiveR Union

ARCATA – A state grant for walkability education programs rounds out a $606,000 project that includes construction of new walking routes in the Arcata Elementary School area.

The California Transportation Commission has included $42,000 for walkability-related outreach programs in its recent approvals of transportation funding allocations.

It’s part of a Safe Routes to School project that also includes construction of sidewalks, crosswalks, traffic-calming circles and accessible ramps on the streets bordering Arcata Elementary School.

The state’s education funding is for eight “walk/ bike safety skills lessons,” development and distribution of walking route maps, organization of three “walk/

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bike to school” events and an evaluation of alternative transportation routes in collaboration with Humboldt State University students.

“We want to be a bicycleand pedestrian-friendly city and we already are, but this will help us emphasize that through education,” said Arcata Assistant Engineer Netra Khatri. “It helps to learn at an early age what the tools are for active transportation.”

The educational programs will begin this September.

The larger Safe Routes to School project’s environmental studies phase is almost done and a design phase for the sidewalks and associated infrastructure will follow.

The city is contributing $80,000 of matching funds to the project and construction is expected to begin next summer.

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GENEROUS SUPPORT Veterans Bill Kohse and Wayne Coldwell Premier Financial present American Legion Commander Jeff Sterling with a donation of $10,000 for a new PA system for the Arcata Veterans Memorial Building. The Vets Hall continues its dynamic evolution as a community activity hub, with weekly events for veterans and the public alike. Tonight is Game Night at the hall. For a full rundown of activities, see the Arcata Vets Hall Facebook page.

SUbmitted pHoto FoREST MANAGEMENT Arcata’s Forest Management Committee meets Thursday, July 13 at 7 a.m. at Arcata City Hall, 736 F St. Agenda items include the 2017 timber harvest; the 2016 Forest Management Committee Annual Report; a discussion of USFWS safe harbor agreement for certain listed species; selection of dates for a study session on forest management planning; a status update on acquisitions and grants; and more.

Correction It’s been 120 years since Mark Twain was mistakenly believed to have left this mortal coil. Now, the Union has added Eleanor Swanson to his august company [The Hum, July 5, 2017]. As Twain wrote to the New York Journal’s Frank Marshall White: “I have even heard on good authority that I was dead ... The report of my death was an exaggeration.”

We are assured that Eleanor Swanson is “alive and kicking” in Blue Lake and wish her many many more years of both.

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Logging| Concerns about truck traffic on Buttermilk Lane FRoM A1

completed in as few as two years. Hauling out the logs would require an estimated 200 truck trips up and down Buttermilk Lane.

Of five public comments on the Baywood THP submitted to CalFire, two supported it and three opposed it.

Most enthusiastic was 66-year Bayside resident Linda Palmrose, who fondly recalled the pre-Baywood era landscape. Aerial photos indicate that the area was first used as a golf course before 1948. Other accounts state that the course’s “back nine” holes were created in 1957, with the front nine added in the 1960s.

“When I was a kid, Bayside was open and beautiful, contrary to the jungle it has become,” Palmrose said, calling the harvest “a favor” to Bayside. “I would hope that they would harvest every tree on their parcel, which would help in making that area beautiful again,” she added.

Others filed multi-page letters detailing multiple objections to, and possible problems with the plan. These include negative impacts such as noise and pollution on neighbors, both those bordering the golf course as well as some along the hauling route. More objections involved the harvest exposing neighboring properties’ trees to blowdown, the noise and hazard of daily log trucks on narrow Buttermilk Lane – especially near Sunny Brae Middle School (SBMS), wear on roads, loss of wildlife habitat, loss of aesthetic values, reduction of property values, impacts on streams and endangered species, erosion, silting, the completeness of the paperwork and more.

CalFire and other relevant regulatory agencies lodged a number of concerns as well. These were based on ongoing reviews of the evolving plan, public comment and an onsite Pre-Harvest Inspection (PHI) which took place June 6. The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) walked the course with Holmgren and CalFire during the PHI. Water Quality was mainly interested in keeping sediment from fouling waterways and preserving tree canopy over them. The course’s heavily altered hydrology was generally evaluated. It includes artificial ponds created for golf course irrigation plus connecting pipes. Baywood calls these ponds Class IV watercourses, and wanted to harvest trees growing at the ponds’ edge. But Water Quality said no to that, citing insufficient canopy and the trees being too close to water. The agency said the ponds should be reclassified as Class II watercourses. It also discovered a badly installed culvert that’s eroding a channel, with pieces of plastic and concrete added to try to abate the erosion. Water Quality wants the plastic and concrete removed where possible without causing further damage, then “appropriately sized rock armoring” installed.

CDFW evaluated habitat conditions and asked that corrections be made to maps. These regarded various watercourses which were unidentified or had their classification mislabeled.

CalFire noted a number of anomalies, from shortcomings in mapping and watercourse labeling to inadequate supporting documentation.

All the outstanding flaws were brought to Holmgren’s attention at the June 29 second review. Poring over the latest draft of the THP, Review Team Chair Bill Forsberg noted numerous remaining references to Class IV watercourse which were supposed to have been corrected to Class II. He told Holmgren to “do a check and fix any mentions of Class IV to Class II. Is that clear?”

“Yes, sir,” Holmgren replied.

Sunny Brae resident Liz Finger participated by phone, representing the Jacoby Creek Protection Association.

She said Baywood’s logging has riled at least one club member who owns property bordering the golf course, and who has hired a lawyer to look at possible violations of the club’s by-laws.

While some members were taken by surprise by the logging plans and are pressing for a vote of the membership on the matter, that controversy is internal to Bay-

UNDER REVIEW CalFire Review Team Chair Bill Forsberg, Baywood forester Cameron Holmgren and Sunny Brae resident Daryl Chinn mark up the draft THP with suggestions and revisions at the plan’s June 29 Second Review in Fortuna. KLH | Union wood and outside CalFire’s purview.

Finger raised a number of issues, including traffic safety, blowdown and other impacts on the community.

She said that persistently spotty and vague information provided by Holmgren and Baywood reflected a “very inadequate” response to issues raised by citizens, some of whom are “very upset.” As an example, the surprise that logging operations could occur year-round rather than just over the summer as initially announced “felt rather disingenuous,” Finger said.

Forsberg said his agency was asking Holmgren and Baywood to “be respectful of adjacent property owners’ concerns.” He said he had confidence in the plan’s environmental mitigation measures. “I feel pretty comfortable with this plan,” Forsberg said.

Sunny Brae resident Daryl Chinn, who lives on Buttermilk Lane, detailed numerous problems with using that street as a log hauling route. It’s narrow, has no sidewalks for pedestrian refuge in some stretches and its 25 mph speed limit is constantly violated.

A major issue was safety of Sunny Brae Middle School students. Holmgren has resisted specifying school dropoff and pickup hours, offering only vague and unenforceable language insofar as truck traffic during peak periods. He dismissed a suggestion that hundreds of students are swarming the school during those times.

Holmgren said that in the three months since the THP was announced, he’d been unable to establish contact with SBMS’s principal or superintendent, nor had he been able to obtain a school schedule so as to specify hours during which truck passage would be restricted. After considerable discussion, Forsberg instructed Holmgren to list school start and end times and add them to the traffic safety mitigations.

Log trucks will not pass the school a half hour before the start of classes, and 15 minutes before and after classes end. Truck drivers are to be supplied a copy of the school schedule.

Tom Wheeler, executive director and staff attorney for the Arcata-based Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC), has followed the Baywood THP process, filed technical objections and attempted to keep citizens informed. Wheeler lamented the sluggish response to citizen concerns by Holmgren and CalFire, and the difficulty of getting revisions. “Watching this sausage get made has been an eye-opener for the community,” he said.

Download the THP, revisions and public comments at ftp://thp.fire.ca.gov/THPLibrary/North_Coast_Region/THPs/THPs2017/1-17-044HUM/. Log in as a guest to get around the password requirement.

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Arcata City Council Meets first & third Wednesday

Wednesday, July 19 at 6 p.m.

Council Chamber, Arcata City Hall 736 F St., Arcata

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Arcata Fire District Board of Directors Meets third Tuesday

Tuesday, July 18 at 5:30 p.m.

Arcata Station Classroom 631 Ninth St., Arcata

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Blue Lake City Council Meets second & fourth Tuesday

Tuesday, July 25 at 7 p.m.

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Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation & Conservation District Meets fourth Thursday

Thursday, July 27 at 7 p.m.

Woodley Island Marina Meeting Room

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Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Meets second Thursday

Thursday, July 13 at 9 a.m.

Boardroom, Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District, 828 Seventh St., Eureka

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Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Meets every Tuesday

Tuesday, July 18 at 9 a.m.

Board Chambers, Humboldt Co. Courthouse, 825 Fifth St., Eureka

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Manila Community Services District Meets third Thursday

Thursday, July 20 at 6:30 p.m.

Room I, Manila Community Center, 1611 Peninsula Dr., Manila

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McKinleyville Community Services District Meets first Wednesday

Wednesday, Aug. 2 at 7 p.m.

Azalea Hall, 1620 Pickett Rd., McKinleyville

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McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee Meets last Wednesday

Wednesday, July 26 at 6 p.m.

Middle School Conf. Center, 2275 Central Ave., McKinleyville

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Trinidad City Council Meets second Wednesday

today, July 12 at 6 p.m.

Trinidad Town Hall, 409 Trinity St., Trinidad

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Westhaven Community Services District Meets third Wednesday

Wednesday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Westhaven Fire Hall, 446 6th Ave., Westhaven

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LETTER FROM HAVANA

Trump rebuffs Obama’s détente with Cuba Mad River Union reporter Paul Mann recently returned from a visit to Havana, Cuba. He shares some news and thoughts about the the country. – Ed. Paul Mann Mad RiveR Union

La Habana Vieja – This intriguing 16th-century city some 20 miles north of the Tropic of Cancer has cosmopolitan charm.

Untold americans are about to lose their chance to enjoy it.

President Trump decided in mid-june to halt people-to-people U.S. travel to Cuba, once trekked by Columbus (who christened it juana), Spain’s Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar and the Prussian explorer and naturalist alexander von Humboldt. although group travel will be allowed with certain conditions, Trump’s directive partly countermands one of President Obama’s major political decisions, his attempt at rapprochement with the government of Cuban dictator Raúl Castro, First Secretary of the Communist Party. (Fidel died in november.) among other things, Trump’s decision will likely prevent many U.S. citizens from celebrating Old Havana’s 500th anniversary in person unless they visit in groups in 2019. They will not be able to stay in hotels or dine in restaurants linked to Cuba’s military and franchise conglomerate, the armed Forces business enterprises Group (GaeSa). all of the state-run retail stores, as well as the eateries and hotels, are owned by Habaguanex, a new adjunct of GaeSa. it is said to control 40-70 percent of Cuba’s foreign exchange earnings. How much goes to the Cuban military is a guess. GaeSa’s books are secret, just like Trump’s taxes.

When an american exchanges dollars for convertible pesos, known officially as CUC’s, the state takes 13 percent right off the top. no U.S. credit cards are honored here; Yankee purchases are cash pesos only. buying a Cuban tuKola soda, a bottle of Ciego Montero mineral water or a delicious Cajun steak probably helps finance the military, lord protector of the Castro revolution ever since the 1959 overthrow of the prodigiously corrupt american Mafia-backed dictator, Fulgencio Batista.

Denouncing Communist oppression and human rights violations in a speech in Miami’s Little Havana on june 16, Trump called Obama’s conciliatory policy “completely one-sided,” with no reciprocation from Raúl Castro to loosen the military’s economic hegemony in favor of a thriving private sector.

Critics suspect Trump has an ulterior motive, to secure an eventual foothold for his family’s luxury hotel chain at one of the Caribbean’s most popular tourist haunts.

Obama’s liberal travel rules remain in effect for a couple of months while the Trump administration drafts guidelines to euchre some of them.

The Miami Herald reported in the wake of Trump’s directive that some U.S. tour operators had previously scheduled advance hotel bookings in Old Havana for the 500th anniversary, based in part on Obama’s peace offering. Whether those reservations will be honored is an unknown until the new rules are published.

The anniversary in 2019 will commemorate the city’s rich history and its avid embrace of world culture, cheek-by-jowl with back alley slums that are nearly as squalid and shameful as Mumbai’s or Dhaka’s, although not as bad as next-door Haiti’s catastrophic quartiers misérables. Havana is decidedly a place of unnerving contrasts.

Graham Greene called it “a city to visit, not a city to live in” in his novel satirizing incompetent espionage, Our Man in Havana (1959).

La Habana Vieja, essentially a Third World city, has a First World overlay of beautifully restored colonial villas and pal-

ON THE STREETS OF HAVANA A typical street scene in Havana, with fascinating architectyure and vintage cars.

Photo from the Cuban offiCe of tourism aces, interlaced with a few opulent hotels and striking ecclesiastical architecture; the italian baroque Cathedral of San Cristóbal, most of it made of coral and completed in 1777; a luminous, pearly white Russian Orthodox church with a dazzling gold onion dome; and the diminutive St. nicholas of Myra Greek Orthodox church in the shape of an octagon with a Spanish tile roof and cupola. ironically, a mosaic plaque nearby depicts an archimandrite accepting the key to the reconsecrated church from Castro in 2004. no new churches were built in Cuba during his dictatorship.

The newest hotel is the sumptuous Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski La Habana, a stone’s throw from el Capitolio nacional (the Capitol building now being refurbished) and the national Museum of Fine arts of Havana. The Manzana stands opposite one of Hemingway’s favorite drinking houses, the fuchsia-colored el Floridita, opened in 1817 at the corner of Obispo and Monserrate streets. it is home to a life-size bronze of the novelist leaning with one elbow on the bright red La Cuna del Daiquiri bar. The sculpture is a near perfect likeness of the self-advertising macho poseur. a bronze open journal lies before him, the “pages” surmounted by his wire-rimmed eyeglasses.

On the wall just behind the writer is a larger-than-life bust of Lenin, hung just above an 11x14 black and white photo of Hemingway chatting with Fidel, an image of the highest technical merit, worthy of ansel adams or Henri Cartier-bresson.

The ground floor of the posh, Five Star Manzana Kempinski, which opened in May, is a classical arcade with tony boutiques retailing armani, Lacoste, Montblanc and Versace merchandise to those suffering from status anxiety. Palladian windows decorate the second floor with the Vetruvian symmetry and proportion reintroduced by the english architect inigo jones during the reign of Charles i. inside the hotel is a 10,000 square foot spa, several restaurants and bars and luxury suites – for $1,385 a night. in naked contrast, the average monthly wage across Cuba is $20. if you’re fortunate, a government subsidy or a remittance from abroad augments it.

So 21st century Havana is a mixed grill, a gritty marine entrepôt steeped in revolutionary nostalgia for Che Guevara, (whose image is ubiquitous, unlike Fidel’s; Raúl’s is nowhere to be seen) and the cosmopolitan escapism financed by the American Mafia during the immensely corrupt Batista regime, circa 1933-1959. The city’s indisputable élan and panache are compounded with dust, diesel fumes, cigarette smoke (there are surprisingly few cigar smokers in the streets), rundown three-story, mildew-plagued hovels, ramshackle hole-inthe-wall bars reminiscent of Mississippi juke joints and sinuous, heart-of-darkness cobblestone allées. a butcher in a small, blacked-out godown slices beef in the open air, weighing the cuts in a 1940’s-vintage produce scales, not bothering to shoo away the flies crawling all over the meat The dark, makeshift storefront of a cavernous warehouse is a bedraggled farmer’s market where the halved fruit lies open to flies and the stringy vegetables are littered with clumps of earth, patently unappetizing.

Cramped metaled roads and a network of rusticating narrow-gauge railways served Cuba’s once flourishing sugar plantations and refining mills. They were built on the backs of african slaves from 1520 to 1886, when slavery was abolished by Spanish royal decree. The trains still run, held together like the 1940s-1950’s american cars with parts from old washing machines and whatever stray components can be scavenged.

This colonial backwardness culminated in the 20th century Communist government established by the totemic Fidel Castro and Che Guevara over a society once puckishly described as “the highest stage of underdevelopment.”

Cuba’s arrested totalitarian development exemplifies Danton’s famous line as he went to the scaffold at the peak of the French Revolutionary Terror in april, 1794, memorialized in Georg büchner’s play, Danton’s Death: “Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children.” in this instance, the “children” are the Cuban people. Their long on again/off again struggle for independence and freedom, periodically disrupted by Uncle Sam’s imperialist ambitions, carries on and on under the yoke of oppression and penury inflicted by Che and Fidel, both of them absurdly lionized and romanticized by the left. about 5,000 were executed right after Castro’s 1959 takeover, some without even a kangaroo-court trial.

Many thousands more were “rubbed out” as time went by. Castro’s regime literally drained most of the blood from the victims before they were shot and sold it to other Communist countries for $50 a pint.

Unbowed by their blighted past, the Cubans are open, warm, noisy, proud and friendly, full of gusto and exuberance.

They are expressive, animated (and vocal) conversationalists, fervent musicians and frenzied dancers, connoisseurs of boxing, baseball, parti-colored Fords and Chevys and dark humor. el Cubano no se rie, El Cubano se mea de la risa – roughly, “The Cuban guy does not laugh, the Cuban guy pisses laughter.”

Given their tumultuous and treachery-filled national history, Cubans accept that the future harbors plenty of ambushes. One of the earliest bushwhackers was a French pirate in search of gold who burned much of Old Havana to the ground in 1555.

The Cuban people’s tart, boisterous humor is shield and sanctuary from a past rent by foreign onslaughts, serial coups and exploitation by outside powers, initially Spain, latterly the U.S. and the former Soviet Union.

Walking along el Malecón, the swooping five-mile boulevard and esplanade that girds Havana Harbor, a reporter savors the good-natured humor of a city policeman about his battered and aging Geely patrol car, a Chinese marque. Tall, handsome and gregarious, the officer offers a cordial handshake, then points to the small white sedan’s dents, suggesting they give the vehicle “character” in the fight against crime.

Despite his affection for the old nail, he laments that the police are short of the few later models owned by civilians. asked if the Geely is low on thrust, he smiles and lifts the hood to unveil a puny motor. He is oblivious to its size and proud of its horsepower, cheerfully insisting it will go “very fast.” One doesn’t ask the top speed.

Washington still denies Cuba’s revolution Paul Mann Mad RiveR Union

HaVana – World nomads relishing this island’s global cachet consider the Trump adminstration’s Cuba policy futile and retrograde. in their eyes, the administration is still in denial about Castro’s 1959 revolution, while the rest of the world accepted it long ago as a practical political matter. President Trump, they assert, stubbornly refuses an overdue accommodation with a poor, militarily insignificant Caribbean dictatorship. at the same time,

he indulges in a dangerous infatuation with Vladimir Putin while passionately embracing the antediluvian Saudi monarchy. east of Havana, there is a mile-and-a-half uphill approach to the Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, a 16th century strategic fortress built by slaves on the rocky promontory above the harbor. along the way, visitors see a history exhibit recalling Washington’s serial attempts to destroy the Cuban Revolution. The memorial includes U.S. air Force wreckage, artillery pieces and a 1950’s vintage Soviet MiG 21.

Down below in sweltering Old Havana is the Museum of the Revolution, housed in the former Presidential Palace. Out front is a Soviet SU-100 self-propelled, turret-less tank destroyer. in the back, glass-enclosed, is the 60 foot cabin cruiser Granma, used

by Fidel and Raúl Castro, Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos to land revolutionaries on the Cuban coast in the failed 1956 attempt to overthrow Fulgencio batista. also on display are a british Hawker Sea Fury F-50 fighter aircraft, two Sa-2 Guideline surface-

everywhere Yanqui pedestrians are hailed, “Taxi, señor, taxee?!” Most cabbies are polite, but foreign visitors are targets of jineteros, literally jockeys, hustlers who “ride the back of tourists” in hopes of cashing in on naifs.

The spacious, sun buttered el Malecón, cooled by the harbor’s trade winds, is representative of one element of Old Havana’s appearance, its elegance. a large statue and fountain of the sea god neptune, sculpted in alabaster white, presides over the esplanade with Trident in hand. blessed with an airy and expansive coastline, Havana is a walking city like Paris, London and St. Petersburg. The architecture is as worldly and eclectic as the culture, a medley of Spanish Moorish, neoclassical and Cuban baroque buildings.

Four plazas ring the city’s heart: Plaza de armas, Plaza de la Catedral, Plaza de San Francisco de asis and Plaza Vieja. Of human scale, they are cloistered quadrangles that feel intimate and snug.

The plazas feature classical Greco-Roman columns and Moorish-style colonnades that shelter visitors from the heat.

Last October’s Smithsonian Quarterly quoted a Cuban architect-in-exile, Raúl Rodríguez, saying, “Havana is a library of architecture. every style is well represented there, and the reason for its magic is the tripartite culture – african, american, european.” another calls it “music in stone.” equally inviting for a promenade is the tree-shaded Paseo del Prado, a roomy, Spanish-inspired alameda with a telescoped view of the Capitolio nacional, styled after the Panthéon in Paris and similar to the U.S. Capitol dome, which is a bit more plump than Cuba’s.

Lining the Paseo are roaring bronze lions and the magnificent 18th-century style home of alliance Française de Cuba-La Habana, the former Palacio Gomez inaugurated in May 2015 by then-French President François Hollande.

Seventeenth and 18th century buildings are finished with eye-catching stained glass, graceful balconies and balustrades and multitudes of wood shutters, louvered to snare the marine breezes.

The color palettes are reminiscent of bermuda and Singapore: bright, tropical pastels of honey, orange, ocher, yellow, pink, tangerine, lime, ash blonde and every hue of azure, indigo, sapphire, turquoise.

Where the mouth of Havana’s natural harbor gives on to the sea, the atlantic is a startling cobalt. Once upon a time, the port was the call for Spanish galleons. Throughout the 1500’s, english, Dutch and French brigands attacked the city and pillaged it.

Old Havana honors the heritage of history’s greats with bronze busts and equestrian statues in landscapes resplendent with neon orange flame trees and dignified Royal Palms. There are 70 million palm trees in Cuba, their fronds erotically susurrus in the tropical wind. White butterfly jasmine, hibiscus, bougainvillea, barbados lilies, amaryllis and jacaranda trees festoon the quiet parks and tidy courtyards that reverence genius with sculpture-in-the-round: • Alexander von Humboldt, the eminent Prussian naturalist, geographer and explorer who conducted research of the island in 1800 and 1804 • Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali polymath who became the first non-European poet to win the nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 • Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the secular Republic of Turkey in 1923 • José Carlos Mariátegui La Chira, prolific Peruvian journalist, poet and Socialist thinker (1894-1930) • José Martí, the poet born in Havana in 1853, called the “apostle of the Cuban Revolution,” killed in his first battle fighting for Cuban independence from Spain.

He wrote Versos Sencillos (Simple Verses), from which “Guantanamera” was derived and popularized by Pete Seeger in 1963.

Dead at 42, Martí is treasured here for declaring, “a genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots.”

to-air missiles and the engine of a Lockheed U-2 spy plane shot down by Havana during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. all of which is to say that Cubans remain sentimental and nostalgic about their revolution and inclined to romanticize its leaders despite the economic travails and lack of freedom that have befallen them since. The revolution is part of their national identity. People from other countries believe that sentiment should be respected, especially by a nuclear superpower that should be capable of diplomatic realism if not nobility. at one of the revolution exhibits, three visitors, two from northern ireland and a third

from the netherlands, strike up an impromptu conversation about world politics. all three find Trump’s Cuba policy silly and laughable, easily dismissed as callow and counterproductive.

Yet they regard his presidency as a tragic mistake that threatens a global trade war and the loss of concerted action on climate change. alienating naTO and the european Union is one thing, dissing Havana is another.

The young Dutch woman, Muriel, voices hope that Trump’s sell-by date will fall short of two years in office, preferably sooner.

Sounding like Trump supporters, however, Tara and Sadie of CUBA

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MCKINLEYVILLE – The U.S. Coast Guard rescue boat, along with a helicopter from the air base in McKinleyville, helped rescue a boat taking on water Thursday, July 6.

Eight people were aboard the leaky boat, located approximately a mile off the coast of Westport in Mendocino County.

Boaters aboard the 32foot vessel Samurai contacted Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders using a marine-band radio at approximately 12:30 p.m., reporting that their boat was taking on water and they were in need of assistance.

The Coast Guard dispatched a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Noyo River and an MH-65D Dolphin rescue helicopter crew

MCKINLEYVILLE – An 88-year-old Arcata man received major injuries during a two-car wreck Sunday morning, July 9 at the intersection of Airport Road and U.S. Highway 101 just north of Eureka.

At about 10:34 a.m. Jose Homen, 88, of Arcata was driving a 1992 Chevrolet 1500 pickup on southbound U.S. Highway 101 and then entered the left-turn lane to cross the highway and enter Airport Road.

Meanwhile, Amber Parcher, 21, of Bakersfield was driving a 2016 Hyundai Sonata northbound on U.S. Highway 101 in the right-hand lane at about 50 mph.

As Parcher approached the intersection, Homen crossed the northbound lanes. The front of the Hyundai collided into the right front of the pickup, according to the California Highway Patrol.

SAVING THE SAMURAI The Samurai with the vessel Ambush ahead of it. Photo courtesy u.s. coast Guard from Sector Humboldt Bay, based at the airport in McKinleyville.

The vessel Ambush, a good Samaritan boat nearby, arrived on scene first and transferred six of the eight passengers of the Samurai to the Ambush.

Two passengers stayed aboard the Samurai to continue dewatering efforts.

The Station Noyo River boat crew arrived on scene and transferred an engineering crewmember and a dewatering pump to the Samurai.

With the dewatering pump running and keeping the vessel afloat, the Samurai was escorted back to Noyo River without further incident.

DroWNING IN rIVEr A 45-year-old Arizona man died Friday, June 30 when he drowned in the Klamath River. Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies responded at 4:40 p.m. to the Klamath River at Young’s Bar near Highway 169. On arrival, deputies discovered a deceased individual near the river. A fisherman discovered the decedent and transported the body to the river’s edge. The decedent has been identified by fingerprints as Joshua Aldon Hammond. There were no signs of foul play. Biological material has been sent to the lab to obtain a toxicology report. The investigation is still ongoing pending the results of the toxicology analysis. Next of kin has been notified.

Pantsless, fancy free and in no hurry • Friday, June 16 1:35 p.m. A naked woman was found passed out in the bathroom at the transit center.

7:50 p.m. A 16-year-old and two fellow larval hoodlums tagged a downtown restaurant’s bathroom with a blue paint pen.

• Saturday, June 17 11:25 a.m. A woman at a Sunny Brae bus stop sat talking to herself and unpacking dolls from a suitcase, as one does.

3:49 p.m. After stuffing merchandise in her purse, a redhaired woman went into a Plaza business’s dressing room as employees called police. She was told to leave and never come back.

4:20 p.m. “Don’t ever pull a gun on me again,” yelled one man to another at 11th and H streets.

8:16 p.m. A woman in a blue hoodie screamed nonsensically and tore up the garden at a Valley West apartment building.

• Sunday, June 18 2:55 a.m. At the Uniontown 24-hour shoplifting center, two males stole groceries including whipped cream, then headed back out into the world.

• Monday, June 19 8:28 a.m. Someone “fingerpainted” over the windshield and driver’s side window of a car on Valley West Boulevard.

5:11 p.m. A man in a rancid poncho with a stroller full of stuffed animals was reported slumped over near an F Street business.

5:53 p.m. A man in a tie-dye shirt offered what he said was LSD from a foil packet to people on the Plaza. He was arrested.

• Tuesday, June 20 12:02 a.m. An employee entered a business after hours, only to hear the sound of someone yawning upstairs.

1:14 p.m. A man with an elegant backwards baseball cap near the switchback trail above Cahill Park tried to smoke something out of a pipe.

2:31 p.m. A woman with dried blood and feces on her and carrying a suitcase went in and out of a G Street bank all day.

• Wednesday, June 21 10:51 a.m. A man undressing in a downtown bank’s parking lot was arrested.

County opposes bill County of Humboldt

HUMBOLDT – The County of Humboldt sent a letter recently to the legislature signaling its strong opposition to Assembly Bill 1250 (Jones-Sawyer).

AB 1250, at its core, seeks to stop counties from contracting with community-based organizations (CBOs), nonprofits, local businesses and other private providers of quality local services that counties and their residents rely on.

This is significant because Humboldt County routinely contracts with organizations and businesses that have the expertise, capacity or the ability to deliver ser-

1:05 p.m. A man swigging alcohol from an open container did little to advance the art of yelling at random passersby.

The lack of a shirt wasn’t particularly original, nor was the yowling of the usual unimaginative swear words.

• Thursday, June 22 8:03 p.m. A man in a Chicago Bulls cap may have stolen a bottle of alcohol from a Westwood supermarket, or he may have placed it on a different shelf inside da store.

8:48 p.m. The man and woman who keep camping in the community garden at 11th and F streets are also baseball cap aficionados.

11:28 p.m. Doorhandle tryers worked Valley West Boulevard.

• Saturday, June 24 1:22 a.m. Though not a registered guest, a naked man luxuriated in a Valley West motel’s hot tub.

8:53 p.m. A man in a downtown parking lot was just one of a number of yelling-Americans active this night.

• Sunday, June 25 2:28 a.m. A man was seen chopping a tree with an axe at Fern Way and Forest Avenue.

• Monday, June 26 3:40 a.m. No camo rig for this alleged Uniontown supermarket shoplifter. No, this help-yourselfer was last seen chugging north past City Hall in a big ol’ cowboy hat and San Francisco Giants jersey.

He never made the goal line, having been arrested shortly thereafter.

6:30 a.m. An old Arcata Road school suffered vandalism over the weekend.

8:51 a.m. At an 11th Street church which hosts a charter school, a brown-bearded man had pantslessly transformed the bathroom into a laundromat. He, poor of pants but strong of will, resisted leaving until he was finished washing his traveling trousers, which he apparently did before police arrived.

3:01 p.m. Have garbage to dump? Too lame to take it to the Waste Transfer Station? Of flexible character and morals? Transform yourself from dumper to philanthropist just by scrawling “FREE” on that grimy dish drainer, clappedout footwear, bongwater-anointed sofa, bedbugged mat-

vices more efficiently.

AB 1250 has passed the Assembly and will be heard in the Senate Governance and Finance Committee on Wednesday.

“The constraints contained within AB 1250 will jeopardize our ability to provide vital health care, social services, mental health and public safety services for our county’s most vulnerable,” said Virginia Bass, chair of the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors. “We routinely contract for homeless housing services, food and nutrition benefits, children and family services, and so much more.”

Proponents of the bill claim it won’t limit contracting with non-government groups, but the clear intent of AB 1250 is to prohibit these private contracts. The bill impos-

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Northern Ireland would prefer to eschew politics entirely.

Tara says she can’t stand either British Prime Minster Theresa May or Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. She’s at a loss to think of an alternative.

“All countries have political problems,” she says fatalistically. Eventually Trump will vacate the world stage.

A couple from Quebec remains amazed

by Trump’s election. “How on earth did Americans vote for him?” Julie asks, intensely baffled. “He knows nothing and reads nothing. He’s a primitive – and so crude!”

A mathematician from Belize exclaimed, “I was shocked, really shocked” when Trump was elected. “I still can’t believe it.”

Having twigged the president’s mind (invertebrate) and modus operandi (prevarication), tourists from Austria, Ecua-

The pickup spun around and Homen, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected. The pickup came to rest and was blocking both northbound lanes.

The Hyundai also spun around and came to rest facing southbound in the northbound lane.

Homen suffered major injuries and was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka for treatment. Parcher and her two passengers sustained minor injuries and were taken to Mad River Community Hospital.

The wreck closed the highway for a short period of time, according to the CHP. In a press release, the CHP thanked City Ambulance, Humboldt Bay Fire and the other first responders at the scene.

DUI is not believed to be a contributing factor in the collision, according to the CHP.

tress, cig-burned coffee table or listing laminate desk. A man and woman, one of them pregnant, dumped boxes of previously loved household items at Foster Avenue and Alliance Road, all of course properly labeled as free for the not-taking.

4:13 p.m. Succulents were stolen from a home by the female former half of a relationship which, in its prime, might have shared that same description.

5:31 p.m. A man brandishing a knife boldly threatened to harm people at a Uniontown shopping center, in between loud disagreements with himself. This accomplished, he left on his green bike.

9:36 p.m. A vehicle dragging a chain on the freeway managed to hit and crack someone’s windshield.

9:46 p.m. A man on Alliance Road got some time in on an ongoing landscaping project – kicking rocks out of flower beds and into plants.

• Tuesday, June 27 11:47 a.m. A real estate agent attempting to sell a lot in Valley West wanted to make sure that the campers there weren’t considered part of the furnishings, and asked that they be removed.

10:55 a.m. After a quick shoplifting stop at an Alliance Road mini-mart, a vehicle with two human and two dogly occupants was further cluttered with a frosty six-pack o’ beer and several 40 ouncers.

6:14 p.m. A Mustang Lane resident waited outside for police to arrive holding an injured pet rat which had apparently been attacked by some other animal.

7:57 p.m. A 16-year-old girl was followed by an older man with shoulder-length gray hair, wide-brimmed hat and tan trench coat from Meadow Creek Way to Janes Creek Park.

• Wednesday, June 28 1:14 p.m. A woman who made off with a case of adult lemonade from a Valley West shop was well-captured on video, her physical capture and prosecution to follow.

3:26 p.m. A Tavern Row bouncer kept someone’s ID, thinking it was fake. The owner wanted police to verify its validity and have it returned.

6:39 p.m. After a woman collided with something and someone at a J Street gas station, she left – under the influence of opioids, the Sheriff’s Office said. She said her dad would pay for everything, but he refused. She and a deputy were standing by at the hospital so APD could take a statement and the investigation could proceed.

es significant new restrictions and layers of bureaucracy designed to stop counties from contracting for local services.

For instance, the bill requires CBOs, nonprofits and local businesses to disclose personal information about its employees and officers, including salary and other private information. This not only raises significant privacy concerns, but it will chill private sector’s willingness to enter into contracts with counties to provide services.

It also requires contractors to disclose extensive information on a monthly basis.

These auditing and review requirements could create unnecessary gaps and delays in service delivery that can pose detrimental outcomes for the people benefiting from these programs.

By restricting counties’ abilities to provide services in the most cost-effective manner, AB 1250 will also increase costs for taxpayers and reduce funding available for other local services.

For many fundamental programs, it will not be a matter of who will provide the service but if they can even be offered at all.

“The role of local government is to determine the most effective way to deliver critical services in our communities,” said Bass, who is also 2nd Vice President of the California State Association of Counties (CSAC). “We do not need another Sacramento mandate that dictates how we govern our county or that impedes our ability to deliver high-quality and cost-effective services to local residents.”

dor and Germany as well as Quebec, the Netherlands and Northern Ireland tell a reporter they were not surprised by Trump’s qualified repudiation of President Obama’s concordat with Havana.

Yet long-time Cuban expatriates in Florida favor Trump’s action, though they concede it will not disturb, much less upend, the Castro government.

Maria, a cashier in the gift shop at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, who emigrated in 1979, said she agreed with Trump’s decision, “even if a lot of people don’t.” It’s the principle of

the thing, she said. “I know it won’t change anything, but still... ” Her voice trailed off wistfully.

At Versailles Restaurant, said to be the most popular Cuban eatery in Miami, “K” talks about Trump’s decision while looking over the many confections in the restaurant’s spacious dessert parlor.

Scion of a wealthy Cuban family that moved to Miami in 1964 when she was two, she shakes her head thoughtfully.

She also says, “It won’t change anything” – in a tone suggesting she certainly wishes it would.

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Is Humboldt willing to protect one of its most vulnerable communities?

(The following letter was sent to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on July 4.)

Others share that they fear taking their children to school and even leaving their homes for fear of becoming entangled with law enforcement due to no fault of their am writing to implore that you pass a own. They don’t report crimes or come forHumboldt County “Sanctuary” Ordi- ward if they witness a crime. nance that includes non-collaboration Children and youth, many of them U.S. by local law enforcement with federal Im- citizens with undocumented parents, exmigration enforcement. This ordinance is hibit signs of distress and anxiety because necessary to instill trust and cooperation their parents might be deported. between local law enforcement and immiSeventy percent of undocumented imgrant communities. migrants and 44 percent of Latinos President Trump promised are less likely to report crime to the the mass deportation of 2-3 police because they fear that police million undocumented immiwould enforce immigration laws. grants and publicly blames this Individuals who perpetrate dopopulation for the country’s mestic violence, trafficking and crime rates, under-employment other forms of violence against v GUESt and immoral behaviors. immigrants often instill fear of law In February 2017 alone, fedenforcement to control their viceral immigration authorities tims. renee launched a new wave of raids And since undocumented imSaucedo and other actions in several migrants commonly live in housestates, sweeping up undocumented resi- holds where at least one member has legal dents, people with and without criminal status, U.S. citizens and lawful residents records. also fear that contacting the police will reSpanish-speaking news and programs sult in the arrest of a family member. heavily televise anti-immigrant rhetoric, It has been insufficient to simply rely on which adds fuel to the immigrant com- the argument: “Locally, we don’t help ICE. munity’s fears that local law enforcement Nobody should be afraid.” anywhere in the country can potentially Law enforcement depends on communiassist ICE in identifying and detaining un- ty trust to effectively maintain public safety documented individuals. Immigrant com- and combat crime. munities fear local law enforcement, even For this reason, more than 600 cities in states and local areas where police and and counties across the nation, includsheriffs don’t typically follow the call to as- ing Monterey, Santa Clara, San Diego and sist in the deportation agenda.

Arcata, have decided to institute legally For millions, deportation means being allowable measures to curb collaboration forcibly separated from one’s children and between local law enforcement and federal family, sometimes indefinitely. The dan- immigration enforcement. ger and risks are too huge to assume that it The California legislature is currently probably won’t happen to them. considering legislation that would limit As a result, many mothers living in collaboration with ICE in the state (SB 54 Humboldt County don’t take their chil- – De Leon). dren to doctor visits for fear that police will Many local leaders, including the Euremake a traffic stop and report them to ICE. ka and Arcata Police chiefs and Humboldt

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Sheriff, recognize that sanctuary policies are vital to preserving police-community relations and ensuring that residents feel safe reporting crimes and accessing basic government services.

Such a policy wouldn’t serve as protection for undocumented criminals because

Everyone deserves to live here in peace, not in terror that they could be separated from their loved ones at any moment.

existing laws require local municipalities to collaborate with ICE in the case of serious crimes.

And having a “Sanctuary” law in the county creates a vague and uncertain risk that some federal funds could one day be withheld. For example, even in “Sanctuary” jurisdictions, officials send federal immigration agencies the fingerprints of any person – including an immigrant – booked into a prison or jail; the federal government may use that information to identify noncitizens for deportation.

President Trump has lately threatened to de-fund “Sanctuary” jurisdictions. But a federal court in San Francisco recently ruled in two cases that the president’s threats were unconstitutional, and stopped the government from carrying them out anywhere in the country. (County of Santa Clara v. Donald Trump, U.S. District Court, California, 17-cv-00574-WHO).

The House of Representatives then introduced HR 3003, which would essentially threaten certain federal funding to “sanctuary” jurisdictions.But research shows that, even if it passes, it faces serious legal challenges, and the legal process

We will be watching closely (The following is an open letter to Sinclair Broadcast Group, its board members, shareholders and decision makers. – Ed) We the people of Humboldt County, on the Redwood Coast of California, would like to welcome you to our community. With your recent acquisition of four local television channels, you are now a major part of our media landscape. We may be a small market demographically, but we support our local news outlets and we have high standards and expectations for corporations that control access to information in our communities.

As the comedian John Oliver pointed out recently on his show “Last Week Tonight,” Sinclair has earned a somewhat unsavory reputation for biased coverage and inflammatory “must-run” segments that routinely misrepresent facts in order to benefit right-wing political agendas (more on this at tinyurl.com/ LWT-Sinclair). While this behavior may stem from a legitimate belief that you are “doing the right thing,” you should be aware that it often comes across as cynical manipulation and intentional distortion of the truth.

From past experience, we know that consolidated absentee ownership reduces competition, threatens media localism and harms information diversity. For example, when the digital television transition modified the transmission systems for local TV broadcasters, coverage in large swaths of Humboldt County was significantly reduced.

While Bonten has made substantial investments in local origination, Sinclair has a reputation for requiring their owned affiliate stations to air non-local editorial content during local newscasts. This “must air” practice reduces local origination of news and information programs that address controversial issues of public importance. To become a trusted local broadcaster, your policies need to provide reasonable opportunities for local and opposing views to be expressed.

Since we would like to give you the benefit of the doubt as a new player in town, we have developed a short list of suggested actions that would help to demonstrate your commitment to becoming a responsible provider of high-quality information: Ensure Localism with meaningful investments in local news and information programming to support public interests of local and tribal jurisdictions: • Station broadcasts should identify “must air” non-local content on-screen.

• Provide equal airtime for local editorial

v lEttEr content expressing opposing views.

• Ensure that Spanish language channel(s) include equivalent local program origination as other channels, and that tribes have in-language programming available on-air.

Promote Universal Access with investments in new infrastructure for our least served people and places: • Install and maintain additional translator/ repeater facilities to ensure full multi-casting coverage over the entire Designated Market Area served.

Transparency and accountability to local jurisdictions through community-based participation in local programming: • Maintain public files, including annual reports on compliance with contractual promises available at every local library location.

• Dedicate multi-cast channel(s) programmed entirely with locally originated non-commercial content from local jurisdictions. (Note: This could be accomplished in coordination with Public-Education-Government access community media available now through the counties, cities and tribes served.)

While we would love to see all of the above actions incorporated into Sinclair’s local operations, we don’t hold out much hope that these issues will be addressed.

After all, we’re just one small piece of a growing monopoly, and there is lots of money to be made through media manipulation and control. Still, we promise to do everything in our power to make sure that you deliver services that meet local needs and community interests.

The North Coast is a very special place to its residents, and we sincerely hope you will thoughtfully consider these and other ways that we can work together to develop and support community-based media.

Think of this as a golden opportunity to improve your reputation and become a trusted and reliable source of news across the Redwood Coast region.

Welcome to Humboldt County, and rest assured that we will be watching closely and working tirelessly to help keep you accountable to the high standards of our community.

That’s one piece of local news you can definitely count on.

Sean Taketa McLaughlin, executive director, Access Humboldt Eureka

could take a long time.

In the meantime, Humboldt County could follow the lead of other cities and counties to do everything in its power in this moment to ensure full trust and cooperation between local law enforcement and community members.

Minimally, Humboldt County should examine how much federal funding it could potentially lose. What is the likelihood of losing funding? Could the “Sanctuary” policy include a clause that would allow the Board of Supervisors to modify it if circumstances change?

Minimally, the resolution considered by the Board of Supervisors this summer should contain language which mirrors the language of the Sheriff’s current policy.

The Resolution should then be converted into an ordinance so that its language becomes enforceable. This way, the entire county, not only certain departments, takes responsibility for ensuring compliance.

Arguments exist on both sides of this issue. But the potential benefits of having a “Sanctuary” policy in our county far outweigh the potential risks. In our county, the vast majority of undocumented residents lead productive lives and contribute much more to our society than what they receive. They sustain the dairy, bulb, hospitality and other industries. Everyone deserves to live here in peace, not in terror that they could be separated from their loved ones at any moment.

The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors’ decision really boils down to this: Is Humboldt County willing to take what is now a small risk in order to protect and serve one of its most vulnerable communities? Do you care enough about us to take this step?

Renee Saucedo is a member of the Steering Committee for Centro del Pueblo.

She lives in Eureka.

Elegy for Redwood Auto

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edwood Auto was my place, my mechanic, my guys. For years and years, I’d roll in with my inevitably staggering truck or car with 200,000 miles on it, and they would magically make it drive again. Their closing is massively inconvenient, but far more than that.

Redwood Auto was an iconoclastic local business. Presided over by Morgan, the grumbling lovable manager who never left his beat up old chair at the front, the room was a veritable haven of All Things Motor – the rich smells of oil and gas, the greasy parts and bright clean tools, the rumble of motors and the clang of metal. It was a classically American place – no computers to fix the cars, just men in coveralls and an inconceivable amount of knowledge about what is, to me, the frightening mystery of how my truck works.

Morgan knew how to do anything. Sitting in his chair, he would direct the younger mechanics. They’d bring him a part and he’d squint at it and diagnose. I never saw him stumped. Prices were always fair, often too generous. If I was going on a road trip, I’d drop it over and they’d do whatever needs to be done to an ancient truck before a big trip, and send me off with a smile and no charge. Patrick, the affable accountant, was always rushing around, putting out metaphorical fires and cracking wise.

I never just dropped the truck off. Going to Redwood Auto was paying a social call. I’d go in, set my self down on the beat up sofa next to the giant wood stove, and shoot the breeze and crack some jokes.

It was that rare thing – a mechanic that I absolutely trusted, and kept my vehicles staggering along. Their closing has left a rent in the fabric of Arcata, and I want to thank Sam, Patrick and Morgan, and all the guys, for making my life easier for as long as I can remember.

Jada C. Brotman is the ads manager for the Mad River Union.

v So what do you think? Do you have an opinion about what’s happening here in Humboldt County? Do you have some ideas you would like to share? Write us a letter. Seriously. We want to read your thoughts. Oh, an no matter how frequently and passionately we implore you to sign letters to the Union with a real name and include a city of origin, plus a phone number (which won’t be published) for identity verification, we continue to get letters lacking one, two or more of the above. Also, try and keep your letter to 300 words or so, maybe 500 max. If you need more words than that, contact us about writing a Guest Opinion. Deadline for letters and opinions is noon Friday. Email letters to opinion@madriverunion.com.

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GOOD TIMES The Arcata Plaza was a mellow place to have fun in the sun on the Fourth of July.

People danced, top, drummed, left, and skate boarded, above, while enjoying tasty treats and cold beer. Middle left, Woodley Island was once again a popular destination to watch the annual fireworks show. jack

FIREWORKS NIGHT

CRABS ALUMNI AND PARENT'S WEEKEND

AT THE ARCATA BALL PARK Friday, July 14 Crabs vs Walnut Creek Crawdads

Gates 6pm/Game 7pm Gates 6 pm; Game 7pm 10-minute Fireworks Show after the end of the game Don’t wait in line, get your tickets (9:45pm or 10pm)

Arcata Pet Owners: Please make sure pets are secured in the house or in a kennel.

Also, make sure your pet has proper identification. Please tell any of your friends who own pets in Arcata and live near the ballpark about this date.

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Oh, yes, hunty Sashay to Redwood Curtain Theatre to see ‘The Legend of Georgia McBride’ Lauraine Leblanc Mad RiveR Union

REDWOOD CURTAIN THEATRE – What’s a poor Southern boy to do when he can’t pay his rent, his wife is pregnant and he’s just lost his gig as an Elvis impersonator? Put on a dress and mash his mouth around to other people’s words (to paraphrase drag diva Alaska Thunderfuck 5000), according to Matthew Lopez’ The Legend of Georgia McBride, the newest production at Redwood Curtain Theatre.

Riding the coat tails dress train of the popularity of drag queens, the play, first performed in 2015, is a sparkly little gem celebrating queerness and finding your own voice – Queer Eye for the Straight Guy meets RuPaul’s Drag Race.

SongS of life, death & SillineSS

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YAAASSS, QUEEn! David Hamilton as drag mother Miss Tracy Mills in Redwood Curtain Theatre’s new show. SUbmitted

HEAD BOOMER Jeff Kelley just spent a few weeks at the Kampground of American Liberty for All, site of Dell’Arte’s State of Jefferson Picnic. Janine Volkmar| Union

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HUMBOLDT – Jeff Kelley’s CD is out and it’s a gem.

Never Been Done is a treasure trove of songs that are sweet, hilarious, deep and lovely, often combining two of these characteristics in the same song.

It’s his first CD ever and it took close to a full year to record, mostly because Kelley is busy performing, teaching and doing sound for other musicians.

He plays in a Grateful Dead cover band The Miracle Show, in a rowdy Irish folk music group The Vanishing Pints, and in the Dell’Arte band, recently performing in The State of Jefferson Picnic and other Dell’Arte shows such as the Red Light in Blue Lake Adult Cabaret.

Kelley gigs as a solo act, too. And that’s not all. He’s a sound engineer for the Blue Lake Casino and tutors math at College of the Redwoods.

No wonder the CD took a year. “Dominic Romano at Bongo Boy Studios told me, ‘Let’s get this finished!’ so we did,” Kelley said.

Kelley estimated that they spent 40 to 50 hours in the studio, recording and bringing in other people. Romano filled in with vocals, keyboards, thumps and tambourine on many cuts. Other local guests included Jeff Thomas and Leah Mahan on vocals, Chris Parreira on harmonica, Sam Kaplan-Good on drums and shaker, Colin Trujillo on banjo, Steve Porter on saws and Anwyn Halliday on trumpet.

It all adds up to a CD that moves confidently from song to song and mood to mood. It’s my new favorite to cook to, and I tested it out on seven berry pies and three cakes. Total success.

Kelley’s songwriting skills are honed from years of experience. Words come first for him and the complex and clever rhyming shows that. “I typically write the lyrics first,” he said. “I find it easier to find musical passages after that.”

Humor is an essential element of many of his tunes.

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t’s Folklife week, officially or unofficially, when the Humboldt Folklife Society goes full bore with the annual Humboldt Folklife Festival. Was there a proclamation? Probably.

You may be wondering, what is this Folklife stuff everyone is always talking about? Ten years ago I tried answering that question for a festival guide.

(Forgive me if I repeat myself.)

The easiest way to explain is to take the word apart.

Folk = People. Life = Music, at least for the folks involved in Folklife. Of course that’s an oversimplification.

Folklife is generally concerned with traditional music of one sort or another, more often than not played on stringed instruments like guitars, banjos, fiddles

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and so on. But Humboldt Folklife doesn’t exclude jazz, so earlier this week they had Jazz Night with plenty of keyboards and saxophones and the like.

As I mentioned, the Folklife Fest is already underway — and we’ll repeat some things from the last Hum: Wednesday, July 12, Huckleberry Flint headlines a show in Blue Lake on Dell’Arte’s outdoor stage called “Music Under the Stars” with Kenny Ray and the Mighty Rovers and Rogues’ Gallery. That’s followed by a night at the Logger Bar with the Joanne Rand Trio (with Piet Dalmolen and Tim Randles).

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ARCATA – Arts! Arcata, Arcata Main Street’s monthly celebration of visual and performing arts, is this Friday, July 14. See art, hear music and drink wine for a good cause at the following locations.

Angelica Atelier 1101 H St., No. 2 – “Making Shape,” boudoir photographs by Angela Tellez.

Arcata Artisans 883 H St. – Ceramics by Natalie DiConstanzo and paintings by Mimi LaPlant.

Arcata Exchange 813 H St. – Photographs by Alex Nonsenzo; music by Pure Mongrel. Wine pour benefits the Arcata Historical Sites Society.

Bang Bang Vintage 824 L St. – Art

by Eric Mueller; music by Electric Salon.

Bubbles 1031 H St. – Music by Clean Livin’.

The Griffin 937 10th St. – Art by Anna Oneglia; music by DJ EastOne around 9 p.m.

Libation Wine Bar 761 Eighth St. – music by Jim Silva.

Moore’s Sleep World 876 G St. – Prints by Laurel McKay; music by The Yokels. Wine pouring benefits Humboldt Animal Rescue Team.

Fire Arts Center 520 South G St. – Ceramic art by Laura Rose and fused glass by Lorna Saner.

Northtown Coffee 1603 G St. – Photographs by Lindsey Wright.

Om Shala Yoga 858 10th St. – Art

by Beth Kabat.

Pasta Luego 791 Eighth St. – Flor d’Luna Winery pouring to benefit Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction.

Plaza 808 G St. – “Birds, Trees & Horsehooves,” oil paintings by Amy Granfield. Wine pour benefits the Northcoast Environmental Center.

Plaza Grill 791 Eighth St. – “15 years of Stubbornness,” works by Jay Brown.

Redwood Curtain Brewery 550 South G St. – Landscape photographs by Tim Haywood.

Redwood Yogurt 1573 G St. – “Senior Portraits” by Marina Sonn and “Making Music Visible” by various students of the Arcata Arts Institute.

Sanctuary 1301 J St. – “POSTED: Views of the North Coast,” photographs by Miles Mattison and “Ocean Energy,” watercolor, graphite and acrylic works by Lee Mothes.

Savory 1504 G St. – “Driven to Ab-

CITYSCAPE Lily Drabkin shows collages at Stokes, Hamer, Kirk & Eads, LLP for Arts! Arcata. straction,” works by Jay Brown.

Stokes, Hamer, Kirk & Eads, LLP 381 Bayside Rd. – “Metropolitan Perspectives” collage, painting and multimedia by Lily Drabkin and Anne Samberg; music by Dale Winget. Wine pour benefits American Cancer Society Relay Team #169.

Upstairs Gallery 1063 G St. – “Wavelengths,” infrared photographs by Aaron Brinks.

Wildberries Marketplace 747 13th St. – “Spiritskins,” works by students of the Arcata Arts Institute.

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13) it’s “Bluegrass and Beyond,” with sets by the house band at Bubbles, Clean Livin’, and Compost Mountain Boys, the most straight-ahead bluegrass band around. Then there’s the “beyond" part with fiddler Jenny Scheinman, who says, “I’m going to be celebrating the release of Here On Earth [released earlier this year] with a set of solo fiddle tunes, plus a whole set of improvisations and songs with John Wood.”

Her new record is a collection of songs with a traditional bent written for the film Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait. Jenny collaborated with filmmaker Finn Taylor on the project based on short snippets of films by a relatively unknown photographer, H. Lee Waters, shot in the South in the ’30s and ’40s painting an indelible portrait of common folk. Her tunes are her own, but they’re definitely “folk” music.

Friday, the Folk Fest takes a break from Blue Lake for a traditional Barn Dance at the Arcata Veterans Hall with Striped Pig Stringband playing the tunes and Lyndsey Battle calling the dances. Wondering what the folk barn dances are all about? The folks at barndancehumboldt. com explain, a barn dance is “a fun, community-oriented folk dance and social for all ages, genders, ethnicities and abilities, non-dancers and dancers alike. A caller teaches each dance beforehand and calls instructions during each dance, with a live band.” You swing your partner, do-se-do or whatever, when Lyndsey tells you. It’s fun, and good exercise, and a great way to meet new people since you can come without a partner or with one. Go. Dance. all day, all free, all folky The Hum Folk Festival ends

Saturday with the grand finale around Blue Lake’s old Oddfellows Hall, now the home of Dell’Arte. The All Day Free Fest features music on two stages outside, a smaller one called the “Street Stage” in front, and the Rooney “Amphitheatre Stage” in back, plus the “Kids Tent” in a circus tent with arts and crafts projects set up by SCRAP Humboldt, and various music workshops inside in two rooms upstairs. If you get hungry, there are food trucks and you can get things to drink (adult beverages and otherwise) in Dell’Arte’s concession booth.

The folking line-up? On the Amphitheatre Stage it’s The Ladybirds at 11 a.m. and Summer McCall at noon. (I’m not familiar with either.) The old time jazzy Belles of the Levee play at 1 p.m. The Bret Harte Breakers at 2 (great name btw), Way Out West from down south (in SoHum) at 3, La Patina Band (not just with Jeff DeMark) at 4, Safari Boots, a band invented for Folklife, move up to the big stage (and the big time) at 5, The Trouble are making trouble again at 6, and, closing the whole show, it’s Absynth Quartet with their patented “fire breathing indiegrass,” proving that all you have to do is add -grass to invent a new genre.

On the Street Stage you have Kray Van Kirk starting things off at 10:45 a.m. Melanie Barnett and Company (11:35), The Chimney Swifts (12:45), Aaron Thomas (1:45) and at 2:45 p.m. Joel Sonenshein’s popular Beatles Singalong, which until this year was in a more intimate (and more crowded) indoor room.

The Spindrifters from Fieldbrook follow at 4:45 p.m. Vanishing Pints offer quasi-Irish tunes at 5:45, and closing things

Pints for nonProfits Drink up at Redwood Curtain Brewing Co., 550 South G St., Arcata, today, July 12, when $1 from every beer sold all day benefits KEET-TV (PBS). sUMMEr ConCErt sEriEs Eureka Main Street’s free Thursday evening Summer Concert Series continues this Thursday, July 13 at 6 p.m. at Madaket Plaza at the foot of C Street with Eagles tribute band Boys of Summer. (707) 442-9054 at thE alibi Humboldt Free Radio presents Hera Has a Heart (acoustic punk from Whale Gulch) and Droll Weevil (SoHum rock ’n’ roll) at The Alibi, 744 Ninth St. in Arcata, Friday, July 14 at 11 p.m. There is a $5 cover for this 21 and over show.

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iMProvisation, ModE & MElody John Karl Hirten, finalist in the American Guild of Organists National competition in Organ Improvisation, presents an improviVenue

out in the street, authentic ragtime blues from The Mad River Rounders.

So-called “workshops” (more play than work) start upstairs in the North Room in the Dell’Arte building with the Humboldt Ukulele Group offering “Beginning Uke” at 11 a.m. with “Intermediate Uke” at noon. Summer McCall leads “A Capella Singing” at 1 p.m. Jan Bramlett demonstrates “Songwriting Techniques” at 2 p.m. then JD Jeffries leads a John Denver Sing-along at 3 p.m. (up against the Beatles).

Across the hall in the South Room Colin Vance teaches Clawhammer Banjo at 11 a.m. Jim Hubbard, Barb Culbertson and Halimah Collingwood offer “Harmony Singing” at noon, a fine fiddler Rosalind Parducci teaches “Irish Fiddling” at 1 p.m.

Seabury Gould leads an “Irish/ Celtic Music Singalong” at 2 p.m. and bluesy Anna Hamilton shows you “Tricky Licks on Guitar” at 3 p.m.

The only trouble with the All Day Free Fest is choosing your favorite folk. P.S. The Folklifers remind you, “Don’t forget the after party with Object Heavy at The Logger Bar,” which is more funky than folky. Whatever.

A folky side note: Mike “Spumoni” Manetas dropped me a line last week saying, “I just finished another project and have a double CD of live bluegrass shows that Fickle Hill did between 1974-78 in Humboldt County. It is actually pretty good.”

I’m pretty sure Spumoni played at the first Humboldt Folklife Festival, which was up on Fickle Hill, probably with the Fickle Hill band. He has a long history in Folklife, played mandolin in Compost Mountain Boys, ran Wildwood Music and more.

He plans on having the disc available at the festival, watch for it.

Get one. Listen.

sation workshop Saturday, July 15 at 2 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 15th and H streets in Eureka. Every musical piece, whether written down or improvised, is constructed out of a variety of building materials. Over time, musicians carry an ever-growing tool box containing these techniques. Hirten will delve into two of these tools – mode and melody – and explore ways to use them to develop a compositional personality through simple improvisation. He will be using the piano as well as organ in presenting this workshop.

Admission is by suggested donation of $5.

(707) 443-0700, hirten.com PiPE organ ConCErt Bay Area organist and composer John Karl Hirten performs works for pipe organ by Joplin, Ravel, Hirten, Bach and others, as well as an improvisation on names of audience members Saturday, July 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 15th and H streets in Eureka. Admission is by suggested dona-

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folk punk Sometimes all it takes to create a new genre is some attitude and a unique instrument. The band Split Lip Rayfield (playing Wednesday, July 12 at Humboldt Brews) formed in Wichita, Kansas at the end of the 20th century. It had your usual bluegrass-type instruments – banjo, mandolin and guitar – with an unusual standup bass: Jeff Eaton’s “Stitchgiver” was made from a 1978 Mercury Grand Marquis gas tank with a neck attached, strung with weedwhacker line. Along with bands like The Bad Livers, they invented something known as thrashgrass, or cowpunk or alt. country, depending on the mood of the music journalist. The Split Lip boys have since lost their guitarist to the evil C, but they soldier on as a trio, playing folky music that kicks ass. the other side Meanwhile, down on the county line, situated on the other edge of the musical spectrum (and demographic), a festival called Northern Lights is in its fifth year, running Friday through Sunday July 14 to 16, at Cook’s Valley Campground (near where they have Reggae on the River).

I talked with one of the organizers when they first started the fest, brainstorming a way to differentiate them from EDM (electronic dance music), since they wanted to cut a wider swath. I suggested “organic dance music,” but it didn’t stick. Whatever. You won’t see a lot of guitars and very few banjos on the fest’s five stages, one right on the river, others in the woods, and a “silent disco” (think headphones). They bill this as “a diverse boutique festival experience in an epic location,” and there’s much more than EDM: art, yoga, comedy (Savage and otherwise) and “floating the river” plus music drawing on other genres.

Headliners include Living Legends, legends in hip hop;

tion of $15. christchurcheureka.org/concerts, (707) 443-0700 winE & jazz A slight departure from the regular Wine & Jazz programs, The Yokels a vintage 3-piece band specializing in classic American music, play Sunday, July 16 at 3 p.m. at the Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St. in Eureka. The Yokels are singer and guitarist Steve Irwin, singer and bass player Glen Nagy and singer and drummer Bill Kerker. Bring along your instrument, as audience members may jam with the band following the show. Admission is $5/$2 for seniors age 65 and over and students with ID/free for children 17 and under and museum members. rEPUtation of Christians Research revealing people’s common perceptions of Christians will be explored at Lifetree Café Sunday, July 16 at 7 p.m. The program, titled “What People Really Think of Christians ... and Why,” features a filmed

Friday, July 14

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Arcata Theatre Lounge 1036 G St., Arcata

sunday, July 16

Cherub, an electro/pop/funk/ dance duo from Nashville; Jai Wolf, lush electronica from NYC; and G Jones from Santa Cruz, mixing it all up, with a lot of “much more.” See northernlights. org for the multi-faceted lineup. jazz is alive It’s the second Friday in July, which means a couple of things: It’s Arts! Arcata time and there’s a guide to that on B1, and it’s Second Friday Jazz night at the Westhaven Center for the Arts with RLa playing “Standards and Originals” with vibraphonist/ composer Jonathan Kipp, who has played internationally and locally with Calliope and percussion masters Timbata. He’s good.

Saxophonist/flautist Don Baraka sent us an email re: a three-day series of musical events commemorating the death of sax giant John Coltrane in 1967, or, “the 50th anniversary of the Ascension of Saint John Coltrane.”

(Trane was canonized by the Abyssinian Baptist Church.)

“These are not concerts, simply jazz musicians remembering him and improvising in his spirit,” said Mr. Baraka. The informal jams start Saturday (12:30 to 3 p.m.) at Cafe Phoenix (not typically a music venue), continue Sunday at the weekly jazz jam at Blondie’s (6 to 8:30 p.m.), with a special session Monday at Eureka Inn’s Palm Lounge (7-10 p.m.) with Brian Post & Friends, on the actual anniversary of Trane’s death.

It’s ironic that the man who wrote A Love Supreme died during the Summer of Love. If you’re not familiar with his work, start there or maybe My Favorite Things, then move on to later in his life when he took off into inner space with free jazz and ascended. That’s what music is all about, breaking the bonds that restrain us and strengthening those that hold us together. Remember, music = life and vice versa. Enjoy it.

interview with Gabe Lyons, co-author of unChristian. Join in the free conversation about life and faith, with coffee and snacks, at Campbell Creek Connexion on the corner of 13th and Union streets in Arcata. (707) 672-2919, robertdipert@ gmail.com

Morris gravEs MUsEUM sEEKs volUntEErs If you enjoy art and interacting with visitors, artists and the community, the Morris Graves Museum of Art is looking for volunteers to welcome visitors to the museum, give information on current exhibitions and events and collect admission.

Special event volunteers for Arts Alive! and weekend programs are also needed.

A short volunteer training is all you need to get started as a volunteer. Contact Programs Manager Janine Murphy at janine@ humboldtarts.org or (707) 442-0278 ext.

202 if you would like to become a volunteer at the Morris Graves.

Monday, July 17

Tuesday, July 18

5:30 p.m.

The LEGO Movie

Blue Lake Casino 777 Casino Way, Blue Lake

9 p.m. • Karaoke with KJ Leonard

9 p.m.

Irie Rockers

9 p.m.

Undercovers

9 p.m. • Karaoke with KJ Leonard

9 p.m. • Redwood Ramblers

9 p.m. • Hunter & the Dirty Jacks

9 p.m. • Hunter & the Dirty Jacks

8 p.m. • Karaoke with DJ Marv

8 p.m.

8-Ball Tourney

8 p.m. • Karaoke with DJ Marv

9:30 p.m.

Sundaze

9:30 p.m.

12BC Productions

8:30 p.m.

Comedy Night

6 p.m.

Potluck

all day Free pool

all day Free ping pong

Cher-Ae Heights Casino 27 Scenic Dr., Trinidad

8 p.m.

Free pool

Humboldt Brews 856 10th St., Arcata

9:30 p.m.

Split Lip Rayfield

The Jam 915 H St., Arcata

9 p.m.

Whomp

9 p.m. • Thou, Moloch, Cloud Ray & False

The Logger Bar 501 Railroad Ave., Blue Lake

9 p.m.

Joanne Rand

9 p.m. • Rinky Dink Stringband

9 p.m.

Undercovers

9 p.m.

Object Heavy

Mad River Brewing Co. 101 Taylor Way, Blue Lake

6 p.m.

Piet Dalmolen

6 p.m.

The Vanishing Pints

6 p.m.

Home Cookin’

6 p.m.

Band O’Loko

Redwood Curtain Brewery 550 South G St., Arcata

all day Pints for Nonprofits

8 p.m.

Piet Dalmolen

Six Rivers Brewery 1300 Central Ave., McKinleyville

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9:30 p.m. • Peach Purple & Black Sage Runners

6 p.m.

Dogbone

8 p.m.

Lovebush 9 p.m.

Bear market Riot

9 p.m. • Crook and the Bluff

7 p.m.

Shuffle Board 8 p.m.

Trivia Night

8 p.m. • Karaoke with DJ Marv

7:30 p.m.

Sunny Brae Jazz

Restaurant now open until 11 p.m.

822-3731 On the Plaza

Full menu available from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.

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ave you ever walked on Pilot Point overlooking Moonstone Beach? This secluded promontory, managed by the Trinidad Coastal Land Trust, is a unique geologic formation with exposed fossils, a variety of flora and fauna and beautiful vistas. Carol VanderMeer has organized a tour Sunday, July 29 from 2 to 4 p.m. as part of a summer guided walks and programs interpreting and appreciating land trust holdings. Meet at the Trinidad Coastal Land Trust office-gallery behind Trinidad Library a little before 2 p.m.

To reserve a place, email Carol@TrinidadCoastalLandTrust. org or call (707) 677-2501.

Other tours through the summer are planned for Aug. 12 from 9 to 11 a.m. on Old Home Beach and Sept. 16 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Luffenholtz Beach. For more information, visit TrinidadCoastalLandTrust.org or email info@TrinidadCoastalLandTrust.org. Ben Morehead is executive director of the trust. Trustees include Matthew Marshall, Richard Johnson, Don Allan, Charles Netzow, Jenny Hutchinson, Bryce Kenny, Shirley Laos, Tom Leskiw, Ted Pease, and Steen and Tami Trump. Ask any of these dedicated leaders about supporting Trinidad Coastal Land Trust properties, programs and projects.

David Fleschner plays at Moonstone Crossing Winery David Fleschner just wrapped up six sets at the Portland Waterfront Blues Festival with the Duffy Bishop Band, the Strangetones, the Paul DeLay Tribute Band and United by Music. He’s coming home to Trinidad Saturday, July 15 and will play jazz and blues on the keyboard at 3 p.m. at the Moonstone Crossing Winery Tasting Room, 529 Trinity St. Call (707) 677-3816 or (503) 349-7883 for more information.

Second Friday Jazz and more Due to a scheduling conflict, Third Friday Jazz at Westhaven Center for the Arts, 501 South Westhaven Dr., is actually Second Friday Jazz, July 14 at 7 p.m. It will feature RLa with guest vibraphonist and composer Jonathan Kipp, who has played in Zacatecas, Mexico with Andrea Sullivan, Isaias Flores Lugo, La Orquesta de la Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas and La Filamonica Zacatecas. Locally, Jonathan performs with Calliope and Timbata as well as with Taylor Ho Bymum and Jenny Scheiman. He studied percussion with Eugene Novotney, Howard Kaufman and Dan Aldag at HSU. Admission is $5 to $20 sliding scale.

Also at the center, join Dr. Roy King for Gaia's Love, a nature based spirituality group exploring the healing virtues of nature, Sunday, July 23 at 10 a.m.

The same day, lift your spirits at Song Village from 1 to 3 p.m., led by Musician-in-Residence Seabury Gould. Folk tunes and a wide variety of music suitable for group singing are part of the afternoon’s fun. Call (707) 845-8167 for information.

While at the center, enjoy the new exhibit, “Created Images IV” with art work by Annie Reid, Bosha Struve, Dianne Williams, George Ventura, Hal Work and Pam Cone.

Email Patti at baycity@sonic.net.

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n celebration of Waldo’s 30th birthday, his American publisher, Candlewick Press, is once again teaming up with the American Booksellers Association and 250 independent bookstores across the country for some hide-and-seek fun to encourage communities to patronize their local businesses. Once again, the famous children’s book character in the striped shirt and blackrimmed specs is visiting many local businesses throughout our community this July. Find Waldo Local is a great summer vacation activity and a wonderful way to support local businesses and the Shop Local movement in our community.

There is no charge to participate, and the hunt lasts for the entire month of July. Anyone who wishes to participate can pick up a “Find Waldo Local in Arcata!” passport, which contains the names of all the participating sites, and get their passport stamped or signed for each Waldo they spot. Collecting store stamps or signatures at 20 or more businesses will entitle diligent seekers entry into a grand-prize drawing Aug. 5, with the top prize being a six-volume deluxe set of Waldo books.

Poets at Sanctuary Sanctuary, 1301 J St., Arcata, presents a poetry reading by Melissa Eleftherion and Kirk Alvaro Lua as well as a generative writing workshop with naturalist-poet-librarian Eleftherion.

The workshop is Sunday July 16 from noon to 2 p.m.

Bring a writing utensil and paper! Participation fee is $30 and includes tea, coffee, and pastries from Ra-

ror’,” he explained. Lord Buckley (1906-1960) was, for the uninitiated, “the hipster bebop preacher who defied all labels,” according to that other hipster, Bob Dylan.

And you will laugh when you listen to the title track, “Never Been Done,” Kelley’s funny ode to a difficult lover.

The song revels in ways to describe getting along with a problem partner, including the image of breaking up rocks in a 12-hour day. But, the song asserts, it can be done. And it goes on to remind us that “penicillin is made from mold on bread, gardens are grown in poo, I’m going to do what’s never been done, I’m going to get along with you.”

The musicality is rich and deep, just what one might expect from someone who started playing saxophone in the second grade, took piano lessons in grades four through six, then turned

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EUREKA – Humboldt Photography Exhibition, the largest all-photography show on the North Coast, is holding an open call for entries for all Humboldt County photographers Saturday, July 15 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Redwood Art Association Gallery, 603 F St., Eureka.

The show, presented by the Redwood Camera Club, Eureka Photoshop Users Group and the Redwood Art Association has been showcasing North Coast photographers since 2009. There will be a number of cash awards.

This year’s judge is Kathy Hig-

to the guitar in 10th grade. Kelley grew up in Redondo Beach and moved to Humboldt County in 1983 “because of a girl who promptly dumped me. I didn’t have any money to leave and I realized I didn’t want to,” he said with a smile. He’s been here ever since.

Kelley describes his CD as “songs of life, death and silliness.” Some of the songs are touching moments of a thoughtful life. “Hello Chicago” with its tasty trumpet solo by Halliday, recalls the sweetness of a week-long visit to his daughter in Chicago and the sadness at ending the visit. The refrain of “Hello, Chicago/Can I come home to you/Will your wind blow away these lonesome blues,” stays in your ear like a welcome memory, not an earworm. Another song that plays well on repetition is “Raining River.”

The plaintive refrain of “I still believe in love,” should, by rights be the title of “Keeping Belief in Love” but,

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Part rom-com and part drag show, Redwood Curtain Theatre’s production of The Legend of Georgia McBride is sassy, trashy and a little rude, but has a heart of gold.

Under the able direction of Shea King, the 90-minute play (with no intermission) builds momentum, getting funnier and funnier as it rolls along.

The play reunites William English III and Michelle “Chelly” Purnell – last seen as Julius Caesar and Mark Antony in Humboldt State’s production of Julius Caesar – as couple Casey and Jo. The pair have a darling chemistry even when fighting, with Purnell slinging some real zingers with lots of attitude. Her delivery was a little rushed on preview night; a little bit more breathing space would give the audience a chance to really absorb how deeply funny she can be.

Casey is the straight man, in more ways than one, to everyone in the play. English was perfect in the role, quickly sketching out a believable happy-go-lucky everyman, then a fish out of water. His tour de force was showing the evolution of his drag persona, Georgia McBride, through an Edith Piaf number, in the space of less than five minutes.

Bravo, or rather, brava!

Likewise to David Hamilton as Miss Tracy Mills, a down-on-her-luck diva who introduces Casey to drag.

Hamilton threw himself into the role with gusto, clearly channelling local queen Fuscia Rae, who is listed in the production team as “drag mother.”

Christopher Kehoe brought some Dr. Frank-N-Furter leftovers from Rocky Horror Show to his turn as shady drunken drag queen Anorexia Nervosa (“It’s Italian”), who

mones. RSVP to eulachonreadingseries@gmail.com.

Later that same day, starting at 8 p.m., Eleftherion and Lua read some of their poems. Eleftherion is the author of huminsect, prism maps, Pigtail Duty, the leaves the leaves, green glass asterisms and several other chapbooks. Her first fulllength collection, field guide to autobiography, was recently published

by H_NGM_N Books. More of her work can be found at apoetlibrarian.wordpress.com. Lua’s work has appeared in The Acentos Review, A Sharp Piece of Awesome Literary Magazine, Pilgrimage Press and Toyon Literary Magazine. Admission to the reading is $5 to $20 sliding scale. Homemade beer, soda and cookies will be for sale.

Pajama Storytime Snuggle up and hear some wonderful stories before bedtime at Pajama Storytime – a fine way to end the day at the Arcata Library, 500 Seventh St. Thursday, July 13 at 6:30 p.m. Children are welcome to come in pajamas, if they like, but it’s not a requirement.

Authors among us Author Jessica Pettitt will be at Northtown Books, 957 H St. in Arcata, Friday, July 14 at 7 p.m. and at the Eureka Main Library, 1313 Third St., Saturday, July 15 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. An educator with a stand-up comedy background, Pettitt’s new book, Good Enough Now, invites you to thrive and succeed as the person you are. No need to be perfect! You are ‘good enough now’ to make the changes you seek.

Chris Riley will read from and sign his new novel The Sinking of the Angie Piper, a nautical adventure novel set on an Alaskan fishing boat, at Northtown Books Saturday, July 15 at 3 p.m.

Open call for Humboldt County photographers

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gins, a professional photographer and photography instructor at Cosumnes College in Chico. She has worked as a professional wedding, commercial, senior portrait photographer and photographic educator on the college level. Higgins has worked in various photographic mediums including; 35 mm film, medium and large format film, digital and interdisciplinary work involving other artistic genres. A lot of her personal work is equine based.

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Kelley explained, there were seven other songs with that title. Who cares about a title? The song is lovely.

The last cut on the CD, “Sacrifice,” is really a work of art. “It’s hard to hear that and think, ‘I did that’,” Kelley said. He and Romano collaborated on the song. “We both played the keyboard at the same time and then went in and manipulated it on the computer,” said Kelley. The mixture of organ, vocals and guitar makes for a lush arrangement of a beautiful lyric.

Get this CD and enjoy one of Humboldt’s fine singer/songwriters. It’s available on CDBaby and iTunes now and Kelley hopes to do a CD release party soon. Or just ask him when you see him around the county. The Vanishing Pints perform Thursday, July 13 at the Mad River Brewery from 6 to 8 p.m. and at the Humboldt Folklife Festival Saturday, July 15 at 5:45 p.m. on the street stage in front of Dell’Arte. It shouldn’t be difficult to find this hardworking musician. jeffkelley.net

acerbically lectures Casey about the history of drag. Kehoe also provided some of the biggest laughs of the evening (of which there were many), with his dramatic exits from the stage. He also doubles as Jason, Casey’s buddy/landlord, in which he was likewise utterly believable, though, it must be said, his eyeshadow (which, obviously, must stay on throughout the play) was a little distracting – sunglasses might have helped out here.

Rounding out the cast is Jeremy Webb as Eddie the club manager. Ironically, it’s Eddie who gets the most costume changes, and Webb really works it. His befuddled reticence and perfect comic timing allowed him to deliver lines that would otherwise be offensive with utter charm.

The Legend of Georgia McBride is a technically challenging production, especially on a community theatre budget. While scenery, by Hanah Toyada, was kept simple, it incorporated some neat shout-outs to Divine, RuPaul and other drag legends. Rae Robinson provided some fabulous costumes, especially for Miss Tracy Mills.

Makeup by Josh Tillett and Stevie Di’Luxe, was on point.

Wigs were a little more challenging – no lacefronts here – as they often are in Humboldt County theatre.

The impetus of the play is club owner Eddie’s hope that drag shows will bring in the crowds, and judging by the sold-out crowd on preview night, drag queens do put butts in seats. Sashay to the Redwood Curtain Theatre to see this sassy show. The Legend of Georgia McBride runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. through July 29, with a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee July 23. Redwood Curtain Theatre is located at 220 First St. in Eureka. Tickets can be reserved or purchased at redwoodcurtain.com or reserved by emailing boxoffice@redwoodcurtain.com or calling (707) 443-7688.

but are not limited to; composition, technical ability, originality, artistic merit, creativity and impact.” She has previously been a photography judge for the KVIE Art Auction, the Sierra Camera Club in Sacramento and the Western States Horse Expo.

The show will run from July 19 through Aug. 18. The subject matter is completely the desire of each entrant. Entry forms and rules can be found at redwoodcameraclub.com/ humboldt-photography-exhibition and redwoodart.us/exhibitions.htm or picked up at Swanlunds Camera, the Art Center Frame Shop and Eureka Art and Frame, all in Eureka.

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Painted Ladies at the garden

EPHEMERAL BEAUTY Visit the Painted Ladies, above, and other species at Humboldt Botanical Garden’s new Butterly House.

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EUREKA – The Humboldt Botanical Garden opended a new butterfly house earlier this month. This pilot project was designed to entertain and educate gardeners and families with children. Visitors to the butterfly house will learn GLASS ART AT THE MARSH Melissa Lawson Zielinski of Mill Creek Glass shows her nature-inspired fused glass art pieces through August at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center, 569 South G St. “Shapes and subjects found in nature inspire my work,” said Zielinski, “so many of my pieces involve leaves, sea stars, shells, jellyfish, dragonflies and other interesting plants and animals.” Shows at the Interpretive Center are sponsored

by Friends of the Arcata Marsh. The center is open Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday between 1 and 5 p.m. (707) 826-2359, millcreekglass.com

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about butterfly habitat and the plants they love. Local butterflies and caterpillars, such as Painted Ladies, Red Admirals, Western Swallowtails and Monarchs will inhabit the butterfly house this summer.

Typically, the life of the butterfly itself is relatively brief, about two to four weeks. A butterfly’s mission after pupating is to breed and lay eggs. Much of the lifespan of a butterfly is when it is a caterpillar. A caterpillar goes through a series of molts, shedding skin as it grows. When it becomes large and ready to pupate, it climbs up branches and forms a chrysalis. This is the mysterious and wonderful process that produces a beautiful butterfly from a nondescript looking caterpillar.

At the Humboldt Botanical Garden’s butterfly house, visitors will be able to see every stage of a butterfly life cycle from egg to butterfly. In addition, there will be butterfly nectar plants for sale and educational information available.

The Butterfly House at Humboldt Botanical Garden is located inside the greenhouse and is open from noon to 4 p.m. Admission to the garden is $8/$5 for children 6 to 17, seniors and active military/free for children under 6 and members. There is a suggested donation of $3 for the butterfly house. The Humboldt Botanical Garden is open Wednesday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

If you would like to volunteer to help with the butterfly house, call (707) 442-5139. hbgf.org

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MANILA – Registration is now open for the Friends of the Dunes Coastal Naturalist Training, a six-week course that will introduce you to wonders of our local ecology and engage you in the stewardship of California’s natural communities.

The course combines a junior college-level introductory science course curriculum with classroom and field experiences, guest lecturers, and project-based learning.

In addition to instructor Jennifer Ortega, guest lecturers and field instructors include professors, geologists, botanists, biologists, long-time naturalists and other local experts. Upon completion of course requirements, participants will earn a California Naturalist Certificate through the UC California Naturalist Program and are eligible for four academic credits through UC Davis Extension for an additional nominal fee.

The course runs Sept. 7 through Oct. 15 with classroom sessions Thursday evenings from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and field sessions on Sundays. Course fee is $350/$325 for Friends of the Dunes members, Peninsula residents and students. Additional fees include $25 for kayak rental and $80 for academic credits.

Register at friendsofthedunes.org, at the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center, 220 Stamps Lane in Manila, or contact Suzie at suzie@friendsofthedunes.org or (707) 444-1397.

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J ULY 12, 2017 Conservation Meeting Redwood Region Audubon Society holds its monthly Conservation Meeting Thursday, July 13 at noon at Rita’s Margaritas and Mexican Grill, 1111 Fifth St., Eureka. (707) 445-8311 Wildlife traCking field Workshop The HSU Natural History Museum hosts a Wildlife Tracking Field Workshop with Phil Johnston, biologist and tracker extraordinaire, Saturday, July 15 beginning at 8:30 a.m. This is an all day workshop and spotting lion tracks is guaranteed. The location of the workshop will be in the mountains. All participants will leave from the Natural History Museum in Arcata. Participation fee is $25/ $20 for museum or Sequoia Park Zoo members/$15 for seniors and HSU students. Space is limited; call (707) 826-4479 or visit humboldt.edu/natmus for more information.

Bird the Marsh Redwood Region Audubon Society sponsors a free public field trip at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Saturday, July 15. Bring your binoculars and have a great morning birding! Meet leader Gary Friedrichsen in the parking lot at the end of South I Street (Klopp Lake) in Arcata at 8:30 a.m., rain or shine.

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Marsh toUr Friends of the Arcata Marsh sponsors a free tour of the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary Saturday, July 15 at 2 p.m. Meet leader Alex Stillman at the Interpretive Center on South G Street for a 90-minute walk focusing on the plants and ecology of the Marsh. Loaner binoculars available with photo ID. (707) 826-2359 Mt. lassiC hike The North Group Sierra Club invites the public to a hike in the Mt. Lassic Wilderness and Botanical Area in Six Rivers National Forest Saturday, July 15. Carpools meet at 8 a.m. at the Herrick Ave. Park & Ride in Eureka off Hwy. 101 south. Take a scenic drive and hike this medium difficulty six-mile hike, with 1,000 feet elevation change, in this natural wonderland off Highway 36. See vernal pools, stark serpentine and peridotite barrens and vegetation with character. After this season’s abundant rain and snow, we should see some good regeneration from the 2015 wildfires. We will ascend distinctive 5,916-ft. Black Lassic and explore other nearby features. Bring lunch and extra water and dress for the weather. No dogs. By reservation only. Contact leader Ned at nedforsyth48@gmail.com or (707) 8253652. Bad weather cancels. sand sCUlptUre festival The Friends of the Dunes 22nd annual Sand Sculpture Festival takes place Saturday, July 15 at the Manila Dunes Recreation Area. Cash prizes will be awarded for Best of Show, Most Imaginative, Most Dedicated Diggers, People’s Choice, Friends of the Dunes Staff Pick and Best Youth Sculpture for sculptors 12 and under. Business sponsored teams will compete for the coveted Golden Shovel award. Teams may register the day of the event starting at 8 a.m. at the Manila Community Center, 1611 Peninsula Dr. The Sand Sculpture Festival is free for spectators, though a $1 to $5 sliding scale donation is encouraged to support Friends of the Dunes education and conservation programs. Every dollar donated buys you a People’s Choice flag to vote for your favorite sculptures. The best time to view sculptures is from noon to 2 p.m. Snacks and drinks for sale at the beach will benefit Redwood Coast Montessori School. Parking is limited and carpooling is encouraged. Parking shuttles will be available from the Manila Park to the event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, including a parking shuttle map, sculpting tips, and a photo archive of past sculptures, visit friendsofthedunes.org.

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Crabs beat b52s 12-1 in sunday matCh FuN IN THE SuN The Humboldt Crabs were scheduled to play the San diego Waves last Friday and Saturday here in arcata, but the SoCal team canceled its trip at the last minute. Fortunately, local favorites the b52s were available and played a spirited game with the Crabs on Sunday.

The Crabs won the game 12-1. Top, as is the tradition every Sunday, kids were invited to run the bases, top. It was Hawaiian day, with players, top left, dressing up in grass skirts. A lucky boy, left, threw out the first pitch. matthew Hernandez, right, took the mound. This Friday the Crabs face the Walnut Creek Crawdads during a game which kicks off Crabs’ alumni and Parents’ Weekend. Bring a flashlight, lawn chair or blanket as right field will be open to all. There will be a 10 minute fireworks show that night, so dog owners are warned to take precautions. Photos by matt Filar | Union

The inside scoop on the Humboldt Crabs’ dirty laundry

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ust by chance, I happened to sit next to Michelle Butler at a game recently. She was passing out healthy looking salads, grilled chicken to put on top, and homemade dressing to a group of friends and relatives.

She did it with skill and grace, not an easy task for the top row of the bleachers.

We started chatting and I found out that she is the great-granddaughter of Crabs founder and longtime manager, Lou Bonomini (1916-2000).

Butler is following in the tradition of her great-grandmother, Vera Bonomini, by doing the laundry for 30-some Crabs players twice a week during the season.

"She probably did it with a washtub," she said.

Butler and her crew of helpers, including her mother, Jan Briggs, her friends, and some young ballpark staff members, Taylor Day, Tori Reynolds, and Kaitlyn Burke, have a great setup.

On Wednesdays and Sundays, they spread out a big tarp near the dugout and get their industrial sized garden sprayers ready with diluted Shout prewash spray. The players bring their dirty uniforms (many bearing testimony to a slide into a base) over to the tarp.

"They are really helpful," Butler said. "They pull out the legs and sleeves so we can spread the uniforms out for spraying."

The players also know to put "the things I don't want to touch" directly into the open laundry bags.

Then the helpers go to town, spraying down every dirt splatter on each uniform before bundling them into huge bags.

The whole shebang is taken up to Emerald City Laundry Company, the eco-friendly laundromat on G Street across from Wildberries, to be washed, dried and folded.

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"Please give a shoutout to Emerald City," Butler reminded me. "We couldn't do this without them. We are in a partnership with them and they give us a great deal."

Pristine and clean uniforms are handed back out, only to be worn and become dirty all over again.

That's what baseball is all about – sliding into home in a cloud of dirt and being called, “Safe!�

Butler has been doing KEEPING ‘Em ClEaN Jan briggs, left, and her this volunteer duty for seven or eight years. She's SHOuT IT OuT Volunteers spray detergent on uniforms daughter michelle butler. a fifth grade teacher at Pa- stretched out on tarps.

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"I do the laundry as a tiny little homage to my great-grandmother," she explained.

But it's not a tiny job. The players have more uniform pieces than in the old days, including jackets. Some of them go through two or three pairs of pants and two or FIREWORKS NIGHT Friday, July 14: Secure your three shirts. That's a lot of laundry. pets and get to the ballpark early, as seating is When the Crabs went on the road to Redding, Butler's limited. son and husband helped. "They got a new respect for the job," she said with a smile.

CRabS alumNI aNd PlayER’S PaRENTS WEEKSometimes there is a really short turnaround for taking ENd Saturday and Sunday, July 15 & 16 the laundry in and getting it back. "I ask Emily at Emerald City 'can we do it?'" she said. "Emily is great and always comes through for us." It's worth all the work when the SuPERHERO day Sunday, July 16 Wear your players look good on the field and it's especially worth the cape and Wonder Woman cuffs! Sponsored by work when the players thank her. "All the guys are really Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North Coast. appreciative," she said

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Grand Jury report: ‘Raw, disturbing’ child abuse issues probed Daniel Mintz Mad RiveR Union

HUMBOLDT – Humboldt County’s Grand Jury has released an annual report that delves into child welfare issues that are “raw, disturbing and should be of concern to all members of our community.”

Protecting children from abuse and responding to it were main investigative items in the report, which was released in full last week.

Declaring that “the children of Humboldt County are illserved by the intake system that is meant to protect them,” the report analyzes the effectiveness of child protection services.

“Unfortunately, the (Grand Jury) discovered that our children are not being afforded the protections that they deserve,” the report states.

According to the report, the county’s Child Welfare Services (CWS) division twice denied the Grand Jury’s requests for intake processing data based on confidentiality issues – and then “abruptly made notable changes to their policies and procedures at intake.”

The report allows that the new procedures may improve the timeliness of CWS responses to instances of abuse and

neglect but states that the Grand Jury “cannot conclude that serious deficiencies have been corrected until CWS provides needed measures of timeliness.”

The report’s recommendations include having the county’s Department of Health and Human Services develop a “timeliness metric” for measuring response times once child abuse/neglect is reported.

In a related investigation, the Grand Jury probed the response effectiveness of three key entities – school districts, law enforcement and CWS. The Grand Jury found “numerous problematic areas” with each, along with “major problems” in how agencies interact to address child abuse.

Recommendations include having the Humboldt County Office of Education instruct school personnel “on the importance of filing a written report” with CWS after making initial phone contact.

The county Sheriff’s Office is requested to file investigative reports even when allegations are not confirmed, to create a record that may show the need for “more in-depth investigation.”

The Grand Jury also looked into law enforcement readiness in outlying areas in a section of the report titled, “Ru-

Former ‘naked mole rat’ pups now fully furred

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n my way to the Plaza, I stopped by the WILPF book sale, one of my annual Fourth of July rituals. I had my dark glasses on, but was still met with an announcement that there were several books on the table about animal rescuing that I might like to see. Before I even had a chance to respond, several other shoppers said that they didn’t think I needed those!

I admit I was entertained both that people recognize me from this column and that other people understood that I probably wasn’t looking for more books about dogs! (I was looking for light summer reading, if the truth be known …)

So why do I write this column? I like to think that I am not dog-obsessed. I actually have a lot of interests, but dogs are certainly one of them and this seems to be a wonderful venue for bringing awareness to issues surrounding dogs in our community. And there is great satisfaction in helping dogs and humans make a good match. One of the most recent matches was for my wonderful editor here at the Union, who adopted Saffron [Union, June 21], now named Coffee!

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boldt County Animal Shelter and am one third of Redwood Pals Rescue, a small nonprofit that works with the dogs at the shelter that need extra help. I have learned a lot in the five years that I have been doing this. Yes, it was easier when I just had a couple of dogs and didn’t pay any attention to what happened to the strays or homeless dogs in our area, but since I can’t unlearn what I’ve encountered, this is a great venue for sharing some of that with a compassionate audience. Thanks for reading!

The shelter’s June adoption promotion was very successful. Over 30 dogs went to their forever homes and the shelter had plenty of empty kennels in preparation for the Fourth of July. Hopefully all of the pets scared off by fireworks have been reunited with their families by now. (On a related note, there will be fireworks in Arcata on Friday, July 14, at the end of the Crabs baseball game.)

There are still good dogs to choose from at the shelter, and new dogs are added regularly.

Two special pups that are available are Velma and Huey. These are the last two of the poor little “naked mole rat” puppies that came in to the shelter some months back. They arrived with demodectic (noncontagious) mange and without fur.

Three wonderful fosters stepped up for these pups, each taking two of the sib-

ral policing in Humboldt County: Lawlessness Ignored?”

The report states that according to FBI data, violent crime in the county’s unincorporated area has increased by two-and-a-half times since 2012, “exceeding the national average for the first time in many years.”

Statistics between 2005 and 2014 show that Humboldt County has the highest arrest rate in the state, according to the report. It also states that “crime continues unabated” because criminals are “empowered by the perception that law enforcement will not respond when called.”

Finding that “rural areas of county are underserved by law enforcement and other emergency services,” the report acknowledges that recruitment and training requirements delay staff additions.

That’s especially relevant to adding deputies funded by the Measure Z public safety tax, which has been “slow,” according to the report.

The Grand Jury recommends increased funding for the Sheriff’s Office and streamlining hiring procedures and “staff retention protocol.” Measure Z expires in 2019 unless renewed by voters and the report recommends that the county find a “permanent funding model.”

The county’s $232.3 million employee pension funding liability as of June 30, 2015 is also probed in the report, which asks, “Will Unfunded County Pensions Un-fund Our Future?”

It threatens to, according to the report, “particularly if projected tax revenues do not materialize or if we have a business recession that affects county revenues.”

The report states that the pension liability “could jeopardize vital programs, even Humboldt County’s solvency.”

A main recommendation is for the county to contribute at least $2 million to the trust fund dedicated to covering the liability in the 2017 to 2018 budget.

The Board of Supervisors approved the budget in late June and the pension liability fund will get a contribution equivalent to a half-percent of projected county employee salary costs for the fiscal year. That’s forecasted to amount to about $819,000.

A little tramp ‘NAKED MOLE RATS’ Huey top, and fully furred. lings, and nurtured them through their recovery. The other siblings went to the Kinetic Sculpture race with us and were a huge hit with everyone! All four were adopted soon after that event and their adopters are very happy with them. They have all done well with other dogs and children.

These two stayed with their foster a little longer and are now back at the shelter for adoption. The volunteers love these pups and appreciate the extra training that they received from their foster mom.

Velma and Huey are leash trained and also know sit and come. They love to run and play with each other and with their friend Hiccup, who is also at the shelter. These pups are about 6 months old and are light brown with white markings. They will make great family pets or a loyal companion for an individu-

and Velma with mange, Submitted photo

al. They are in great health now and fully furred!

The pups are a perfect example of the cooperation between the shelter and rescue. The shelter recognized the necessity to help these pups and Redwood Pals Rescue was able to find responsible fosters to care for the pups until they were ready to come back for adoption. Redwood Pals is always happy to hear from anyone who might want to foster for us!

These pups are available at the Humboldt County Animal Shelter at 980 Lycoming Ave. in McKinleyville. More info is available at (707) 8409132. Currently available dogs and cats are listed on petharbor.com. Both the Humboldt County Animal Shelter and Redwood Pals Rescue have Facebook pages as well.

For more information on fostering or other ways to help dogs in need, please contact Redwood Pals at redwoodpalsrescue@ gmail.com or call (707) 839-9692.

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e e t Chaplin! His little pink tongue may fool you into thinking he is the picture of innocence, but this boisterous brown and black tabby has a tiger-sized personality.

He thrives on one-on-one interaction and loves to chase small toys that he can pick up and carry himself.

Chaplin and his brother Charlie were found in a nearby forest with their feral mother and were immediately given the little extra attention they needed to socialize them with people – an entirely new concept for them! Two weeks later, both brothers are blossoming and just need to find a family to call their own.

Their mother has since been spayed and released

back to her territory in the woods. If you encounter a feral cat in your area, feel free to contact Companion Animal Foundation and we will do what we can to set you up with a trap and help you make a spay/ neuter appointment. We provide partial vouchers for low-income families as a gesture of thanks for helping to ensure the continued health and safety of our local feline community.

We pride ourselves on pairing our animals with purrr-fect new companions, so we encourage anyone interested in meeting Chaplin or Charlie to come in and visit our kitten room Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 88 Sunny Brae Center. Pictures of all of our adoptable animals can be found at cafanimals.org.

All of the animals at Companion Animal Foundation have been spayed/ neutered, treated for parasites and are up-to-date on their vaccines. If you have any questions about a particular animal or would like to know more about the adoption process, give us a call at (707) 826-7387 or email cafadoptions@ gmail.com. Don't forget to follow Companion Animal Foundation on Facebook and Instagram!

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Farmers’ Markets now accept WIC checks North Coast Growers’ assoCiatioN non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and HUMBOLDT – The North Coast Growers’ Associa- children up to age 5 who are found to be at nutritional risk. tion is excited to announce that WIC “Fruit and Vegeta- For more information about WIC please call the Humboldt ble Checks” can now be spent at local farmers’ markets in County WIC office at (707) 445-6255. The popular WIC Eureka, Arcata, McKinleyville, Willow Creek, Fortuna and and Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program checks are Garberville. These are the very still available seasonally, in limitsame checks WIC recipients ed numbers.

MARkET SChEDULE receive and spend in the groAs always, Humboldt CounOld Town Eureka: Tuesdays 10 a.m. to cery store. Now, WIC recipients ty farmers’ markets include free, have the choice to use these 1 p.m., June through October at Second local live music and a fun, famichecks directly with local farm- and F streets ly-friendly community gathering Fortuna: Tuesdays 3 to 6 p.m., June ers on any fruits and vegetables place open to everyone. Along through October at 10th and Main streets found at the farmers’ markets. with fresh fruits and vegetables, henderson Center Eureka: Thursdays 10 Expanding access to local participants can find other arfruits and vegetables is part of a.m. to 1 p.m., June through October at F tisan agricultural products like the mission of the North Coast and Henderson streets pastured meat, eggs, cheese and ENF Mckinleyville: Thursdays 3:30 to 6:30 Growers’ Association. Now prepared foods. North Coast even more local residents can p.m., June through October at Central Av- Growers’ Association farmers’ celebrate the bounty of fresh, enue and Pickett Road markets are also proud to be exWillow Creek Community Commons: Humboldt-grown food at these clusively Humboldt-grown and neighborhood farmer’s mar- Thursdays 5 to 8 p.m., June through Octo- GMO-free. kets. Using WIC checks is easy ber at Highway 299 and Highway 96 CalFresh/EBT cards are welGarberville Town Square: Fridays 11 a.m. and the farmers look forward to come at all of these North Coast receiving them! This new pro- to 3 p.m., May though November at Locust Growers’ Association Farmers’ gram has the potential to boost and Church streets Markets, and Market Match is Arcata Plaza: Saturdays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. farmers’ sales at the markets also available at every market to significantly, and gives WIC April though November; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. help make fresh fruits and vegerecipients and their families December through March tables more affordable. CalFresh humfarm.org, (707) 441-9999 increased access to fresh and can be spent on plants and seeds healthful, locally grown foods. that produce food for home garWIC, the Women Infant and Children special supple- deners. CalFresh customers can double their purchasing mental nutrition program, is a federally-funded program power with Market Match. Visit the info booth to learn administered by state and county offices which provides more about CalFresh and Market Match and to sign up. supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition Join the North Coast Growers’ Association in supporteducation for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and ing local farmers, the local economy and healthy families.

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HUMBOLDT/DEL NORTE– You can become a Certified Medical Assistant through College of the Redwoods’ Community Education Program. The Certified Medical Assistant certification is a two-part course that offers lecture, labs and clinical rotation in a local medical office.

Front office and back office medical assistant skills will be covered.

The class includes terminology; venipuncture and injection certification;

basic office procedures; clinical experience at a local healthcare facility; a CPR for healthcare providers class and certificate; the National Medical Assisting Examination; job preparation skills; textbooks; three uniforms and a stethoscope.

Space is limited. Please attend the informational meeting today, July 12 from 3 to 5 p.m. at 525 D St., Eureka, Room 111/112. For more information call (707) 476- 4500.

See the stars at CR The College of the Redwoods Del Norte Education Center has received a generous donation of a Meade New-

tonian telescope from the Smith River Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to long-term protection, stewardship, and restoration of Del Norte’s Smith River Watershed.

This telescope is a research-grade model that will allow detailed views of planets, and also the ability to see deep-space nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.

Although the CR Del Norte campus only offers one section of Astronomy per year, taught in summer session, the telescope is an educational tool for a number of science and mathematics disciplines.

C3 FREE SPOT VISION SCREENING The McKinleyville Lions Club offers free Spot Vision screening Saturday, July 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Dow’s Prairie Grange, 3995 Dow’s Prairie Rd., during their monthly pancake breakfast and flea market. The Spot device screens for myopia (near-sightedness), hyperopia (far-sightedness), anisometropia (unequal refractive power), astigmatism (blurred vision/eye structure problems), strabismus (eye misalignment) and aniscoria (pupil size deviations). The screening is open to individuals of all ages. Infants and toddlers can also be screened, as this equipment does not require verbal interaction and only takes seconds to provide accurate results for most individuals. Each person screened receives a printout of the results to show whether a follow-up appointment with an optometrist is recommended. The club will also collect old eyeglasses, hearing aids, cell phones and ink/toner cartridges during the vision screening. The eyeglasses are used on mission trips around the world to improve the sight for those who may otherwise go without corrective lenses. (707) 839-3768 OSTOMY SUPPORT GROUP The Redwood Ostomy Association’s monthly support group meets Saturday, July 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. in Room C1 of the Conference Center behind St Joseph Hospital at 2700 Dolbeer St, Eureka.

The group is open to all who have a colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy – and their family members and others who support them – to share and exchange information and support each other. Call Margot (442-2770) for information or to post questions you may have for discussion.

GRIEF SUPPORT Hospice of Humboldt offers free, dropin grief support groups every week. The Arcata group meets Mondays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the fourth floor conference room of Jacoby’s Storehouse, 791 Eighth St. Eureka groups meet Wednesdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m.; Fridays from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and Saturdays (Slipper Club – casual drop-in session) from 9 to 10:30 a.m., all at the Hospice office, 3327 Timber Fall Ct. The Fortuna group meets Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Brookdale Fortuna (formerly Sequoia Springs), 2401 Redwood Way. (707) 267-9801 hospiceofhumboldt.org NATURAL HISTORY WORKSHOPS FOR KIDS The HSU Natural History Museum, 1242 G St. in Arcata, offers kids two different half day summer exploratory workshops. Kids ages 5 to 8 explore rocks and minerals Wednesday, July 28 or dig into fossils and learn about dinosaurs Wednesday, Aug. 2. For kids ages 9 to 12, the subjects are similar but more challenging and are offered Friday, July 28 and Aug. 4. All workshops run from 9 a.m. to noon and are located at the museum’s new Learning Laboratory behind the main building. Cost is $25 per participant or $15 for members. Call (707) 826-4479 for more information or download a registration form from humboldt.edu/natmus.

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L EGAL N OTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 17-00299 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HATCH A BATCH POULTRY & GOLDEN YOLKS EGGS 3330 N BANK RD. MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519 THERESA M. TAYLOR 3330 N BANK RD. MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519 SCOTT D. TAYLOR 3330 N BANK RD. MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519 This business is conducted by: A Married Couple S/THERESA TAYLOR, OWNER This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on MAy 31, 2017 KELLy E. SANDERS KL DEPUTy CLERK 6/21, 6/28, 7/5, 7/12

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 17-00328 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PARADISE RIDGE RANCH 7000 PARADISE RIDGE RD. WHITETHORN, CA 95589 PO BOx 1412 REDWAY, CA 95560 SOLOMON M. FAHEY 7000 PARADISE RIDGE RD. WHITETHORN, CA 95589 This business is conducted by: An Individual S/SOLOMON FAHEY, OWNER This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on jUNE 12, 2017 KELLy E. SANDERS SC DEPUTy CLERK 6/21, 6/28, 7/5, 7/12

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 17-00326 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GNG MACHINE WORKS 1021 q ST. ARCATA, CA 95521 zACHARY P. RILEY 1021 q ST. ARCATA, CA 95521 This business is conducted by: An Individual S/zACHARY P. RILEY, OWNER This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on

jUNE 09, 2017 KELLy E. SANDERS SC DEPUTy CLERK 6/21, 6/28, 7/5, 7/12

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT ABANDONMENT R-1600106 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ORICK SOAP CO. 1720 HUFFORD RD. ORICK, CA 95555 PO BOx 68 ORICK, CA 95555 MARNA A. POWELL 1720 HUFFORD RD. ORICK, CA 95555 jAMIE E. HARMELLFABER 155 ORICK HILL LN. ORICK, CA 95555 MICHAEL T. POWELL 1720 HUFFORD RD. ORICK, CA 95555 jONTHAN M. FABER 155 ORICK HILL RD. ORICK, CA 95555 This business is conducted by: A General Partnership S/MARNA POWELL, MGMG PTR This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on jUNE 14, 2017 KELLy E. SANDERS SC DEPUTy CLERK 6/21, 6/28, 7/5, 7/12

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 17-00335 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ORICK SOAP CO. 155 ORICK HILL LANE ORICK, CA 95555 PO BOx 71 ORICK, CA 95555 jONATHAN M. FABER 155 ORICK HILL LANE ORICK, CA 95555 jAMIE E. HARMELLFABER 155 ORICK HILL LN. ORICK, CA 95555 This business is conducted by: A Married Couple S/jONATHAN FABER, OWNER This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on jUNE 14, 2017 KELLy E. SANDERS SC DEPUTy CLERK 6/21, 6/28, 7/5, 7/12

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 17-00348 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KAF HAULING AND DELIVERY 340 HIGGINS STREET EUREKA, CA 95503 jOSEPH P. FEINMAN 340 HIGGINS STREET EUREKA, CA 95503 This business is conducted by: An Individual S/jOSEPH P. FEINMAN, OWNER This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on jUNE 21, 2017 KELLy E. SANDERS LH DEPUTy CLERK 6/28, 7/5, 7/12, 7/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 17-00339 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NORTH COAST AUDIOLOGY, INC. 1930 MYRTLE AVE. EUREKA, CA 95501 NORTH COAST AUDIOLOGY, INC. 3202244 1805 CENTRAL AVE. MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519 This business is conducted by: A Corporation S/jULIE KELLY, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on jUNE 15, 2017 KELLy E. SANDERS SC DEPUTy CLERK 6/28, 7/5, 7/12, 7/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 17-00329 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HUMBOT707 2919 HIGHLAND CT. UNIT A ARCATA, CA 95521 BRETT M. WATSON 2919 HIGHLAND CT. UNIT A ARCATA, CA 95521 EVAN G. WRYE 4992 CRESTWOOD CT. ARCATA, CA 95521 This business is conducted by: A General Partnership S/BRETT WATSON, PARTNER This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on

jUNE 12, 2017 KELLy E. SANDERS SC DEPUTy CLERK 6/28, 7/5, 7/12, 7/19

the Humboldt County Clerk on jUNE 19, 2017 KELLy E. SANDERS SC DEPUTy CLERK 7/12, 7/19, 7/26, 8/2

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 17-00330 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LOST FRAMES 4992 CRESTWOOD CT. ARCATA, CA 95521 EVAN G. WRYE 4992 CRESTWOOD CT. ARCATA, CE 95521 This business is conducted by: An Individual S/EVAN G. WRYE, OWNER This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on jUNE 12, 2017 KELLy E. SANDERS SC DEPUTy CLERK 6/28, 7/5, 7/12, 7/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 17-00347 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THREADBARE DANCEWEAR 666 8TH ST. ARCATA, CA 95521 SHEA L. FREEDOMHOWLER 1047 6TH ST. ARCATA, CA 95521 This business is conducted by: An Individual S/SHEA FREEDOMHOWLER, OWNER This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on jUNE 21, 2017 KELLy E. SANDERS LH DEPUTy CLERK 6/28, 7/5, 7/12, 7/19

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 17-00342 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TIN CAN MAILMAN 1000 H STREET ARCATA, CA 95521 OPAL SUN, LLC 201715010131 1000 H STREET ARCATA, CA 95521 This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company S/MICHAEL GLENN-LEWIS, MEMBER This statement was filed with

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CYNTHIA MARIE WOOD SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT CASE NO. CV170545 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner CyNTHIA MARIE WOOD has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: CyNTHIA MARIE WOOD to Proposed name CHARLIE MERLyN WOOD. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court, located at 825 5th Street, Eureka, California, at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the application should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Date: August 21, 2017 Time: 1:45 p.m.

Dept.: 4 3. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Mad River Union.

Date: jUN 26 2017 TIMOTHy P. CISSNA judge of the Superior Court 7/5, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26

SUMMONS CASE NUMBER: DR170336 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: SARAH IRELAND, an individual; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: LOANTOPIA, LLC, a

California limited liability company NOTICE! you have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days.

Read the information below. you have 30 CALENDAR DAyS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. you can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. you may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. you can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: Superior Court of California for the County of Humboldt 425 I Street Eureka, CA 95501 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney is:

john M. Begakis, Esq., 12100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800, Los Angeles, CA 90025 310-663-7638 DATE: MAy 26 2017 Kim L. Bartleson, Clerk, by john B., Deputy 7/5, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26 SUMMONS CASE NUMBER: DR160402 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: Brad W. jenkins, aka William Bradley jenkins, and DOES 1 to 10, Inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: Community Credit Union of Southern Humboldt NOTICE! you have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days.

Read the information below. you have 30 CALENDAR DAyS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. you can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. you may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. you can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has

a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: Humboldt Superior Court 825 Fifth Street Eureka, CA 95501 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney is: Dustin E. Owens Owens & Ross 310 Third Street, Suite D Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 441-1185 DATE: AUG 01 2016 Kim L. Bartleson, Clerk, by Natasha S., Deputy 7/5,7/12, 7/19, 7/26 NOTICE OF ARCATA PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING AND INTENT TO ADOPT CATEGORICAL ExEMPTIONS PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL qUALITY ACT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Arcata Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, july 25, 2017, beginning at 6:00 p.m. (or as soon thereafter as can be heard) in the City Council Chambers, Arcata City Hall, 736 F St., to take action on the project listed below.

Project: Applicant seeks a Use Permit and Design Review to operate a commercial cannabis activity in the City of Arcata Medical Marijuana (Cannabis) Innovation Zone – Area 2. The commercial cannabis business is proposed within two, existing, detached buildings 2,500 square feet each. A second floor addition is proposed within each existing building. The proposed commercial (medical) cannabis use includes cultivating in “Building B” with less than 25% of the total building floor area.

A non-volatile extraction process in “Building A” will refine the cultivated cannabis into a cannabis oil. Minor alterations

to the site may be required for mechanical equipment.

Application Type: Use Permit and Design Review Location: 4841 West End Road, Arcata, CA 95521 Assessor Parcel Number: 507-121-044 Applicant: Craig Nejedly, Talking Tree Farms Property Owner: Robert Bittner & David Satter File Number: 167-026-UP2 zoning: Industrial Limited with a Medical Marijuana Innovation Zone Combining Zone (IL:MMIZ) General Plan: Industrial Limited (I-L) Coastal Status: Project is not located in the Coastal Zone.

Environmental: A California Environmental Quality §15303, Class 3, Conversion of Small Structures, Categorical Exemption is proposed.

Date of Application: November 3, 2016.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that anyone desiring to present testimony regarding said project may do so prior to or at the public hearing noticed herein.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the information regarding the proposed project and environmental review may be reviewed at the Community Development Department at Arcata City Hall, 736 “F” Street, Arcata, on weekdays between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Phone 707-822-5955.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this action is appealable to the Arcata City Council by any aggrieved person.

Appeals must be filed within 10 working days following the date of the action by filing an appeal, along with the applicable fee.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, pursuant to state law, “If you challenge City action on a proposed project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the hearing body at, or prior to, the 7/12 public hearing(s).

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zambas awarded sanctuary forest scholarship Arcata High School graduate Maya Zambas was one of six students recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship from Sanctuary Forest’s Scholarship Program, now in its 22nd year. Zambas won the Sanctuary Forest Business Community Scholarship, funded by local businesses Thrifty Supply; Redway Liquor & Deli; the Hemp Connection; Coffee Break; Douglas Ingold, Attorney at Law and Matarozzi Builders. Zambas will attend UC Santa Cruz in the fall; after college and graduate school, she hopes to “take part in field work and research to analyze the effect that Maya Zambas environmental degradation takes on marine organisms and ecosystems.” With this research she hopes to continue striving to solve these problems through increased environmental regulations and techniques. Her goal is to make a significant difference in the way that our oceans and organisms are being destroyed and “restore its amazing biodiversity to what it once was.” (707) 986-1087 ext. 9#, sanctuaryforest.org

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eagles fly REAL EAGLES McKinleyville Boy Scout Troop 99 recently recognized three boys with the highest honor a Scout can receive: JB Packer, Christopher Allard and Bodhi Merrill were awarded the rank of Eagle. The Eagle Rank is awarded after completing 21 required merit badges and a service project for the community.

Packer's project was an information kiosk and trail construction at Chah-GahCho Trail in McKinleyville. Allard and his crew rebuilt a walking bridge behind the visitor center at Patrick's Point State Park. Merrill's project consisted of building a shelter for a Japanese Tsunami boat that is on display at the National Weather Service at Woodley Island. Packer and Allard are both graduating high school seniors. Packard will be attending Santa Barbara City College to study English before transferring to a four-year college with a plan to teach English as a second language overseas. Allard will attend Humboldt State to pursue a degree in Computer Science. Merrill has just completed his freshman year of high school and has a bright future in front of him. Congratulations.

Photo courtesy Jay allard help for the homeless Hunter, Hunter & Hunt, LLC has contributed $1,000 to the Betty Kwan Chinn Foundation in support of the Betty Kwan Chinn Day Center, which provides a wide array of resources to homeless individuals and families. (707) 407-3833