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TOTAL DESTRUCTION The Sunday morning fire completely destroyed The Club at
Mill Creek in McKinleyville. The owners say they will rebuild.
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FROM MAGICIAN TO MENDICANT Shantaram the Magician in his glory days at Hutchins
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Mental illness claims Arcatas

popular town magician
Kevin L. Hoover
Mad RiveR Union

ARCATA Waving from behind the

wheel of his sleek white Lotus Elise, hes
the dapper, dashing young wizard in his
powder blue stage tuxedo, headed off to
dazzle eight-year-olds at a birthday party.
Ask Shantaram the Magician how he
made that coin disappear, turned a handkerchief into a flower, or how he could possibly have known what card you picked,
and you get a broad, beaming smile.
Believe, says the magic man, a twinkle
in his eye.
Not any more. These days, Shantaram
Jones lives among scattered homeless
camps in the windblown badlands at the
foot of Eurekas T Street, underneath the

Samoa Bridge. His ill-fitting clothes are

dirty, his beard is long and scraggly and his
once-bright eyes are clouded with madness.
The dynamic young man who can still be
seen on YouTube performing feats of illusion and amazement now cant feed himself.
Last week he turned up on the Humboldt
Thieves Facebook page, caught filling his
pockets with stolen peanut butter cups for
sustenance at a mini-mart.
Its a hard fall for someone who rose from
unimaginably desperate straits to a vibrant
career as Arcatas town magician, only to
fall victim victim to adult onset schizophrenia. Today, Shantaram has lost his car, his
home, his business, his career and, by his
choice, his family basically, everything.

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McKINLEYVILLE The Big Lagoon Rancheria plans to rebuild its

29,000-square foot fitness center, which
went up in flames on Betty Court in McKinleyville in an early Sunday morning blaze.
The $5.9 million, two-story fitness center, with an indoor pool, was still under

construction when the Arcata Fire District

was dispatched to what was described as
a fully involved structure fire across the
street from the Mill Creek Cinema.
The fitness center called The Club at
Mill Creek was engulfed in flames, which
posed a threat to an office building to the
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Cole to be re-tried for cruelty

Kevin L. Hoover

Extortion or campaign dirty trick?

Email becomes fodder in rent control fight

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ARCATA Charles Wesley

Cole will stand trial again for
the alleged felony mistreatment
of his dog, known variously as
Jackpot, Mr. Nobody and Mr.
Know Buddy (the name on his
local veterinary records).
On the recommendation of
the Probation Dept., Humboldt
County Superior Court Judge
John T. Feeney on Thursday rejected a plea bargain deal proposed by the District Attorneys
Office which would have allowed
Cole the return of his dog, which
has since been re-homed.
That restores the felony
charge against Cole over a Jan.
14 incident in which he allegedly abused his dog in downtown
Arcata by picking it up and
dropping it, and overburdening
it with heavy objects in its dog
backpack. The original trial in
July ended in a hung jury.
Also withdrawn was Coles
guilty plea to the cruelty charge,

Fire engulfs
fitness club

Jack Durham
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HATED Charles Wesley Cole. KLh | union

which was part of the plea agreement. A not guilty plea was
re-entered, setting up a retrial
for Dec. 12. That trial will include
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MCKINLEYVILLE An email
allegedly written earlier this year
by the former head of a movement to enact rent control for
mobile home parks in Humboldt
County states that she would be
willing to drop the effort if a park
owner would buy her a $100,000
piece of property, pay to move
her double-wide home to it and
give her a $50,000 zero-interest
loan.
However, Hilary Mosher, former chair of the Humboldt Mobilehome Owners Coalition, flatly
denies having written the email.
I will not dignify this scurrilous
libel with a response, Mosher
stated in an email to the Union.
The day after an article about
the email was posted on the
Unions website, Mosher resigned
her position and stepped down
from the Yes on V campaign,

Have you
tried

ager of Ocean West Investors,

a limited liability company that
which is pushing for the rent con- owns McKinleyvilles Ocean West
trol ordinance which voters will Senior Village on Murray Road.
Inspire Communities LLC is the
decide on Nov. 8.
A press release from the Yes on company that oversees day-today management of
V campaign stated HilOcean West, where
ary Mosher is stepping
Mosher owns a home.
down from an active role
Kelly said there is a
in the Yes on V campaign
non-disclosure agreeeffective immediately.
ment regarding the isMeasure V isnt
sues in the email, and
about any one person,
therefore he could not
and I dont want efforts
comment further on
to discredit me to beHilary Mosher
its contents.
come a distraction,
The situation begs
Mosher stated in the
the question: Is the email evipress release.
The email was first made pub- dence of a plot to extort money
lic Oct. 20 on The Humboldt Con- from a park owner, or is it a dirty
fidential, an anonymous blog at trick concocted by the opponents
of Measure V?
thclive.net.
Park owners are united against
Casey Kelly, the chief operating officer of FollettUSA, said in Measure V, while Mosher until
a phone interview and via email Saturday had served as the leadOct. 21 that he had received the er and main spokesperson of the
email from Mosher. According rent control movement.
to Kelly, FollettUSA is the manMOSHER | A2

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O CTOBER 26, 2016

Dairymen face challenges

AGRICULTURE

Farmers, ranchers prodded to unite

Paul Mann

Paul Mann
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NORTH COAST California leads the nation in dairy

farming and the industry contributed some $21 billion to
the gross state product in 2014, according to the University
of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
The sector supports almost 190,000 jobs.
In 2013, the North Coast produced 2.2 percent of total
state milk production, based on figures from the California
Department of Food and Agriculture. The region accounts
for a large percentage of the states organic milk producers.
Despite the dairy sectors multi-billion dollar value and
its large role in the Humboldt County economy, agriculture specialists are worried whether the next generation of
farmers will be able to enter the industry, owing to large and
ongoing economies of scale, low milk prices and the high
dollar costs of regulatory compliance.
Farm Sanctuary, a trade group which bills itself as the
nations leading farm animal protection lobby, says most
small dairy farms have been replaced by factory dairies.
They operate on dry lots in huge enclosed areas that confine
hundreds or thousands of cows.
The group says, Dry lot dairies in western states now
produce more than half of the U.S. milk supply. Between
2000 and 2006, the number of farms with [fewer] than 200
cows decreased by more than 40 percent, while the number
of farms with at least 1,000 cows more than doubled.
The California Milk Advisory Board reports that the
states 1,400-plus dairy farms are 99 percent family owned.
Yet, a Farm Journal report last March said state dairy
herd numbers are in noticeable decline, owing to continued
industry consolidation and persistently low milk prices.
The Times-Standard, citing Western United Dairymen
trade association estimates, reported last July that Humboldt dairy producers are up against a widespread shortage
of employees in competition with cannabis growers who pay
more lucrative sums. At least some local dairy farmers are
being forced to sell their cows or even shut down.
The Buckeye, a Humboldt farm, ranch and timber caucus, has assembled in-depth figures on the regulatory costs
of dairy farming. In its latest publication, the group forewarns aspiring new farmers, Before you even think of purchasing your first cow, you will need to go through the California Environmental Quality Act process.
Depending on the consultant needed to take an applicant
through the regulatory steps, the upfront cost runs from
$30,000 to $50,000.
A state market milk license ranges in price from $500 to
$4,000 annually, depending on the value of milk produced.
The annual cost of a state organic production license ranges
from $3,000 to $9,000, again depending on income.
The North Coast Regional Water Board imposes an annual fee of $900 to $8,000, depending on the size of the
herd. The Buckeye puts the local average cost at $3,000.
Dairy farmers are also required to pay what are called
Unsecured Property Taxes, on top of the regular ones. Unsecured levies apply to farm equipment of all kinds, excluding
stationary buildings: calf hutches, pumps, irrigation pipes,
four wheelers and tractors.
These unsecured tariffs average $1,000-$10,000 a year,
contingent on the age, condition and number of machines.
Collectively, these and many other regulatory demands
can burden a dairyman with overhead of $25,000-$57,000.
The Buckeye hastens to add that those liabilities do not
take into account the expenses of providing dairy employees
with a minimum wage, health insurance, workmer compensation coverage and so on.

frankly we dont know anything about them. Society is

disconnected from agricultural values.
EUREKA A California farm lobby is bearing down
A member of The Buckeye audience, a retired ranchon embattled farmers and ranchers to form a unified er, said one way to overcome this silo effect of isolation
political front, aimed at re-establishing agriculture as a and mutual ignorance is to invite members of the public
prominent voice in society and the state economy.
to visit farms and ranches, a practice he followed on a
Humboldt native Jack Rice, a lawyer for the Califor- regular basis.
nia Farm Bureau Federation, appealed last week to local
Rice welcomed the suggestion, but said that headagriculturists to work together to resolve their regional strong, proudly independent farmers and ranchers must
and commodity differences and come to grips with in- overcome their ingrained tendency to bicker and squabtramural conflicts over ground water management, ur- ble with each other, to the detriment of their collective
banization, regulatory behemoths and environmental is- interest.
sues. Rice spoke to The Buckeye, a North Coast
One of the foremost examples, he pointed
advocacy group of family farmers and ranchers,
out, is farmers fighting with each other over
forest owners and resource managers.
water. He quoted an individual involved in
We as an ag community are losing badly and
the interminable conflict over the Klamath,
broadly everywhere, Rice said in remarks at the
who told Rice, Every time agriculture comes
Ingomar Club. Were losing ground in the pounder attack, we circle the wagons and shoot
litical and social battles and the legal battles. We
each other.
have to find a strategic way to overcome that.
The Buckeye audience laughed in recogniIn a speech titled, Agricultures New Narration as Rice lamented, I cannot tell you how
Jack Rice
tive, Rice said there is no shortage of 21st centrue that is. There are not enough of us anytury issues that could become the lightning rod
more to be inefficient and yet we remain split
for a united agricultural movement. He mentioned in- up, sort of bouncing around without a clear path. We still
tensifying consumer interest in food quality and securi- think were in the 1800s.
ty, Buy Local food movements, home farming and the
In the decade between 1992 and 2002, the number
spread of popular farmers markets.
of California farm operators under the age of 35 sank 43
The millennials generation is particularly interested percent. That raises the looming question of where the
in new green technologies and environmental solutions next generation will come from and how it will be able to
based on technological advances he noted. These are find the capital to invest in agriculture. Specialists such
threshold opportunities for farmers and ranchers to ral- as Rice are convinced that monumental policy shifts will
ly around, he said. People do want to know where [their have to be made.
food] comes from. Theyve lost their connection to the
Kenneth Fulghum, emeritus faculty in Humboldt
farm, but now consumers are becoming more interested State Universitys Department of Forestry and Wildland
in food.
and a member of The Buckeye, said in an email after
Of the sectors need for a 21st century narrative, Rice Rices speech, If the future of agriculture (timber, farmexplained, We need to come up with a new story about ing, ranching, dairying, etc.) is to be successful, these
who we are and a place for agriculture [in peoples lives] different agricultural enterprises must find common
that they can understand. We need a different way to tell ground on which to coordinate.
people about their food and where it comes from.
This is one of the key elements of The Buckeye in its
The problem in Rices view is that todays farmers and advocacy for sustainable working landscapes. In Humranchers are stuck in a 19th-century view of their stand- boldt County, we face land conversion pressures from
ing in society and the economy. They have an out-of-date commercial and residential uses. [Rice is pushing pronotion of their prominence and importance, despite the ducers for coordinated advocacy and education of the
fact that their numbers have shrunk dramatically, mak- general public about the various agricultural enterprising agriculture far less visible to the nation.
es.
As the 1800s unfolded, the share of the U.S. populaMore than the regularly publicized agricultural issues
tion on farms plummeted from 80 percent to 40 percent. are at stake groundwater management, drought, food
By the year 2000, it was a minuscule two percent.
production and capital investment.
Today, U.S. agriculture accounts for 1.1 percent of
The Farm Bureau Federation calls attention to the
GDP, gross domestic product, Rice said.
travails of farmers and ranchers who are being victimThe number of Americans with a memory of the fam- ized by fly by night methamphetamine laboratories.
ily farm, the Great Depression of the 1930s and wide- They are especially common in remote agricultural areas
spread hunger has dwindled to scant levels, he under- like Humboldt County.
lined, although there exist serious and spreading pockets
In addition to meth manufactures health and enviof hunger nationwide.
ronment dangers, posed by chemicals and the resulting
Agricultures value is underestimated and ignored, waste materials, the federation says the costs of cleanwhile it confronts what the Farm Bureau Federation ing up meth labs is staggering and usually falls on the
calls unprecedented challenges from drought, water shoulders of innocent property owners.
shortfalls, climate change, invasive species and many
The expense runs as high as $150,000.
other factors.
We overestimate our value to society; people do not
understand where their food comes from, Rice emphasized. They dont know the hunger of the Great Depression. People dont really understand hunger and how
on a foundation (likely the one left afFRoM A1
agriculture fits into the social fabric.
The
email
was
allegedly
written
by
ter the current mobile home is gone.)
The fact is right now we dont really matter in many
Mosher
in
January
when
the
proposal
The email continues I of course
ways, certainly not as we did in the 20th and 19th cento
get
rent
control
on
the
ballot
was
realize
that this request is about ten
turies. I dont think weve fully come to grips with what
still
in
its
infancy.
times
more
than you had anticipatthat means. People dont know anything about us and
In the email, dated Jan. 23, Mosh- ed when you made the offer to help
er allegedly wrote To summarize my people move their homes out of the
request: FollettUSA/Inspire moves park, but I also realize that if you take
my double-wide out of the park six advantage of this offer soon enough,
blocks away onto a lot (which will re- you may realize at least 100 times
quire taking away the existing trashed more profit than if I continue to push
double-wide) on Perini Avenue, through an ordinance... each day you
With self-discipline,
McKinleyville (which you purchase wait, however, is another day of acfor $100,000) then writes me a zero tivism that I am making progress toalmost anything is possible.
per cent interest 10-yr mortgage for wards that end, and another day that
$50,000. In exchange, I will cease and makes it that much harder to stop
Theodore Roosevelt
desist any and all activities related to the downward motion of the growing
mobile home housing/parks. This offer snowball... Hilary.
must include basic double-wide set-up
In the email thread, Kelly responds
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Mosher | ...you may realize at least 100 times more profit than if I continue

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to Mosher Attached is your Non-disclosure Agreement that you requested that I sign. Please return a fully
executed agreement and then give me
a call on my direct phone number below when you have a moment to talk.
The proposed deal, if it ever existed, never transpired.
According to MLS records, Mosher
listed her Ocean West mobile home
for sale for $55,000 in 2014. Her listing was canceled on Dec. 6, 2014. Just
weeks later, on Dec. 17, 2014, Mosher
came before the McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee with the
idea of supporting a rent control ordinance for mobile home parks.
The committee ultimately voted
against recommending rent control.

PUBLIC MEETINGS
GOVERNING BODY

Next MeetiNg

MeetiNg LocatioN

More iNforMatioN

Arcata City Council

Meets first & third Wednesday

Wednesday,
Nov. 2
at 6 p.m.

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

cityofarcata.org

Blue Lake City Council

Meets second & fourth Tuesday

Tuesday,
Nov. 8
at 7 p.m.

Skinner Store Bulding

behind City Hall

bluelake.ca.gov/city/
council/agendas

Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation &

Conservation District
Meets second & fourth Thursday

Thursday,
Oct. 27
at 7 p.m.

Woodley Island Marina

Meeting Room

humboldtbay.org/meetingsagendas-and-public-notices

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water

District (HBMWD)
Meets fourth Thursday

Thursday,
Oct. 27
at 7 p.m.

Boardroom, Humboldt Bay

Municipal Water District,
828 Seventh St., Eureka

hbmwd.com/meetingschedule

Humboldt County
Board of Supervisors
Meets every Tuesday

Tuesday,
Nov. 1
at 9 a.m.

Board Chambers, Humboldt

Co. Courthouse,
825 Fifth St., Eureka

humboldt.legistar.com/
Calendar.aspx

Jack D. Durham, Editor & Publisher editor@madriverunion.com

Kevin L. Hoover, Editor-at-Large, Publisher opinion@madriverunion.com
Lauraine Leblanc, Scene Editor scene@madriverunion.com
Jada C. Brotman, Advertising Manager ads@madriverunion.com

Manila Community Services District

(Manila CSD)
Meets third Thursday

Thursday,
Nov. 17
at 6:30 p.m.

Room I, Manila Community

Center, 1611 Peninsula Dr.,
Manila

manilacsd.com/Agendas_
Minutes_and_Forms.htm

Patrick Evans, Paul Mann, Daniel Mintz, Janine Volkmar, Reporters

Matthew Filar, Photographer
Bob Doran, The Hum Columnist
Karrie Wallace, Distribution Manager karrie@madriverunion.com
Louise Brotz, Subscription Outreach Coordinator
Marty E. Burdette, Such a Nasty Woman

McKinleyville Community
Services District (MCSD)
Meets first Wednesday

Wednesday,
Nov. 2
at 7 p.m.

Azalea Hall,
1620 Pickett Rd., McKinleyville

mckinleyvillecsd.com

McKinleyville Municipal Advisory

Committee (McKMAC)
Meets last Wednesday

today,
Oct. 26
at 6 p.m.

Azalea Hall,
1620 Pickett Rd., McKinleyville

humboldtgov.org/238/
McKinleyville-MunicipalAdvisory-Committ

Trinidad City Council

Meets second Wednesday

Wednesday,
Nov. 9
at 6 p.m.

Trinidad Town Hall,

409 Trinity St.,
Trinidad

trinidad.ca.gov/citygovernment/city-council.html

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MRCH cowpocalypse
causes $7,000 damage
Kevin L. Hoover
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Tackling
Bayside Traffic
Fire | Fully involved
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south and homes on Hedge Rose Court to

the west.
Fire Captain Jon Finen arrived and went
about protecting the office building.
As soon as Battalion Chief Rick Gomes
arrived on scene, he assumed incident command and requested Engine 8215 to report
to Hedge Rose Court to provide structure
protection to the residential structure to
the west and to assist residences with evacuating their homes.
More fire engines and firefighters ar-

A BETTER BAYSIDE After three public scoping sessions, a walk

along Old Arcata Road and a pop-up demonstration of a
walkway outside Jacoby Creek School hosted by Natalie
Arroyo, left, the Old Arcata Road Transportation Design
Project will move on to the planning phase. Up for review
and comment were a number of transportation-easing features through the clogged corridor, including roundabouts,
sidewalks and other items detailed at cityofarcata.org. The
project aims to specify and implement the improvements
over a five-year time frame.
Photos by KLh | Union

rived and helped douse the fire, which was

under control within 30 minutes.
We believe the fire was active for a
while before it was noticed by people in
the area. For this size building to be fully
involved like it was when we arrived on
scene is unusual. stated Gomes in a press
release. The building was currently under
construction, and the cause of the fire is being investigated.
One civilian suffered a minor injury
and transported himself to the hospital for
stitches.
The Big Lagoon Rancheria has been
working on the fitness club for 13 years.

JANES ROAD A 32-cow break-in at Mad River

Community Hospitals on-site organic farm resulted in
the loss of $7,000 in vegetables.
The bovine burglary evidently began in the wee hours
of the night. Farmers arriving in the morning found the
hungry herd roaming the fields, trampling crops, noshing
on unharvested produce and pooping indiscriminately.
Staff members then set about rounding up the herd
and moved them away from the hospital and held them
until the owner arrived, according to MRCH Chief Operating Officer Steve Engle.
The cows originated from a field located a half-mile
away. They or an offshoot faction apparently hoofed it
along Upper Bay Road en route to the unfenced farm, as
a resident there reported a cow looking in her bedroom
window before it mooved along.
The copious cow manure rendered the crop area unusable for planting for 120 days, Engle said. A claim has
been filed with the cow owners insurance company.
Engle said the livestock incursion was a first for the
farm, which provides 80 percent of the fresh vegetables
consumed by staff and patients. Until now, only foxes
and deer had been spotted at the farm.

Construction began about a year ago and

was scheduled to be completed in early
2017.
Despite the fire, the rancheria plans to
rebuild the structure and continue with its
original plans of opening a not-notch fitness center in McKinleyville.
A posting on The Club at Mill Creeks
Facebook page stated Weve been planning this facility to serve the greater McKinleyville community for almost 13 years. We
have had a vision for this project for a long
time, and while we are saddened by the
setback of this fire, we absolutely intend to
rebuild. We thank all of the people and or-

ganizations who have sent us their support

over the course of the day. We feel grateful
to be part of this community, and we look
forward to bringing our state-of-the-art
health club and fitness center back from
the ashes. The club will include a large indoor swimming pool, juice bar, stationary
bicycles, weightlifting equipment, locker
rooms, steam rooms and a large multipurpose room for exercise classes. The center
will offer various fitness classes. There will
be from 40 to 60 employees.
If anyone has any information regarding
this fire contact the Arcata Fire District at
(707) 825-2000.

Report warns of unintended consequences of Measure V passage

trol, Sundberg continued.
The staff presentation didnt include any recommended
actions.

Corrections
In last weeks Heroes or hoodlums story about the
Arcata Community Forest, Environmental Services Director Mark Andre is quoted as saying that illegal trailbuilders will be banned from the forest for five years. He
later clarified that he was just joking, and the city has no
legal mechanism to block anyone from use of the Arcata
Community Forest.
Last weeks article, District hopes former mill site
brings prosperity should have stated that the site offers
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HUMBOLDT In an analysis of a Humboldt County

mobile home rent control ballot measure, county staff has
concluded that there could be unintended consequences
that negatively affect renters.
An overview of the Measure V mobile home space rent
control ballot measure was presented to the Board of Supervisors at its October 18 meeting.
Measure V asks voters to approve an ordinance that will
regulate mobile home rent increases in the unincorporated
county area, including tying them to the annual Consumer
Price Index (CPI).
County Housing Coordinator Paula Mushrush said the
ordinance uses the CPI for Bay Area cities as a basis, which
is a standard thats higher than the statewide level. She added that shes concerned about the long term effect on the
residents I worry there may be unintended consequences.
The CPI is based on the costs of consumer goods. It
could work against residents interests because its a
straight calculation, said Mushrush.
So the rent increase could go up for the tenants and I
worry about that, she continued. This may force people
who have not raised it, to raise it.
She said that when she reviewed mobile home park
rents, she found that some parks didnt change rent
amounts from year to year.
A written staff report states that of mobile homes that
have sold, the average space rent increased by $77 over the
last three years. The report adds that had space rents increased commensurate with CPI, the average rent would
have increased by $37 over the same period of time.
But Mushrush said that the only mobilehome park that
changed ownership during the period somewhat skewed
the numbers because its average rent increased by $134.
If that park is pulled from the analysis, overall mobilehome park rents would have only increased by $48 over
the three-year period, she continued.
The countys costs for administrating the rent control

program could also exceed reimbursements. The measure

allows the county to charge a $5 per month administration
fee for each mobile home space but the fee is fixed instead
of being tied to the CPI like rents.
Another concern is that the ordinance will lead to deferred maintenance because if I can only get a certain
amount of money, I can only do a certain amount of
things, Mushrush told supervisors.
Measure V does allow mobile home park owners to file
fair return petitions, which trigger hearings to determine
if rent increases are necessary to cover costs and allow
enough profit.
Mushrush said her biggest concern is that if fair return petitions succeed, The burden of costs goes to the
park residents. She added that park owners would have
the advantage of legal representation and their petitions
would likely succeed.
Carrie Peyton-Dahlberg, a volunteer campaigner for
Measure V, was the only speaker during a public comment
session. She said one of the ordinances main purposes is
to protect mobile home park residents from drastic rent
jumps when park properties change hands.
Were seeing these big leaps now, thats part of the
change of ownership that is terrifying some of the people
who got this going, she continued.
The City of Arcata is considering a similar ordinance but
is creating it internally and studying potential effects.
Board Chair Mark Lovelace suggested that the citys approach is wise and that he and other supervisors should
have been proactive and not left the ordinance process for
residents to initiate on their own.
This is an imperfect ordinance, he said, adding that
he and other supervisors had given up our ability to craft
something internally by not heeding requests to do so.
Supervisor Ryan Sundberg said he didnt advance the
idea of a rent control ordinance because the McKinleyville
Municipal Advisory Committee had considered it and concluded that mobile home rents arent problematic.
The committee recommended alternatives to rent con-

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Shantaram | Adult onset schizophrenia took toll on victim, family

FROM A1

Origins
Shantaram came to America
from India via the International
Mission of Hope. He was adopted
by Terry and Debra Jones, now
residents of Bayside. They wanted
a large family, but Terry is a zero
population growth kind of guy,
so after having two girls, the couple adopted two boys from opposite sides of India.
Shantaram is from Calcutta,
and his brother Naranjan is from
Bombay. The Joneses moved from
Eureka to a comfortable, tree-ensconced home along Jacoby Creek
where they raised their four kids.
Its been a blessing and a
heartache, Terry said.
Things were rough for baby
Shantaram Shan, as hes
known to family and friends. At six
weeks old, he weighed just fourand-a-half pounds. Failure to
thrive was the diagnosis, owing to
his premature birth and the harsh
circumstances of his infancy.
But the Joneses love and nurturing would save the boy, and give
him back the life he almost lost.
Shantarams childhood was as
rich in bountiful Bayside as any
Jacoby Creek School students
might be. He was an unremarkable but not bad student. He had
hobbies and interests, and did
fairly well socially.
He was popular, Terry said.
He was always happy and
smiling, said Debra. In a geeky,
goofy kind of way.
Young Shan was active in the
4-H Club, and liked chickens so
much he was briefly known as
Chicken Boy.
Technology was to prove a lifelong interest, thanks in part to
Terry, a ham radio enthusiast. He
helped Shan put together a crystal
radio for a JCS science fair, and it
was labeled Talking Rocks.
At home, Shan was a busy boy.
He liked to bake, and busied himself with little jobs around the
hood mowing lawns, cleaning
houses. Basically, he was a good
kid. He was thoughtful and caring, and did little things for people, Debra said.
In retrospect, though, his parents recognize the seeds of dysfunction emerging as he entered
adolescence. It was an obsession
with self, and with a certain image
he wanted to project. He became
more and more narcissistic, Debra said. Looking back on it, we
can see it.
At Arcata High, he was high
energy, but a little short of focus,
his mother said. He had friends
who were girls, but no girlfriends.
He never had a romantic relationship, Debra said.
Shan attended Humboldt State
for a time, majoring in communications. But cognitive impairments, including an auditory issue, stifled his achievement there.
Instead, he found fulfillment in
magic. Adept at feats of illusion
and great at snappy patter, he

BAYSIDE BOY A typical Bayside

kid.
courtEsy tErry & dEbrA JonEs
became locally popular as Shantaram the Magician.
He parlayed that success into
the purchase of Hutchins Grocery
in Northtown, and by all appearances was on his way up. He drove
a succession of flashy sports cars,
getting a new one every year a
Nissan ZX300, a Mazda RX8 and
the sexy Lotus.
His father gave him a reliable
Nissan Maxima, but it didnt fit
his image, Terry said. His dad
found out that Shan had sold it,
having been taken advantage of
by a local car dealership which
paid him only $350. Terry went
there and demanded that they
sell it back to him for the same
amount, got the car back, and it
remains in use by the family.
He was impulse driven, Terry
said. He couldnt save a penny.
He was talking about buying an
airplane.
Shans career was at a fork in the
road, which might have led him to
the lucrative and glamorous career
he wanted. He had aspirations
of becoming a professional cruise
ship magician, Terry said. Maybe get a job in Vegas.
Image was everything, but behind the faade, Shantarams life
was beginning to unravel, personally and professionally. The
store was mismanaged and failing.
Hutchins ran out of merchandise,
because Shan had no money for it.
He thought everything in the
cash register was his, Terry said.
He didnt think about things like
PG&E, or the lease. The employees were paid though, his father
believes.
Terry urged him to take some
business classes at College of the
Redwoods, but Shan declined
for image reasons. He thought
it would make him look stupid,
Terry said.
His dad helped him out by
clerking on weekends, but Shantaram limited the assistance. He
didnt want me in the store, Terry said.
The decline of Shantaram
One day the Lotuss oil pressure light came on, but Shan ig-

MARKET TO MARKET In 2009, Shantaram used his market to market his magic act.
ArcAtA EyE Ad

nored it and kept on driving and

the engine burned up. The credit
union later reclaimed the vehicle.
Eventually, Shantaram lost the
store, too, leaving him with debt
he had no ability to repay.
By 2010, Shantarams illness
was becoming increasingly serious.
He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and some associated maladies,
including Tourette Syndrome. His
executive function the minds
ability to organize thoughts, reason, problem solve and plan tested as that of a 13 year old.
Hes just not able to think
things through, Terry said.
By 2012, Shan was fully in the
grip of his illness. He channeled
other people, and as is not uncommon among schizophrenics,
there was a technological spin to
his delusions. He would speak as
Nikola Tesla, or Bill Gates, even
Adolph Hitler. He said Steve Jobs
was his father, and Osama bin
Laden his cousin.
He started pulling away,
Terry said. Toward the end, he
plunged into his illness, Debra
said.
One day in the kitchen, he told
his mother that Obama wants
you dead, and pushed her down.
She struck her head on a granite
countertop, lacerating it.
He was deteriorating really,
really rapidly, Debra said.
He could relate to the parents,
but often through the alternate
personalities. To communicate

mental illness. I dont know why

we treat that as a bad thing, he
said. You dont get down on
someone who has chickenpox.
The Joneses are but one of
many families coping with mental illness. Unfortunately, we are
not alone, Terry said. Its heartbreaking.
Shan unseen
The Humboldt Thieves post
described Shantaram stealing
candy, and Terry thinks he knows
why. I suspect he was caught
shoplifting because he spent his
money on lottery tickets, he said.
Thats how Shantaram plans to
relaunch himself through a big
lottery win.
Like many of those who live
on the wild waterfront, Shan uses
the Humboldt County Library for
BAKER BOY Shan liked baking. Internet access and probably as
courtEsy tErry & dEbrA JonEs
a daytime refuge. He maintains
tortions.
an active online presence, with
Terry set his troubled son up in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
a transitional apartment, but that accounts. On the Quora website,
didnt go well either. Transients he posts Shantarams Cryptic
took it over.
Tales, sci-fi/fantasy fiction which
I went to the apartment one he describes as a unique blend of
time and there were all these stories for all ages.
meth-heads in there, Terry said.
Spotted at the library by an old
I said, Who the hell are you? friend last Thursday, Shantaram
His friends, they said. All his smiled briefly in recognition,
stuff had been stolen.
and even extended his hand for a
Consistent with some of his fist bump. But his face suddenly
previous dealings, Shan was un- clouded over, and he turned on
able to distinguish between friend his heel and walked off, refusing
and rank exploiter. Hes so trust- appeals for conversation.
ing, Terry said. Everyone is his
I dont talk to anyone, he said
friend.
as he descended the library steps.
Take it easy.
Other than in an online rogues
gallery, Shans parents havent
seen him since June. Driving in
Eureka one day, Terry spotted
him along the roadside and quickly pulled over and parked. Walking back to greet his son, Shan
spotted him and scurried away,
refusing contact.
Shantaram wont let the Public
Guardian share information with
his parents, who are helpless to give
him the aid he desperately needs.
We would help with clothing and
feeding him, but we just dont know
where he is, Debra said.
I would like my son to sign a
release of information so I know
where he is, Terry said. He has
siblings who love him and care
about him.
Terry and Debra wish Shantaram understood that theres no
need to be ashamed, and that they
TECHNOLOGY BUFF When the first iPad came out in 2010, Shan- dont want to control him. Like
taram was an enthusiastic early adopter.
KLH | ArcAtA EyE any parents, they simply yearn to
be part his life and help him get by.
One Christmas, family memI want to continue to be his
with Shan, they had to ask which
intermediary was present at the bers from near and far gathered at father, not his inquisitor, Terry
time. Am I talking to you, or is the Bayside home, bringing prac- said.
Given Shantarams current
this Hitler talking? Terry said. tical gifts of clothing and other
Hed say, This is Hitler or Bill items for Shan. He stayed away condition, the Joness friends
Gates, telling you what to do for probably out of pride so his fa- sometimes wonder if they regret
ther later took the presents down adopting him. People ask us, did
Shantaram.
He was getting arrested and to him at Bridge House. He gave we make a mistake? Terry said.
No. He did a lot of good.
5150d deemed a danger to most of it away, Terry said.
The cycle of commitment, reTheyre not about to give up on
himself and others. As the disease escalated, he was commit- lease, arrest and re-commitment their tiny baby, the busy, bright
ted to Eurekas Sempervirens has occurred three times now. boy who turned into a talented
teenager with grand dreams, and
Psychiatric Health Facility. But Shans parents are frustrated.
The system doesnt seem to be who served as Arcatas own magic
that was just a way station, one
easy for Shantaram the practiced working as well as it could, Terry man.
While mental illness is as real
illusionist to game by bamboo- said. There ought to be a better,
as a fractured skull, the parents
zling the psychiatric staff with his more humane way to do this.
He doesnt mean to finger know the voices it generates are
well-practiced patter.
He can hold it together for 20 point. Im not even saying its as illusory as the tricks that Shanminutes, a half-hour, Terry said. their fault, but something isnt taram the Magician once used to
I dont know how hard he has to working right, he said. Its a sys- hold children spellbound.
tem problem.
I realize its not my son
work at it.
At the same time, Terry trac- talking, Terry said. Theres a
Its a revolving door for psychiatrists at Sempervirens, Deb- es the deficient state of the pres- fantastic kid in there.
ent-day mental health system
Believe.
ra said.
Soon though, his mental help- back to 1967, when then-Goverers the historical luminaries nor Reagan made forced instituwho populate his mind take tionalization more difficult. As
president, Reagan loosened reover again.
After a court hearing, Shan was strictions on state block grants,
transferred to Bridge House, a effectively slashing federal fundhalfway house offering support- ing for mental health programs
ive living to adults with mental and beginning a long-term trend
illness. There, he took classes on toward deinstitutionalization.
Unwell people were left to fend
cooking, shopping and other life
skills. He was granted Social Se- for themselves on the streets, and
curity Disability Insurance, with like Shantaram, swelled the ranks
of those processed through the
his father in charge.
I was still his guardian, and criminal justice system.
Even Reagan said, That was
managed his money, Terry said.
He didnt like that. Shan desig- the worst decision I ever made,
nated the county Public Guard- Terry said. But the legacy lives on
ians Office as his payee, taking in todays system, and in the stigma that hangs over mental illness.
his dad out of the loop.
I think the state needs to reHe was prescribed medication
for his problems, but allowed to vamp their programs, Debra
self-medicate. Not uncommon- said. These are not people who
ly, those with mental disabilities choose to use drugs. These are
stop taking the meds, and slide people who cannot feed, clothe or
back into the abyss. His father be- take medication themselves.
Terry is dismayed at the shame ON THE STREETS I dont talk to
lieves the dirty street cannabis he
uses exacerbates his mental dis- and blame still associated with anyone.
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PUBLIC SAFETY
Errant motorcyclist convicted
Humboldt County
distriCt Attorney

ARCATA On Monday,
Oct. 17, a Humboldt County jury found 43-year-old
Destry Beargrease Girard
guilty of felony resisting
an officer and four misdemeanors: driving under the
influence, third offense;
possession of drug paraphernalia; driving on a
suspended license, second
offense; and resisting/delaying/obstructing officers.
The charges stemmed
from a California Highway
Patrol (CHP) investigation
that began on March 4, 2015
when a security guard for

the Sun Valley Floral Farm

in Arcata called in a possible
traffic accident at the south
gate of the property.
When CHP Officers and
Arcata Fire Department
personnel arrived, they
found the defendant lying
underneath a Harley Davidson motorcycle, unconscious but not injured.
Further
investigation
led CHP Officers to conclude that Girard drove the
motorcycle to the location
under the influence of alcohol.
One of the CHP Officers was injured when the
defendant resisted arrest.

Arcata Police Department

officers assisted with the
restraint of the defendant,
who was then transported
to the Humboldt County
Correctional Facility.
Deputy District Attorney
Dave Christensen prosecuted the case with the
assistance of District Attorney Investigator Marvin
Kirkpatrick.
Judge Marilyn Miles will
sentence Mr. Girard on Nov.
14. He faces a maximum
sentence of three years for
the felony charge; additional time and/or fines may
be imposed for the misdemeanor charges.

A bothersome blurt of bad words

Monday, September 26 4:19 p.m.
A leisure-pyro out front of a Valley West
Boulevard preschool toted a soda can, contents unknown, and tried to set some brush
on fire. He scampered into anonymity.
4:52 p.m. A clerk and the customer at the
reg both called police from an 11th Street
supermarket. The clerk said the
store patron was threatening
him, while the customer maintained that he was being charged
double for his groceries.
Tuesday, September 27
12:01 a.m. A man walking on
Frederick Avenue was orbited by
a hoodied harpie, that is, some
dude on a bicycle who circled around him
dispensing threats. The rolling blunder
pedaled away, its threats unfulfilled.
12:10 a.m.
On Frederick Ave., drum over-drival
Imperiled the slumber-survival
Of sleepy-time folk
Who gave cops a poke
But the drum din was done on arrival.
2:33 a.m. A bothersome bleat of blurted bad words befouled 14th and Union
streets, where a lad howled obscenities in
the night, then disappeared.
3:51 a.m. Either the same howly-growler,

a fellow blatherer or a campaign surrogate

ran around a Uniontown shopping center
yelling nonsensically. He was drunk-tanked.
7:17 a.m. In an impressive display of performance art or tweaker derangement,
a woman at the marshs South I Street
parking lot was on her hands and knees
digging in the soil, while a man
rode around on a bike.
8:51 a.m. A white pit bull with
a black eye patch provided possible inspiration for a country-western song, but lacked key
elements of betrayal and heartbreak. No collar and no tags offered further lyrical potential for
the weepy narrative.
11:15 a.m. A little white puppy running
loose at 12th and Spring streets sought succor and certainly wouldnt turn down treats
and pets in a parking officers vehicle.
11:28 a.m. A mans camouflage jacket
malfunctioned, not obscuring from passersby the unwanted sight of him peeing in
some bushes at 11th and K streets.
11:39 a.m. A sort of science experiment
involved leaving three vehicles unlocked in
Myrtle Court. It was just a few days before
stuff started disappearing out of them, beginning with loose change and tools.

A shady shysters machinations

Tuesday, October 4
12:14 a.m. Richard Lewis was parked in a Chevy
Tahoe at McKinleyvilles
Azalea
State
Reserve,
where parking is prohibited after 11 p.m. Lewis, who
is on probation,
didnt have any
indentification
and, according to
the Sheriffs Office, his story on
why he was there
was
sketchy.
Deputies determined that he had an expired registration. A search
of the vehicle revealed a
one-pound bag of marijuana. Lewis was arrested on
suspicion of violating probation and possession of
marijuana and booked into
the county jail.
9:30 a.m. A member of
the Mack Town Boys gang
in McKinleyville has a pretty sweet albeit unauthorized class schedule. He
rolls into McKinleyville
Middle School at about
11:30 a.m. and leaves by
1:30 p.m., and sometimes
he doesnt go to school at
all. The only downside,
other than getting written
up for habitual truancy, is
that hes going to grow up
dumber than a stump.
8:03 p.m. All liquored
up and full of rage, Mark
Grimes staggered across
the McKinleyville Shopping Center, entered a sushi restaurant, punched
an aquarium and left. He
then wandered over to the
Subway, where the Oven
Roasted
Chicken
was
the sandwich of the day.
Grimes could have used
some absorbent to quell
the booze, but instead got a

visit from deputies. Grimes

was all slurry, dirty and disheveled. He is on probation, having been arrested
for being drunk in public
five different times. Next
stop: drunk tank.
Wednesday,
October 5 9:34
a.m.
Deputies
responded
to
McKinleyville
High School to
conduct a threat
assessment after
school
officials
learned about a text sent
from one student to another in which the kid made
statements that he wanted
to kill himself, people and
animals.
11 a.m. A resident on
Railroad Drive in McKinleyville recently had a loan
go to collections. A scammer claiming to be part of a
debt relief agency contacted the resident through an
email and offered assistance in settling the debt.
The shady shyster deposited a $789 check in the victims account with instructions that she get $750 in
cash and use Money Gram
to electronically transfer
the money to the scammers account. The victim
was then told that there
was a problem, and that
another $789 check was
going to be deposited into
the account, triggering the
need for another Money
Gram transfer. The deposited checks, however, were
worthless and ultimately
bounced as they were processed by the bank. The
victim was then notified
by the bank that the account was overdrawn due
to the cash she withdrew.

The victim then called the

phone number she was
given and heard the message Magic Jack customer service is available.
The victim finally figured
out that it was a scam before sending any money.
12:07 p.m. Two males
were seen brawling at the
boat ramp on the Samoa
Peninsula.
7:53 p.m. A deputy pulled
over a vehicle near McKinleyville Avenue and Railroad Drive in McKinleyville
for not having registration
tabs. The three males inside the car were found to
have warrants, so they were
arrested and booked into
the county jail. None of the
men owned the car, which
was towed. Its owner was
notified of the situation.
Later, however, the deputy
determined that a mistake
had been made. One of the
men has the same first and
last name of a man who has
a warrant, but they have
different middle names.
The deputy went to the
jail, freed the arrestee and
drove him back to McKinleyville. The car was retrieved from where it was
impounded and returned
to the registered owner
without charge.
Thursday, October 6
2:07 a.m. It was 2 a.m.
and a car was driving 10
mph on McKinleyvilles
Central Avenue, which has
a speed limit of 35 mph.
The car swerved over the
white line, then swerved
back over the roadways
center line. A deputy pulled
the car over and cited its
driver, Susan Wagner, for
allegedly driving on a suspended license.

Cole | Threats of torture and death, demands that dog not be returned
From A1

a separate case involving charges

of battery and vandalism over an
incident which occurred at the
North Coast Co-op.
Deputy District Attorney Carolyn Schaffer said Cole was in the
checkout line at the Co-op one
day when someone asked him to
stop beating his dog. Cole allegedly threw coffee at the cashier, then
went out in the parking lot and
broke a window on a Co-op van.
Cole said the Co-op incident
was not as alleged. He says he
gently yanked on my dogs collar, which led to an assault by
the woman, a person he believes
is in league with the animal rights
activists. Shes screaming F this
and F that, Cole said. In the heat
of the moment, he says, I reached
for my coffee and knocked it over
on the counter.
A contingent of perhaps two
dozen supporters of Jackpot/Mr.
Know Buddy turned up Thursday
for what had been set as a sentencing hearing. Their interest is primarily preventing a return of the
dog to Coles custody, where they
believe it will again be abused.
Some also feel Cole has earned
punishment for the alleged abuse.
The recent incident is just one of
many acts of violence against animals that witnesses say they have
observed Cole committing over
the years.
Schaffer said Feeney may or
may not allow testimony on the
previous incidents. She said she
would accept testimonials from
witnesses about previous acts of
cruelty by Cole, but to be useful,
that they would have to include
specifics.
Kim Class, director of the Companion Animal Foundation (CAF),
said she was pleased with the turn
of events, since it could open up

the opportunity for witnesses of

Coles alleged cruelty who werent
involved in the first trial to testify this time possibly in disguise
out of fear of retaliation.
We were disappointed last
time, Class said. Some people
were afraid to speak.
For his part, Cole had been
dead-set on rejecting the plea
deal anyway. He expressed a wish
to go to jail, and hoped to get the
court to set up a special cell for
him that would include a yard or
space where he could have his dog
back. There he would demonstrate
that he is capable of relating gently
to animals, and instruct law enforcement in his discipline techniques. But that was not to be.
Arcatas most hated man
Cole, who lives in a yard off a
downtown Arcata alley, believes
he is the victim of multiple interlocking conspiracies involving the
animal rights community, businesses, the police, the news media
and various individuals who have
wronged him in the past.
He claims he gets frequent
threats on his life from passersby, some acting as agents of his
supposed nemeses in the animal
rights movement. A nearby businesswoman, he claims, maintains
a calendar on which various forms
of abuse are scheduled. He has
taken cell phone photos of individuals he claims are local animal
rights activists standing around
in the lot adjacent to his yard. He
says theyve harassed him and
blocked his egress.
Coles fear has been further fueled by recent media reports. A
Lost Coast Outpost video piece on
Cole and his dog by Sierra Jenkins
has been heavily and anonymously commented on by readers, particularly in its no-holds-barred
Thunderdome comment sec-

CONVERSATION Wes Cole discusses his issues with animal rescue activist Jan Carr in the yard where Cole lives.
KLH | Union
tion. Some commenters quesA follow-up LoCO piece about
tioned the legal process, others the Thursday court hearing is
expressed hope for the animals generating similar comments.
well-being, and many urged that
I say we put a 50-lb pack on
Cole no longer be allowed to have him, fit him with a gas mask, make
animals.
him go up and down H Street on a
But a number of others sug- hot day with no water and when
gested various forms of torture he falls down we drag him across
and mayhem be used against him, the pavement and kick him when
or even that he be executed.
he whimpers, wrote a commentThats why LoCO has a Thun- er named please educate your
derdome choice, wrote Kindly kids.
Mongoose. So we can talk about
Participants in the Stop Anthis steenking [sic] no good an- imal Abuse in Humboldt Faceimal abuser and how he should book page, a rallying center for
have his scrotum surgically re- those interested in the Cole case,
moved and replaced with a pit strongly disavowed the harsh
bull.
comments, stating that none of
Lets treat Mr. Cole the same the real animal welfare activists
way he treated his dog, said would make any statements advoreo6205. Sounds fair to me.
cating violence of any kind.
Let him get his dog back, said
Personal outreach
mainstack. Just so I can jusAt least two people deeply intify picking him up by his neck, volved in animal rescue locally
throwing him to the ground and have gone the other way offerdragging him across the pave- ing Cole compassion and underment by his beard.
standing, and doing so personalSCUM!! I say KILL him and ly. But to little apparent avail, at
feed the maggots to the roaches, least so far.
wrote Cia Poza.
Jan Carr, who owns a large

parcel of land in north Arcata, has

used it as an unofficial sanctuary
for animals shes rescued up to
50 at a time that she calls Carr
Critter Rescue. Thursday, prior to the sentencing hearing, she
visited Cole and heard him out.
Wearing a star-shaped private detective badge, he told her tearfully at times of the forces arrayed against him, and of his deep
love for his animals.
Carrs central interest is in ensuring Jackpot/Mr. Know Buddy
remains safe and free from abuse.
Shes offered to pay all of the
thousands of dollars in outstanding lodging and veterinary fees if
Cole will legally relinquish the animal to her.
Hed have to sign him over to
me, and hed have to believe I will
make certain Mr. Nobody leads a
healthy, happy life, Carr said. I
give him my word. I will see the
fees are paid.
Another hands-on animal savior, Shannon Miranda of Mirandas Rescue, also attempted outreach to Cole, but with no success.
He just wanted the dog, Miranda said. Theres no rational
thinking. Its like talking to a
fence post. It gets to a point where
you almost feel crazy yourself.
Based on his conversation and
accounts of Coles actions, Miranda believes Cole is unwell, and
isnt capable of owning animals.
He opposes returning Jackpot/
Mr. Know Buddy to him. But he
doesnt question Coles love for
the dog.
Youre talking about someone
who is mentally ill and doesnt
know what hes doing, Miranda
said. What hes saying is real, in
his mind.
An online petition seeking to
prevent the dogs return to Cole
continues to gather signatures.

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OPINION
Forced consensus

END OF A SCHWILLY ERA The online Urban Dictionary defines schwilly as drunk, stoned, under the influence. KLH | Union

I Pondered Schwilly as a Tree

t towered lonely as a shroud

Oer lowlifes high on drinks distilled
But all at once, its branches bowed
Where beetles bored, with holes instilled
Along its trunk, the Schwilly Tree
Split, and buckled dangerously
An old Acacia roadside shrine
Hosts endless vagabond soirees
Neath D and Sevenths leaves and vines
A margin for those cast away
Invisible to random glance
Where passers-through may sprightly dance
Or lie amid the plants; but they
Nor city workers could foresee

That Schwillys stout base would give way

And snap in two so suddenly
Then need be razed to clear the spot
Of fallen branches downed by rot
But soft, for those who loved to lie
In vacant or in pensive mood
Or crash and grab some quick shut-eye
Amid the bliss of solitude
A big-leaf maple next will fill
That Schwilly spot in our foothills.
Kevworth L. Hoover
Note: For the precursor to this tale, see Of Safeway
Slope and the Schwilly Tree at madriverunion.com, or:
wp.me/p3X2BT-3TE. Ed.

or a couple of years I have been working on various committees of the North Coast Co-op and have
spent a few months now as a member of the board
of directors. Co-op committees, especially the Member Action Committee where I started my involvement, operates
on consensus. All opinions are discussed with the goal of
achieving a resolution to which everyone can consent.
This model of decisionmaking works
very well because they have shared values and mutual respect. I have also participated in a few mediations. Mediations
are not a panacea for disagreements.
Participants may come to understand
each others goals, but that doesnt mean
they are going to let go of those goals and
come up with a compromise.
The Arcata City Council and the
Community Development Department
are undertaking a forced mediation between the corporate
forces of park owners and mobile home manufacturers and
a select handful of park residents. They are calling it a negotiation, which is very different from a mediation.
The 200 or so park residents are being asked to write in
the names of people who will represent them in the negotiations. No one knows where the Home Owners Association
stands on this. Theres no campaign underway to get selected. It has to be done quickly. This is a major flaw in the plan.
By using this strategy, I suspect council are hoping that
the rent affordability issue in mobile home parks will go
away. Perhaps they are also hoping it wont spill over into
rent affordability issues in other housing.
It is very true that many residents of the park would like to
speak with the park owners, human to human. Theyve tried
but havent been able to do it. There is a basic inequality that
needs to be recognized. The forces aligned against rent stabilization are wealthy and powerful. The residents of the parks
are not. The residents have not been part of the planning
process, dont get to set the agenda or comment on the mediator. The residents dont have legal representation when
they sign leases or agree to meetings. The park owners do.
I believe in consensus but it doesnt work well in situations of such disparity of power and resources. If this mandate from the council and community development doesnt
pan out, what then?
Mary Ella Anderson is a resident of the Lazy J Mobile
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M AD R IVER U NION

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OPINION
Apparently theres some sort of election coming up
Yes on Measure F

I am writing this to endorse

Measure F and encourage Arcata
residents to join me in voting yes
on this ballot measure. I sit on
the Utility Users Tax Oversight
Committee (TUTOC), and I can
tell you that without this source
of income, we would experience
a significant decline in the effectiveness of our police department
and a decline in the quality of our
streets, roadways, bikeways and
pedestrian facilities. The Utility
Users Tax contributes many hundreds of thousand dollars to these
services.
In fact, without these funds
the city would not be able to keep
up with basic maintenance of our
streets let alone embark on improvements to them. The Oversight Committee was established
when the Utility Users Tax was
approved and those of us who
serve on this committee can verify
that the money collected goes toward public safety and transportation infrastructure.
Remember, a yes vote does not
create a new tax; it simply extends
this revenue source for another 8
years. Please join me and cast a
yes vote on Measure F.
Steve Cole
Sunny Brae

Support Measure V

Is Ordell Murphy really so naive as to think that because his

park owner has offered him a long
term lease that all 42 of the other
park owners in the county will do
the same for their park residents?
Is he even aware that the lease his
owner has offered him only covers
part of what Measure V covers in
protecting mobile home park residents?
For instance, if his park owner
violates the lease does it provide for administrative justice, or
does he have to hire an attorney
at exorbitant rates to represent
him in court? I happen to know
that he would because I live in his
park and have been offered the
same lease! Measure V provides
for that and more; if Ordell or his
heirs sell his home, his lease provides no protections from his park
owner jacking up the lot fee for a
new buyer, devaluing the home.
Measure V protects all living in
all mobile home parks in the un-

v letterS
incorporated areas of Humboldt
County, and it provides enforcement should the need arise. Without enforcement, or adequate
funding to pay an attorney, those
of us in parks are sitting ducks
with no protection from exploitation.
Interestingly, the multi-million
dollar investment corporation
that owns our park never offered a
long-term lease until the petition
for Measure V got its signatures
verified. This is because if they
could get away without one, they
would, but as soon as they knew
for sure an ordinance would be
a distinct possibility, they started hustling the leases because
the California State Legislature,
cow-towing to park owners lobbyists, allowed an exemption to
municipal ordinances, and that
is only if residents sign long-term
leases. Many park residents are
not aware of this and have signed
leases without realizing that they
will not get the benefits of the ordinance until their lease runs out.
Hilary Mosher
McKinleyville

Hear no evil...

Diane Higgins purports to

correct several disingenuous
statements made by HSU students to the Arcata Economic
Development Committee (Union,
Sept. 27). She devotes most of her
letter to castigating one student in
particular over his lament about
the lack of hair care products and
services in Humboldt County.
Then she proceeds to admonish
the students of color for making
unsupported accusations of discrimination and racism, which
she finds offensive.
In the coup de grace to this
dismissive screed, she opines: If
students cant handle the slight
cultural differences they find in
Humboldt County, how will they
deal with the vastly different
cultures they will encounter in
foreign countries? Maybe HSU
should provide a course in how to
adapt to the environment you are
in, rather than expecting the environment to adapt to you.
Slight? In fact, students of color are facing issues that are all too

real. At the Black and Blue Conference, the students talked about
how people have thrown bottles
at them out the window of a car,
while hurling racial epithets.
Some have been the victims of
hate crimes in this county. I have
witnessed this myself, and reported one incident to the police.
Students of color have very
real issues and concerns about
racism, discrimination in housing and lack of job opportunities.
Some end up becoming homeless
because certain landlords and
property management companies
wont rent to them. They have a
harder time finding jobs and acceptance within the community.
Moreover, one in 10 students
in the CSU system is homeless.
Food insecurity affects almost a
quarter of all students in the CSU.
At HSU, 15 percent of students report that they have been homeless
at some point in their college careers. And the studies have been
done by UC Berkeley and other
institutions of higher learning: If
you are a person of color, your opportunities for inclusion and success are that much worse. That is
not in question.
Yet, were admonishing these
students to adapt? Perhaps we
could take some lessons ourselves.
No matter how welcoming or
tolerant we believe ourselves to
be, this is the reality for students
of color. And no matter what you
read in the paper about that meeting, this was what was actually
discussed at the AEDC meeting.
Hair care products? Not so much.
If we truly want to be known
as a welcoming and tolerant community, we cannot afford to model ourselves after the three monkeys: Hear no evil, See no evil
etc. We should care enough about
the very real experiences that
Black, Latino, and Native American students are being subjected to, in order to empathize and
make a difference.
So please speak out if you see
anyone being abused, physically
or verbally. Find out how you can
be an ally. This community belongs to all of us, and it is up to us
to decide what type of community we want to create for ourselves
and each other.
Lisa Pelletier
Arcata

And now for something

completely different

n Facebookland, its all so simple.

Theres a deus ex machina for every
societal ill solar roadways, skyscraper farms, pollution-eating robots and so
on. You wonder how these miracle fixes
might fare in the real word, and why so few
seem to come into common use. Not that
I oppose these devices some of my best
imaginary friends are
friendly giant robots.
The other day a
friend posted a video
of the Silly Crosswalk
in rje, Norway. There
are others like it elsewhere, too. They seem
to work, but its the
easy alt-reality of the
Interwebs, so you never know.
Id seen this before,
but as the comments of Lets do this!
piled on, it seemed like something we
could at least try here in Arcata. It doesnt
require unproven technology, just some
signs and willful silliness.
So I asked representatives of Arcata
Main Street (AMS) and Community Pride
and Peace (CPP), and they didnt see any
problems. (AMS later stated that theyll
need to take a formal vote before endorsing the project, so theyre out for now, sorry.) Then I went around asking businesses
around Eighth and G streets if they had
any problems with the idea. Of a dozen or
so asked, none had any objections.
Then I took the proposal to the Transportation Safety Committee (TSC), which

advises the City Council on transportation

matters, at its regular monthly meeting. Everyone liked the idea in concept, though as
I expected, city staff will have to check with
the citys insurance carrier, REMIF, to see
if this increases liability in some way. We
also have to work out details of the signage.
The best part of the meeting is, unfortunately, lost to history. That was when, after the Silly Crosswalk proposal had been
discussed, City Manager Karen Diemer
and three other city employees marched
through the Council Chamber in incredibly
silly fashion. It was the best thing to happen
at City Hall since I got the council to plank
on the dais. Alas, I didnt have the camera
ready, so all we have is memories. That is,
until and if we get a real Silly Crosswalk.
I expect well get an update at the next
TSC meeting, which takes place Tuesday,
Nov. 8 at 4:30 p.m. at City Hall, 736 F
St. At right is the proposal presented last
week to TSC and local businesses. If you
have any comments, send them to the
TSC, and/or the Union.
In my wildest dreams, wed even have
silly crosswalking at the designated site,
wherever it ends up being, written into the
Arcata Municipal Code, with violations
subject to a fine. The exemptions to silly
walking would be if you cant or do want to.
But thats not bloody likely to happen, so
Ill have to content myself with the knowledge that at some point in our future, we
might well be able to walk as sillily as we
ever wanted to across Eighth Street, in the
full knowledge and comfort that it is officially sanctioned and socially acceptable.

Its fine as it is

We read with dismay todays

front page article in the Union
about proposed improvements
for the Arcata Ball Park/Crabs
baseball field.
Whats wrong with it?
We came to live here in Arcata in 2010. We had left Southern
California to find a small community with less traffic and more
unique events like Crabs baseball,
a beautiful Farmers Market with
live music; a town with tradition
and concern for simple pleasures,
well worn and maintained.
Every Crabs game was an event
with a community feel and appreciation for things like the Crab
Grass Band and the national anthem bravely sung by the team itself. We even won the Fifty-Fifty
at the final game of the season!
Now were to be spared the
sight of those cute little toddlers
running around because well
have child care! We can have luxury boxes! Food trucks! And we
can pay more!
In the Southern California
school district where I taught.
We had a saying, They never fix
whats broken, but they always
break whats working. The Arcata Ball Park is working just fine.
Please dont try to Fix it.
We still have the $400 we won
at the Fifty-Fifty. We keep it, rubber bands and all, to remind us of
a wonderful time and a wonderful place. But if the city will just
leave our ball park alone, we will
donate the entire amount back to
the Crabs.
Sarah and Ron Edwards
Arcata

Support the center

My husband and I attended the

meeting Tuesday evening, Oct.
18 at Azalea Hall about the proposed Center at McKinleyville.
This is a proposal to build a facility for staff from the The McKinleyville Family Resource Center,
the county Department of Health
and Human Services (DHHS),
and the Open Door Clinic in one
central location so that people in
town who need these services can
access them more easily. Some
services: Child Welfare, Adult
Protective services, Nurse-Family
Partnership, CalWorks, CalFresh,
Medi-Cal, Job Search & Employ-

ment Training, and more.

We were impressed that the
planning for this center involved
so many different organizations:
in addition to the three listed
above, MCSD, the Sheriffs department, and county Public
Works were involved.
We see many people in our
neighborhood of Calville who are
teetering on the edge of poverty.
They may be among the working
poor, or just not have jobs; they
may have mental, emotional or
substance abuse problems (which
I believe is largely an effect of
poverty, anyway) and many are
already living in very poor conditions. I believe that this center could help these people. This
would include programs that help
with rent or utility bills; there
would also be mental health programs, and adult protective services. All these could help people
living on the edge from slipping
deeper into poverty and homelessness.
We think it is completely appropriate to locate this center in
the center of town, as proposed.
I believe that it will be a positive
place for people to gather, and
will not increase crime.
Our reservations: Although
this center in McKinleyville is not
intended to address homelessness, we would like to see some
sort of project that does, as homeless people and transient people
are increasingly showing up here.
We also think there might have
been more extensive publicity
about this project earlier in the
planning process.
However this doesnt diminish
the potential value of the center to
our community. Its quite impressive to have the range of agencies
that are represented in this planning group. We need more such
efforts!
Nancy Correll and Richard Duning
McKinleyville
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M AD R IVER U NION

O CTOBER 26, 2016

Services hub stalled over concerns about homeless people

Jack Durham
Mad RiveR Union

McKINLEYVILLE Fearing an influx of

homeless people, some McKinleyville residents are speaking out against a proposal
to locate a social services hub in the middle
of town.
Opposition to whats being called The
Center at McKinleyville spurred some residents to go door to door last week and encourage fellow residents to attend a special
meeting of the McKinleyville Municipal
Advisory Committee on Oct. 19. The outreach was effective, with more than 160
residents filling Azalea Hall to hear a panel
presentation on the project, ask questions
and provide commentary on the pros and
cons of the hub.
The Department of Health & Human Services is proposing to enter into
a lease agreement with Cutten-based
McKenny Inc. to construct a $2.1 million
13,400-square-foot building at 1615 Heartwood Dr. just west of Burger King. If the
proposal is approved by the Board of Supervisors, the department would enter into
a 10-year agreement with McKenny Inc. to
lease the building, with monthly rent starting at $28,858, increasing yearly based on
inflation.
The center would provide a one-stop
shop for those needing social services.
Providing services at the building would
be Child Welfare Services, Adult Protective Services, the Women, Infants & Children Supplemental Nutrition Program,
Nurse-Family Partnership, CalWORKS,
CalFresh, Medi-Cal, Job Search and Employment Training and the Childrens
Mental Health. The McKinleyville Family Resource Center, now located on Hiller
Road, would also move into the new building and provide volunteer opportunities, a
food pantry, evening programs and nutri-

been privy to the various planning meetings.

A repeated concern had to do with
whether the center would attract homeless
people, who some audience members said
would loiter around and engage in criminal activities. Others feared that the center
would become like the departments social
services office on Koster Street in Eureka,
where theres a nearby homeless camp every night.
But Beck said the situation on Koster
Street is not a result of the social services
office, but rather a decision by the City of
Eureka to allow homeless to camp on the
vacant city-owned parcel nearby.
As for The Center in McKinleyville, it
will not be providing General Relief, which
will remain under the auspices of the Eureka office. A handout provided by the county
also states that the center will not provide
services specific to homelessness.
That doesnt mean that homeless people wont come to the center for services.
Beyer, who runs the McKinleyville Family
Resource Center on Hiller Road, said that
homeless people may utilize any services
that they are eligible for.
Another concern people had was the
proposed location of the center. Several
people asked why the county had selected
the location behind Burger King.
The location is the result of the two proposals the county received after publicly
soliciting developers. The county received
two proposals one from McKenny Inc. for
the lot behind Burger King, and one from
the McKinleyville Family Resource Center
for a building near its existing location on
Hiller Road. The resource centers bid was
substantially higher. Because of this, the
county prefers McKenny Inc.
Another wrinkle was brought up at the
meeting it turns out the McKenny lo-

cation is within an area designated as the

Town Center in the McKinleyville Community Plan, a document that guides land use
in the unincorporated community. What,
exactly, this will mean for the project if it
moves forward is uncertain.
The McKinleyville Community Plan was
painstakingly created by a diverse group of
McKinleyville residents over a period of almost 10 years, and finally approved by the
Board of Supervisors in December 2002.
An area on both sides of Central Avenue,
from Railroad Drive to Heartwood Drive
is part of what was designated as the Town
Center.
The idea was for the town center to be like
a village walkable and pedestrian friendly,
with trails and ample open space, with a mix
of commercial buildings and apartments.
The exact details of how this vision would
be realized was supposed to be spelled out
in an ordinance, which would include building standards and requirements. This ordinance was never created.
Supervisor Sundberg said that the county
will need to do some research to find how
being in the Town Center would affect the
project. The next step is for the project
to come before the Board of Supervisors,
which has the final say on whether The Center in McKinleyville gets built. The board
may decide in November whether to enter
into lease negotiations with McKenny Inc.
Sundberg said that one option for addressing community concerns is to have
language in the lease or have a memorandum of understanding that puts requirements on the center with regard to the services it offers and the activities that would
be allowed.

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All of these services are already provided
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EUREKA The Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum
and the Humboldt Bay Air-Sea Naval Museum will present a seaworthy scare this Halloween Season during
the Haunted 1091 Ghost Ship aboard the Air-Sea Naval Museums landing craft vessel docked at the Foot of
Commercial Street in Eureka.
In its fourth year of taking the science of fear very seriously with a simple goal of scaring guests, the vessel has
been transformed from giving military enthusiasts weekend history tours to a horrifying gore tour for Halloween
thrill seekers.
Three decks and seven compartments of the 72-yearold steel navy vessel are designed with an array of
hair-raising sights, sounds and chilling skits to evoke the
participants memory of their worst nightmares.
Nearly 30 deathly and spine-chilling actors make up
the volunteer cast for this interactive experience and are
aboard to scare teen and adult audiences, not children
younger than 12.
The terror begins from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday,
Oct. 28 and Saturday, Oct. 29 with $10 tickets sold at
the dock. Flat shoes are suggested as patrons will travel
through the ship via stairwells and bulkheads.
All proceeds benefit the restoration and upkeep of
the Maritime Museum historic vessel Stephanie and the
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Kinetic Lab of Horrors
The freaks and geeks from the Arcata Kinetic Sculpture Lab invite the public to tour the Haunted Kinetic
Lab of Horrors, the annual FUNdraiser that helps keep
the Kinetic Lab up and running.
Guided tours run Friday, Oct. 28; Saturday, Oct. 29;
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O CTOBER 26, 2016

A week for the dead

T

he holidays are upon us. As

we begin our stumble toward
the new year, we find one reason or another to celebrate, to forget
our troubles and to remember were
alive. Kicking things off we have Halloween, an Americanized version of
All Hallows Eve, day one of Allhallowtide, three days where Christians
remember the dead, including saints
(aka hallows), martyrs and the faithful.
We celebrate with a holiday party
that borrows a lot from Samhain, an
ancient Celtic pagan harvest festival
that has somehow evolved into going
out trick or treating, dressing up in
costumes and decorating everything
with tons of fake cobwebs.
As you may
guess, a lot of money goes into all
this. According to
the National Retail
Federation, Americans will spend a
record $8.4 billion
on Halloween this
year. NRF Prez
Matthew
Shay
tells us, Retailers
are preparing for the day by offering
a wide variety of options in costumes,
decorations and candy, while being
aggressive with their promotions to
capture the most out of this shopping
event.
So youre all dressed up, jacked up
on sweets and looking for something
to do on the extended Hallows holiday weekend. You could start with a

woULD YoU LiKe some CanDY? shoshanna the halloween fairy with
her pal Death, a prize-winning pumpkin carving by mike Craghead.
bob Doran | Union

scary scenario.
The Blue Ox folks have been running a Haunted Mill Tour for
weeks with some sort of gory all
new story of passion, deceit and obsession. Thats Friday and Saturday
evening with a grand finale Halloween on X Street in Eureka.
Flatmo and fiends are back with
The Haunted Kinetic Lab of
Horrors in Arcata. Expect seriously gruesome stuff, with a musical
soundtrack by Dub Cowboy on Friday, then The Dead Drops Saturday, Sunday and Halloween.
Or, one night only, Saturday, at
the Sequoia Conference Center (off
Myrtle Avenue in Eureka), the Rotary

Club of SW Eureka presents Cirque

de Soulless: The Illusion, Where
dreams become real and nightmares
come alive and the face of the clown
slips to reveal the dark night of the
soul. Think Cirque Humboldt-style.
For classically kinky sci-fi/horror with song n dance, the Eureka
Theater has a Frightful Friday Flix
screening of 1975 film The Rocky
Horror Picture Show. Dress up
and BYO toast (cocktails etc. available). Or theres the live in-the-flesh
version, The Rocky Horror Show
thats at the end of its run at Ferndale
Rep with shows Friday though Sunday. Audience participation and cosTHE HUM

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Connie Jackson are happy to support the pink day.
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The Alibi goes pink

Janine Volkmar
Mad RiveR union

ARCATA The Alibi has donated before to the Breast

and Gyn Project. And last week they held an extravaganza with female DJs, belly-dancing, and other entertainment that brought in almost a $1,000 at the door, according to Catlin Conlin, a waitress at the popular bar.
But The Alibi is hoping to outdo even that on Thursday, Oct. 27 when they will be donating a whopping 25
percent of the days proceeds to the project. Its part of
the month-long event called Sales for Survivors.
We tried to make sure we did it on a day that would
be the best benefit for them, said Justin Ladd, The Alibis owner. Halloween weekend is always busy for us so
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EUREKA As its final production of its highly successful 2016 season, Redwood Curtain presents Shakespeares
The Taming of the Shrews, adapted and directed by Peggy
Metzger. One of Shakepeares most enigmatic comedies,
Shrews contentious love story continues to engage and
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Katharine and the swaggering Petruchio that supposes:
just who is taming whom?
Metzgers approach turns taming on its head. Ive always thought Petruchio was a swaggering braggart, said
Metger, and wondered: who really is the shrew? I believe
they are meant for each other. Its really a love story between these two strong-willed people. Asked if she made
changes to the text, Metzger replied, Aside from trimming and simplifying, I made just a few changes but the
way we are playing it is, I think, very different than how it
is usually played. I think those who know the play will be
surprised, and everyone will be entertained.
Metzger trimmed the play so it could be performed by a
total of eight actors playing approximately 20 roles Kate
and Petruchio, and six players who play all the other
parts. James Hitchcock plays the swaggering Petruchio
and Natasha White plays the fiery Katherina. The players
are Gary Bowman, Bradley Harrington, Charlie Heinberg,
Jessi Shieman, Gary Sommers and Greta Turney.
Jared Sorenson created the scenic design, Michael Burkhart the lighting, Bethany Lamoreaux the costumes, and
Jon Turney the sound. Yvette Faust stage manages.
The Taming of the Shrews previews on Thursday and
Friday, Oct. 27 and 28 at 8 p.m., with $10 tickets; open-

where two raging fires meet together the answer

may surprise in redwood Curtains adaptation of the
Bards classic tale, starring Jessi shieman, gary sommers and natasha white. Photo by Evan Wish PhotograPhy
ing night with gala champagne reception is Saturday, Oct.
29 at 8 p.m., with tickets at $20. Performances continue
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. through Nov 19.
Cheap date Thursdays on Nov. 2, 9 and 16, with two tickets for $20. A 2 p.m. Sunday matine takes place Nov. 13,
with tickets at $15. Ticket price on Friday and Saturday
(except gala) nights is $15.
Redwood Curtain is located at 220 First St. (between
C and D streets) in Old Town, Eureka, with the main entrance through Snug Alley. As the theatre is intimate with
only 80 seats, reservations are highly recommended, and
there is no late seating.
Tickets can be reserved or purchased securely at redwoodcurtain.com. You may also reserve tickets by emailing boxoffice@redwoodcurtain.com or calling (707) 4437688.

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tumes encouraged.
Thursday night at The Jam, Absynth
Quartet will probably get dressed up in
some strange garb (theres a skull scarecrow on the poster anyway), but Ryan
Roberts is more excited about introducing a new local Americana band, Rogues
Gallery. The lineup: Michael Walker and
Mike Bynum on guitars and vocals, Aleister
Paige on pedal steel, Rudy Clark-luera on
stand-up bass and Sam Kaplan-Good (from
The Trouble) on drums. Michael and Mike,
both Georgia boys, share the songwriting
and singing duties on the all original songs.
At the Arcata Theatre Lounge Thursday
its KIMOCK, an augmented duo with
Steve on guitar and his son John Morgan
Kimock on drums. You might have seen
Steve dropping in his liquid licks on Colbert last week behind Bob Weir. This week
hes fronting an eponymous lineup including Leslie Mendelson keys, guitars and vocals and Bobby Vega on bass. Steve has a
new album, Last Danger of Frost, and more
new songs written with John Morgan and
Leslie. Sounds intriguing.
Freaky Friday
Its is another one of those nights where
theres way too much going on.
Local twang noir band Moon Pine
celebrates a new release, End County
Road, at The Sanctuary with Strix Vega
opening the show. Check The Setlist for
more details. (The Strix bassist writes that
column.)
At Humboldt Brews, its cosmic honky
tonk from Edge of the West on tour with
Bear Tread, one of those bands with weblike connections to the Dead world. (For
some unknown reason, the tour plays The
Playroom in Fortuna Thursday.)
Or you might want to check out the
pre-Halloween Club Triangle Friday at
The Jam. (I predict great costumes.)
Its classic space rock that night at the

Miniplex with Nik Turners Hawkwind

backed by Hedersleben from SF. (BTW,
a band called Hawkwind, seminal in the
nascent UK psych/space rock scene in the
70s, still tours with original founder, guitarist and songwriter Dave Brock out front.
This is NOT that band. Nik was the spacey
woodwind player.) Openers Los Bears are
local and new (to me anyway).
Theres a big reggae show at Blue Lake
Casino billed as Trick or Treat with
Anthony B, which might just mean
theyll have candy and people in costumes.
Openers: Kool Johnny Kool from JA and
Humboldt homegrown Irie Rockers.
Meanwhile over in the Wave The Get
Down is throwing a funky b-day party
for B-Swiz, the keysmaster and all-around
funky mover n shaker. HBD Swiz!
Helleborus, brings psychedelic black
metal from Colorado to the Lil Red Lion
with like-minded locals Burning Hash and
Bonewalker adding more heaviness.
KMUD has a big weekend starting with
the annual Halloween Boogie at the Mateel on Friday with Trulio Iglesias, a funkadeliska band fronted by bassist Norwood
Fisher of Fishbone and reggae toaster
King Yellowman with the Sagittarius
Band. Then on Saturday, KMUD hosts
a Humboldt Halloween benefit at Portuguese Hall (in Arcata) featuring hip hop
heavies Dilated Peoples and just about
every bass/EDM DJ/producer in Humboldt playing one of three stages (if Silent
Disco counts as a stage).
Scary Saturday
Saturday Six Rivers Brewery has its
semi-annual visit from The Pine Box
Boys, a fine band playing dark country
murder ballads and music appropriate
for Hallows along with Lester T. Rawws
Graveside Quartet, which is basically
the same band but even more rockin and
with the banjo replaced by an accordion.
Out at the Blue Lake Casinos Wave, that
dark night, Naive Melodies plays mostly
(but not all) Talking Heads music.

Fun stuff | Get your candy

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Sunday, Oct. 30; and Monday, Oct. 31 from 7 p.m.

until midnight. Tickets are $12 at the door and the
minimum age is 13. The lab is located at Eighth and
N streets in Arcata. (707) 822-4805
kineticsculpturelab.com
Harvest Festival Saturday
It will be a bigger and better Harvest Festival Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Arcata Farmers Market this
year. Not only will there be five categories in the
pumpkin contest but there will also be face painting,
arts and crafts activities for kids, a bounty basket raffle, and an education area focusing on healthy Halloween ideas.
The festival will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the
north side of the Plaza, but the market itself will be
open regular hours from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Halloween Parade in McK
In celebration of Halloween, McKinleyville Shopping Center will be holding its 32nd Annual Halloween Costume Parade on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 11 a.m.
Children are invited to visit the McKinleyville
Shopping Center for a safe and fun trick-or-treating
experience. Children should meet by the signs in the
parking lot at the Shopping Center before 11 a.m. to
join in the fun. The parade starts promptly at 11 a.m.
for all participants.
Trick-or-Treating in arcata
Arcata Main Street invites families to Trick-orTreat in Downtown Arcata this Halloween, Monday,
Oct. 31, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Streets will be closed
so families can safely enjoy treats from participating
stores and free cider from Arcata Main Street and
Wildberries Marketplace. Get your picture taken
with Shoshanna, the Halloween Fairy, sponsored by

WandeRing Reel Wandering Reel Traveling Film Festival

makes its return to Arcata with a
collection of films sure to stir the
consciousness of the local community. This years program, Mobilize, is a collection of inspiring
short films that delve deep into
some of our current problems
and show that human compassion, curiosity, and a little mobilized action can go a long way to
making the world a better place.
Mobilize plays Thursday, Oct.

H IGHLIGHTS

Get funky Saturday at the Jam with

Lovebush, a big horny band that mixes
James Brown funk with Felas Afrofunk.
Does that sound like Motherlode? Yes,
with only slightly different personnel. (I always thought Motherlode would be a better
name for a country band.)
Missing Link Records presents Soul
Fright 5 at Humboldt Brews. You know
the drill: DJs spinning funk and soul 45s,
Halloween themed music, great costumes
and more. I think five years makes it officially a local institution.
The Trouble has its 5th Annual Halloween Special at the Palm Lounge. Yes, were
talkin another local institution. Fiddler
Rosalind Parducci and the Stringtown
Ambassadors share the bill.
Saturday at the Arcata Theatre Lounge
the reggae legend Don Carlos (of Black
Uhuru fame) is in town backed by the Dub
Vision Band. You might remember some
time this summer I mistakenly reported
that Mr. Carlos was playing at the ATL. I
was tricked by ReverbNation, a music listing site that allows for what is known as
user submitted content and suffers from
user errors. My apologies for repeating
a mistake. This time its for real. Really.
Messenjah Selah and the Fyah Squad
Band share the bill with DJ Unite from
San Diego opening.
Oh What a Beautiful Sunday Morning
Its All Hallows Eve Eve or whatever,
and you could take a break from partying
in your sexy-this-or-that costume, or you
could workout at a Zumbathon benefit for
the Breast & GYN Health Project (formerly known as Humboldt Community Breast
Health Project). It runs noon til 2 p.m. at
the Bayside Grange and I promise your
favorite Zumba leader will be there. They
have a Dutch raffle and a silent auction
and they insist in all caps, WEAR A COSTUME, if only one of those bright-colored
spandex things. Theres a special guest appearance by Grrrlz 2 Men, and you know
theyll be in costume.

the Arcata Chamber of Commerce.

Entertainment includes a parade. Please gather at
the corner of 11th and H streets at 4 p.m. Halloween
music will be provided on the Plaza by KRFH 105
DJs, with dance performances of Thriller at 4:15 and
6 p.m. There will be a Merchant Costume Contest,
Giant Puppets from the Arcata Playhouse, police and
fire department photo ops, live music, jugglers, bubbles, and much more.
Halloween Carnival
The members of Dows Prairie Grange in McKinleyville are sponsoring their annual free community
Halloween carnival for youth under 12.
From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday, Halloween
night, Grange volunteers will run games such as the
ring toss, duck pond, and Go Fishing so children can
win small prizes and candy.
A costume parade and contest will be held at 8:30
p.m. The Dows Prairie Grange is located at 3995
Dows Prairie Road in McKinleyville opposite the elementary school.
dia de los Muertos
Arcata Main Street and Los Bagels invite the public to a Celebration of Da de los Muertos, or Day of
the Dead, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 6 p.m. on the
Arcata Plaza.
Daniela Vargas will guide attendees through this
Mexican tradition with spoken word, special guests
and other surprises. Bring photos and mementos of
deceased loved ones to add to the community ofrenda (altar). Pan muerto and drinks will be served, and
candles will be provided, but you can also bring your
own.
For information call (707) 822-4500 or visit ArcataMainStreet.com. Los Bagels in Arcata and Eureka have a fresh supply of materials for setting up
altars.

27 at 5:30 p.m at the Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Tickets are
$12 suggested donation at the
door and include a vegetarian
meal. Screening will be followed
by discussion with festival director Michael Harrington.
HOTel TRanSylvania The
McKinleyville Library, 1606 Pickett Rd., is having a spooktacular
family movie day and storytime
Friday, Oct. 29 starting at 1
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stories, crafts and spooky snacks

followed at 2 p.m. by screenings
of Hotel Transylvania I and II.
Monthly Family Movie Day is
sponsored by the Friends of the
McKinleyville Library.
BOO aT THe zOO The Sequoia
Park Zoo and Foundation invite
the community to the annual
spooktacular Halloween celebration, Boo at the Zoo, Saturday,
Oct. 29 from noon to 4 p.m. Enjoy frightfully delightful crafts in

The Real Halloween

Monday is the last day in October, which
means time for the real deal. It seems like
parents now mostly forego door-to-door
trick-or-treat in the hood in favor of going store to store. Every business in Arcata, Old Town and the McKinleyville shopping zones will have candy for kids who
are dragged around while getting jacked
up on sugar. On the Plaza youll also find
Shoshanna in a Halloween Fairy costume
posing with kids Santa style, or maybe
youd prefer the Creamery Giant Skeleton if thats your style. Its fun. I promise.
Later that night, when the babysitter is
watching your worn out little ones, Booty Shakin Productions presents a Humbrews Halloween Party featuring The
Human Experience aka EDM musician
David Block, a one-man electronic symphony from L.A. The lineup also includes
psychedelic saxophonist Boa and Amae
Love, with The Beat Vixens, a burlesque
troupe in some sort of sexy-this-or-that
costumes.
At the Jam, Halloween eve is day one of
a two-night run by the young, local Grateful Dead tribute Rosewater. Its a fine
way to celebrate Allhallowtide, where we
remember the dead, including saints (like
Jerry) and the faithful (like Deadheads).
Day two is Tuesday night.
Bringing us back to the Christian roots
of the holiday, you have Arcata Main Street
and Los Bagels, in collaboration with Daniela Vargas, helping you celebrate El Da
de los Muertos,, aka The Day of the
Dead. Central is a community altar, in
Spanish an ofrenda, with mementos of
your deceased loved ones, photos or other
offerings for the Dead. The ofrenda starts
in the Arcata Main Street office down the
hall from Libation on Tuesday, Nov. 1, and
will be brought out on Wednesday, Nov. 2,
at 6 p.m. on the Arcata Plaza for stories, poetry and appropriate food and drink. Raise
a glass or some other biodegradable vessel
and toast the dead, who are gone but never
forgotten.

The alibi | Breakfast all day long!

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Employees will wear pink

and the bar will be serving silly
drinks, like Pink Squirrels and
Pink Ladies, Ladd said.
If you havent had the chance
to try the watering holes great
breakfasts, nows the time to
do just that and support the
Breast and Gyn Project at the
same time. The extensive menu
features more than 10 different
types of eggs Benedict and this
writer has been carefully working her way through the list in
order to test each one. So far,
they are all delicious, especially the Blue Lake Bennie. Daily
specials are listed on the blackboard and the coffee is specially roasted by Kinetic Koffee for
the bar. Best of all, breakfast is
served all day.
Lunch is also a possibility
with French dip and the huge
homefries always a great choice.
For those who like to drink their
salad, the bar makes a Bloody
Mary complete with pickled
green beans, celery, and enough
other veggies to qualify as a salad bar in itself.
For dinner, friends rave
about the blue cheese burgers.
the Bat Cave, games, face painting
and the animal pumpkin stomp
and feed. Creepy snacks and
hot apple cider will be available.
Show off your wild side and join
the Costume Parade & Contest at
2:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded
to children and adults for Tiny
Terror (3 years and under), Most
Awesome Animal, Most Spooktacular, Most Original, Frightful
Family and more Activities are
included with general admission.
Zoo members join the fun for free.

Conlin is glad to be supporting the Breast and Gyn Project.

I really think they are an amazing organization, she said.
And she was speaking from
personal experience.
Its hard when a nurse calls
you and tells you that you have
cancer and you are left hanging
until your appointment with a
surgeon, weeks away, Sandy,
who owns Ernies, said to go to
Breast Health, she said.
I went there and they got
the results from the radiologist
faxed over in 10 minutes and
went over them with me. I knew
I wasnt going to die.
Conlin has worked at the bar
for three years and also teaches
school. She grew up in Arcata.
They loaned me a book and
called me every week. They were
really kind, she said. It calms
you down.
Connie Jackson, another
waitress, echoed her support.
All of my family has been
touched by cancer, she said.
The Alibi is located at 744
Ninth St, on the Plaza, serving
food from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m.
with the lounge open until 2
a.m.
HaRveST FeSTival The community is invited to celebrate the fall
harvest season at Studio 299, 75
The Terrace in Willow Creek, Saturday, Oct. 29 from 1 to 5 p.m.
Presented in conjunction with
Creekside Arts and Education, the
Harvest Festival is a free all-ages
event that will feature the opening
of the gallerys new art exhibition;
an open house for Studio 299s
new Community Kitchen; and
food, beer and wine available for
purchase. studio299.tripod.com

Restaurant
now open
until
11 p.m.
822-3731
On the Plaza

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

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SOUNDS OF SCOTLAND
Bagpiper Kevin Moe
from Wyoming brought
the droning tones of
bagpipes to the Plaza
recently. Even though
he's only "a little Scottish," the bagpipes
speak to his inner self.
"I get a feeling in my
chest when I hear the
music," he said. He
plays the pipes in towns
for spare change as he
travels, and was told
that Arcata is "a different city," and "just wait
till you get to Arcata."
That proved true. Within
minutes of each other,
one passerby asked,
"You ever get freaky
with that thing?" Alas,
he didn't define what
he meant by "freaky."
Another guy who had
been listening nearby
expressed gratitude to
Moe, saying, "Thanks for
encouraging us to have
a revolution." Said Moe,
"It gets people's attention. I see them drive by
and smile, and it makes
me happy."
KLH | Union

'Understanding
Islam' talk at HSU
Humboldt State

ARCATA On the evening of Tuesday, November 1, the Humboldt State

University Religious Studies Department will host a
panel discussion and community conversation on
the topic of Understanding Islam. The event will
be held on the HSU campus, in the Kate Buchanan Room. Doors will open
at 5:45 p.m., and the evenings programming will
begin at 6 p.m.
Three panelists will
speak, each for approximately 20 minutes. Professor Emeritus William
Herbrechtsmeier of the
Religious Studies Department will begin the evening by providing an introduction to and overview of
the basic tenets of Islam.
Prof.
Herbrechtshmeier
teaches Introduction to Islam, and has presented on
topics of Islam and Islamophobia, both on campus
and in the community, for
over 20 years.
Professor Leena Dallasheh of the History Department will then address
the regional history of the
Middle East, exploring
questions of geography,
politics, and colonialism.
Prof. Dallasheh is a recent
addition to the HSU faculty, having received a law
degree from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and
a PhD in the joint History
and Middle Eastern and
Islamic Studies program at
NYU.
The evenings final presenter will be Professor
Emeritus Saeed Mortazavi
of the HSU School of Business. Professor Mortazavi
will discuss political Islam, especially in the Iranian context. He has been
a frequent contributor to
campus and community
discussions about Islam,
Shiite religious and political thought, and the structure of the government of
Iran.
Following
presentation, the panelists will take
questions from the audience. While the initial individual presentations will
help to orient the discussion, this event is dedicated primarily to providing
the campus and community with an opportunity
to ask questions, in order
to increase our collective
religious literacy on Islam,
a tradition about which
there is a great deal of misunderstanding.

On May 1 of this year,

the RS Department and
the Eureka Interfaith
Fellowship co-hosted an
event, also titled Understanding Islam, which
was held at Eurekas First
Congregational
Church.
HSU Religious Studies
Program Leader Sara Hart
says, The May 1 Event was
attended by over 250 people. Clearly, theres great
community interest in the
topic, and its part of the
Universitys obligation to
the community to make
sure that were answering
to this kind of interest.
Knowing the importance
of religious literacy to contemporary voters, weve
scheduled this follow-up
event to take place a week
before polls open.
Understanding Islam:
A Community Conversation is being held as an
event in the RS Departments Freed Peace and
Justice Series, dedicated to
mobilizing the combined
resources of Religious
Studies scholars and faith
communities in the interest of fostering peace and
justice in our world. Information on the Eric Freed
Peace and Justice Award
will be available at the
event. This event also coincides with HSUs Campus
Dialogue on Race, which
has scheduled events from
Oct. 31 through Nov. 4,
with the goal of fostering
racial, social, and environmental justice.

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Thanksgiving
Dinner needs you
ARCATA A Community Thanksgiving Dinner open to everyone is being planned for Arcata. Volunteers and business sponsorships are
needed to ensure its success.
There are many ways to volunteer, both on
Thanksgiving Day and in the days and weeks
leading up to the event. Volunteer opportunities
include: cooking food for the event, decorating,
and food preparation.
Additional opportunities on Thanksgiving
Day include set up, serving, kitchen support,
door greeters, and clean up.
If you are interesting in volunteering or helping to sponsor the Community Thanksgiving
Dinner, call (707) 822-4528 or email arcatahouse3@gmail.com.
Sponsors include United Methodist Church,
St, Marys Catholic Church, Arcata Presbyterian
Church, Humboldt Friends Meeting, Step-Up
from HSU, Arcata House Partnership, City of Arcata, Arcata Zen Group. Additional organizations
and businesses will be listed with sponsorship.
MEET REYNA GRANDE The HSU
English Department Visiting
Writers Series presents a reading
by Reyna Grande, award winning novelist and memoirist, on
Thursday, Oct. 27 from 4 p.m. to
5 p.m. in the Goodwin Forum in

ed of an era
RADIO WAVES GOODBYE KHSU-BBC Manager Ed
Subkis, with Brandi Easter, above, was feted on
his retirement from Humboldt State's Diverse Public Radio station last Thursday in the Plaza View
Room. Subkis and his wife, Bunny, are moving to
Sarasota, Fla., where her family resides. KLH | Union

Nelson Hall at Humboldt State

University. Grandes memoir,
The Distance Between Us, a finalist for the National Book Critics
Circle Award, was hailed by the
Los Angeles Times as the Angelas Ashes of the modern Mexican

immigrant experience.
The event is free and open to the
public. Grandes books may be
purchased at Goodwin Forum on
the day of the reading, courtesy
of Northtown Books. (707) 8263758, englasa@humboldt.edu.

AIGC gets big grant

Janine Volkmar
mad RiveR union

HUMBOLDT Humboldt Sponsors is a volunteer group best known for

its killer annual rummage
sale every October.
What lots of delighted
shoppers don't know is
that the group gives over
$100,000 a year to youth
activities in Humboldt
County.
This year the Arcata
Interfaith Gospel Youth
Choir was blessed to receive a grant from the
organization to fund 10
scholarships for youth
choir members.
Ive been scrambling
to get money for kids who
need it, Lorien Sanchez,
youth choir director said.
The youth choir is an
offshoot of the Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir, a
group started in 1992 to
sing Black gospel music.
Its for fun and to have
a safe place. I dont allow
anybody to say anything
negative about anybody,
Sanchez said.
Prospective youth choir
members don't have to be
able to read music.
Its taught by ear, she
said.
Rehearsals are 45 minutes long, on Thursday
nights, at the Arcata Presbyterian Church, 11th and G
Streets, starting at 5:45 p.m.
I ask every kid to come
and observe a rehearsal to
see if it's something they
want to be a part of, she
said. "If they want to join
immediately, they are wel-

come," she added.

Rehearsals have started for a season that will
include five performances
but Sanchez is still happy to
take new members. And the
Humboldt Sponsors grant
may make that possible
for children whose families
have not been able to afford
the $100 yearly dues.
The youth choir has
been directed in the past by
Bristol Martin, Tosh Martin, and Valetta Molofsky.
Sanchez became involved
because her son, Gabe,
sang in the choir and loved
it. She is in her sixth season directing and also sings
in the adult choir.
Gabe plays bass in the
youth choir band and his
younger brother, Tobias,
sings in the choir.
We'd love to have more
youth
instrumentalists
join us, too, Sanchez said.
Lorenza Simmons is the
youth choir's accompanist
on piano but Sanchez said
she'd like to have a youth
pianist to work with Lorenza, or another guitarist.
My goal is to have an allyouth band.
Kids from 5 years of age
up to 17 can join the choir.
However,
5-year-olds
must have a parent stay for
the entire rehearsal time.
Besides Sanchez and
Simmons, Debbi Kallish and Yemaya Kimmel,
members of the adult
choir, volunteer to help
with the youth choir.
I think of it as family,

IN CONCERT The Humboldt Symphony.

SUbmitted pHoto

Orchestral favorites
HUMBOLDT STATE Welcome cellist and conductor Dr. Garrick Woods to the HSU Department of Music faculty by joining him and the Humboldt Symphony
for a concert featuring the familiar and satisfying second movement of Beethovens 7th Symphony, Edvard
Griegs Symphonic Dances,and Deep Summer Music
by American composer Libby Larsen.
The concert takes place Saturday, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m.
in Fulkerson Recital Hall. Admission is $8 General, $5
Senior/Child, Free for HSU students with ID. (707) 8263531, patrick@humboldt.edu
Sanchez said.
She's grateful to the
Humboldt Sponsors for the
chance to add new members to the choir.
Those interested in
learning more can call
(707) 822-4444 or visit the
AIGC website, arcatainterfaithgospelchoir.com.

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a humboldt honey
No man is an island, entire of itself. John Donne

rom wild roots grow gentle flowers,

in darkest caves lie gleaming gems,
when spent alone, how cold the hours,
in light of friendship, said flower stems.
The woods are forgotten, a cage is found, in walks a cat.
Civilization is a difficult place,
such faith to trust any but the self,
yet irresistible is a familiar face,
our guarded nature we learn to shelf.
A lonely chapter ends, a companion-filled one begins, in walks Honey.
Friends; food; faith; we flourish,
absorbing energy, one begins to glow,
shes glowing as we continue to nourish,
What a home will do, only you can
know.
Our door closes, your door opens, in walks your newest
friend.
Honey is a female, young
adult,
seal-point cat currently
honey
staying at the Companion Animal Foundation thrift store in
Sunny Brae.
Honey was found abandoned on woodland property
where we humanely trapped
her and brought her to CAF.
Honey was very thin and shy
around people and spent her
first few days with us hiding
underneath blankets in her pen and eating very little.
However, with patience, she has grown in health and
personality, and now roams around as a very beautiful
and affectionate store cat who charms every customer
she meets. We feel she is ready to leave our care and finally find a permanent, loving home where she can live
up to her name every day with her new family. She is
spayed and in wonderful health!
To learn more about Honey (or our many other cats
and kittens) call (707) 826-7387 or visit our thrift store at
88 Sunny Brae Center in Arcata, or email cafanimals@
gmail.com, visit cafanimals.org, or check out Companion Animal Foundation on Facebook.
W - -W
PAWHumboldt Pet Supply, 145
G St., south of Samoa Boulevard in Arcatas Marsh
District, invites you and your furry friends to a
Howl-o-ween Paw-ry Sunday, Oct. 30 from 1 to
3 p.m. Enjoy a costume contest for both dogs and
cats, tricks for treats, harvest games, a chance to win
a fabulous Big Shrimpy bed and partake in goodies
from Main Street Barkery as well as refreshments
for all. A portion of proceeds benefit Companion
Animal Foundations new Mobile Unit.

SSW PUZZLE
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Agreement
5. Colorful liquid
10. Bucks
14. Grand mal precursor
15. Lauder, for one
16. Skin lotion ingredient
17. Road sign
18. Highway patrol setups
20. Help letters
21. Curb
22. Wrong
23. Late beloved Bishop
25. Croak (less crudely)
26. Job
28. Flag
31. House divisions
32. Friendliness or
compassion
34. Period
36. Times
37. Hiding places
38. South African fox
39. Time when a train is
expected to leave: abbr.
40. One who sent the Wise
Men to find Jesus
41. UCLA athlete
42. Evaluate
44. Unclean
45. Make lace
46. Punitive
47. Despicable person
50. Cause of distress
51. Type of bank acct.
54. 160-acre parcels,
in 1862
57. Completed
58. Rulers title
59. Burning
60. Subside
61. Word of disgust
62. Endings for girls names
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arilyn MontgomCzarnecki will take place on 7:30 p.m. at Trinidad Library. Merle
ery will present a
Saturday, October 29 from Shuster shot thousands of stunning
free, open-to-all
2 to 4 p.m. at Trinidad Li- aerial photographs of Humboldt
lecture on The Neuroscibrary.
County from the 1940s to the 1960s.
ence of Meditation at TrinCzarnecki structures his The Rohdes will show the images and
idad Library on Thursday,
memoir writing class on a consider the history they depict.
November 3 from 7 to 8
method used by Japanese
Its an OLLI class ($30 for memp.m. This talk will be an inwriter Yasunari Kawabata bers and $55 for non-members. Call
troduction to the practice of
called Palm of the Hand (707) 826-5880 to register.
meditation, with its proven
which helps focus the writ.S. oast uard Women
benefits for relieving stress
ers energy into completing
al at rinidad i ic lub
and promoting overall health and short individual pieces about ones
Trinidad Civic Clubs Thursday,
well-being. Ms. Montgomery, an RN own life.
November 3 guest speaker is Elizaand midwife, has been teaching mindThe workshops have been success- beth Jones of the U.S. Coast Guard.
fulness and meditation practices
Shell present a program at 11
for over 30 years.
a.m. on life for U.S.C.G. womAttendees who wish to exen in this important coastal
plore this subject further can sign
service.
up for Marilyns course HardThe business meeting comwiring Happiness which starts
mences at 10 a.m. Tonda Feron Monday, November 7 and
rando will preside. Liz Thatchcontinues each Monday through
er, Penne OGara and Martha
November 28 at Trinidad LiSue Davis are hostesses.
brary from 2 to 4 p.m. Course
allo een Parade
registration is through the HSU
ctober 1
OLLI program (826-5880). Cost
The entire student body and
is $65 for OLLI members, $90
staff from Trinidad School will
for non-members.
parade in costume to the deMarilyn Montgomery studied
light of all viewers at about 10
with a number of teachers, in- The Brae Back in The day a Merle Shuster a.m. on Halloween.
cluding Jon Kabat Zinn, Thich photo of ancient Sunny Brae. Photo by MerThe parade starts at the
Nhat Hanh and the Dalai Lama. le ShuSter | huMboldt State library SPecial collectionS school and commences down
Since becoming a senior, her exTrinity to Main to Saunders
perience of the power of these prac- ful in helping people to writing about Plaza and then back to school via
tices in bringing a deeper sense of life experiences whether for family View, East and Edwards Streets.
inner peace, self acceptance and well members or a wider audience.
Dont miss this annual spectacle of
being inspires her to share them with
The Poets and Writers series is the latest in frightening or funny Halothers.
supported in part by grants from The loween garb.
o More rinidad ranch
James Irvine Foundation and the
Lions Club treats children to apple
ibrary ents
Hearst Foundation.
cider and popcorn at the Club Room,
Palm of the Hand Memoir WritShuster Shoots Humboldt Coun- Town Hall, starting at dusk during
ing Workshop facilitated by poet, ty with Jerry and Gisela Rohde is Trick or Treating excursions around
publisher and oral memoirist Michael set for Wednesday, Nov. 2 from 5 to town.

O BITUARIES
iann . o ran
Diann E. DoBran passed
away Oct. 21, 2016. She was
born in Columbus, Ohio on
Oct. 28, 1941 to Paul and
Hedwig Elliott. She was
married to Michael C. DoBran on Dec. 31, 1960 and
was just shy of celebrating
their 53rd Anniversary before his passing on Oct. 20,

2013.
Diann was a feisty 4
foot, 9 inch grandma who
loved her family unconditionally. She loved to roller
skate and, as a youth. was
a member of the 1958 San
Bernardino, Calif. semi-pro
roller skating team. She
would embarrass her kids

by chaperoning their class

field trips to the roller rink
and be the only parent to do
the Hokey Pokey with great
joy! She proudly retired as
a Postmistress of the US
Postal Service in 2000. Boy
shed better never catch
you calling third-class mail
junk mail!

She is survived by her

three daughters, Paulanne
Oakes of Elyria, Ohio, Lola
(Jerry) Alto of Arcata and
Diann A. DoBran of Arcata
and five grandchildren Issac Oakes, Amanda (Craig)
Speicher of Ohio and Scott,
Sarah and Shayla Alto of
Arcata.

Vi ian arson ie ler

Vivian Larson Ziegler, aged 96,
passed peacefully at her home Tuesday, Oct. 18, in the company of family
after a life filled with grace, kindness
and concern for those around her. She
enjoyed a life-long passion for people,
history, art, travel, politics, and especially her family and friends.
Born in 1920, Vivian was the fifth
and last child born to Anna Elizabeth
and Louis Larson at the family home
in Bayside. Louis arrived on the
North Coast in 1888 from Varmland,
Sweden, and was followed by Anna
who was from Smaland, Sweden in
1900. The family hosted Swedish relatives and friends as Vivian was growing up on Fickle Hill, and continuing
visits of relatives over many decades
were among her great joys.
She attended Arcata schools, graduating in 1937 from Arcata High
School and played clarinet in the
marching band at the dedication of
the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. Vivian then went on to Humboldt State
Teachers College, where she earned a
Bachelor of Arts degree and a teaching credential, graduating in 1941.
While a student, she directed a drama production at the Panama-Pacific
International Exhibition at Treasure
Island in 1939. Vivians teaching career began that year at Patricks Point
School and continued at Pacific Union
School where her great passion was
teaching kindergarten and exploring
new educational techniques until she
retired in 1975.
Vivian met her husband of sixty years, William (Bill) E. Ziegler, at
Humboldt State and they were mar-

ried in 1942. Bill died in 2002. Together, Bill and Vivian enjoyed many
common interests together including gardening, art sketching and
painting together - and they traveled
extensively across the United States
and around the world. Over the years,
she earned many awards for her flower arrangements and cultivation of
beautiful rhododendrons. She and
Bill especially enjoyed friendships
around gardening, politics and travel. They shared an active passion for
Democratic politics throughout their
lives, and Vivian fondly remembers
seeing President Roosevelt in Colorado Springs in 1942 voting for him
as her first vote, and some 50 years
later also met President Clinton at the
White House. She cast her last vote
for Hillary Clinton.
She was preceded in death by her
siblings Rudolph, Laverne, Juanita
and James Larson. She is survived

by three children, Jeffrey and Joel

of Arcata, along with Jay, and her
daughter-in-law, Carri Ziegler of Davis, California. She is also survived by
nephew Lincoln Steffens of Calgary,
Canada and his family along with seven Ziegler grandchildren: Milo of Seattle; Morgan and his wife Jennifer,
and great grandson, Jordan of Olympia; Amelia and William of Davis;
Erin and Sianna Ziegler; and Dulce
Ziegler of Eureka, her fondest companion in recent years. She enjoyed
her last visit on Monday with Dulce,
second cousin Julie Villegas and her
husband Richard.
As Vivian passed, she noted, that
she feels quite grateful that there are
people she remembers dating from
1888 in Arcatas colorful local history especially from Fickle Hill and
Arcata.
Benefitting from a remarkable
memory and style to her final days,
she recently documented her familys migration from Sweden and has
articles pending publication in the
coming months in the Humboldt
Historian. She and our family - are
very grateful for the loving care of her
caregivers in the past year.
In lieu of flowers, contributions
in her memory may be directed to
Hospice of Humboldt County, the
Humboldt County Historical Society,
the Humboldt County Library Foundation, and the Humboldt Botanical
Gardens Foundation.
We will miss Vivian tremendously
and a celebration of her life is planned
for the Thanksgiving weekend in Arcata.

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1. Decline to bid
2. Means of transportation
3. __ of America;
Indianas motto
4. Touch lightly
5. Annoy
6. Fluttering tree
7. Object
8. Bess Truman __ Wallace
9. Joe Sr.s youngest child
10. 1875 Bizet opera
11. Kirghizs __ Mountains
12. __ up; absorbs
13. Notorious German
19. Contaminate
21. Spots
24. __ in; surrounds
25. Place for a speaker
26. Canadian tribe member
27. Vital vessel
28. Musical poet
29. Late TV show host
30. Riveter of the 40s
32. Cigarette ingredients
33. Start of a Brazilian city
35. Take care of
37. In case
38. Elaborate solo
40. Great amount
41. Jaw or hip
43. Controls the
direction of
44. Touch and others
46. Man of the cloth
47. Female superstar
48. City in Italia
49. Give off
50. Worms, e.g.
52. Rip violently
53. War deity
55. Edisons initials
56. Newt
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ARCATA The community is warmly invited to The

Lutheran Church of Arcatas Oktoberfest German Dinner
Saturday, Oct. 29. Lovers of German cuisine give this dining experience high marks for food quality and authenticity, and tickets to the event have been quick to sell out since
the congregations inaugural Oktoberfest in 2009. Those
interested in attending are encouraged to make reservations post haste.
Oktoberfest 2016 features an authentic seasonal German menu showcasing Sauerbraten pork roasts marinated
for a full week in a traditional wine-vinegar-spice brine;
rich gingersnap gravy; homemade Sptzle (German pasta sauted in butter); sweet-and-sour red cabbage (Susssaures Rotkraut); crisp and tangy German-style green

salad with a sharp Bavarian vinaigrette and garden-fresh

bacon-pear green beans (Birnen, Bohnen und Speck).
Accompanying this meal will be two freshly-baked
German breads, Vollkornbrot and Sonnenblumenbrot,
prepared especially for the dinner by Arcatas Becks Bakery, and crafted from regionally grown and locally ground
grains.
The breads, based on traditional German recipes, will
be baked the very morning of the event, and, in addition
to being served with the meal, loaves will be available for
sale, while supplies last.
Desserts will not disappoint German Apfelstrudel and
Schwarzwlder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cake), as well
as sundry other German pastries. To drink, an outstanding selection of imported German beers and wines will be

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The Oktoberfest meal is served tableside, family-style.
Bavarian and fall-themed dcor plus live accordion music
complete the events festive Old World atmosphere. The
reservation-only dinner will be presented in three seatings: 3, 4:30 and 6 p.m.
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L EGAL N OTICES
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
16-00586
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
ThE BIg BlUE CAFE
846 g STrEET
ArCATA, CA 95521
jEFF l. kUNklE
399 TANglEwOOd rOAd
ArCATA, CA 95521
This business is conducted by: An Individual
S/jEFF kUNklE, OwNEr
This statement was filed
with the humboldt County
Clerk on OCT. 4, 2016
kEllY E. SANdErS
SC dEPUTY ClErk
10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/02

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
16-00591
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
ThE COMMUNITY
CUPBOArd
839 NINTh STrEET
ArCATA, CA 95521
P.O. BOx 1034
ArCATA, CA 95518
AlEC M. hOwArd
1166 h STrEET
ArCATA, CA 95521
This business is conducted by: An Individual
S/AlEC hOwArd, OwNEr
This statement was filed
with the humboldt County
Clerk on OCT. 6, 2016
kEllY E. SANdErS
gw dEPUTY ClErk
10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/02

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
16-00578
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
OFF ThE grId
2346 wOOd ST.
EUrEkA, CA 95501
jENNIFEr d. kOOPMAN
2346 wOOd ST.
EUrEkA, CA 95501
This business is conducted by: An Individual
S/jENNIFEr
kOOPMAN, OwNEr
This statement was filed
with the humboldt County
Clerk on SEPT. 28, 2016
kEllY E. SANdErS
SC dEPUTY ClErk
10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/02

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
16-00598
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
IN gOOd hANd
2928 MACk rd. #A
ArCATA, CA 95521
lISA j. rOBINSON
2928 MACk rd. #A
ArCATA, CA 95521
This business is conducted by: An Individual
S/lISA j. rOBINSON,
OwNEr
This statement was filed
with the humboldt County
Clerk on OCT. 12, 2016
kEllY E. SANdErS
SC dEPUTY ClErk
10/19, 10/26, 11/02, 11/09

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
16-00583
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
MYSTIC rOSE
50 SCENIC drIVE
TrINIdAd, CA 05570
EMIlY M. CASSElMAN
50 SCENIC drIVE
TrINIdAd, CA 95570
This business is conducted by: An Individual
S/EMIlY M.
CASSElMAN, OwNEr
This statement was filed
with the humboldt County
Clerk on SEPT. 30, 2016

kEllY E. SANdErS
gw dEPUTY ClErk
10/19, 10/26, 11/02, 11/09

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
16-00600
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
rOrOBOT
1470 SPEAr AVENUE
ArCATA, CA 95521
rAChEl V. CONrAd
1470 SPEAr AVENUE
ArCATA, CA 95521
This business is conducted by: An Individual
S/rAChEl CONrAd,
OwNEr
This statement was filed
with the humboldt County
Clerk on OCT. 12, 2016
kEllY E. SANdErS
AA dEPUTY ClErk
10/26, 11/02, 11/09, 11/16

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
16-00615
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
COASTlINE SUPPlY
COMPANY
1785 lAZZAr lANE
MCkINlEYVIllE, CA
95519
PAdrE A. rOTh
1785 lAZZAr lANE
MCkINlEYVIllE, CA
95519
This business is conducted by: An Individual
S/PAdrE A. rOTh,
OwNEr
This statement was filed
with the humboldt County
Clerk on OCT. 20, 2016
kEllY E. SANdErS
gU dEPUTY ClErk
10/26, 11/02, 11/09, 11/16

OrdEr TO ShOw
CAUSE FOr ChANgE
OF NAME IVY MAThENY
SUPErIOr COUrT OF
CAlIFOrNIA COUNTY
OF hUMBOldT
CASE NO. CV160816
TO All INTErESTEd
PErSONS:
1.
Petitioner
IVY
MAThENY has filed a
petition with this court
for a decree changing names as follows:
Present name: IVY jOSEPhINE
MAThENY
to Proposed name IVY
jOSEPhINE MAThENY
NOrTh.
2. ThE COUrT OrdErS
that all persons interested in this matter appear
before this court, located
at 825 5th Street, Eureka,
California, at the hearing
indicated below to show
cause, if any, why the
application should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must
file a written objection
that includes the reasons
for the objection at least
two court days before the
matter is scheduled to be
heard and must appear at
the hearing to show cause
why the petition should not
be granted. If no written
objection is timely filed,
the court may grant the
petition without a hearing.
date: November 14, 2016
Time: 1:45 p.m.
dept.: 8
3. A copy of this Order to
Show Cause shall be published at least once a week
for four successive weeks
prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this

county: Mad river Union.

date: SEP. 26, 2016
dAlE A. rEINhOlTSEN
judge of the Superior Court
10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26

OrdEr TO ShOw
CAUSE FOr
ChANgE OF NAME
jUlIE SlATEr
SUPErIOr COUrT OF
CAlIFOrNIA COUNTY
OF hUMBOldT
CASE NO. CV160815
TO All INTErESTEd
PErSONS:
1.
Petitioner
jUlIE
SlATEr has filed a
petition with this court
for a decree changing names as follows:
Present name: jUlIE
NIChOlE SlATEr to Proposed name jUlIE NIChOlE SlATEr NOrTh.
2. ThE COUrT OrdErS
that all persons interested in this matter appear
before this court, located
at 825 5th Street, Eureka,
California, at the hearing
indicated below to show
cause, if any, why the
application should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must
file a written objection
that includes the reasons
for the objection at least
two court days before the
matter is scheduled to be
heard and must appear at
the hearing to show cause
why the petition should not
be granted. If no written
objection is timely filed,
the court may grant the
petition without a hearing.
date: November 14, 2016
Time: 1:45 p.m.
dept.: 8
3. A copy of this Order to
Show Cause shall be published at least once a week
for four successive weeks
prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this
county: Mad river Union.
date: SEP. 26, 2016
dAlE A. rEINhOlTSEN
judge of the Superior Court
10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26

OrdEr TO ShOw
CAUSE FOr
ChANgE OF NAME
jASON COlE BEhlEr
SUPErIOr COUrT OF
CAlIFOrNIA COUNTY
OF hUMBOldT
CASE NO. CV160845
TO All INTErESTEd
PErSONS:
1. Petitioner jASON
COlE BEhlEr has
filed a petition with this
court for a decree changing names as follows:
Present name: jASON
COlE BEhlEr to Proposed name jASON
COlE dANIElS.
2. ThE COUrT OrdErS
that all persons interested in this matter appear
before this court, located
at 825 5th Street, Eureka,
California, at the hearing
indicated below to show
cause, if any, why the
application should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must
file a written objection
that includes the reasons
for the objection at least
two court days before the
matter is scheduled to be
heard and must appear at
the hearing to show cause
why the petition should not
be granted. If no written

objection is timely filed,

the court may grant the
petition without a hearing.
date: November 21, 2016
Time: 1:45 p.m.
dept.: 8
3. A copy of this Order to
Show Cause shall be published at least once a week
for four successive weeks
prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this
county: Mad river Union.
date: OCT. 05, 2016
dAlE A. rEINhOlTSEN
judge of the Superior Court
10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9

rEQUEST FOr OrdEr

MOdIFICATION
ChIld CUSTOdY
SUPErIOr COUrT OF
CAlIFOrNIA
hUMBOldT COUNTY
CASE NO. Fl110286
Petitioner: Tom Belisle
resondent: Ashley Soza
1. TO: Tom Belisle
2. A hearing on this request for Order will be held
as follows:
date: 5-02-16
Time:1:30 p.m.
dept. 6
at Superior Court of California, County of humboldt, 825 Fifth Street,
Eureka, CA 95501.
rEQUEST ANd OrdEr
TO CONTINUE hEArINg
ANd ExTENd TEMPOrArY
EMErgENCY
(Ex PArTE) OrdErS
1. Name of person making
the request: Ashley Soza.
2. The court has issued
emergency (ex parte) orders on my request for
Order (form Fl-300) on:
3. I request that the court
continue the hearing date
of the request for Order
(form Fl-300).
4. I request the continuance because a. The papers could not be served
as required before the
hearing date on Petitioner.
5. The request to continue
is grANTEd. The hearing
on the request for Order
and temporary emergency
(ex parte) orders is continued as follows:
date: 11-14-16
Time: 1:30 p.m.
dept. 6
at the street address of the
court shown above.
6. The temporary emergency orders expire on:
10/5, 10/12, 10/29, 10/26

MONTANA 11Th
jUdICIAl dISTrICT
COUrT
FlAThEAd COUNTY
OrdEr TO ShOw CAUSE
Cause No.: dr.08.022A
In re the Parenting of:
minor child(ren); Tressa
l. Schutter, Petitioner
and richard l. jones jr.,
respondent.
Based on the Petitioners
Motion and Supporting
Affidavit, this Court finds
good cause for hearing the
Motion to Amend Parenting Plan.
This Court orders:
1. A hearing on this matter
is scheduled for:
Date: 10/27/16
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Place: Flathead County
Courthouse
2. To the person who
did not file the Motion to
Amend Parenting Plan in
this case: You should go
to the scheduled hearing
and tell the Court if there
are any reasons why the

other parents Proposed

Amended Parenting Plan
should not be granted. If
you do not appear, the
Court may grant the other
parents motion by default
judgment.
3. To the person who filed
the Motion to Amend Parenting Plan: You must go
to the hearing and tell the
Court why your motion
should be granted. You
must also personally serve
a copy of this Order to
Show Cause on the other
parent at least ten (10)
days before the hearing.
date: 10/4/2016
s/Amy Eddy
district Court judge
10/12, 10/19, 10/26

lEgAl NOTICE
NOTICE IS hErEBY gIVEN that the undersigned,
STANwOOd A. MUrPhY, jr. and PAMElA j.
MUrPhY, as the Trustors,
created the BAhAMA
MAMA NEVAdA TrUST,
dated September 21,
2016, which is a self-settled spendthrift trust, pursuant to Nevada revised
Statutes 166.010 through
166.170.
STANwOOd
A. MUrPhY, jr. and PAMElA j. MUrPhY, the
Trustors of the Trust have
transferred property to this
Trust on or about the date
that this Trust was created,
and will make additional
transfers of property in
the future. All inquiries in
relation to this Trust shall
be directed to jEFFrEY
BUrr, lTd., 2600 Paseo
Verde Parkway, henderson, Nevada 89074.
dATEd this September
21, 2016.
s/STANwOOd A. MUrPhY, jr.
s/PAMElA j. MUrPhY
Inquiries should be delivered to:
jason walker, Esq.
jEFFrEY BUrr, lTd.
2600 Paseo Verde Parkway
henderson, Nevada 89074
Attorney for Trustee
10/12, 10/19, 10/26

CITATION FOr
PUBlICATION
UNdEr wElFArE ANd
INSTITUTIONS COdE
SECTION 294
Case Name:
jAMES T. hASTINgS
Case No.: jV150223
1. To james hastings, aka
james hastings, jr. and
anyone claiming to be a
parent of james T. hastings born on 11/19/2009 at
St. joseph hospital, Eureka, CA.
2. A hearing will be held
on december 19, 2016 at
8:30 a.m. in dept. 7 located at Superior Court of
California, County of humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, CA 95501, juvenile
division, 2nd floor.
3. At the hearing the court
will consider the recommendations of the social
worker or probation officer.
4. The social worker or
probation officer will recommend that your child be
freed from your legal custody so that the child may
be adopted. If the court
follows the recommendation, all your parental
rights to the child will be
terminated.
5. You have the right to be
present at the hearing, to
present evidence, and you
have the right to be repre-

sented 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
dEBrA AVENMArg,
dEPUTY COUNTY
COUNSEl #271366
825 FIFTh STrEET
EUrEkA, CA 95501
(707) 445-7236
dATE: OCT O4, 2016
Clerk, by kim l. Bartleson,
deputy
10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/02

OrdEr ON rEQUEST
TO CONTINUE hEArINg
CV160436
Filed: Oct. 14, 2016
Superior Court of
California, humboldt
County
PrOTECTEd PErSON:
diane dolores Tracy
rESTrAINEd
PArTY:
Trinity Mabry
PArTY SEEkINg CONTINUANCE: I am the protected party.
diane dolores Tracy
P.O. Box 1396
hOOPA, CA 95546
OrdEr ON rEQUEST
FOr CONTINUANCE
The hearing on this matter
was scheduled for Oct. 11,
2016 at 1:45 p.m. The request for the continuance
was granted as set forth
below.
OrdEr FOr grANTINg
CONTINUANCE ANd NOTICE OF NEw hEArINg
The court hearing on the
request for Civil harassment restraining Orders
continued and rescheduled as follows:
Nov. 28, 2016 at 1:45 p.m.
in Superior Court of California, humboldt County,
825 Fifth St., Eureka, CA
95501
The extended Temporary
restraining Order (form
Ch-110) expires at the end
of this hearing.
rEASONS FOr ThE
CONTINUANCE:
The continuance is needed because Trinity Mabry
was not served before the
current hearing date. An
Order on Ex Parte Application for Order for Publication was filed on Oct.
11, 2016.
ExTENSION OF TEMPOrArY rESTrAININg
OrdEr.
Extension of the Temporary restraining Order
issued May 24, 2016 until
the new hearing date is:
grANTEd. There are no
changes to the TrO except the expiration date.
SErVICE OF OrdEr:
Pursuant to the Order on
Ex Parte Application for
Publication filed herein on
Oct. 11, 2016, service of
this Notice of New hearing
date and Order on re-issuance shall be served by
publication,
MANdATOrY ENTrY OF
OrdEr into CArPOS
through ClETS
date: 10/13/16
dale A. reinholtsen
Judicial Officer
10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16

NOTICE OF PETITION TO

ADMINISTER
ESTATE OF DORIS ALLEN-LANDAY
CASE NO.: PR160297
To all heirs, beneficiaries,
creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may
otherwise be interested in
the will or estate, or both,
of: dOrIS AllEN-lANdAY.
A Petition for Probate
has been filed by: ShErrY
ANN rIChTEr & APrIl
S. AllEN in the Superior
Court of California, County
of hUMBOldT.
The Petition for Probate
requests that: ShErrY
ANN rIChTEr & APrIl
S. AllEN be appointed as
personal representatives to
administer the estate of the
decedent.
The petition requests the
decedents will and codicils, if any, be admitted to
probabate. The will and any
codocils are available for
examination in the file kep
in the court.
The petition requests
authority to administer
the estate under the Independent Administration of
Estates Act. (This authority
will allow the personal representative to take any actions without obtaining court
approval. Before taking certain very important actions,
however, the personal representative will be required
to give notice to interested
persons unless they have
waived notice or consented
to the proposed action.) The
independent administration
authority will be granted
unless an interested person
files an objection to the petition and shows good cause
why the court should not
grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in this
court as follows:
date: dec. 1 2016
Time: 2:00 PM
dept.: 8
Address of court: Superior Court of California,
County of humboldt, 825
Fifth Street, Eureka, CA,
95501.
If you object to the
granting of the petition,
you should appear at the
hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before
the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or
by your attorney.
If you are a creditor or
a contingent creditor of
the decedent, you must
file your claim with the
court and mail a copy to the
personal representative appointed by the court within
the later of either (1) four
months from the date of
first issuance of letters to a
general personal representative, as defined in section
58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days
from the date of mailing or
personal delivery to you of
a notice under section 9052
of the California Probate
Code.Other
California
statutes and legal authority may affect your rights
as a creditor. You may
want to consult with an
attorney knowledgeable
in California law.
You may examine the
file kept by the court. If
you are a person interested in the estate, you may
file with the court a formal
Request for Special Notice
(form dE-154) of the filing
of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of
any petittion or account as

provided in Probate Code

section 1250. A Request for
Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Filed Oct. 19, 2016 in
Superior Court of California,
humboldt County.
Attorney for the petitioner:
ArThUr NIElSEN
gAlE & NIElSEN
2850 hArrIS STrEET
EUrEkA, CA 95503
(707) 269-0167 10/26,
11/2, 11/9

Mad river YSl

Annual general Meeting
11/8/2016 6:30 pm
At little learners, 5050
Valley East Blvd, Arcata
CA
Nominees for directors
and bylaw amendments:
visit www.mrysl.net
10/26

CITY OF ArCATA
lEgAl NOTICE
INTrOdUCTION OF
OrdINANCE NO. 1479
I hereby certify that at a
regular meeting held on
October 19, 2016, the
Arcata City Council introduced Ordinance No.
1479, summarized below,
An Ordinance of the City
Council of the City of Arcata Amending the Arcata
Municipal Code, pertaining
to Flood hazard Mitigation
Standards, at which time
the reading in full thereof
was unanimously waived
and approval granted for
reading the ordinance by
title only. The motion to
introduce Ordinance No.
1479 was passed by the
following vote:
AYES:
Pitino, Pereira, winkler,
wheetley. NOES: None.
ABSENT: Ornelas. ABSTENTIONS:
None.
kara Newman-Ferdolage,
deputy City Clerk, City of
Arcata
Summary of Ordinance
No. 1479
If adopted, this ordinance
will amend the City of
Arcatas Flood hazard
Mitigation Standards, to
include minor mapping
changes clarifying the
flood hazard zones and
making a change in the
flood elevation bench
mark. Additionally, some
areas incorrectly included
on the flood hazard areas
are being removed, and
areas which have been
modified through the flood
plain alteration process,
letter of map revision
(lOMr) are being added.
The full text of Ordinance
No. 1479 is available for
public inspection at the
office of the City Clerk,
Arcata City hall, 736 F
Street, Arcata, California,
Monday through Friday,
between 9:00 a.m. and
5:00 p.m. Ordinance No.
1479 may be considered
for adoption at the regularly scheduled meeting
of the Arcata City Council
to be held on November
2, 2016, and, if adopted at
that time, would take effect
November 2, 2016.
10/26

CITY OF ArCATA
lEgAl NOTICE
AdOPTION OF
OrdINANCE NO. 1477
I hereby certify that at
a regular meeting held
on October 19, 2016,
the Arcata City Council

adopted Ordinance No.

1477, summarized below, An Ordinance of the
City Council of the City of
Arcata Amending Arcata
Municipal Code Title Ix
land Use Code, Section
9.12.020, Zoning Map, to
rezone the lima Property,
25 California Avenue, APN
503-291-009, at which
time the reading in full
thereof was unanimously waived and approval
granted for reading the ordinance by title only. The
motion to adopt Ordinance
No. 1477 was passed by
the following vote: AYES:
Pitino, Pereira, winkler,
wheetley.
NOES: None. ABSENT:
Ornelas.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
kara Newman-Ferdolage,
deputy City Clerk, City of
Arcata
Summary of Ordinance
No. 1477
Ordinance No. 1477
amends the land Use
Code to rezone a portion of
the following property from
Natural resource-Timber
Production (Nr_TP) to
residential Very low density (rVl): lima Property,
25 California Avenue, APN
503-291-009.
The full text of Ordinance
No. 1477 is available for
public inspection at the
office of the City Clerk,
Arcata City hall, 736 F
Street, Arcata, CA, Monday through Friday, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m. Ordinance No. 1477
will take effect November
18, 2016.
kara Newman-Ferdolage,
deputy City Clerk, City of
Arcata
10/26

PUBlIC
ANNOUNCEMENT OF
VACANCY ON ThE
TrINIdAd PlANNINg
COMMISSION
ThE CITY OF TrINIdAd
IS CUrrENTlY SEEkINg INdIVIdUAlS TO
FIll (2) VACANCIES ON
ThE TrINIdAd PlANNINg COMMISSION.
TErM: Through dECEMBEr 2022
SENd A lETTEr OF
INTErEST, INClUdINg
QUAlIFICATIONS,
TO
ThE CITY ClErk AT:
CITY OF TrINIdAd
P.O. BOx 390
TrINIdAd, CA 95570
Or YOU MAY dElIVEr
ThE lETTEr IN PErSON
TO:
TrINIdAd CITY hAll
409 TrINITY STrEET
TrINIdAd, CA
Or YOU MAY EMAIl IT
TO: CITYClErk@TrINIdAd.CA.gOV
ThE dEAdlINE FOr FIlINg IS 2:00 PM, FrIdAY,
NOVEMBEr 04, 2016, Or
UNTIl POSITIONS ArE
FIllEd.
QUAlIFIEd APPlICANTS
MUST lIVE wIThIN ThE
CITY lIMITS Or grEATEr TrINIdAd ArEA.
FOr AddITIONAl INFOrMATION Or QUESTIONS,
PlEASE CAll 677-0223.
gabriel Adams - Trinidad
City Clerk
10/26

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Zero Waste Humboldt

HUMBOLDT Earlier this month, 24

local individuals representing 16 different
public and private workplaces completed
the U.S. Zero Waste Business Councils
Zero Waste Business Associates course,
organized by Zero Waste Humboldt.
The all-day training at the Humboldt Area Foundation included volume-weight conversion resources and
calculations, standard metrics, monitoring tools and templates for establishing
baseline data to track waste reduction,
materials reuse, recycling and composting progress over time. Trainers Gary
Liss and Marialyce Pedersen also presented scorecard and validation procedures used for facilities applying for formal Zero Waste certification.
Staff from Humboldt State University,
the cities of Blue Lake, Arcata and Eureka, North Coast Co-op, Open Door Clinic,
Clearwater Sciences, Compost Revolution,
Hospice of Humboldt, Cali Cubes, Six Rivers Brewery, Blue Lake Casino & Hotel,
Northcoast Horticulture Supply, Juliette
P. Bohn Consulting, Los Bagels and HSU
Housing & Dining Services participated in

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WASTE Program graduates, trainers
and organizers from a recent Zero
Waste Humboldt training. Submitted photo
this training. Zero Waste Humboldt will
follow up to support their waste reduction
work with online information exchange
and regular opportunities for Zero Waste
professional development and socializing.
Zero Waste Humboldt will invite the
public to join the group in an upcoming
quarterly movie night series. To learn
more about Zero Waste training opportunities and technical assistance for your
workplace, events planning or school,
email contact@zerowastehumboldt.org
or visit Zero Waste Humboldts Facebook
page for regular announcements.

COOL & CREEPY Come and join the HSU Natural History Museum, Saturday Oct. 29 from noon to 3 p.m. for
a Cool and Creepy Discovery Day! There will be several
hands-on games and activities for kids of all ages including
making slime, paper bats, and a Cretaceous Critter mask.
See a real human skeleton and stick your hand in a box for
the brave. Enjoy preserved spiders, exotic skins and skeletons, glow in the dark minerals, and much more to view!
Everyone is encouraged to come in costume. $3 for each
participant. Accompanied adults and members are free.
(707) 826-4479, humboldt.edu/natmus
maRsh tOuR Friends of the Arcata Marsh sponsors a free
tour of the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary Saturday,

CAMP JACOBY The Jacobys Storehouse gazebo hosted emissaries from Redwood National Park during Octobers Arts! Arcata. Lead Park Guide Carey Wells,
left, and Park Guide Juana Anzada, right, offered arts and crafts for children
and a faux campfire for everyone to warm themselves on the chilly fall night.
Celebrating the 100th birthday of the National Park Service this year, the nearby
wilderness features the worlds tallest trees, hiking, camping and more. nps.gov/
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Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. Meet leader Jane Wilson at the Interpretive Center on South G Street for a 90-minute walk focusing on the history or ecology of the Marsh. Loaner binoculars available with photo ID. (707) 826-2359
sIERRa CLuB hIKE The North Group Sierra Club invites
the public to a Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park hike
on the Hobbs-Saddler-Trestle Trails on Wednesday, Nov.
2. Meet at 9 a.m. at Rays Valley West parking lot or 10:30
a.m. at the trailhead at Mill Creek Campground Road gate
(off U.S. Highway 101, 7.6 miles north of Wilson Creek.)
This moderate, six- mile hike has 800 feet altitude variation. Starting within a ridgeline swath of old growth, the
hike will enter maturing second-growth, descending even-

tually to lush creek side ats. The trail broadly skirts the
campground, fords Mill Creek, then returns upwards via
switchbacks (some steep) through rugged forest to close
the loop. Bring water, lunch, hiking footwear. Steady rain
cancels. No dogs. For more information, contact leader
Melinda at (707) 668-4275 or mgroomster@gmail.com.
DEaD BED? Its frightening that some folks are still sending their old mattresses to their final resting place a grave
in the local landfill. But theres good news for those dead
beds! The Bye Bye Mattress program will recycle it for free
and it can come back to life as new, usable raw material.
Give your mattress its rest at Humboldt Recycling LLC,
2585 Central Ave. in McKinleyville. ByeByeMattress.com

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