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Claims, counterclaims fly as The Village enters final hearings Kevin L. Hoover Mad RiveR Union

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ARCATA – With the City Council’s consideration of the proposed The Village student housing project entering its final stages, arguments for and against it are flying fast and furious. Last week, developer partners AMCAL Equities LLC and Coleraine Capital summarized their case for the project in a letter to the council, with Arcata Citizens for Responsible Housing (ACRH) following suit. Meanwhile, Humboldt State has released a summary of its “term sheet” – the conditions under which it would operate The Village for AMCAL/Coleraine if it is approved. The City Council is to consider the project at a special July 17 meeting, in which it could be approved or be sunk for good. An even-numbered council will consider the project, as Councilmember Michael Winkler has recused himself because of his long relationship with AMCAL as an energy consultant. Three of the four councilmembers would have to vote yes for approval; a tied vote would be a non-approval. Prospects for the project’s approval are looking dim. Of the remaining four councilmembers, Susan Ornelas announced her opposition at the

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ARCATA – When SpaceX’s Elon Musk calls with an emergency plan to save a dozen children trapped in a flooded cave, even at 6 a.m., you don’t let it go to voicemail. Andrew Branagh certainly didn’t last Friday morning, and that’s how the CEO of Arcata-based Wing Inflatables suddenly found himself and his company engulfed in an unprecedented day-long effort to invent, build, test and ship potentially life-saving “pods” to northern Thailand. There, in Mae Sai, 12 boys ages 11 to 16 and their 25-yearold soccer coach became trapped two-and-a-half miles deep in Tham Luang Nang Non Cave following a flash flood two WING/SPACEX

ALL-DAY FRIDAY PUSH Above, left to right: Members of the Wing Inflatables team work furiously to fabricate the rescue pods; a finished pod; testing at the Arcata Community Pool. Right, the Wing team loading the first five pods onto Elon Musk’s jet at ACV. Photos by Giovanna Castro salas | WinG inflatables

Grand Jury calls out county leadership on ‘silos’ and Measure Z Daniel Mintz Mad RiveR Union

ARCATA – Humboldt’s Grand Jury has found that county leadership has failed to advance plans to deal with a range of pressing issues and that a “silo-ridden government” exists. In a separate report, the Grand Jury describes a similar lack of focus regarding use of Measure Z public safety tax revenue. According to that report, the Grand Jury “located no tools or processes to measure the efficiency of Measure Z expenditures.” The recently-released Grand Jury reports assess the effectiveness and accountability of county government. In a report on overall leadership, the Grand Jury identified several “potential weaknesses” that could undermine the county’s ability to deal with issues related to housing, living wage jobs and ensuring “a sustainable growth rate to support the county’s needs.” The Grand Jury “could find no effort to develop county plans to address the more serious issues facing Humboldt County today and in the future.” The report also states that the Grand Jury’s research “uncovered no BOS (Board of Supervisors) strategic plans to solve the lack of affordable housing for all citizens; create jobs with living wages; ensure a sustainable growth rate to support the county needs; identify what facilities will be needed for the future; or develop ways to meet future transportation needs.” Housing issues are particularly concerning. The report identifies a “first step” taken with the county’s creation of a housing trust fund and “homelessness solutions committee” but states that “county leadership needs to step up to the challenge and address these issues in a very aggressive manner.” The Grand Jury found that key planning documents, such as the county’s recently-updated General Plan, a facilities master plan, the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy and the Strategic Framework mission statement are either incomplete or lack actionable GRAND JURY

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ARCATA FIRE DISTRICT — Voters in McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside and Manila may be asked in November to raise their taxes to maintain staffing at the Arcata Fire District’s three stations. Arcata Fire Chief Justin McDonald said that although a specific tax proposal has yet to be drawn up, the AFD’s Board of Directors voted on July 3 to reserve a space on the Nov. 6 ballot for a special tax. The board will meet again on Tuesday, July 17 to decide what, if any, tax proposal to submit to the Humboldt County Elections Division by Aug. 10, the deadline for getting on the November ballot.

The board meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Arcata Fire Station, 631 Ninth St. The district tried, unsuccessfully, in 2015 to pass a special tax. Measure A would have raised property taxes $24 a year per “unit of benefit.” A single-family home is deemed to have four units of benefit, which would have meant a $96 per year tax for most households had the measure passed. However, support for the tax measure fell far short of the 2/3 approval

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Crabs crush Crawdads in clash of crustaceans Richard LaPreziosa Mad RiveR Union

ARCATA – Alex Pham turned in another fine performance Friday night, July 6 as the Crabs opened their weekend series against the Walnut Creek Crawdads. The Crawdads came into the Arcata Ball Park with a winning record, but over the course of the weekend would be no match for the combined pitching, hitting and defense of the Crabs. Pham improved his record to five wins and one loss by striking out five batters over six innings and allowing only two runs. Warning to all opposition stepping into the cacaphonic thunder dome that is the Arcata Ball Park: two runs just ain’t gonna cut it. Led by outfielder Otis Statum

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with a three for three performance and two runs batted in, the Crabs chased Crawdad’s starting pitcher Blaze Pontes off the mound after only four innings as they took the series opener 6-2. The Crawdads got two runs again on Saturday, July 7 off Jared Milch and this time it was nowhere near enough as the Crabs, who took a 7-2 lead into the 8th inning, exploded for another 11 runs en route to the final score of 18-2. Otis Statum hit a two-run homer over the 368-feet marker on the centerfield wall in the fifth inning. But Statum’s shot wasn’t all the Crabs had in store for the opposition, as the team combined for 16 hits with Kellen Strahm responsible for four of them. If two runs won’t get you a victory against the Crabs, the zero runs the Crawdads scored on Sunday definitely will not. The four combined pitchers for Walnut Creek fared much better, holding the Crabs to only four runs. However Andrew Najeeb-Brush threw a gem of a game. Najeeb-Brush whiffed seven hitters over seven scoreless innings. Reliever Ryan Sullivan shut the door in the final two innings. In the fourth inning Crabs infielder Santiago Cantu hit a two-run homer as the Crabs took the game 4-0 and swept the series. Something that stood out in the series was just how polished these Crabs appear on the field. Over the weekend Walnut Creek totaled 7 errors with the Crabs having only two (both in Friday’s game.) And as homeruns and strikeouts always draw big cheers from the stands, so do nice defensive plays. Jared Milch made one of these plays Saturday on a high chopper which he had to hustle to grab and execute a tricky throw to first for the out. Right fielder Connor Blair also showed some hustle in the same game, charging in from right field to snag a short pop-up that delighted and surprised everyone. Otis Statum summed up this display of good defense in one word, ”pride” he said, adding “It’s something we work at everyday.” You can catch this winning mixture of great pitching, hitting and defense this weekend at the Arcata Ball Park as the Crabs will face the Pacific Union Financial Capitalists for a three game series and a two game series starting Tuesday against the Redding Colt 45’s.

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A3 GOODBYE GREGG Gregg “Vinnie” Devaney, who passed away last week, was honored Friday night at the Bayside Community Hall. (See obituary, page B3.) Left, Gregg with daughters Nila and Neroli. Photos

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onset of the council’s deliberations, prior to public testimony, a site visit and the recent correspondence from developers and opponents. Councilmember Brett Watson also signaled his opposition, stating that the project belongs on campus and not among residential neighborhoods. Mayor Sofie Periera and Councilmember Paul Pitino haven’t publicly stated a position on The Village. The developer makes his case In a lengthy letter dated July 5 (posted at madriverunion.com), applicant David Moon of Coleraine Capital Group, makes a comprehensive pitch to the City Council on behalf of the project. The letter reviews the process by which the project has evolved, stating that most of the demands made by opposition group Arcata Citizens for Responsible Housing (ACRH) have been met, but that the group later made it clear that it would oppose it regardless of revisions. Moon also claims that Developer Steve Strombeck “...formed ACRH specifically to oppose The Village student housing community...” ACRH has acknowledged that it is partly funded by one or more developers whom it refuses to identify, but states that the majority of its funding consists of small donations from citizens. Moon characterizes The Village’s opposition as “...a relatively small number of NIMBYs and paid consultants (including 3 law firms, a management consultant and a public relations firm), emboldened by the deep pockets of a developer/landlord who lives in Eureka and Hawaii, (not Arcata), and who is acting in his own self-interest and not that of Arcata as a whole.” Moon says the developers have massively revised the project in response to neighbor concerns presented in a Jan. 23 letter from Maureen Jules. States Moon, “We have also worked closely with City staff to incorporate an abundance of public benefits as part of the project, including rail trail extensions, a bus stop, storm water management systems, reduced building heights, reduced the proposed bed

count, increased the number of parking spaces, increased the building setback from Maple Lane residences to 300 feet, added additional screening trees, changed the architectural style of the buildings, added solar panels, added a car and bike share program, added native planting and agreed to make contributions to the City to help fund traffic and sewer treatment plant improvements. None of these changes were minor and come at a significant cost. We have also agreed to legally limit the number of occupants and pay the City’s portion of the property taxes, including the local Fire Department’s portion, in the event of a sale or transfer of the property to a tax-exempt entity, concessions not required by the City of any other residential developer.” In a series of bullet points, Moon extols The Village as addressing student needs, promoting infill development and helping alleviate the housing crisis, among other alleged benefits. Concludes Moon, “The Village student housing community and proactively address the dire housing crisis that exists today.” ACRH responds A July 8 ACRH response (posted at madriverunion.com) denies Moon’s claims that the group was founded by Arcata housing developer Steve Strombeck. “ACRH was formed by the three Directors (Erik Jules, John Bergenske, and Julie Vassiade-Alcock [sic]), states the letter. (The correct spelling is Julie Vaissade-Elcock.) ACRH also denies Moon’s claims of NIMBYism by pointing to the large number of anti-The Village speakers at the June 7 City Council meeting. “The public testimony WAS NOT an orchestrated ACRH presentation,” states the letter. It also states that most ACRH members live in neighborhoods that aren’t adjacent to the project site, the Craftsmans Mall on St. Louis Road. Maureen Jules’ Jan. 23 letter listed a number of mitigations for the project, requested on behalf of neighbors. They include reducing buildings facing Maple Lane to two stories, greater Humboldt State and University Police involvement, among other issues that

reflect the dialogue at that stage of the public process. Moon claimed that all but one condition – that of coordination with local animal shelters – had been addressed in subsequent revisions and modifications to the project. Responds ACRH, “That letter (dated Jan. 23), which we’ve included below, was written BEFORE we even formed ACRH! It didn’t, and doesn’t, represent ACRH. To think he could use that letter as proof he’s addressed all of the concerns community members have is ridiculous.” ACRH also reasserts its position that The Village’s student residents would be drawn from Eureka, McKinleyville, Fortuna and elsewhere, rather than from Arcata, and that it would reduce the number of owner-occupied dwellings in Arcata. It further faults city staff for an inadequate public process. “The only real input people had about the Village was to make some design changes,” concludes the ACRH letter. “But it’s still what it has always been: a student-only dorm built offcampus into a residential neighborhood that isolates students rather than integrating them into our community.” Term sheet On July 3, Humboldt State released a “term sheet” summarizing its agreement with AMCAl/Coleraine for administering The Village. Under the property management agreement, HSU would run the place for 35 years. It would handle staffing, leasing, resident relations and management, handle maintenance, finances, reports, compliance and procurement. HSU would also handle safety and security. It would limit occupancy to 602 students unless the City Council allowed otherwise. The term sheet also gives HSU a 10-year option to purchase the property – something ACRH has since branded a “land grab.” HSU’s Master lease of the property would have a term of 35 years. It sets room rates at five percent below those of the on-campus College Creek Apartments, with possible three percent per year increases.

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directives. The Grand Jury also concludes that county departments and even divisions within single departments exist as disconnected “silos” that fail to collaborate. The result, according to the report, is inefficiency, duplication of work and failure to serve the public. “When speaking with county residents, many expressed total frustration in trying to locate the specific county government offices needed to get the services they required,” the report states. “They reported being sent from office to office because the county employees they asked didn’t know where to send them.” To address the shortcomings, the Grand Jury recommends that the Board of Supervisors create “an alternative county administration system” to “maximize governmental efficiencies and interdepartmental communication, as well as minimize duplication of effort.” Another recommendation is that by the end of this year the county should complete “a study on county work functions to determine which ones can be merged, how to increase collaboration, and how to reduce silos where warranted.” Other recommendations include creation of a “2030 vision statement” backed up by a “strategic framework document,” more robust housing production strategies, and “a continuous improvement program setting annual goals for savings each year which can offset losses in other areas.” Finally, the report directs the Board of Supervisors to “promote and advertise all accomplishments of Measure Z including positions funded by the measure.” A separate report titled “Is Measure Z Measuring Up?” probes “whether Measure Z revenue is utilized transparently, appropriately, and efficiently by funding recipients.” The Grand Jury concludes that Measure Z revenue has been “mostly allocated according to the original intent of providing public safety to citizens of Humboldt County” but “the failure of the Board of Supervisors to perform independent audits of over $50 million in Measure Z funds allocated to date contributes to a lack of transparency.” The report notes that at a June 18 budget hearing, the Board of Supervisors approved using $48,000 to fund an independent audit of Measure Z spending – a few months after the County Administrative Office’s original request for the funding was rejected.

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The “broad and vague” language referring to public safety in the 2014 Measure Z ballot statement has “created an environment of multiple interpretations and different understandings of what qualifies as public safety and essential services.” In addition to calling for independent annual audits, the report recommends creation of ad hoc committees to increase Measure Z financial transparency and assess the effectiveness of spending. Other recommendations are geared to improving the tracking and monitoring of the spending. Voters approved Measure Z for a five-year span that ends in 2020 and will vote again to renew it. The report finds that “if Measure Z is not approved in the next funding cycle the results to the county could be catastrophic, particularly with respect to public safety.” The Board of Supervisors will respond to both reports, along with the Measure Z Advisory Committee on the Measure Z recommendations.

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PUBLIC SAFETY Where there’s smoke...

DESTROYED A vehicle burst into flames Friday, July 6 on Murray Road near the entrance to the Sand Pointe subdivision in McKinleyville. The vehicle was completely engulfed in flames when firefighters from the Arcata Fire District arrived and doused the blaze sometime around 4 p.m. AFD Battalion Chief Sean Campbell said the cause of the fire is under investigation. No injuries were reported. Photo by Robb Willis

Fire tax | Would boost staffing to industry standards he would like the district to maintain its current staffing of two firefighters at each station with one extra person that could float from station to station as needed. The district was able to pay for some firefighters with grant funds, which have since expired. If the district is unable to come up

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tion at 2149 Central Ave. in McKinleyville. With three firefighters at each station at any given time, the district would have a staffing level that meets industry standard. The district now has much more modest staffing goals. McDonald said

with a funding source, it could eventually be forced to close down one of the district’s stations. An important part of the process, he said, will be finding out what residents in the district want and what they are willing to pay for. The July 17 meeting will include a time for public comment.

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weeks ago. Efforts to save the youth soccer team have been stymied by rising, muddy water and narrow passages. A Thai diver died during one attempted traverse. The wake-up text and call to Arcata was from Musk’s engineering team, who told Branagh that “Elon has an idea, or our team does.” Musk’s initial concept of a rescue tube needed some refinement, and with its long experience in inflatable watercraft, Wing was ideally suited to the task. “We came up with our own idea,” Branagh said. That was for a submersible “torpedo,” into which a person could be placed along with an air tank and breathing apparatus. The person could then be towed by the front and

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back, and be guided through the cave’s jagged passages. With Monsoon rains impending and no time to waste, Wing swung into action. The company’s engineers undertook an unprecedented, fast-track parallel design effort, sketching their ideas on paper while entering design data into a computer CAD program. From there, the design went to the factory floor for cutting and assembly. A full one-third of the Wing work force, located at the old California Barrel Factory building on Samoa Boulevard, was pulled in on the process, including some 30 employees and the company’s entire management and leadership. This reduced the factory’s usual work output by half, but with lives at stake and an emergency engineering solution to create, that wasn’t an issue. “It’s not gonna matter what this costs,” Branagh said. “Let’s do this thing.” Working with focused urgency, by 9:30 a.m. Friday morning, the Wing team was prototyping its concept. “There’s risk involved in making it fast,” Branagh said. But there were no throwaway or defective units; no redesigns or re-do’s. “The very first one was a finished product,” Branagh said. “The design didn’t have to go backwards.” The seven-foot, orange and black polyurethane pods seal with Velcro and may inflate with the passenger’s exhaled air. They sport a side vent for entry, holes on the top for releasing air for buoyancy adjustment and include inflatable pontoons on the sides for when more flotation is required. By 1 p.m., the initial units were ready for testing. They were taken to the Arcata Community Pool on 16th Street, where Charlie Notthoff, a certified dive instructor for Pacific Outfitters, supervised the testing. Testing was conducted using two people who don’t swim, according to Branagh. “It worked exactly as planned,” he said. Meanwhile, the Wing CEO had spoken on a conference call with Musk and his engineering staff. “He was very direct and clear on supporting getting a solution in place,” Branagh said. At 5:15 p.m., Musk’s jet arrived at ACV, where the Wing team loaded five of the pods on board for transport to Thailand. Eight more flew out Saturday morning at 8 a.m. Wing has long experience with space-grade technology, having provided unique watercraft to NASA for use in challenging and dangerous situations. The company modestly describes itself as a “boat dealership” on its Facebook page. The Arcata-forged tech augmented a palette of options for Musk’s engineers, drawn from his companies, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and The Boring Company. The latter is building underground tubes for ultra-fast mass transportation, and has advanced ground-penetrating radar among other boring technologies. Branagh frankly stated that the pods represent a last-resort deus ex machina of unproven efficacy. But with oxygen levels in the cave dropping and Monsoons on the way in, it’s one more option for rescuers on the scene. “This is not the ideal system,” Branagh said. “We’re hoping pumps will work and they can get out another way.” But, he said, with more engineering and testing, the pods could evolve into “a wonderful solution” and a new product for use in cave rescues, which occur year-round all over the world. As for the pods’ possible retail cost, “We haven’t given it a thought,” Branagh said. What Branagh and his management team are thinking about is his workers and their commitment to the rescue effort. “I’m so proud of our employees,” he said. “The whole factory came together.” Update: As of Monday morning, when the Union went to press, six youths had been rescued by Thai divers without use of the pods. SpaceX had, in a parallel effort, also developed small mini-submarines in-house for possible use in the rescue effort. As the drama unfolded, Elon Musk tweeted video of the pod tests at the Arcata Community Pool.

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ARCATA FIRE DISTRICT – Firefighters were kept busy on Independence Day and into the next morning putting out blazes. Arcata Fire District crews were dispatched to locations along State Route 299, Boyd Road and others locations through the district to put out small brush fires and other suspicious blazes. Later on July 4, after the major firework shows were over, Arcata Fire was dispatched at 11:31 p.m. to the town of Samoa, where a faulty water heater caught a house on fire. Arcata Fire provided backup for the Samoa Peninsula Fire District and the fire was extinguished. On Prairie Court in McKinleyville, a resident scooped up all the spent fireworks, disposed of them in a trash can and called it a night. Five hours later, the trash can burst into flames, and firefighters with the Arcata Fire District were summoned at 2:37 a.m. to extinguish the blaze. At 5:48 a.m. on July 5 at 14th and F streets in Arcata, a heat lamp in a chicken coop fell over and ignited sawdust. Firefighters rushed to the scene and put out the fire. SLOUGH ASSAULT A woman was arrested Tuesday night, July 3 after she allegedly assaulted an elderly man with rocks and an exhaust pipe under a slough bridge north of Guintoli Lane in Arcata. At about 9 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 5000 block of Valley West Boulevard in Arcata for an assault that Andrea Lynn had occurred outside the Arcata city Russell limits in the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office jurisdiction. Upon arrival, deputies learned that the elderly male victim was inside a tent under the slough bridge north of Guintoli Lane when a verbal altercation occurred between the victim and 34-year-old Andrea Lynn Russell. When the victim exited the tent and attempted to leave, Russell allegedly began striking him with rocks and then an exhaust pipe. The victim was transported to a local hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries. Russell was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm, elder abuse and revocation of probation.

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EUREKA – A Humboldt County correctional deputy is credited for saving an inmate’s life on Monday, July 2. On that day, Correctional Deputy Anthony Silva was supervising a male minimum-security dorm within the Humboldt County Correctional Facility during what he thought would be an ordinary dinner. “During dinner time I heard an inmate yell for help,” Deputy Silva said. “I saw an inmate attempting to help another man who was choking on his dinner.” With just seconds to act, Silva quickly sprang into action, performing the Heimlich maneuver on the inmate. After approximately five to six Hiemlich thrusts, the food dislodged from the inmate’s throat. He was later cleared by medical staff at Anthony Silva the facility. Silva said medical training provided to correctional staff prepared him for this situation. ”This is something that we train for often. It feels good to use that training to help another person,” Silva said. “Being a correctional deputy isn’t like an ordinary job. We aren’t just here to get a paycheck. We’re here to help these inmates reach their highest potential, to show them there are people that care about them and want to see them succeed.” Correctional deputies have saved three lives in just the last two months at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility. Silva has assisted in these incidents as well. There are currently 395 inmates housed at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility. Each shift has approximately 19 correctional deputies that are responsible for the care and custody of the inmates. Correctional deputies spend an average of 12 hours per day directly interacting with inmates. This style of direct supervision, along with crucial training, has enabled deputies to discern when inmates may be experiencing distress prior to an incident occurring. Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal commends Correctional Deputy Silva for his quick thinking and life-saving action. BODY IDENTIFIED The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the body of a man found on Feb. 24 on Centerville Beach as that of 37-year-old Jeremy Dimitri Vlahos of Eugene, Oregon. Vlahos was reported missing to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office on March 4. Wording on the T-shirt Vlahos was wearing when located allowed family to identify him as possibly their missing loved one. Vlahos’ identity was confirmed using DNA. Vlahos’ cause of death was determined as drowning. This case is still under investigation. Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.

Approve The Village

he current, third version of the massively revised “The Village” student housing project deserves approval by the Arcata City Council. It’s a good project. Recent upgrades to the project have ameliorated its biggest problems – the initially overwhelming scale and the cruel impacts it posed to residents of Maple Lane. Those were genuine dealbreakers that had to be addressed and have been, along with other major issues. The Village has seen its population of students cut by almost one-fourth, to 602 students – a reasonable size for an 11-acre patch of land. The four-story buildings looming over Maple Lane have been cut in half to two stories and moved much farther away – 100 yards, literally the length of a football field – from that Westwood-area street than the current Craftsmans Mall structures are. The rest of the impacts are fully absorbable. They represent the price of living in a town which must grow but whose outward expansion is physically limited. Arcata can’t expand to the north or south for obvious reasons. Developing westward would both pave over agricultural land and place development in lowlands threatened by imminent sea level rise. Growing eastward would require eliminating hard-won public forest lands.

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v UNION EDITORIAL So, there’s nowhere to go but in, and up – in other words, infill, as described in Arcata’s General Plan. Infill by definition influences existing neighborhoods. Every neighborhood in Arcata lives with impacts from adjacent land uses, whether next to the bay, the forest, the Arcata Bottom, downtown or the suburbs. Even though it has done its bureaucratic best to galvanize the opposition with clumsily secretive tactics, the fact remains that Humboldt State University – the backbone of Arcata’s economy – deeply needs new residential facilities for its students. It is building a residence hall for freshmen on campus, and there’s no logical reason why the Craftsmans Mall site oughtn’t be put to this productive use for the university’s upperclassmen. Opponents of The Village have fought the good fight and wrung key concessions from the developers. For this they deserve all Arcata’s credit and gratitude. Now that The Village’s excesses have been blunted, Arcata Citizens for Responsible Housing (ACRH) has an opportunity to model reasonableness – to acknowledge the major improvements, recognize the value of compromise, declare victory and move on. But whether because of human nature – not taking yes for an answer and sticking to an entrenched position – or other reasons, the group has continued to move the goalposts, retreating to increasingly abstruse and contrived, sometimes bombastic and fearful arguments against this worthy housing project. For example: ACRH’s contention that adding 602 new housing units will drive rents up rather than down is peculiar, contradicting laws of supply and demand. So is its assertion that The Village’s student residents would be drawn out of Eureka, McKinleyville and Fortuna rentals rather than Arcata. ACRH terms the whopping 25 percent reduction in student residents – from 800 to 602 – as a “slight” downsizing. Inexcusably, more than a month after the project was radically revised and downsized, ACRH continues to misleadingly advertise The Village on its website as having four-story buildings and 800 students. ACRH’s responses to AMCAL’s July 5 letter to the City Council are confounding. One is that the developer’s claim of having addressed key objections is false, because the list of problems was compiled before ACRH formed. That’s a non sequitur. The serious issues of density, building height, population parking, traffic, connectivity, sewage treatment and HSU involvement which have since been mitigated were the very real ones the current ACRH members and neighbors so stridently raised with the Planning Commission. Now that these issues are essentially solved, the group downplays their significance. Call us cynical, but we’ve been reporting on developments in Arcata for too long not to notice that these and other tactics are less consistent with solution-seeking grassroots activism than with preserving current rent prices and the Craftsmans Mall site for development by the group’s dark money developer donor(s), whom it refuses to identify. ACRH presents itself as a grassroots movement, and in part, it certainly is. It also has deep involvement by those with a financial interest in maintaining the status quo. It looks very much as though these murky actors are playing on the fears of neighboring residents to serve their ends. We don’t wish to demonize developers and landlords. They’ve worked hard over time to supply Arcata with quality housing, and it’s only natural to want to protect one’s revenue streams. But those business self-interests may not resonate with the needs of greater Arcata and its people. Concerned neighbors have to be realistic about the fact that the Craftsmans Mall site is going to be developed, and almost certainly into housing. If not by The Village this year, then a different huge project next year. Virtually any development at the site will come with some of the same issues of traffic, noise, non-resident ownership and more. Will the City Council and ACRH be as active and militant in holding it to the same standards they’re imposing on The Village? If so, what could ever be built there? If the new standard for housing developments is undiluted approval by neighbors, then Arcata has entered a state of zero growth. Virtually every major development we now consider key to Arcata – the United Indian Health Services facility, the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, even Humboldt State itself as a few examples – stirred initial protests by neighbors and others. Now, they’re fully accepted, even cherished Arcata institutions. The insistence that the site host “blended” housing ignores the fact that at least four other such housing developments with a population well in excess of The Village have been built or are planned for the Sunset area. There’s no logical reason why a residential facility is better on one side of the campus’s border than the other. Nor is there any reason not to build specialized student housing. We have low-income housing, senior housing and special needs housing. Why not student housing? University upperclassmen are looking toward graduation – they want and need a clean, safe, inclusive, modern, well-patrolled, environmentally friendly, supervised and study-optimized living situation free from non-academic distractions. The Village offers Arcata all this in a near-turnkey facility that doesn’t require massive public investment and will be professionally managed by the university’s experienced housing team. Arcata, America and the world need educated people. To help accomplish this, Humboldt State University needs modern student residences. Arcata needs to work cooperatively with Humboldt State. Arcata needs The Village.

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I write in regard to your recent article, plus another informative one (acrnewsfeed. blogspot.com/2018/06/khsu-postpones-pledge-drive-because-of. html), and MRU published letters on the firing of KHSU’s beloved Katie Whiteside, by KHSU General Manager Peter Fretwell (PF) who has been at the station just 15 months. PF is a former conservative talk show host and comes from a heavily evangelical background. Far from the best fit for the eclectic media like we are fortunate to have in KHSU. Read about him here: acrnewsfeed.blogspot.com/2018/06/khsu-postponespledge-drive-because-of.html. It is believed now that the VP at HSU who hired PF, Craig Wruck is the force behind a push for change. And the belief is that they want to change KHSU into a more ‘all NPR/ syndicated radio clone station. That is easier for management (‘no bothersome students and community volunteers!’). But the local programming contributions are, of course the parts that make KHSU such an appreciated and valuable local resource! The fallout from Katie’s treatment and inexcusable termination was swift. Examples of the opposition were best exemplified at the May 2018 KHSU CAB meeting (archive. org/details/KhsuCabMeeting53018). This includes testimony from the (still) distraught staff. Many people have asked, “Why?!!??” With Katie widely regarded as “the heart of KHSU” it is hard to understand ‘why’ such an incredibly valuable person would be sacrificed: Hard to understand, that is, until we look at the corporate take-over model. When a “less-than” or “un-friendly” management take-over occurs, a first step is to pointedly eliminate “the heart,” the most beloved employee(s) of the company. This tactic is aimed at depersonalizing the entity, and to redirect loyalty and authority to management. It is often the opening move in an effort to remake the ‘business’. Long time KHSU personnel and members believe that effort is now underway! Make no mistake. Katie Whiteside’s firing was deliberate and calculated, as was the recent muzzling of staff and volunteers’ intercommunications. Etc. This wrong, and what’s behind it, must be seriously and thoroughly investigated to examine: 1. The hiring process of PF, and the agenda Mr. Wruck set for him; 2. PF’s professional history and his political and social alliances; 3. PF’s behavior on the job at

KHSU, where there have been numerous allegations of employee harassment, and other employees who “don’t feel safe” on the job with him; 4. Mr. Wruck’s perception and subsequent agenda about ‘the KHSU problem’ (speak to the KHSU CAB for info from their meeting(s) with Mr. Wruck); 5. What HSU President Lisa Rossbacher and Mr. Wruck knew (and when) about the circumstances before and after the firing of Katie; 6. Why Ms. Rossbacher has been silent on the changes/problems being caused at KHSU by PF, the alleged harassment, and why she did not respond to a request for a meeting with one of the station’s biggest underwriters and a large HSU contributor. (That alone seems odd, if not rather suspicious). What is Mr. Fretwell (HSU’s) agenda? And WHAT CAN WE DO NOW? ...Not only to see justice for Katie, or Mr. Fretwell fired, but to prevent the further erosion of the station we depend on? Like the news cycles, community disputes and outrage tend to come and go. We righteously vent, then move on. Those in control count on this, waiting for things to blow over... Then, at some point, the next pillar falls. And the cycle repeats. Please DO YOUR PART to PRESERVE KHSU! Speak with the loudest voice you have: STOP DONATING NOW! (Short-term pain for long term gain). Show up for opposition and public meetings! Call and write the station (admin@KHSU.org)and the HSU President (president.humboldt.edu/contactus)! Let the decision-makers know your concerns and how YOU feel! DON’T STOP!!! Rick Cooper Miranda

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It with sincerely dismay that I must call out to our community to immediately cease all support of KHSU. I have been a contributor to KHSU since 1981 and have stopped all contributions. Why? Well, first of all they fired Katie Whiteside without any apparent reason. Since then they have refused to answer questions from community members, staff, the Community Advisory Board, and faculty about the future of the station. If you are reading this please ask yourself why you would continue to support an organization that behaves in this. What the heck are they hiding? Our community deserves better. Apparently the only way we can get their attention is through denying our financial support. The Kenfield/Fuller Family Eureka

God and Trump

According to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the U.S. government has a right to separate immigrant children from their parents when they cross the border illegally. Sessions says this right was defined by Apostle Paul through “his clear and wise command in Romans 13, to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained the government for his purposes.” However, by the U.S. law as defined in Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, the president has been given the right to pardon individuals who have been found guilty of federal crimes. In a sense then, the president has been given the power to play God as his pardon power supersedes what otherwise would be dictated by the criminal law of the land. This is nothing new as presidents of both parties have granted numerous pardons over the years. But in the case of Trump, I have some problems. Last August he didn’t hesitate to pardon former Sheriff Joe Arpaio before he served a day of punishment for being found guilty of racial profiling when searching for suspected illegal immigrants. He said Arpaio was worthy of a pardon based on his many years of service in law enforcement. Now it is told in both the Old and New Testaments that God is a compassionate God. So why can’t Trump, who has godlike powers when it comes to Federal law, show the same compassion to the comparatively innocent illegal immigrant families that he showed to the guilty Joe Arpaio? Instead of doing nothing besides continuing to falsely blame the Democrats for the law behind this situation, he could instead simply direct Attorney General Sessions to allow these immigrant families to be detained together. I think God would smile. Sherman Schapiro Blue Lake v Sign your letter to the Mad River Union with a real name and a city of origin, plus a phone number (which won’t be published) for identity verification. Try and keep your letter to 300 words or so, maybe 500 max, or call us about doing a column. E-mail letters to opinion@madriverunion.com. Additional pointers: • Make paragraphs. • Use your spell checker. • Use normal punctuation. • Apostrophes aren’t quotation marks; “alot” isn’t a word; don’t double space; remember to always look both ways before crossing the street.

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FIFTH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR

It’s official: Madrone clinches 5th District race Jack Durham Mad RiveR Union

FIFTH DISTRICT – Come next January, Steve Madrone will be sworn in and take over as the new Fifth District supervisor. On July 3, the Humboldt County Elections Division released its final count for the June 5 election, in which voters chose Madrone over incumbent candidate Ryan Sundberg by a slim margin of only 118 votes. Madrone received 3,607 votes, or 50.71 percent, while Sundberg received 3,489 votes, or 49.05 percent. Sundberg will continue on the job until the end of the year. Madrone will be sworn in at the first Board of Supervisors meeting in January, tentatively set for Jan. 8. Sundberg conceded the race in a written message and sent an email congratulating him. “The final election results have come in and we are down by 188 votes. I do not think a recount will change anything, so I am conceding the election to Mr. Madrone,” Sundberg wrote. “I feel like I let a lot of people down who invested time, energy, and money into our re-election, and for that I apologize. At the end of the day, I put my heart and soul into

the job and gave it my very best effort, so I am content with the outcome. I also think I have left the District in better shape, with roads, full sheriff substation, and emergency coverage to name a few. I am proud to be the only Native American to sit on the BOS, and hopefully someone will be the second, and that critical voice will be projected through our local, state, and fed Steve government. I am Madrone also very grateful for the life long friendships I have made in the last 8 years. I will certainly miss my colleagues on the Board and the Coastal Commission, they are dedicated and top notch people. I will also miss our staff, we are very lucky in Humboldt to have such dedication, and I appreciate everything they do every day. Finally, I would like to thank my friends and family, I was not able to spend as much time with you all, but you understood. My wife and daughter especially, putting up with all the time away and the drama that is politics so I could serve our community, I love you very much. We

are not going anywhere, so I will stay involved and very much look forward to the next chapter in my life starting in 2019. Thank you all for the support, well wishes, prayers, encouragement, and inspiration, we appreciate it very much.” Sundberg also wrote an email to Madrone that states “I wanted to reach out and congratulate you and your campaign team on a tough Ryan election and ulSundberg timate victory. I also wanted to let you know I will not be challenging the results by asking for a recount, and I am conceding the election to you. I have no hard feelings and I will be committed to doing everything possible for a smooth transition in January. Please reach out if you need anything from me. The Fifth District supervisor represents the communities of McKinleyville, Fieldbrook, Hoopa, Korbel, McKinleyville, Orleans, Orick, Trinidad, Weitchpec, Westhaven, Big Lagoon and Willow Creek . Supervisors are paid a salary of $87,427 a year plus benefits.

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INTERNET CASUALTY Once a bustling center of information for those looking to hook up with a rental room, a ride or a customer, the North Coast Co-op’s info kiosk was lovingly demolished last week. It is to be replaced by a Zagster bike rental station. As it came down, passersby asked the workers for bits of wood and other souvenirs. One was a long-lost housing wanted ad from down-to-Earth gal Misha, 27, who had a job and cat but needed a home in which to play her guitar and practice Yoga. Left photo courtesy Laurie taLbert | North coast co-op; right photo courtesy MooNLight MacuMber

AmphiTheATre dediCATion DEDICATION Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM) hosted a dedication of the Arcata Marsh’s new Outdoor Amphitheatre Friday night. Members of the Wiyot Tribe blessed the marsh and its new facility. Following the ceremony, Wiyot Tribe Cultural Director & Tribal Chair, Juwaksh Ted Hernandez, offered a talk titled “The Wakening of Wiyot Dances & Ceremonies,” that discussed how the Wiyot people were able to re-awaken their cultural ceremonies following the Wiyot Massacre of 1860. Hernandez spoke for almost an hour in a ceremony well attended by almost 50 participants and three well-behaved dogs. The Arcata Marsh Amphitheater Plaque acknowledges those who contributed to the creation of the new amphiteatre: In Loving Memory of Shamsolmolouk Sebti Mohammad Ghaffari, V. Charle Howard, Lester Levin, Additional Support From Anonymous, Barbara Barratt, Milton Boyd, Phylis J. Geller, Susan Hansen, Humboldt Area Foundation, Tom Inouye, Stephanie McCaleb, Pacific Gas & Electric, Steven & Carol Pearson, Claire & Eugene Perricelli, Jude Claire Power, Alexandra Stillman, Vintage BMW House, Catherine Walling, Wild Birds Unlimited (Santa Rosa) Janet & Arthur Zich. FOAM’s 2015 Capital Campaign raised more than $10,000 to help build the amphitheater. photos courtesy MooNLight MacuMber ORICK RODEO The 57th annual Orick Rodeo will be held Saturday, July 14 and Sunday, July 15 at the Orick Rodeo Grounds. Saturday’s events begin at 8:30 a.m. with a Jackpot Roundup. The Quad competition is at 2 p.m. with Kids Games at 3 p.m. The California Cowboys Pro Rodeo Association rodeo begins at 5 p.m., with a Deep Pit Barbecue at 6 p.m. On Sunday, the Quad Competition begins at 11 a.m.. and the CCPRA Rodeo at 2:30 p.m. Orick.net IN-HOME SERVICES

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hether you pick your own at Noble Berry Farm in Fieldbrook or buy your blueberries at the market, you’ll be sure to chase your blues away with these giant blues. Noble Berry Farm has booths at both the Thursday McKinleyville market and at the Saturday market in Arcata. Dave Wilbur has planted 11 varieties of blueberries on three quarters of an acre in sunny Fieldbrook. On a recent Saturday, the field was filled with families, excited children, serious jam makers, and folks just enjoying a beautiful day picking their own. A wheelbarrow filled with coffee cans with string handles awaited the pickers. Even tiny children grabbed them with glee. The sign says it all: “U Pick ‘N Grin” Wilbur greeted everyone by name, deftly weighing their berries and packaging them up, all the while making puns on the word blue and answering questions about his dog, Barney, life, the death of his white horse, Lily, and unusual uses for the berries. (Turkey stuffing? Who knew.) Wilbur photographs folks and posts their smiling faces on his Facebook page, saying, “the family that picks together, sticks together.” Blue glue, he calls it. Sixteen years ago he planted “800 plants in a sea of mud in the middle of winter.” That sea of mud is now filled with orderly rows of lush plants that produced “two tons of blueberries last season.”

July 4 tradition kept alive on Warren Creek Rd. Janine Volkmar Mad RiveR Union

WARREN CREEK ROAD –Take one John Deere tractor. Cover it with red, white and blue ribbons and flags. Add a bunch of little kids, sitting in the bucket of the tractor or riding on hay bales in a trailer behind. Blend in a boombox with loud patriotic music. Drive the whole thing up and down a country road where the only audience is your neighbors. That's a recipe for a bang up party that includes burgers, hot dogs, a table of potluck side dishes, a piñata, fireworks and a group picture of over 100 people taken from a teetering tall orchard ladder. Now repeat thirty-one times. Debbie and Forrest Stamper have a wall full of group portraits spanning the years to prove it. Their party out on Warren Creek Road is the best Fourth of July par-

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PATRIOTIC PARADE Top right, the annual Fourth of July parade makes its way down Warren Creek Road. Top left, Leah Stamper climbs atop a ladder to take the annual neighborhood group shot. Bottom left, Dave and Robin Kinzer on the John Deere. Bottom right, Debbie Stamper with groups of past Independence Day celebrations. photoS by Janine Volkmar & robin kinzer

ty you've ever angled to be invited to, and over the years they've added to it. The dining room of their house had a dessert table presided over by a white Fourth of July Christmas tree decorated in red and blue ornaments.

Debbie Stamper wore a tall Uncle Sam Hat and every item of her clothing was either red or white or blue or stripes of all three. Forrest Stamper wore a flag shirt. PARADE

ART IMMERSION Our community is overflowing with creative people who express themselves through their art, which you can appreciate this Friday during Arts! Arcata. Above left, a photo of Bodie, a ghost town in California, by Thomas Bethune, who has a display at Stokes, Hamer, Kirk and Eads LLP. Middle, Grandma’s Garden by Susan Morton, on display at Arcata Artisans. Right, art by Roy Cullifer, part of a show at the Sanctuary. Submitted photoS

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he McKinleyville Farmers’ Market on Thursday afternoon is a great place to shop if you don’t want to brave the crowds or deal with parking at the Saturday market in Arcata. Or maybe you’ve just run out of fresh vegetables or fruit and can’t wait until Saturday. There’s plenty of parking at the market in front of the new Eureka Natural Foods, 2165 Central Ave. in McKinleyville. Market hours are 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. which makes the market a great place to stop for something for dinner. Last week the choices included Nicaraguan tamales wrapped in banana leaves and pizza out of Pizza Gago’s wood-fired oven. Both were happily tested by this writer and both were scrumptious. “It’s a nice well-rounded assortment,” Laura Hughes, market manager, said. “We’ve got tomatoes, plums, blueberries, pork, plants, kettle corn, and it’s just the beginning. More farmers will be joining us.” Folks can pick up their Market Match coupons and sign up for the SSI distribution as well. There’s live music at every market, hula hoops, and so much more. “Eureka Natural has been super supportive and helpful,” Hughes said. “They sponsor all the music for the season.” The McKinleyville market will run through Oct. 26. northcoastgrowersassociation.org

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nnie and Mary day was a huge success, as usual. The weather really cooperated this year! Thanks to all who came out, all who volunteered, and all who had fun! If you thought that was fun, don’t forget to come out to the culminating week of Dell’ Arte’s Mad River Festival. This festival ends with the Humboldt Folklife Festival on Saturday, July 14 – all day. And the following weekend, July 21, is Pastels in the Park! Want to sponsor a square? Give me a call at City Hall, ( 707) 668-5655. There are more exciting weekend events in Blue Lake that will be coming up throughout July, and August, like Lawnstock and the Buddy Brown Blues Festival just to name a couple. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for details to come. Today, July 11, the Mad River Brewery Pints for Non-Profits will benefit the Blue Lake Volunteer Fire Department. We are so lucky here in Blue Lake to have such an amazing group of volunteers that is our fire department. If you come out to this awesome event, you will also get to listen to the music of the Jim Lahman Band. And it may be sum-

mer, but don’t forget to come out to the Mad River Grange every Friday from 7 to 10 a.m. for Coffee Club! This is the best community gathering each week. Come for the coffee, stay to gab. Don’t forget about being informed of what your local government is doing as well. Upcoming meetings include a Blue Lake Planning Commission meeting on Monday, July 16 at 7 p.m. and an Economic Development Commission meeting on Tuesday, July 17 at 3:30 p.m. Have you ever considered becoming one of those local elected officials? Well, there will be a special information session for potential council candidates on Monday, July 16 from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Find out about the nomination process, important dates, and voter registration information. You will also be able to learn the roles and responsibilities of a city councilmember and ask questions regarding those roles and responsibilities from current councilmembers. This special info session, along with all governmental meetings, will take place at Skinner Store, located at 111 Greenwood Rd., behind City Hall. Hope to see you there!

OLD HOME BEACH WALK The Trinidad Coastal Land Trust invites you for a walk down the Parker Creek Trail to Old Home Beach, where Allie Lind-

gren, a lineal descendant of the Tsurai Village, will share her perspectives on the importance of the area to native people. The walk takes place on Saturday, July 14 from 9 to 11 a.m. The Tsauri Village was the southernmost village of the Yurok territory. Lindgren will also share family stories from her father, Axel Lindgren, and a little bit about her grandmother, Eliza. The walk will also provide an opportunity to enjoy the beach at low tide and learn more about intertidal sealife before heading back up the trail. The trail is short, but there are several sections with stairs. Meet at the Trinidad Coastal Land Trust at 380 Janis Court in Saunders Park. Reservations are required. Call (707) 677-2501, or email carol@trinidadcoastallandtrust.org.

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BLUE LAKE – The Humboldt Folklife Festival continues through Saturday, July 14. This week’s events include: Under the Stars Under the Stars will be held at the Dell’ Arte Amphitheater, 131 H St. in Blue Lake, today, July 11 at 6 p.m. with The Yokels, The Detours and Huckleberry Flint. The cost is $15 for non-members of the Humboldt Folklife Society, $12 for members and $5 for kids. New Moon Fever New Moon Fever will be held Thursday, July 12 in the Dell’Arte Amphitheatre, 131 H St. in Blue Lake, at 6 p.m. with No Pardon, Georgia Ruth and April Moore and Ranch

Party The cost is $12 for non-members of the Humboldt Folklife Society, $10 for members and $5 for kids. Barn Dance A Barn Dance will be held Friday, July 13 at the Arcata Veterans Hall, 1425 J St. in Arcata, at 7:30 p.m. with Striped Pig Stringband and Lyndsey Battle Calling. The cost is $10 for non-members of the Humboldt Folklife Society, $5 for members and free for children under 12. Barn Dance The All Day Free Festival will be held Saturday, July 14 at Dell’Arte, 131 H St. in Blue Lake starting at 10:45 a.m. Performers include Dale Winget, Lodestar, Tyger Byle, For Folk Sake!, Kentucky Warblers, Hog-

leg Bluegrass, Port Mooncall and the Beatles Sing-a-long at the Street Stage, Space Socks, Fake Gnus, The Hossettes, Joanne Rand, Kenny Ray and the Mighty Rovers, Old Dog, Bayou Swamis, No Good Redwood Ramblers, Highway 61, Kingfoot on the Amphitheatre Stage. Check out the free workshops in the Dell’Arte building from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Logger Bar The Logger Bar at 510 Railroad Ave. in Blue Lake will feature music at 9 p.m. each night after the shows. Tickets for shows can be purchased at Wildberries or online at brownpapertickets.com. humboldtfolklife.org

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istinguished Trinidad citizens Bryce Kenny, a former mayor, planning commissioner, attorney at law, and tango dancer, and Trinidad Volunteer Fire Department Chief Tom Marquette will perform at the Trinidad Artisans Market on Sunday, July 15 from noon to 3 p.m. Both Bryce and Tom play guitar and will sing accompanied by Tonio Skweir on bass guitar. Bryce and Gail Kenny’s daughter, Heather, will join the Tide Pool Divers Band on snare drums and vocals. They will perform classic country, country rock and Americana. Trinidad Artisans Market is held each Sunday through the summer next to Murphy’s Market, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Music is presented free of charge. Bryce wrote that daughter, Heather, a star pupil at Trinidad School some years ago and graduate of UC Davis, is heading off to graduate school, studying wildlife biology, at College of William and Mary in late August. The open air concert would be an ideal time to welcome her home. Junior Lifeguards Sessions California State Parks Ranger Keven Harder presents two North Coast Junior Lifeguard programs at Moonstone Beach emphasizing teamwork, ocean safety, education and fun. The first session began on July 9 and runs through July 20. The second session starts on July 23 and goes through Aug. 3. To register and learn more, visit the State Parks CELTIC MUSIC Good Company performs traditional Celtic music on Thursday, July 12 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Six Rivers Brewery, 1300 Central Ave. in McKinleyville. SUMMER BLOCK PARTY McKinleyville Parks & Recreation in partnership with

the McKinleyville Chamber of Commerce invites you to come out to their Pierson Park Summer Block Party evenings this Thursday, July 12 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m..This Thursday’s band is Band o Loko. Bring your family and friends out for a fun evening listening to live music and playing good

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old fashioned lawn games at Pierson Park. Bring a picnic dinner or grab some dinner from one of the food trucks in the park or across the street at the Farmers’ Market.

more on Saturday, July 14 at 9 p.m. at the Six Rivers Brewery, 1300 Central Ave. in McKinleyville.

FUNK & BLUES Jimi Jeff performs songs from Jimmy Hendrix, Prince and Jenny is working with him on the project. His true hope is that some blueberry loving mom would want to deliver her baby in the middle of the blueberry patch. Noble Berry Farm berries are also an ingredient in the fantastic ice cream at Arcata Scoop and used by the chef at Cafe Phoenix. “Lots of caterers come here,” he said. Wilbur loves the blues. He plays “rhythm and lead guitar, bass, and drums” in a private blues gathering every other week at the old

Buckhorn Store. “I’m the utility guy,” he said. As we sat talking, Jim Polly,his apple growing neigbor, drove up with empty boxes. Polly had been Wilbur’s stand-in at the Arcata market. “I sold out,” he said, “ninety baskets by 11:30 a.m.” So if you want berries, get to Arcata early, stop by the McKinleyville Farmers’ Market in front of Eureka Natural Foods on Thursdays from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., or, better yet, pick your own.

Parade |’Step back in time’

needed to kill time between eating and the fireworks,” Debbie Stamper said. “It stays light so late. The first parade we had a boombox for patriotic caroling.” “We’re singing to nobody but ourselves,” Robin Kinzer said. Forrest Stamper, who has been a chemist and a teacher, started the tradition. “I accidentally started it,” he said. “When I lived in Santa Cruz, I decided to have a party for all my friends from all over. Leah must have been four or five when I told her about it. She said, ‘We should have a party like that.’ Since then, we’ve never skipped a year.” The Stampers have been married for “almost 40 years” and have two daughters, Leah and Naomi. And the tradition will live on. See you next year!

coming from State Route 299. Call (707) 834-6299 for more information. The season may or may not run through early August so Wilbur said, “Come soon or have blueberry regret.” Wilbur has plans for the place. He wants to plant more vegetables and he’d like to plant more blueberry bushes, of course, but he also hopes to develop the other field into a spot for weddings and other spiritual gatherings. His sister

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Their daughter, Leah, bravely climbed that tall ladder over and over to direct the crowd so that everyone’s face showed for the iconic photograph. Then she climbed down and ran to be part of the picture. Last year, she was painted gold and wore a Statue of Liberty outfit. The Stampers are like that. Dave and Robin Kinzer,

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SING YOUR HEART OUT Karaoke with DJ Marv takes place Monday, July 16 from 8 to 11:30 p.m. at the Six Rivers Brewery, 1300 Central Ave. in McKinleyville.

Berries |’I’m the utility guy’ The farm is named for his partner, Karen’s parents, Marilyn and Jack Noble. In the 1940s and 1950s it was known as the Boudreau Ranch. During the season the patch is open from noon to 6:30 p.m. at 3563 Fieldbrook Rd. That’s 4 1/2 miles coming from McKinleyville and 3 1/2 miles

web site at parks.ca.gov/?page_id26889, or email Keven. Harder@parks.gov or call (707) 845-6171. Third Friday Jazz at WCA The RLA Trio with Tim Randles on piano, Mike LaBolle on drums and Kenneth Lawrence on bass will be joined by Rob Diggins on his home made electric five-string violin playing Acid-Bop & Beyond on Friday, July 20 at 7 p.m., Westhaven Center for the Arts, 501 South Westhaven Dr. The musicians will perform tunes by Clifford “Brownie” Brown, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and other “hard-boppers.” There is a $5 to $10 sliding scale admission. View the new art exhibit, “Hargers 3: A Family Affair” before the show or during regular Gallery hours Friday through Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Go to westhavencenter. org for complete art, music, film, and class schedules. Help Wanted The City of Trinidad is seeking capable people for two jobs: a full-time office assistant and a public works department employee. See City Clerk Gabriel Adams at Town Hall for application details or call (707) 677-0223. The Trinidad Coastal Land Trust is seeking volunteers for weekend Gallery sitting. Call Ben Morehead or Tami Trump at (707) 677-2501 or email info@trinidadcoastallandtrust.org for details. You can also stop by the Simmons Gallery-Trinidad Coastal Land Trust room behind Trinidad Library. View the new plein-air art show at the same time. It is splendid.

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longtime friends of the Stampers, told me about the party. “You have to come,” Robin said. “It’s an old fashioned step back in time.” I brought deviled eggs for the potluck and stayed three hours, taking photographs, admiring the decorations, and looking through old scrapbooks. So much fun! It’s Dave Kinzer’s tractor. “The first year the kids were sitting in the hard metal bucket. I fabricated a Suburban bench seat to put inside the tractor bucket for the kids to ride on,” he said. “It even has seat belts.” “Kids who have grown up come back for the party,” he explained. The parade was designed to entertain everyone. “We

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Gregory Lee ‘Vinny’ Devaney Aug. 3, 1955 – June 26, 2018

n a Tuesday afternoon, June 26, Gregory Lee “Vinny” Devaney died in his home in Sunny Brae with the women who were his closest loved ones nearby. With his passing, in Arcata, the town he called home most of his life, a shining light went out. Brain cancer took his life. Born August 3, 1955, the son of Gerard and Gladys Devaney, Gregg was raised in Cathedral City, in Coachella Valley east of Los Angeles. An only child, he found adventure wherever he could. After high school, he found work doing odd jobs, among them working at Griffith Observatory, where his chores included polishing the telescopes that reached the skies. At the urging of his mother, he eventually pursued higher education, first taking classes at Los Angeles City College. With an AA credential in hand, he followed friends north to attend a school as far from L.A. as possible, Humboldt State University. While his wanderlust made a cartography degree enticing, the math classes proved a bit demanding, instead he graduated in 1978 with a B.A. in psychology. Gregg opted against the traditional commencement walk, instead he commenced his world travels by making a cardboard sign that said “Rio.” His thumb took him on adventures in Central and South America with Rosalee. Returning to Humboldt County, he took a job with the Center for Community Development based at HSU. For five years, he ran summer recreation programs in rural Humboldt County at places like Ruth Lake, Camp Kimtu and Camp Ravencliff. It perhaps goes without saying, he wasn’t your typical camp counselor. There were many adventures. Another woman came into his life, he met Aldine at Camp Kimtu. The couple would go round the world as they found adventure in India, Azerbaijan and Europe. Somehow they ended up in five star hotels where the fine food inspired a new career. Back in SoHum, he trained with a French chef at the Benbow Inn, then later at all the best Humboldt restaurants, among them Larrupin’, Folie Duce, The Sprouted Seed, Carter House, Silver Lining and City Grill. A job cooking at Spoons at the Arcata Co-op changed his life in a couple of ways. He became a cooperative lifer, working for the North Coast Cooperative for 25 years (including a stint as Spoons manager) and he also found his first wife. While Gregg was crafting tofu sticks and other things for Spoons, the cheese cutting station was nearby. Xan was slicing and wrapping cheese and they talked enough to fall in love. A wild party and a wedding at Camp Kimtu was later followed by two lovely daughters: Nila, born in 1995, and Neroli, in ’97. When she wasn’t busy with the girls, Xan worked as a waitress and eventually found a career as a psychologist. We should note here that Gregg wears many hats, figuratively and literally (often with feathers and flowers in the hatband). Under the auspices of Universal Life, he served for years as a wedding officiant, marrying dozens of happy Humboldt couples. He also found his calling as a radio dee-

jay while attending HSU. Later he had a show on KHSU he called “No Age” and he took the nom de radio, Disciple of Disorder. That was the start of a side career. Meanwhile, utilizing the City of Arcata’s first time homeowner’s program, Gregg and Xan bought a home in what’s known as Pneumonia Gulch in Sunny Brae and raised a family. He took the girls on numerous adventures exploring what Nila called “unexpended places.” As he liked to say, “Why not?” Gregg was a devoted dad who helped out at Equinox School, Coastal Grove and later NPA (from which both girls graduated). There came a point when Gregg was around 40 when he decided to retire the Disciple of Disorder and he stopped doing radio. The lure was strong however, and he talked the station into giving another show. A new, very freeform show was dubbed “Fogou,” taking its name from caves constructed for unexplained purposes in the British Isles long ago. Why? “You decide,” as Vinny would say. Vinny was a new nom de radio he came up with for the new show, in honor of his late grandfather Vincent. Playing an impossibly eclectic mix of music, Vinny would punctuate it with odd factoids, most drawn from a tattered almanac full of trivia called the “Day-By-Day Trivia Almanac.” While it sounded like classic underground late-night radio, it ran from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays. Somehow, the program proved amazingly popular. Gregg and Xan’s marriage didn’t last forever. They went their ways, splitting amicably. One way or another, Vinny’s girls ended up following in their father’s footsteps. Both have worked as camp councilors at Wavy Gravy’s Camp Winnarainbow. Nila recently received an art degree from Bennington College and found work at a small co-op in Philadelphia. Neroli is attending UC Santa Cruz, where she is on the campus radio station KZSC as Queen Beats. And once again, Gregg’s open heart helped him find love another time. Five years ago he met Kirsten, a vibrant woman who was new in town and looking for a place to stay. It turned out she had experience working in co-ops and she knows wine. Before long, they married. About the time Gregg retired after a quarter century at the Arcata Co-op, she got a job at the store and became their wine buyer. The end came all too quickly. Vinny’s girls and a multitude of friends came together to ease his final days. Friday, July 6, his many friends gathered to say farewell. Gregg’s gone, but never forgotten, forever in our heats. His adventures go on.

DUNE RESTORATION Help restore the dune ecosystem on the Friends of the Dunes property on Saturday, July 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Volunteers will be removing invasive plants to make room for native plant diversity. Tools, gloves, and snacks will be provided. Please bring water and wear work clothes. Meet at the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center, 220 Stamps Lane in Manila. For information email jess@friendsofthedunes.org or call (707) 444-1397.

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TRINIDAD – During the week of June 24 to June 30, a volunteer group from the American Hiking Society came out to help the Trinidad Coastal Land Trust on trails. They were a crew of eight men and women and the work they did was priceless. Johnny Calkins led the crew with the help of TCLT board members Don Allan, Steen Trump, Tami Trump and Charles Netzow and the Executive Director Ben Morehead. The AHS volunteers came every day at 8 a.m. ready to work with their lunches packed and water bottles ready. All three trails at Houda Point/Camel Rock were updated to make the trails safer and more passable. Thirty new check steps (13 4x8 pressure-treated peeler cores) on the north trail along with an 18 foot 12 peeler core cable step section. Five new check steps were added on the middle trail to fishing rock. They also worked on the trails at Baker Beach and Sotsin Point and pulled invasive plants like ivy and scotch broom. Erika Riggs, the AHS crew leader, came from Minnesota. She has been on two trips with the AHS, and after this trip she was headed to Denali, Alaska to do more trail work. “My experience with the Trinidad Coastal Land Trust was great – everything went so smoothly!” she said, She said she would be happy to come back for another trip to work on the trails for the TCLT next year, “and I want to stay for an extra week to enjoy this beautiful coastline.” Randy Dirlam goes on these trips because “I want to give back, and get to places I might not see otherwise.” This was his sixth trip with AHS. Susan McCroshrie came from Virginia. She has been volunteering with AHS for four years and has also been a crew leader, “I was extremely happy with the TCLT, I was very impressed with the dedication of the TCLT crew.” George Osborn, from Pismo Beach, was the oldest in the bunch (the average age was 58) at 70 he worked just as hard as the youngest in the group. He wasn’t even sure how many trips he has done with AHS, “10-13 I think and this was a great trip!” Ellie Moris was also from Virginia and this was her first trip with AHS and she really enjoyed the Trinidad experience, “The scenery is fantastic and the

TRAIL BLAZERS, From left, Elli Moris, Margie Paige, Randy Dirlam, George Osburne and Ron Etter at the base of the north trail at Houda just after it was finished. Submitted photo TCLT were so organized!” hard working, smart and She was going to go to energetic; we got so much Nepal to volunteer there done, these trails are in for the summer, but “this great shape now.” As the group worked, country needs my help toomany surfers and hikers so I decided to stay.” Margie Paige has been came by and were very on 12 volunteer trips with grateful to see the improveAHS and was very happy ments on these popular with this experience “We trails. The group camped love to work, and we got at Patrick’s Point and had to do some great work, we a volunteer day there on never want to just stand their last pulling ivy. around, this was great-I would definitely come EMPLOYMENT back-this place is impressive.” Visiting Angels is Russ Etter really en- seeking Caregivers, joyed this trip – it was his CNAs & HHAs to assist fourth. He echoed the same seniors in Fortuna, things that all of the people on this trip said, that they McKinleyville, and felt really supported by Eureka. Part-time and the TCLT, happy that they Full-time, flexible hours. rolled up their sleeves and Please call 707-362worked alongside of them 8045. during the whole week. On Thursday, the crew CLAWFOOT TUB was finished with their Wanted: Clawfoot work for the TCLT and had bath tub. Help me a celebratory dinner and surprise my sweetie enjoyed some down time. “You work with a group when he gets back from so hard for a week, you feel three months working in really close to them, it was Alaska. 845-6940 sad for me to say goodbye, 6/6, 6/13 I sure hope we see these folks again next year, they WRITERS WANTED are an impressive group of people and I’m proud to Local newspaper have worked with them.” seeks reporters and said Steen Trump. columnists and writers Johnny Calkins, who of all kinds. Cover a helped build the original meeting, write about trails back in 1992 and has vast experience with your neighborhood, trail work with the Cali- opine about local issues. fornia Conservation Corps Experience the glory was really impressed with of seeing your name the AHS group, “I was so in print. Email jack@ pleased to get to work with madriverunion.com for this fine group-they were all the juicy details.

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J ULY 11, 2018

Let Iggy and Bubbles wag your way

have a soft spot for black dogs. Maybe it is because they do seem to be slower to be looked at and adopted or maybe it’s because they remind me of my own dogs. Every once in a while, we get one in that looks just like Hank, which always brings up thoughts about his shelter days. Hank was in the shelter when he was about a yearand-a-half-old. His mix was guesstimated at Lab and Border Collie. Hank was in the adoptable section of the shelter, where he was adopted and then returned three times over a period of two weeks. His first two adopters each kept him for a night or two before bringing him back for being too energetic, too mouthy and just too much dog. The third one discovered she had a serious illness soon after adopting him and was not able to keep a dog at that time. Poor Hank didn’t do well with all that coming and going and soon found himself booted out of the adoptable section. Fortunately for Hank (and for me) he was pulled

from the shelter by rescuers before his time was up. We saw a blurb about him in the Arcata Eye just about the time that we were in the market for another male dog. Our wonderful Dusty, who had seen our children from infants to teenagers, had just passed away at almost 17. Hank came into our lives and everything changed. Our friends were heard to say (fairly often) “he sure is lucky that you took him home,” by which they meant they were glad he wasn’t theirs… He stole food, annoyed our old female dog, was crazy around balls and sticks and reminded us constantly that he wasn’t Dusty. But we all stuck it out and pretty soon we found lots to love about him. He has taught us a lot over the years and has helped Redwood Pals Rescue in many ways, not the least of which is just demonstrating that you can’t always tell in a day or two days how a dog will mesh with your family. We have so many friends and adopters who were also ready to return their dogs in the first week or two but

Iggy stuck it out and now can’t imagine life without those same canine friends! This week we have a Hank look-alike in Iggy. Iggy is a six year old Lab mix. His microchip showed that he had been adopted from the shelter as a puppy, but neither the chip registration, nor the info on the person that had adopted him yielded any information about where he belonged. Iggy is such a nice dog that we are happy to help him find a real home where he can stay forever this time. Iggy is a friendly dog who has quickly made friends with the volunteers. He doesn’t seem to have had much formal training but he is an easy dog to walk and is eager to please. I would expect him to learn quickly with a little training. Iggy has been friendly with all of the dogs that he has met. He is about 60 pounds with a short black coat and white highlights. Iggy was neutered and microchipped on his first visit through the shelter several years back, and is now current on his vaccinations as well. Come meet Iggy at the Humboldt County Animal Shelter at 980 Lycoming Ave. in McKinleyville near the airport. The shelter is open Monday through Friday. More information is available at (707) 8409132.

Another young dog that is at the shelter is Bubbles, a ten month old golden Lab mix. Bubbles hasn’t yet learned that all the people walking by his kennel are his friends and so has not made it to the adoptable section. Our experience of Bubbles is that he is just a big puppy still and is just learning about the world. He loves other dogs and is very affectionate with the

Bubbles

people he has met, though still a little shy with people he doesn’t know as well. An adopter who can model confidence for Bubbles will find him to be a great young dog. He would be happy to have another dog to play with and learn from. Bubbles knows a few commands and is a pretty easy walk. Redwood Pals would be happy to try and find Bubbles a home. Meanwhile, we will keep working with him to become more confident in hopes of getting him into the adoptable wing. As we’ve mentioned before, not every dog thrives in the shelter environment and that is where our rescue comes in. If you are interested in meeting young Bubbles, please contact us at redwoodpalsrescue@gmail. com or call (707) 839-9692.

I’M OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD Leave Kansas behind and head off to see the wizard! The Humboldt County Library invites children and their families to join the Humboldt Light Opera Company in a celebration of The Wizard of Oz at three libraries. Participants will meet the Wizard and Auntie Em, listen to a selection from the book, sing songs from the musical together, and make their own set of paper puppets to retell the story at home. Program times are Wednesday, July 18 at 11 a.m. in the Arcata Library, 500 Seventh St.; Wednesday, July 18 at 2 p.m. in the McKinleyville Library, 1606 Pickett Rd.; and Wednesday, July 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the Eureka Library, 1313 Third St. Get ready for HLOC’s production of the family classic – opening night is Aug. 3 and runs Friday and Saturday evenings (7:30 p.m. curtain) with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. through Aug. 19 at the Van Duzer Theatre in Arcata. For more information about the show, visit hloc.org.

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• Humboldt Jiu Jitsu, 1041 F St.: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu martial arts demonstrations. Music by DJ Selectah Positive I-Diaz. • The Garden Gate, 905 H St.: Andrew Daniel, acrylic paint. Music by Old Dog. Wine pours benefit the Presbyterian Church. • Plaza Grill, Jacoby Storehouse, 791 Eighth St. (3rd floor): Jay Brown, mixed media works on paper. • Pasta Luego, Jacoby Storehouse, 791 Eighth St.

(Plaza Level): CNC metal art. • Libations, 761 Eighth St.: David Howell, photography. Music by Bayside Blues. • Om Shala Yoga Studio, 858 10th St.: Live painting by Gio Kind Galadron from 6 to 7:30 p.m., acrylic paint. Music by Harpist David Pavlovich • Sanctuary, 1301 J St: “The MW Shop Show,” a collection of art by local artists who used the shared lab spaces within the Sanctuary. Music by Sounds of the Sanctuary. • Stokes, Hamer, Kirk & Eads LLP, 381 Bayside Rd: Thomas Bethune, Photography. Photos of Bodie, California and Paris, France. Music by The Empty Bottle Boys (Old Time Fiddle). Wine pours benefit the American Cancer Society, Relay for Life Team #169. • Zen, 1091 H St.: Featuring handcrafted CBD infused Body care products by Queen B Naturals. arcatamainstreet.com, (707) 822-4500