Mad River Union November 13, 2019 Edition by Mad River Union

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Chair Bohn: no shutdowns in 2020 Daniel Mintz

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HUMBOLDT – H umboldt County’s Board of Supervisors is expressing “grave concerns” about Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) power safety shutoffs and Board Chair Rex Bohn has said that the blackouts won’t happen next year. The county is among many that are pressuring PG&E to take steps to prevent the power Supervisor shutoffs but is one of Rex Bohn the few that doesn’t From his county experience signifweb page icant elevated fire risk weather conditions itself. And at the Nov. 5 board meeting, supervisors approved sending a letter to PG&E demanding “an immediate plan to utilize our local power generation plants to energize the local grid

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and minimize the impact of future power safety shutoff events.” Humboldt County has enough power generation to provide local electricity to major population centers on its own. But as the board’s letter points out, the Humboldt Bay Generating Station itself is powered by transmission lines from elevated fire risk areas outside of the county. Supervisors vowed to change that. “I think right from the very beginning, our message has been strong and clear: This is not appropriate and we need it addressed,” said Supervisor Estelle Fennell. “This letter is just underlining it and we will push forward.” She added that the shutoffs demonstrate “how resilient we must make ourselves into the future” and the county will “keep pushing on this and I think we’re going to see some change pretty quickly.” Bohn ventured a prediction there

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tively been budgeted some $150,000, which will be used to enact whatever ARCATA – The City Council held a short-, medium- and long-term goals joint session with the Plaza Improve- the council ultimately adopts. ment Task Force last week, with ArcaThe task force is working from a masta’s elected reps giving sive database of suglate course corrections gestions for Plaza imas the task force comprovement harvested piles its final report. via its multi-month Both bodies are inoutreach effort. terested in creating a Those are being rated useful document for rebased on their doabilforming Arcata’s popity and conformance ular but problematic with council goals. downtown park, whose The draft recshortcomings have ommendations are persisted despite the grouped under five countless meetings and headings, summamiles of butcher paper rized as: access and expended on them over connectivity, beauthe decades. SIGN OF CHANGE With its out- tification and infraThis time, the best moded signs, vacant statue structure, programproblem-solvers Arcata pedestal and chronic behav- ming (scheduled could bring to bear on ior issues, the Plaza is due for activities); safety and Union file photo the matter have effec- an overhaul. PLAZA  A4 Mad River Union

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Bayside’s Redwood Roots Farm needs water CSA raising $80K to drill new well Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union

FARM KITCHEN Redwood Roots farmer/owner Janet Czarnecki in the semi-enclosed kitchen at the Bayside community supported agriculture farm. KLH | Union

McK’s Town Center plans ramping up Jack Durham Mad River Union MCKINLEYVILLE – McKinleyville residents will begin the process of creating a Town Center ordinance at a workshop tonight, Nov. 13, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Azalea Hall, 1620 Pickett Rd. in McKinleyville. The workshop, hosted by the Humboldt County Planning and Building Department and the McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee (McKMAC), will formally kick off the Town Center planning process. which is expected to take about six months. The Town Center, as designated in the McKinleyville Community Plan, is a 141-acre area that extends from Pierson Park to McKinleyville Avenue and from Railroad Drive to an area just south of Hiller Road. It includes the commercial area north of Heartwood Drive where the Burger King, Starbucks and other businesses are located. A large part of the Town Center, behind the McKinleyville Shopping Center and south of Hiller Road, is undeveloped. The Town Center ordinance would dictate development standards for the properties, most of which are owned by Anne Pierson. She has previously voiced support of creating an ordinance. The ordinance was called for in the McKinleyville Community Plan, the town’s growth blueprint approved by the Board of Supervisors in 2002. TOWN CENTER  A2

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BAYSIDE – For 21 years, Redwood Roots Farm has had all it needs to provide a range of crops for its shareholders – abundant sun, rich streamside soil and the limitless water flowing down through the Jacoby Creek watershed. But now, with the creek roaring by just to the south and via its strong aquifer below, Redwood Roots finds its existence in peril from, of all things, a lack of water. A neighboring well from which the community supported agriculREDWOOD ROOTS  A8

Supes hold off on rent control for mobilehomes Daniel Mintz

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HUMBOLDT – County supervisors have put off approving implementation of the Measure V mobile home park rent control ordinance until a workshop can be held to draw input from tenants. County staff’s recommendation to approve rules for rent stabilization was up for the Board of Supervisors’ consideration at its Nov. 5 meeting. But Supervisor Steve Madrone said the intent of the rules is to “try to resolve some of the unclarity” of Measure V and it will take more time to do it effectively. “Frankly, four days’ notice doesn’t do it, it has MOBILEHOMES  A4

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Town Center | Go for the snacks, stay for the planning  FROM A1 The plan calls for the Town Center to include housing, shops, work places, parks and other civic facilities connected by pathways, with areas for social gatherings. The idea is to give McKinleyville a focal point and create a village-like atmosphere. At the meeting tonight, attendees will be given an introduction to the Town Center. Over the coming months, there will be a series of public meetings aimed at crafting an ordinance. Snacks and refreshments will be available. AERIAL VIEW The area targeted for development as a McKinleyville Town Center. Submitted image NORDIC AQUAFARMS The community is invited to attend a meeting with Nordic Aquafarms representatives on Thursday, Nov. 14 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Wharfinger Building, 1 Marina Way, Eureka. Nordic’s Commercial Director Marianne Naess will present an overview of Nordic’s plan to construct a fully contained, state-of-theart Recirculating Aquaculture System facility in Humboldt County and next steps in their permitting process. Community members are encouraged to attend this event, which will offer a formal presentation and open forum for questions. Refreshments will be provided.

VEGAN POTLUCK On Sunday, Nov. 17 from 2:30. to 4:30 p.m., the Vegan Society of Humboldt will host its annual ThanksLiving potluck at the Humboldt Area Foundation Community Center, 363 Indianola Rd. in Bayside. Bring a holiday inspired vegan dish, that serves eight to 10 people and your own place setting. Please bring only vegan dishes. Vegan means no animal or animal-derived products, including meat, chicken, fish, dairy, eggs, honey, gelatin, etc. This event is free, but a donation is suggested to cover the room rental cost. For more information, visit their Facebook page at facebook.com/vegsocietyofhumboldt.

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N ovember 13, 2019 What’s it really like biking to City Hall and the Transit Center?

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EUREKA – Area residents, business owners and community groups are invited to the Wharfinger Building, 1 Marina Way, Eureka tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. to help develop a plan for making U.S. Highway 101 through Eureka easier to travel. Attendees can talk to the planning team, view displays, and use interactive maps and other tools to provide direct feedback on issues in the U.S. Highway 101 corridor.

Participants will be asked to share their experiences and ideas for additional transportation choices and neighborhood improvement. Refreshments will be served. U.S. Highway 101 is the most highly traveled and crowded roadway in Humboldt County. It is important for both quality of life and economic development that residents, commuters, and visitors be able travel easily whether they are choosing to walk, bike, drive or use transit to get around. The City of Eureka, the Humboldt

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ARCATA – Arcata City Council has proclaimed Friday, Nov. 15 as Zero Waste Day. The City of Arcata is striving to reach zero waste every day and encourages all community members to join in the effort. The Environmental Services Department is excited to be partnering with the North Coast Co-op, the Northcoast Environmental Center, Zero Waste Humboldt and Humboldt State University’s Waste Reduction and Resources Awareness Program (WRRAP) to celebrate Zero Waste Day. They will be at the North Coast Co-op, located at 811 I St. in Arcata, on Friday, Nov. 15 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to present zero waste demonstrations and encourage members of the community to adopt or renew their commitment to zero waste principles. All are invited to attend.

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HUMBOLDT – Declaration of candidacy forms for individuals wishing to file for the offices of U.S. Representative in Congress, Second District; Member of State Assembly, Second District; Superior Court Judge; 1st District County Supervisor; 2nd District County Supervisor; 3rd District County Supervisor; and the Humboldt County party central committees and councils will be available at the Humboldt County Office of Elections, 2426 Sixth St., Eureka, beginning Nov. 12. The last day to file for these offices is 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6. If a declaration of candidacy form from an incumbent is not filed by 5 p.m. on Dec. 6, any qualified voter, other than the incumbent, shall have until 5 p.m. on Dec. 11 to file a declaration of candidacy for such elective office. For more information, you may contact the Humboldt County Office of Elections at (707) 445-7481.

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The Environmental Services Department also encourages all community members interested in learning more about zero waste to attend Humboldt State University’s Fourth Annual Zero Waste Conference. The conference, hosted by WRRAP, takes place from Tuesday, Nov. 12 through Friday, Nov. 15 and will feature food, workshops, speakers, documentaries and more. All events are free and open to non-student members of the community. For more information regarding WRRAP’s Zero Waste Conference, visit wrrap.humboldt.edu/upcoming-events-0/. For more information about the City of Arcata’s Zero Waste Action Plan and to find zero waste tips that can be easily incorporated into any lifestyle, visit cityofarcata. org or call Environmental Services at (707) 822-8184.

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County Association of Governments (HCAOG), and Caltrans are all working together on this plan to identify projects that will be competitive to receive funding and can ultimately be constructed. The public outreach team for the project is available for presentations to community, civic, business and non-profit groups to provide information on the plan and to provide opportunities for input. For additional information, visit eurekabroadwaycorridorplan.com.

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experiences by taking two short surveys. Feedback collected will help the League and the City better understand current bicycling conditions and potential areas for improvement at these locations. The surveys will be open for public input through Friday, Nov. 15 and can be found at cityofarcata.org. The City of Arcata is currently designated as a Bicycle Friendly Community. To review the City’s Bicycle Friendly Community Feedback Report Card, please visit cityofarcata.org.

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ARCATA – The City of Arcata recently applied for the League of American Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly Business program for City facilities including Arcata City Hall and the Arcata Transit Center. As part of the review process, the League is seeking feedback from the community to help gain valuable insight into the experiences of existing and potential cyclists who visit Arcata City Hall and the Arcata Transit Center. Arcata residents, bicyclists from Humboldt County and bicycle advocates who have visited Arcata are invited to share their

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PastaLuego moving its tasty operations to the Arcata Vets Hall Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union

ARCATA – Six years after opening a new era of Italian-influenced deli fare in Jacoby’s Storehouse on the Plaza, Coco Maki’s PastaLuego is saying, “see you later.” In other words, the shop, started in 2013 under the management of former manager Jake Drake, is closing. But fear not, artisanal panini fans! The women-run restaurant will essentially re-open in or around January at the Arcata Veterans Memorial Building. There, it will have use of a full, commercial-grade kitchen and public dining facility, with a vets-only lounge

in an adjacent room and a Great Room just upstairs with frequent events perfect for dancing off dinner. The fusion of PastaLuego and the Vets Hall solves so many issues for both entities, it’s almost surprising that it took so long to happen. Maki, a frequent speaker at city meetings on transportation and Plaza issues, has had to navigate any number of accessibility and public safety issues in her prime location, the latest being the mysterious theft and return of her commercial scale this week. The scale disappeared from the shop’s pasta production room on Nov. 5, but was returned by unknown parties the following day.

HAMMOND HELPERS The first Saturday in November brought an eclectic and wonderful group of people together on the Hammond Trail for a morning of power-free activity to help with Volunteer Trail Steward cleanup efforts. Besides a great group of regular McKinleyville residents, a high school exchange student from Kazakhstan, and a couple of new folks joining in, Humboldt State University Chi Phi Fraternity members added to the efforts to clean out trash and chop weeds back from the trail. Interested in joining future efforts on the Hammond Trail? Please email Stacy at sbecker@reninet.com. The Volunteer Trail Stewards are projects of the Humboldt Trails Council. humtrails.org Submitted photo

SHOE LEATHER IDEALISM Maki delivers fresh pasta to area vendors on foot, to minimize any carbon consequences. KLH | Union For its part, the Vets Hall has striven to restore its relevance as a community resource and operate more like a business – something not easy to do with mostly volunteers. “The possibilities really are endless because we have access to a kitchen,” Maki said. She has a remodeling plan for her new venue, and plans to take along the best of PastaLuego, including its gelato case, there. While the fare will remain Italian, the kitchen will make possible some new menu additions,

such as soup. First off, she’ll bring new culinary interest to the Vets Hall’s existing offerings, including its Little Italy event every third Friday and its third Sunday brunch. Maki, who hails from a military family, is a member of American Legion Auxiliary Unit – Arcata #274, and is soon to succeed current President Alison Robbins at the helm there. “Those are my people,” Maki said. Maki is definitely the Vets Hall’s kind of person and so is her culinary calling, according to American Legion Post 274 Commander and hall manager Jeff Sterling. “She has an entrepreneurial way and she’s a go-getter,” Sterling said of Maki. “The hall needs to become a business,” he said. “The veterans truly care about the community and want to see it survive.” Adding Maki’s magic to the underutilized downstairs food service facilities will go a long way toward putting the hall on a business footing, making it more of a full-service community center and helping the community to survive in well-fed fashion. “When the lights go out,

LEFT LENSES You should probably go pick up your lost glasses at PastaLuego before it moves to the Vets Hall. They may not travel well, just sayin’. KLH | Union

we’ll still be open,” she said of her new restaurant at the hall. Maki intends to leave her current spot in historic Jacoby’s Storehouse by the

end of the month. Once established at the Vets Hall, she could satisfy still another long-held dream – opening a food truck.

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Terra-Gen wind power project hitting severe turbulence Daniel Mintz Mad River Union

HUMBOLDT – County approval of the wind energy project proposed for Monument Ridge and Bear River Ridge is in deep doubt as public opposition has surged. During a Nov. 7 Planning Commission hearing, the seemingly progressive renewable energy project was described as intrusive, destructive, ugly and an expression of corporate “colonialism.” Proposed by the Terra-Gen company, the project would install 47 wind turbines on the ridges above Scotia and Rio Dell, with each 600-foot tall turbine producing two to five megawatts of electricity. According to Terra-Gen, that’s enough to power over 70,000 households. But most of the many people who spoke during the permit hearing had strong objections to the project’s visual, environmental, wildlife and tribal resources impacts. David Simpson, a longtime local political action advocate,

said the project has introduced a new kind of divisiveness. “In the past, in the old days, conflict was between the environmentalists and the loggers, the ranchers – that’s not true anymore,” he continued. “Now the conflict is within the environmental community itself.” He added that the term “clean energy” is being “abused” in Terra-Gen’s case, as “the impacts of these windmills are tremendous.” The project’s siting is also divisive, as harm to tribal cultural resources is among the significant unavoidable impacts listed in an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Adam Cantor, a natural resources specialist for the Wiyot tribe, acknowledged the importance of renewable energy but said the tribe opposes the project because the ridge sites are “super sacred and very significant biologically, ecologically and culturally.” Like many other speakers, he said the EIR is “completely inadequate.” Several commenters de

Shutdowns | ‘We’re on it’  FROM A1

will be no further shutoffs after this season. He began to say he could “guarantee” it but he stopped mid-word and rephrased. “I think we won’t have this issue next year because we’re going to be on this,” he said. Fennell agreed and said, “We’re on it, yes.” Earlier, Bohn said the local PG&E power plant can energize the county’s grid and PG&E tried to make that happen during the first shutoff on October 8. “Since the first shutoff, I do know they have engineers working on the system,” he continued. “I firmly believe – I think they thought it was going to work because they told us, ‘We’re going to try to power up the plant and backfill the grid’ and I think they found out it didn’t.” Bohn suggested that PG&E is pay ing attention to the county’s demands. “I think we’re getting the responses we need,” he said. Another shutoff occurred on October 26 and as power was restored, residents were warned to prepare for another one. But PG&E issued contradictory information on the timing and at one point, the county’s Office of Emergency Services declared that the utility company had given “wrong information” on the impending shutoff. Eventually, the shutoff was deemed unnecessary due to weather conditions and power wasn’t interrupted. PG&E’s handling of the situation has been roundly criticized but Bohn credited PG&E’s “local management” for its messaging. “The talking heads, not so much,” he added. “They were telling us out of Santa Rosa what was going to happen and it didn’t happen but we got better information from our local people.” Supervisor Mike Wilson said coun ty residents were led to believe a “mythology” that power generation could be locally isolated in a so-called energy island. “I think there were many people within PG&E who were just as shocked as we were that the larger bureaucracy just didn’t perform in the way that they thought it would,” he continued. Bohn contrasted that with the actions of county staff and residents. “At the end of the day, if nothing else, Humboldt shined,” he said. The letter is co-signed by County Sheriff Billy Honsal and also asks PG&E to hold a public forum or address the board to “explain why in the planning and construction of the new PG&E power plant, there was no allowance for a dedicated grid that would allow for the switching of power from the existing power plant during these events.” Bohn said PG&E has indicated that it is “working on a formal response to us” and an update on it is expected this week.

scribed Terra-Gen as a corporate raider of culturally important territory. The project’s jobs creation and tax revenue benefits were described as “typical capitalist colonizer rationales” by Meg Stofsky, who often comments on racial and social issues. “Don’t show a lack of respect for the Wiyot tribe’s knowledge and wishes,” she said. Dr. Tony Silvaggio, a Humboldt State University environmental sociologist, said the project’s context is “the legacy of white supremacy and the ongoing attempts to erase the history of indigenous people by destroying and despoiling their landscape and resources.” Others called attention to Terra-Gen’s parent corporation, Energy Capital Partners, a company that owns 167 power plants and invests in a range of energy production, including fracking. Ellen Taylor, who chairs the Lost Coast League forest restoration advocacy group, said the project advances “preda-

tory industrial expansion over which we will have little control once it starts.” The minority favoring the project described it as part of an urgent response to climate change. “We’ve got to stop putting carbon in the atmosphere,” said Blue Lake resident and energy conservation advocate Kit Mann. “The climate crisis is going to be an equal opportunity disaster and with due and sincere respect, it’s not gonna care who our ancestors are or how long we’ve lived here.” He added that to “avoid a bleak future, we will need not one Terra-Gen project but thousands all over the world.” Mary Sanger of 350 Humboldt, which promotes climate change awareness and response, said it’s fortunate that the county has a “major wind resource, a resource that we can utilize to do something about climate change.” During a presentation on the EIR, the county’s consultants said the project’s land disturbance footprint amounts

to 655 acres. Estimated avian impacts include mortality of up to 50 raptors per year and 7.7 marbled murrulets over the project’s 30-year lifespan. The combined avian death toll, including “resident and migratory birds,” is expected to range between 150 and 300 per year. On the project’s benefits, Nathan Vajdos, Terra-Gen’s senior director of wind development, said it will displace 176,370 metric tons of carbon per year, which he described as the equivalent of taking 82,000 cars off the road. “This is our opportunity to combat climate change locally,” he said. He acknowledged the im pacts on tribal resources but noted that the entire project area is made up of “managed lands” owned by the Humboldt Redwood Company and Russ Ranch. The permit approval hear ing was continued to Nov. 14, when a decision could be made. But another continuance, to Nov. 21, is possible.

Mobilehomes | ‘Four-day notice with a small three-minute comment’  FROM A1

not provided any opportunity for members of the mobile home parks and communities to know that this is even happening,” Madrone said of the public noticing procedure for agenda items. He said his expectation was that the county would release “draft guidelines” and use them as a basis for a public workshop. That would allow mobile home park tenants and supporters of Measure V to “make sure that their voices are being heard in a way that is more than just a fourday notice with a small three-minute comment at a public hearing today,” Madrone continued. He noted that the Humboldt Mobile Home Owners Coalition, which sponsored Measure V, submitted “significant changes” to the staff-recommended rules the morning of the meeting. Among the “sticking points” are the criteria for determining who is eligible to vote for mobile home park representatives and how a $5 monthly

charge for county administration will be applied. Passed by voters in 2016, Measure V was advanced by mobile home park residents in McKinleyville and according to a written staff report, was “adapted from an ordinance adopted in a city and did not fully address some of the concerns present in a geographically large and rural jurisdiction.” Supervisor Estelle Fennell refer enced that after saying that it’s not clear how the staff-proposed rules advance Measure V’s intent. “I do recall when this item came before us prior to going on the ballot, making the remark that it was styled for a city and not for our area but that is the nature of ballot measures,” Fennell said. She added that given the uncertainty, “If we need more time to iron it out, I’d be happy to do that.” Board Chair Rex Bohn agreed, due to his “coming fresh off a mobile home owners meeting that was quite

entertaining and quite confusing.” During a public comment session, Jim Adduci, a resident of McKinleyville’s Ocean West Mobile Home Park and a Measure V supporter, asked supervisors to “table this issue until the stakeholders – us – can have a meeting and then we can get ready and talk to all of you.” Humboldt Mobile Home Owners Association Chair Hilary Mosher said that “we like what’s been written by the Planning Department so far” but further public input can “ensure that the guidelines are more complete” so misinterpretation can be prevented. Mosher had also said some staff members are biased against Measure V. Supervisor Mike Wilson acknowledged that county staff “don’t like the vagueness” of Measure V but “staff wants to support the intended outcome of the ordinance and they’re working hard to try to do that.” Supervisors voted to continue the approval to a date uncertain to allow time for the public workshopping.

Task Force | Final report will include Plaza reform recommendations  FROM A1

regulation, and economic development. Last week’s meeting was the first in which the council has actively involved itself in the group’s deliberations. Even while advising the task force about effectiveness, councilmembers at times found it impossible to keep their own comments from getting too deep in the detail weeds, and from advocating for some of their long-held fixes. However, the proceedings were wholly unencumbered by butcher paper. Members of the public started off with suggestions: that the town square be rename the Arcata Peace Plaza, that more vehicle parking be constructed, and that any reforms be boldly non-vehicular and low in carbon consequences. Keenan Hilton said that in his travels, people-oriented spaces like pedestrian malls offer the most pleasant experiences. Alex Stillman said Arcata lacks the population density to support pedestrianizing the Plaza.”I’m asking that we don’t eliminate the current kind of transporta-

tion,” she said. Task Force Chair Jayne McGuire outlined the “very extensive process” which delivered the raw data. This included surveys in English and Spanish with 860 responses, plus outreach to specific groups, event organizers and businesses. Previous Plaza groups’ findings were reviewed, as was comment by city committees. “We had a ton of data,” Maguire said. Councilmember Paul Pitino lobbied for creation of an alcohol service fee – a surcharge on booze served and sold on the Plaza, to pay for alcohol enforcement and education. “The service fee could give us money to educate businesses,” Pitino said. Hotel Arcata Manager Sherri Potter said the Plaza bars are responsible for chronic “noise and disruptiveness,” which she called a “huge, huge issue.” She said bar patrons are “badly overserved,” and emerge from the bars to harass female college students. “I see that every day,” she said. “They’ll just keep serving until you fall down,” Pitino

said. Since bad behavior is minimized when police officers are around, some discussion of police coverage was discussed. Officers assigned to the Plaza had told the task force that they were on duty there from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days per week, but this seemed not to play out in practice. Maguire noted that not everyone wants a steppedup police presence. Councilmember Susan Ornelas suggested that Arcata needs a trolley system of some kind, but specifics weren’t detailed. Councilmember Sofia Pereira lauded the task force’s prices, praising its “great outreach” Task Force member Dan Bixler asked whether the city might formalize the suggestion that a transportation loop be created to extend to the Old Creamery and back via Ninth and Seventh streets. Pitino was less than enthused. “I don’t need anybody to draw it and show me how I’m going to have to cross K Street twice,” he said. Pereira urged the task

force to focus on low effort/ high reward items that can deliver immediate results. Task Force member Anjali Browning suggested that the group deliver a list to city staff and let them prioritize items, based on cost and practicality. Pitino said that the Plaza looks unfinished since the statue of President William McKinley was removed. “We have not completed that operation,” he said.”The planter tells the community you’re not done.” Task Force member Erica Grey suggested that the Plaza Improvement Task Force break with tradition by making real change. “I’ve been coming to these meetings since 1995, hearing the same recommendations and nothing’s been done,” Grey said. She urged bold change, and taking risks on initiatives even if they may not work. “Everybody wants change,” she said. “It would be great to get a list of your changes,” Pitino said. “You’ll get ’em,” she replied. “This is a big chapter in a large book,” said Task Force member Moonlight Macumber.

November 13, 2019

Mad River Union  Public Safety

DTF stops suspected druggos, finds plump pound o’ smacky-smacky Humboldt County Drug Task Force

BLUE LAKE – On Tuesday, Nov. 5 at about 9 p.m., special agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force (HCDTF), with the assistance of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, conducted a traffic stop on State Route 299 near the Glendale exit in Blue Lake. During their multi-week investigation, agents received information that one of the occupants of the

OFF THE STREETS Lumps of confiscated heroin not coming to a junkie near you. HCDTF photo

Aaron Anthony Nelson

Kathlene Crystal Paul Kenneth Mellon McElroy cated nearly one pound of vehicle, Aaron Anthony suspected heroin packaged Nelson, 56, is distributing for sales. heroin throughout HumAgents also located digboldt County. ital scales, packaging maThrough their investiga- terial and other drug paration, HCDTF agents were phernalia. able to secure a search warMellon and McElroy rant for Nelson and his ve- were cited and released on hicle. their own recognizance for During the traffic stop, various alleged narcotics agents detained Nelson offenses. without incident. Also Nelson was subsequentpresent inside the vehicle ly placed under arrest and was Kathlene Crystal Mel- transported to the Humlon, 38, and Paul Kenneth boldt County CorrectionMcElroy, 57. al Facility where he was Agents searched Nel- booked on suspicion of son’s vehicle pursuant to possession and transportathe search warrant and lo- tion of controlled substanc-

es for sales and probation violation. Anyone with information related to this investigation or other narcotics related crimes are encouraged to call the Humboldt County Drug Task Force at (707) 267-9976 or the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Tip Line at (707) 268-2539.

McK trailer fire caused by heater Arcata Fire District

MCKINLEYVILLE –At approximately 3:54 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, Arcata Fire District responded with three engines and two chief officers to a fire in a travel trailer on the 2300 block of Central Avenue in McKinleyville. Crews arrived to a fully involved residential travel trailer with fire spreading to a neighboring trailer and a vehicle parked nearby. Crews from the McKinleyville station were on scene in less than a minute, immediately began extinguishing the burning RVs and were able to protect two other adjacent travel trailers and other parked vehicles. Firefighters gained control of the fire within 12 minutes. Extinguishment was hampered by multiple propane tanks burning around the trailers. Fire crews confirmed that all occupants were able to exit the trailers and there were no reported

DRAMATIC BLAZE The fire-engulfed trailer. AFD photo injuries at the scene. such as medicine. The cause of the fire Arcata Fire District is still under investiga- would like to thank the Sation but is likely due to moa Peninsula and Fieldan indoor heating device. brook Fire, Humboldt Damage is estimated to be County Sheriff’s Office, and approximately $25,900 PG&E for their assistance. in property and contents. Arcata Fire District reSAVE cards were issued to minds the public that if you the residents. The SAVE are in a building that is on programs is designed to fire, first get out, make sure bring immediate relief to others are out and dial 911 disaster victims via a $250 immediately. If you receive gift card that they can use a busy signal, keep calling to purchase food, clothing until you are able to report or other basic necessities the situation to a dispatcher.

Read area restaurant inspection reports online DHHS

HUMBOLDT – Inspection reports have always been available to the public in paper form. Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services Division of Environmental Health (DEH) Director Melissa Martel said going electronic will make the reports more accessible. “Posting inspection report content online is an effort to better serve and inform our community and is consistent with the practice of most California counties,” Martel said. “When you as the consumer want to know what

we found at our last inspection, it’s right there online for you.” DEH staff performs 1,400 to 1,500 routine retail food facility inspections annually throughout the county. Retail food facilities include restaurants, grocery stores, school cafeterias, gas stations, food trucks and other places were food is available for purchase. Martel said inspectors will continue to educate facilities on proper retail food handling practices while assisting operators in identifying the best ways to correct violations to ensure food is being prepared and served safely.

Routine inspections occur one to three times a year depending on the type of facility. Non-routine inspections occur as needed and are complaint driven or conducted at the owner’s request. Inspection results are posted within a week of the inspection date. Currently, online reports are available going back a year. To view the reports, go to the Division of Environmental Health’s webpage at humboldtgov.org/EnvironmentalHealth and click on Restaurant Inspections.

Garment heist at big and tall store helps narrow range of suspects • Thursday, October 17 9:47 a.m. A two-vehicle encampment in the elite upper parking lot at the Arcata Community Park was unoccupied, but well-adorned with strewn garbage. 9:57 p.m. A man with a flashlight, gray beard and beanie hailed a passing motorist at Alliance Road and 17th Street and asked for a jumpstart. But there was no vehicle in sight, and the driver suspected that the man was trying to lure them down the block to meet some unwholesome fate. • Friday, October 18 4:26 p.m. A woman in ambiguously colored sweat pants used the metallic echo chamber of the Portland Loo to wail racial slurs, her reverse charms and aromatic choice of venue helping make the Aryan aria even less convincing. 5:58 p.m. Another woman chose the jolly dumpster corral behind a Fourth Street market to shriek obscenities, to little avail. 6:13 p.m. A cow with a “PUMPKIN PATCH” placard hanging off it got its lead entangled with a road sign on southbound U.S. Highway 101 north of Giuntoli Lane, and appeared to be struggling. A Sheriff’s Office livestock deputy was called to respond. • Saturday, October 19 4:52 p.m. A woman was walking down Bayside Road when a man with long gray hair and wearing a light-colored sweatshirt walked up and spit in her face. 7:06 p.m. A man in leather jacket, jeans and the inevitable baseball cap peed here and there around a Valley West store. 9:48 p.m. A man rearranged items on a Courtyard Circle porch, taking pictures of the result. 6:39 p.m. A welter of weirdness roiled a Union Street apartment complex, some of which may or may not be related. Kicking off the cavalcade of concerning conundra was a report from the friend of a woman who went to the venerable apartment colony to meet a guy for a blind date. The woman told the friend that the date “wasn’t going well,” and then the line went dead, with calls and texts unanswered. • Monday, October 21 12:44 a.m. A man called from the same apartment complex to ask for police assistance because he was so drunk he couldn’t even. 1:26 a.m. Next, a woman called from the same complex asking for an ambulance for a man. “Get away from me!” she suddenly blurted, and the call disconnected. 2:23 a.m. After two hours of door slamming and yelling at the troubled apartment complex, someone called police, who came and arrested some special someone on a charge of public drunkenness. 11:42 a.m. A man in a hoodie clutched a

bong as though it were a wizard’s spell-casting sceptre as he yelled and harassed people outside an I Street store. 12:55 p.m. A man called from Blakeslee Avenue to notify police of urgent matters involving aliens and sperm. 5:56 p.m. Again he called with babble about aliens, this time asking for assistance in gaining access to vehicles because, he pointed out, some day he will own them. He was arrested for something. • Tuesday, October 22 12:33 p.m. Suspects in the theft of a hoodie and shorts should be easy to narrow down, in that they were caught on camera doing so, and may be wearing a hoodie and shorts that are sized big or tall. 2:57 p.m. Dude, the restraining order makes it clear, even to your ex-obsessed brainpan – she don’t want you no more, and science tells us that pestering her at work isn’t going to win back her charms. • Wednesday, October 23 12:57 p.m. In keeping with the new custom. a woman with a red suitcase utilized the Portland Loo for operatic endeavors, her vulgar warblings befouling the zone with profanity. 3:12 p.m. A woman who may have chosen this time and place to live her life as a work of art wore a red jacket and black leggings as she walked and danced in and out of traffic at Stromberg Avenue and Alliance Road, the traffic-flouncing bringing negative reviews by frustrated motorists. 4:44 p.m. Someone who lives in near-forest Coombs Court saw people trudging up the trail the previous night wearing headlamps and pulling a wagon full of future litter and debris up into the woods. • Thursday, October 24 12:38 a.m. A McCallum Circle resident reported two poles moving in the backyard. 8:37 a.m. A man complained that as he slumbered inside a downtown donut ’n’ drama shop, a stranger woke him up in an overly brusque, even violent manner. 12:15 p.m. Still another undersocialized beardo-bozo didn’t properly process the information that he wasn’t wanted in the children’s section at the library. The clod had to temporarily suspend use of his mouth for respiration in order to bark profane abusion at the staff until he and his rancid green t-shirt were moved along by police. 5:44 p.m. Another intransigent invader couldn’t get it through his drunken skull that he wasn’t wanted at an F Street laundromat. He was arrested. 5:52 p.m. A woman at the Intermodal Transit Facility became unnerved by the man staring, staring, staring at her. She was advised to move away from his relent-

less gaze. • Friday, October 25 9:05 a.m. A trailer was somehow embezzled from a South G Street business. 5:39 p.m. Around 10 p.m., someone in or around Ribeiro Court gets busy with a BB gun or .22 rifle, shooting up the ’hood. So far, a cat and some rooftop solar panels have been attacked. • Saturday, October 26 8:51 p.m. After peeing onto a parking space at an F Street apartment building, a man with a backpack and cane plopped down on the urinesoaked pavement and commenced arguing with himself. 8:32 p.m. A man on Greenbriar Lane self-reported his negative reaction to consumed cannabis edibles, which included fits of extreme anger. 11:46 p.m. An assortment of bangs, booms and ka-bams cropped up around town, beginning with the loud boom and red flash near a 12th Street power line. 11 p.m. Six gunshots went off on Spear Avenue. Then, silence. 11:01 p.m. Fireworks roiled Ross Street. 11:11 p.m. A Stewart Avenue resident set about merrymaking by treating the neighborhood to his explosive drumming, plus explosives in the form of launched mortars. 11:12 p.m. Some 30 gunshots were heard on Spruce Way, where it sounded like someone was walking around shooting up the ’hood. 11:17–11:18 p.m. Calls came in about fireworks being set off in the area of Alliance Road and Hilfiker Drive. 11:28 p.m. A loud boom startled someone on Old Arcata Road. • Sunday, October 27 12:35 a.m. Gunshots reported in downtown Sunny Brae were likely fireworks. 12:41 a.m. Loud fireworks were reported on D Street. 12:42 a.m. Loud fireworks were reported on Fifth Street, with bonus male yelling although that’s more or less an ongoing dullard roar. 2:04 p.m. A nature lover enjoyed an outing along Trail 3 near the community forest meadow, which offered all the usual delights – beholding the trees, enjoying the crisp fall air, running from a drug-addled, tattoo-headed bald guy. 3:05 p.m. A woman walking on Trail 5 was converged upon by men who came at her from both sides, peppering her with untoward questions. 4:12 p.m. A guest at a Valley West nobudget motel was in a bad way. He hadn’t eaten for a week, but had been drinking heavily. Whether it was the spins or what,

he had such bad vertigo that he couldn’t make it to the bathroom. • Monday, October 28 12:52 a.m. Application of handcuffs helped stanch the torrent of bodily emissions with which an Alliance Road man had doused his… wait for it… fiance. She’d called police after spiteful dousings of saliva and urine. 12:57 p.m. A Valley West shoplifter made off with two containers of refreshing Country Time Lemonade™. And then headed toward a nearby motel hell to enjoy The Perfect Blend of Sweet and Tart™. 2:21 p.m. The yellow shirt, man-bun and butterfly throat tattoo certainly established a Valley West dude’s hipster cred, only to throw it all away by pissing on the ground in front of a bunch of small children. • Tuesday, October 29 3:30 a.m. A man-like, part-Gollum creature crawled the hallways of the second-least scary Valley West motel, naked of course. A witness thought maybe, just maybe he might be chemically modified. 4:21 a.m. It was at this hour that a woman reported that her roommate constantly tells her that she doesn’t know who she is, but that she’s 12 years old. 9:55 a.m. She loaned her mom money for something, but that’s not what it was spent on. The two then argued over terms of payback, with mom wielding a tree-trimmer at her loan officer-spawn to add a certain gravitas to her points. 11:17 a.m. Mom chased daughter with the ol’ tree trimmer some more. 12:23 p.m. I’ll just leave my purse in my unlocked car at this shoplifter-beswarmed shopping center and everything will be fine, just fine. 5:47 p.m. An older gent behind a Ninth Street building didn’t want to die, or so he claimed. And yet he refused life-giving emergency services. 6:16 p.m. A woman outside a Plaza store up and shoved drugs into another woman’s face, with the victim reacting with a flurry of naughty terms. The literal drug pusher then punched the other lady in the mouth and offered to engage in combat, but her nemesis was fed up and walked away. 8:11 p.m. The world’s worst panhandlers set up a begging station outside a Valley West burger stand, where they threatened passersby for chump change. • Wednesday, October 30 10:07 a.m. An embittered ex actually went to the school where his once-wife was picking up their kid and squirreled himself away in her car. When she came back out, he sprang forth snarling like an overwound jack-in-the-box, and per his ditzy ambush plan, an argument ensued.

A6 Our grandchildren will thank us for wind power

The county is deciding whether to issue permits for the Terra-Gen Wind Project, south of Scotia. This week and next week hearings will be held for the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) at the Planning Commission, and chances are hearings will continue on to the Board of Supervisors. All electricity we use from fossil sources contributes to the climate crisis. Its obvious impacts are clear: the Kincade and other fires, floods in the Midwest, heat waves in the Arctic, and thousands of desperate people fleeing Central America and Africa. Failure to arrest the climate crisis promptly will doom our grandchildren to a bleak future. There’s no time left to argue whether wind or solar or biomass or hydro or carbon pricing is a best solution; we need them all. Not just for our grandchildren is pollution-free electricity is a good idea. The state has mandated that all electricity be renewable by 2045, and the Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA) recently chose to meet that goal by 2025. We can’t do that without the Terra-Gen Project. The good news is that no place is better suited than Humboldt to take advantage of the need for pollution-free electricity. RCEA already offers us renewable electricity, and their challenge now is to find enough at reasonable costs. We’ll need a lot more to electrify transportation. There will be environmental impacts from this project, just as there are with any form of electricity generation. Our challenge is to choose the least damaging options. After solar, wind power is probably the least damaging. But neither solar nor wind power can supply all our electricity needs, so a broader mix is needed: biomass, hydro, battery storage, and carbon pricing. Absent expanded wind power, we’ll burn more natural gas. Wind farms provide good jobs, both in construction and operation. Everyone I’ve met in wind farms (and in solar power plants) loves his or her job. Employed as a research project manager and consultant in renewable energy since 1985, I’ve been around a lot of wind farms over the years. Based on that experience, I can say that there are potential downsides to having wind turbines nearby. In Minnesota, I heard complaints that construction trucks damaged roads and didn’t fix them. In Texas, ranchers complain that wind operators didn’t shut gates, a no-no in ranch country. In Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Penn-

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v LETTERS sylvania and New York, neighbors close to turbines justifiably complain about noise. Illinois may be the worst case. I passed through Normal, Illinois just this spring and was surprised to see how close to existing homes wind turbines were located. Residents complain about noise, about red warning lights at night, and about shadow flicker — moving shadows on their homes when the sun is low in the east or west. Clearly, those wind turbines were sited too close to homes, some at only a few hundred yards. I have faith that our county planners here won’t fall into the trap that planners did in Illinois. Hearings at the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors will help. Fortunately, those valid objections to wind power elsewhere don’t matter here. Terra-Gen’s turbines will be high up along the ridges, where to my knowledge there aren’t any homes. Scotia and Rio Dell are far enough away that residents won’t hear anything. Of course, if residents look carefully they will see turbines on those ridges. One reads complaints about altered view-scapes. I assume complainers want to see nothing different. Turbines located miles away are less visually polluting, in my view, than power poles in front of houses. To be consistent we might inquire if complainers also want to take down those power lines and forego electricity. I’ll bet that they’d rather not. In my opinion, complaints of ugly future view-scapes constitute uber-NIMBY-ism. Lawrence Berkeley Lab found that 64 percent of residents living one to three miles from existing wind turbines had positive opinions, with only 10 percent holding negative views. Another assertion I’ve read is the likelihood of bird deaths, but expressed without any real numbers. Admitting that there will be bird kills, the DEIR addresses that issue better than I can. Of one thing I am sure, however. Terra-Gen won’t cause species extinction the way the climate crisis has and will in the future. Fire is another potential risk. Fires do rarely ignite in wind turbines, just the way they do in houses, cars, and fossil-fueled power plants. What complicates a wind turbine fire is that it’s usually atop a 300 foot tower. Spectacular scenes of wind turbine fires can be found on the web. Wind turbines now are fully instrumented, so any ignition — from electrical faults, hydraulics, or overheated brakes — should trigger automatic fire suppression. Complaints that Terra-Gen is making a profit make no sense in the real world of

today. For better or for worse, we live in an economy where investments either yield profits or they won’t occur. Yes, wind investors will make money, but absent that investment the owners of fossil-fueled power plants will make even more. Who are the good guys in that scenario? In retrospect, local investors might have developed clean, local power sources themselves. I believe there are adequate financial resources in Humboldt County. An example is how local Danish cooperatives invested in their own, smaller turbines, 35 years ago. A question is how to deal with transmission line risks. The issue is how to weigh possible fires against the certainty of climate damage. What are the facts behind transmission lines and fires? The Camp and Kincade Fires began under high voltage transmission lines, in both cases because 60-year old equipment failed. In both cases PG&E apparently knew of the need for repair but failed to do anything. Terra-Gen’s new transmission line will be built to higher standards, and we can hope that recent fires will encourage PG&E to be more attentive in the future to maintenance. Massive concrete foundations will remain after wind turbines are taken out of service, perhaps 30 years from now. I fear we may not have conquered the climate crisis by then, so that turbines installed in 2020 will be replaced by others in 2050. Whatever new equipment is installed then will be embodied in new nacelles, probably mounted on existing towers and on existing foundations. Thus, Terra-Gen’s massive foundations and slowly rotating blades will forever serve as monuments to Humboldt County’s foresight in addressing the climate crisis. I predict our grandchildren when viewing them will thank us for choosing a livable future. John Schaefer Arcata (John Schaefer worked in the utility industry for 40 years, 30 of those in renewable energy. His first job in California was in construction with PG&E, when he says it was a better company. He holds an engineering Ph.D from Stanford.)

The plight of Arcata mobilehome owners

Plight of the Arcata mobilehome owners We read with interest the petition (Derksen, et. al.) calling for the restoration of the three key relocation benefits published in the Nov. 6, 2019 edition of your paper. The petition understates the plight of the homeown-

Outside investigators called in as racial strife at Humboldt State’s police department deepens Note: Following the recent statement of No Confidence signed by most of the officers of the Humboldt State University Police Department, last week saw a fresh revelation in the leadership crisis affecting the department, with the disclosure that the university has retained outside investigators to evaluate complaints by officers against Chief Donn Peterson. That announcement, below, followed the release of a statement by longtime UPD Sgt. John Packer, also found below. – Ed. Statement by Doug Dawes, vice president for administration and finance: As communicated to the campus community in October, the University has retained the OIR Group (Office of Independent Review) to review the allegations and complaints against Chief Peterson. The OIR is an independent and respected law enforcement assessment firm. The University has been working with the OIR by providing information the firm needs to conduct a thorough and rigorous investigation. Out of respect for the process, which could take several months, I have asked Chief Peterson not to comment further until the investigation has concluded.

UPD Chief Donn Peterson

Statement by UPD Sgt. John Packer: My name is John Packer and I have served under seven Chiefs during my 26 years as a police officer in this community and currently serve as a sergeant at the University Police Department (UPD). I am the senior police officer in the department and have served under Chief Donn Peterson for approximately five years. I am the only American of African descent serving at University Police Department under Chief Peterson. I am compelled to share my experiences after reading Chief Peterson’s statements in the October 11, 2019 online issue of the North Coast Journal and the October 14, 2019 online issue of the Times Standard. Chief Peterson claimed that “Anyone who knows me knows I don’t talk politics or religion in a professional setting or during work.” Chief Peterson’s claim is not true. Chief Peterson claimed that “The racist remarks never happened in the way the officers say.” Chief Peterson’s claim is not true. I firmly believe that the color of one’s skin, as

with all immutable characteristics, is not a predictor of behavior or intelligence or ability, etc. While I have experienced incidents of racism and bigotry during my life, it has been my practice to disregard the ignorance expressed by the person and not carry an angry sentiment with me. I do however clearly remember the times when I have been targeted by racist and bigoted intolerance related to my race and beliefs. I clearly remember being at a scheduled evaluation meeting with Chief Peterson and Lt. Hansen. During that meeting in the Chief’s office, Chief Peterson was extremely upset to the point of using profanity directed at me. The Chief’s frustration and anger stemmed from his opinion that I did not respect Lt. Hansen, that I created division at the Department and that I fail as a leader because I am not a “follower.” At the end of the meeting, Lt. Hansen stated to me, “We’re not friends and we never will be, admit it.” I agreed with her statement. Chief Peterson followed with, “John you know you’re obligated to work as a slave unto his master.” At the beginning of my next shift Chief Peterson approached me in the hallway outside the dispatch center and stated, in UPD Sgt. reference to the slavery comJohn Packer ment he made in our meeting, “John I can say that because we both read the Bible.” I was speechless and walked away without responding to the Chief. Over time Chief Peterson has made additional derogatory statements to me such as, “John you’re like dealing with the North verses the South,” and he excuses himself with follow up statements such as, “I’m just trying to find analogies that work with you.” Chief Peterson has become more emboldened over the past four years, and moved from making private remarks in our meetings, to demonstrating obvious displays of racism and contempt towards me in whatever audience is available. What once only occurred behind closed doors, has now progressed to belittling statements in department meetings, and to outright derogatory statements at sergeant’s meetings. Any claim that Chief Peterson’s analogies, historical quotes, nuances or his intent were misinterpreted by me or other officers is insulting and does excuse the impact or justify Chief Peterson’s actions. John Packer

N ovember 13, 2019 ers. The situation is worse than reported. We have been residents in the Lazy J Ranch for 10 years and have a significant investment in our home. The park residents have investments in their homes that, collectively, equal or exceed that of the park owner’s investment in the land and facilities. As a consequence, all decisions concerning the park should meet the joint approval of the park residents and park owners, As both park owners and homeowners have considerable and approximately equal investments in the park, closure of the park should reimburse the homeowners automatically with the total fair market value of their homes plus a reasonable amount for their inconvenience. We need equity; we deserve it. The Arcata City Council and city staff have failed to secure a fair protection of the park residents even though their financial investment equals or exceeds that of the park owner. This failure is horrendous in its negative impact upon the financial security and the psychological and physical well-being of the homeowners. Final approval of the ordinance is to be made at the Nov. 20 meeting of the Arcata City Council. Note: The California Supreme Court is attempting to correct the long-standing inequity existing in mobilehome parks. The court states “Unlike the usual tenant, the mobilehome owner generally makes a substantial investment in the home and its appurtenances – typically a greater investment in his or her space than the mobilehome park owner.” [Galland v. City of Clovis (2001) 24 Cal. 4th 1003, 1009.] We add, we, the homeowners, should have equal say in park management including full protection of our monetary investment. Don Bowlus, Suzanne Castiglione Residents of Arcata Lazy J Mobilehome Park

Plaza Improvement Task Force did good

I would like to thank and commend the Plaza Improvement Task Force for their year-long commitment of envisioning Downtown Arcata. Their presentation to the Arcata City Council was very well thought out and presented. Thank you for the numerous volunteer hours you devoted to making Arcata a better city to socialize, enjoy, shop, drink and eat in. Congratulations on a job well done. Alex Stillman Arcata

NHUHSD: We’re sorry Statement by Roger Macdonald, superintendent of the Northern Humboldt Union High School District:: Good Afternoon Northern Humboldt Union High School District Community, At the October 9, 2019 Board meeting, a strong, courageous student addressed the Board on a subject of importance to her. I know what bravery it takes for a youth to go to that podium, look at all the adults on the dias, gather herself, and speak her truth to the room. She was participating in school governance, and I know the Board and I are always proud to see such conduct. While she was speaking, she noted that some Board members and staff were eating M&Ms, implying that the student speaker was entertainment, and the student called out Supt. Roger these adults’ Macdonald behavior by saying it was “as if they were at the cinema.” The district staff meant no disrespect to the student by their actions, but unconsciously conveyed to the student that she was not getting the attention that she was due. Which brings me to a recent incident that has caused pain to this student and others who felt disrespected by our staff due to a related act of obliviousness. On Halloween, some of our District Office staff, including me, chose to wear M&M T-shirts as our office costume. It seemed like an easy outfit to join the Halloween spirit. We took a group picture after work. The October 9th Board meeting was the furthest thing from my mind when we chose to wear these

shirts. This illustrates how when we are not thinking of matters from every perspective, we can make mistakes. This was one such mistake with significant consequences to our communities’ trust in our good intentions. Then, it was compounded by a social media post. After work, one of our staff posted on a private Facebook account a photo of us, and a reference to what the student said at the Board meeting, i.e. that we were all “just sitting here at the cinema.” I do not believe the intent was to mock this student. I certainly heard no such mockery while I was at work. But intent and effect are two different things. Since Friday, the Facebook post has spread like wildfire throughout our community. I understand the widespread public criticism and apologize to all who were or are offended by the District staff’s actions, including my own. I wish I had recognized the poor choice of that costume given its proper context, and I failed to do that. The staff member’s choice to quote the student in a private post was also not a good choice. I wish the only impression that was left from this incident was admiration for what a brave student we had in this speaker, who spoke her mind at the Board meeting and, later, to me about this incident in an email. The student in question does not deserve any negative attention that this incident and the subsequent conversations across our District and social media have caused. I have spoken with her family several times and look forward to the opportunity to apologize in person. I and my staff send our sincerest apologies to the student and express our deepest regret for this incident. Roger

HOW DO I PREPARE FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFF? WHAT EVERY PG&E CUSTOMER NEEDS TO KNOW Public Safety Power Shutoff, or PSPS, is a safety program that proactively shuts off electric power lines when there is an elevated fire risk.

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Arcata Exchange’s last waltz ENDING WITH SMILES The sad news announced by owner Gene Joyce at the September Arcata Chamber of Commerce First Thursday Mixer came to final fruition on Friday during Arts! Arcata: Arcata Exchange has closed its doors. But not before holding one swinging appreciation party for customers, friends and family. Left, employees Lindy Ireland, Cesar Guendulain, Garrett Herbst, Sharon Graves and Gene. Middle left, building owner Christine Long and Gene. Middle right, Gene and April Joyce. Right, a stunningly colorful window altar. Photos by KLH | Union

FROM SHOWROOM TO BALLROOM Left, Gene Joyce treats fascinated fans to an oral history of the business with the display of store memorabilia and newspaper clippings in the front window. Middle and right, the College of the Redwoods Jazz Band belted out tunes that got folks hopping.

Redwood Roots | New water supply needed

Mix and match YOU DO YOU As Jaffa Wahlberg was appreciated by Romi Hitchcock at the Arcata Chamber of Commerce’s First Thursday Mixer at HealthSPORT last week, Action Mayor Brett Watson and People’s Supervisor Mike Wilson fidgeted with their devices – for America! Photos by KLH | Union

 FROM A1 ture (CSA) farm draws its water will become unavailable in December, 2020. That gives the popular farm and its 135 shareholders (65 in the winter) a year or so to raise the $80,000 it needs to drill a new well on its own property and connect to the power grid to pump the water. “Being off grid has worked fine until now,” said farmer/owner Janet Czarnecki. “But for the irrigation system, solar is not enough.” She’s working with some of the best local pros in their respective fields to get the system installed – McKeever Energy & Electric, Inc. for the solar installation; Rich Well Drilling & Pump for the new well; and Leach Water Systems for storage. While the farm thrives serving its shareholders, it doesn’t have a lot of money laying around. “All the money we earn goes back into the farm,” Czarnecki said.

It shows. While not palatial, the farm does have well-developed facilities after 21 years. Along with the charmingly ramshackle kitchen, there’s a classroom, wash station and distribution shed. These and other farm features have been built largely by volunteer enthusiasts to serve the farm’s mission of growing fresh vegetables, flowers, herbs, and berries. Czarnecki, a newly minted sexagenarian, had looked forward to easing up on her 10 hour per day worklife, but the sudden and unexpected water worries ended that idea. “I thought, ‘Now I can kinda skate...’ Then, boom, this comes up,” she said. The worrisome, high five-figure cost of creating a new water supply was initially daunting. “I was very, very, very overwhelmed at first,” she said. But then, just on hearing the news, supporters eagerly stepped up and do-

nated $12,000. That goes a long way toward covering some of the project’s startup costs, and encouraged Czarnecki to proceed. “It is doable,” she said. A benefit for Redwood Roots was held at Eureka’s Synapsis venue Sunday night, and more events are in the works. Fundraising letters will be going out, and in March a GoFundMe page will be initiated. Meanwhile, those wishing to help out Redwood Roots Farm can send a check to: Redwood Roots Farm P.O. Box 793, Arcata, California, 95518 or stop by the farm at 45 Fellowship Way just past the Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, and put money in the donation box. Or they can make a tax-deductible donation via the Jacoby Creek Land Trust by sending a check with “Redwood Roots” in the memo line to: JCLT, P.O. Box 33, Bayside, CA 95524.

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he Hum never ends, it just keeps Then on Saturday, Nov. 16, Songs of humming along. This week I picked Freedom Part 2, features “anthems from up a last-minute item Friday night. the ’60s and beyond, music that expresses After making the rounds at Arts! Arca- our current need for courage and unity” ta, hearing a touch of Striped Pig, then with Jan Bramlett, FireSign and Asha Jon Humboldt Gates’ intense reading Nan singing more meaningful songs. at Northtown Book, Papa Haole and and closing down the the Fleas play ThursArcata Exchange day, Nov. 14, at Mad (with the CR Big River Brewery, offerBand), “and more,” ing, “original pan oceI went down in the anic tropical music to Basement to catch a sheik yer bouti, slam few tunes by PD3. a few pan galactic garSeabury Gould came gle blasters and maybe in just as they packed get lei’d,” using ukes, up. steel pans, and a mess Seabury told me of mostly Caribbean about a CD he recordrhythms. ed with Brae Lewis, TRIPPIN’ THE DEW Seabury Gould In the mood for Trippin’ the Dew, celebrates his 11th album, Trip- some reggae? Woa collection of tunes ven Roots and pin’ the Dew, at a secret CD rehe calls “Celtic and Arkaingelle are at the lease party Wednesday evening. beyond,” laid down Jam Thursday, musical Bob Doran | Union at Bongo Boy with an 10 p.m. all-star local cast including fiddlers Blake The latest pop-up at the McKinleyville Ritter and Evan Morden, the Zw- Community Pop-Up Museum is a erdlings “and more.” “Humboldt Cornucopia of Artists,” The title comes from featuring Matt O’Brien’s Skullface an old Scottish song, Project “and more other artists,” two Heather on the Moor. It nights only, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15 tells of a lad who “met and 16, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Bonus: “Free pie!” a pretty maid upon the Friday, Nov. 15, at the Bayside Comway, she was tripping munity Hall, the “Trail Mix” benefit for the dew down from the the Humboldt Trails Council features the heather. And it’s heath- “highly danceable and upbeat ‘80s cover er on the moor.” After band Eyes Anonymous.” Doors at 7 p.m. watching the sun set for a silent auction, music at 8 p.m. with her, “Up she rose At Humboldt Infuzions (on the Arcaand away she goes, her ta Plaza) Emerald Sisters Collective bring name or place I know not either.” Sim- Mazin Jamal and Seoulstice for Fam ilarly, he told about the CD release party Rising, “an interactive musical experience Wednesday, Nov. 13, but it’s at an undis- with dancing, jamming, singing and conclosed location. Check seaburygould.com versations about what brings us meaning for details. in life. This is a pay-what-you-feel event.” Picking up where we left off last week, Starting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, the Against The Friday, 9-ish at Humbrews catch SunWind Festival at the Arcata Playhouse shine Kids, a new soul band with Pete Cicontinues with Nuclear Jeopardy: The otti on drums, plus Tessoulation, a “neoGame of your Life, a game show that space-soul-jazz” band from Arcata, and Big “tests the wits of competing teams, while Lagoon, a “dream folk/indie” band that sharing critical facts about climate change may or may not be from Big Lagoon. “The and nuclear arms.” Doors at 6:30 p.m. bands are made mostly of HSU students,” Showtime at 7 p.m. points out Pete, adding, “and all have a feFriday, Nov. 15, the fest continues with male lead singer.” Songs of Freedom Part 1, “A night of At the Arcata Theatre Lounge, World music featuring gospel, folk, and civil Famous Productions presents severrights music inspired by The Great March al electro musicians, Charles the First on Washington.” That 1963 concert, curat- (aka Charles Ingalls) from Lake Tahoe, ed by Harry Belafonte, had Mahalia Jack- tiedye ky (aka Kyle Bate) from Philason, Lena Horne, Odetta, Bob Dylan, Joan delphia and VCTRE from Birmingham, Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary. We have Alabama, whose Soundcloud happens to James Harris and The Nu Heavenly include a track remixed by tiedye ky. That’s Tone Singers, Chris Parreira and the the way EDM works in this day and age. Paula Jones Band. THE HUM  B4 CORNUCOPIA OF ARTS The McKinleyville Community Pop-up Museum is hosting a Humboldt Cornucopia of Arts on Friday, Nov. 15 and Saturday Nov. 16 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The museum is located at the McKinleyville Shopping Center south of Safeway in McKinleyville. These two fun nights, with arts aplenty, will feature Matt O’Brien’s ScullFACE project, Arthur Barab’s photography, Thomas Fossier ceramics and much more. Check out the McKin- SKULLFACE Butterfly pig by Matt O’Bri from Facebook leyville Town Center Dreams exhibit and en. others. Take the museum’s art challenge and earn a gift from the grab bag. Enjoy Lost Coast Face Painting and free pie. The free event is kid friendly.

ROCK OPERA The cast of Jesus Christ Superstar at the North Coast Repertory Theatre through Dec. 8. Photo by Calder Johnson

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EUREKA – The North Coast Repertory Theatre continues its 36th season with the grooving classic rock-opera, Jesus Christ Superstar. The production runs through Sunday, Dec. 8. From the spectacular minds of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, Jesus Christ Superstar is a hard-hitting, radical, rock-opera re-telling of the last five days in the life of Jesus Christ. Including famous numbers like What’s the Buzz?, I Don’t Know How To Love Him, and Superstar, Jesus Christ Superstar has been stunning audiences for over 40 years and is just as passionate, controversial and contemporary today. Jesus Christ Superstar is directed by Calder Johnson. Music direction is by David Belton Powell. The accompanist is Jonathan Roberto Moreno. Choreography is by TiggerBouncer Custodio and Tucker Noire. The cast features Jordan Dobbins, Holly Couling, Nanette Voss, TiggerBouncer Custodio, Morgan

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Cox, Craig Benson, Tyler Egerer, Ethan Vaughan, Rigel Schmitt, Emma Dobbins, Tyler Elwell, Margeurite Hockaday, Marina Benson, Monica Blacklock, Roro Lozano, Cosmo Bernstein, and Samantha Kolby. The band includes Jonathan Roberto Mereno on keyboard, Amber Grimes on bass, Nathan Contreras on guitar, and Ben Aldag on drums. Scenic design is by Calder Johnson. Costume design is by Olivia Gambino. Lighting design is by Calder Johnson. The production is stage managed by Kira Gallaway. Jesus Christ Superstar plays on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and on Sundays at 2 p.m. through Dec. 8. Ticket prices are $18 general and $16 for students and seniors. NCRT is located at 300 Fifth St., Eureka. To purchase tickets online or to learn about volunteer opportunities, upcoming shows, or group discounts, visit ncrt.net You can also leave a message for the theater at (707) 442-NCRT (442-6278). work. The show combines his history of familial storytelling from his vaudevillesque grandfather, his Methodist educator grandmother, former minister/ philosophy professor/ international consultant/ gadfly father and theatrical/classical singer mother as well as selected poetry/ prose pieces from his travels in Germany, Israel and Portugal. Admission is on a $10 to $20 sliding scale. Refreshments are available.

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EUREKA – Faculty members from Humboldt State University Music Department will perform at the Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St. in Eureka on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. The program will contain chamber music pieces dating as far as the Renaissance and continuing through the centuries to the music of our time. The performing artists will provide listeners with comprehensive views on the all chamber music works. Enjoy an afternoon of classical, jazz, crossover genres, chamber music, solo performances, a Poulenc Piano-wind sextet, Shostakovich cello-piano sonata, Beethoven string quartet, op. 18, and more! Audience members will have the opportunity to meet the performers after the concert. Admission is $5 for adults, $2 seniors/students/military, free for Humboldt Arts Council members, children less than 17, and families with a EBT card. HONORING WOMEN VETERANS The Eureka Vet Center is hosting the 10th Annual Honoring Women Veterans Program on Friday, Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event will be held at the Arcata Veterans Memorial Building at 14th and J streest in Arcata. The event is designed to recognize the many women who have voluntarily given of their time to serve their country during both war and peacetime. This year’s theme is centered on Women, Wellness and Mindfulness. Lunch will be provided by the Sons of Italy. Registration, self-care activities and coffee will be from 10 to 11 a.m. The presentation will begin at 11 a.m. Please contact the Eureka Vet Center at (707) 444-8271 for further information and registration. The Eureka Vet Center also would like to thank the Arcata VFW Post 2542 and American Legion Post 274 for providing the space to gather and celebrate Women Veterans and their service. AMERICANA BAND The Handshakers will perform at the Siren’s Song, 325 Second St. in Eureka on Saturday, Nov. 16. The Americana band will play from 8 to 11 p.m. The band includes Mike Bynum, acoustic guitar and vocals; Aleister Paige, pedal steel, electric guitar and vocals; Gary Davidson, bass and vocals; Paul DeMark, drums; and Barney Doyle, electric guitar.

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Electric vehicle parade in Blue Lake

e are fully into fall these days, but the rain has somewhat held off, which makes for some spectacular sunny days still, even if the temperatures are on the cool side. The days are getting shorter, and it gets darker earlier, bringing new and exciting adventures, as you will soon see. Before getting into the fun night excursions coming soon, a few current events. The bridge crossing Powers Creek from the end of Broderick near the Horse Arena to the recreation trail within the Powers Creek District is almost complete. The landing was poured recently, and the material still needs to have a chance to cure, so we aren’t able to use it yet, but getting closer! There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony when all aspects of the bridge

are complete. Keep your eyes open Blue Lake, the project is several years in the making! Come out to the bi-monthly grange meeting today, Nov. 13. Potluck is at 6 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the Mad River Grange located at 110 Hatchery Rd., next to the Logger Bar. There are so many exciting things happening at the grange, and all are welcome to be a part of it. Soon, the building will have a new roof thanks to fundraising efforts by Grange members and a special grant from USDA. The monthly breakfast takes place every month on the second Sunday of the month, and this time of year is the best time to go, hang out with friends and be a part of the community! Now, onto the new and exciting adventures that await us. The Blue Lake Rancheria has just recently announced a special event on Saturday, Nov. 30. This will be an Electric Vehi-

cle Parade and Expo. The idea is to get your electric vehicles (cars, bikes, scooters – they just have to be electric powered) decorate them with lights, and participate in a parade that will take place starting at the Rancheria and moving through the streets of the City of Blue Lake. And, well, if you don’t have an electric vehicle, you can still come out and watch. The parade itself will begin at 5:30 p.m. Prior to that, at 1 p.m., there will be an expo in the Sapphire Palace, where there will be all sorts of electric transportation demos, incentives and test rides of vehicles, plus so much more. This is an all ages event. So, start thinking now if you currently own electric transportation and want to participate, as well as if you ever thought about owning electric transportation, you may wish to attend the first part of the event. That’s all for this week from Sunny Blue Lake.

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TRINIDAD – The Trinidad Fishing Community invites you to join us for the 24th annual Blessing of the Fleet on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, Nov. 28 at 10 a.m. at the Harbor Overlook on the corner of Trinity and Edwards streets in Trinidad. Everyone is welcome. It is a family friendly event. This is an opportunity for our community to come together and bless the fishermen, fishing families and Coast Guard of our community for their efforts and to provide for their safety on the ocean. Axel Lindgren III and his family will give a traditional Native blessing facing to the four directions followed by a blessing from Officiant

Dana Hope, M.A. The Trinidad Rancheria will warm us up with complimentary coffee, hot chocolate and snacks. Music is by DJ Kevin Held. Each year the Trinidad School fourth grade students draw pictures of the fishing boats and write poems to honor our fishermen. One drawing will be used for next year’s poster. Be sure to check out their colorful art on display that morning at the Blessing. This year’s poster was drawn by Cameron Gritsch. Our event is made possible thanks to our sponsors: The Greater Trinidad Chamber of Commerce, Trinidad Bay Fishermen’s Marketing Association,

BUSINESS WOMAN OF THE YEAR Holly Yashi Jewelry co-founder Holly Hosterman has received the 2019 Business Woman of the Year award from the Henderson Center Kiwani’s Club of Eureka. The award recognizes her contribution to Humboldt’s economy, as well as her international success and inspirational jewelry and business model. Hosterman founded the company in 1981 with her business partner, Holly Paul “Yashi” Lubitz, and has continued Hosterman to innovate designs and techniques for the past 38 years. “I’m really honored and appreciative to have received this award,” Hosterman said, “but it’s not just me making this [business] happen

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– Paul is right there too, everyday!” Holly Yashi Jewelry is handmade from start to finish in Arcata, and sells to a worldwide audience. Holly Yashi is located at 1300 Ninth St., Arcata. CAFE MOKKA Chubritza performs Eastern European music at Cafe Mokka at Finnish Country Sauna & Tubs, 495 J St., Arcata on Friday, Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. On Saturday, Nov. 16, the Fusilli Brothers perform Italian mandolin and guitar at 8 p.m. Both are all ages concerts and there are no cover charges. DEGREES EARNED Rebecca Cary and Jason Orlandi of McKinleyville have both earned Bachelor or Science in nursing from the online Western Governors University in Salt Lake City. it, runs it, and remembers to shut the thing off. I don’t have one, but my wonderful neighbors are fully equipped and hooked me up. My freezer was still frozen, and I lost nothing while I was trying to get home through the fires in the south. They are so kind. Living next to me must be like having your dumb teenager move in next door. Gadgets came up in the discussions. I found one that I recommend for anyone who gets up in the middle of the night – battery operated motion sensor lights. They are small circles magnetized for metal doors and they come with a sticky disc to place them anywhere. They pop on in the middle of the night as you move through the house for whatever reason. When the blackout is over, you can put them into a dark closet, and they’ll light up when the door is opened. We all compared our solar phone and laptop chargers and marveled at how quickly these little gadgets recharge and keep us in phone contact. If you’re alone in the dark these little things make you feel a whole lot better. S.A.D. is a real issue for many people. Nobody wants to be crabby, snappy, moody, sleepless or anxious for months. Please don’t ignore S.A.D. Get out into the sunshine when you are able, take some good old Vitamin D and come

down to the Senior Center. Try some delicious little goodies you shouldn’t eat and cheer up someone who may just be crankier than you. It always feels good to make someone laugh. The Senior Center hours and classes are going to be a little erratic for the next two holiday months. Please call (707) 839-0191 to make sure your favorite class activity is still meeting. The desk hostesses are sweet, and they know everything. Also please pick up a book or two or a puzzle for those rainy winter days. Around Town Things are happening at the Community Pop-up Museum in the Shopping Center. The Humboldt Inspired Art Show takes place on Friday, Nov 15 and Saturday, Nov 16. The museum is also seeking artists and vendors for a Night Market and Fair on Thursday, Dec 5 and Friday, Dec 6. Call Kelley at (707) 497-4376 for exact times, details and to reserve a vending space. Please call or text Patti Stammer (707) 845-2817 or mckpatti@gmail.com and let me know if you have events or classes or happenings you want to share with McKinleyville. If I’m crabby and don’t answer, leave a message. I’m out trying to find sunshine. And don’t forget to subscribe to your only local newspaper. They are almost an endangered species. Let’s support them.

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Robin Lyn Renshaw

July 23, 1948 – Oct. 2, 2019

obin was born to Robert Sherman Renshaw and Verna Irene Renshaw (Whitmore) in Shenandoah, Iowa and raised in the nearby town of Clarinda. She graduated from Clarinda High School in 1966 and went on to attend Clarinda Community College, Colorado State College in Greeley, and Hayward State College, California, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Arts in 1971. Following graduation from Hayward, Robin discovered a passion for early childhood education and realized that this was the life’s work she was looking for – a way to make real, positive change in the world. She studied at the AMI Teacher Training Center of Northern California from 1974 to 1976, earning a post Baccalaureate Diploma in the Principles and Practice of the Montessori Method for Children. From 1975 to 1977 Robin taught at Gateway Montessori in San Francisco and then Children’s Cultural Center (Montessori) in Marin. In 1977 she moved to Humboldt County with the dream of starting a Montessori preschool, and in 1980 Mad River Montessori Preschool was born. In 2008 Robin was offered the chance to move the school to its present location at the Saint Mary’s Catholic Church campus on Janes Road in Arcata, and it flourishes there today under the able direction of Julie DiLorenzo. Altogether, Robin served as Mad River Montessori’s director and head teacher from 1980 to 2015, only stepping down as she succumbed to increasing debilitation from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

BICYCLE SURVEY The City of Arcata recently applied for the League of American Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly Business program for city facilities including Arcata City Hall and the Arcata Transit Center. As part of the review process, the league is seeking feedback from the community to help gain valuable insight into the experiences of existing and potential cyclists who visit Arcata City Hall and the Arcata Transit Center. Arcata residents, bicyclists from Humboldt County and bicycle advocates who have visited Arcata are invited to share their experiences by taking two short surveys. Feedback collected will help the League and the City better understand current bicycling conditions and potential areas for improvement at these locations. The surveys will be open for public input through Friday, Novem-

Mad River Montessori was Robin’s life’s work, and she educated, inspired, and supported hundreds of children and their families while filling her life and the lives of so many friends with enjoyment of arts, literature, music and nature. In all things Robin acted from a foundation of carefully focused observation, concentrating all of her effort on her life-long vision of helping to make the world a better place. Robin was preceded in death by her father, Robert Sherman Renshaw, her mother, Verna Irene Renshaw (Whitmore), and is survived by her sister, Randy Dee Burke (Renshaw), husband, Richard Swisher, daughter, Katie Irene Swisher, son-in-law, Mike Shively, granddaughter, Mira Wren Shively, stepdaughter, Erica Ryan, niece, Emily Ann Lock (Burke), her husband, Troy and their children, Taylor and Colby Lock, nephew Andrew Burke, his wife, Lisa and their son, Cooper. A memorial scholarship fund has been established at Mad River Montessori Preschool in honor of Robin’s strong belief that Montessori education should be accessible to families of all income levels. Donations can be made directly through their website, madrivermontessori.com or via check to Mad River Montessori, noting the scholarship in the memo. A celebration of Robin’s life followed by a finger food potluck will be held at 2 p.m. on March 28, 2020 at the Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 24 Fellowship Way, Bayside CA 95524. To receive an email reminder please rsvp to rememberingrobin328@gmail. com. For the full length obituary visit lostcoastcoastoutpost.com.

ber 15 and can be found at cityofarcata.org. YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE The City of Arcata Recreation Division would like to remind community members that Youth Basketball League registration will close on Friday, Nov. 22. Arcata Recreation’s Youth Basketball League is committed to providing a fun and safe learning environment, with program goals being active skill development and sportsmanship. The league serves youth in first through twelfth grades, and teams are grouped by grade and gender. Participation fees per child are $70 for Arcata residents and $81 for non-residents. Some of the divisions fill quickly, register before Friday, Nov. 22 to guarantee your spot. Beginning the week of Jan. 6, basketball teams will practice for one hour, one night a week

at the Arcata Community Center located at 321 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway in Arcata. Actual practice days and times will be determined by the team coaches. Games will be played on Saturdays, beginning Saturday, Jan. 11 to Saturday, Feb. 29. In addition, businesses and community members have the opportunity to become a Youth Basketball League sponsor for $225 per team. All sponsor support fees go directly toward the Arcata Youth Basketball League and assist in offsetting program costs, including team uniforms. Team sponsors’ names will appear on team uniforms and they will receive a plaque with a team picture. For more information on Youth Basketball League enrollment or to becoming a team coach or sponsor, please contact Arcata Recreation at (707) 822-7091 or visit cityofarcata.org.

TREASURE HUNTS AND DATABASES The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) invites the public to “Treasure Hunts and Databases Help Rare Plants,” today, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Six Rivers Masonic Lodge, 251 Bayside Rd., near Seventh and Union streets in Arcata. How many rare plant species do we have on the North Coast, who is keeping track of them, and how are they doing? Greg O’Connell, the local CNPS Rare Plant Co-chair and an environmental scientist with California Department of Fish and Wildlife will explain how the CNPS Rare Plant Treasure Hunt Program and the California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) keep track of this important resource and help inform conservation decisions. Doors open at 7 p.m. for snacks, sales,and socializing. The North Coast Chapter of CNPS offers free public programs on the second Wednesday of each month, September through May. (707) 822-2015, northcoastcnps.org ART & NATURE Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge invites you to Art & Nature at the Refuge on Sunday Nov. 17 from 1 to 4 p.m. Celebrate nature this holiday season. Come and decorate a plantable paper and wildflower seed ornament and make a seedy treat to hang outside for birds. Art & Nature at the Refuge takes place the third Sunday of every month. It’s free and everyone is welcome to drop in, rain or shine. All materials, artists and naturalists provided. Meet at the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters & Visitor Center, 1020 Ranch Rd. in Loleta. For more information, call (707) 733-5406 or visit fws.gov/refuge/humboldt_bay/. AUDUBON MEETING Redwood Region Audubon Society holds its monthly Conservation Meeting and information sharing Thursday, Nov. 14, at noon at Rita’s Margaritas and Mexican Grill, 1111 Fifth St., Eureka. (707) 445-8311 MARSH WALK Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM) is sponsoring a free tour of the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. Meet leader Jean Santi 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. For more information, call (707) 8262359. MARSH BIRDING Redwood Region Audubon Society is sponsoring a free public field trip at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday, Nov. 16. Bring your binoculars and have a great morning birding! Meet leader Alexa DeJoannis in the parking lot at the end of South I Street (Klopp Lake) in Arcata at 8:30 a.m., rain or shine. Trip ends around 11 a.m. DUNE RESTORATION Help restore the dune ecosystem on the Friends of the Dunes property on Saturday, Nov. 16 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 Ln. in Manila. For more information contact info@friendsofthedunes.org or call (707) 444-1397. NATURE STORY TIME Join a Friends of the Dunes naturalist for Nature Story Time at the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center on Saturday, Nov. 16 from 2 to 3 p.m. Geared for ages 3-6, Nature Sto-

ry Time focuses on local wildlife and is paired with a simple craft project, props and fun movement activities. This month we will be learning about animal migration! For more information or to reserve a space, please email info@ friendsofthedunes.org or call (707) 444-1397. WHAT THE DUNES CAN DO FOR YOU What can the dunes do for you? Curious about the benefits of moving sand dunes and salt marshes? Interested in the medicinal benefits of native plants? Join naturalist Laura Shepherd for a guided walk focused on ecosystem services at the Ma-le’l Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge on Sunday, No. 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Ma-le’l Dunes North Unit is open to public access Friday through Monday and home to diverse coastal ecosystems including coastal dune forest, saltwater and freshwater wetlands, and large moving sand dunes. Meet at Ma-le’l Dunes North Parking Lot, off of Young Lane in Manila. For more information or to R.S.V.P., contact Friends of the Dunes at (707) 444-1397 or info@friendsofthedunes.org. ON THE WATERFRONT Join Redwood Region Audubon Society on Sunday, Nov. 17, on a field trip to the Eureka Waterfront. Meet at 9 a.m. by the concrete fishing pier at the foot of West Del Norte Street, where participants will scope for birds off the public dock until everyone assembles. They will then walk the Hikshari’ Trail to the south, birding along the trail towards the Elk River Wildlife Sanctuary. Contact Ralph Bucher at (707) 499-1247 or email thebook@reninet.com for more information. EXPLORE NORTH COAST Explore North Coast and the Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center as co-sponsors invite the public to their Lecture Series featuring Dan Barton, an associate professor of Quantitative Population Ecology in the Department of Wildlife at Humboldt State University. His research and teaching includes work on developing biological monitoring programs and understanding management significance of food web interactions, and he conducts this kind of work with seabirds, high mountain lake basins, subalpine plant communities, and coastal dunes. The lecture is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center, 921, Waterfront Dr., Eureka. Admission is free. For more information email info@ explorenorthcoast.net or call (707) 6160016. SEALS, SEA LIONS AND SEABIRDS The Sequoia Park Zoo Conservation Lecture Series continues with a lecture and reception scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 20 in the Flamingo Room at the Sequoia Park Zoo, 3414 W St., Eureka. Claire Nasr of Seabird Protection Network will present “Seals, Sea Lions and Seabirds: Stories of Success from the North Coast.” Meet the speaker and join a reception beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Zoo with the lecture following at 7 p.m. What do seals, sea lions and seabirds have in common? They all have special adaptations that allow them to live and thrive on rocky shores of our North Coast. Nasr’s lecture will focus on the natural history, ecology and relevant research regarding species like northern elephant seals, pacific harbor seals, cormorants and western gulls.

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STMT INC, 837 H STREET ARCATA, CA 95521 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: A CORPORATION S/PATRICIA GUERRERO SECRETARY This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on OCT. 22, 2019 KELLY E. SANDERS KT DEPUTY CLERK 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 19-00607 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TRAIL’S END 1204 LISCOM HILL RD. MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519 COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT MARY GOODMAN 1204 LISCOM HILL RD. MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: AN INDIVIDUAL S/MARY GOODMAN OWNER This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on OCT. 16, 2019 KELLY E. SANDERS SC DEPUTY CLERK 10/23 10/30, 11/6, 11/13

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 19-00609 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HENDRX FARM 1850 MURRAY RD. MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519 COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT GRASS VALLEY PATIENT RESOURCE GROUP CA C3798928 2045 BALL CT. ARCATA, CA 95521 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: A CORPORATION S/JEFF SCHIRMANN SECRETARY This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on OCT. 17, 2019 KELLY E. SANDERS SC DEPUTY CLERK 10/23 10/30, 11/6, 11/13 CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 294 Case Name: Kai Holley Case No. JV130073 1. To Desiree Adams and anyone claiming to be a parent of Kai Holley

born on 10/12/2011 at St. Joseph Hospital, Eureka, CA. 2. A hearing will be held on 1/6/2020 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 JOAN TURNER, DEPUTY COUNTY COUNSEL #152986 825 FIFTH STREET EUREKA, CA 95501 (707) 445-7236 DATE: OCTOBER 18, 2019 Clerk, by Kim M. Bartleson, Deputy 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ELLA P. DOTY CASE NO.: PR180292 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ELLA P. DOTY, ELLA P. DOTY-ROBINSON Petition for Probate has been filed by: CHARLES

GLEAVE AND JOHN GLEAVE in the Superior Court of California, County of HUMBOLDT. The Petition for Probate requests that: CHARLES GLEAVE AND JOHN GLEAVE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 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: Nov. 21, 2019 Time: 2:00 PM Dept.: 6 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 petition 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: J. BRYCE KENNY P.O. BOX 361 TRINIDAD, CA 95570 (707) 677-23504 10/30, 11/6, 11/13

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SUNDAY JAZZ The James Zeller Trio. Submitted photo

EUREKA – Enjoy a glass of wine and prepare yourself for an afternoon of great music at the Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St. in Eureka, on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. with the James Zeller Trio, which will perform jazz of the 1920s through the 1950s. Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for students, seniors and those in the military and free for children under 18 and families with EBT cards. The James Zeller Trio will perform unique original versions of classic favorites, unearth forgotten gems, and perform some original songs written in the tradition of the American Songbook. The James Zeller Trio consists of James Zeller on the trombone, guitar and vocals, John Wood on the piano and Lee Phillips on the upright bass. This is a special performance for Zeller and Wood, who have been friends since second grade. The two perform together only on occasion, as both keep very busy schedules. They’ve been playing music together for 25 years, the longest musical association either of them has.

GUITAR ENSEMBLE The Humboldt State University Department of Music and guitar director Jennifer Trowbridge present the HSU Guitar Ensemble on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. in Fulkerson Recital Hall.The group is excited to present works by flamenco guitarist Juan Serrano, classical guitarists William Kanengiser and Celedonio Romero, The Grateful Dead, and themes from Final Fantasy V, arranged by HSU student composer Adam Erickson. In addition, Mariachi de HSU will play some familiar favorites including La Brujo and El Rey. Admission is $10 general, $5 for children and free for HSU students with ID. Photo courtesy Humboldt State

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contribute to them. One of the dogs that we are currently working with is the lovely Lola. Lola is a small mixed-breed female who we estimate to be about 2 years old. She was very shy when she first came to the shelter, as so many dogs seem to be, but has blossomed under the attention of some of her volunteer friends. Lola is an attentive student for her training on leash work and obedience skills and is learning new things every day. She loves to play with other dogs and is quite affectionate with humans. Lola has a slight neurological condition which affects her gait a bit but does not seem to bother her at all. We have not seen any change in the condition since she has been at the shelter, so we do not believe that there is any concern for it worsening. Lola is a nice compact size, probably around 35 pounds, and is well housebroken. We think Lola would make an excellent addition to a family and would reward her adopter with a lot of devotion. Contact us today to meet Lola! Another Redwood Pals function has been to take in dogs that come to the shelter already pregnant. It has been a busy month for that! Two dogs had there pups at the shelter last week and we are just making arrangements for them.

Prima and pups Another dog, Prima, went home with one of our volunteers about three weeks ago and had her two cute little boy puppies at the foster home. We will be holding onto Prima and her pups and looking for homes for them when the boys are old enough. They started out as tiny newborns but have grown at an amazing rate! We are not sure whether that is because they are just two pups with all the mother’s milk that sometimes feeds many more, or if their father was a large dog. Sweet Mama Prima is only about 40 pounds so we are waiting to see. Prima is a lovely dog who has been good with other dogs and people. If you are interested in meeting this little family for possible adoptions, please let us know. The puppies are about three weeks old now and will be available for adoption when they are at least eight weeks old. To meet any of these dogs, please contact Redwood Pals Rescue at redwoodpalsrescue@gmail. com or leave a clear voicemail at (707) 633-8842. Mark your calendars for a fun event coming up on Saturday, Nov. 23. Dog Night! at the Savage Henry Comedy Club in Eureka will have local dogs take the stage with their comedians in tow! We are expecting a fun night of comedy, dogs, drinks, fun and prizes with a bountiful raffle to benefit Redwood Pals Rescue.

N ovember 13, 2019 The Hum| Shows aplenty  FROM B1 There’s more EDM at the Jam Friday as Deep Groove Society and Fraktal present Little John the DJ, up from Santa Cruz, playing “acid house disco with one foot in the ghetto and the other on the moon,” with local support by Marjo Lak and Skinny Pepperwood. The Deadhead show(s) of the week are(is) at Blue Lake Casino’s Sapphire Palace, where Hammond B3 organist Melvin Seals and JGB are settled in for a twonight run (Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15 and16) with guitarist John Kadlecik, who played the Jerry role in Dark Star Orchestra until he was recruited for Further. Elsewhere in Blue Lake Saturday night, you’re invited to “help the Logger Bar celebrate 130 continuous years of merriment and seven years since re-opening” under the guidance of Kate Martin, with lively bluegrass-ish tunes by Rinky Dink String Band, hors d’oeuvres, “and more memories to make!” Faculty members from HSU Music Dept. perform music of various types at the Morris Graves Museum of Art on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m. They promise jazz, chamber music, crossover genres, a Shostakovich duo, a Beethoven string quartet (op. 18) “and more!” The unidentified players are “faculty members” so they’re probably good. On campus Saturday, CenterArts presents, “A Tuba to Cuba,” with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band plus the Cuban singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Yusa. The concert series came from a trip to Cuba by the New Orleans jazz band, and a film they made documenting the trip. “Our five years exploring the Cuba/ NOLA history has been inspiring to say the least,” they note. Starts at 8 p.m. at the Van Duzer Theatre. “Are you ready for some kick ass music? Are you ready to have your face melted? Are you ready to be crushed by original Humboldt heavy music? If you answered yes to all of those questions, then get your ass to The Jam Saturday, Nov. 16,” where War Möth, Imperial Destructo and Lord Ellis get heavy, starting around 9 p.m. “There’s nothing like coming home!” says funk/rock/ reggae groove outfit Diggin Dirt, as they “bring the funk off the road and back to Humboldt for a debut performance at Arcata Theatre Lounge,” Saturday, Nov. 16, Opening around 9 p.m. is Mestizo Beat, an “international funk & soul, AfroRhythmic, psych rock ensemble based out of Los Angeles, (formerly known as the Soulfire Collective). At the Historic Eagle House, Booty Shakin’ presents the Harvest Decompression Party, “a seasonal celebration for Humboldt’s favorite time of year, featuring EDM by SOOHAN and Naughty Princess from L.A. and Esch, currently based in Arcata. Also Saturday, 8 to 11 p.m. The Handshakers shake hands at Siren’s Song on, Nov. 16, with Americana on the country-ish side with Georgia boy Mike Bynum on acoustic guitar and lead vocals, pedal steel master Aleister Paige, Barney Doyle on electric guitar, and the rhythm section: bassist Gary Davidson and Paul DeMark on drums. Shoshanna invites you to a Saturday Fun Fundraising Dance Party, 8 to 11 p.m. It’s actually a twofer, with DJ dance parties in two rooms: Redwood Fusion hosting a “black light glow party,” and Monday Night Swing a “great epic light show.” There’s also a chocolate fountain and treats, and for fundraising purposes, a silent auction. “You won’t want to miss the fabulousness as we raise the money to file the forms to transform our little home of dance, community and magic into a non-profit organization,” says Shoshanna. “Fun!” Irie Mae invites you to her celebrate her new EP, Peach Melba, a jumpin’ rhythmic thing, with a multiband show at Outer Space Saturday with Samba Floresta, Karmafiend, Mighty Violets, Icarus & Suns, Mykal Somer and last but not least, Irie Mae with BMC and a “final jam.” It’s a tight schedule starting at 8 p.m. ending at 11. Irie Mae implores you, “Be on time and prepared to dance.” Enjoy a glass of wine and an afternoon of jazzy music Sunday, Nov. 17, at the Morris Graves Museum’s monthly event, Wine and Jazz, with the James Zeller Trio with John Wood on the baby grand piano, Lee Phillips on upright bass and James on trombone, guitar and vocals. I’m told, this is a special performance for James and John, who have been friends since 2nd grade, yet perform together only on occasion. More wine? Local poet Ann Fricke invites us to “gather together to drink some local wine and read angry political poetry,” at Septentrio Winery starting at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17. Her new poetry collection, One Mother’s Revolution, is her “attempt to make sense of this crazy world we have been living in the past few years. I will perform some poetry from the collection (not all of it is angry), drink some wine and share some laughs with you all, and then maybe we can venture across the street to The Hatchet House for some post-celebration entertainment,” and let some of that anger out. Be careful after all that wine. Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in Ferndale, it’s yet another in the KEET series Live from the Old Steeple with roots music by the mandolinist Tim O’Brien (formerly from Hot Rize) and his hot string band Nahko and Medicine for the People stop by the Van Duzer Theatre Monday, Nov. 18, on their Take Your Power Back tour. (There’s an album by that name.) According to his bio, “Nahko Bear, an Oregon-native born a mix of Puerto Rican, Native American, and Filipino bloodlines considers himself a citizen in service to the planet.” Nahko adds, “Women of wonder and potent poetry join us on the road — Ayla Nereo brings her big medicine.” Showtime 8 p.m. Same Monday, at the Miniplex, it’s the darker side of rock ’n’ roll with Death Valley Girls, who are from L.A., but far from valley girls, on tour with the duo Crocodiles, and Kate Clover. I imagine they’re “in service to the planet” in their own way. That’s it for now.