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GREGG “VINNY”
DEVANEY with
daughters Nila
and Neroli.

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Wing, SpaceX collab on cave rescue Claims, counterclaims

Arcata manufacturer invents, designs, builds and ships
special pods in one day to give rescuers another option
Kevin L. Hoover
Mad RiveR Union
ARCATA – When SpaceX’s
Elon Musk calls with an emer-
gency plan to save a dozen chil-
dren trapped in a flooded cave,
even at 6 a.m., you don’t let it go
to voicemail.
Andrew Branagh certain-
ly didn’t last Friday morning,
and that’s how the CEO of Ar-
cata-based Wing Inflatables
suddenly found himself and
his company engulfed in an
unprecedented day-long effort
to invent, build, test and ship
potentially life-saving “pods” to
northern Thailand.
There, in Mae Sai, 12 boys
ages 11 to 16 and their 25-year-
old soccer coach became
trapped two-and-a-half miles
deep in Tham Luang Nang Non
Cave following a flash flood two
WING/SPACEX A4
fly as The Village
enters final hearings
Kevin L. Hoover
Mad RiveR Union
ARCATA – With the City Council’s consider-
ation of the proposed The Village student hous-
ing project entering its final stages, arguments for
and against it are flying fast and furious.
Last week, developer partners AMCAL Equi-
ties LLC and Coleraine Capital summarized their
case for the project in a letter to the council, with
Arcata Citizens for Responsible Housing (ACRH)
following suit. Meanwhile, Humboldt State has
released a summary of its “term sheet” – the con-
ditions under which it would operate The Village
for AMCAL/Coleraine if it is approved.
The City Council is to consider the project at a
special July 17 meeting, in which it could be ap-
proved or be sunk for good.
ALL-DAY FRIDAY PUSH Above, An even-numbered council will consider the
left to right: Members of the Wing project, as Councilmember Michael Winkler has
Inflatables team work furiously recused himself because of his long relationship
to fabricate the rescue pods; a with AMCAL as an energy consultant. Three of
finished pod; testing at the Arcata the four councilmembers would have to vote yes
Community Pool. Right, the Wing for approval; a tied vote would be a non-approval.
team loading the first five pods Prospects for the project’s approval are look-
onto Elon Musk’s jet at ACV. ing dim. Of the remaining four councilmembers,
Photos by Giovanna Castro Susan Ornelas announced her opposition at the
salas | WinG inflatables THE VILLAGE A3

Grand Jury calls out Arcata Fire may pursue new tax measure
Jack Durham The board meets at 5:30 p.m. at required, with 55.38 percent of 5,841
county leadership on Mad RiveR Union
ARCATA FIRE DISTRICT — Vot-
the Arcata Fire Station, 631 Ninth St.
The district tried, unsuccessfully,
voters opposing the tax.
McDonald said that if the district
‘silos’ and Measure Z ers in McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside
and Manila may be asked in Novem-
in 2015 to pass a
special tax. Mea-
pursues a spe-
cial tax, it would
Daniel Mintz ber to raise their taxes to maintain sure A would probably be
Mad RiveR Union staffing at the Arcata Fire District’s have raised smaller than the
ARCATA – Humboldt’s Grand Jury has found that three stations. property taxes one proposed
county leadership has failed to advance plans to deal with Arcata Fire Chief Justin McDon- $24 a year per in Measure A,
a range of pressing issues and that a “silo-ridden govern- ald said that although a specific tax “unit of benefit.” which was part
ment” exists. proposal has yet to be drawn up, the A single-family of a plan to in-
In a separate report, the Grand Jury describes a simi- AFD’s Board of Directors voted on home is deemed creasing staffing
lar lack of focus regarding use of Measure Z public safe- July 3 to reserve a space on the Nov. to have four to three firefight-
ty tax revenue. According to that report, the Grand Jury 6 ballot for a special tax. units of bene- ers at each of the
“located no tools or processes to measure the efficiency of The board will meet again on Tues- fit, which would district’s three
Measure Z expenditures.” day, July 17 to decide what, if any, tax have meant a stations – Down-
The recently-released Grand Jury reports assess the proposal to submit to the Humboldt $96 per year tax for most households town Arcata Station at 631 Ninth St.,
effectiveness and accountability of county government. County Elections Division by Aug. 10, had the measure passed. Mad River Station at 3235 Janes Rd.
In a report on overall leadership, the Grand Jury the deadline for getting on the No- However, support for the tax mea- in Arcata and the McKinleyville Sta-
identified several “potential weaknesses” that could un- vember ballot. sure fell far short of the 2/3 approval FIRE TAX A4
dermine the county’s ability to deal with issues related
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HUMBOLDT CRABS
Crabs crush Crawdads in clash of crustaceans
Richard LaPreziosa
Mad RiveR Union
ARCATA – Alex Pham turned in another fine perfor-
mance Friday night, July 6 as the Crabs opened their
weekend series against the Walnut Creek Crawdads. The
Crawdads came into the Arcata Ball Park with a winning
record, but over the course of the weekend would be no
match for the combined pitching, hitting and defense of
the Crabs.
Pham improved his record to five wins and one loss by
striking out five batters over six innings and allowing only
two runs. Warning to all opposition stepping into the ca-
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ries opener 6-2.
The Crawdads got two runs again on Saturday, July 7
off Jared Milch and this time it was nowhere near enough
as the Crabs, who took a 7-2 lead into the 8th inning, ex-
ploded for another 11 runs en route to the final score of
18-2. Otis Statum hit a two-run homer over the 368-feet
marker on the centerfield wall in the fifth inning.
But Statum’s shot wasn’t all the Crabs had in store for
the opposition, as the team combined for 16 hits with Kel-
len Strahm responsible for four of them.
If two runs won’t get you a victory against the Crabs,
the zero runs the Crawdads scored on Sunday definitely
will not.
The four combined pitchers for Walnut Creek fared
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Something that stood out in the series was just how pol-
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The Village | Both sides make their final arguments
FROM A1
onset of the council’s deliberations,
prior to public testimony, a site visit
and the recent correspondence from
developers and opponents.
Councilmember Brett Watson also
signaled his opposition, stating that
the project belongs on campus and not
among residential neighborhoods.
Mayor Sofie Periera and Councilmem-
ber Paul Pitino haven’t publicly stated
a position on The Village.
The developer makes his case
In a lengthy letter dated July 5
(posted at madriverunion.com), ap-
plicant David Moon of Coleraine Cap-
ital Group, makes a comprehensive
pitch to the City Council on behalf of
the project.
The letter reviews the process by
which the project has evolved, stating
that most of the demands made by
opposition group Arcata Citizens for
Responsible Housing (ACRH) have
been met, but that the group later
made it clear that it would oppose it
regardless of revisions.
Moon also claims that Developer
Steve Strombeck “...formed ACRH
specifically to oppose The Village stu-
dent housing community...”
ACRH has acknowledged that it is
partly funded by one or more developers
whom it refuses to identify, but states
that the majority of its funding consists
of small donations from citizens.
Moon characterizes The Village’s
opposition as “...a relatively small
number of NIMBYs and paid consul-
tants (including 3 law firms, a man-
agement consultant and a public rela-
tions firm), emboldened by the deep
pockets of a developer/landlord who
lives in Eureka and Hawaii, (not Ar-
cata), and who is acting in his own
self-interest and not that of Arcata as
a whole.”
Moon says the developers have
massively revised the project in re-
sponse to neighbor concerns present-
ed in a Jan. 23 letter from Maureen
Jules.
States Moon, “We have also worked
closely with City staff to incorporate
an abundance of public benefits as
part of the project, including rail trail
extensions, a bus stop, storm water
management systems, reduced build-
ing heights, reduced the proposed bed
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count, increased the number of park-
ing spaces, increased the building set-
back from Maple Lane residences to
300 feet, added additional screening
trees, changed the architectural style
of the buildings, added solar panels,
added a car and bike share program,
added native planting and agreed to
make contributions to the City to help
fund traffic and sewer treatment plant
improvements. None of these changes
were minor and come at a significant
cost. We have also agreed to legally
limit the number of occupants and
pay the City’s portion of the property
taxes, including the local Fire Depart-
ment’s portion, in the event of a sale
or transfer of the property to a tax-ex-
empt entity, concessions not required
by the City of any other residential
developer.”
In a series of bullet points, Moon
extols The Village as addressing stu-
dent needs, promoting infill devel-
opment and helping alleviate the
housing crisis, among other alleged
benefits.
Concludes Moon, “The Village stu-
dent housing community and proac-
tively address the dire housing crisis
that exists today.”
ACRH responds
A July 8 ACRH response (posted at
madriverunion.com) denies Moon’s
claims that the group was founded
by Arcata housing developer Steve
Strombeck. “ACRH was formed by
the three Directors (Erik Jules, John
Bergenske, and Julie Vassiade-Alcock
[sic]), states the letter. (The correct
spelling is Julie Vaissade-Elcock.)
ACRH also denies Moon’s claims
of NIMBYism by pointing to the large
number of anti-The Village speakers
at the June 7 City Council meeting.
“The public testimony WAS NOT an
orchestrated ACRH presentation,”
states the letter. It also states that
most ACRH members live in neigh-
borhoods that aren’t adjacent to the
project site, the Craftsmans Mall on
St. Louis Road.
Maureen Jules’ Jan. 23 letter listed
a number of mitigations for the proj-
ect, requested on behalf of neighbors.
They include reducing buildings fac-
ing Maple Lane to two stories, greater
Humboldt State and University Police
involvement, among other issues that
A3
GOODBYE
GREGG Gregg
“Vinnie” Dev-
reflect the dialogue at that stage of the aney, who
public process. passed away last
Moon claimed that all but one con- week, was hon-
dition – that of coordination with ored Friday night
local animal shelters – had been at the Bayside
addressed in subsequent revisions Community Hall.
and modifications to the project. Re- (See obituary,
sponds ACRH, “That letter (dated page B3.) Left,
Jan. 23), which we’ve included below, Gregg with
was written BEFORE we even formed daughters Nila
ACRH! It didn’t, and doesn’t, repre- and Neroli. Photos
sent ACRH. To think he could use by KLh | Union
that letter as proof he’s addressed all
of the concerns community members
have is ridiculous.”
ACRH also reasserts its position
that The Village’s student residents
would be drawn from Eureka, McKin-
leyville, Fortuna and elsewhere, rath-
Xan
er than from Arcata, and that it would
Devaney
reduce the number of owner-occu-
pied dwellings in Arcata.
It further faults city staff for an in-
adequate public process. Kirsten Devaney (cen-
“The only real input people had ter), with sister Martha
about the Village was to make some and Renata Maculans.
design changes,” concludes the ACRH
letter. “But it’s still what it has always
been: a student-only dorm built off-
campus into a residential neighbor-
hood that isolates students rather
than integrating them into our com-
munity.”
Term sheet
On July 3, Humboldt State re-
leased a “term sheet” summarizing its
agreement with AMCAl/Coleraine for
administering The Village.
Under the property management
agreement, HSU would run the place
for 35 years. It would handle staff-
ing, leasing, resident relations and
management, handle maintenance,
finances, reports, compliance and
procurement.
HSU would also handle safety and
security. It would limit occupancy to
602 students unless the City Council
allowed otherwise.
The term sheet also gives HSU a
10-year option to purchase the prop-
erty – something ACRH has since
branded a “land grab.”
HSU’s Master lease of the proper-
ty would have a term of 35 years. It
sets room rates at five percent below
those of the on-campus College Creek
Apartments, with possible three per-
cent per year increases.

Grand Jury | County disorganization and inefficiency

FROM A1
directives.
The Grand Jury also concludes that county depart-
ments and even divisions within single departments exist
as disconnected “silos” that fail to collaborate.
The result, according to the report, is inefficiency, du-
plication of work and failure to serve the public.
“When speaking with county residents, many expressed
The “broad and vague” language referring to public
Friday
safety in the 2014 Measure Z ballot statement has “created
an environment of multiple interpretations and different
understandings of what qualifies as public safety and es-
sential services.”
In addition to calling for independent annual audits,
the report recommends creation of ad hoc committees to Happy
increase Measure Z financial transparency and assess the

Hour Has
total frustration in trying to locate the specific county gov- effectiveness of spending.
ernment offices needed to get the services they required,” Other recommendations are geared to improving the
the report states. “They reported being sent from office tracking and monitoring of the spending.
to office because the county employees they asked didn’t Voters approved Measure Z for a five-year span that
know where to send them.”
To address the shortcomings, the Grand Jury recom-
ends in 2020 and will vote again to renew it. The report
finds that “if Measure Z is not approved in the next fund-
Returned!
mends that the Board of Supervisors create “an alternative
county administration system” to “maximize governmen-
ing cycle the results to the county could be catastrophic,
particularly with respect to public safety.”
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tal efficiencies and interdepartmental communication, as The Board of Supervisors will respond to both reports,
well as minimize duplication of effort.”
3rd Floor, Jacoby’s Storehouse
along with the Measure Z Advisory Committee on the
Another recommendation is that by the end of this Measure Z recommendations.
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year the county should complete “a study on county work
functions to determine which ones can be merged, how
to increase collaboration, and how to reduce silos where
warranted.”
Other recommendations include creation of a “2030 vi- Restaurant
sion statement” backed up by a “strategic framework doc-
ument,” more robust housing production strategies, and “a now open
continuous improvement program setting annual goals for
savings each year which can offset losses in other areas.” until
Finally, the report directs the Board of Supervisors to
“promote and advertise all accomplishments of Measure Z 11 p.m.
including positions funded by the measure.”
A separate report titled “Is Measure Z Measuring Up?” 822-3731
probes “whether Measure Z revenue is utilized transpar- On the Plaza
ently, appropriately, and efficiently by funding recipients.”
The Grand Jury concludes that Measure Z revenue has
been “mostly allocated according to the original intent of
providing public safety to citizens of Humboldt County”
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but “the failure of the Board of Supervisors to perform in-
dependent audits of over $50 million in Measure Z funds
allocated to date contributes to a lack of transparency.”
The report notes that at a June 18 budget hearing, the
Board of Supervisors approved using $48,000 to fund an
independent audit of Measure Z spending – a few months
after the County Administrative Office’s original request
for the funding was rejected.

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harvest you reap but by the
seeds that you plant.
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PUBLIC SAFETY
DESTROYED A vehi-
cle burst into flames
A busy holiday for AFD
Where there’s smoke...
Friday, July 6 on Mad RiveR Union
Murray Road near ARCATA FIRE DISTRICT – Firefighters were kept
the entrance to the busy on Independence Day and into the next morning
Sand Pointe subdivi- putting out blazes.
sion in McKinleyville. Arcata Fire District crews were dispatched to locations
The vehicle was along State Route 299, Boyd Road and others locations
completely engulfed through the district to put out small brush fires and other
in flames when suspicious blazes.
firefighters from the Later on July 4, after the major firework shows were
Arcata Fire District over, Arcata Fire was dispatched at 11:31 p.m. to the town
arrived and doused of Samoa, where a faulty water heater caught a house on
the blaze sometime fire. Arcata Fire provided backup for the Samoa Peninsu-
around 4 p.m. AFD la Fire District and the fire was extinguished.
Battalion Chief Sean On Prairie Court in McKinleyville, a resident scooped
Campbell said the up all the spent fireworks, disposed of them in a trash
cause of the fire is can and called it a night. Five hours later, the trash can
under investigation. burst into flames, and firefighters with the Arcata Fire
No injuries were re- District were summoned at 2:37 a.m. to extinguish the
ported. blaze.
Photo by Robb Willis At 5:48 a.m. on July 5 at 14th and F streets in Arcata,
a heat lamp in a chicken coop fell over and ignited saw-
dust. Firefighters rushed to the scene and put out the fire.
Fire tax | Would boost staffing to industry standards
SLOUGH ASSAULT A woman was ar-
FROM A1 he would like the district to maintain with a funding source, it could even-
rested Tuesday night, July 3 after she
tion at 2149 Central Ave. in McKin- its current staffing of two firefighters tually be forced to close down one of
allegedly assaulted an elderly man
leyville. at each station with one extra person the district’s stations.
with rocks and an exhaust pipe under
With three firefighters at each sta- that could float from station to station An important part of the process,
a slough bridge north of Guintoli Lane
tion at any given time, the district as needed. he said, will be finding out what res-
in Arcata. At about 9 p.m., Humboldt
would have a staffing level that meets The district was able to pay for idents in the district want and what
County Sheriff’s deputies responded
industry standard. some firefighters with grant funds, they are willing to pay for. The July 17
to the 5000 block of Valley West Bou-
The district now has much more which have since expired. meeting will include a time for public
levard in Arcata for an assault that Andrea Lynn
modest staffing goals. McDonald said If the district is unable to come up comment.
had occurred outside the Arcata city Russell
limits in the Humboldt County Sher-
Wing/SpaceX | Nimble manufacturer devotes factory to project iff’s Office jurisdiction. Upon arrival, deputies learned
that the elderly male victim was inside a tent under the
FROM A1 back, and be guided through the cave’s jagged passages. slough bridge north of Guintoli Lane when a verbal al-
weeks ago. With Monsoon rains impending and no time to waste, tercation occurred between the victim and 34-year-old
Efforts to save the youth soccer team have been stymied Wing swung into action. Andrea Lynn Russell. When the victim exited the tent
by rising, muddy water and narrow passages. A Thai diver The company’s engineers undertook an unprecedent- and attempted to leave, Russell allegedly began striking
died during one attempted traverse. ed, fast-track parallel design effort, sketching their ideas him with rocks and then an exhaust pipe. The victim was
The wake-up text and call to Arcata was from Musk’s on paper while entering design data into a computer CAD transported to a local hospital and treated for non-life
engineering team, who told Branagh that “Elon has an program. From there, the design went to the factory floor threatening injuries. Russell was arrested and booked
idea, or our team does.” for cutting and assembly. into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on sus-
Musk’s initial concept of a rescue tube needed some re- A full one-third of the Wing work force, located at the picion of assault with a deadly weapon other than a fire-
finement, and with its long experience in inflatable water- old California Barrel Factory building on Samoa Boulevard, arm, elder abuse and revocation of probation.
craft, Wing was ideally suited to the task. was pulled in on the process, including some 30 employees
“We came up with our own idea,” Branagh said. That and the company’s entire management and leadership.
was for a submersible “torpedo,” into which a person
could be placed along with an air tank and breathing ap-
This reduced the factory’s usual work output by half,
but with lives at stake and an emergency engineering solu-
Deputy saves inmate’s
tion to create, that wasn’t an issue. “It’s not gonna matter
paratus. The person could then be towed by the front and
what this costs,” Branagh said. “Let’s do this thing.” life in HumCo jail
CROSSWORD Working with focused urgency, by 9:30 a.m. Friday morn-
ing, the Wing team was prototyping its concept. “There’s risk
HUMboldt CoUnty SHeRiff’S offiCe
CROSSWORD PUZZLE involved in making it fast,” Branagh said. But there were no
EUREKA – A Humboldt County correctional deputy
ACROSS 3. River barrier is credited for saving an inmate’s life on Monday, July 2.
1. Closer to the ground 4. White-tailed eagle throwaway or defective units; no redesigns or re-do’s.
6. Blabbed On that day, Correctional Deputy Anthony Silva was
5. Sleeve style “The very first one was a finished product,” Branagh
10. Persian Gulf and Vietnam 6. Understood supervising a male minimum-security dorm within the
14. “Lohengrin” or “Carmen” 7. Baker’s need said. “The design didn’t have to go backwards.”
Humboldt County Correctional Facility during what he
15. Enthusiastic 8. “Diamond __” The seven-foot, orange and black polyurethane pods
16. “Thanks __!” 9. Presidential monogram thought would be an ordinary dinner.
seal with Velcro and may inflate with the passenger’s ex-
17. Hurt 10. Merchandise “During dinner time I heard an inmate yell for help,”
18. Have a party 11. Part of President haled air.
Deputy Silva said. “I saw an inmate attempting to help
20. Former Soviet div. Arthur’s name They sport a side vent for entry, holes on the top for re-
21. Piece of meat 12. By __; routinely
leasing air for buoyancy adjustment and include inflatable another man who was choking on his
23. Begin again 13. Worry
24. Lacks the ability to 19. Bolder pontoons on the sides for when more flotation is required. dinner.”
25. School orgs. 22. Switch positions By 1 p.m., the initial units were ready for testing. They With just seconds to act, Silva
27. Faithless ones 24. Veal’s source quickly sprang into action, perform-
30. Pole 25. Fold were taken to the Arcata Community Pool on 16th Street,
31. Unit of meas. 26. Edible tuber where Charlie Notthoff, a certified dive instructor for Pa- ing the Heimlich maneuver on the
34. Seed covering 27. Racehorse
cific Outfitters, supervised the testing. inmate. After approximately five to
35. 1.31 cubic yards 28. Went skyward
36. Pastureland 29. Pre-Christmas purchases Testing was conducted using two people who don’t six Hiemlich thrusts, the food dis-
37. Beverage choices 30. Like a taskmaster swim, according to Branagh. “It worked exactly as lodged from the inmate’s throat. He
41. Ending for wild or mild 31. Goodyear __
planned,” he said. was later cleared by medical staff at
42. End prematurely 32. Misrepresent Anthony Silva
43. Nice friend 33. Magic, once Meanwhile, the Wing CEO had spoken on a conference the facility.
44. Home: abbr. 35. Left one’s seat
call with Musk and his engineering staff. “He was very di- Silva said medical training provided to correctional
45. In a little while 38. Portrait supports
46. Hidden gunman 39. Poet’s black rect and clear on supporting getting a solution in place,” staff prepared him for this situation.
48. Fix 40. Send Branagh said. ”This is something that we train for often. It feels
49. Handle roughly 46. Start of many
50. Beach-goer’s item California cities At 5:15 p.m., Musk’s jet arrived at ACV, where the Wing good to use that training to help another person,” Silva
53. Musical number 47. Hunk of gold team loaded five of the pods on board for transport to said. “Being a correctional deputy isn’t like an ordinary
54. Yrbk. section 48. In disarray job. We aren’t just here to get a paycheck. We’re here to
57. Began to develop 49. Word with T or A
Thailand. Eight more flew out Saturday morning at 8 a.m.
60. Fictional wish granter 50. Ski lift Wing has long experience with space-grade technology, help these inmates reach their highest potential, to show
62. Hubbubs 51. Merrye __ England having provided unique watercraft to NASA for use in chal- them there are people that care about them and want to
63. Part 52. Warm material
64. Opposite of depress 53. Convince lenging and dangerous situations. The company modestly see them succeed.”
65. Depend 54. Underwater tree branch describes itself as a “boat dealership” on its Facebook page. Correctional deputies have saved three lives in just the
66. Farmer’s home, in song
67. Jungle beast
55. Baptism or wedding
The Arcata-forged tech augmented a palette of options last two months at the Humboldt County Correctional
56. One who speaks
of future events for Musk’s engineers, drawn from his companies, Space Ex- Facility. Silva has assisted in these incidents as well.
DOWN 58. California’s old Fort __ ploration Technologies (SpaceX) and The Boring Company. There are currently 395 inmates housed at the Hum-
1. Deprivation 59. Part of a late trio
2. __ for; picks 61. Mr. Whitney The latter is building underground tubes for ultra-fast mass boldt County Correctional Facility. Each shift has ap-
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 transportation, and has advanced ground-penetrating ra- proximately 19 correctional deputies that are responsible
dar among other boring technologies. for the care and custody of the inmates.
14 15 16
Branagh frankly stated that the pods represent a Correctional deputies spend an average of 12 hours
17 18 19 last-resort deus ex machina of unproven efficacy. But with per day directly interacting with inmates. This style of di-
20 21 22 23 oxygen levels in the cave dropping and Monsoons on the rect supervision, along with crucial training, has enabled
24 25 26
way in, it’s one more option for rescuers on the scene. deputies to discern when inmates may be experiencing
“This is not the ideal system,” Branagh said. “We’re hop- distress prior to an incident occurring.
27 28 29 30 31 32 33
ing pumps will work and they can get out another way.” Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal commends
34 35 36 But, he said, with more engineering and testing, the Correctional Deputy Silva for his quick thinking and
37 38 39 40
pods could evolve into “a wonderful solution” and a new life-saving action.
product for use in cave rescues, which occur year-round
41 42 43
all over the world.
44 45 46 47 As for the pods’ possible retail cost, “We haven’t given it BODY IDENTIFIED The Humboldt County Coroner’s Of-
48 49 a thought,” Branagh said. fice has identified the body of a man found on Feb. 24 on
What Branagh and his management team are thinking Centerville Beach as that of 37-year-old Jeremy Dimitri
50 51 52 53 54 55 56
about is his workers and their commitment to the rescue Vlahos of Eugene, Oregon. Vlahos was reported miss-
57 58 59 60 61
effort. “I’m so proud of our employees,” he said. “The ing to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office on March
62 63 64 whole factory came together.” 4. Wording on the T-shirt Vlahos was wearing when
Update: As of Monday morning, when the Union went located allowed family to identify him as possibly their
65 66 67
to press, six youths had been rescued by Thai divers with- missing loved one. Vlahos’ identity was confirmed using
Solution on page B2 out use of the pods. SpaceX had, in a parallel effort, also DNA. Vlahos’ cause of death was determined as drown-
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Approve The Village
T
he current, third version of the massively revised
“The Village” student housing project deserves ap-
proval by the Arcata City Council. It’s a good project.
Recent upgrades to the project have ameliorated its big-
gest problems – the initially overwhelming scale and the
cruel impacts it posed to residents of Maple Lane. Those
were genuine dealbreakers that had to be addressed and
have been, along with other major issues.
The Village has seen its population of students cut by
almost one-fourth, to 602 students – a reasonable size for
an 11-acre patch of land. The four-story buildings looming
over Maple Lane have been cut in half to two stories and
moved much farther away – 100 yards, literally the length
of a football field – from that Westwood-area street than
the current Craftsmans Mall structures are.
The rest of the impacts are fully absorbable. They rep-
resent the price of living in a town which must grow but
whose outward expansion is physically limited.
Arcata can’t expand to the north or south for obvious
reasons. Developing westward would both pave over ag-
ricultural land and place development in lowlands threat-
ened by imminent sea level rise. Growing eastward would
require eliminating hard-won public forest lands.
v UNION EDITORIAL
So, there’s nowhere to go but in, and up – in other
words, infill, as described in Arcata’s General Plan. Infill by
definition influences existing neighborhoods. Every neigh-
borhood in Arcata lives with impacts from adjacent land
uses, whether next to the bay, the forest, the Arcata Bottom,
downtown or the suburbs.
Even though it has done its bureaucratic best to galva-
nize the opposition with clumsily secretive tactics, the fact
remains that Humboldt State University – the backbone of
Arcata’s economy – deeply needs new residential facilities
for its students. It is building a residence hall for freshmen
on campus, and there’s no logical reason why the Crafts-
mans Mall site oughtn’t be put to this productive use for the
university’s upperclassmen.
Opponents of The Village have fought the good fight and
wrung key concessions from the developers. For this they
deserve all Arcata’s credit and gratitude.
Now that The Village’s excesses have been blunted, Ar-
cata Citizens for Responsible Housing (ACRH) has an op-
portunity to model reasonableness – to acknowledge the
major improvements, recognize the value of compromise,
declare victory and move on.
But whether because of human nature – not taking yes
for an answer and sticking to an entrenched position – or
other reasons, the group has continued to move the goal-
posts, retreating to increasingly abstruse and contrived,
sometimes bombastic and fearful arguments against this
worthy housing project. For example:
ACRH’s contention that adding 602 new housing units
will drive rents up rather than down is peculiar, contradict-
ing laws of supply and demand. So is its assertion that The
Village’s student residents would be drawn out of Eureka,
McKinleyville and Fortuna rentals rather than Arcata.
ACRH terms the whopping 25 percent reduction in
student residents – from 800 to 602 – as a “slight” down-
sizing. Inexcusably, more than a month after the project
was radically revised and downsized, ACRH continues to
misleadingly advertise The Village on its website as having
four-story buildings and 800 students.
ACRH’s responses to AMCAL’s July 5 letter to the City
Council are confounding. One is that the developer’s claim
of having addressed key objections is false, because the list
of problems was compiled before ACRH formed. That’s a
non sequitur. The serious issues of density, building height,
population parking, traffic, connectivity, sewage treatment
and HSU involvement which have since been mitigated
were the very real ones the current ACRH members and
neighbors so stridently raised with the Planning Commis-
sion. Now that these issues are essentially solved, the group
downplays their significance.
Call us cynical, but we’ve been reporting on developments
in Arcata for too long not to notice that these and other tactics
are less consistent with solution-seeking grassroots activism
than with preserving current rent prices and the Craftsmans
Mall site for development by the group’s dark money devel-
oper donor(s), whom it refuses to identify.
ACRH presents itself as a grassroots movement, and in
part, it certainly is. It also has deep involvement by those
with a financial interest in maintaining the status quo. It
looks very much as though these murky actors are playing
on the fears of neighboring residents to serve their ends.
We don’t wish to demonize developers and landlords.
They’ve worked hard over time to supply Arcata with quality
housing, and it’s only natural to want to protect one’s reve-
nue streams. But those business self-interests may not reso-
nate with the needs of greater Arcata and its people.
Concerned neighbors have to be realistic about the fact
that the Craftsmans Mall site is going to be developed, and
almost certainly into housing. If not by The Village this
year, then a different huge project next year.
Virtually any development at the site will come with some
of the same issues of traffic, noise, non-resident ownership
and more. Will the City Council and ACRH be as active and
militant in holding it to the same standards they’re imposing
on The Village? If so, what could ever be built there?
If the new standard for housing developments is un-
diluted approval by neighbors, then Arcata has entered a
state of zero growth. Virtually every major development
we now consider key to Arcata – the United Indian Health
Services facility, the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary,
even Humboldt State itself as a few examples – stirred ini-
tial protests by neighbors and others. Now, they’re fully ac-
cepted, even cherished Arcata institutions.
The insistence that the site host “blended” housing ig-
nores the fact that at least four other such housing develop-
ments with a population well in excess of The Village have
been built or are planned for the Sunset area.
There’s no logical reason why a residential facility is bet-
ter on one side of the campus’s border than the other. Nor
is there any reason not to build specialized student housing.
We have low-income housing, senior housing and special
needs housing. Why not student housing?
University upperclassmen are looking toward gradua-
tion – they want and need a clean, safe, inclusive, modern,
well-patrolled, environmentally friendly, supervised and
study-optimized living situation free from non-academic
distractions. The Village offers Arcata all this in a near-turn-
key facility that doesn’t require massive public investment
and will be professionally managed by the university’s ex-
perienced housing team.
Arcata, America and the world need educated people.
To help accomplish this, Humboldt State University needs
modern student residences. Arcata needs to work coopera-
tively with Humboldt State. Arcata needs The Village.
J ULY 11, 2018
OPINION
News item: Do-gooders try to reduce plastic drinking straws in
the waste stream without considering the resulting deprivations.
Some key advice to embrace or disregard
Preserve KHSU
I write in regard to your re-
cent article, plus another in-
formative one (acrnewsfeed.
blogspot.com/2018/06/khsu-post-
pones-pledge-drive-because-of.
html), and MRU published letters on
the firing of KHSU’s beloved Katie
Whiteside, by KHSU General Manag-
er Peter Fretwell (PF) who has been
at the station just 15 months. PF is a
former conservative talk show host
and comes from a heavily evangel-
ical background. Far from the best
fit for the eclectic media like we are
fortunate to have in KHSU. Read
about him here: acrnewsfeed.blog-
spot.com/2018/06/khsu-postpones-
pledge-drive-because-of.html.
It is believed now that the VP at
HSU who hired PF, Craig Wruck is
the force behind a push for change.
And the belief is that they want to
change KHSU into a more ‘all NPR/
syndicated radio clone station. That
is easier for management (‘no both-
ersome students and community vol-
unteers!’). But the local programming
contributions are, of course the parts
that make KHSU such an appreciated
and valuable local resource!
The fallout from Katie’s treat-
ment and inexcusable termination
was swift. Examples of the opposi-
tion were best exemplified at the May
2018 KHSU CAB meeting (archive.
org/details/KhsuCabMeeting53018).
This includes testimony from the
(still) distraught staff.
Many people have asked,
“Why?!!??”
With Katie widely regarded as “the
heart of KHSU” it is hard to under-
stand ‘why’ such an incredibly valua-
ble person would be sacrificed: Hard
to understand, that is, until we look at
the corporate take-over model.
When a “less-than” or “un-friend-
ly” management take-over occurs, a
first step is to pointedly eliminate “the
heart,” the most beloved employee(s)
of the company. This tactic is aimed
at depersonalizing the entity, and
to redirect loyalty and authority to
management. It is often the opening
move in an effort to remake the ‘busi-
ness’. Long time KHSU personnel and
members believe that effort is now
underway!
Make no mistake. Katie White-
side’s firing was deliberate and calcu-
lated, as was the recent muzzling of
staff and volunteers’ intercommuni-
cations. Etc.
This wrong, and what’s behind it,
must be seriously and thoroughly in-
vestigated to examine:
1. The hiring process of PF, and the
agenda Mr. Wruck set for him;
2. PF’s professional history and his
political and social alliances;
3. PF’s behavior on the job at
M AD R IVER U NION
KHSU, where there have been nu-
merous allegations of employee har-
assment, and other employees who
“don’t feel safe” on the job with him;
4. Mr. Wruck’s perception and
subsequent agenda about ‘the KHSU
problem’ (speak to the KHSU CAB for
info from their meeting(s) with Mr.
Wruck);
5. What HSU President Lisa Ross-
bacher and Mr. Wruck knew (and
when) about the circumstances before
and after the firing of Katie;
6. Why Ms. Rossbacher has been
silent on the changes/problems being
caused at KHSU by PF, the alleged har-
assment, and why she did not respond
to a request for a meeting with one of
the station’s biggest underwriters and
a large HSU contributor. (That alone
seems odd, if not rather suspicious).
What is Mr. Fretwell (HSU’s) agen-
da? And WHAT CAN WE DO NOW?
...Not only to see justice for Katie, or
Mr. Fretwell fired, but to prevent the
further erosion of the station we de-
pend on?
Like the news cycles, community
disputes and outrage tend to come
and go. We righteously vent, then
move on. Those in control count on
this, waiting for things to blow over...
Then, at some point, the next pillar
falls. And the cycle repeats.
Please DO YOUR PART to PRE-
SERVE KHSU! Speak with the loud-
est voice you have: STOP DONAT-
ING NOW! (Short-term pain for long
term gain). Show up for opposition
and public meetings! Call and write
the station (admin@KHSU.org)and
the HSU President (president.hum-
boldt.edu/contactus)! Let the deci-
sion-makers know your concerns and
how YOU feel! DON’T STOP!!!
Rick Cooper
Miranda
Stop supporting KHSU
It with sincerely dismay that I must
call out to our community to imme-
diately cease all support of KHSU.
I have been a contributor to KHSU
since 1981 and have stopped all con-
tributions.
Why? Well, first of all they fired
Katie Whiteside without any apparent
reason. Since then they have refused
to answer questions from community
members, staff, the Community Advi-
sory Board, and faculty about the fu-
ture of the station.
If you are reading this please ask
yourself why you would continue to
support an organization that behaves
in this. What the heck are they hiding?
Our community deserves better.
Apparently the only way we can get
their attention is through denying our
financial support.
The Kenfield/Fuller Family
Eureka
A5
God and Trump
According to Attorney General Jeff
Sessions, the U.S. government has a
right to separate immigrant children
from their parents when they cross
the border illegally.
Sessions says this right was de-
fined by Apostle Paul through “his
clear and wise command in Romans
13, to obey the laws of the govern-
ment because God has ordained the
government for his purposes.”
However, by the U.S. law as defined
in Article II, Section 2 of the United
States Constitution, the president has
been given the right to pardon indi-
viduals who have been found guilty of
federal crimes.
In a sense then, the president has
been given the power to play God as
his pardon power supersedes what
otherwise would be dictated by the
criminal law of the land. This is noth-
ing new as presidents of both parties
have granted numerous pardons over
the years.
But in the case of Trump, I have
some problems. Last August he didn’t
hesitate to pardon former Sheriff Joe
Arpaio before he served a day of pun-
ishment for being found guilty of ra-
cial profiling when searching for sus-
pected illegal immigrants.
He said Arpaio was worthy of a
pardon based on his many years of
service in law enforcement.
Now it is told in both the Old and
New Testaments that God is a com-
passionate God.
So why can’t Trump, who has god-
like powers when it comes to Federal
law, show the same compassion to the
comparatively innocent illegal immi-
grant families that he showed to the
guilty Joe Arpaio?
Instead of doing nothing besides
continuing to falsely blame the Demo-
crats for the law behind this situation,
he could instead simply direct Attorney
General Sessions to allow these immi-
grant families to be detained together.
I think God would smile.
Sherman Schapiro
Blue Lake
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AmphiTheATre dediCATion
DEDICATION Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM) hosted a dedication of the
Arcata Marsh’s new Outdoor Amphitheatre Friday night. Members of the Wiyot
Tribe blessed the marsh and its new facility. Following the ceremony, Wiyot Tribe
Cultural Director & Tribal Chair, Juwaksh Ted Hernandez, offered a talk titled “The
Wakening of Wiyot Dances & Ceremonies,” that discussed how the Wiyot people
were able to re-awaken their cultural ceremonies following the Wiyot Massacre
of 1860. Hernandez spoke for almost an hour in a ceremony well attended by
almost 50 participants and three well-behaved dogs. The Arcata Marsh Amphi-
theater Plaque acknowledges those who contributed to the creation of the new
amphiteatre: In Loving Memory of Shamsolmolouk Sebti Mohammad Ghaffari,
V. Charle Howard, Lester Levin, Additional Support From Anonymous, Barbara
Barratt, Milton Boyd, Phylis J. Geller, Susan Hansen, Humboldt Area Foundation,
Tom Inouye, Stephanie McCaleb, Pacific Gas & Electric, Steven & Carol Pearson,
Claire & Eugene Perricelli, Jude Claire Power, Alexandra Stillman, Vintage BMW
House, Catherine Walling, Wild Birds Unlimited (Santa Rosa) Janet & Arthur Zich.
FOAM’s 2015 Capital Campaign raised more than $10,000 to help build the am-
phitheater. photos courtesy MooNLight MacuMber

ORICK RODEO The 57th annual Orick Rodeo will be held Saturday, July 14 and Sunday, July
15 at the Orick Rodeo Grounds. Saturday’s events begin at 8:30 a.m. with a Jackpot Round-
up. The Quad competition is at 2 p.m. with Kids Games at 3 p.m. The California Cowboys
Pro Rodeo Association rodeo begins at 5 p.m., with a Deep Pit Barbecue at 6 p.m. On Sun-
day, the Quad Competition begins at 11 a.m.. and the CCPRA Rodeo at 2:30 p.m. Orick.net

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July 4 tradition
kept alive on
Warren Creek Rd.
Janine Volkmar
Mad RiveR Union
WARREN CREEK ROAD –Take
one John Deere tractor. Cover it with
red, white and blue ribbons and flags.
Add a bunch of little kids, sitting in
the bucket of the tractor or riding on
hay bales in a trailer behind.
Blend in a boombox with loud pa-
triotic music.
Drive the whole thing up and down
a country road where the only audi-
ence is your neighbors.
That's a recipe for a bang up par-
ty that includes burgers, hot dogs, a
table of potluck side dishes, a piñata,
fireworks and a group picture of over
100 people taken from a teetering tall
orchard ladder.
Now repeat thirty-one times.
Debbie and Forrest Stamper have
a wall full of group portraits spanning
the years to prove it.
Their party out on Warren Creek
Road is the best Fourth of July par-
ART IMMERSION Our community is overflowing with creative people who express themselves through their
art, which you can appreciate this Friday during Arts! Arcata. Above left, a photo of Bodie, a ghost town in
California, by Thomas Bethune, who has a display at Stokes, Hamer, Kirk and Eads LLP. Middle, Grandma’s
Garden by Susan Morton, on display at Arcata Artisans. Right, art by Roy Cullifer, part of a show at the Sanc-
tuary.
Celebrate the arts Friday during Arts! Arcata
A
rts! Arcata, Arcata Main
Street's monthly celebration
of visual and performing arts,
takes place on Friday, July 13 from 6
to 9 p.m. Below are the venues, exhib-
its and performances.
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PATRIOTIC PARADE Top right, the annual Fourth of July parade makes
its way down Warren Creek Road. Top left, Leah Stamper climbs atop a
ladder to take the annual neighborhood group shot. Bottom left, Dave
and Robin Kinzer on the John Deere. Bottom right, Debbie Stamper with
groups of past Independence Day celebrations.
photoS by Janine Volkmar & robin kinzer
ty you've ever angled to be invited to, Debbie Stamper wore a tall Uncle
and over the years they've added to it. Sam Hat and every item of her cloth-
The dining room of their house ing was either red or white or blue or
had a dessert table presided over by stripes of all three. Forrest Stamper
a white Fourth of July Christmas tree wore a flag shirt.
decorated in red and blue ornaments. PARADE B2
Submitted photoS
G St.: Lynn M. Jones, linoleum prints. Bucky Buckman, mixed media. Music
• Arcata Artisans, 833 H St.: by Dale Winget. Wine pours benefit
Elaine Y. Shore, porcelain work. Su- Arcata House Partnership.
san Morton, glasswork. Wine pours • Bubbles, 1031 H St.: Music by
benefit Breast and GYN Health proj- Kentucky Warblers, a local bluegrass
ect. band.
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QUALITY FINANCING
SECTION
JULY 11, 2018
B
Pickin’ and grinnin’
W
hether you pick your own at Noble Berry Farm
in Fieldbrook or buy your blueberries at the
market, you’ll be sure to chase your blues away
with these giant blues.
Noble Berry Farm has booths at
both the Thursday McKinleyville
market and at the Saturday market in
Arcata.
Dave Wilbur has planted 11 vari-
eties of blueberries on three quarters
of an acre in sunny Fieldbrook. On a
recent Saturday, the field was filled
with families, excited children, seri-
ous jam makers, and folks just enjoy-
ing a beautiful day picking their own.
A wheelbarrow filled with coffee
cans with string handles awaited the pickers. Even tiny
children grabbed them with glee. The sign says it all: “U
Pick ‘N Grin”
Wilbur greeted everyone by name, deftly weighing
their berries and packaging them up, all the while mak-
ing puns on the word blue and answering questions
about his dog, Barney, life, the death of his white horse,
Lily, and unusual uses for the berries. (Turkey stuffing?
Who knew.)
Wilbur photographs folks and posts their smiling fac-
es on his Facebook page, saying, “the family that picks
together, sticks together.” Blue glue, he calls it.
Sixteen years ago he planted “800 plants in a sea of
mud in the middle of winter.” That sea of mud is now
filled with orderly rows of lush plants that produced “two
tons of blueberries last season.”
BERRIES B2
Market opens in McK
Janine Volkmar
Mad RiveR Union
T
he McKinleyville Farmers’ Market on Thursday af-
ternoon is a great place to shop if you don’t want
to brave the crowds or deal with parking at the Sat-
urday market in Arcata. Or maybe you’ve just run out of
fresh vegetables or fruit and can’t wait until Saturday.
There’s plenty of parking at the market in front of the
new Eureka Natural Foods, 2165 Central Ave. in McKin-
leyville.
Market hours are 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. which makes the
market a great place to stop for something for dinner.
Last week the choices included Nicaraguan tamales
wrapped in banana leaves and pizza out of Pizza Gago’s
wood-fired oven. Both were happily tested by this writer
and both were scrumptious.
“It’s a nice well-rounded assortment,” Laura Hughes,
market manager, said. “We’ve got tomatoes, plums,
blueberries, pork, plants, kettle corn, and it’s just the be-
ginning. More farmers will be joining us.”
Folks can pick up their Market Match coupons and
sign up for the SSI distribution as well. There’s live music
at every market, hula hoops, and so much more. “Eureka
Natural has been super supportive and helpful,” Hughes
said. “They sponsor all the music for the season.”
The McKinleyville market will run through Oct. 26.
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Run for BL council Folklife Fest includes barn dance, grand finale

A
nnie and Mary day
was a huge suc-
cess, as usual. The
weather really cooperat-
ed this year! Thanks to all
who came out, all who vol-
unteered, and all who had
fun!
If you thought
that was fun, don’t
forget to come out
to the culminat-
ing week of Dell’
Arte’s Mad Riv-
er Festival. This
festival ends with
the Humboldt
Folklife Festival
on Saturday, July
14 – all day. And
the following weekend,
mer, but don’t forget to Mad RiveR Union Party The cost is $12 for non-mem- leg Bluegrass, Port Mooncall and
come out to the Mad Riv- BLUE LAKE – The Humboldt bers of the Humboldt Folklife Society, the Beatles Sing-a-long at the Street
er Grange every Friday Folklife Festival continues through $10 for members and $5 for kids. Stage, Space Socks, Fake Gnus, The
from 7 to 10 a.m. for Cof- Saturday, July 14. This week’s events Barn Dance Hossettes, Joanne Rand, Kenny Ray
fee Club! This is the best include: A Barn Dance will be held Friday, and the Mighty Rovers, Old Dog, Bay-
community gathering each Under the Stars July 13 at the Arcata Veterans Hall, ou Swamis, No Good Redwood Ram-
week. Come for the coffee, Under the Stars will be held at the 1425 J St. in Arcata, at 7:30 p.m. with
blers, Highway 61, Kingfoot on the
stay to gab. Dell’ Arte Amphitheater, 131 H St. in Striped Pig Stringband and Lyndsey
Amphitheatre Stage.
Don’t forget Blue Lake, today, July 11 at 6 p.m. Battle Calling.
with The Yokels, The Detours and The cost is $10 for non-members Check out the free workshops in
about being in- the Dell’Arte building from 11 a.m. to
formed of what Huckleberry Flint. The cost is $15 for of the Humboldt Folklife Society, $5
non-members of the Humboldt Folk- for members and free for children un- 5 p.m.
your local gov-
life Society, $12 for members and $5 der 12. Logger Bar
ernment is do-
ing as well. for kids. Barn Dance The Logger Bar at 510 Railroad
Upcoming New Moon Fever The All Day Free Festival will be Ave. in Blue Lake will feature music
meetings in- New Moon Fever will be held held Saturday, July 14 at Dell’Ar- at 9 p.m. each night after the shows.
clude a Blue Thursday, July 12 in the Dell’Arte te, 131 H St. in Blue Lake starting at Tickets for shows can be purchased at
Lake Planning Amphitheatre, 131 H St. in Blue Lake, 10:45 a.m. Performers include Dale Wildberries or online at brownpap-
Commission at 6 p.m. with No Pardon, Georgia Winget, Lodestar, Tyger Byle, For ertickets.com.
meeting on Ruth and April Moore and Ranch Folk Sake!, Kentucky Warblers, Hog- humboldtfolklife.org
Monday, July 16 at 7 p.m.

Music & more in the seaside village

July 21, is Pastels in the and an Economic Develop-
Park! Want to sponsor a ment Commission meeting
square? Give me a call at on Tuesday, July 17 at 3:30

City Hall, ( 707) 668-5655.
There are more exciting
weekend events in Blue
Lake that will be coming
up throughout July, and
August, like Lawnstock
and the Buddy Brown
Blues Festival just to name
a couple. Keep your eyes
and ears peeled for details
to come.
Today, July 11, the Mad
River Brewery Pints for
Non-Profits will benefit
the Blue Lake Volunteer
Fire Department.
We are so lucky here
in Blue Lake to have such
an amazing group of vol-
unteers that is our fire de-
partment.
If you come out to this
awesome event, you will
also get to listen to the
music of the Jim Lahman
Band.
And it may be sum-
OLD HOME BEACH WALK
The Trinidad Coastal
Land Trust invites you for
a walk down the Parker
Creek Trail to Old Home
Beach, where Allie Lind-
CROSSWORD SOLUTION
See crossword on page A4
p.m.
Have you ever con-
sidered becoming one of
those local elected offi-
cials? Well, there will be
a special information ses-
sion for potential council
candidates on Monday,
July 16 from 6 to 6:30 p.m.
Find out about the nomi-
nation process, important
dates, and voter registra-
tion information.
You will also be able to
learn the roles and respon-
sibilities of a city coun-
cilmember and ask ques-
tions regarding those roles
and responsibilities from
current councilmembers.
This special info ses-
sion, along with all govern-
mental meetings, will take
place at Skinner Store,
located at 111 Greenwood
Rd., behind City Hall.
Hope to see you there!
gren, a lineal descendant
of the Tsurai Village, will
share her perspectives
on the importance of the
area to native people. The
walk takes place on Sat-
urday, July 14 from 9 to
11 a.m. The Tsauri Village
was the southernmost
village of the Yurok ter-
ritory. Lindgren will also
share family stories from
her father, Axel Lindgren,
and a little bit about her
grandmother, Eliza. The
walk will also provide
an opportunity to enjoy
the beach at low tide and
learn more about inter-
tidal sealife before head-
ing back up the trail. The
trail is short, but there
are several sections with
stairs. Meet at the Trin-
idad Coastal Land Trust
at 380 Janis Court in
Saunders Park. Reserva-
tions are required. Call
(707) 677-2501, or email
carol@trinidadcoastal-
landtrust.org.
D
istinguished Trinidad citizens Bryce Kenny, a for- web site at parks.ca.gov/?page_id26889, or email Keven.
mer mayor, planning commissioner, attorney at Harder@parks.gov or call (707) 845-6171.
law, and tango dancer, and Trinidad Volunteer Third Friday Jazz at WCA
Fire Department Chief Tom Marquette will perform at the The RLA Trio with Tim Randles on piano, Mike LaBolle
Trinidad Artisans Market on Sunday, July 15 from noon on drums and Kenneth Lawrence on bass will be joined by
to 3 p.m. Rob Diggins on his home made electric five-string violin
Both Bryce and Tom play guitar and playing Acid-Bop & Beyond on Friday, July 20 at 7 p.m.,
will sing accompanied by Tonio Skweir Westhaven Center for the Arts, 501 South Westhaven Dr.
on bass guitar. Bryce and Gail Kenny’s The musicians will perform tunes by Clifford “Brownie”
daughter, Heather, will join the Tide Brown, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, John Coltrane,
Pool Divers Band on snare drums and Miles Davis and other “hard-boppers.” There is a $5 to
vocals. $10 sliding scale admission.
They will perform classic country, View the new art exhibit, “Hargers 3: A Family Affair”
country rock and Americana. Trinidad before the show or during regular Gallery hours Friday
Artisans Market is held each Sunday through Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Go to westhavencenter.
through the summer next to Murphy’s org for complete art, music, film, and class schedules.
Market, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Music is presented free of Help Wanted
charge. The City of Trinidad is seeking capable people for two
Bryce wrote that daughter, Heather, a star pupil at Trin- jobs: a full-time office assistant and a public works depart-
idad School some years ago and graduate of UC Davis, is ment employee. See City Clerk Gabriel Adams at Town
heading off to graduate school, studying wildlife biology, Hall for application details or call (707) 677-0223.
at College of William and Mary in late August. The open The Trinidad Coastal Land Trust is seeking volunteers
air concert would be an ideal time to welcome her home. for weekend Gallery sitting.
Junior Lifeguards Sessions Call Ben Morehead or Tami Trump at (707) 677-2501
California State Parks Ranger Keven Harder presents or email info@trinidadcoastallandtrust.org for details.
two North Coast Junior Lifeguard programs at Moonstone You can also stop by the Simmons Gallery-Trinidad Coast-
Beach emphasizing teamwork, ocean safety, education al Land Trust room behind Trinidad Library.
and fun. View the new plein-air art show at the same time. It is
The first session began on July 9 and runs through July splendid.
20. The second session starts on July 23 and goes through
Aug. 3. To register and learn more, visit the State Parks Email Patti at baycity@sonic.net
CELTIC MUSIC Good Com- the McKinleyville Chamber old fashioned lawn games more on Saturday, July 14
pany performs traditional of Commerce invites you to at Pierson Park. Bring a at 9 p.m. at the Six Rivers
Celtic music on Thursday, come out to their Pierson picnic dinner or grab some Brewery, 1300 Central Ave.
July 12 from 7:30 to 9:30 Park Summer Block Par- dinner from one of the food in McKinleyville.
p.m. at the Six Rivers Brew- ty evenings this Thursday, trucks in the park or across
ery, 1300 Central Ave. in July 12 from 5:30 to 7:30 the street at the Farmers’ SING YOUR HEART OUT Ka-
McKinleyville. p.m..This Thursday’s band Market. raoke with DJ Marv takes
is Band o Loko. Bring your place Monday, July 16 from
family and friends out for FUNK & BLUES Jimi Jeff 8 to 11:30 p.m. at the Six
SUMMER BLOCK PARTY
McKinleyville Parks & Rec- a fun evening listening to performs songs from Jim- Rivers Brewery, 1300 Cen-
live music and playing good my Hendrix, Prince and tral Ave. in McKinleyville.
reation in partnership with
Berries |’I’m the utility guy’ Jenny is working with him
on the project. His true
Buckhorn Store. “I’m the
utility guy,” he said.
hope is that some blueberry As we sat talking, Jim
FROM B1 coming from State Route
The farm is named for 299. Call (707) 834-6299 loving mom would want to Polly,his apple growing
his partner, Karen’s par- for more information. The deliver her baby in the mid- neigbor, drove up with
ents, Marilyn and Jack No- season may or may not run dle of the blueberry patch. empty boxes. Polly had
ble. In the 1940s and 1950s through early August so Noble Berry Farm ber- been Wilbur’s stand-in at
it was known as the Bou- Wilbur said, “Come soon or ries are also an ingredient the Arcata market. “I sold
dreau Ranch. have blueberry regret.” in the fantastic ice cream out,” he said, “ninety bas-
During the season the Wilbur has plans for the at Arcata Scoop and used kets by 11:30 a.m.”
patch is open from noon place. He wants to plant by the chef at Cafe Phoe- So if you want berries,
to 6:30 p.m. at 3563 Field- more vegetables and he’d nix. “Lots of caterers come get to Arcata early, stop by
brook Rd. That’s 4 1/2 like to plant more blueber- here,” he said. the McKinleyville Farmers’
miles coming from McKin- ry bushes, of course, but he Wilbur loves the blues. Market in front of Eureka
leyville and 3 1/2 miles also hopes to develop the He plays “rhythm and lead Natural Foods on Thurs-
other field into a spot for guitar, bass, and drums” in days from 3:30 to 6:30
weddings and other spiri- a private blues gathering p.m., or, better yet, pick
tual gatherings. His sister every other week at the old your own.

needed to kill time between

Parade |’Step back in time’
FROM B1
Their daughter, Leah,
bravely climbed that tall
ladder over and over to
direct the crowd so that
everyone’s face showed
for the iconic photograph.
Then she climbed down
and ran to be part of the
picture. Last year, she was
painted gold and wore a
Statue of Liberty outfit.
The Stampers are like
that.
Dave and Robin Kinzer,
Wesleyan Church
of the Redwoods
Pastor Chuck Clark
Coffee/fellowship
at 10 a.m.
Traditional worship
at 10:30 a.m.
Bible Study
7 p.m. Wednesday
(Sept. through May)
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longtime friends of the
Stampers, told me about
the party. “You have to
come,” Robin said. “It’s an
old fashioned step back in
time.”
I brought deviled eggs
for the potluck and stayed
three hours, taking pho-
tographs, admiring the
decorations, and looking
through old scrapbooks. So
much fun!
It’s Dave Kinzer’s trac-
tor. “The first year the kids
were sitting in the hard
metal bucket. I fabricated
a Suburban bench seat to
put inside the tractor buck-
et for the kids to ride on,”
he said. “It even has seat
belts.”
“Kids who have grown
up come back for the par-
ty,” he explained.
The parade was designed
to entertain everyone. “We
eating and the fireworks,”
Debbie Stamper said. “It
stays light so late. The first
parade we had a boombox
for patriotic caroling.”
“We’re singing to no-
body but ourselves,” Robin
Kinzer said.
Forrest Stamper, who
has been a chemist and a
teacher, started the tradi-
tion.
“I accidentally started
it,” he said. “When I lived
in Santa Cruz, I decided
to have a party for all my
friends from all over. Leah
must have been four or five
when I told her about it.
She said, ‘We should have
a party like that.’ Since
then, we’ve never skipped
a year.” The Stampers have
been married for “almost
40 years” and have two
daughters, Leah and Nao-
mi.
And the tradition will
live on. See you next year!
 J ULY 11, 2018 M AD R IVER U NION B3
O BITUARY
Trinidad trails get TLC
Gregory Lee ‘Vinny’ Devaney Trinidad CoasTal
land TrusT
Aug. 3, 1955 – June 26, 2018 TRINIDAD – During the
week of June 24 to June 30,

O
n a Tuesday afternoon, June 26, a volunteer group from the
Gregory Lee “Vinny” Devaney died American Hiking Society
in his home in Sunny Brae with the came out to help the Trin-
women who were his closest loved ones idad Coastal Land Trust on
nearby. With his passing, in Arcata, the trails.
town he called home most of his life, a They were a crew of
shining light went out. Brain cancer took eight men and women
his life. and the work they did was
Born August 3, 1955, the son of Gerard priceless. Johnny Calkins
and Gladys Devaney, Gregg was raised in led the crew with the help
Cathedral City, in Coachella Valley east of TCLT board members
of Los Angeles. An only child, he found Don Allan, Steen Trump,
adventure wherever he could. After high Tami Trump and Charles TRAIL BLAZERS, From left, Elli Moris, Margie Paige,
school, he found work doing odd jobs, Netzow and the Executive Randy Dirlam, George Osburne and Ron Etter at
among them working at Griffith Observa- Director Ben Morehead. the base of the north trail at Houda just after it was
tory, where his chores included polishing The AHS volunteers finished. Submitted photo
the telescopes that reached the skies. jay while attending HSU. Later he had a came every day at 8 a.m. TCLT were so organized!” hard working, smart and
At the urging of his mother, he eventu- show on KHSU he called “No Age” and he She was going to go to energetic; we got so much
ready to work with their
ally pursued higher education, first taking took the nom de radio, Disciple of Disor- Nepal to volunteer there done, these trails are in
lunches packed and wa-
classes at Los Angeles City College. With an der. That was the start of a side career. for the summer, but “this great shape now.”
ter bottles ready. All three
AA credential in hand, he followed friends Meanwhile, utilizing the City of Arcata’s country needs my help too- As the group worked,
trails at Houda Point/Cam-
north to attend a school as far from L.A. as first time homeowner’s program, Gregg so I decided to stay.” many surfers and hikers
el Rock were updated to
possible, Humboldt State University. and Xan bought a home in what’s known Margie Paige has been came by and were very
make the trails safer and
While his wanderlust made a cartog- as Pneumonia Gulch in Sunny Brae and on 12 volunteer trips with grateful to see the improve-
more passable. Thirty new
raphy degree enticing, the math classes raised a family. He took the girls on nu- AHS and was very happy ments on these popular
check steps (13 4x8 pres-
proved a bit demanding, instead he grad- merous adventures exploring what Nila with this experience “We trails. The group camped
sure-treated peeler cores)
uated in 1978 with a B.A. in psychology. called “unexpended places.” As he liked to love to work, and we got at Patrick’s Point and had
Gregg opted against the traditional com- on the north trail along
say, “Why not?” Gregg was a devoted dad to do some great work, we a volunteer day there on
mencement walk, instead he commenced with an 18 foot 12 peel-
who helped out at Equinox School, Coast- never want to just stand their last pulling ivy.
his world travels by making a cardboard er core cable step section.
al Grove and later NPA (from which both around, this was great-I
sign that said “Rio.” His thumb took him Five new check steps were
girls graduated). would definitely come
on adventures in Central and South Amer- There came a point when Gregg was added on the middle trail
to fishing rock. They also back-this place is impres- EMPLOYMENT
ica with Rosalee. around 40 when he decided to retire the
worked on the trails at Bak- sive.” Visiting Angels is
Returning to Humboldt County, he Disciple of Disorder and he stopped doing
er Beach and Sotsin Point Russ Etter really en- seeking Caregivers,
took a job with the Center for Community radio. The lure was strong however, and
and pulled invasive plants joyed this trip – it was his
Development based at HSU. For five years, he talked the station into giving anoth- CNAs & HHAs to assist
like ivy and scotch broom. fourth. He echoed the same
he ran summer recreation programs in ru- er show. A new, very freeform show was seniors in Fortuna,
Erika Riggs, the AHS crew things that all of the people
ral Humboldt County at places like Ruth dubbed “Fogou,” taking its name from
Lake, Camp Kimtu and Camp Ravencliff. leader, came from Minne- on this trip said, that they McKinleyville, and
caves constructed for unexplained purpos-
It perhaps goes without saying, he wasn’t sota. She has been on two felt really supported by Eureka. Part-time and
es in the British Isles long ago. Why? “You
your typical camp counselor. There were trips with the AHS, and af- the TCLT, happy that they Full-time, flexible hours.
decide,” as Vinny would say.
many adventures. ter this trip she was head- rolled up their sleeves and Please call 707-362-
Vinny was a new nom de radio he
Another woman came into his life, he came up with for the new show, in honor ed to Denali, Alaska to do worked alongside of them 8045.
met Aldine at Camp Kimtu. The couple of his late grandfather Vincent. Playing more trail work. during the whole week.
“My experience with On Thursday, the crew
would go round the world as they found an impossibly eclectic mix of music, Vin- CLAWFOOT TUB
adventure in India, Azerbaijan and Eu- ny would punctuate it with odd factoids, the Trinidad Coastal Land was finished with their
work for the TCLT and had Wanted: Clawfoot
rope. Somehow they ended up in five star most drawn from a tattered almanac full of Trust was great – every-
thing went so smoothly!” a celebratory dinner and bath tub. Help me
hotels where the fine food inspired a new trivia called the “Day-By-Day Trivia Alma-
career. she said, enjoyed some down time. surprise my sweetie
nac.” While it sounded like classic under-
Back in SoHum, he trained with a ground late-night radio, it ran from 2 to 4 She said she would be “You work with a group when he gets back from
French chef at the Benbow Inn, then lat- p.m. Wednesdays. Somehow, the program happy to come back for an- so hard for a week, you feel three months working in
er at all the best Humboldt restaurants, proved amazingly popular. other trip to work on the really close to them, it was Alaska. 845-6940
among them Larrupin’, Folie Duce, The Gregg and Xan’s marriage didn’t last trails for the TCLT next sad for me to say goodbye, 6/6, 6/13
Sprouted Seed, Carter House, Silver Lin- forever. They went their ways, splitting year, “and I want to stay for I sure hope we see these
ing and City Grill. amicably. One way or another, Vinny’s an extra week to enjoy this folks again next year, they
are an impressive group of WRITERS WANTED
A job cooking at Spoons at the Arcata girls ended up following in their father’s beautiful coastline.”
Co-op changed his life in a couple of ways. footsteps. Both have worked as camp coun- Randy Dirlam goes on people and I’m proud to Local newspaper
He became a cooperative lifer, working for cilors at Wavy Gravy’s Camp Winnarain- these trips because “I want have worked with them.” seeks reporters and
the North Coast Cooperative for 25 years bow. Nila recently received an art degree to give back, and get to said Steen Trump. columnists and writers
(including a stint as Spoons manager) and from Bennington College and found work places I might not see oth- Johnny Calkins, who of all kinds. Cover a
he also found his first wife. at a small co-op in Philadelphia. Neroli is erwise.” This was his sixth helped build the original
meeting, write about
While Gregg was crafting tofu sticks and attending UC Santa Cruz, where she is on trip with AHS. trails back in 1992 and
other things for Spoons, the cheese cutting the campus radio station KZSC as Queen Susan McCroshrie came has vast experience with your neighborhood,
station was nearby. Xan was slicing and Beats. from Virginia. She has trail work with the Cali- opine about local issues.
wrapping cheese and they talked enough And once again, Gregg’s open heart been volunteering with fornia Conservation Corps Experience the glory
to fall in love. A wild party and a wedding helped him find love another time. Five AHS for four years and has was really impressed with of seeing your name
at Camp Kimtu was later followed by two years ago he met Kirsten, a vibrant wom- also been a crew leader, “I the AHS group, “I was so in print. Email jack@
lovely daughters: Nila, born in 1995, and an who was new in town and looking for was extremely happy with pleased to get to work with madriverunion.com for
Neroli, in ’97. When she wasn’t busy with a place to stay. It turned out she had ex- the TCLT, I was very im- this fine group-they were all the juicy details.
the girls, Xan worked as a waitress and perience working in co-ops and she knows pressed with the dedication
eventually found a career as a psycholo- wine. Before long, they married. About the of the TCLT crew.”
gist. time Gregg retired after a quarter century EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
George Osborn, from PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE OPERATOR – FULL-TIME
We should note here that Gregg wears at the Arcata Co-op, she got a job at the Pismo Beach, was the old-
many hats, figuratively and literally (often store and became their wine buyer. est in the bunch (the aver-
Performs a variety of repair, maintenance,
with feathers and flowers in the hatband). The end came all too quickly. Vinny’s and operation duties for City facilities including
age age was 58) at 70 he streets, trails, parks, and buildings, as well as
Under the auspices of Universal Life, he girls and a multitude of friends came to- worked just as hard as the the City’s Water Treatment Plant and water dis-
served for years as a wedding officiant, gether to ease his final days. Friday, July 6, youngest in the group. He tribution system. This position will have, or will
marrying dozens of happy Humboldt cou- his many friends gathered to say farewell. obtain within one year, certifications for Water
wasn’t even sure how many
ples. Gregg’s gone, but never forgotten, forever Treatment Plant Operation and water distribution systems. Work-
trips he has done with AHS, ing knowledge of carpentry, landscaping, and plumbing desirable.
He also found his calling as a radio dee- in our heats. His adventures go on. “10-13 I think and this was This position involves strenuous physical labor and regular interac-
a great trip!” tion with the public. Salary $16-19.00/hour DOE, 40 hours/week.
DUNE RESTORATION Help restore the dune ecosystem on the Friends of the Dunes Ellie Moris was also Benefits provided.
from Virginia and this was Visit www.trinidad.ca.gov for complete job description and City
property on Saturday, July 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Volunteers will be removing Employment Application.
invasive plants to make room for native plant diversity. Tools, gloves, and snacks will her first trip with AHS Send resume and/or application to the City of Trinidad by mail;
be provided. Please bring water and wear work clothes. Meet at the Humboldt Coastal and she really enjoyed the P.O. Box 390, Trinidad 95570, by email; cityclerk@trinidad.ca.gov,
Nature Center, 220 Stamps Lane in Manila. For information email jess@friendsofthed- Trinidad experience, “The or deliver to 409 Trinity St, Trinidad CA.
unes.org or call (707) 444-1397. scenery is fantastic and the Deadline: WEDNESDAY, JULY 25th, 2018

L EGAL N OTICES
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS SPACE GEM ARCATA, CA 95521 ANDERSON ROBINSON HUMBOLDT HOME LOANS 157 Anderson Lane ARCATA, CA 95521 MAY 30, 2018
NAME STATEMENT 4841 WEST END ROAD COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT STARKEY INSURANCE HUMBOLDT REAL ESTATE Trinidad, ca [95570] This business is conducted by: KELLY E. SANDERS
18-00408 ARCATA, CA 95521 REDWOOD COAST BROKERS AGENCY, INC. CENTER County of Humboldt AN INDIVIDUAL SM DEPUTY CLERK
The following person(s) is (are) 1551 NURSERY WAY STE. B CA 83-0952124 CA 2119658 944 H STREET Travis J Beaudin S/ SYLVIA CHEVRIER 6/20, 6/27, 7/4, 711
doing business as: MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519 985 G STREET 627 7TH STREET ARCATA, CA 95521 157 Anderson Lane /OWNER
HIGHLIFE TAXIDERMY COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT ARCATA, CA 95521 ARCATA, CA 95521 P.O. BOX 4840 Trinidad, ca [95570] This statement was filed with the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
4314 FOREST HILLS DR. TTF INC. This business is conducted by: This business is conducted by: ARCATA, CA 95518 This business is conducted by: Humboldt County Clerk on NAME STATEMENT
FORTUNA, CA 95540 CA 4084657 A CORPORATION A CORPORATION COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT AN INDIVIDUAL MAY 30, 2018 18-00344
COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 1551 NURSERY WAY STE. B S/ BRYN P. CORIELL S/ TONYA PAULI HUMBOLDT REALTY CORP S/Travis-Joel: Beaudin KELLY E. SANDERS The following person(s) is (are)
SANDI E. HAMILTON MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519 OWNER CFO/SECRETARY CA 2015279 /Principal/Living Sovereign SM DEPUTY CLERK doing business as:
HIGHLIFE TAXIDERMY This business is conducted by: This statement was filed with the This statement was filed with the 944 H STREET Free-Will Spiritual Man/Ced- 6/20, 6/27, 7/4, 711 SALON ROYALE
4314 FOREST HILLS DR. A CORPORATION Humboldt County Clerk on Humboldt County Clerk on ARCATA, CA 95521 itor 426 6TH STG.
FORTUNA, CA 95540 S/ GINA GRANADAS JUNE 20, 2018 JUNE 22, 2018 This business is conducted by: This statement was filed with the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS EUREKA, CA 95501
AN INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR KELLY E. SANDERS KELLY E. SANDERS A CORPORATION Humboldt County Clerk on NAME STATEMENT COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
S/ SANDI HAMILTON This statement was filed with the KT DEPUTY CLERK KT DEPUTY CLERK S/ MATTHEW A. BABICH MAY 31, 2018 18-00345 TIA M. HEMSTED
OWNER OPERATOR Humboldt County Clerk on 7/4, 711, 7/18, 7/25 7/4, 711, 7/18, 7/25 /PRESIDENT KELLY E. SANDERS The following person(s) is (are) 3537 SPEAR AVE.
This statement was filed with the JUNE 22, 2018 This statement was filed with the SE DEPUTY CLERK doing business as: ARCATA, CA 95521
Humboldt County Clerk on KELLY E. SANDERS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Humboldt County Clerk on 6/27, 7/4, 711, 718 KIKI ELISE COMPANY This business is conducted by:
JUNE 25, 2018 KT DEPUTY CLERK FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT JUNE 19, 2018 1020 ALPHA STREET AN INDIVIDUAL
KELLY E. SANDERS 7/4, 711, 7/18, 7/25 NAME STATEMENT 18-00400 KELLY E. SANDERS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS EUREKA, CA 95503 S/ TIA HEMSTED
SE DEPUTY CLERK 18-00405 The following person(s) is (are) KT DEPUTY CLERK NAME STATEMENT COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT /OWNER
711, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 6/27, 7/4, 711, 7/18 18-00384 KELSEY M. SHAW This statement was filed with the
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS doing business as: HUMBOLDT REALTY CORP The following person(s) is (are) 1020 ALPHA STREET Humboldt County Clerk on
NAME STATEMENT PAULI-SHAW INSURANCE RE/MAX HUMBOLDT REALTY doing business as: EUREKA, CA 95503 MAY 29, 2018
18-00403 AGENCY HUMBOLDT REALTY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICKLE HILL LETTERPRESS This business is conducted by: KELLY E. SANDERS
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS The following person(s) is (are) 627 7TH STREET BABICH & TONINI REALTY NAME STATEMENT 1669 FICKLE HILL RD. AN INDIVIDUAL SE DEPUTY CLERK
NAME STATEMENT doing business as: ARCATA, CA 95521 OF ARCATA 18-00356 ARCATA, CA 95521 S/ KELSEY SHAW 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 7/4
18-00407 COLDWELL BANKER P.O. BOX 1105 HUMBOLDT PROPERTY MAN- The following person(s) is (are) COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT /OWNER
The following person(s) is (are) SELLERS REALTY ARCATA, CA 95518 AGEMENT doing business as: SYLVIA CHEVRIER This statement was filed with the
doing business as: 985 G STREET COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT HUMBOLDT RENTALS TRAVIS BEAUDIN 1669 FICKLE HILL RD. Humboldt County Clerk on

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ART SUPPLIES
823 H Street
FRAME SHOP
616 2nd Street Let Iggy and Bubbles wag your way
I
On the Plaza, Arcata Old Town Eureka have a soft spot for from the shelter by rescuers Another young dog that

PHOTO: GRANTCUNNINGHAM.CA
(707) 822-4800 (707) 443-7017 black dogs. Maybe it is
because they do seem
to be slower to be looked
at and adopted or maybe
it’s because they
remind me of my
own dogs.
Every once in a
while, we get one
Humboldt Sanitation in that looks just
like Hank, which
Full Service Transfer Station always brings up
and Recycling Center thoughts about his
All types of solid waste disposal and shelter days.
Hank was in the shelter
Certified Recycling Buy-Back Center too.
when he was about a year-
Open Mon – Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 9am-4pm and-a-half-old. His mix
was guesstimated at Lab
2585 Central Ave. McKinleyville 839-3285 and Border Collie.
www.humboldtsanitation.com Hank was in the adopt-
able section of the shelter,
where he was adopted and
then returned three times
over a period of two weeks.
His first two adopters
each kept him for a night
or two before bringing him
back for being too ener-
getic, too mouthy and just
too much dog. The third
one discovered she had a
serious illness soon after
adopting him and was not
able to keep a dog at that
time.
Poor Hank didn’t do well
with all that coming and go-
ing and soon found himself
booted out of the adoptable
section.
Fortunately for Hank
(and for me) he was pulled
before his time was up. We
saw a blurb about him in
the Arcata Eye just about
the time that we were in the
market for an-
other male dog.
Our wonder-
ful Dusty, who
had seen our
children from
infants to teen-
agers, had just
passed away at
almost 17.
Hank came into our lives
and everything changed.
Our friends were heard to
say (fairly often) “he sure
is lucky that you took him
home,” by which they meant
they were glad he wasn’t
theirs… He stole food, an-
noyed our old female dog,
was crazy around balls and
sticks and reminded us con-
stantly that he wasn’t Dusty.
But we all stuck it out and
pretty soon we found lots to
love about him.
He has taught us a lot
over the years and has
helped Redwood Pals Res-
cue in many ways, not
the least of which is just
demonstrating that you
can’t always tell in a day
or two days how a dog will
mesh with your family.
We have so many friends
and adopters who were also
ready to return their dogs
in the first week or two but
Iggy
stuck it out and now can’t
imagine life without those
same canine friends!
This week we have a
Hank look-alike in Iggy.
Iggy is a six year old Lab
mix. His microchip showed
that he had been adopted
from the shelter as a pup-
py, but neither the chip
registration, nor the info
on the person that had ad-
opted him yielded any in-
formation about where he
belonged.
Iggy is such a nice dog
that we are happy to help
him find a real home where
he can stay forever this
time. Iggy is a friendly
dog who has quickly made
friends with the volunteers.
He doesn’t seem to have
had much formal training
but he is an easy dog to
walk and is eager to please.
I would expect him to learn
quickly with a little train-
ing. Iggy has been friendly
with all of the dogs that he
has met. He is about 60
pounds with a short black
coat and white highlights.
Iggy was neutered and mi-
crochipped on his first visit
through the shelter several
years back, and is now cur-
rent on his vaccinations as
well.
Come meet Iggy at the
Humboldt County Animal
Shelter at 980 Lycoming
Ave. in McKinleyville near
the airport. The shelter
is open Monday through
Friday. More information
is available at (707) 840-
9132.
is at the shelter is Bubbles,
a ten month old golden Lab
mix. Bubbles hasn’t yet
learned that all the people
walking by his kennel are
his friends and so has not
made it to the adoptable
section.
Our experience of Bub-
bles is that he is just a
big puppy still and is just
learning about the world.
He loves other dogs and is
very affectionate with the
Bubbles
people he has met, though
still a little shy with people
he doesn’t know as well.
An adopter who can
model confidence for Bub-
bles will find him to be a
great young dog. He would
be happy to have another
dog to play with and learn
from. Bubbles knows a few
commands and is a pretty
easy walk.
Redwood Pals would be
happy to try and find Bub-
bles a home. Meanwhile,
we will keep working with
him to become more confi-
dent in hopes of getting him
into the adoptable wing. As
we’ve mentioned before, not
every dog thrives in the shel-
ter environment and that is
where our rescue comes in.
If you are interested in
meeting young Bubbles,
please contact us at red-
woodpalsrescue@gmail.
com or call (707) 839-9692.

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

Arts! Arcata | Wine, art, blues

FROM B1
• Humboldt Jiu Jitsu,
1041 F St.: Brazilian Jiu Jit-
Subscribe today! su martial arts demonstra-
madriverunion.com tions. Music by DJ Selectah
Positive I-Diaz.
• The Garden Gate,
905 H St.: Andrew Daniel,
acrylic paint. Music by Old
Dog. Wine pours benefit
the Presbyterian Church.
• Plaza Grill, Jacoby
Storehouse, 791 Eighth
St. (3rd floor): Jay Brown,
mixed media works on pa-
per.
• Pasta Luego, Jacoby
Storehouse, 791 Eighth St.
(Plaza Level): CNC metal
art.
• Libations, 761 Eighth
St.: David Howell, photog-
raphy. Music by Bayside
Blues.
• Om Shala Yoga Stu-
dio, 858 10th St.: Live
painting by Gio Kind Gal-
adron from 6 to 7:30 p.m.,
acrylic paint. Music by
Harpist David Pavlovich
• Sanctuary, 1301 J
St: “The MW Shop Show,”
a collection of art by local
artists who used the shared
lab spaces within the Sanc-
tuary. Music by Sounds of
the Sanctuary.
• Stokes, Hamer, Kirk
& Eads LLP, 381 Bayside
Rd: Thomas Bethune, Pho-
tography. Photos of Bod-
ie, California and Paris,
France. Music by The Emp-
ty Bottle Boys (Old Time
Fiddle). Wine pours benefit
the American Cancer So-
ciety, Relay for Life Team
#169.
• Zen, 1091 H St.: Fea-
turing handcrafted CBD
infused Body care products
by Queen B Naturals.
arcatamainstreet.com,
(707) 822-4500