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When it comes to marijuana legalization, we are in uncharted waters. – Beau Kilmer, RAND Drug Policy Research Center
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HUMBOLDT – The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors has agreed to raise its members’ wages in line with the raises employees are getting, bringing the annual pay for a Humboldt County supervisor up to $84,000 effective April 3. Under the phased supervisor pay raise plan, a county supervisor will earn $87,400 effective January 1, 2017. Wage increases for employees and supervisors were considered at the board’s Jan. 19 meeting. A wage increase Rex Bohn package for county employees, managers and elected officials was approved on the meeting’s consent agenda. It increases yearly wages by three percent in April, another two percent in July and another two percent in January. There is an offset, however, as employees will also pay three percent more on their contributions to retirement system payouts. A draft ordinance transferring the employee pay changes to supervisors gained unanimous board support. Supervisors noted that raises have not been a regular occurrence. “It always comes up, ‘Why the hell can you guys give yourselves a raise’ – but I’ve never had anybody thank me for not taking raises in the past, so it goes both ways,� said Supervisor Rex Bohn. Board Chair Mark Lovelace said Humboldt County’s supervisors
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multibillion dollar marijuana industry, an essential of Humboldt’s economic life, yet a material threat to its natural environment. Big uncertainties surround legalization. Expert thinking from the local to the national level is that it will pose as many questions as it answers. Approval would lead to Sacramento’s strong intervention in the state’s new recre-
ational marijuana marketplace, new excise and cultivation taxes, a high degree of regulation and a sizable government bureaucracy to administer complex licensing and monitoring systems. The front runner for the state ballot – multiple proposals are in play – is titled the “Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of POT
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MADE IN AMERICA Wing Inflatables makes rubber raiding craft, like the one above, which are used by U.S. Navy SEALs. The company also produces a variety of other boat-related products. Above, employee Frank DiLorenzo heat welds a part for an inflatable raft. A loan will allow Wing to hire even more employees.
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Woman of the House Lauraine Leblanc Mad RiveR Union
ARCATA – Heads up, Arcata, Darlene Spoor is in the house. Arcata House Partnership (AHP), that is, where retiring Executive Director Karen “Fox� Olson handed over her keys to Spoor in mid-January. If Spoor’s name doesn’t ring any bells, it’s hardly surprising, as she moved to Arcata with her family a scant 15 months ago. The family Darlene Spoor chose Humboldt for its climate; Boston was too cold, Tucson and San Diego too hot, but Arcata was just right. The eldest daughter had already chosen to attend Humboldt State HOUSE
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ARCATA – About a year ago, Arcata almost lost a major employer – Wing Inflatables. The growing company, which manufactures rafts and other boat-related products, was being courted by Alameda County, which was offering Wing financial incentives to relocate to the San Francisco Bay area. Fortunately for Humboldt’s economy, local officials stepped in and came up with a financial package that will not only help the company remain at its current location, but also allow it to expand. That means more jobs, more money pumped into the local economy and an infusion of cash into city coffers. The deal with Wing was cel-
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ARCATA – Humboldt State University student and football player Raul Sierra was arrested Jan. 21 for a sexual assault that occurred last November in campus residence halls. His arrest for the alleged acquaintance rape follows an extensive investigation by the University Police Department. The university and the Intercollegiate Athletics Department take this incident very seriously. In addition to the criminal charges, Sierra faces disciplinary action for violations of both the Student Code of Conduct and the Student-Athlete Code of Conduct. Given the seriousness of the charge, Raul Sierra sanctions could result in being cut from the team and expelled from the University. Sierra, 25, is a walk-on player who was on the roster for the fall 2015 squad and was planning to participate on the fall 2016 squad. He is a junior and transferred to HSU from Southwestern College in Chula Vista.
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ARCATA — Mike Wilson’s campaign for Third District Humboldt County supervisor gains more momentum with the opening of his Arcata campaign headquarters on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 12:30 p.m. at 839 Ninth St., a halfblock west of the Plaza. The office space was donated by former Arcata Mayor Alex Stillman, who calls Wilson “an innovator and a real leader” in finding ways to make Humboldt County work. “Mike is practical problem solver who has the whole county’s best interests at heart,” said Stillman. “In business and in government, Mike has shown he works well
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ARCATA – The Arcata City Council last week responded positively to a plea from Eel River Resource Recovery (ERRR) to reapproach a contract to process the city’s recyclables. The Humboldt Waste Management Authority (HWMA) recently extended for two years a contract with Solid Waste of Willits (SWOW) to handle mixedstream recyclables on behalf of Arcata and other members. The extension through 2018 will allow HWMA and the city to develop a “more robust long-term plan for recycled materials,” with a comprehensive approach and more planning to meet
zero waste and HWMA Strategic Plan goals, according to a staff report. Arcata has received some $147,546.91 in payments since January 2012. The second-quarter fiscal year 2015-2016 payment was $20,319. The city anticipates a $40,000 annual return from the present contract, but ERRR representatives said they could do better for Arcata. Rick Powell of ERRR said the company’s Samoa Processing Facility has been transformed into a single-stream, medium-volume processing facility ready to handle all of Humboldt County’s solid waste. He asked that the city table Arcata’s participation in the extension so that his com-
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pany can prepare a proposal for local recycling “rather than truck them 140 miles away to another county, which takes along with those recyclables in that truck local jobs, tax dollars [and] additional revenue to the city.” Powell said ERRR would offer better terms than SWOW/HWMA, and would waive the 10 percent administrative fee HWMA charges. Powell further stressed the importance of retaining local jobs and tax revenue. “Keep that material local,” Powell urged. “Generate more jobs, tax dollars and support the local community.” ERRR’s Chuck Shager stressed the company’s business and community outreach to educate the public on best solid waste practices.
MCKINLEYVILLE COMMITTEE The its president, vice president and secMcKinleyvlle Municipal Advisory retary for the year. Comments to the Committee (McKMAC) will learn McKMAC can be sen to mckinleyvillemac@gmail.com. about the state’s open meeting law and will select its HISTORIC & DESIGN REofficers for the year at its VIEW The Historic & Demeeting today, Jan. 27. sign Review Commission The McKMAC meets at 6 meets today, Jan. 27 at 4 p.m. at the Azalea ConferDEMOCRACy p.m. at Arcata Ciy Hall, 736 ence Center, located at the IN ACTION F St. Agenda items include rear of McKinleyville Midrenovation of a home at 535 dle School at Central Avenue and Railroad Drive. County counsel Park Ave. and amendment of previJeffert Blanck is scheduled to conduct ously granted approval of a project at a Brown Act training for members 1108 C St. of the committee, which advises the county on issues affecting McKin- CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION leyville. The McKMAC will also select WITH ZERO WASTE HUMBOLDT The
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The ERRR reps didn’t mention – nor did any councilmembers ask about – the abrupt closure of ERRR’s Arcata Resource Recovery Center. Maggie Gainer of Zero Waste Humboldt (ZWH) also asked for the extension to be tabled. She wanted more local options and recognition of the waste processing’s carbon footprint. Councilmembers unanimously thought the tabling was a good idea, allowing reconsideration of options for a more optimal deal. It hopes to meet within a month to do so. The council will meet with ZWH on Thursday to discuss waste diversion and more. See Democracy in Action, below.
Arcata City Council holds a study session with Zero Waste Humboldt Thursday, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. Discussion items include waste diversion rates, identification of material still being improperly disposed of, plus an array of possible waste diversion opportunities. COMMUNITY PRIDE PROJECT The Community Pride Project holds its monthly All Community Meeting Monday, Feb. 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the D Street Neighborhood Center, 1301 D St. The group will receive reports regarding the past month’s activities and discuss solutions for downtown issues.
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Arcata City Council Meets first & third Wednesday
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Council Chamber, Arcata City Hall 736 F St., Arcata
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Blue Lake City Council Meets second & fourth Tuesday
Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.
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Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation & Conservation District Meets second & fourth Thursday
Thursday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m.
Woodley Island Marina Meeting Room
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Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District (HBMWD) Meets second Thursday
Thursday, Feb. 11 at 9 a.m.
Boardroom, Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District, 828 Seventh St., Eureka
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Manila Community Services District (Manila CSD) Meets third Thursday
Thursday, Feb. 18 at 6:30 p.m.
Room I, Manila Community Center, 1611 Peninsula Dr., Manila
manilacsd.com/Agendas_Minutes_and_ Forms.htm
McKinleyville Community Services District (MCSD) Meets first Wednesday
Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m.
Azalea Hall, 1620 Pickett Rd., McKinleyville
Integrated Pest Management Plan mckinleyvillecsd.com
McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee (McKMAC) Meets last Wednesday
Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m.
Azalea Conference Center, 2275 Central Ave., McKinleyville
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Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 6 p.m.
Trinidad Town Hall, 409 Trinity St., Trinidad
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Supes finish medical pot regs Daniel Mintz Mad RiveR Union
HUMBOLDT – The Board of Supervisors has completed its work on regulations for commercial medical marijuana production, setting rules for cultivation on smaller parcels and approving incentives for relocating grows to optimal areas. Supervisors wrapped up their review of a commercial medical marijuana ordinance at their Jan. 19 meeting. Previous meetings saw them setting grow area size thresholds for various permit types and making key decisions such as prohibiting new grows in timberland areas. Remaining work included setting the rules for commercial production on parcels less than five acres. Public comment included a request to ban small parcel commercial grows due the potential for conflict with residential use. But there was also support for allowing reasonably-sized commercial grows on smaller parcels under a conditional use permit process that involves Planning Commission reviews and public hearings. Supervisors initially leaned toward banning commercial grows on parcels of less than an acre. But Sunshine Johnston, a respected grower and growers’ advocate, said banning small parcel grows will make hers noncompliant. Johnston’s 2,500 square foot grow is on a half-acre parcel zoned as agricultural-exclusive.
“I just want to say that I’ve been waiting for this for a very long time,” she said. “I’ve been a good citizen, I’ve been staying small for lots of reasons and being sanctioned by the county and then by state really means a lot to me.” Supervisor Rex Bohn acknowledged the importance of communicating with supervisors during public comment sessions, saying, “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.” Johnston was at the table. Supervisors decided to allow existing commercial grows of up to 2,500 square feet on agricultural-excusive parcels of less than an acre under conditional use permits. On parcels of one to five acres, supervisors agreed to allow commercial grows of up to 5,000 square feet with conditional use permits. Supervisors decided to exclude properties zoned as residential-agriculture from the smaller parcel allowance due to potential for conflicts in neighborhood settings. The ordinance includes a program that entices growers to move from marginal settings to ones that are considered ideal for cultivation. Most supervisors approved staff’s recommendation for a program that allows the relocations under basic ministerial permits. To incentivize the moves, the program will allow growers to expand the size of their operations up to four times, with a 20,000 square foot cap on total growing area. Multiple permits will be allowed on relocation parcels
of more than 10 acres as long as the total cultivation area doesn’t exceed 20 percent of prime farmland on a parcel. Supervisors also decided to allow multiple permits for new grows on parcels over 320 acres, with a limit of one permit per every 100 acres. On completion of the work, Board Chair Mark Lovelace noted that Humboldt is the first county in the state to develop an ordinance and that a more definitive one will be developed. “There’s a lot that’s been laid out in front of us on what we can continue to do to bring this industry out of the shadows, and to make it a completely legitimate, well-regulated industry that we can all be proud of,” he said. Applause followed when Lovelace thanked county staff, the Planning Commission and residents for their work on the ordinance. The county worked under a tight timeline, as state law names March 1 as the deadline for local ordinances to take effect. Supervisor Estelle Fennell said that although the ordinance “is far from perfect,” it strives for clarity on how the medical marijuana industry can proceed. Lovelace concluded the discussion by saying that being able to work on regulation is a milestone. “It’s taken so long to where we can culturally be able to do this,” he said. Final approval of the ordinance and its environmental review document is set for the board’s Jan. 26 meeting.
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and the youngest is now a junior at Arcata High. Spoor’s husband, a retired underwater archaeologist and Navy veteran, would be on the coast. And Spoor would enjoy her retirement. But Spoor isn’t a retiring kind of person. She’s the type who will rapidly become president of your PTA or block captain of your neighborhood watch. In quick order, she reorganized her new home owners’ association, took a seat on SCRAP Humboldt’s advisory committee and began volunteering for Vets for Peace. That, apparently, wasn’t enough to keep her busy. Then, one day, her husband was reading the newspaper and came across an ad seeking a new executive director for AHP. “I hesitate to show you this …” he said. But by then it was too late. Spoor began her tenure two weeks ago and is still learning the ropes. But she brings a wealth of tools and knowledge to the organization. Originally from the Adirondack Mountains, Spoor spent 23 years in the Boston area working with nonprofits and running a consulting firm, all focusing on issues of affordable housing, community relations, organizational development and accessibility issues. She holds an M.S. in Human Ser-
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on the trailroad BETTERING THE ’BRAE Some 19 volunteers turned out in Saturday’s pouring rain to work on the Arcata Ridge Trail in the Sunny Brae Tract of the Arcata Community Forest. Participants further groomed the trail, removed invasive Scotch broom and cleared storm-related blockages. Left, supplies are hauled in for volunteers. This was the first volunteer forest workday of the season; more are planned. Photos by KLh | Union
TRAILSIDE REPAST Afterward, hungry volunteers were treated to a hearty outdoor hot lunch, prepared under a pop-up tent. Right, Nancy Reichard closely monitors the progress of the corn fritters.
sleeping in their cars, she said, the mom with two kids who is sleeping on a relative’s couch, or the person working every day who just can’t earn enough to save up to put a down payment on an apartment. “There, but for the grace of whatever deity you worship, go any of us,” she said. (Full disclosure: The writer was once employed by Arcata House Partnership and her wife is a former client of Arcata House, as it was then called.) Spoor points out that AHP’s programs continue to serve those populations with great success. “I think that having the range of services – shelter to transitional housing to permanent supportive housing – is so valuable to the community,” she said. When she sat for this interview, Spoor had just met with a couple who lived in their car for two years. One partner works, but the other is disabled. Through AHP’s Transitional Housing program, which housed them while they saved up for a deposit, the couple are now preparing to move into their own apartment. AHP also administers the Apartments First! program that provides permanent supportive housing. In this program, AHP staff provide ongoing social support services to clients (such as help shopping for groceries, paying their bills on time or getting to medical appointments) to clients whose disabilities, substance abuse or other factors made them chronically homeless.
vices from the University of Massachusetts – Boston and an Ed.D. from Johnson and Wales University in Providence, R.I. She also is a certified property manager and holds a construction supervisor’s license. Spoor steps into AHP at a critical time, as the organization, which has been providing services for Arcata’s homeless population since 1991, regroups following cutbacks in their state funding in the first half of 2015. Donors rallied to compensate, but AHP still had to reorganize how it provides services, especially at the Night Shelter, which had until then offered beds on a nightly basis to homeless people. Spoor recognizes the loss of services to the most visible of the homeless. AHP can’t provide all the services they would like to provide to the people who need them, she acknowledged pragmatically. “But we can provide the best service we can, that we can get funded for, to the people to help them transition into conventional housing or supportive housing,” she said. At the start of her tenure, Spoor wants of focus on programs that AHP provides to those who might be called the “invisible homeless.” “The people we serve are just like you and me,” Spoor pointed out, “but they just need some additional help.” They’re people
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These are people in our community, Spoor pointed out, as these clients are housed in numerous apartment buildings throughout Arcata; they may even be your neighbor. Apartments First! is successful, notes Spoor, not only because of the hard work of staff, but because local landlords and property managers are so willing to work with AHP while clients learn to be good tenants and good neighbors. Her immediate goals, said Spoor, are connecting with other organizations and individuals providing similar services throughout the region, seeking out and securing funding and supporting staff and volunteers to work to the best of their abilities. In the long term, she shares AHP’s goal to provide services to as many people as possible to move into permanent housing – to end homelessness. That won’t happen without a lot of ongoing community support, Spoor said, and securing and maintaining that support is her main goal. “I want to give back,” she said, “I want to live a life of gratitude because that’s important.” She recognizes that same desire in the board members, staff, volunteers and donors who are “so committed to making a difference in their community.” A community that Spoor is making her own.
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Ballot measure is far-reaching Paul Mann Mad RiveR Union
CALIFORNIA – If California voters adopt a ballot initiative named the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) this fall, they will be subjecting themselves and growers to new taxes, more bureaucracy and 19 licensing categories, in return for the freedom to cultivate and consume small amounts of marijuana if they are 21 or older. It would become lawful under both state and local law for California adults to possess, process, transport, obtain or give away to other adults up to one ounce (28.5 grams) of marijuana. An individual would be authorized to cultivate up to six plants for personal use. Illegal possession of an ounce by people 18 to 21 would remain a $100 infraction; an adult caught with more than an ounce would still be a misdemeanor, with penalties of a $500 fine or six months in jail or some combination. Under the proposed ballot language, all retail sales would be subject to a 15 percent excise tax in addition to the existing state sales tax, commencing Jan. 1, 2018. Medical patients with state identification cards would be exempt. All marijuana would be subject to cultivation taxes of $9.25 per-ounce-of-dry-weight for buds, $2.75 for leaves. Levies would be due when the plant is harvested. Enforcement inspections could be carried out any place where marijuana is sold, cultivated or stored, to ensure the levies are collected. However, those are only the baseline tax liabilities. Municipalities and counties would have a free hand to impose further duties across-the-board on cultivation facilities, manufacturing, processing, sales, distribution, storage and even on donations. This appears likely to result in a confusing mélange of unsynchronized tax frameworks that distort the recreational market – California has 58 counties and some 500 incorporated municipalities. The competition to maximize pot tax revenue would be fierce. The AUMA’s proposed tax system has already drawn fire, as the advent of new taxes inevitably does. But the reason is especially obvious given that legalization is in its infancy, notes Beau Kilmer, co-director of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center. “No one knows the best way to tax marijuana, and none of the options is perfect. Colorado and Washington are taxing marijuana as a function of its value, while Alaska and Oregon plan to tax marijuana as a function of its weight.” There are other approaches as well, he writes, but “there is no reason to believe that the chosen tax structure in the early years will be optimal as the market matures. Smart jurisdictions will leave their options open with respect to taxation.” The tax regime will have to evolve, in other words. Multiple agencies would be in charge of administering the AUMA, led by a unit in the
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Department of Consumer Affairs called the Bureau of Marijuana Control, which would replace the existing Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation. The renamed bureau would manage the licensing of transport, distribution and sale. Cultivation would be licensed by the Department of Food and Agriculture, while manufacturing and testing would be handled by the Department of Public Health. Growers would have to comply with rules to be fashioned by the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the State Water Resources Control Board. Likewise, the Department of Pesticide Regulation would be responsible for policing what has become an enormous problem with illegal grows. The 19 licensing frameworks take in everything from “seed to sale,” i.e., cultivation, manufacturing, testing, retailing and distributing. Licenses for adult use facilities would be distinct from those for medical ones. There would be five cultivation licenses and six commercial ones. Longer-term, the AUMA licensing regime envisions a new “Type 5” large cultivation permit for farm operations above one-half acre indoors or one acre outdoors. But the Type 5 would not become available until Jan. 1, 2023. The ballot initiative also provides for another new category, a Type 12 microbusiness license, which would be granted to “small” retailers whose farms do not exceed an area of 10,000 square feet. Strategically, the licensing system is supposed to guard against big business taking over the industry, as prescribed by a state blue ribbon panel that midwifed the AUMA. Functionally, the denial of licenses would be employed to combat monopoly power and stem the black market. “Excessive concentration” would be headed off not only at the state level but also in the cities and counties. Former District Attorney Paul Gallegos is skeptical the AUMA will prevent the industry’s takeover by mega-corporations, despite the faith of legalization’s advocates in the regenerative power of law. The problem of economies of scale, as it relates to the takeover of the marijuana industry by big business, says Gallegos, remains a concern of many in California and in Humboldt County. “Legislation, like all human activity, is not perfect. The intention behind the proposition is to prevent or inhibit the takeover of the marijuana industry and to attempt to limit or hinder that.” But, he adds, great wealth commands intellectual resources as well as financial ones and “large companies will be able to marshal intellectual talent that will likely find means to circumvent” the AUMA. Consequently, in the long term mega-business will start to take over the industry, he predicts. Note to readers: The AUMA’s full 62page text is readily available online at multiple websites, including the Office of Attorney General at oag.ca.gov.
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CALIFORNIA – Members of California’s elite ranks, including Silicon Valley titan Sean Parker, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and the industry’s trade association, have endorsed the proposed Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), but numerous detractors oppose adoption, including legalization’s proponents as well as prohibitionists. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 20 states and the District of Columbia have decriminalized small amounts of marijuana. This “train-leaving-the-station” effect is thought likely to lead California to follow suit, despite the fact voters rejected it as recently as 2010. According to one poll, 55 percent of Californians support legalization in general, versus the 53.5 percent who voted against a little more than five years ago. Among those this year campaigning specifically for the AUMA is a Sacramento-based trade group, the California Cannabis Industry Association. The group’s online boilerplate boasts that the AUMA is the best-funded of a bevy of competing measures and that it can “usher in a new economic era.” The association claims that California’s legal medical cannabis market is the nation’s largest in dollar terms, worth $1.3 billion in annual sales. Legalizing recreational use “will allow California to take its rightful place as the center of investment and innovation in the cannabis economy,” the association forecasts.
Debate churns on health effects Paul Mann Mad RiveR Union
CALIFORNIA – California’s frontline legalization initiative mandates more medical research of marijuana’s damage to health, amid sharp criticism that the federal government is the major obstacle to untrammeled cannabis science. The National Institute on Drug Abuse warns that marijuana consumption heightens respiratory disorders, impairs judgment and causes memory loss. It also compounds the risk of attempted suicides, which are a major problem in Humboldt County. Contrary to popular belief, the institute contends, “Marijuana can be addictive and its use
MEDICAL HERB A locally grown strain of medical marijuana called Dragon. Matt Filar | Union during adolescence may dependence and criminal make other forms of drug behavior. At least some non-govabuse or addiction more ernmental experts agree likely.” The institute claims the with the federal institute. Beau Kilmer, co-dilatest research links marijuana to workplace acci- rector of the RAND Drug dents and injuries, poorer Policy Research Center, educational achievement, writes, “Marijuana is not lowered incomes, higher a harmless substance, and unemployment, welfare HEALTH A5
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Marijuana Act,” more commonly the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA). Backed by social media magnate Sean Parker and the influential Marijuana Policy Project, the measure covers 62 pages and a throng of provisions that would, by some lights, treat recreational marijuana in much the same fashion as existing law regulates alcohol consumption. Among the main issues are: • The tax regime; • The likely impact on the embedded black market, and • Anticipated environmental relief. Advocates claim the AUMA would safeguard children, workers, small businesses and local governments with explicit protective language. Critics argue the initiative will fail to prevent a monopoly from taking over, fall well short of blunting the black market and result in bankrupting the small-scale cottage growers cherished in Humboldt County, despite the cartel presence here. On the tax front, subject to last minute changes, the AUMA would authorize a 15 percent state excise levy, cumulative with the state’s 7.5 percent sales tax; a cultivation duty of $9.25 per-dry-weight-ounce on marijuana buds, and a counterpart charge on leaves of $2.75 per-dry-weight-ounce. Such specific figures appear to counter the representations made in 2015 by the Steering Committee of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Marijuana Policy, led by Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom (Union April 10, 2015), which culminated in the AUMA. “A tax that is too high may maintain or boost the illicit market, posing a danger to public safety and increasing illegal grows that have a negative environmental impact,” the commission advised. “A tax that
is too low could contribute to a low price that could lead to increased use. Given this significant crossover and the likely possibility of unintended consequences, we believe it is imperative that drafters build as much flexibility as possible into a legalization initiative.” Leafly, billed as the world’s largest cannabis website, contends in its online analyses that AUMA’s main flaw is “the high level of taxes it levies on the regulated adult use industry which, while lower than Washington State’s infamous levels, still threaten to undermine reform by opening a wide price gap between taxpaying providers and the illicit market they’re supposed to compete out of business.” Neither illicit dealers nor the state’s medical program will have to pay what Leafly calls “hefty tax bills, so this tax scheme runs the risk of creating perverse incentive structures like those which led to [the] debacle in Washington State, where the state’s tax-exempt medical collective gardens have been under attack by a state bureaucracy hungry for its 25 percent excise taxes promised from the adult use market. With tens of millions of dollars at stake, the state had strong incentives to target its tax-free competition, and unfortunately a similar situation could develop in California.” There is a silver lining, though, the advocacy website points out. “Fortunately, [the] AUMA directs state boards to review tax rates from time to time, and to consider competition with illicit markets as one of its prime factors. So if tax rates have been set too high (as they probably are), there is a straightforward way to fix the problem.” The rationale and the effectiveness of the proposed $9.25/$2.75 rates will be argued intensively in the months ahead for their impacts on Humboldt’s existing mari-
Parker’s role has triggered grassroots resentment of Silicon Valley in general and of Parker himself as a cannabis “carpetbagger.” But there are also advocacy groups which, unlike the trade association, are far less enthusiastic about the AUMA initiative. ReformCA.org, led by Mickey Martin, co-author of the handbook, Medical Marijuana 101, speaks in part as a standard-bearer for small growers, like those in Humboldt, who are fearful legalization will crush them as it empowers the new recreational industry – an outcome ex-Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos says is a decided possibility, perhaps an inevitable one. Martin believes, in his words, “One of the biggest fears of those in the cannabis community is that they are going to be left out of the new industry because they will not be able to compete with big money interests. They worry that the new law will create a system that is too burdensome for them to be a part of due to heavy licensing fees and cumbersome regulation. There are also those pressing to make an exception of sorts for already established cannabis businesses to ensure some protection from larger interests. The only answer is a truly level playing field for all.” Martin has publicly declined to join any official campaign for legalization, whether for the AUMA or an alternative. But he warns his allies that “opposition from within the cannabis movement is also a major force to be reckoned with” as 2016 unfolds.
juana economy and the drug’s illicit market here and statewide. For comparison, Humboldt County Undersheriff William Honsal says the black market price of marijuana locally is about $50 to $65 per ounce, or $800 to $1,000 a pound. “That is regular marijuana,” he adds. “Hybrid or boutique marijuana is usually two times as much.” Assessing the future of the black market, Humboldt County District Attorney Maggie Fleming is pessimistic, absent federal relaxation. “Legalization in California will not end illegal cultivation and transport. Until national legalization, marijuana will continue to command high prices in other states.” What is more, Fleming points out, “Given the lack of access to the banking system, the marijuana economy continues to be cash-based.” On both scores, the proposed ballot measure suffers from obvious flaws, in her view. “The proposed Adult Use of Marijuana Act cannot address national legalization and does not address the banking issue. “Unfortunately,” Fleming adds, “it seems that progress on marijuana-related violent crime is likely to be slow.” Yet, equally true, she notes, “The status quo for marijuana cultivation is not good, because it is causing environmental damage and increasing violent crime.” “Guestimates” of the industry’s market value in Humboldt County differ wildly, owing to the unknowns about the black market and its cash system, from $415 million to $4 billion annually. Few if any such figures are considered more than approximations and none are definitive. Fleming welcomes what she considers the good environmental features of the AUMA. The appropriate state agencies (California Department of Fish and Wild-
life, State Water Resources Control Board) would have key roles in licensing and compliance monitoring of cultivators that would include consideration of erosion issues and cumulative effects on stream flows, she stated. Second, the initiative would create avenues to fund licensing and monitoring efforts by those agencies through taxes and fees, ideally enabling them to conduct, in Fleming’s words, “well-informed, site-specific evaluations for licensing and extensive monitoring of both legal and [her emphasis] illegal grows, and investigations that would facilitate successful prosecution of those who violate environmental regulations.” Like Leafly, legalization proponent California NORML is not entirely enthusiastic about the AUMA and it predicts litigation right out of the box if the measure passes (Prop. 19 fell in the 2010 the midterm elections with 53.5 percent of voters against). The courts will have to fix legal glitches and inconsistencies that stem from what Cal NORML calls the initiative’s “extraordinary length and complexity.” In particular, conflicting provisions on marijuana concentrates allow possession of up to eight grams in one section but no more than four in another. Such anomalies should be expected with eventual revisions to correct them, former Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos said in a telephone interview. “When people look for an end-all fix, they will be disappointed,” he commented, adding, “there will need to be adjustments” of the kind the Newsom panel underscored in its analysis. Under the AUMA, the Legislative Analyst’s Office would file a report by Jan. 1 2020, with recommendations to lawmakers to adjust tax rates as needed “to achieve the goals of undercutting illicit market prices and discouraging use by persons younger than 21 years of age.”
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PUBLIC SAFETY Have you seen this fellow? HUMboldt CoUnty SHeRiff’S offiCe
BLUE LAKE – On Saturday, Jan. 16 at approximately 4:40 p.m., a deputy from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office was conducting a vehicle investigation on a vehicle located in the Blue Lake Casino parking lot. The deputy contacted the driver of the vehicle, who gave the deputy a false name. The deputy determined the driver was 27-year-old Donavan Baltzley of Eureka. Baltzley has multiple felony warrants out for his arrest and is currently on probation. When the deputy attempted to arrest him, Baltzley broke free from the deputy and fled on foot. The deputy searched the area but was unable to locate Baltzley. A search of Baltzley’s vehicle produced drug parapherDonavan nalia and amBaltzley munition. No firearm was located in the vehicle and it is believed that Baltzley is possibly in possession of a firearm. An officer safety Be-On-TheLookout (BOLO) was issued. Anyone with information for the Sheriff’s Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
Slouchabout slumgullions, knife flingers & weed dumpers • Thursday, January 7 12:34 p.m. A for meritorious achievement. woman who dropped her credit card at a Val- 1:36 p.m. A yelling, shirtless man in dark ley West supermarket next saw that some- pants, with a long beard and deadlocks exone had picked it up and gone on a shopping posed himself to children at Vinum Park, frightening them. He was gone spree at multiple Arcata locations. 3:02 p.m. When cannabis was when police arrived. taken away from a client at a transi2:13 p.m. A large tarp at the tional home, where such things are treeline of Carlson Park featured at no-nohibited, there was trouble. least two inhabitants and the usual Kevin L. Hoover 3:32 p.m. Another child customorass of trash. v ARCATA dy exchange went awry, with the 3:48 p.m. A woman walking in upmom threatening to have her “big per Redwood Park/lower CommuPOLICE LOG black boyfriend” come and beat up nity Forest encountered men with the dad. a target affixed to a tree right next to the trail • Friday, January 8 6:56 a.m. Valley – the perfect spot to practice flinging knives. West’s Red Roof Inn was robbed of $500 and She asked them if they thought this was such guest deposits by a person in all black with a a good idea, but they returned the inquiry with scarf over his face and sunglasses. hostility. At this point, the lone woman realized 9:45 a.m. Someone called police from the she was starting to argue with rough men with transit center to yammer on about people knives in the woods, and took her leave. When with weapons who are “freeloading” and “get- police arrived, the blade flingers were gone. ting high.” 8:03 p.m. A worried wife reported her hus2:29 p.m. A woman driving by her boy- band locked into Room 314 at a Plaza hotel, friend’s Foster Avenue house saw a window talking to inanimate objects. She wanted posmashed and the door wide open. On going lice to check in on him. inside, she and a friend found that everything 11:56 p.m. A man who had stolen two flasks had been rummaged through. o’ booze from a Uniontown supermarket ap4:26 p.m. A Ross Street residence’s window parently changed his mind and brought them was smashed with a brick. back. 5:45 p.m. Someone was bitten by a spider • Monday, January 11 1:28 a.m. A man on 16th Street and went into shock. in Myrtle Court chose this hour to make a 7:14 p.m. A Beverly Way resident saw people loud “mooing” noise for an hour or so. This in a maroon van dumping “weed” trimmings annoyed a neighbor, who wanted the bogus in the street out front of his house. When he bovine bloviator silenced. blocked the vehicle from leaving, one dumper 2:06 p.m. A J Street resident forgot to close scampered but the other stayed and was ar- his garage door, and the next morning there rested on a narcotics charge. was $2,000 less stuff inside. • Saturday, January 9 2:41 p.m. A mo- 2:27 p.m. A driver parked on the street in torist found a sweet, unoccupied parking front of what looked like a garden, but was a space in the crowded downtown area – right “developed driveway” surrounded by a fence in front of the row of mailboxes in the 600 with a gate. The ticketed person wondered block of H Street. Cited. why such a place would be subject to park• Sunday, January 10 9:05 a.m. Some- ing regulations, since no vehicular access had one set up a tent at the “Breakfast Club” site been blocked. at the marsh. This brought a citation, and not 6:15 p.m. After an insult directed at a former
U.S. Army Ranger in front of a drama-drenched downtown donut shop, the affronted vet was said to be headed home to get his “cannon.” • Tuesday, January 12 11:29 a.m. Police received a report of a van parked on the Plaza with a table and chairs set out, offering “pregnancy care.” 12:19 p.m. Reports from Courtyard Circle described a man with a camera chasing another man, and the possible kidnapping of a 1-year-old from a residence. 12:36 p.m. Sure, let your Great Dane run wild at the Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary – it has the Cute Dog Exemption. The migratory waterfowl won’t mind. 2:16 p.m. Slouchabout slumgullions stacked up outside an H Street business amid a miasma of cig smoke and dogs, and had to be dislodged. • Wednesday, January 13 1:33 a.m. A customer at a Fourth Street market said that he had placed $200 in cash next to his wallet, which the clerk snatched up, put in the cash register and refused to give back, stating that “all sales are final.” 6:17 a.m. A woman said someone has been coming into her home, doing “things” to her food and her cat’s food, and it is making her breath smell “strange.” 9:26 a.m. Someone left a backpack inside a locked vehicle on 11th Street, the car’s window allowing access by photons forged in the fires of the sun. Some of the photons in question reflected off the pack and left the vehicle, only to impact on the retina of a passing opportunivore. Ensuing optic nerve transmissions delivered signals to the person’s brainpan, which processed the imagery and identified an item of potential value. The central processing unit then sent a series of commands to the amoral cretin’s musculoskeletal apparatus, overriding any negligible morality-based inhibitions. Long story short, the owner came out after 20 minutes to find a smashed window and a backpack stolen. Stupid photons.
Legalization proposition includes environmental buffers Paul Mann Mad RiveR Union
CALIFORNIA – The pending Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) calls for funding derived from cannabis tax revenues to finance and enforce new environmental regulations, which would be promulgated over many months, assuming the measure passes in November. If the act gains voter approval, 20 percent of retail sales and the wholesale levy would be earmarked for environmental protection and restoration. The initiative’s language pledges to “crack down on the illegal use of water and punish bad actors while providing funds to restore lands that have been damaged by illegal marijuana grows.” The $26.5 million worth of marijuana seized in the June 25, 2015 Island Mountain raid at the
conjunction of Humboldt, Trinity and Mendocino Counties uncovered a 100,000 gallon water bladder and some 40 greenhouse-like structures. Under the AUMA, such violations would result in revoking business licenses created by the act, aimed at sidelining illegal operations. An existing multiagency task force, including the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife and the State Water Resources Control Board, would expand its enforcement actions to curb the immense damage of large-scale marijuana cultivation on water consumption and quality and on fish and wildlife. A general permit would regulate the waste discharges that emanate from medical and commercial marijuana cultivation. The act specifies a comprehensive list of
what the authorities should deal with, including but not limited to: • Site development and maintenance, erosion control, and drainage; • Stream crossing installations and maintenance; • Riparian and wetland protection and management; • Soil disposal, water storage/ use and irrigation runoff; • Fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides; • Petroleum products and other unspecified chemicals; • Cultivation-related waste, refuse and human waste, and • Cleanup, restoration, and mitigation. The overall budgetary effects of the AUMA and the actual costs to taxpayers of environmental protection and cleanup are subject to many variables, as outlined in December by the Legislative Ana-
Health | What does all that puffing do to you? v FROM A4 its consumption is correlated with adverse outcomes (e.g., high school drop-out, mental health disorders); however, it is often hard to prove that marijuana use causes those outcomes. “There is, on the other hand,” he emphasizes, “clear causal evidence linking marijuana use to accidents, cognitive impairment during intoxication and anxiety and panic attacks that sometimes lead to emergency-room visits. Persistent heavy users run the risk of becoming dependent and also suffering from bronchitis. There is also strong evidence linking heavy marijuana use with psychotic symptoms, cardiovascular disease and testicular cancer.” Kilmer is part of what appears to be a growing, nationwide concern that much remains to be learned about cannabis. “We know very little about the health consequences — both harms and benefits — of the new marijuana products that are proliferating in places that have legalized them,” he says. By some lights, that includes lack of information about regular medical marijuana use. As a treatment, it is a relatively new phenomenon, the National Institute on Drug Abuse cautions. “For that reason, its effects on people who are weakened because of
lyst Office in a report to the state attorney general. The contingencies include the extent to which Humboldt and other local governments choose to regulate and tax commercial production on top of state requirements. They have full authority to do so. Other unknowns include recreational consumption rates and, the office points out, “the extent to which the U.S. Department of Justice exercises its discretion to enforce federal prohibitions on marijuana activities otherwise permitted by this measure. That will be up for a decision Jan. 20, 2017, when a new president enters the Oval Office. Whatever the total millions that California ultimately invests in rehabilitation, the White House National Office of Drug Control Policy is on record that, in its words, recovering “the land dam-
learned and understood about the health consequences of cannabis consumption age or illness are still relatively unknown. and that research is in its relative infancy. Older people and those suffering from disToday, says the Brookings Institution, a eases such as cancer or AIDS could be more leading national think tank, 23 states and vulnerable to the drug’s harmful effects. the District of Columbia allow the use of Scientists need to conduct more research medical marijuana. Yet compared to othto determine if this is the case.” er drugs, “we know relatively little about If approved by voters this fall, the pro- the benefits and risks. Thus, as legalization posed Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) expands, research on medical marijuana would require safeguards for minors is critical. This research could also help (strong warning labels, for example, and create more effective regulation of recretough restrictions ational marijuana. on advertising and Since it has been marketing) and allegal to buy marilocate $2 million juana, emergency each year to the Calroom doctors in – The Brookings Institution ifornia Center for Colorado have seen Medicinal Cannabis an increase in visResearch to conduct more studies of the its from people who have smoked or eaten safety and rebarbative effects of medical too much marijuana. Two factors seem to marijuana. be behind this. First, this isn’t your father’s In parallel, $10 million per year would marijuana. Apparently, what’s being grown be authorized from 2018 through 2028 and sold today is much more potent than for the state’s public universities to study what was sold to the baby boomers in their and evaluate the AUMA’s impacts. Find- college years. And second, the increased ings would be published every two years, popularity of ‘edibles,’ food such as brownevaluating the consequences for public ies or cookies that have marijuana cooked health, the health costs of marijuana use into it, increases the time it takes to feel the and whether recreational consumption is effects, causing many people simply to eat resulting in an increase or decrease in the too much.” use of alcohol or other drugs. But the necessary science cannot catch up Those provisions reflect the widespread with the legalization bandwagon, Brookings conviction that a lot more remains to be insists, until the federal designation of can-
“This isn’t your father’s marijuana.”
aged by illicit marijuana grows is prohibitive, creating an additional burden to the public and tribal land agency budgets.” The judgment that the costs are prohibitive is based on internal estimates the White House garnered from the National Park Service: full cleanup and restoration runs from almost $15,000 to $17,700 per acre. These expenses are based on the total costs comprising removal and disposal of hazardous waste (pesticides, fuels, fertilizers, batteries) and removal of camp facilities, irrigation hoses and garbage. Full land restoration would include recontouring plant terraces, large tent pads, cisterns and wells and revegetating mammoth clearcut landscapes. If the White House is correct, full reclamation of land destroyed by criminal grows is a distant reality, perhaps an unachievable one.
nabis as a “Schedule One” drug is demoted to “Schedule Two.” Schedule One’s many rules and regulations create “a circular policy trap that hinders scientific research.” Compounding this problem, Brookings advises, is the monopoly created by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, which limits marijuana produced only for study to a single source. A related problem is “a complex licensing matrix among the DEA, the Food and Drug Administration and state law,” according to a Brookings analysis. Like many other informed observers, the think tank calls marijuana’s current legal environment “bizarre.” Each year, “more and more states are being added to the list of those that allow medical marijuana. And yet the drug is being ‘approved’ without enough science behind it.” The libertarian Cato Institute, a free market think tank, agrees that cannabis should be “descheduled,” but on opposite grounds. There is little if any scientific basis for the federal prohibition, the institute asserts, “and there is ample scientific and empirical evidence to rebut it. This evidence includes safety data substantiated over thousands of years of human use as well as the conclusions of hundreds of modern pre-clinical and clinical trials. In recent years, scientists have assembled sufficient evidence establishing that cannabis is objectively safe and that it possesses many important therapeutic properties.”
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News item: Eel River Resource Recovery (ERRR) steals away with Arcata’s only recycling center, which it says was underutilized. The drop-off yard was terminated with no notice to news media or Arcata citizens who might have helped keep it open. At a subsequent Arcata City Council meeting, during a sales pitch for a lucrative waste-processing contract, ERRR representatives trumpet the company’s commitment to the community and local employment, and its exemplary outreach efforts, making no mention of the stealth shutdown.
I leave in April, but my PCT journey is already well underway
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’ve had so much stressy fun over the past few weeks, setting up the hike this April. The highs and lows, tedium and exhilaration, the plodding along and trying to remember to look up once in a while are a bit like traversing the many peaks and valleys of the Sierra. The 1,726.6-mile hike will take perhaps four months, which requires all kinds of planning. Unplugging (mostly) from your regular life for that long requires you to address some things you could otherwise put off – like setting up bill autopays, simplifying all your passwords and getting a security app and getting new glasses. But the real planning challenge is, of course, the hike. There’s replacing and updating equipment, learning how to use it (that’s the fun part), training (also fun), getting medical clearance, figuring out food resupply, getting the right navigation and media apps, working out the electronics and so much more. I keep making lists, crossing things off and then making more lists. I love planning projects, as do other PCT hikers now getting ready for an April launch. Conquering the known variables is part of the fun. There are some things I simply won’t know until I’m on the trail – like how I’ll handle the Mojave heat and Sierra altitude gain and loss. Those unpredictables will affect my rate of travel, which in turn affects the cost. How many “zero days” will I need to spend in towns, to do resupply, laundry and various chores – one a week? Two? I just won’t know before I hit a stride. Layovers can get costly, what with lodging and indulgent restaurant meals. My plan is to stick to the trail and
stay in hostels or cheap motels only when necessary, because after all, I could do that here. I do plan to stop for a few days off trail at South Lake Tahoe, where we spent family getaways when I was a kid. That being after a 1,092 walk over deserts and mountains, a few zeroes might be justifiable at that point. I’ve never set up a charity hike before, so it’s OJT. Figuring out how to properly solicit and channel pledges and donations took some work, and audaciously asking people for support isn’t my comfort zone at all. As with anything, fear of failure can have a dampening effect if you let it. Or you can boldly go, split infinitives and accentuate the positives and hope that others find value in it. Much to my relief, the pledges and donations have come first as a trickle, then a steady wave. That and all the rain have been enjoyable to have going on. As of this writing Saturday, I’ve received $350 in donations for trail expenses. That will help offset the cost of the overall mission, which will be in the low four figures no matter what. The excellent new lightweight equipment available today is simply amazing in its technology and thought-outedness. Oddly, for things like sleeping bags (I’m actually taking a quilt and thermal pad), tents and backpacks, you pay more to get less – and less weight. Materials science has transformed some of this gear, with tough but
lightweight items like Cuben fiber and titanium cookwear. But what really buoys me is the $977.69 I’ve received so far in permile pledges and flat sums earmarked for charity. That figure assumes that I’ll complete the whole route, so it’s seriously motivating to complete the hike (not everyone completes their planned journey). With a thousand dollars so far, that’s becoming some serious help for the Pacific Crest Trail Association, Arcata Ridge Trail (Forest Fund) and Union Labor Health Federation Children’s Dental Angel Fund. Even beyond that, the moral support has been fantastic. Everyone is so encouraging and supportive. I’ve heard from people I haven’t had contact with for years. Turns out they’ve been quietly reading my stuff all along, including the recent hike announcement. It turns out that there are lots of people locally who have hiked the PCT as well as the John Muir Trail (the two overlap in parts). They want to meet, and we shall. Every time I talk to an experienced PCT hiker, I learn things. Especially helpful and inspirational has been my old friend Dirk Rabdau, former Arcata Union sports editor. He’s even sending me his bear canister. Thanks to all the donors, sponsors and encouragers! See the increasingly readable ad on page B6 for more info. It was also illuminating meet-
ing with Michael Kauffman, who is helping establish the Bigfoot Trail, The 360-mile Bigfoot Trail also overlaps with the PCT in spots, and links Crescent City with the Klamath Mountains with parts south. So maybe next year I can hike the Bigfoot, or complete the PCT by starting at Manning Park, Canada, and ending in Ashland, Ore. where this year’s hike ends. So when does all this strenuousness begin? Probably April 22, 11-plus weeks from now. I’m waiting for them to announce the date of the annual kickoff event, which I wish to attend. But before that, on Thursday, March 31, we’ll have a special event in the Plaza View Room. “Trails with Teeth” will highlight local trail, and progress and plans. Speakers include Fifth District Supervisor Mark Lovelace, reflecting on the history of the Sunny Brae Tract since the days of SANA (the Sunny Brae Neighborhood Association) and the citizen buyout from Sierra-Pacific Industries.
Arcata Environmental Services Director Mark Andre will give an update on the ever-growing Arcata Ridge Trail. Trailside Reader co-author and Volunteer Trail Steward Rees Hughes will talk about the Pacific Crest Trail, so all ye local PCT hikers, this is the time to come hither! I just thought of this last Friday, so it needs more development. There will be other speakers, including a short explanation about the Dental Angel Fund, which saves poor kids’ mouths. Maybe we’ll have a panel discussion of trail talk. Plus the usual noshing and vibrant social interaction. It sounds like a good time to have a silent auction to raise funds for the charities. If I’m brave enough, I may even bring my pack and PCT rig for more experienced hikers to shake down. Oh by the way, we need someone to do my newspaper work while I’m gone. Call Jack or me at the Union at (707) 826-7000 to inquire. Things are starting to happen fast, so stay tuned!
KEV’S PACIFIC CREST TRAIL HIKE 2016 Why: Volunteering, adventure, entertainment When: April 22 to sometime in August, 2016 Route: Pacific Crest Trail from Campo, Calif. to Ashland, Ore. Charities: Pacific Crest Trail Association, Arcata Ridge Trail, Union Labor Health Federation Children’s Dental Angel Fund How to support: Send pledges or donations via the handy coupon on page B6. crushallboxes.blogsot.com, YouTube/Kevin Hoover, madriverunion.com, Facebook.com/Kevin Hoover twitter.com/@kevpod1, razoo.com/Kev’s PCT Hike TRAILS WITH TEETH What: An evening of trail talk, social interaction among hikers and trail fans, noshing and merriment. When & Where: Thursday, March 31, 6 p.m. at the Plaza View Room, 791 Eighth St., Arcata Admission: $10 donation
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OPINION Something’s amiss Something’s amiss along U.S. Highway 101, just a short distance south of the School Road exit in McKinleyville. During the past six months or so, around 30 trees have been cut down on the east side of the highway. All of the trees appeared to be healthy and were not that tall. They were not leaning, their branches were not split or falling off and, because they were a good distance from the edge of the highway, they were not a threat to vehicles or the road. I carefully checked the Caltrans website, and I did not see this tree removal project listed anywhere. It seems to me that a project of this scale, which impacts the look of our community and roadways, should be listed on Caltrans’ website so the public can express its concerns. Transparency is compromised when projects like this are carried out without public notice or the chance for public comment. What I have noticed, over the years, is that Caltrans seems to have money to cut down healthy trees and native plants, but when it comes to controlling invasive plants, they repeatedly tell the public there is no money for that kind of work. The agency’s rights of way are heavily infested with English ivy, pampas grass, Scotch broom, Spanish heath, cotoneaster, etc. These plants are known to be highly invasive, yet little is being done to keep them from spreading far and wide and causing irreparable harm to native plants communities in our open spaces and parklands. Even in places where there are only a couple of
v LETTERS Pampas grass or Scotch broom plants growing, and where they could easily be dug out of the ground or pulled out with a weed wrench, the plants are being left to grow and spread. It is just a matter of time before the new infestations from these plants crowd out the native plants. I was told that Caltrans controls invasives through mowing activities. Unfortunately, the mowing equipment exacerbates invasive plant infestations, because the equipment spreads the seeds up and down our roadsides. Years ago, Caltrans used herbicides to control vegetation along our roadsides. That program was discontinued after a settlement agreement with Californians for Alternatives to Toxics (CATs). I imagine the spraying program (which included the cost of herbicides, equipment, training and application activities) was very labor intensive and expensive. What happened to all of that money? Why can’t the funds from the spraying program be spent on some form of invasive plant control and removal programs? It is sad to see what is happening to the native plants and trees along our highways. One area that is particularly hard to look at, especially if you appreciate native trees, is the area above Moonstone Beach on the west side of U.S. Highway 101 by Westhaven. Now that the leaves are off of the alders, it is easy to see how the trees are being completely engulfed in ivy. It’s just a matter of time before these infested trees fall over during a heavy rain or high wind event. If
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Caltrans would bring in the inmate crews, they could remove the ivy vines from the trunks and save those beautiful trees. A small stand of alder trees at the rest stop on the west side of U.S. Highway 101, just a couple miles north of Trinidad, are suffering the same fate. Ivy vines are strangling the trees and blocking out sunlight. I have asked Caltrans to please cut the ivy vines away from the alders on their rest stop property, to no avail. It would not take long to liberate those trees from the ivy, but not even something that simple is being done to save those trees. I hope by writing this article that Caltrans will do what it can to save the beautiful alder trees (and other native trees) that are engulfed in English ivy on its properties. I hope, too, that Caltrans will do more to control the spread of highly invasive plants along our roadways that are damaging California’s native plant communities. Kimberly Tays Arcata
AHHA advancing Last Tuesday night [Jan. 19] at the Eureka City Council meeting, we all took a big step forward in the housing movement focused on houselessness in Eureka by resolving to Declare a Shelter Crisis. A resolution first submitted by Linda Atkins at the Jan. 5 City Council meeting was gutted with a new draft reintroduced by the city attorney. This draft was thoroughly discussed and heavily amended into the current Resolution to Declare a Shelter Crisis in the City of Eureka.
Based on Councilmember Atkins’ appropriate language amendments, supported by Councilmembers Arroyo and Bergel, the resolution passed. It was quite the meeting, and if you get an opportunity to watch it on Public Access, it will show you how the hard work of Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives, Inc. (AHHA) and all advocacy groups and individuals within the community proved to be key in crafting a Shelter Crisis resolution, a helpful tool for creating pathways to safe, legal places for Eureka’s houseless to be. We are grateful to our City Council and are heartened and encouraged by their courage and integrity. The AHHA Safe Parking and AHHA Sanctuary Camping Proposals are being honed to address the concerns of community and they will be a big part of our AHHA General Assembly on Saturday, Feb. 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Jefferson School. These proposals will put us in position to respond to the Eureka City RFP (request for proposals) for operating these programs. Please come join us and share your input. Congratulations and Thank You to ALL! Nezzie Wade, president Board of Directors, Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives, Inc. (AHHA)
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Hey thanks, but we can work out the pot thing ourselves Note: the Arcata City Council last week approved a letter to Assemblymember Rob Bonta in support of AB 21. According to a staff report, AB 21 reverses a provision that pre-empts local governments from enacting cultivation regulations if they don’t have them in effect as of March 1, 2016. Below, the draft letter. – Ed. January 20, 2016 The Honorable Rob Bonta Member, California State Assembly State Capitol – Room 6005 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: Support for AB 21 (Bonta, Cooley, Jones-Sawyer, Lackey, and Wood) – Medical Marijuana Cultivation (as amended January 4, 2016) Dear Assembly Member Bonta: On behalf of the City of Arcata, I am pleased to announce our support of Assembly Bill 21 (Bonta, Cooley, Jones-Sawyer, Lackey and Wood). This measure addresses the need to remove from statute a provision that would harm cities by pre-empting them from enacting cultivation regulations if they do not
v LETTER OF THE WEEK have such regulations in effect as of March 1, 2016. The provision, Section 11362.777(c)(4) states: If a city, county, or city and county does not have land use regulations or ordinances regulating or prohibiting the cultivation of marijuana, either expressly or otherwise under principles of permissive zoning, or chooses not to administer a conditional permit program pursuant to this section, then commencing March 1, 2016, the division shall be the sole licensing authority for medical marijuana cultivation applicants in that city, county, or city and county. Although Arcata has existing land use regulations that have governed the cultivation of medical marijuana for many years, this provision is problematic and should not have been included in the final version of last year’s Assembly Bill 243 (Wood), as it is inconsistent with other timelines associated with implementing the regulatory framework, namely launching the state cultivation licensing process.
Clattering, clamoring, kinetic kids batter Bowl of Beans – what would MLK do?
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aba Jamal, the beloved sto- top of the bleachers continue their ryteller who has been visiting yelling and banging. schools, libraries, and other A few parents (two mothers and venues in Humboldt County since one father, to be exact) go over and 2006, is struggling. extract their children from the melee. He’s got a microphone but the Where are the rest of the parents? noise level in the Arcata Community Did they drop their kids off at the cenCenter is deafening. ter, intending to pick them The audience, seated at up later? Are they working tables after sharing a meal at in the kitchen, not able to see the annual Bowl of Beans, is what’s going on? Are they sitlistening. ting and chatting with friends JaninE But the swarm of children at the tables, supremely unVolkMar isn’t. aware of how rude their chilThey are running, full tilt, vBOWL OF dren are being? Are they just banging into chairs and tatired to cope? SCREAMS tooOr, bles, as they continue their an even worse possirowdy game of tag that’s been going bility, do they think it’s OK for their on for more than an hour. children to act like characters in An elderly man stops, standing Where The Wild Things Are? still in one spot, clearly nervous about Baba Jamal finishes his story. being knocked over. From where I’m sitting in the audiAnother group of small children is ence, I have been able to hear about climbing up the wooden pirate ship one word out of three. wall of folded up bleachers, jumping A little boy sitting at the table bedown to the floor with loud thunks, hind me has obviously heard Baba climbing up again, running the length Jamal before, as he enthusiastically of the top of the bleachers, leaping responds to the storyteller’s promptover other children who are sitting ing of “I go.” “I may,” the boy calls up there, happily banging their feet out, in the traditional African reagainst the boards. sponse that Baba Jamal teaches chilAll these kids are yelling and dren wherever he performs. The boy’s parents smile at his participation. I screaming. Baba Jamal’s microphone is no find myself wishing that they could give parenting tips to the absent or match for the cacophony. As he does every year at Bowl of pretending-to-be absent parents. What’s ironic is that the Bowl of Beans, he invites children to come up to the stage and say what qualities Beans is a fundraiser for two worthy they think the Reverend Dr. Martin groups: the Arcata Recreation Youth Luther King Jr. would ask them to Development Scholarship for the live by. Children speak words such as Arts and Arcata Elementary School. “kindness,” “respect” and “courage” I’ve visited the school for articles I’ve written in the past and had the pleainto the microphone. Meanwhile, the running kids con- sure of observing their wonderful tinue their game and the kids on the music and dance classes.
I’ve been a supporter of the event for many years, buying tickets, raffle tickets, and T-shirts and urging friends to meet me there. When I asked a friend if she would be going, she answered, “No, too many kids running around.” She was right. The noise and running continued through the performance by the Arcata Interfaith Gospel Youth Choir. It abated somewhat when the children’s dance troupe performed, possibly because some of the noisy pack were dancers. I don’t know. What I do know is that I won’t be back. The organizers work hard, the food was delicious, the CCC, Watershed Stewards and Spark, and Americorps volunteers and other helpers were energetic and awesome, but it’s hard to see such rudeness to performers continue. There was a kids’ coloring station by the silent auction table, but given the level of the rainy-night pent-up energy of these children, a trampoline in a back room would have been more helpful. Was that your boy with dark hair in a red shirt who slammed into my chair? Was that your son in the black and white shirt who ran, yelling, the entire length of the top of the bleachers, in plain sight of your table? Was that your daughter who climbed the wooden wall and jumped down, over and over? Enough said. The last time Janine Volkmar wrote an article complaining about a parent’s behavior at Trinidad School, she received hate mail and a public scolding from a teacher.
In addition, the above provision directly contradicts the concept of local control, which for the city was an important theme of last year’s historic Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act. It also conflicts with a critical component of AB 266, that of dual licensing. Dual licensing requires both state and local governments to authorize medical marijuana business operations in any specific jurisdiction, and is modeled after the regulatory structure in Colorado. Arcata currently has licensing in place for cultivation and dispensing and is considering expansion of the cultivation and manufacturing license options. Without this legislation removing the pre-emption provision, a number of cities throughout California will suffer harm through the loss of their local regulatory authority after March 1. The City of Arcata strongly desires to retain the ability to decide the rules within its own borders and supports this legislation. Sincerely, Paul Pitino Mayor, City of Arcata
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hese last two months When I relocated to of more rainy days Briceland in the ’80s, where than dry ones have the water supply was from a brought on a pleasant nos- single spring on land owned talgia in those of us old by David Katz, I began readenough to remember the ing and recording rain. The old days. late Al Puffer was doing When I moved to a hydrological study for Whitethorn in 1970, there NOAA and he handed out was a drought on. rain gauges and The Mattole was report forms for dry and in August volunteer rain rewe had no water corders. I gave all Mary E lla at all. But then the my records to the andErson rains came in SepHistorical Society, tember and all was vINTERESTING but as I remember, good again. At that TIMES there were times time, the rains when I recorded as usually commenced in much as four inches of rain September. As I recall, the in a 24-hour period. Nothfirst, or perhaps it was the ing like they were getting second, Summer Arts Fes- out in Honeydew, of course, tival was held on a Labor where word was they meaDay weekend in September sured in feet, not inches. and it was rained out. I have had my rain gauge Later, as the ’70s pro- set up in the Lazy J Garden gressed, I moved to an old for three years now. The tourist resort on the Ave- first two years, the amounts nue of the Giants, called at were meager. But these last the time Astrinkyville, and two months I rise early, don the rain was such as I had my rain gear and walk down never experienced. I count- to read the rain. In Decemed 80 days of rain, some- ber I recorded a respecttimes pounding, sometimes able 15.3 inches. So far in misting, and then came a January I’ve measured 7.5 flood, with the South Fork inches. The vernal pond in rising over the old highway the dog walk area between and isolating us from both Mustang and the horse passides. Everyone, the Astrins ture behind the fire house is and all their tenants, gath- bigger than ever and filled ered to watch the swollen with happy Mallards. Feels brown water roll by with its like old times. load of logs and other debris. Beer was served and Mary Ella Anderson the two Franks got out their recommends getting close pistols and used the bob- to nature. Go for a walk in bing logs for target practice. the rain while you can.
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tory, one of Arcata’s major employers during the first half of the last century. Another key component of the financial package was allowing Wing to restructure its debt, according to Oetker. Wing had a loan that required that it maintain a certain amount of cash on hand, which restricted its ability to spend and expand. Wing will continue to grow and hopes to take more market share from its main competitor, Zodiac. The French company used to be the leader in the inflatable boat market, but Wing is taking over. “We’re crushing them,� Dunaway said. Wing, founded by Bill Wing 20 years ago, makes polyurethane rafts, along with replacement tubes, sponsons and foam collars for rigid inflatable boats. The company sells to consumers as well as government agencies. Among the company’s clients are the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard. During last Friday’s ceremony, Arcata Mayor Paul Pitino told a story about running into a Zodiac employee during a summer vacation in Paris. Pitino said he was staying in a vacation rental with a man who was working long hours. He asked the man about his work, and the man said he worked for Zodiac. “I said ‘Zodiac, are they like Wing?’ He said ‘Wing, that’s our biggest competitor. They’re scary.’ And I said ‘They’re scary? They’re in Arcata. It’s like tiny. It’s not Paris.� Pitino said that the conversation made him appreciate the local company. Dunaway attributed the company’s success to the quality of its products as well as the contributions from its employees.
ebrated Friday, Jan. 22 at the company’s sprawling factory located at the west end of Fifth Street near Samoa Boulevard. Local politicians and other dignitaries were on hand to present Wing with an oversized check for $2.8 million, which is actually the total amount of a grant given to the City of Arcata by the California Department of Housing and Community Development. Of that amount, about $150,000 went towards fees and other expenses related to the financing package. The remaining $2.65 million goes to Wing in the form of a three percent loan payable over 20 years. That money will be paid back to the City of Arcata, which will receive quarterly payments of $54,959, or $219,836 a year, for the next 20 years, according to Arcata Community Development Director Larry Oetker. That money can then be used by the city for other economic development projects and business loans. The low-interest loan will be used by Wing to refinance debt, expand its operations at the site and hire more employees. Under the expansion plan, which is already underway, the company will hire about 77 additional employees. Wing Chief Operating Officer Mike Dunaway said that some of those hirings have already taken place. The company now has 153 full-time employees and will have a total of 190 to 200 employees in the coming months. Most of the entry level jobs pay about $11 to $14 an hour, but there are also higher-paying administrative positions. The company will expand into nearby space in an area that once housed the California Barrel Fac-
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McKINLEYVILLE – This summer, McKinleville native Katelyn Wilcox will ride her bike from Baltimore to Seattle, raising money for the Ulman Cancer Fund (UCF) for young adults. She will visit cancer patients across the country as well. Why a cancer foundation specifically for young adults? Every year, almost 70,000 young adults in the United States are diagnosed with cancer. Young adults are eight times more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than are children 14 and younger. Despite continual improvements in cancer treatments, the rate of survival for young adults has not improved. Created by a college-age cancer survivor, UCF is a nonprofit organi-
zation committed to helping young adults across the country beat these odds. “We change lives by creating a community of support for young adults, and their loved ones, impacted by cancer,� states the UCF Mission Statement. Wilcox is part of a bike-riding fundraiser called 4K for Cancer to raise funds for the UCF. This spring, she is fundraising and collecting donations for the UCF, and this summer, she and a team of 30 will cycle across the country visiting cancer patients, delivering chemo care packages and presenting scholarships to young adults. Wilcox was inspired to pedal thousands of miles across America and raise funds for young adults when she lost one of her best friends, Camilla Stull, to leukemia, while attending McKinelyville Middle School. Stull’s
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have historically taken a conservative fiscal approach to their own salaries and have removed benefits like longevity pay. “I think that this board as well as previous versions have always been very modest about the approach toward compensation,� he continued. Supervisor Estelle Fennell said that the raise is “pretty minimal compared to the work that we put in.� She also highlighted travel expenses, which are only reimbursed in the case of out-of-county travel. “You might, for instance, assume that the 140 miles I
drive every day is paid for by the county but it’s not,� she said. “And those are the kinds of things that take quite a chunk out of your paycheck when you do this job.� The pay raise item is less controversial than it has been in the past, and only one resident spoke about it during a public comment session. The supervisors’ pay deal differs from the employees’ agreement in one aspect – supervisors won’t get the $1,500 one-time payment employees are getting to help ease the initial cost of the retirement contribution increase. Supervisors unanimously voted to direct county staff to bring back the ordinance for approval. The Friendship Garden Club held its may meeting at the home of Mrs. Anker Baadsgaard of Airport Road. Flowers were discussed and a flower game played by Mrs. William Balke and Ms. LaVerne Jones winning the prizes. – McKinleyville News, May 24, 1967
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Marisa & the magnolia Janine Volkmar Mad RiveR Union
ARCATA – Marisa Kieselhorst spent a year painting a magnolia in her yard, once every month. Her watercolor documentation of the tree's changes are hanging through February in a magnificent show at The Sanctuary, 13th & J streets in Arcata (see sidebar). The paintings are arranged in chronological order around the light-filled space. The scale and perspective is never the same, making the show kaleidoscopic and enticing to view. Kieselhorst included an actual branch from the tree in the show. Paper leaves with written comments and wishes hang from its stems in the gallery. A PAIR OF TEACHERS marisa Kieselhorst, right, spent a year painting her magnolia tree. Above, one of the 12 paintings currently on exhibit at The Sanctuary. Kieselhorst photo By JV | Union
Kieselhorst asks the wise question on her website: “Who or what can be your teacher?” It’s clear that the magnolia was hers for the year. “I was excited to capture the mood, weather, blooms and overall atmosphere as each month held something special and new. It was a challenging, soulful, and incredible lesson for my year,” she wrote. Kieselhorst has studied watercolor with Alan Sanborn, as so many local artists have. But her style is all her own. She has a series of “gem-inspired feathers” on display at The Philosopher's Stone in Eureka and her cards are available at Plaza. She describes her work as “in the moment” and does a combination of en plein air painting and studio work in her home. She’s married to another artist, Chris Kieselhorst. “I married an artist and master of metal and wood in 2013 and we encourage creativity for life that is both practical and beautiful,” she wrote. The two often collaborate on the design of larger metal and wood pieces and are supportive of each other’s process. “It’s been pretty impressive to see the commitment and devotion to the project
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RIGHT OUT OF A WES ANDERSON FILm mia Bella cupcakery, above, opened Friday, Jan. 22 and was immediately inundated by a horde of delighted children and adults. Cupcakerista Bonnie DeBord, below, will be serving up such cupcakes as vegan chocolate, peanut butter cup and mocha at 1041 H St. in Arcata every day except mondays. The Arcata Chamber of Commerce invites all to attend mia Bella’s official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 1 p.m. miabellacakes.com JCB | Union
she had,” Chris Kieselhorst said. Marisa Kieselhorst was born in January and the choice of a calendar year artwork comes naturally to her, as a Capricorn. “January is always a good time to start a project,” she said. She will be doing another seasonal documentation, this time based on the farm-to-table garden of the owner of Folie Douce. She’ll paint there once a month and said, “You are seeing what you are eating.” That show will open in January 2017. Upcoming shows for this hardworking and prolific artist include two at Plaza, in July and August this year and January and February 2017. Visit mykindesigns.com to read her long and beautiful essay, A Year with the Magnolia, and to see her other artworks and writings. Here is a part of that essay, written about the autumn and the magnolia: “We’ve journeyed together for almost a complete year, only a few more months to go and I begin to dread the completion ... I visit the tree, the grey sky and dew surrounding us as if in a dream. I pluck a mature seed pod from the tree and marvel at it. It’s so strange and almost mismatched to what the tree has given life to for all the months prior. It curves perfectly into my palm and once again, I feel the excitement and vibration of inner wisdom.” Marisa and the magnolia. A pair of teachers.
at the sanctuary The Sanctuary currently hosts exhibitions by artists Marisa Kieselhorst and Sierra Martin. Both local to the area, Kieselhorst and Martin’s exhibitions feature vibrantly colored paintings. In the meeting room, Kieselhorst exhibits a suite of 12 paintings depicting one year in the life of her beloved magnolia tree. These delicate watercolors record the subtle changes as the magnolia transforms with the seasons. In the main hall, Martin exhibits his colorful pure abstract paintings. Using simple shapes and planes to break up each image, Martin focuses his energy (and your eyes) on the richness of color and pure form. The exhibition will be on view through January and February during the Sanctuary's open lab hours, during events, and by appointment. Open lab hours are Wednesday noon to 7 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Sanctuary is located at 1301 J St. in Arcata.
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They flee from me that sometime did me seek. – Thomas Wyatt, 1502-1542 Gathering winters harrow my brow, dig trenches there, bury my marrow too. I’m but few years shy of three-score and ten: my time is near its terminus. Nature calls me to be gone, for summer long since has fled — decidedly, my sap is chilled with frost. Likewise, my face is over-snowed, my lips bloodless, rimed and dulled. Worms, of course, are poised to be my heirs. Rest assured, my vanishing will not water a widow’s eye, or make scions sad — of them I have none. Into the desert wastes of time I head, thirsting, ungirded, unannealed. My youth is turned to remorseless night; day draws out my sorrows, old sneakthief Death makes grief seem stronger. I’m lamed of course by Fortune’s wheel, which drove me here and there, rolled me smugly down the paths of folly, spun my thoughts upside down, left me blanked and bruised. No point troubling with prayer a heedless heaven, which heals no wound, diverts no one’s rush to dogged oblivion. As for epitaph, well, I willingly confess before I go what you always knew, but did not disclose: I was not, could not, be thine, for neither me nor I was ever mine. – Paul Mann
GOUDI’NI GALLERY A traveling exhibition featuring art, video and oral histories from the perspective of California Indian Tribes of the Klamath River Basin comes to Humboldt State University’s Goudi’ni Gallery from Jan. 28 through Feb. 20. The exhibit was developed and curated by Brittani Orona, an enrolled member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe. Through the exhibit, Orona explores the cultural importance of the Klamath River Basin, the detrimental effects of the PacifiCorp dams to Native culture, the combined efforts of all three tribes to remove the dams to protect their cultural heritage, and continuing concerns about the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement of 2010. Works include Hope and Renewal Swim Against the Current, above, by Lyn Risling (Karuk/Yurok/ Hupa). A closing reception will be held on Friday, Feb. 19 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The gallery is located on the first floor of HSU’s Behavioral Sciences building and is open weekdays at noon and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free. (707) 826-5814, rbg@humboldt.edu
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’ve turned into a horrible hacking Glaswegian old lady, coughing and cackling as I shuffle and drag my shopping down the filthy streets of Arcata. The inevitable January cold has settled ineluctably into my lungs, and my late nights shower renderings of Rosemary Clooney sound more like Janis Joplin. Also I peed in poison oak. I’m afflicted like a biblical character, one of the good Jewish ones you feel sorry for. I went to a show last night and a fat lady stepped on Jada my foot. My dating life is like a pile of IRS Brotman forms, not the ones where you get monYAKA ey, the other more boring stupid ones. Oy gevalt. hicKeY hoolA On the other hand, I’m alive and I got a facial so my complexion is glowing, and there is always comforting cooking, which aside from the horrible steam burn I got this morning is an endless source of dependable emotional sustenance. My friend Josh bakes when he gets depressed, which judging by the regular piles of hot cookies is almost all the time. I shop and cook. It’s a good way to kill time on the long march to death. Also, it’s a good way to make your kitchen warm and smell good on these chill nights, and what with this lung-cold I am in the mood for all sorts of spicy, garlicky soups and Asian-inspired sauces. This is the only time of year I actually crave kimchi, which my brother and father make in big earthenware pots, and I get to make one of the only Spanish foods I like, 40
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clove garlic soup. I love that soup. You actually have to peel the garlic, I’ve found that in such large quantities that prepeeled garlic gives a funny processed taste, but if you’re not in a rush it’s actually quite meditative. Plus it’s vegetarian so you don’t have to use your precious chicken stock, and there’s no dairy to interfere with sinus issues. I can give the recipe anecdotally because it’s so easy and slipshod. Put on some dank tunes and sit at your kitchen table with two heads of garlic, a chef’s knife, and two bowls, one for the peeled garlic and one for the peel refuse. Separate the cloves, bash each one with the flat of the knife and peel. Put refuse and cloves in appropriate bowls. Once 40 cloves have been peeled, dump on cutting board and finely mince. This takes a few minutes. Heat up ⅓ cup olive oil over medium heat in a heavy-bottomed pot like an enameled dutch oven – not to smoking point – and dump in minced garlic. Stir till very fragrant, four to five minutes. Add two teaspoons red chile pepper flakes and one teaspoon salt. Add one-and-a-half quarts of water, or stock if you want it more complex. Simmer 20 minutes. Taste for seasoning adjustment. Just before serving, drop in one egg per serving and let poach four minutes. Serve with fresh black pepper and toasted bread drizzled with olive oil. If that garlickly elixer of life isn’t potent enough, I’ve got a super potent raw garlic and ginger sauce that will blow your face off and is good on any protein, in small quantities. It’ll wake your head up. No hot dates for a day or two after this one, unless they’re understanding people.
Sci Fi Pint and Pizza night Enjoy the Star Odyssey (1979) and other psychotronic weirdness, trailers, short films and strange giveaways today, Jan. 27 at Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. This silly Italian film, one of many released to capitalize on the success of Star Wars, takes place on Earth in the year 2312, when the planet is sold to an evil despot, and it is up to the kindly Professor Maury and his ragtag band of human and robot friends to reclaim the planet from the cyborg army. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the main feature starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free with $5 minimum purchase of food or beverage. Parental guidance is suggested.
out oF egyPt Linda Stansberry speaks with Reeham Ramadan and Karin Marr on Thursday, Jan 28 on KHSU’s Thursday Night Talk. In 2015, Marr campaigned to help her friend Ramadan get safely out of Egypt, where political unrest had impeded her education. Now safely in Humboldt County, Ramadan and Marr talk about friendship across borders, the U.S. Visa process and the role of education in empowering women. Tune into KHSU-FM 90.5/khsu.org beginning at 7 p.m.
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HUMBOLDT – The Morris Graves Museum of Art (MCMA) is asking artists to donate 5-inch by 7-inch (or 7-inch by 5-inch) works in any media – be they paintings, drawings, tiles, sculpture, fabric or mixed media – for a fundraiser to support the MGMA and Youth Art Education Programs. The Humboldt Arts Council (HAC) supplies a 5-inch by 7-inch panel (or artists can use their own mount) which will keep costs low. Works in any media that fit the dimensions are welcome. Jewelers, are reminded that they can mount their work on the board! Following the April 11 deadline, all the artwork will be displayed in the Anderson Gallery at the MGMA, forming a gorgeous, multicolor, multidimensional grid of hundreds of works. The exhibition will run from May 7 to 22. The 5�x7� Art Splurge will begin on May 7 during Arts Alive! from 6 to 9 p.m. The artwork will be hung anonymously and patrons won’t know whose work they will be picking. To level the playing field, all work will be displayed anonymously in order for supporters to purchase works for pure pleasure. Of course, artists will identify themselves on the back of each work. Thirty first-pick tickets will be sold at $50 each prior to the splurge on a first-come, first-serve basis. After the 30 first-pick ticket holders have chosen their pieces to buy, the artwork is available to all for just $100/$75 for current HAC members – another great reason to become a member today! For information or to request a panel, contact the MGMA at (707) 442-0278, ext. 205 or jemima@humboldtarts.org.
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jaPaneSe garden deSign The Eureka Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society meets Thursday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. at The Eureka Woman’s Club, 1531 J St. Paula Trinowskey’s program, Japanese Garden Design, will feature photographs taken by her husband during a number of trips to Japan. There will be time for questions. Don Wallace will provide descriptions and photos of the rhododendron plants that will be available through the opportunity drawing, and someone goes home with the rhody offered as the door prize. The public is welcome; there is no fee. Refreshments are provided. (707) 4431291
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BreaKFaSt in BaySide Bring the family to Breakfast in Bayside at the Bayside Grange, 2297 Jacoby Creek Rd., on Sunday, Jan. 31 from 8 a.m. to noon. This quarter’s gourmet breakfast features sourdough multi-grain pancakes, chicken apple sausage, scrambled eggs, scrambled tofu, yogurt, fruit of the season, organic coffee, teas, milk, orange juice, hot chocolate and Mad River Farm jams and local sauces, plus live music by the HSU Academy Fiddlers and Flute Choir and Sam McNeill. There are mimosas for sale at this breakfast, so bring your ID! Breakfast is $8/$5 for kids and seniors/free for ages 80+ and under 2. (707)822-9998, baysidegrange.org
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Professing the emotional history of the human race Sarah E. Isbell
the Iowa method of teaching poetry, has poetry event promoters in the Bay Area changed the way he teaches to more effec- put up hand-drawn posters, usually resultHUMBOLDT – In our continuing series tively reach the younger generations of stu- ing in little boost to meager attendance. on local poets you should know, the Union dents. Holper believes that poetry is meant Today, Holper notes, a well-known tradibrings you an interview with College of the to be spoken out loud, and encourages his tional poet who has a print run of 20,000 Redwoods poetry professor David Holper. students to do exactly that – to publicly books (which is a lot of books) barely holds I began by asking Holpperform their poems. a candle to poet R.M. Drake, who recently er what might seem to be “I grew up where there sold 100,000 copies of his poetry book to a a simple question: What was a really big dichotomy million followers on Instagram. “Typically, makes great poetry? between writing poetry and when [Drake] posts a poem he gets 50,000 “That is a complex quesspoken poetry,” he elabo- responses to it, that is an amazing reach as tion,” Holper replied, “but rated. “I grew up in the Bay a poet in this society,” said Holper. “I don’t on a simple level, it’s a stirArea, I think I was really even care that he’s doing mediocre work, I ring of emotions within us. drawn to the beat poets and just think it’s great poetry is getting out to Something that taps into that to poetry performance, so I society in new ways that it didn’t do before.” part of us that lives under really like poetry to be said The nitty-gritty of technique the surface just waiting to be aloud, to be performed, but Holper draws inpiration from the works awoken. And it comes from as an academic, I also dwell of other poets. “I think it was reading othdetails, or sound, or voice.” in the world of a page.” er people’s poetry to see what they were There’s an immediate Holper now passes on that doing in end-jamming lines, or using line David Holper recognition, Holper said, love of the spoken word to breaks to create new meanings, I became “When it’s just kind of dead on the page the younger generation of students. “Every really curious to try that myself,” he said. or dead through performance, you can see class now that I teach in poetry opens with In his early career, the editor of a poetthe difference between what’s powerful an open mic,” he said. “Whatever they write. ry journal advised him on how to better use and what’s not.” I don’t care what it is. Something that they punctuation and line breaks to create even Holper works to pass on what might want to perform. They have to get up in front more interesting, unexpected, meanings seem like an intuitive skill to his students. of the class, stand up, and perform it.” At the by arranging the words in such a way that “When I train student editors for the liter- end of the semester, his students give a pub- the line breaks create new meanings on the ary journal for College of the Redwoods, I lic performance of the best poems they’ve page, a lesson Holper took to heart. “I’m dojust tell them, if you read it and it doesn’t do written during the semester at the Morris ing a lot of that,” he said. “I want to play with anything for you, just pass it by, you’re just Graves Museum of Art in Eureka. the space on the page. I want, in my own polooking for the things that really speak to Holper serves as a judge for Poetry Out etry, to explore things that I want to try out. you on some level. I think poet laureate Billy Loud, a national poetry performance com- I want to try new things all the time.” Collins, in an interview a few years ago, said petition for high school students. “First, Holper cited his own poem, Fiction Lesthat ‘Poetry was the emotional history of the they have to learn really good poetry, and sons, as an example of how to effectively human race.’ And I think that’s a keen ob- then how best to give voice to it.” (More utilize end-jamming and line breaks to servation. It’s simple in a certain way, but it about Poetry Out Loud can be found at po- create a new interesting self-sufficient line is, it’s the emotional history of our species.” etryoutloud.org.) in between the two sentences, providing There’s also a personal connection. “I Holper himself uses public performance additional meaning emphasizing the polike a poet to find a way to articulate some- to discern the quality of his own work. “I em’s overall message: This is the way you learn thing I’ve sensed or intuited or thought had the crowd,” he said of one performance. to tell a story. You must see myself, but I’ve never put to words before. “You could feel it. There’s a palpable feeling the man in the porcupine hat as he Or, give me a new insight into something in the room when you have the crowd ver shuffles in his cheap shoes that I saw, that I kind of maybe sensed, but sus when you don’t, and when the crowd in I have never (really given voice to). the room is electrified by what you’re doing “See,” said Holper, “I want to create new “I love poems that take something that’s and when they’re not. And if you know how meanings by rearranging stuff on the page.” rather ordinary and make it extraordinary. I the poem is to be performed and the audiOn the ongoing allure of poetry, Holpthink that’s really the poet’s job. And that’s ence gets it, and you know they get it while er concludes, “Once you learn what poetry when a poem is really great, when what’s or- you’re doing it, it’s like riding a wave, a per- can do in speaking to that level of emotion, dinary, that what we observe daily, becomes fect wave, and that’s a great experience.” whether you’re a reader of poetry, or a extraordinary, and the poet is able to take An old form meets new technologies writer of poetry, a performer of poetry, you that and show us what is extraordinary in it.” Holper recently began posting his poetry want to go back there. There are things that Poetry as a dangerous act to Instagram. He enjoys the instant feed- need to be said, that can’t be said in other Both traditional verse, and in par- back, which allows him to share his poetry ways. … It speaks to something much deepticular, slam poetry, may often use that and to polish and edit his work. “It’s an in- er, something that needs to be given voice. same emotional response to spur a call teresting era that we live in, because there And what that thing is, I think it’s sort of to collective social action. “I always tell are just so many different kinds of venues nameless. You can call it a soul, or you can my students that they should read Plato’s for poetry to exist,” he said. “You have the call it an itch. I call it an itch sometimes, Republic because in there he has a section web, you have video, you have poetry slams.” an itch to speak, an itch to voice something on the poets, and he says they’re the most Holper harkens back to the 1960s, when that can’t otherwise be voiced.” dangerous, they’re the revolutionaries, they’re the ones that speak truth to what’s happening in society, and they’re dangerous, and we can’t have them in this perfect If someone passes you a wavering candle flame in the darkness, remember society we’re building,” Holper said. not to horde it, hiding the saffron warmth of the flames “So I always tell the poets that I teach, greedily to your chest where no one can see it. you’re the rebels, you’re the ones who want As foolish as it may seem, you must pass on this lambent flame to others, to really speak the truth to what’s in our others who will in turn do the same, so somewhere, society, and that’s a dangerous thing in a someone whom you will likely never see or meet, society like we live in, because there are so a frail figure huddled shivering in the darkness, forgotten, alone many lies, and there’s so much deceit and will awaken from their nightmare into the flame of hope. It is this simple act fraud about how we live our lives, that to of giving away what was never meant to be kept, you free speak the truth in an environment like this yourself – and that flame ignites other flames, is a dangerous act.” driving back the darkness one brilliant ray of love at a time. Poetry out loud Over the years, Holper, schooled in – David Holper Mad RiveR Union
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HUMBOLDT – San Francisco comedian Andrews Holmgren returns to Humboldt County after hosting the phenomenal Kyle Kinane show in December. Holmgren has appeared at numerous Savage Henry comedy festivals, San Francisco’s Sketchfest and was named San Francisco’s Best Comic by SF Weekly. He’ll be making his national TV debut on the new show Flophouse on the new Vice Magazine TV network. Touring with him are John Gallagher and Connor Marshall. Holmgren will be at the Clam Beach Inn, 4611 Central Ave., McKinleyville on Monday, Feb. 1 at 9 p.m. along with local comedians John McClurg, Ivy Vasquez, William Toblerone, Pat Dylan and host Matt Redbeard. Admission is $5. Or catch him the following evening, Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 9 p.m. at The Jam, 915 H St., Arcata, with Nando Molina, Trevor Lockwood and host James Stephen. Admission is $10.
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McKINLEYVILLE – These wet days will pass, Spring will come, and the McKinleyville Community Choir will present a concert in Azalea Hall sometime next June. But before that delightful day, the choir will have the weekly practices – getting familiar with the musical selections, members listening and singing with the practice CDs on their own, perfecting their parts, getting the lyrics down pat, working with the instrumentalists, bringing a cluster of individuals into a unified performing group, ready for that concert in Azalea Hall and several other places. If that kind of musical dedication and camaraderie appeal, then consider this the invitation to join in and become part of the choir which will reconvene on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 6:30 p.m., at Grace Good Shepherd Church, 1450 Hiller Rd., McKinleyville. There are no try-outs; reading music is not a requirement, but being able to carry a tune is. There is a $50 registration fee to help cover costs of sheet music, practice CDs, and other expenses, with a sliding scale assessment, partial and family scholarships available. There is also an important place for instrumentalists, particularly saxaphonists. For more information about that, call Choir Director Robert Keiber at (707) 822-7575. If night driving is a concern, carpools have been formed in several areas. For this concern and other questions, call Choir Manager Jean Browning (707) 839-2276.
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SHARING WORKLOAD The Northern California Association of Nonprofits invites the public to February’s Board Leadership Roundtable with Byrd Lochtie. This event, which is geared toward board members and those who work with them, is on Monday, Feb. 1 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Humboldt Area Foundation, 363 Indianola Rd. in Bayside. This month’s topic is “Sharing Workload and Engaging Community Through Committees.” Nonprofit boards, especially in small organizations, must on committees to get the work done. Learn which committees your board should have, how they should operate and when they should report to the board. Admission is $20/$10 for NorCAN members. (707) 442-2993, norcan@hafoundation.org, northerncalifornianonprofits.org
TRINIDAD HeAD CIRCA 1970S Thomas T. Allan III was a United States Coast Guard lighthouse keeper in the 1970s. His son, Tom Allan and his family have shared this aerial view of the town as it looked when the Allan family lived in the USCG keeper’s quarters, which replaced the 1871 redwood duplex torn down in 1961. The lighthouse to the left of the quarters, the water tank, the bell house and even the 1913 granite cross atop Trinidad Head are visible. The USCG quarters were torn down in the early part of this century but the other structures remain. Photo Courtesy of thomas t. allan III the chamber at (707) 677-1610 and leave a message for more info. Ladies Art Salons with Donna Haddock Inner Center Fine Arts Institute co-founder Donna Haddock will lead four Friday Fine Arts Salons from Feb. 5 to 26, all from 10 to 11:30 a.m. “Seeking Inspiration,” “Intuition in Fine Arts,” “The Need to Create” and “The Visual and Musical in Fine Arts” are the subjects. There is a $10 suggested donation for each salon. Light refreshments are provided. Seating is limited so reservations are important; call (707) 496-5350 for information and class locations. Trinidad Library spring lectures & courses “The Story Catchers of Northwestern California” is the sub-
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He has a lovely dark brindle coat from the Dutch Shepherd side and a big head from the Mastiff side. Sirius was quite shy in the shelter, but has proven to be a very affectionate and friendly dog outside. He is a little bit cross-eyed and that may have given him a suspicious look when he was initially evaluated, though now we know that isn’t the case. Sirius is young and still learning his manners and would do best with someone prepared to do some training with a new dog. He has already met with the trainer that we use and she has a training plan going for him, which we hope will continue when he finds his forever home. The trainer felt that he was very trainable and very adoptable. Sirius is also a very dog-friendly dog and would be fine in a home with another dog. To meet Sirius, please contact Redwood Pals at redwoodpalsrescue@ gmail.com or call (707) 839-9692. Sirius
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Cholo came into the shelter with a cherry eye, a somewhat unattractive, but not serious condition on his left eye. He has since had that removed and shows no ill effects from it. Cholo is very good with other Mara S egal dogs and hasn’t met DOGTOWN a dog he couldn’t get along with. He likes to play with the other dogs, but is equally happy playing a game of fetch with a human. He is an easy-going guy that would make a good companion for almost anyone. Cholo is neutered, microchipped and current on vaccinations. He is at the Humboldt County Animal Shelter at 980 Lycoming Ave. in McKinleyville. More information is available at (707) 840-9132. Redwood Pals has some really nice dogs that we pulled from the shelter recently when overcrowding was a problem. One of our first to go out to a foster home was sweet Sirius, a young Mastiff and Dutch Shepherd mix.
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826-5880 for information. “Captains Vancouver and Bodega in the Pacific Northwest, 1775-1794” is the subject of a free class at the library presented by Trinidad Museum on Wednesday, April 20 from 10 a.m. to noon. The warm personal relationship between two English and Spanish naval captains, representing rival governments, prevented an international incident in the Pacific Northwestern territories of North America. Discover more about these remarkable explorers. Call (707) 677-3816 for information. The Trinidad Library Sustaining Fund organizes and presents these library classes. Joey Wauters and Gail Kenny are cochairs of the fund.
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ject of Jerry and Gisela Rohde’s OLLI class at Trinidad Library on Wednesday, Feb. 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. The Rohdes will discuss how the legacy of local Indian tribes was partially preserved by the collaboration between tribal elders and dedicated ethnographers. Call OLLI at (707) 826-5880 to register. Cost is $55/$30 for OLLI members. Mark your calendar for an “Introduction to Twelfth Night” with instructor Tom Gage on Sunday, March 13 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. It’s a one-day course on William Shakespeare's zany comedy. The class fee is $65/$40 for OLLI members. Dr. Gage also will lead a trip to Ashland, Ore. to attend the performance of this play on Saturday, March 19. Call (707)
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L EGAL N OTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 15-00720 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TrIllIUM ACAdEMy 1666 27Th ST. ArCATA, CA 95521 kAITAN N. TrIpAldI 1666 27Th ST. ArCATA, CA 95521 This business is conducted by: An Individual S/kAITAN TrIpAldI, OwNEr This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC. 22, 2015 KELLY E. SANDERS A. ABrAM DEPUTY 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 15-00702 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: r.E. INvESTMENT SOlUTIONS 1899 11Th ST. ArCATA, CA 95521 kylE grEgOry BOUghTON 1899 11Th ST. ArCATA, CA 95521 This business is conducted by: An Individual S/kylE grEgOry BOUghTON, OwNEr This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC. 15, 2015 KELLY E. SANDERS A. ABrAM DEPUTY 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 15-00736 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JUJUBEES 1225 CENTrAl AvE. MCkINlEyvIllE, CA 95519 MEgAN BIErwIrTh 7168 MyrTlE AvE. EUrEkA, CA 95503 kylE COllINS 7168 MyrTlE AvE. EUrEkA, CA 95503 This business is conducted by: A General Partnership S/MEgAN BIErwIrTh, OwNEr This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC. 30, 2015 KELLY E. SANDERS M. MOrrIS DEPUTY 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 16-00002 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: kINg kOMpOST 7780 TOrgErSON rd. EUrEkA, CA 95503 MIChAEl T. MENzA 7780 TOrgErSON rd. EUrEkA, CA 95503 This business is conducted by: An Individual S/MIChAEl MENzA, OwNEr This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on jAN 04, 2016 KELLY E. SANDERS S. CArNS DEPUTY 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 16-00008
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: (1) hOrTUS & prOFECTUS TM prESErvATION grOUp (2) ThE hOUSE ON ThE rIdgE TM (3) ThE BUNgAlOw ON ShAw TM 8750 wIldEr rIdgE rd. gArBErvIllE, CA 95542 p.O. BOx 595 FErNdAlE, CA 95536 h&p pg llC 201114710312 367 ShAw AvENUE FErNdAlE, CA 95536 This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company S/pETEr prOFANT TTEE, MANAgINg MEMBEr This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on jAN 06, 2016 KELLY E. SANDERS M. MOrrIS DEPUTY 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 16-00013 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: (1) hArvEST BAkEd gOOdS (2) hArvEST BOTANICAlS (3) hUMBlE hArvEST (4) hUMBOldT BAkEd gOOdS (5) hArvEST MEdICINAlS 2355 CENTrAl AvE. #123 MCkINlEyvIllE, CA 95519 hUMBOldT hArvEST, INC. 3786049 600 F ST. SUITE 3-900 ArCATA, CA 95521 This business is conducted by: A Corporation S/ESThEr BENEMANN, OwNEr This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on jAN 07, 2016 KELLY E. SANDERS S. CArNS DEPUTY 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 16-00046 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: My kIN dESIgNS 5720 wEST ENd rd. ArCATA, CA 95521 210 wArrEN CrEEk rd. ArCATA, CA 95521 MArISA S. kIESElhOrST 5720 wEST ENd rd. ArCATA, CA 95521 210 wArrEN CrEEk rd. ArCATA, CA 95521 This business is conducted by: An Individual S/MArISA kIESElhOrST, OwNEr/ArTIST This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on jAN 19, 2016 KELLY E. SANDERS M. MOrrIS DEPUTY 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 16-00047 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: hONEydEw SElECT 2373 FICklE hIll rd. ArCTA, CA 95521 600 F STrEET SUITE 3 BOx 303 ArCATA, CA 95521 BIggEST lITTlE OrgANICS
2373 FICklE hIll rd. ArCATA, CA 95521 This business is conducted by: A Corporation S/ChrISTINA B. MIlES, SECrETAry This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on jAN 19, 2016 KELLY E. SANDERS M. MOrrIS DEPUTY 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 15-00734 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: vINCENT ElECTrIC 2080 pIllOr dr. MCkINlEyvIllE, CA 95519 vINCENT hUMBOldT ENErgy COrp. C3818859 2080 pIllOr dr. MCkINlEyvIllE, CA 95519 This business is conducted by: A Corporation S/NAThANIEl vINCENT, OwNEr/prESIdENT This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC 30, 2015 KELLY E. SANDERS M. MOrrIS DEPUTY 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 16-00044 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: dIvINE EArTh MEdICINAlS 245 BrIdgE CrEEk rd., UppEr hOUSE MyErS FlAT, CA 95554 ANNA k. BrESSErS 245 BrIdgE CrEEk rd., UppEr hOUSE MyErS FlAT, CA 95554 p.O. BOx 225 MyErS FlAT, CA 95554 This business is conducted by: An Indvidual S/ANNA BrESSErS, OwNEr This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on jAN 15, 2016 KELLY E. SANDERS T. lEgg DEPUTY 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17 OrdEr TO ShOw CAUSE FOr ChANgE OF NAME ANdrEw lANCE AlExANdEr SUpErIOr COUrT OF CAlIFOrNIA COUNTy OF hUMBOldT CASE NO. Cv160041 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner ANDREW LANCE ALEXANDER has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ANDREW LANCE ALEXANDER to Proposed name LANCE ANDREW DRILL. 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: march 7, 2016 Time: 1:45 p.m. Dept.: 8 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. Date: jAN. 15, 2014 DALE A. REINHOLTSEN judge of the Superior Court 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17 NOTICE OF pETITION TO AdMINISTEr ESTATE OF JUlIE kAy MIllS CASE NO.: pr160006 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: jULIE KAY MILLS A petition for probate has been filed by: jANELL SUE ANGLIN in the Superior Court of California, County of HUMBOLDT. The Petition for Probate requests that: jANELL SUE ANGLIN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: February 11, 2016 Time: 2:00 PM Dept.: 8 Address of court: Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, CA, 95501. If you object to the granting of the petition,
you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. you may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. you may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petittion or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for the petitioner: ARTHUR NIELSEN GALE & NIELSEN 2850 HARRIS STREET EUREKA, CA 95503 (707) 269-0167 1/13, 1/20, 1/27 NOTICE OF pETITION TO AdMINISTEr ESTATE OF TOrA rOSkJAr rEMlEr CASE NO.: pr160011 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: TORA ROSKjAR REMLER A petition for probate has been filed by: PAUL EDWARD HARR in the Superior Court of California, County of HUMBOLDT. The Petition for Probate requests that: PAUL EDWARD HARR be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before
taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: February 11, 2016 Time: 2:00 PM Dept.: 8 Address of court: Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, CA, 95501. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. you may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. you may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petittion or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for the petitioner: ARTHUR NIELSEN GALE & NIELSEN 2850 HARRIS STREET EUREKA, CA 95503 (707) 269-0167 1/20, 1/27, 2/3 CITATION FOr pUBlICATION UNdEr wElFArE ANd INSTITUTIONS COdE SECTION 294 Case Name: IvAN wOlFgANg STUgArd Case No.: Jv150007 1. To Andrew Nelson and anyone claiming to be a parent of Ivan Wolfgang
Stugard born on 1/6/2015 at Redwood Memorial Hospital, Fortuna, California. 2. A hearing will be held on March 29, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 7 located at Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, CA 95501, juvenile Division, 2nd floor. 3. At the hearing the court will consider the recommendations of the social worker or probation officer. 4. The social worker or probation officer will recommend that your child be freed from your legal custody so that the child may be adopted. If the court follows the recommendation, all your parental rights to the child will be terminated. 5. You have the right to be present at the hearing, to present evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford to hire one, the court will appoint an attorney for you. 6. If the court terminates your parental rights, the order may be final. 7. The court will proceed with this hearing whether or not you are present. ATTORNEY FOR: CHILD WELFARE SERVICES jEFFREY S. BLANCK, COUNTY COUNSEL #115447 SETH LICHENSTEIN-HILL, DEPUTY COUNTY COUNSEL #266108 825 FIFTH STREET EUREKA, CA 95501 (707) 445-7236 DATE: jAN 15, 2016 Clerk, by Kim M. Bartleson, Deputy 1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10 FUll rECONvEyANCE TSI# l454888g 2016-000041-1 recorded - Official records, humboldt County, California kelly E Sanders, recorder The undersigned as trustee under the certain Deed of Trust described below: Original Borrower: PETER jAMES PROFANT AND ALEXANDRA PROFANT, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS jOINT TENANTS Original Trustee: FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY Original Beneficiary: COAST CENTRAL CREDIT UNION Dated: 11/12/1999 Recorded: 11/17/1999 Instrument No.: 199931065-11 Book/Reel: N/A Page: N/A Filed for record in HUMBOLDT County, State of CALIFORNIA Having received from the beneficiary under said Deed of Trust a written request to reconvey, the undersigned, does hereby grant, bargain, sell and reconvey, without warranty, to the person(s) entitled thereto all right, title and interest now held by the trustee in and to the prop-
erty described in said Deed of Trust. TRUSTEE SERVICES INC. S/jacob A. Hamm, Assistant Vice President State of Washington, County of Kitsap On 12/29/2015, before me, MATTEW j. ORMEROD, Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared jacob A. Hamm to me known to be the Assistant Vice President of the corporat and acknowledged to me the said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein menioned, and on oath state that he/she is authorized to execute the said instrument. Witness my hand and official seal hereto affixed the day and year first above written. S/MATTHEW j. ORMEROD Notary Public in and for the State of Washington Residing at Silverdale, Washington. 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3 NOTICE OF pUBlIC AUCTION Notice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property under the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act (Bus. Prop. Code Ss 2170021716). The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 10th day of February, 2016 at 10 a.m. on the premises where said property has been stored and which is currently located at Arcata Bay Self Storage, 250 E Street Arcata, CA. Most storage units contain miscellaneous personal property, clothing, furnishings and household goods. In addition, the following units contain: • Harold Lowrie (Held in Facility Unit) - flashlight, shoes, food, Nyquill, knife, • Eric Ramos - sleeping bag, chair, futon, boxes, keyboard, TV, fans • Amanda Tierney - bicycles, clothes, tables, guitar case, lantern, pillows • Fernando Cabrera clothes, mattress, suitcase, dresser, snowboard • Fransisco Gutierrez vacuum cleaner, mattress, lamp, boxes, bags, skateboard The Auctioneer will be Kerry Rasmussen, Bond #7900364465, phone #707-822-0331. Purchases must be paid for at the time of the sale in cash only. All purchased items sold “as is” and must be removed at the time of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the settlement between owner and obligated party, auctioneer, and Arcata Bay Self Storage. 1/27, 2/3 NOTICE OF AppOINTMENTS ArCATA SChOOl
dISTrICT BOArd OF TrUSTEES The Arcata School District Board of Trustees, pursuant to Education Code section 5091, provisionally appointed Carrie Levy to serve until the next regularly scheduled election, replacing Trustee Katherine Salinas, who resigned effective 8/28/2015. These appointments were made on january 11, 2016, regular board meeting. Unless a valid petition calling for a special election and signed by 1½ percent of the registered voters of the Arcata School District is filed with the Humboldt County Superintendent of Schools, 901 Myrtle Avenue, Eureka, CA 95501, within a thirty-day period, commencing February 11, 2016, these provisional appointments shall be deemed effective as specified in Education Code section 5091. This notice is posted at three public places within the Arcata School District and published in The Mad River Union, a newspaper of general circulation within the Arcata area. 1/20, 1/27 NOTICE OF UNClAIMEd prOpErTy Pursuant to Government Code § 50050, McKinleyville Community Services District is attempting to locate the rightful owners of money currently held in the MCSD General Fund. The account numbers are included in this notice, along with the amount held. If the money is not claimed by March 10, 2016, MCSD will maintain permanent ownership. To claim your property, you may contact MCSD at 1656 Sutter Road, McKinleyville CA 95519 or 707-839-3251. Valid photo identification will be required to collect unclaimed funds, and it will be matched against our customer information. Amount
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CLIMATE CHANGE WON’T END OUR WORLD but it sure will change it, as rising seas encroach on Arcata’s tidelands. Last week, Aldaron and Christy Laird and friends, above, dedicated their new “Rising Tides” observation bench at the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary during a nine-foot King Tide event. Located at the southwest corner of the oxidation pond (circled area at bottom of map, left), the $650 bench offers spectacular views of Humboldt Bay. “I wanted to create a spot where you can really observe the ebb and flow of the tides and see the changing environment,” Aldaron Laird said. “I just love sitting here. The bay turns into a mirror reflecting all the light and the clouds.” Aldaron Laird has been been doing extensive research and field work on sea level rise on Humboldt Bay. He hopes to augment the bench, which already bears a plaque identifying it as the “Rising Tides Observation Bench,” inset, with an interpretive sign explaining sea level rise and climate change. “This is just a start,” he said. Photos by KLh | Union; MaP coUrtesy city of arcata
LCP UPDATE Humboldt Bay Harbor Working Group (HBHWG) announces an update on the Local Coastal Program land use plan presented by Robert Wall, interim director of planning and building, County of Humboldt, today, Jan. 27 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. with lunch served from noon to 12:30 p.m. at Samoa Cookhouse. The California Coastal Act of 1976 requires that each coastal jurisdiction prepare a Local Coastal Program (LCP), including a coastal land use plan. Chicken parmesan is the main course for $15 or choose soup of the day and salad for $11. MA-LE’L DUNES RESTORATION Volunteers are needed to help restore the Bureau of Land Management’s Ma-le’l Dunes property by removing invasive plant species on Saturday, Jan. 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Meet at the Ma-le’l Dunes south parking area off of Young Lane in Manila. Gloves, tools and snacks will be provided. Please wear closed-toed shoes and bring drinking water. (707) 4441397, jess@friendsofthedunes.org
FOAM MARSH TOUR Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM) sponsors a free tour of the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. Meet leaders Jane and Richard Wilson at the Interpretive Center on South G Street for a 90-minute walk focusing on the ecology of the Marsh. Loaner binoculars available with photo ID. (707) 826-2359. FOUR-DAY KAYAKER INTENSIVE Explore North Coast Sea Kayakers Association hosts a four-day social from Thursday, April 23 through Sunday, April 26, inviting kayakers from around the region and beyond to connect, learn and expand the kayaking experience. Each day will have one to three hosted paddles. Location and type of paddle will vary — from flat-water paddling at Stone Lagoon to open ocean paddling at Trinidad and Crescent City. Specific details on paddle events can be found under the calendar link at explorenorthcoast.net or (707) 839-3553.
Barn bids open Northcoast regioNal laNd trust
FRESHWATER – The Northcoast Regional Land Trust has released a Request for Proposals and Bids (RFPB) from local contractors to rehabilitate the historic Graham-Long Dairy Barn, located on its Freshwater Farms Reserve property. “This beautiful barn was built of old-growth redwood in 1910, and we intend to rehabilitate it in a way that’s true to its historic character and agricultural heritage,” said Land Trust Executive Director Mike Cipra. The RFPB is available at ncrlt.org. There is a mandatory walk-through for those submitting bids scheduled on Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. at 5851 Myrtle Ave., Eureka. All bids are due to the Northcoast Regional Land Trust office on Wednesday, Feb. 17. (707) 822-2242
13th FOAM/Audubon Student Art Contest accepting entries FrieNds oF the arcata Marsh
HUMBOLDT – For the 13th year, Friends of the Arcata Marsh and Redwood Region Audubon Society co-sponsor a Student Bird Art Contest in conjunction with Godwit Days. Some $550 in prizes will be awarded to Humboldt County students from kindergarten through high school who submit a drawing of one of 40 suggested species or another common local bird. Prize(s) also will be awarded for the best rendition of a bird in its natural habitat. Entries will be judged by local wildlife artists and educators. Awards will be presented at the 21st Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival on Saturday, April 16 at 11 a.m. All entries will be displayed at the Arcata Community Center during the festival and copies of winning artwork will be shown at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center during May. A flyer with complete rules and a list of suggested birds is posted at rras.org/docs/2016SBAC-web.pdf or can be picked up at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center, Strictly for the Birds in Old Town Eureka or by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Sue Leskiw, 155 Kara Lane, McKinleyville, CA 95519. Flyers have been mailed to all schools in Humboldt County. Artwork may be dropped off at Strictly for the Birds, 123 F St., Eureka, or the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center, 569 South G St. or mailed to Sue at the address listed above. Entries must be received by Friday, March 18 to be considered. Questions should be emailed to sueleskiw1@gmail.com.
Walking across California.
For good.
This April, Mad River Union Editor and RSVP National Service Volunteer Kevin Hoover embarks on a journey of 1,726 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail, from Campo, Calif. to Ashland, Ore. The hike will support the Pacific Crest Trail, the Arcata Ridge Trail, and the Union Labor Health Federation Children’s Dental Angel Fund. Follow his progress online over California’s remote deserts, forests, peaks, passes, streams, lakes and mountains, with every footfall helping worthy causes and every twist and turn offering colorful new tales to tell – of the trail, its natural history, people, wildlife, challenges, surprises and rewards.
Help out and be part of Kev’s PCT Hike. I’d like to pledge _____ per mile to benefit: ❑ The Pacific Crest Trail Association ❑ The Arcata Ridge Trail (Forest Fund) ❑ The Children’s Dental Angel Fund I’d like to support Kevin’s journey with a _____ donation for trail food and hiking expenses. ❑ Donation enclosed ❑ Bill me My donation is ❑ Private ❑ Can be made public. Name ________________________________________________ Address ________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Phone/e-mail __________________________________________ Make checks payable to Pacific Crest Trail Ass’n, Arcata Forest Fund, Children’s Dental Angel Fund or Kevin Hoover, PCT Hike. Donate directly to the PCT at razoo.com/story/kev-s-pct-hike, or to the Arcata Ridge Trail and Children’s Dental Angel Fund at hafoundation.org. Charity donations are tax deductible, but not Kev’s Food Fund. Questions? (707) 826-7000 or news@madriverunion.com Clip’ n’ send to Kev’s PCT Hike, Mad River Union, 791 8th St. Ste. 8, Arcata, CA 95521
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