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Supes get
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When it comes to marijuana legalization,

we are in uncharted waters.
Beau Kilmer,
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Theyll make $87K

a year by 2017

Paul Mann
Mad RiveR Union

HUMBOLDT - California voters will

gamble Nov. 8 with the future of the states

Daniel Mintz
Mad RiveR Union

HUMBOLDT The Humboldt

County Board of Supervisors has
agreed to raise its members wages
in line with the raises employees
are getting, bringing the annual pay
for a Humboldt County supervisor
up to $84,000 effective April 3.
Under the phased supervisor
pay raise plan, a county supervisor
will earn $87,400 effective January
1, 2017.
Wage increases
for
employees
and supervisors were considered at the
boards Jan.
19 meeting. A
wage increase
Rex Bohn
package for
county employees, managers and
elected officials was approved on
the meetings consent agenda.
It increases yearly wages by
three percent in April, another two
percent in July and another two
percent in January.
There is an offset, however, as
employees will also pay three percent more on their contributions to
retirement system payouts.
A draft ordinance transferring
the employee pay changes to supervisors gained unanimous board
support. Supervisors noted that
raises have not been a regular occurrence.
It always comes up, Why the
hell can you guys give yourselves a
raise but Ive never had anybody
thank me for not taking raises in
the past, so it goes both ways, said
Supervisor Rex Bohn.
Board Chair Mark Lovelace said
Humboldt Countys supervisors

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multibillion dollar marijuana industry, an

essential of Humboldts economic life, yet a
material threat to its natural environment.
Big uncertainties surround legalization.
Expert thinking from the local to the national level is that it will pose as many questions
as it answers.
Approval would lead to Sacramentos
strong intervention in the states new recre-

ational marijuana marketplace, new excise

and cultivation taxes, a high degree of regulation and a sizable government bureaucracy
to administer complex licensing and monitoring systems.
The front runner for the state ballot
multiple proposals are in play is titled the
Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of
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MADE IN AMERICA Wing Inflatables makes rubber

raiding craft, like the one above, which are used by
U.S. Navy SEALs. The company also produces a variety of other boat-related products. Above, employee
Frank DiLorenzo heat welds a part for an inflatable raft.
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ARCATA Heads up, Arcata, Darlene Spoor

is in the house. Arcata House Partnership
(AHP), that is, where retiring Executive Director Karen Fox Olson handed over her keys to
Spoor in mid-January.
If Spoors name doesnt ring any bells, its
hardly surprising, as she moved to Arcata with
her family a scant 15 months ago. The family
Darlene Spoor
chose Humboldt for its climate; Boston was
too cold, Tucson and San Diego too hot, but Arcata was just right.
The eldest daughter had already chosen to attend Humboldt State
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rafts and other boat-related products, was being courted by Alameda
County, which was offering Wing financial incentives to relocate to the
San Francisco Bay area.
Fortunately for Humboldts
economy, local officials stepped in
and came up with a financial package that will not only help the company remain at its current location,
but also allow it to expand. That
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ARCATA Humboldt State University student and football player

Raul Sierra was arrested Jan. 21 for a
sexual assault that occurred last November in campus residence halls.
His arrest for the alleged acquaintance rape follows an extensive investigation by the University Police
Department.
The university and the Intercollegiate Athletics Department take this
incident very seriously. In addition to
the criminal charges, Sierra faces disciplinary action
for
violations
of both the Student Code of
Conduct and the
Student-Athlete Code of
Conduct. Given
the seriousness
of the charge,
Raul Sierra
sanctions could
result in being cut from the team and
expelled from the University.
Sierra, 25, is a walk-on player who
was on the roster for the fall 2015
squad and was planning to participate on the fall 2016 squad.
He is a junior and transferred to
HSU from Southwestern College in
Chula Vista.

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ARCATA Mike Wilsons campaign for Third District

Humboldt County supervisor gains more momentum
with the opening of his Arcata campaign headquarters on
Thursday, Feb. 4 at 12:30 p.m. at 839 Ninth St., a halfblock west of the Plaza.
The office space was donated by former Arcata Mayor
Alex Stillman, who calls Wilson an innovator and a real
leader in finding ways to make Humboldt County work.
Mike is practical problem solver who has the whole
countys best interests at heart, said Stillman. In business and in government, Mike has shown he works well

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ARCATA The Arcata

City Council last week responded positively to a plea
from Eel River Resource
Recovery (ERRR) to reapproach a contract to process the citys recyclables.
The Humboldt Waste
Management
Authority
(HWMA) recently extended for two years a contract
with Solid Waste of Willits
(SWOW) to handle mixedstream recyclables on behalf of Arcata and other
members.
The extension through
2018 will allow HWMA and
the city to develop a more
robust long-term plan for
recycled materials, with a
comprehensive approach
and more planning to meet

zero waste and HWMA

Strategic Plan goals, according to a staff report.
Arcata has received
some $147,546.91 in payments since January 2012.
The second-quarter fiscal
year 2015-2016 payment
was $20,319. The city anticipates a $40,000 annual return from the present
contract, but ERRR representatives said they could
do better for Arcata.
Rick Powell of ERRR said
the companys Samoa Processing Facility has been
transformed into a single-stream,
medium-volume processing facility
ready to handle all of Humboldt Countys solid waste.
He asked that the city table
Arcatas participation in the
extension so that his com-

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pany can prepare a proposal for local recycling rather

than truck them 140 miles
away to another county,
which takes along with those
recyclables in that truck local jobs, tax dollars [and] additional revenue to the city.
Powell said ERRR would
offer better terms than
SWOW/HWMA, and would
waive the 10 percent administrative fee HWMA charges.
Powell further stressed the
importance of retaining local
jobs and tax revenue. Keep
that material local, Powell
urged. Generate more jobs,
tax dollars and support the
local community.
ERRRs Chuck Shager
stressed the companys business and community outreach to educate the public
on best solid waste practices.

MCKINLEYVILLE COMMITTEE The its president, vice president and secMcKinleyvlle Municipal Advisory retary for the year. Comments to the
Committee (McKMAC) will learn McKMAC can be sen to mckinleyvillemac@gmail.com.
about the states open meeting law and will select its
HISTORIC & DESIGN REofficers for the year at its
VIEW The Historic & Demeeting today, Jan. 27.
sign Review Commission
The McKMAC meets at 6
meets today, Jan. 27 at 4
p.m. at the Azalea ConferDEMOCRACy p.m. at Arcata Ciy Hall, 736
ence Center, located at the
IN ACTION F St. Agenda items include
rear of McKinleyville Midrenovation of a home at 535
dle School at Central Avenue
and Railroad Drive. County counsel Park Ave. and amendment of previJeffert Blanck is scheduled to conduct ously granted approval of a project at
a Brown Act training for members 1108 C St.
of the committee, which advises the
county on issues affecting McKin- CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION
leyville. The McKMAC will also select WITH ZERO WASTE HUMBOLDT The

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with all kinds of people, from large and small employers to

community activists and environmentalists.
The new campaign office has also been equipped with
computers donated by Simply McIntosh on the Arcata
Plaza. Owners and kayaking enthusiasts Simeon and Marcia Tauber are also supporters of Wilson due to his strong
efforts to promote multiuse and water trails around Humboldt Bay.
Humboldt Countys Third District represents Arcata,
Manila, Blue Lake, Freshwater and Kneeland.
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and McKinleyville Kiwanis.
The award recipients will be revealed at this years Annual Members
Choice Awards dinner and auction to
be held Friday, April 1 at Blue Lake
Casino & Hotels Sapphire Palace.
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Nominees announced for McK business awards

The ERRR reps didnt

mention nor did any
councilmembers ask about
the abrupt closure of ERRRs Arcata Resource Recovery Center.
Maggie Gainer of Zero
Waste Humboldt (ZWH)
also asked for the extension
to be tabled. She wanted
more local options and recognition of the waste processings carbon footprint.
Councilmembers unanimously thought the tabling
was a good idea, allowing
reconsideration of options
for a more optimal deal.
It hopes to meet within a
month to do so.
The council will meet
with ZWH on Thursday to
discuss waste diversion and
more. See Democracy in
Action, below.

Arcata City Council holds a study

session with Zero Waste Humboldt
Thursday, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. Discussion items include waste diversion
rates, identification of material still
being improperly disposed of, plus an
array of possible waste diversion opportunities.
COMMUNITY PRIDE PROJECT The
Community Pride Project holds its
monthly All Community Meeting
Monday, Feb. 1 from 6 to 8 p.m.
at the D Street Neighborhood Center, 1301 D St. The group will receive
reports regarding the past months
activities and discuss solutions for
downtown issues.

PUBLIC MEETINGS
GOVERNING BODY

NEXT MEETING

MEETING LOCATION

MEETING DETAILS

Arcata City Council

Meets first & third Wednesday

Wednesday,
Feb. 3
at 6 p.m.

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

cityofarcata.org

Blue Lake City Council

Meets second & fourth Tuesday

Tuesday,
Feb. 9
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,
Jan. 28
at 7 p.m.

Woodley Island Marina

Meeting Room

humboldtbay.org/meetings-agendasand-public-notices

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District

(HBMWD)
Meets second Thursday

Thursday,
Feb. 11
at 9 a.m.

Boardroom, Humboldt Bay

Municipal Water District,
828 Seventh St., Eureka

hbmwd.com/meeting-schedule

Humboldt County Board of Supervisors

Meets every Tuesday

Tuesday,
Feb. 2
at 9 a.m.

Board Chambers,
Humboldt Co. Courthouse,
825 Fifth St., Eureka

humboldt.legistar.com/
Calendar.aspx

Manila Community Services District

(Manila CSD)
Meets third Thursday

Thursday,
Feb. 18
at 6:30 p.m.

Room I,
Manila Community Center,
1611 Peninsula Dr., Manila

manilacsd.com/Agendas_Minutes_and_
Forms.htm

McKinleyville Community Services

District (MCSD)
Meets first Wednesday

Wednesday,
Feb. 3
at 7 p.m.

Azalea Hall,
1620 Pickett Rd.,
McKinleyville

Integrated Pest Management Plan

mckinleyvillecsd.com

McKinleyville Municipal Advisory

Committee (McKMAC)
Meets last Wednesday

Wednesday,
Jan. 27
at 6 p.m.

Azalea Conference Center,

2275 Central Ave.,
McKinleyville

Brown Act training, new officers

humboldtgov.org/238/McKinleyvilleMunicipal-Advisory-Committ

Trinidad City Council

Meets second Wednesday

Wednesday,
Feb. 10
at 6 p.m.

Trinidad Town Hall,

409 Trinity St.,
Trinidad

trinidad.ca.gov/city-government/citycouncil.html

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Supes finish medical pot regs

Daniel Mintz
Mad RiveR Union

HUMBOLDT The Board

of Supervisors has completed its work on regulations
for commercial medical
marijuana production, setting rules for cultivation on
smaller parcels and approving incentives for relocating
grows to optimal areas.
Supervisors wrapped up
their review of a commercial medical marijuana ordinance at their Jan. 19 meeting. Previous meetings saw
them setting grow area size
thresholds for various permit types and making key
decisions such as prohibiting new grows in timberland
areas.
Remaining
work
included setting the rules for
commercial production on
parcels less than five acres.
Public comment included a
request to ban small parcel
commercial grows due the
potential for conflict with
residential use.
But there was also support for allowing reasonably-sized commercial grows
on smaller parcels under a
conditional use permit process that involves Planning
Commission reviews and
public hearings.
Supervisors
initially
leaned toward banning commercial grows on parcels of
less than an acre. But Sunshine Johnston, a respected grower and growers advocate, said banning small
parcel grows will make hers
noncompliant.
Johnstons 2,500 square
foot grow is on a half-acre
parcel zoned as agricultural-exclusive.

I just want to say that

Ive been waiting for this for
a very long time, she said.
Ive been a good citizen, Ive
been staying small for lots
of reasons and being sanctioned by the county and
then by state really means a
lot to me.
Supervisor Rex Bohn acknowledged the importance
of communicating with supervisors during public comment sessions, saying, If
youre not at the table, youre
on the menu.
Johnston was at the table.
Supervisors decided to allow
existing commercial grows
of up to 2,500 square feet on
agricultural-excusive parcels
of less than an acre under
conditional use permits.
On parcels of one to five
acres, supervisors agreed to
allow commercial grows of
up to 5,000 square feet with
conditional use permits.
Supervisors decided to
exclude properties zoned as
residential-agriculture from
the smaller parcel allowance
due to potential for conflicts
in neighborhood settings.
The ordinance includes a
program that entices growers to move from marginal
settings to ones that are considered ideal for cultivation.
Most supervisors approved
staffs recommendation for a
program that allows the relocations under basic ministerial permits.
To incentivize the moves,
the program will allow growers to expand the size of their
operations up to four times,
with a 20,000 square foot
cap on total growing area.
Multiple permits will be allowed on relocation parcels

of more than 10 acres as long

as the total cultivation area
doesnt exceed 20 percent of
prime farmland on a parcel.
Supervisors also decided
to allow multiple permits for
new grows on parcels over
320 acres, with a limit of one
permit per every 100 acres.
On completion of the
work, Board Chair Mark
Lovelace noted that Humboldt is the first county in
the state to develop an ordinance and that a more definitive one will be developed.
Theres a lot thats been
laid out in front of us on
what we can continue to do
to bring this industry out of
the shadows, and to make
it a completely legitimate,
well-regulated industry that
we can all be proud of, he
said.
Applause followed when
Lovelace thanked county
staff, the Planning Commission and residents for their
work on the ordinance.
The county worked under a tight timeline, as state
law names March 1 as the
deadline for local ordinances to take effect. Supervisor
Estelle Fennell said that
although the ordinance is
far from perfect, it strives
for clarity on how the medical marijuana industry can
proceed.
Lovelace concluded the
discussion by saying that being able to work on regulation is a milestone. Its taken so long to where we can
culturally be able to do this,
he said.
Final approval of the ordinance and its environmental
review document is set for
the boards Jan. 26 meeting.

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and the youngest is now a junior at Arcata

High. Spoors husband, a retired underwater archaeologist and Navy veteran, would
be on the coast. And Spoor would enjoy her
retirement.
But Spoor isnt a retiring kind of person. Shes the type who will rapidly become
president of your PTA or block captain of
your neighborhood watch. In quick order,
she reorganized her new home owners
association, took a seat on SCRAP Humboldts advisory committee and began volunteering for Vets for Peace. That, apparently, wasnt enough to keep her busy.
Then, one day, her husband was reading the newspaper and came across an ad
seeking a new executive director for AHP.
I hesitate to show you this he said. But
by then it was too late.
Spoor began her tenure two weeks ago
and is still learning the ropes. But she
brings a wealth of tools and knowledge to
the organization.
Originally from the Adirondack Mountains, Spoor spent 23 years in the Boston
area working with nonprofits and running
a consulting firm, all focusing on issues of
affordable housing, community relations,
organizational development and accessibility issues. She holds an M.S. in Human Ser-

Working

on the trailroad
BETTERING THE BRAE Some 19
volunteers turned out in Saturdays pouring rain to work on the
Arcata Ridge Trail in the Sunny
Brae Tract of the Arcata Community Forest. Participants further
groomed the trail, removed invasive Scotch broom and cleared
storm-related blockages. Left,
supplies are hauled in for volunteers. This was the first volunteer
forest workday of the season;
more are planned.
Photos by KLh | Union

TRAILSIDE REPAST Afterward, hungry volunteers were treated to a hearty outdoor

hot lunch, prepared under a pop-up
tent. Right, Nancy Reichard closely
monitors the progress of the corn fritters.

sleeping in their cars, she said, the mom

with two kids who is sleeping on a relatives couch, or the person working every
day who just cant earn enough to save up
to put a down payment on an apartment.
There, but for the grace of whatever deity
you worship, go any of us, she said.
(Full disclosure: The writer was once
employed by Arcata House Partnership
and her wife is a former client of Arcata
House, as it was then called.)
Spoor points out that AHPs programs
continue to serve those populations with
great success. I think that having the range
of services shelter to transitional housing
to permanent supportive housing is so
valuable to the community, she said.
When she sat for this interview, Spoor
had just met with a couple who lived in
their car for two years. One partner works,
but the other is disabled. Through AHPs
Transitional Housing program, which
housed them while they saved up for a
deposit, the couple are now preparing to
move into their own apartment.
AHP also administers the Apartments
First! program that provides permanent
supportive housing. In this program, AHP
staff provide ongoing social support services to clients (such as help shopping for
groceries, paying their bills on time or getting to medical appointments) to clients
whose disabilities, substance abuse or other factors made them chronically homeless.

vices from the University of Massachusetts

Boston and an Ed.D. from Johnson and
Wales University in Providence, R.I. She
also is a certified property manager and
holds a construction supervisors license.
Spoor steps into AHP at a critical time, as
the organization, which has been providing
services for Arcatas homeless population
since 1991, regroups following cutbacks in
their state funding in the first half of 2015.
Donors rallied to compensate, but AHP still
had to reorganize how it provides services,
especially at the Night Shelter, which had
until then offered beds on a nightly basis to
homeless people.
Spoor recognizes the loss of services to
the most visible of the homeless. AHP cant
provide all the services they would like to
provide to the people who need them, she
acknowledged pragmatically. But we can
provide the best service we can, that we can
get funded for, to the people to help them
transition into conventional housing or
supportive housing, she said.
At the start of her tenure, Spoor wants
of focus on programs that AHP provides
to those who might be called the invisible
homeless.
The people we serve are just like you
and me, Spoor pointed out, but they just
need some additional help. Theyre people

Little League & Babe Ruth

2016 registration
Saturday & Sunday,
Jan. 30 & 31, 1 - 3 p.m.
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Saturday, Feb. 6, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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(707) 845-6661 or mckinleyville.llbaseball@gmail.com
Babe Ruth questions?
(707) 601-9709 or mckinleyvillebaberuth@yahoo.com

These are people in our community,

Spoor pointed out, as these clients are
housed in numerous apartment buildings
throughout Arcata; they may even be your
neighbor.
Apartments First! is successful, notes
Spoor, not only because of the hard work of
staff, but because local landlords and property managers are so willing to work with
AHP while clients learn to be good tenants
and good neighbors.
Her immediate goals, said Spoor, are
connecting with other organizations and
individuals providing similar services
throughout the region, seeking out and
securing funding and supporting staff and
volunteers to work to the best of their abilities.
In the long term, she shares AHPs goal
to provide services to as many people as
possible to move into permanent housing
to end homelessness.
That wont happen without a lot of ongoing community support, Spoor said, and
securing and maintaining that support is
her main goal. I want to give back, she
said, I want to live a life of gratitude because thats important. She recognizes
that same desire in the board members,
staff, volunteers and donors who are so
committed to making a difference in their
community.
A community that Spoor is making her
own.

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Seesaw legalization battle looms

Ballot measure is far-reaching

Paul Mann
Mad RiveR Union

CALIFORNIA If California voters adopt

a ballot initiative named the Adult Use of
Marijuana Act (AUMA) this fall, they will be
subjecting themselves and growers to new
taxes, more bureaucracy and 19 licensing
categories, in return for the freedom to cultivate and consume small amounts of marijuana if they are 21 or older.
It would become lawful under both state
and local law for California adults to possess, process, transport, obtain or give
away to other adults up to one ounce (28.5
grams) of marijuana. An individual would
be authorized to cultivate up to six plants
for personal use.
Illegal possession of an ounce by people
18 to 21 would remain a $100 infraction; an
adult caught with more than an ounce would
still be a misdemeanor, with penalties of a
$500 fine or six months in jail or some combination.
Under the proposed ballot language, all
retail sales would be subject to a 15 percent
excise tax in addition to the existing state
sales tax, commencing Jan. 1, 2018. Medical patients with state identification cards
would be exempt.
All marijuana would be subject to cultivation taxes of $9.25 per-ounce-of-dry-weight
for buds, $2.75 for leaves. Levies would be
due when the plant is harvested. Enforcement inspections could be carried out any
place where marijuana is sold, cultivated or
stored, to ensure the levies are collected.
However, those are only the baseline
tax liabilities. Municipalities and counties
would have a free hand to impose further
duties across-the-board on cultivation facilities, manufacturing, processing, sales,
distribution, storage and even on donations.
This appears likely to result in a confusing
mlange of unsynchronized tax frameworks
that distort the recreational market California has 58 counties and some 500 incorporated municipalities. The competition to
maximize pot tax revenue would be fierce.
The AUMAs proposed tax system has already drawn fire, as the advent of new taxes
inevitably does. But the reason is especially
obvious given that legalization is in its infancy, notes Beau Kilmer, co-director of the
RAND Drug Policy Research Center. No
one knows the best way to tax marijuana,
and none of the options is perfect. Colorado
and Washington are taxing marijuana as a
function of its value, while Alaska and Oregon plan to tax marijuana as a function of its
weight.
There are other approaches as well, he
writes, but there is no reason to believe
that the chosen tax structure in the early
years will be optimal as the market matures.
Smart jurisdictions will leave their options
open with respect to taxation. The tax regime will have to evolve, in other words.
Multiple agencies would be in charge of
administering the AUMA, led by a unit in the

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Department of Consumer Affairs called the

Bureau of Marijuana Control, which would
replace the existing Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation. The renamed bureau
would manage the licensing of transport,
distribution and sale.
Cultivation would be licensed by the Department of Food and Agriculture, while
manufacturing and testing would be handled by the Department of Public Health.
Growers would have to comply with rules
to be fashioned by the Department of Fish
and Wildlife and the State Water Resources
Control Board. Likewise, the Department of
Pesticide Regulation would be responsible
for policing what has become an enormous
problem with illegal grows.
The 19 licensing frameworks take in everything from seed to sale, i.e., cultivation, manufacturing, testing, retailing and
distributing. Licenses for adult use facilities
would be distinct from those for medical
ones. There would be five cultivation licenses and six commercial ones. Longer-term,
the AUMA licensing regime envisions a new
Type 5 large cultivation permit for farm
operations above one-half acre indoors or
one acre outdoors. But the Type 5 would not
become available until Jan. 1, 2023.
The ballot initiative also provides for another new category, a Type 12 microbusiness
license, which would be granted to small
retailers whose farms do not exceed an area
of 10,000 square feet.
Strategically, the licensing system is supposed to guard against big business taking
over the industry, as prescribed by a state
blue ribbon panel that midwifed the AUMA.
Functionally, the denial of licenses would be
employed to combat monopoly power and
stem the black market.
Excessive concentration would be headed off not only at the state level but also in
the cities and counties.
Former District Attorney Paul Gallegos is
skeptical the AUMA will prevent the industrys takeover by mega-corporations, despite
the faith of legalizations advocates in the regenerative power of law.
The problem of economies of scale, as
it relates to the takeover of the marijuana
industry by big business, says Gallegos, remains a concern of many in California and
in Humboldt County. Legislation, like all
human activity, is not perfect. The intention
behind the proposition is to prevent or inhibit the takeover of the marijuana industry
and to attempt to limit or hinder that.
But, he adds, great wealth commands intellectual resources as well as financial ones
and large companies will be able to marshal
intellectual talent that will likely find means
to circumvent the AUMA. Consequently,
in the long term mega-business will start to
take over the industry, he predicts.
Note to readers: The AUMAs full 62page text is readily available online at multiple websites, including the Office of Attorney General at oag.ca.gov.

Mad RiveR Union

CALIFORNIA Members of Californias elite ranks, including Silicon Valley

titan Sean Parker, Lieutenant Governor
Gavin Newsom and the industrys trade
association, have endorsed the proposed
Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA),
but numerous detractors oppose adoption, including legalizations proponents
as well as prohibitionists.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 20 states and
the District of Columbia have decriminalized small amounts of marijuana.
This train-leaving-the-station effect is
thought likely to lead California to follow suit, despite the fact voters rejected
it as recently as 2010. According to one
poll, 55 percent of Californians support
legalization in general, versus the 53.5
percent who voted against a little more
than five years ago.
Among those this year campaigning
specifically for the AUMA is a Sacramento-based trade group, the California Cannabis Industry Association. The
groups online boilerplate boasts that
the AUMA is the best-funded of a bevy
of competing measures and that it can
usher in a new economic era.
The association claims that Californias legal medical cannabis market
is the nations largest in dollar terms,
worth $1.3 billion in annual sales. Legalizing recreational use will allow California to take its rightful place as the
center of investment and innovation in
the cannabis economy, the association
forecasts.

Debate churns on health effects

Paul Mann
Mad RiveR Union

CALIFORNIA Californias frontline legalization initiative mandates

more medical research
of marijuanas damage
to health, amid sharp
criticism that the federal
government is the major
obstacle to untrammeled
cannabis science.
The National Institute
on Drug Abuse warns that
marijuana consumption
heightens
respiratory
disorders, impairs judgment and causes memory
loss. It also compounds
the risk of attempted suicides, which are a major
problem in Humboldt
County.
Contrary to popular
belief, the institute contends, Marijuana can
be addictive and its use

MEDICAL HERB A locally grown strain of medical

marijuana called Dragon.
Matt Filar | Union
during adolescence may dependence and criminal
make other forms of drug behavior.
At least some non-govabuse or addiction more
ernmental experts agree
likely.
The institute claims the with the federal institute.
Beau Kilmer, co-dilatest research links marijuana to workplace acci- rector of the RAND Drug
dents and injuries, poorer Policy Research Center,
educational achievement, writes, Marijuana is not
lowered incomes, higher a harmless substance, and
unemployment, welfare
HEALTH
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Pot | Tax rates could fuel black market cannabis sales

From A1

Marijuana Act, more commonly the Adult

Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA).
Backed by social media magnate Sean
Parker and the influential Marijuana Policy Project, the measure covers 62 pages
and a throng of provisions that would, by
some lights, treat recreational marijuana
in much the same fashion as existing law
regulates alcohol consumption.
Among the main issues are:
The tax regime;
The likely impact on the embedded
black market, and
Anticipated environmental relief.
Advocates claim the AUMA would safeguard children, workers, small businesses
and local governments with explicit protective language.
Critics argue the initiative will fail to
prevent a monopoly from taking over, fall
well short of blunting the black market and
result in bankrupting the small-scale cottage growers cherished in Humboldt County, despite the cartel presence here.
On the tax front, subject to last minute
changes, the AUMA would authorize a 15
percent state excise levy, cumulative with
the states 7.5 percent sales tax; a cultivation duty of $9.25 per-dry-weight-ounce on
marijuana buds, and a counterpart charge
on leaves of $2.75 per-dry-weight-ounce.
Such specific figures appear to counter the representations made in 2015 by
the Steering Committee of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Marijuana Policy, led
by Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom
(Union April 10, 2015), which culminated
in the AUMA.
A tax that is too high may maintain or
boost the illicit market, posing a danger to
public safety and increasing illegal grows
that have a negative environmental impact, the commission advised. A tax that

is too low could contribute to a low price

that could lead to increased use. Given this
significant crossover and the likely possibility of unintended consequences, we believe it is imperative that drafters build as
much flexibility as possible into a legalization initiative.
Leafly, billed as the worlds largest cannabis website, contends in its online analyses that AUMAs main flaw is the high level
of taxes it levies on the regulated adult use
industry which, while lower than Washington States infamous levels, still threaten to
undermine reform by opening a wide price
gap between taxpaying providers and the
illicit market theyre supposed to compete
out of business.
Neither illicit dealers nor the states
medical program will have to pay what
Leafly calls hefty tax bills, so this tax
scheme runs the risk of creating perverse
incentive structures like those which led to
[the] debacle in Washington State, where
the states tax-exempt medical collective
gardens have been under attack by a state
bureaucracy hungry for its 25 percent excise taxes promised from the adult use
market. With tens of millions of dollars
at stake, the state had strong incentives to
target its tax-free competition, and unfortunately a similar situation could develop
in California.
There is a silver lining, though, the advocacy website points out. Fortunately,
[the] AUMA directs state boards to review
tax rates from time to time, and to consider
competition with illicit markets as one of
its prime factors. So if tax rates have been
set too high (as they probably are), there is
a straightforward way to fix the problem.
The rationale and the effectiveness of
the proposed $9.25/$2.75 rates will be argued intensively in the months ahead for
their impacts on Humboldts existing mari-

Parkers role has triggered grassroots

resentment of Silicon Valley in general
and of Parker himself as a cannabis carpetbagger. But there are also advocacy
groups which, unlike the trade association, are far less enthusiastic about the
AUMA initiative.
ReformCA.org, led by Mickey Martin, co-author of the handbook, Medical
Marijuana 101, speaks in part as a standard-bearer for small growers, like those
in Humboldt, who are fearful legalization will crush them as it empowers the
new recreational industry an outcome
ex-Humboldt County District Attorney
Paul Gallegos says is a decided possibility, perhaps an inevitable one.
Martin believes, in his words, One of
the biggest fears of those in the cannabis community is that they are going to
be left out of the new industry because
they will not be able to compete with big
money interests. They worry that the
new law will create a system that is too
burdensome for them to be a part of due
to heavy licensing fees and cumbersome
regulation.
There are also those pressing to make
an exception of sorts for already established cannabis businesses to ensure
some protection from larger interests.
The only answer is a truly level playing
field for all.
Martin has publicly declined to join
any official campaign for legalization,
whether for the AUMA or an alternative.
But he warns his allies that opposition
from within the cannabis movement is
also a major force to be reckoned with
as 2016 unfolds.

juana economy and the drugs illicit market

here and statewide.
For comparison, Humboldt County Undersheriff William Honsal says the black
market price of marijuana locally is about
$50 to $65 per ounce, or $800 to $1,000
a pound. That is regular marijuana, he
adds. Hybrid or boutique marijuana is
usually two times as much.
Assessing the future of the black market,
Humboldt County District Attorney Maggie Fleming is pessimistic, absent federal
relaxation. Legalization in California will
not end illegal cultivation and transport.
Until national legalization, marijuana will
continue to command high prices in other
states.
What is more, Fleming points out, Given the lack of access to the banking system,
the marijuana economy continues to be
cash-based.
On both scores, the proposed ballot
measure suffers from obvious flaws, in her
view. The proposed Adult Use of Marijuana Act cannot address national legalization
and does not address the banking issue.
Unfortunately, Fleming adds, it
seems that progress on marijuana-related
violent crime is likely to be slow.
Yet, equally true, she notes, The status
quo for marijuana cultivation is not good,
because it is causing environmental damage and increasing violent crime.
Guestimates of the industrys market
value in Humboldt County differ wildly,
owing to the unknowns about the black
market and its cash system, from $415 million to $4 billion annually. Few if any such
figures are considered more than approximations and none are definitive.
Fleming welcomes what she considers
the good environmental features of the
AUMA. The appropriate state agencies
(California Department of Fish and Wild-

life, State Water Resources Control Board)

would have key roles in licensing and
compliance monitoring of cultivators that
would include consideration of erosion
issues and cumulative effects on stream
flows, she stated.
Second, the initiative would create avenues to fund licensing and monitoring
efforts by those agencies through taxes
and fees, ideally enabling them to conduct, in Flemings words, well-informed,
site-specific evaluations for licensing and
extensive monitoring of both legal and
[her emphasis] illegal grows, and investigations that would facilitate successful
prosecution of those who violate environmental regulations.
Like Leafly, legalization proponent California NORML is not entirely enthusiastic
about the AUMA and it predicts litigation
right out of the box if the measure passes
(Prop. 19 fell in the 2010 the midterm elections with 53.5 percent of voters against).
The courts will have to fix legal glitches and
inconsistencies that stem from what Cal
NORML calls the initiatives extraordinary length and complexity.
In particular, conflicting provisions on
marijuana concentrates allow possession
of up to eight grams in one section but no
more than four in another. Such anomalies
should be expected with eventual revisions
to correct them, former Humboldt County
District Attorney Paul Gallegos said in a
telephone interview.
When people look for an end-all fix,
they will be disappointed, he commented,
adding, there will need to be adjustments
of the kind the Newsom panel underscored
in its analysis.
Under the AUMA, the Legislative Analysts Office would file a report by Jan. 1
2020, with recommendations to lawmakers to adjust tax rates as needed to achieve
the goals of undercutting illicit market
prices and discouraging use by persons
younger than 21 years of age.

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PUBLIC SAFETY
Have you seen
this fellow?
HUMboldt CoUnty
SHeRiffS offiCe

BLUE LAKE On Saturday,

Jan. 16 at approximately 4:40
p.m., a deputy from the Humboldt County Sheriffs Office was
conducting a vehicle investigation
on a vehicle located in the Blue
Lake Casino parking lot.
The deputy contacted the driver of the vehicle, who gave the
deputy a false name. The deputy determined the driver was
27-year-old Donavan Baltzley of
Eureka.
Baltzley has multiple felony
warrants out for his arrest and is
currently on probation. When the
deputy attempted to arrest him,
Baltzley broke free from the deputy and fled on foot. The deputy
searched the
area but was
unable to locate Baltzley.
A search of
Baltzleys vehicle produced
drug parapherDonavan
nalia and amBaltzley
munition. No
firearm was located in the vehicle
and it is believed that Baltzley is
possibly in possession of a firearm. An officer safety Be-On-TheLookout (BOLO) was issued.
Anyone with information for
the Sheriffs Office regarding this
case or related criminal activity
is encouraged to call the Sheriffs
Office at (707) 445-7251 or the
Sheriffs Office Crime Tip line at
(707) 268-2539.

Slouchabout slumgullions, knife flingers & weed dumpers

Thursday, January 7 12:34 p.m. A for meritorious achievement.
woman who dropped her credit card at a Val- 1:36 p.m. A yelling, shirtless man in dark
ley West supermarket next saw that some- pants, with a long beard and deadlocks exone had picked it up and gone on a shopping posed himself to children at Vinum Park,
frightening them. He was gone
spree at multiple Arcata locations.
3:02 p.m. When cannabis was
when police arrived.
taken away from a client at a transi2:13 p.m. A large tarp at the
tional home, where such things are
treeline of Carlson Park featured at
no-nohibited, there was trouble.
least two inhabitants and the usual
Kevin L. Hoover
3:32 p.m. Another child customorass of trash.
v ARCATA
dy exchange went awry, with the
3:48 p.m. A woman walking in upmom threatening to have her big
per Redwood Park/lower CommuPOLICE LOG
black boyfriend come and beat up
nity Forest encountered men with
the dad.
a target affixed to a tree right next to the trail
Friday, January 8 6:56 a.m. Valley the perfect spot to practice flinging knives.
Wests Red Roof Inn was robbed of $500 and She asked them if they thought this was such
guest deposits by a person in all black with a a good idea, but they returned the inquiry with
scarf over his face and sunglasses.
hostility. At this point, the lone woman realized
9:45 a.m. Someone called police from the she was starting to argue with rough men with
transit center to yammer on about people knives in the woods, and took her leave. When
with weapons who are freeloading and get- police arrived, the blade flingers were gone.
ting high.
8:03 p.m. A worried wife reported her hus2:29 p.m. A woman driving by her boy- band locked into Room 314 at a Plaza hotel,
friends Foster Avenue house saw a window talking to inanimate objects. She wanted posmashed and the door wide open. On going lice to check in on him.
inside, she and a friend found that everything 11:56 p.m. A man who had stolen two flasks
had been rummaged through.
o booze from a Uniontown supermarket ap4:26 p.m. A Ross Street residences window parently changed his mind and brought them
was smashed with a brick.
back.
5:45 p.m. Someone was bitten by a spider Monday, January 11 1:28 a.m. A man
on 16th Street and went into shock.
in Myrtle Court chose this hour to make a
7:14 p.m. A Beverly Way resident saw people loud mooing noise for an hour or so. This
in a maroon van dumping weed trimmings annoyed a neighbor, who wanted the bogus
in the street out front of his house. When he bovine bloviator silenced.
blocked the vehicle from leaving, one dumper 2:06 p.m. A J Street resident forgot to close
scampered but the other stayed and was ar- his garage door, and the next morning there
rested on a narcotics charge.
was $2,000 less stuff inside.
Saturday, January 9 2:41 p.m. A mo- 2:27 p.m. A driver parked on the street in
torist found a sweet, unoccupied parking front of what looked like a garden, but was a
space in the crowded downtown area right developed driveway surrounded by a fence
in front of the row of mailboxes in the 600 with a gate. The ticketed person wondered
block of H Street. Cited.
why such a place would be subject to park Sunday, January 10 9:05 a.m. Some- ing regulations, since no vehicular access had
one set up a tent at the Breakfast Club site been blocked.
at the marsh. This brought a citation, and not 6:15 p.m. After an insult directed at a former

U.S. Army Ranger in front of a drama-drenched

downtown donut shop, the affronted vet was
said to be headed home to get his cannon.
Tuesday, January 12 11:29 a.m. Police
received a report of a van parked on the Plaza
with a table and chairs set out, offering pregnancy care.
12:19 p.m. Reports from Courtyard Circle
described a man with a camera chasing another man, and the possible kidnapping of a
1-year-old from a residence.
12:36 p.m. Sure, let your Great Dane run
wild at the Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary it
has the Cute Dog Exemption. The migratory
waterfowl wont mind.
2:16 p.m. Slouchabout slumgullions stacked
up outside an H Street business amid a miasma of cig smoke and dogs, and had to be
dislodged.
Wednesday, January 13 1:33 a.m. A
customer at a Fourth Street market said that
he had placed $200 in cash next to his wallet,
which the clerk snatched up, put in the cash
register and refused to give back, stating that
all sales are final.
6:17 a.m. A woman said someone has been
coming into her home, doing things to her
food and her cats food, and it is making her
breath smell strange.
9:26 a.m. Someone left a backpack inside a
locked vehicle on 11th Street, the cars window
allowing access by photons forged in the fires
of the sun. Some of the photons in question
reflected off the pack and left the vehicle, only
to impact on the retina of a passing opportunivore. Ensuing optic nerve transmissions
delivered signals to the persons brainpan,
which processed the imagery and identified
an item of potential value. The central processing unit then sent a series of commands to
the amoral cretins musculoskeletal apparatus, overriding any negligible morality-based
inhibitions. Long story short, the owner came
out after 20 minutes to find a smashed window and a backpack stolen. Stupid photons.

Legalization proposition includes environmental buffers

Paul Mann
Mad RiveR Union

CALIFORNIA The pending Adult Use of Marijuana Act

(AUMA) calls for funding derived
from cannabis tax revenues to
finance and enforce new environmental regulations, which
would be promulgated over many
months, assuming the measure
passes in November.
If the act gains voter approval, 20 percent of retail sales and
the wholesale levy would be earmarked for environmental protection and restoration.
The initiatives language pledges to crack down on the illegal
use of water and punish bad actors while providing funds to restore lands that have been damaged by illegal marijuana grows.
The $26.5 million worth of
marijuana seized in the June 25,
2015 Island Mountain raid at the

conjunction of Humboldt, Trinity

and Mendocino Counties uncovered a 100,000 gallon water bladder and some 40 greenhouse-like
structures.
Under the AUMA, such violations would result in revoking
business licenses created by the
act, aimed at sidelining illegal operations.
An existing multiagency task
force, including the states Department of Fish and Wildlife
and the State Water Resources
Control Board, would expand its
enforcement actions to curb the
immense damage of large-scale
marijuana cultivation on water
consumption and quality and on
fish and wildlife.
A general permit would regulate the waste discharges that emanate from medical and commercial marijuana cultivation. The act
specifies a comprehensive list of

what the authorities should deal

with, including but not limited to:
Site development and maintenance, erosion control, and
drainage;
Stream crossing installations
and maintenance;
Riparian and wetland protection and management;
Soil disposal, water storage/
use and irrigation runoff;
Fertilizers, pesticides and
herbicides;
Petroleum products and other unspecified chemicals;
Cultivation-related waste, refuse and human waste, and
Cleanup, restoration, and
mitigation.
The overall budgetary effects of
the AUMA and the actual costs to
taxpayers of environmental protection and cleanup are subject
to many variables, as outlined in
December by the Legislative Ana-

Health | What does all that puffing do to you?

v FROM A4
its consumption is correlated with adverse
outcomes (e.g., high school drop-out, mental health disorders); however, it is often
hard to prove that marijuana use causes
those outcomes.
There is, on the other hand, he emphasizes, clear causal evidence linking
marijuana use to accidents, cognitive impairment during intoxication and anxiety
and panic attacks that sometimes lead to
emergency-room visits. Persistent heavy
users run the risk of becoming dependent
and also suffering from bronchitis. There
is also strong evidence linking heavy marijuana use with psychotic symptoms, cardiovascular disease and testicular cancer.
Kilmer is part of what appears to be a
growing, nationwide concern that much
remains to be learned about cannabis. We
know very little about the health consequences both harms and benefits of
the new marijuana products that are proliferating in places that have legalized them,
he says.
By some lights, that includes lack of information about regular medical marijuana use.
As a treatment, it is a relatively new phenomenon, the National Institute on Drug
Abuse cautions. For that reason, its effects
on people who are weakened because of

lyst Office in a report to the state

attorney general. The contingencies include the extent to which
Humboldt and other local governments choose to regulate and tax
commercial production on top of
state requirements. They have full
authority to do so.
Other unknowns include recreational consumption rates and,
the office points out, the extent
to which the U.S. Department of
Justice exercises its discretion to
enforce federal prohibitions on
marijuana activities otherwise
permitted by this measure. That
will be up for a decision Jan. 20,
2017, when a new president enters the Oval Office.
Whatever the total millions
that California ultimately invests
in rehabilitation, the White House
National Office of Drug Control
Policy is on record that, in its
words, recovering the land dam-

learned and understood about the health

consequences of cannabis consumption
age or illness are still relatively unknown. and that research is in its relative infancy.
Older people and those suffering from disToday, says the Brookings Institution, a
eases such as cancer or AIDS could be more leading national think tank, 23 states and
vulnerable to the drugs harmful effects. the District of Columbia allow the use of
Scientists need to conduct more research medical marijuana. Yet compared to othto determine if this is the case.
er drugs, we know relatively little about
If approved by voters this fall, the pro- the benefits and risks. Thus, as legalization
posed Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) expands, research on medical marijuana
would require safeguards for minors is critical. This research could also help
(strong warning labels, for example, and create more effective regulation of recretough restrictions
ational marijuana.
on advertising and
Since it has been
marketing) and allegal to buy marilocate $2 million
juana, emergency
each year to the Calroom doctors in
The Brookings Institution
ifornia Center for
Colorado have seen
Medicinal Cannabis
an increase in visResearch to conduct more studies of the its from people who have smoked or eaten
safety and rebarbative effects of medical too much marijuana. Two factors seem to
marijuana.
be behind this. First, this isnt your fathers
In parallel, $10 million per year would marijuana. Apparently, whats being grown
be authorized from 2018 through 2028 and sold today is much more potent than
for the states public universities to study what was sold to the baby boomers in their
and evaluate the AUMAs impacts. Find- college years. And second, the increased
ings would be published every two years, popularity of edibles, food such as brownevaluating the consequences for public ies or cookies that have marijuana cooked
health, the health costs of marijuana use into it, increases the time it takes to feel the
and whether recreational consumption is effects, causing many people simply to eat
resulting in an increase or decrease in the too much.
use of alcohol or other drugs.
But the necessary science cannot catch up
Those provisions reflect the widespread with the legalization bandwagon, Brookings
conviction that a lot more remains to be insists, until the federal designation of can-

This isnt your

fathers marijuana.

aged by illicit marijuana grows is

prohibitive, creating an additional burden to the public and tribal
land agency budgets. The judgment that the costs are prohibitive
is based on internal estimates the
White House garnered from the
National Park Service: full cleanup and restoration runs from almost $15,000 to $17,700 per acre.
These expenses are based on
the total costs comprising removal
and disposal of hazardous waste
(pesticides, fuels, fertilizers, batteries) and removal of camp facilities, irrigation hoses and garbage.
Full land restoration would include recontouring plant terraces,
large tent pads, cisterns and wells
and revegetating mammoth clearcut landscapes.
If the White House is correct,
full reclamation of land destroyed
by criminal grows is a distant reality, perhaps an unachievable one.

nabis as a Schedule One drug is demoted

to Schedule Two. Schedule Ones many
rules and regulations create a circular policy trap that hinders scientific research.
Compounding this problem, Brookings
advises, is the monopoly created by the U.S.
Drug Enforcement Administration, which
limits marijuana produced only for study
to a single source. A related problem is a
complex licensing matrix among the DEA,
the Food and Drug Administration and state
law, according to a Brookings analysis.
Like many other informed observers, the
think tank calls marijuanas current legal
environment bizarre. Each year, more
and more states are being added to the list
of those that allow medical marijuana. And
yet the drug is being approved without
enough science behind it.
The libertarian Cato Institute, a free market think tank, agrees that cannabis should
be descheduled, but on opposite grounds.
There is little if any scientific basis for
the federal prohibition, the institute asserts, and there is ample scientific and empirical evidence to rebut it. This evidence
includes safety data substantiated over
thousands of years of human use as well
as the conclusions of hundreds of modern
pre-clinical and clinical trials. In recent
years, scientists have assembled sufficient
evidence establishing that cannabis is objectively safe and that it possesses many
important therapeutic properties.

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M AD R IVER U NION

O PINION

J ANUARY 27, 2016

E
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News item: Eel River

Resource Recovery (ERRR)
steals away with Arcatas
only recycling center, which
it says was underutilized. The
drop-off yard was terminated with no notice to news
media or Arcata citizens who
might have helped keep it
open. At a subsequent Arcata City Council meeting,
during a sales pitch for a
lucrative waste-processing
contract, ERRR representatives trumpet the companys
commitment to the community and local employment,
and its exemplary outreach
efforts, making no mention
of the stealth shutdown.

I leave in April, but my PCT journey is already well underway

ve had so much stressy fun

over the past few weeks, setting
up the hike this April. The highs
and lows, tedium and exhilaration,
the plodding along and trying to remember to look up once in a while
are a bit like traversing the many
peaks and valleys of the Sierra.
The 1,726.6-mile hike will take
perhaps four months, which requires all kinds of planning. Unplugging (mostly) from your regular life for that long requires you
to address some things you could
otherwise put off like setting up
bill autopays, simplifying all your
passwords and getting a security
app and getting new glasses.
But the real planning challenge
is, of course, the hike. Theres replacing and updating equipment,
learning how to use it (thats the fun
part), training (also fun), getting
medical clearance, figuring out food
resupply, getting the right navigation and media apps, working out
the electronics and so much more.
I keep making lists, crossing things
off and then making more lists.
I love planning projects, as do
other PCT hikers now getting ready
for an April launch. Conquering
the known variables is part of the
fun. There are some things I simply wont know until Im on the
trail like how Ill handle the Mojave heat and Sierra altitude gain
and loss. Those unpredictables
will affect my rate of travel, which
in turn affects the cost.
How many zero days will I
need to spend in towns, to do resupply, laundry and various chores
one a week? Two? I just wont
know before I hit a stride. Layovers
can get costly, what with lodging
and indulgent restaurant meals.
My plan is to stick to the trail and

stay in hostels or cheap motels only

when necessary, because after all,
I could do that here. I do plan to
stop for a few days off trail at South
Lake Tahoe, where we spent
family getaways when I
was a kid. That being
after a 1,092 walk
over deserts and
mountains, a few
zeroes might be
justifiable at that
point.
Ive never set
up a charity hike
before, so its OJT.
Figuring out how
to properly solicit and
channel pledges and donations took some work, and audaciously asking people for support
isnt my comfort zone at all.
As with anything, fear of failure
can have a dampening effect if you
let it. Or you can boldly go, split
infinitives and accentuate the positives and hope that others find
value in it. Much to my relief, the
pledges and donations have come
first as a trickle, then a steady
wave. That and all the rain have
been enjoyable to have going on.
As of this writing Saturday,
Ive received $350 in donations
for trail expenses. That will help
offset the cost of the overall mission, which will be in the low four
figures no matter what.
The excellent new lightweight
equipment available today is simply amazing in its technology and
thought-outedness. Oddly, for
things like sleeping bags (Im actually taking a quilt and thermal
pad), tents and backpacks, you pay
more to get less and less weight.
Materials science has transformed
some of this gear, with tough but

lightweight items like Cuben fiber

and titanium cookwear.
But what really buoys me is the
$977.69 Ive received so far in permile pledges and flat sums
earmarked for charity.
That figure assumes
that Ill complete
the whole route,
so its seriously
motivating to
complete
the
hike (not everyone completes
their
planned
journey). With a
thousand dollars so
far, thats becoming
some serious help for the
Pacific Crest Trail Association,
Arcata Ridge Trail (Forest Fund)
and Union Labor Health Federation Childrens Dental Angel
Fund.
Even beyond that, the moral
support has been fantastic. Everyone is so encouraging and supportive. Ive heard from people I
havent had contact with for years.
Turns out theyve been quietly
reading my stuff all along, including the recent hike announcement.
It turns out that there are lots of
people locally who have hiked the
PCT as well as the John Muir Trail
(the two overlap in parts). They
want to meet, and we shall. Every
time I talk to an experienced PCT
hiker, I learn things. Especially
helpful and inspirational has been
my old friend Dirk Rabdau, former
Arcata Union sports editor. Hes
even sending me his bear canister.
Thanks to all the donors, sponsors and encouragers! See the increasingly readable ad on page B6
for more info.
It was also illuminating meet-

ing with Michael Kauffman, who

is helping establish the Bigfoot
Trail, The 360-mile Bigfoot Trail
also overlaps with the PCT in
spots, and links Crescent City with
the Klamath Mountains with parts
south. So maybe next year I can
hike the Bigfoot, or complete the
PCT by starting at Manning Park,
Canada, and ending in Ashland,
Ore. where this years hike ends.
So when does all this strenuousness begin? Probably April 22,
11-plus weeks from now. Im waiting for them to announce the date
of the annual kickoff event, which
I wish to attend.
But before that, on Thursday,
March 31, well have a special
event in the Plaza View Room.
Trails with Teeth will highlight
local trail, and progress and plans.
Speakers include Fifth District
Supervisor Mark Lovelace, reflecting on the history of the Sunny
Brae Tract since the days of SANA
(the Sunny Brae Neighborhood
Association) and the citizen buyout from Sierra-Pacific Industries.

Arcata Environmental Services

Director Mark Andre will give an
update on the ever-growing Arcata Ridge Trail.
Trailside Reader co-author
and Volunteer Trail Steward Rees
Hughes will talk about the Pacific
Crest Trail, so all ye local PCT hikers, this is the time to come hither!
I just thought of this last Friday, so it needs more development.
There will be other speakers, including a short explanation about
the Dental Angel Fund, which saves
poor kids mouths. Maybe well
have a panel discussion of trail talk.
Plus the usual noshing and vibrant
social interaction. It sounds like a
good time to have a silent auction
to raise funds for the charities. If
Im brave enough, I may even bring
my pack and PCT rig for more experienced hikers to shake down.
Oh by the way, we need someone to do my newspaper work
while Im gone. Call Jack or me
at the Union at (707) 826-7000
to inquire. Things are starting to
happen fast, so stay tuned!

KEVS PACIFIC CREST TRAIL HIKE 2016

Why: Volunteering, adventure, entertainment
When: April 22 to sometime in August, 2016
Route: Pacific Crest Trail from Campo, Calif. to Ashland, Ore.
Charities: Pacific Crest Trail Association, Arcata Ridge Trail,
Union Labor Health Federation Childrens Dental Angel Fund
How to support: Send pledges or donations
via the handy coupon on page B6.
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What: An evening of trail talk, social interaction among hikers
and trail fans, noshing and merriment.
When & Where: Thursday, March 31, 6 p.m.
at the Plaza View Room, 791 Eighth St., Arcata
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M AD R IVER U NION

A7

OPINION
Somethings amiss
Somethings amiss along U.S. Highway 101, just a short distance south of the
School Road exit in McKinleyville. During
the past six months or so, around 30 trees
have been cut down on the east side of the
highway. All of the trees appeared to be
healthy and were not that tall. They were
not leaning, their branches were not split
or falling off and, because they were a good
distance from the edge of the highway, they
were not a threat to vehicles or the road.
I carefully checked the Caltrans website,
and I did not see this tree removal project
listed anywhere. It seems to me that a project of this scale, which impacts the look of
our community and roadways, should be
listed on Caltrans website so the public
can express its concerns. Transparency is
compromised when projects like this are
carried out without public notice or the
chance for public comment.
What I have noticed, over the years,
is that Caltrans seems to have money to
cut down healthy trees and native plants,
but when it comes to controlling invasive
plants, they repeatedly tell the public there
is no money for that kind of work. The
agencys rights of way are heavily infested with English ivy, pampas grass, Scotch
broom, Spanish heath, cotoneaster, etc.
These plants are known to be highly invasive, yet little is being done to keep them
from spreading far and wide and causing irreparable harm to native plants communities in our open spaces and parklands. Even
in places where there are only a couple of

v LETTERS
Pampas grass or Scotch broom plants growing, and where they could easily be dug out
of the ground or pulled out with a weed
wrench, the plants are being left to grow
and spread. It is just a matter of time before the new infestations from these plants
crowd out the native plants. I was told that
Caltrans controls invasives through mowing activities. Unfortunately, the mowing
equipment exacerbates invasive plant infestations, because the equipment spreads
the seeds up and down our roadsides.
Years ago, Caltrans used herbicides to
control vegetation along our roadsides.
That program was discontinued after a settlement agreement with Californians for
Alternatives to Toxics (CATs). I imagine the
spraying program (which included the cost
of herbicides, equipment, training and application activities) was very labor intensive
and expensive. What happened to all of that
money? Why cant the funds from the spraying program be spent on some form of invasive plant control and removal programs?
It is sad to see what is happening to the
native plants and trees along our highways.
One area that is particularly hard to look
at, especially if you appreciate native trees,
is the area above Moonstone Beach on the
west side of U.S. Highway 101 by Westhaven. Now that the leaves are off of the alders,
it is easy to see how the trees are being completely engulfed in ivy. Its just a matter of
time before these infested trees fall over
during a heavy rain or high wind event. If

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Caltrans would bring in the inmate crews,

they could remove the ivy vines from the
trunks and save those beautiful trees.
A small stand of alder trees at the rest
stop on the west side of U.S. Highway 101,
just a couple miles north of Trinidad, are
suffering the same fate. Ivy vines are strangling the trees and blocking out sunlight.
I have asked Caltrans to please cut the ivy
vines away from the alders on their rest
stop property, to no avail. It would not take
long to liberate those trees from the ivy, but
not even something that simple is being
done to save those trees.
I hope by writing this article that Caltrans will do what it can to save the beautiful alder trees (and other native trees) that
are engulfed in English ivy on its properties. I hope, too, that Caltrans will do more
to control the spread of highly invasive
plants along our roadways that are damaging Californias native plant communities.
Kimberly Tays
Arcata

AHHA advancing
Last Tuesday night [Jan. 19] at the Eureka City Council meeting, we all took a big
step forward in the housing movement focused on houselessness in Eureka by resolving to Declare a Shelter Crisis. A resolution
first submitted by Linda Atkins at the Jan. 5
City Council meeting was gutted with a new
draft reintroduced by the city attorney. This
draft was thoroughly discussed and heavily
amended into the current Resolution to Declare a Shelter Crisis in the City of Eureka.

Based on Councilmember Atkins appropriate language amendments, supported

by Councilmembers Arroyo and Bergel, the
resolution passed. It was quite the meeting, and if you get an opportunity to watch
it on Public Access, it will show you how the
hard work of Affordable Homeless Housing
Alternatives, Inc. (AHHA) and all advocacy
groups and individuals within the community proved to be key in crafting a Shelter
Crisis resolution, a helpful tool for creating
pathways to safe, legal places for Eurekas
houseless to be. We are grateful to our City
Council and are heartened and encouraged
by their courage and integrity.
The AHHA Safe Parking and AHHA
Sanctuary Camping Proposals are being
honed to address the concerns of community and they will be a big part of our AHHA
General Assembly on Saturday, Feb. 6 from
11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Jefferson School.
These proposals will put us in position to
respond to the Eureka City RFP (request for
proposals) for operating these programs.
Please come join us and share your input.
Congratulations and Thank You to ALL!
Nezzie Wade, president
Board of Directors, Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives, Inc. (AHHA)

If you do nothing else, sign your

letter with a real name and include a city of origin, plus a
phone number (which wont
be published). Email letters to
opinion@madriverunion.com.

Hey thanks, but we can work out the pot thing ourselves
Note: the Arcata City Council last week approved a letter to Assemblymember Rob Bonta in support of AB 21.
According to a staff report, AB 21 reverses a provision
that pre-empts local governments from enacting cultivation regulations if they dont have them in effect as of
March 1, 2016. Below, the draft letter. Ed.
January 20, 2016
The Honorable Rob Bonta Member, California State Assembly State Capitol Room 6005 Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: Support for AB 21 (Bonta, Cooley, Jones-Sawyer,
Lackey, and Wood) Medical Marijuana Cultivation (as
amended January 4, 2016)
Dear Assembly Member Bonta:
On behalf of the City of Arcata, I am pleased to announce our support of Assembly Bill 21 (Bonta, Cooley,
Jones-Sawyer, Lackey and Wood).
This measure addresses the need to remove from statute a provision that would harm cities by pre-empting
them from enacting cultivation regulations if they do not

v LETTER OF THE WEEK

have such regulations in effect as of March 1, 2016. The
provision, Section 11362.777(c)(4) states:
If a city, county, or city and county does not have land
use regulations or ordinances regulating or prohibiting
the cultivation of marijuana, either expressly or otherwise
under principles of permissive zoning, or chooses not to
administer a conditional permit program pursuant to this
section, then commencing March 1, 2016, the division shall
be the sole licensing authority for medical marijuana cultivation applicants in that city, county, or city and county.
Although Arcata has existing land use regulations that
have governed the cultivation of medical marijuana for
many years, this provision is problematic and should not
have been included in the final version of last years Assembly Bill 243 (Wood), as it is inconsistent with other timelines
associated with implementing the regulatory framework,
namely launching the state cultivation licensing process.

Clattering, clamoring, kinetic kids batter

Bowl of Beans what would MLK do?

aba Jamal, the beloved sto- top of the bleachers continue their
ryteller who has been visiting yelling and banging.
schools, libraries, and other
A few parents (two mothers and
venues in Humboldt County since one father, to be exact) go over and
2006, is struggling.
extract their children from the melee.
Hes got a microphone but the
Where are the rest of the parents?
noise level in the Arcata Community Did they drop their kids off at the cenCenter is deafening.
ter, intending to pick them
The audience, seated at
up later? Are they working
tables after sharing a meal at
in the kitchen, not able to see
the annual Bowl of Beans, is
whats going on? Are they sitlistening.
ting and chatting with friends
JaninE
But the swarm of children
at the tables, supremely unVolkMar
isnt.
aware of how rude their chilThey are running, full tilt, vBOWL OF dren are being? Are they just
banging into chairs and tatired to cope?
SCREAMS tooOr,
bles, as they continue their
an even worse possirowdy game of tag thats been going bility, do they think its OK for their
on for more than an hour.
children to act like characters in
An elderly man stops, standing Where The Wild Things Are?
still in one spot, clearly nervous about
Baba Jamal finishes his story.
being knocked over.
From where Im sitting in the audiAnother group of small children is ence, I have been able to hear about
climbing up the wooden pirate ship one word out of three.
wall of folded up bleachers, jumping
A little boy sitting at the table bedown to the floor with loud thunks, hind me has obviously heard Baba
climbing up again, running the length Jamal before, as he enthusiastically
of the top of the bleachers, leaping responds to the storytellers promptover other children who are sitting ing of I go. I may, the boy calls
up there, happily banging their feet out, in the traditional African reagainst the boards.
sponse that Baba Jamal teaches chilAll these kids are yelling and dren wherever he performs. The boys
parents smile at his participation. I
screaming.
Baba Jamals microphone is no find myself wishing that they could
give parenting tips to the absent or
match for the cacophony.
As he does every year at Bowl of pretending-to-be absent parents.
Whats ironic is that the Bowl of
Beans, he invites children to come
up to the stage and say what qualities Beans is a fundraiser for two worthy
they think the Reverend Dr. Martin groups: the Arcata Recreation Youth
Luther King Jr. would ask them to Development Scholarship for the
live by. Children speak words such as Arts and Arcata Elementary School.
kindness, respect and courage Ive visited the school for articles Ive
written in the past and had the pleainto the microphone.
Meanwhile, the running kids con- sure of observing their wonderful
tinue their game and the kids on the music and dance classes.

Ive been a supporter of the event

for many years, buying tickets, raffle tickets, and T-shirts and urging
friends to meet me there.
When I asked a friend if she would
be going, she answered, No, too
many kids running around.
She was right.
The noise and running continued
through the performance by the Arcata Interfaith Gospel Youth Choir. It
abated somewhat when the childrens
dance troupe performed, possibly
because some of the noisy pack were
dancers. I dont know.
What I do know is that I wont be
back. The organizers work hard, the
food was delicious, the CCC, Watershed Stewards and Spark, and Americorps volunteers and other helpers
were energetic and awesome, but its
hard to see such rudeness to performers continue.
There was a kids coloring station
by the silent auction table, but given
the level of the rainy-night pent-up
energy of these children, a trampoline in a back room would have been
more helpful.
Was that your boy with dark hair
in a red shirt who slammed into my
chair? Was that your son in the black
and white shirt who ran, yelling, the
entire length of the top of the bleachers, in plain sight of your table? Was
that your daughter who climbed the
wooden wall and jumped down, over
and over?
Enough said.
The last time Janine Volkmar
wrote an article complaining about
a parents behavior at Trinidad
School, she received hate mail and a
public scolding from a teacher.

In addition, the above provision directly contradicts

the concept of local control, which for the city was an important theme of last years historic Medical Marijuana
Regulation and Safety Act. It also conflicts with a critical
component of AB 266, that of dual licensing. Dual licensing requires both state and local governments to authorize
medical marijuana business operations in any specific jurisdiction, and is modeled after the regulatory structure in
Colorado. Arcata currently has licensing in place for cultivation and dispensing and is considering expansion of the
cultivation and manufacturing license options.
Without this legislation removing the pre-emption provision, a number of cities throughout California will suffer
harm through the loss of their local regulatory authority
after March 1. The City of Arcata strongly desires to retain
the ability to decide the rules within its own borders and
supports this legislation.
Sincerely,
Paul Pitino
Mayor, City of Arcata

Rainy days

hese last two months

When I relocated to
of more rainy days Briceland in the 80s, where
than dry ones have the water supply was from a
brought on a pleasant nos- single spring on land owned
talgia in those of us old by David Katz, I began readenough to remember the ing and recording rain. The
old days.
late Al Puffer was doing
When I moved to a hydrological study for
Whitethorn in 1970, there NOAA and he handed out
was a drought on.
rain gauges and
The Mattole was
report forms for
dry and in August
volunteer rain rewe had no water
corders. I gave all
Mary E lla
at all. But then the
my records to the
andErson
rains came in SepHistorical Society,
tember and all was vINTERESTING but as I remember,
good again. At that
TIMES there were times
time, the rains
when I recorded as
usually commenced in much as four inches of rain
September. As I recall, the in a 24-hour period. Nothfirst, or perhaps it was the ing like they were getting
second, Summer Arts Fes- out in Honeydew, of course,
tival was held on a Labor where word was they meaDay weekend in September sured in feet, not inches.
and it was rained out.
I have had my rain gauge
Later, as the 70s pro- set up in the Lazy J Garden
gressed, I moved to an old for three years now. The
tourist resort on the Ave- first two years, the amounts
nue of the Giants, called at were meager. But these last
the time Astrinkyville, and two months I rise early, don
the rain was such as I had my rain gear and walk down
never experienced. I count- to read the rain. In Decemed 80 days of rain, some- ber I recorded a respecttimes pounding, sometimes able 15.3 inches. So far in
misting, and then came a January Ive measured 7.5
flood, with the South Fork inches. The vernal pond in
rising over the old highway the dog walk area between
and isolating us from both Mustang and the horse passides. Everyone, the Astrins ture behind the fire house is
and all their tenants, gath- bigger than ever and filled
ered to watch the swollen with happy Mallards. Feels
brown water roll by with its like old times.
load of logs and other debris. Beer was served and
Mary Ella Anderson
the two Franks got out their recommends getting close
pistols and used the bob- to nature. Go for a walk in
bing logs for target practice. the rain while you can.

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M AD R IVER U NION

Wing | Taking on Zodiac

From A1

Katelyn

tory, one of Arcatas major

employers during the first
half of the last century.
Another key component of the financial package was allowing Wing to
restructure its debt, according to Oetker. Wing
had a loan that required
that it maintain a certain
amount of cash on hand,
which restricted its ability to spend and expand.
Wing will continue to grow
and hopes to take more
market share from its
main competitor, Zodiac.
The French company used
to be the leader in the inflatable boat market, but
Wing is taking over.
Were
crushing
them, Dunaway said.
Wing, founded by Bill
Wing 20 years ago, makes
polyurethane rafts, along
with replacement tubes,
sponsons and foam collars
for rigid inflatable boats.
The company sells to consumers as well as government agencies. Among the
companys clients are the
U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy
and Coast Guard.
During last Fridays
ceremony, Arcata Mayor Paul Pitino told a story
about running into a Zodiac employee during a
summer vacation in Paris.
Pitino said he was staying
in a vacation rental with
a man who was working
long hours. He asked the
man about his work, and
the man said he worked for
Zodiac.
I said Zodiac, are they
like Wing? He said Wing,
thats our biggest competitor. Theyre scary.
And I said Theyre scary?
Theyre in Arcata. Its
like tiny. Its not Paris.
Pitino said that the conversation made him appreciate the local company.
Dunaway attributed the
companys success to the
quality of its products as
well as the contributions
from its employees.

ebrated Friday, Jan. 22

at the companys sprawling factory located at the
west end of Fifth Street
near Samoa Boulevard.
Local politicians and other
dignitaries were on hand
to present Wing with an
oversized check for $2.8
million, which is actually
the total amount of a grant
given to the City of Arcata by the California Department of Housing and
Community Development.
Of that amount, about
$150,000 went towards
fees and other expenses
related to the financing
package. The remaining
$2.65 million goes to Wing
in the form of a three percent loan payable over 20
years. That money will
be paid back to the City
of Arcata, which will receive quarterly payments
of $54,959, or $219,836 a
year, for the next 20 years,
according to Arcata Community Development Director Larry Oetker. That
money can then be used by
the city for other economic
development projects and
business loans.
The low-interest loan
will be used by Wing to refinance debt, expand its operations at the site and hire
more employees. Under
the expansion plan, which
is already underway, the
company will hire about 77
additional employees.
Wing Chief Operating
Officer Mike Dunaway said
that some of those hirings
have already taken place.
The company now has 153
full-time employees and
will have a total of 190 to
200 employees in the coming months. Most of the entry level jobs pay about $11
to $14 an hour, but there
are also higher-paying administrative positions.
The company will expand into nearby space in
an area that once housed
the California Barrel Fac-

support

LONG ROAD Wilcox, above, will bike across the United States this summer to raise funds for young adult cancer patients. The route, inset, will take her from Baltimore to Seattle.
Photo courtesy Katelyn Wilcox
Katelyn Wilcox
Team SeaTTle

McKINLEYVILLE This summer,

McKinleville native Katelyn Wilcox
will ride her bike from Baltimore to
Seattle, raising money for the Ulman
Cancer Fund (UCF) for young adults.
She will visit cancer patients across
the country as well.
Why a cancer foundation specifically for young adults?
Every year, almost 70,000 young
adults in the United States are diagnosed with cancer. Young adults are
eight times more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than are children
14 and younger. Despite continual
improvements in cancer treatments,
the rate of survival for young adults
has not improved.
Created by a college-age cancer
survivor, UCF is a nonprofit organi-

zation committed to helping young

adults across the country beat these
odds. We change lives by creating
a community of support for young
adults, and their loved ones, impacted by cancer, states the UCF Mission
Statement.
Wilcox is part of a bike-riding fundraiser called 4K for Cancer to raise
funds for the UCF. This spring, she is
fundraising and collecting donations
for the UCF, and this summer, she
and a team of 30 will cycle across the
country visiting cancer patients, delivering chemo care packages and presenting scholarships to young adults.
Wilcox was inspired to pedal thousands of miles across America and
raise funds for young adults when she
lost one of her best friends, Camilla
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have historically taken a conservative fiscal approach to

their own salaries and have removed benefits like longevity pay.
I think that this board as well as previous versions
have always been very modest about the approach toward
compensation, he continued.
Supervisor Estelle Fennell said that the raise is pretty
minimal compared to the work that we put in.
She also highlighted travel expenses, which are only reimbursed in the case of out-of-county travel.
You might, for instance, assume that the 140 miles I

drive every day is paid for by the county but its not, she
said. And those are the kinds of things that take quite a
chunk out of your paycheck when you do this job.
The pay raise item is less controversial than it has been
in the past, and only one resident spoke about it during a
public comment session.
The supervisors pay deal differs from the employees
agreement in one aspect supervisors wont get the $1,500
one-time payment employees are getting to help ease the
initial cost of the retirement contribution increase. Supervisors unanimously voted to direct county staff to bring
back the ordinance for approval.
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Humboldt County to help reach her
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percent of the funds she raises will
specifically benefit programs such
as the UCF Navigation program, in
which trained advocates help young
adults balance insurance, medication,
and appointments with life events
such as college. Donations help pay
for transporting a patient to a doctors
appointment, or keeping a patients
lights and power on during treatment.
If you would like to show your
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Janine Volkmar
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ARCATA Marisa Kieselhorst spent a

year painting a magnolia in her yard, once every month. Her watercolor documentation of
the tree's changes are
hanging through February in a magnificent
show at The Sanctuary, 13th & J streets in
Arcata (see sidebar).
The paintings are
arranged in chronological order around
the light-filled space.
The scale and perspective is never the
same, making the
show kaleidoscopic and
enticing to view.
Kieselhorst included an
actual branch from the tree in
the show. Paper leaves with
written comments and wishes hang from its stems in the
gallery.
A PAIR OF TEACHERS marisa Kieselhorst, right, spent
a year painting her magnolia tree. Above, one of the 12
paintings currently on exhibit at
The Sanctuary.
Kieselhorst photo By JV | Union

Kieselhorst asks the

wise question on her website: Who or what can be
your teacher?
Its clear that the magnolia
was hers for the year.
I was excited to capture the
mood, weather, blooms and overall atmosphere as each month held
something special and new. It was
a challenging, soulful, and incredible lesson for my year, she wrote.
Kieselhorst has studied watercolor with Alan Sanborn, as so
many local artists have. But her
style is all her own. She has a series
of gem-inspired feathers on display
at The Philosopher's Stone in Eureka
and her cards are available at Plaza. She
describes her work as in the moment
and does a combination of en plein air
painting and studio work in her home.
Shes married to another artist, Chris
Kieselhorst. I married an artist and
master of metal and wood in 2013 and we
encourage creativity for life that is both
practical and beautiful, she wrote.
The two often collaborate on the design
of larger metal and wood pieces and are supportive of each others process.
Its been pretty impressive to see the
commitment and devotion to the project

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RIGHT OUT OF A WES ANDERSON FILm mia Bella cupcakery, above, opened Friday, Jan. 22 and was
immediately inundated by a horde of delighted
children and adults. Cupcakerista Bonnie DeBord,
below, will be serving up such cupcakes as vegan
chocolate, peanut butter cup and mocha at 1041 H
St. in Arcata every day except mondays. The Arcata Chamber of Commerce invites all to attend mia
Bellas official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 1 p.m. miabellacakes.com JCB | Union

she had, Chris Kieselhorst said.

Marisa Kieselhorst was born in January and
the choice of a calendar year artwork comes
naturally to her, as a Capricorn. January is
always a good time to start a project, she said.
She will be doing another seasonal documentation, this time based on the farm-to-table garden of the owner of Folie Douce. Shell
paint there once a month and said, You are
seeing what you are eating. That show will
open in January 2017.
Upcoming shows for this hardworking and
prolific artist include two at Plaza, in July and
August this year and January and February
2017.
Visit mykindesigns.com to read her long
and beautiful essay, A Year with the Magnolia, and to see her other artworks and
writings.
Here is a part of that essay, written about
the autumn and the magnolia:
Weve journeyed together for almost a complete year, only a few more months to go and
I begin to dread the completion ... I visit the
tree, the grey sky and dew surrounding us as if
in a dream. I pluck a mature seed pod from the
tree and marvel at it. Its so strange and almost
mismatched to what the tree has given life to
for all the months prior. It curves perfectly into
my palm and once again, I feel the excitement
and vibration of inner wisdom.
Marisa and the magnolia. A pair of teachers.

at the sanctuary The Sanctuary currently hosts exhibitions by artists Marisa Kieselhorst and Sierra Martin. Both
local to the area, Kieselhorst and
Martins exhibitions feature vibrantly colored paintings. In the
meeting room, Kieselhorst exhibits a suite of 12 paintings depicting one year in the life of her
beloved magnolia tree. These
delicate watercolors record the
subtle changes as the magnolia
transforms with the seasons. In
the main hall, Martin exhibits
his colorful pure abstract paintings. Using simple shapes and
planes to break up each image,
Martin focuses his energy (and
your eyes) on the richness of color and pure form. The exhibition
will be on view through January
and February during the Sanctuary's open lab hours, during
events, and by appointment.
Open lab hours are Wednesday
noon to 7 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. The Sanctuary is located at 1301 J St. in Arcata.

My Will Distilled
(after Shakespeare)

They flee from me that sometime did me seek.

Thomas Wyatt, 1502-1542
Gathering winters harrow my brow,
dig trenches there, bury my marrow too.
Im but few years shy of three-score and ten:
my time is near its terminus.
Nature calls me to be gone,
for summer long since has fled
decidedly, my sap is chilled with frost.
Likewise, my face is over-snowed,
my lips bloodless, rimed and dulled.
Worms, of course, are poised to be my heirs.
Rest assured,
my vanishing will not water a widows eye,
or make scions sad of them I have none.
Into the desert wastes of time I head,
thirsting, ungirded, unannealed.
My youth is turned to remorseless night;
day draws out my sorrows,
old sneakthief Death makes grief seem stronger.
Im lamed of course by Fortunes wheel,
which drove me here and there,
rolled me smugly down the paths of folly,
spun my thoughts upside down,
left me blanked and bruised.
No point troubling with prayer a heedless heaven,
which heals no wound,
diverts no ones rush to dogged oblivion.
As for epitaph, well,
I willingly confess before I go
what you always knew,
but did not disclose:
I was not, could not, be thine,
for neither me nor I was ever mine.
Paul Mann

GOUDINI GALLERY A traveling exhibition featuring art,

video and oral histories from the perspective of California Indian Tribes of the Klamath River Basin comes to
Humboldt State Universitys Goudini Gallery from Jan.
28 through Feb. 20. The exhibit was developed and curated by Brittani Orona, an enrolled member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe. Through the exhibit, Orona explores the
cultural importance of the Klamath River Basin, the detrimental effects of the PacifiCorp dams to Native culture,
the combined efforts of all three tribes to remove the
dams to protect their cultural heritage, and continuing
concerns about the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement of 2010. Works include Hope and Renewal Swim
Against the Current, above, by Lyn Risling (Karuk/Yurok/
Hupa). A closing reception will be held on Friday, Feb.
19 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The gallery is located on the first
floor of HSUs Behavioral Sciences building and is open
weekdays at noon and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Admission is free. (707) 826-5814, rbg@humboldt.edu

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A good way to kill time on the long march to death

ve turned into a horrible hacking Glaswegian old lady,

coughing and cackling as I shuffle and drag my shopping down the filthy streets of Arcata. The inevitable
January cold has settled ineluctably into my lungs, and my
late nights shower renderings of Rosemary Clooney sound
more like Janis Joplin.
Also I peed in poison oak. Im afflicted
like a biblical character, one of the good
Jewish ones you feel sorry for. I went to a
show last night and a fat lady stepped on
Jada
my foot. My dating life is like a pile of IRS
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a facial so my complexion is glowing, and there is always
comforting cooking, which aside from the horrible steam
burn I got this morning is an endless source of dependable
emotional sustenance. My friend Josh bakes when he gets
depressed, which judging by the regular piles of hot cookies
is almost all the time.
I shop and cook. Its a good way to kill time on the long
march to death. Also, its a good way to make your kitchen
warm and smell good on these chill nights, and what with
this lung-cold I am in the mood for all sorts of spicy, garlicky soups and Asian-inspired sauces.
This is the only time of year I actually crave kimchi,
which my brother and father make in big earthenware pots,
and I get to make one of the only Spanish foods I like, 40

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clove garlic soup. I love that soup. You actually have to peel
the garlic, Ive found that in such large quantities that prepeeled garlic gives a funny processed taste, but if youre not
in a rush its actually quite meditative. Plus its vegetarian
so you dont have to use your precious chicken stock, and
theres no dairy to interfere with sinus issues.
I can give the recipe anecdotally because its so easy and
slipshod. Put on some dank tunes and sit at your kitchen
table with two heads of garlic, a chefs knife, and two bowls,
one for the peeled garlic and one for the peel refuse. Separate the cloves, bash each one with the flat of the knife and
peel. Put refuse and cloves in appropriate bowls. Once 40
cloves have been peeled, dump on cutting board and finely
mince. This takes a few minutes.
Heat up cup olive oil over medium heat in a heavy-bottomed pot like an enameled dutch oven not to smoking
point and dump in minced garlic. Stir till very fragrant,
four to five minutes. Add two teaspoons red chile pepper
flakes and one teaspoon salt. Add one-and-a-half quarts of
water, or stock if you want it more complex. Simmer 20
minutes. Taste for seasoning adjustment. Just before serving, drop in one egg per serving and let poach four minutes.
Serve with fresh black pepper and toasted bread drizzled
with olive oil.
If that garlickly elixer of life isnt potent enough, Ive got
a super potent raw garlic and ginger sauce that will blow
your face off and is good on any protein, in small quantities. Itll wake your head up. No hot dates for a day or two
after this one, unless theyre understanding people.

Sci Fi Pint and Pizza night Enjoy the

Star Odyssey (1979) and other psychotronic weirdness, trailers, short films and
strange giveaways today, Jan. 27 at Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. This silly
Italian film, one of many released to capitalize on the success of Star Wars, takes
place on Earth in the year 2312, when the
planet is sold to an evil despot, and it is
up to the kindly Professor Maury and his
ragtag band of human and robot friends to
reclaim the planet from the cyborg army.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and the main feature
starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free with
$5 minimum purchase of food or beverage.
Parental guidance is suggested.

out oF egyPt Linda Stansberry speaks

with Reeham Ramadan and Karin Marr on
Thursday, Jan 28 on KHSUs Thursday
Night Talk. In 2015, Marr campaigned to
help her friend Ramadan get safely out of
Egypt, where political unrest had impeded her education. Now safely in Humboldt
County, Ramadan and Marr talk about
friendship across borders, the U.S. Visa
process and the role of education in empowering women. Tune into KHSU-FM
90.5/khsu.org beginning at 7 p.m.

VENUE

THURSDAY, JAN. 28

caLendar

HUMBOLDT The Morris Graves

Museum of Art (MCMA) is asking artists to donate 5-inch by 7-inch (or 7-inch
by 5-inch) works in any media be they
paintings, drawings, tiles, sculpture,
fabric or mixed media for a fundraiser to support the MGMA and Youth Art
Education Programs. The Humboldt
Arts Council (HAC) supplies a 5-inch
by 7-inch panel (or artists can use their
own mount) which will keep costs low.
Works in any media that fit the dimensions are welcome. Jewelers, are
reminded that they can mount their
work on the board! Following the April
11 deadline, all the artwork will be displayed in the Anderson Gallery at the
MGMA, forming a gorgeous, multicolor, multidimensional grid of hundreds
of works. The exhibition will run from
May 7 to 22. The 5x7 Art Splurge will
begin on May 7 during Arts Alive! from
6 to 9 p.m.
The artwork will be hung anonymously and patrons wont know whose
work they will be picking. To level the
playing field, all work will be displayed
anonymously in order for supporters to
purchase works for pure pleasure. Of
course, artists will identify themselves
on the back of each work.
Thirty first-pick tickets will be sold
at $50 each prior to the splurge on a
first-come, first-serve basis. After the
30 first-pick ticket holders have chosen
their pieces to buy, the artwork is available to all for just $100/$75 for current
HAC members another great reason
to become a member today!
For information or to request a panel,
contact the MGMA at (707) 442-0278,
ext. 205 or jemima@humboldtarts.org.

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1036 G St., Arcata

jaPaneSe garden deSign The Eureka

Chapter of the American Rhododendron
Society meets Thursday, Jan. 28 at 7
p.m. at The Eureka Womans Club, 1531 J
St. Paula Trinowskeys program, Japanese
Garden Design, will feature photographs
taken by her husband during a number
of trips to Japan. There will be time for
questions. Don Wallace will provide descriptions and photos of the rhododendron
plants that will be available through the
opportunity drawing, and someone goes
home with the rhody offered as the door
prize. The public is welcome; there is no
fee. Refreshments are provided. (707) 4431291

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lighthearted, convivial social event and opportunity to dance at the Humboldt Swiss
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Sunday afternoon, Jan. 31 from 1 to
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101 Taylor Way in Blue Lake, holds its fifth
annual Chili Cook-off Saturday, Jan. 30
from 2 to 5 p.m., with music by The Undercovers. Your $10 entry fee gets you chili
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Grange, 2297 Jacoby Creek Rd., on Sunday, Jan. 31 from 8 a.m. to noon. This
quarters gourmet breakfast features sourdough multi-grain pancakes, chicken apple sausage, scrambled eggs, scrambled
tofu, yogurt, fruit of the season, organic
coffee, teas, milk, orange juice, hot chocolate and Mad River Farm jams and local
sauces, plus live music by the HSU Academy Fiddlers and Flute Choir and Sam McNeill. There are mimosas for sale at this
breakfast, so bring your ID! Breakfast is
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room HU 110. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Bailey will read from her new book Black
Five, a young adult paranormal romance
novel set in the fictional town of Mason,
inspired by Ferndale, and follow with a
question-and-answer session. The reading is free and open to the public. Bailey,
who has been working at CR since the age
of 18, is the first visiting writer this year in
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the Iowa method of teaching poetry, has poetry event promoters in the Bay Area
changed the way he teaches to more effec- put up hand-drawn posters, usually resultHUMBOLDT In our continuing series tively reach the younger generations of stu- ing in little boost to meager attendance.
on local poets you should know, the Union dents. Holper believes that poetry is meant Today, Holper notes, a well-known tradibrings you an interview with College of the to be spoken out loud, and encourages his tional poet who has a print run of 20,000
Redwoods poetry professor David Holper. students to do exactly that to publicly books (which is a lot of books) barely holds
I began by asking Holpperform their poems.
a candle to poet R.M. Drake, who recently
er what might seem to be
I grew up where there sold 100,000 copies of his poetry book to a
a simple question: What
was a really big dichotomy million followers on Instagram. Typically,
makes great poetry?
between writing poetry and when [Drake] posts a poem he gets 50,000
That is a complex quesspoken poetry, he elabo- responses to it, that is an amazing reach as
tion, Holper replied, but
rated. I grew up in the Bay a poet in this society, said Holper. I dont
on a simple level, its a stirArea, I think I was really even care that hes doing mediocre work, I
ring of emotions within us.
drawn to the beat poets and just think its great poetry is getting out to
Something that taps into that
to poetry performance, so I society in new ways that it didnt do before.
part of us that lives under
really like poetry to be said
The nitty-gritty of technique
the surface just waiting to be
aloud, to be performed, but
Holper draws inpiration from the works
awoken. And it comes from
as an academic, I also dwell of other poets. I think it was reading othdetails, or sound, or voice.
in the world of a page.
er peoples poetry to see what they were
Theres an immediate
Holper now passes on that doing in end-jamming lines, or using line
David Holper
recognition, Holper said,
love of the spoken word to breaks to create new meanings, I became
When its just kind of dead on the page the younger generation of students. Every really curious to try that myself, he said.
or dead through performance, you can see class now that I teach in poetry opens with
In his early career, the editor of a poetthe difference between whats powerful an open mic, he said. Whatever they write. ry journal advised him on how to better use
and whats not.
I dont care what it is. Something that they punctuation and line breaks to create even
Holper works to pass on what might want to perform. They have to get up in front more interesting, unexpected, meanings
seem like an intuitive skill to his students. of the class, stand up, and perform it. At the by arranging the words in such a way that
When I train student editors for the liter- end of the semester, his students give a pub- the line breaks create new meanings on the
ary journal for College of the Redwoods, I lic performance of the best poems theyve page, a lesson Holper took to heart. Im dojust tell them, if you read it and it doesnt do written during the semester at the Morris ing a lot of that, he said. I want to play with
anything for you, just pass it by, youre just Graves Museum of Art in Eureka.
the space on the page. I want, in my own polooking for the things that really speak to
Holper serves as a judge for Poetry Out etry, to explore things that I want to try out.
you on some level. I think poet laureate Billy Loud, a national poetry performance com- I want to try new things all the time.
Collins, in an interview a few years ago, said petition for high school students. First,
Holper cited his own poem, Fiction Lesthat Poetry was the emotional history of the they have to learn really good poetry, and sons, as an example of how to effectively
human race. And I think thats a keen ob- then how best to give voice to it. (More utilize end-jamming and line breaks to
servation. Its simple in a certain way, but it about Poetry Out Loud can be found at po- create a new interesting self-sufficient line
is, its the emotional history of our species. etryoutloud.org.)
in between the two sentences, providing
Theres also a personal connection. I
Holper himself uses public performance additional meaning emphasizing the polike a poet to find a way to articulate some- to discern the quality of his own work. I ems overall message:
This is the way you learn
thing Ive sensed or intuited or thought had the crowd, he said of one performance.
to tell a story. You must see
myself, but Ive never put to words before. You could feel it. Theres a palpable feeling
the man in the porcupine hat as he
Or, give me a new insight into something in the room when you have the crowd ver
shuffles in his cheap shoes
that I saw, that I kind of maybe sensed, but sus when you dont, and when the crowd in
I have never (really given voice to).
the room is electrified by what youre doing See, said Holper, I want to create new
I love poems that take something thats and when theyre not. And if you know how meanings by rearranging stuff on the page.
rather ordinary and make it extraordinary. I the poem is to be performed and the audiOn the ongoing allure of poetry, Holpthink thats really the poets job. And thats ence gets it, and you know they get it while er concludes, Once you learn what poetry
when a poem is really great, when whats or- youre doing it, its like riding a wave, a per- can do in speaking to that level of emotion,
dinary, that what we observe daily, becomes fect wave, and thats a great experience.
whether youre a reader of poetry, or a
extraordinary, and the poet is able to take An old form meets new technologies writer of poetry, a performer of poetry, you
that and show us what is extraordinary in it.
Holper recently began posting his poetry want to go back there. There are things that
Poetry as a dangerous act
to Instagram. He enjoys the instant feed- need to be said, that cant be said in other
Both traditional verse, and in par- back, which allows him to share his poetry ways. It speaks to something much deepticular, slam poetry, may often use that and to polish and edit his work. Its an in- er, something that needs to be given voice.
same emotional response to spur a call teresting era that we live in, because there And what that thing is, I think its sort of
to collective social action. I always tell are just so many different kinds of venues nameless. You can call it a soul, or you can
my students that they should read Platos for poetry to exist, he said. You have the call it an itch. I call it an itch sometimes,
Republic because in there he has a section web, you have video, you have poetry slams. an itch to speak, an itch to voice something
on the poets, and he says theyre the most
Holper harkens back to the 1960s, when that cant otherwise be voiced.
dangerous, theyre the revolutionaries,
theyre the ones that speak truth to whats
happening in society, and theyre dangerous, and we cant have them in this perfect If someone passes you a wavering candle flame in the darkness, remember
society were building, Holper said.
not to horde it, hiding the saffron warmth of the flames
So I always tell the poets that I teach, greedily to your chest where no one can see it.
youre the rebels, youre the ones who want As foolish as it may seem, you must pass on this lambent flame to others,
to really speak the truth to whats in our others who will in turn do the same, so somewhere,
society, and thats a dangerous thing in a someone whom you will likely never see or meet,
society like we live in, because there are so a frail figure huddled shivering in the darkness, forgotten, alone
many lies, and theres so much deceit and will awaken from their nightmare into the flame of hope. It is this simple act
fraud about how we live our lives, that to of giving away what was never meant to be kept, you free
speak the truth in an environment like this yourself and that flame ignites other flames,
is a dangerous act.
driving back the darkness one brilliant ray of love at a time.
Poetry out loud
Over the years, Holper, schooled in
David Holper
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choir will have the weekly practices getting familiar with the musical selections,
members listening and singing with the
practice CDs on their own, perfecting their
parts, getting the lyrics down pat, working
with the instrumentalists, bringing a cluster of individuals into a unified performing group, ready for that concert in Azalea
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If that kind of musical dedication and
camaraderie appeal, then consider this
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There is also an important place for
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call Choir Director Robert Keiber at (707)
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Much ado in the seaside village

he Bureau of Land Man- idad Civic Club in the Club Room

agement (BLM), together in Town Hall. She will speak on
with Trinidad Museum So- Keeping Safe in Trinidad. Penne
ciety, holds an Open House at the OGara will introduce Deputy Wil1871 Trinidad Head Lighthouse cox at 11 a.m. Guests and visitors
on Sunday, Jan. 31 from 11 a.m. are welcome.
to 2 p.m. Julie Clark of BLM will
The business meeting, with
portray Mrs. Harrington, wife Donna Haddock and Liz Thatcher
of lighthouse keeper Fred Har- presiding, begins at 10 a.m. Lena
rington from 1888-1916. Museum Macy and Joan Baker host.
docents will share historic photoTrinidad to Clam Beach Run
graphs and narrative about lightThe Greater Trinidad Chamhouse history.
ber of Commerce sponsors the
Park at Trinidad State
annual Trinidad to Clam
Beach area and walk up
Beach Run Honoring
to lighthouse, as there is
Ford Hess on Saturday,
no vehicular access. Call
Feb. 6. Registration fee
interpretive
Specialist
is $35 and includes a
P atti
FleSchner
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tion.
to register before Feb. 4.
Lions Club breakfast
Register in person at the
Trinidad Lions Club
Red Lion Inn on Friday,
serves its first breakfast of the year Feb. 5 from 4 to 7 p.m. or on race
at Trinidad School on Sunday, day starting at 10:30 a.m. at Town
Jan. 31 from 8 to 11 a.m. Choose Hall. Buses will take runners from
between pancakes and eggs with Town Hall to the start line; dont
ham or sausage or a biscuits and be late or youll miss the starting
gravy breakfast with eggs; juice gun. Buses will also return runand drinks are included. Break- ners from the end of the race back
fast is $6/$3 for children.
to Town Hall.
Paperback
and
hardback
No dogs or strollers in the race,
books, including children's books, please. Children under age 12
are on sale each month, all for 25 must be accompanied by an adult.
to 50 cents. Donations of paper- An awards ceremony will take
back novels always appreciated.
place at Trinidad Town Hall afKeeping Safe in Trinidad
ter the races. Race Director MarDeputy Sheriff Pam Wilcox ion Strong says race results will
will be the guest speaker at the be posted at racecenter.com and
Thursday, Feb. 4 meeting of Trin- trinidadtoclambeach.com. Call

TIDINGS

SHARING WORKLOAD The Northern California Association of Nonprofits invites the public to Februarys Board
Leadership Roundtable with Byrd Lochtie. This event,
which is geared toward board members and those who
work with them, is on Monday, Feb. 1 from noon to 1:30
p.m. at Humboldt Area Foundation, 363 Indianola Rd.
in Bayside. This months topic is Sharing Workload and
Engaging Community Through Committees. Nonprofit
boards, especially in small organizations, must on committees to get the work done. Learn which committees your
board should have, how they should operate and when
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TRINIDAD HeAD CIRCA 1970S Thomas T. Allan III was a United States Coast Guard lighthouse keeper
in the 1970s. His son, Tom Allan and his family have shared this aerial view of the town as it looked
when the Allan family lived in the USCG keepers quarters, which replaced the 1871 redwood duplex torn down in 1961. The lighthouse to the left of the quarters, the water tank, the bell house and
even the 1913 granite cross atop Trinidad Head are visible. The USCG quarters were torn down in
the early part of this century but the other structures remain.
Photo Courtesy of thomas t. allan III
the chamber at (707) 677-1610
and leave a message for more info.
Ladies Art Salons
with Donna Haddock
Inner Center Fine Arts Institute co-founder Donna Haddock
will lead four Friday Fine Arts Salons from Feb. 5 to 26, all from 10
to 11:30 a.m.
Seeking Inspiration, Intuition in Fine Arts, The Need to
Create and The Visual and Musical in Fine Arts are the subjects.
There is a $10 suggested donation
for each salon. Light refreshments
are provided. Seating is limited so
reservations are important; call
(707) 496-5350 for information
and class locations.
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black and white Pit Bull crosses. Each one has his or her own
charms Hugo has a tail that wags
the whole dog, Sasha is a petite female who just wants someone to cuddle up with, Cody would love to have a
doggy playmate, Jellybean is an adorable 2-month-old puppy and the list
goes on.
One of my favorite dogs at the
shelter right now is Cholo. Cholo is
about 5 years old. He was my assistant during our recent volunteer orientations and did an excellent job!
Cholo must have been someones special dog once; he has some excellent
manners and knows sit, down and
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He has a lovely dark brindle coat from

the Dutch Shepherd side and a big
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Sirius was quite shy in the shelter,
but has proven to be a very affectionate and friendly dog outside. He is a
little bit cross-eyed and that may have
given him a suspicious look when he
was initially evaluated, though now
we know that isnt the case.
Sirius is young and still learning his manners and would do best
with someone prepared to
do some training with
a new dog. He has
already met with the
trainer that we use
and she has a training plan going for
him, which we hope
will continue when
he finds his forever
home. The trainer
felt that he was very
trainable and very
adoptable.
Sirius is also a very
dog-friendly dog and
would be fine in a home
with another dog. To
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Cholo came into the shelter with a

cherry eye, a somewhat unattractive,
but not serious condition on his left
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More information is available at (707) 840-9132.
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Wash off soapsuds
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between two English and Spanish
naval captains, representing rival
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Northwestern territories of North
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OLLI class at Trinidad Library on
Wednesday, Feb. 10 from 5 to 7
p.m.
The Rohdes will discuss how
the legacy of local Indian tribes
was partially preserved by the collaboration between tribal elders
and dedicated ethnographers.
Call OLLI at (707) 826-5880 to
register. Cost is $55/$30 for
OLLI members.
Mark your calendar for an Introduction to Twelfth Night with
instructor Tom Gage on Sunday,
March 13 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Its a one-day course on William
Shakespeare's zany comedy. The
class fee is $65/$40 for OLLI
members. Dr. Gage also will lead
a trip to Ashland, Ore. to attend
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peacefully at home in
Arcata on the first day
of Mercury retrograde, fully
supported and not alone. He
leaves behind his mother, a
son, a daughter, two grandchildren and two sisters.
Im sure you knew Tomas
even if you had never spoken to him. Distinguished
by a long gray beard, merry
blue eyes and an easy laugh,
Tomas could be seen all over
town walking and talking to
his many friends of all ages.
Tomas started life in upstate
New York but he became a Californian early on when his fam-

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of Santa Maria. Eventually he
became what a lot of us knew
him as a longtime member of
our North Coast community.
He recently wrote this note:
The cold night awaits me and
my hands are already frozen.
In dreams my fears materialize
& wake me with a sudden start.
A calming warm memory
helps me sink back to sleep
And I keep all the memories.
How can the common bond
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Don is survived by
son Jerry Shepherd of
Fields Landing, daughter Donna (Shepherd)
Adams of Del Ville,
Tex., sons Mark and
Matt, brother and sister-in-law Robert and
Doris Shepherd of Redding and brother David
Shepherd of Fort Jones.
Don was preceded in
death by his parents and his sisters,
Rose Bates, Priscilla Crow and Dorothy
Taylor of Eureka.
A celebration of Dons life will be
held in the spring at David Shepherds
home near Fort Jones.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
15-00720
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
TrIllIUM ACAdEMy
1666 27Th ST.
ArCATA, CA 95521
kAITAN N. TrIpAldI
1666 27Th ST.
ArCATA, CA 95521
This business is conducted
by: An Individual
S/kAITAN TrIpAldI,
OwNEr
This statement was filed
with the Humboldt County
Clerk on DEC. 22, 2015
KELLY E. SANDERS
A. ABrAM DEPUTY
1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
15-00702
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
r.E. INvESTMENT
SOlUTIONS
1899 11Th ST.
ArCATA, CA 95521
kylE grEgOry
BOUghTON
1899 11Th ST.
ArCATA, CA 95521
This business is conducted
by: An Individual
S/kylE grEgOry
BOUghTON, OwNEr
This statement was filed
with the Humboldt County
Clerk on DEC. 15, 2015
KELLY E. SANDERS
A. ABrAM DEPUTY
1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
15-00736
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
JUJUBEES
1225 CENTrAl AvE.
MCkINlEyvIllE, CA 95519
MEgAN BIErwIrTh
7168 MyrTlE AvE.
EUrEkA, CA 95503
kylE COllINS
7168 MyrTlE AvE.
EUrEkA, CA 95503
This business is conducted
by: A General Partnership
S/MEgAN BIErwIrTh,
OwNEr
This statement was filed
with the Humboldt County
Clerk on DEC. 30, 2015
KELLY E. SANDERS
M. MOrrIS DEPUTY
1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
16-00002
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
kINg kOMpOST
7780 TOrgErSON rd.
EUrEkA, CA 95503
MIChAEl T. MENzA
7780 TOrgErSON rd.
EUrEkA, CA 95503
This business is conducted
by: An Individual
S/MIChAEl MENzA,
OwNEr
This statement was filed
with the Humboldt County
Clerk on jAN 04, 2016
KELLY E. SANDERS
S. CArNS DEPUTY
1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
16-00008

The following person(s) is

(are) doing business as:
(1) hOrTUS & prOFECTUS TM prESErvATION
grOUp
(2) ThE hOUSE ON ThE
rIdgE TM
(3) ThE BUNgAlOw ON
ShAw TM
8750 wIldEr rIdgE rd.
gArBErvIllE, CA 95542
p.O. BOx 595
FErNdAlE, CA 95536
h&p pg llC 201114710312
367 ShAw AvENUE
FErNdAlE, CA 95536
This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability
Company
S/pETEr prOFANT TTEE,
MANAgINg MEMBEr
This statement was filed
with the Humboldt County
Clerk on jAN 06, 2016
KELLY E. SANDERS
M. MOrrIS DEPUTY
1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
16-00013
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
(1) hArvEST BAkEd
gOOdS
(2) hArvEST BOTANICAlS
(3) hUMBlE hArvEST
(4) hUMBOldT BAkEd
gOOdS
(5) hArvEST MEdICINAlS
2355 CENTrAl AvE. #123
MCkINlEyvIllE, CA 95519
hUMBOldT hArvEST,
INC. 3786049
600 F ST. SUITE 3-900
ArCATA, CA 95521
This business is conducted
by: A Corporation
S/ESThEr BENEMANN,
OwNEr
This statement was filed
with the Humboldt County
Clerk on jAN 07, 2016
KELLY E. SANDERS
S. CArNS DEPUTY
1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
16-00046
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
My kIN dESIgNS
5720 wEST ENd rd.
ArCATA, CA 95521
210 wArrEN CrEEk rd.
ArCATA, CA 95521
MArISA S. kIESElhOrST
5720 wEST ENd rd.
ArCATA, CA 95521
210 wArrEN CrEEk rd.
ArCATA, CA 95521
This business is conducted
by: An Individual
S/MArISA kIESElhOrST,
OwNEr/ArTIST
This statement was filed
with the Humboldt County
Clerk on jAN 19, 2016
KELLY E. SANDERS
M. MOrrIS DEPUTY
1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
16-00047
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
hONEydEw SElECT
2373 FICklE hIll rd.
ArCTA, CA 95521
600 F STrEET SUITE 3
BOx 303
ArCATA, CA 95521
BIggEST lITTlE
OrgANICS

2373 FICklE hIll rd.

ArCATA, CA 95521
This business is conducted
by: A Corporation
S/ChrISTINA B. MIlES,
SECrETAry
This statement was filed
with the Humboldt County
Clerk on jAN 19, 2016
KELLY E. SANDERS
M. MOrrIS DEPUTY
1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
15-00734
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
vINCENT ElECTrIC
2080 pIllOr dr.
MCkINlEyvIllE, CA 95519
vINCENT hUMBOldT
ENErgy COrp.
C3818859
2080 pIllOr dr.
MCkINlEyvIllE, CA 95519
This business is conducted
by: A Corporation
S/NAThANIEl vINCENT,
OwNEr/prESIdENT
This statement was filed
with the Humboldt County
Clerk on DEC 30, 2015
KELLY E. SANDERS
M. MOrrIS DEPUTY
1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
16-00044
The following person(s) is
(are) doing business as:
dIvINE EArTh
MEdICINAlS
245 BrIdgE CrEEk
rd., UppEr hOUSE
MyErS FlAT, CA 95554
ANNA k. BrESSErS
245 BrIdgE CrEEk
rd., UppEr hOUSE
MyErS FlAT, CA 95554
p.O. BOx 225
MyErS FlAT, CA 95554
This business is conducted
by: An Indvidual
S/ANNA BrESSErS,
OwNEr
This statement was filed
with the Humboldt County
Clerk on jAN 15, 2016
KELLY E. SANDERS
T. lEgg DEPUTY
1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17
OrdEr TO ShOw
CAUSE FOr ChANgE
OF NAME ANdrEw
lANCE AlExANdEr
SUpErIOr COUrT OF
CAlIFOrNIA COUNTy
OF hUMBOldT
CASE NO. Cv160041
TO ALL INTERESTED
PERSONS:
1. Petitioner ANDREW
LANCE ALEXANDER has
filed a petition with this
court for a decree changing names as follows:
Present name: ANDREW
LANCE ALEXANDER to
Proposed name LANCE
ANDREW DRILL.
2. THE COURT ORDERS
that all persons interested in this matter appear
before this court, located
at 825 5th Street, Eureka,
California, at the hearing
indicated below to show
cause, if any, why the
application should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must
file a written objection

that includes the reasons

for the objection at least
two court days before the
matter is scheduled to be
heard and must appear at
the hearing to show cause
why the petition should not
be granted. If no written
objection is timely filed,
the court may grant the
petition without a hearing.
Date: march 7, 2016
Time: 1:45 p.m.
Dept.: 8
3. A copy of this Order to
Show Cause shall be published at least once a week
for four successive weeks
prior to the date set for
hearing on the petition in
the following newspaper of
general circulation, printed
in this county: Mad River.
Date: jAN. 15, 2014
DALE A. REINHOLTSEN
judge of the Superior Court
1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17
NOTICE OF pETITION
TO AdMINISTEr
ESTATE OF
JUlIE kAy MIllS
CASE NO.: pr160006
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent
creditors, and persons
who may otherwise be
interested in the will or
estate, or both, of: jULIE
KAY MILLS
A petition for probate
has been filed by: jANELL
SUE ANGLIN in the Superior Court of California,
County of HUMBOLDT.
The Petition for Probate
requests that: jANELL
SUE ANGLIN be appointed as personal representative to administer the
estate of the decedent.
The petition requests the
decedents will and codicils, if any, be admitted to
probate. The will and any
codicils are available for
examination in the file kept
by the court.
The petition requests
authority to administer the
estate under the Independent Administration of
Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal
representative to take any
actions without obtaining
court approval. Before
taking certain very important actions, however, the
personal representative
will be required to give notice to interested persons
unless they have waived
notice or consented to the
proposed action.) The independent administration
authority will be granted
unless an interested person files an objection to
the petition and shows
good cause why the court
should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in this
court as follows:
Date: February 11, 2016
Time: 2:00 PM
Dept.: 8
Address of court: Superior Court of California,
County of Humboldt, 825
Fifth Street, Eureka, CA,
95501.
If you object to the
granting of the petition,

you should appear at the

hearing and state your
objections or file written
objections with the court
before the hearing. Your
appearance may be in
person or by your attorney.
If you are a creditor or
a contingent creditor of
the decedent, you must
file your claim with the
court and mail a copy to
the personal representative appointed by the court
within the later of either
(1) four months from the
date of first issuance of letters to a general personal
representative, as defined
in section 58(b) of the
California Probate Code,
or (2) 60 days from the
date of mailing or personal
delivery to you of a notice
under section 9052 of the
California Probate Code.
Other California statutes
and legal authority may
affect your rights as a
creditor. you may want
to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in
California law.
you may examine the
file kept by the court. If
you are a person interested in the estate, you may
file with the court a formal
Request for Special Notice
(form DE-154) of the filing
of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or
of any petittion or account
as provided in Probate
Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice
form is available from the
court clerk.
Attorney for the petitioner:
ARTHUR NIELSEN
GALE & NIELSEN
2850 HARRIS STREET
EUREKA, CA 95503
(707) 269-0167
1/13, 1/20, 1/27
NOTICE OF pETITION
TO AdMINISTEr
ESTATE OF TOrA
rOSkJAr rEMlEr
CASE NO.: pr160011
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent
creditors, and persons
who may otherwise be
interested in the will or
estate, or both, of: TORA
ROSKjAR REMLER
A petition for probate
has been filed by: PAUL
EDWARD HARR in the
Superior Court of California, County of HUMBOLDT.
The Petition for Probate requests that: PAUL
EDWARD HARR be appointed as personal representative to administer the
estate of the decedent.
The petition requests the
decedents will and codicils, if any, be admitted to
probate. The will and any
codicils are available for
examination in the file kept
by the court.
The petition requests
authority to administer the
estate under the Independent Administration of
Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal
representative to take any
actions without obtaining
court approval. Before

taking certain very important actions, however, the

personal representative
will be required to give notice to interested persons
unless they have waived
notice or consented to the
proposed action.) The independent administration
authority will be granted
unless an interested person files an objection to
the petition and shows
good cause why the court
should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in this
court as follows:
Date: February 11, 2016
Time: 2:00 PM
Dept.: 8
Address of court: Superior Court of California,
County of Humboldt, 825
Fifth Street, Eureka, CA,
95501.
If you object to the
granting of the petition,
you should appear at the
hearing and state your
objections or file written
objections with the court
before the hearing. Your
appearance may be in
person or by your attorney.
If you are a creditor or
a contingent creditor of
the decedent, you must
file your claim with the
court and mail a copy to
the personal representative appointed by the court
within the later of either
(1) four months from the
date of first issuance of letters to a general personal
representative, as defined
in section 58(b) of the
California Probate Code,
or (2) 60 days from the
date of mailing or personal
delivery to you of a notice
under section 9052 of the
California Probate Code.
Other California statutes
and legal authority may
affect your rights as a
creditor. you may want
to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in
California law.
you may examine the
file kept by the court. If
you are a person interested in the estate, you may
file with the court a formal
Request for Special Notice
(form DE-154) of the filing
of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or
of any petittion or account
as provided in Probate
Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice
form is available from the
court clerk.
Attorney for the petitioner:
ARTHUR NIELSEN
GALE & NIELSEN
2850 HARRIS STREET
EUREKA, CA 95503
(707) 269-0167
1/20, 1/27, 2/3
CITATION FOr
pUBlICATION
UNdEr wElFArE ANd
INSTITUTIONS COdE
SECTION 294
Case Name: IvAN
wOlFgANg STUgArd
Case No.: Jv150007
1. To Andrew Nelson and
anyone claiming to be a
parent of Ivan Wolfgang

Stugard born on 1/6/2015

at Redwood Memorial
Hospital, Fortuna, California.
2. A hearing will be held
on March 29, 2016 at 8:30
a.m. in Dept. 7 located at
Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt,
825 Fifth Street, Eureka,
CA 95501, juvenile Division, 2nd floor.
3. At the hearing the court
will consider the recommendations of the social
worker or probation officer.
4. The social worker or
probation officer will recommend that your child be
freed from your legal custody so that the child may
be adopted. If the court
follows the recommendation, all your parental
rights to the child will be
terminated.
5. You have the right to be
present at the hearing, to
present evidence, and you
have the right to be represented by an attorney. If
you do not have an attorney and cannot afford to
hire one, the court will appoint an attorney for you.
6. If the court terminates
your parental rights, the
order may be final.
7. The court will proceed
with this hearing whether
or not you are present.
ATTORNEY FOR: CHILD
WELFARE SERVICES
jEFFREY S. BLANCK,
COUNTY COUNSEL
#115447
SETH LICHENSTEIN-HILL,
DEPUTY COUNTY
COUNSEL #266108
825 FIFTH STREET
EUREKA, CA 95501
(707) 445-7236
DATE: jAN 15, 2016
Clerk, by Kim M. Bartleson, Deputy
1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10
FUll rECONvEyANCE
TSI# l454888g
2016-000041-1
recorded - Official
records, humboldt
County, California
kelly E Sanders, recorder
The undersigned as trustee under the certain Deed
of Trust described below:
Original Borrower: PETER
jAMES PROFANT AND
ALEXANDRA PROFANT,
HUSBAND AND WIFE AS
jOINT TENANTS
Original Trustee: FIRST
AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY
Original Beneficiary: COAST
CENTRAL CREDIT UNION
Dated: 11/12/1999
Recorded: 11/17/1999
Instrument No.: 199931065-11
Book/Reel: N/A
Page: N/A
Filed for record in HUMBOLDT County, State of
CALIFORNIA
Having received from the
beneficiary under said Deed
of Trust a written request to
reconvey, the undersigned,
does hereby grant, bargain,
sell and reconvey, without
warranty, to the person(s)
entitled thereto all right, title
and interest now held by the
trustee in and to the prop-

erty described in said Deed

of Trust.
TRUSTEE SERVICES INC.
S/jacob A. Hamm, Assistant Vice President
State of Washington,
County of Kitsap
On 12/29/2015, before me,
MATTEW j. ORMEROD, Notary Public in and for the State
of Washington, duly commissioned and sworn, personally
appeared jacob A. Hamm to
me known to be the Assistant
Vice President of the corporat
and acknowledged to me the
said instrument to be the free
and voluntary act and deed
of said corporation, for the
uses and purposes therein
menioned, and on oath state
that he/she is authorized to
execute the said instrument.
Witness my hand and official
seal hereto affixed the day
and year first above written.
S/MATTHEW j. ORMEROD
Notary Public in and for the
State of Washington
Residing at Silverdale,
Washington.
1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3
NOTICE OF
pUBlIC AUCTION
Notice is hereby given
that the undersigned intends to sell the personal
property described below
to enforce a lien imposed
on said property under
the California Self-Service
Storage Facility Act (Bus.
Prop. Code Ss 2170021716). The undersigned
will sell at public sale by
competitive bidding on the
10th day of February, 2016
at 10 a.m. on the premises
where said property has
been stored and which is
currently located at Arcata Bay Self Storage, 250
E Street Arcata, CA. Most
storage units contain miscellaneous personal property, clothing, furnishings
and household goods.
In addition, the following
units contain:
Harold Lowrie (Held in
Facility Unit) - flashlight,
shoes, food, Nyquill, knife,
Eric Ramos - sleeping
bag, chair, futon, boxes,
keyboard, TV, fans
Amanda Tierney - bicycles, clothes, tables, guitar
case, lantern, pillows
Fernando Cabrera clothes, mattress, suitcase, dresser, snowboard
Fransisco Gutierrez vacuum cleaner, mattress,
lamp, boxes, bags, skateboard
The Auctioneer will be
Kerry Rasmussen, Bond
#7900364465,
phone
#707-822-0331. Purchases must be paid for at the
time of the sale in cash
only. All purchased items
sold as is and must be
removed at the time of
sale. Sale is subject to
cancellation in the settlement between owner and
obligated party, auctioneer, and Arcata Bay Self
Storage.
1/27, 2/3
NOTICE OF
AppOINTMENTS
ArCATA SChOOl

dISTrICT
BOArd OF TrUSTEES
The Arcata School District Board of Trustees,
pursuant to Education
Code section 5091, provisionally appointed Carrie
Levy to serve until the
next regularly scheduled
election, replacing Trustee Katherine Salinas,
who resigned effective
8/28/2015. These appointments were made on
january 11, 2016, regular
board meeting.
Unless a valid petition
calling for a special election and signed by 1
percent of the registered
voters of the Arcata School
District is filed with the
Humboldt County Superintendent of Schools, 901
Myrtle Avenue, Eureka, CA
95501, within a thirty-day
period,
commencing
February 11, 2016, these
provisional appointments
shall be deemed effective
as specified in Education
Code section 5091.
This notice is posted at
three public places within
the Arcata School District
and published in The Mad
River Union, a newspaper
of general circulation within the Arcata area.
1/20, 1/27
NOTICE OF
UNClAIMEd prOpErTy
Pursuant to Government
Code 50050, McKinleyville Community Services District is attempting
to locate the rightful owners of money currently
held in the MCSD General Fund. The account
numbers are included
in this notice, along with
the amount held. If the
money is not claimed by
March 10, 2016, MCSD
will maintain permanent
ownership. To claim your
property, you may contact MCSD at 1656 Sutter
Road, McKinleyville CA
95519 or 707-839-3251.
Valid photo identification
will be required to collect
unclaimed funds, and it will
be matched against our
customer information.
Amount

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J ANUARY 27, 2016

bench aT The end of The world

CLIMATE CHANGE WONT END OUR WORLD but it sure will change it, as rising seas encroach on Arcatas tidelands. Last week, Aldaron and Christy Laird and friends, above, dedicated their new Rising Tides observation bench at the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife
Sanctuary during a nine-foot King Tide event. Located at the southwest corner of the oxidation pond (circled area at bottom of
map, left), the $650 bench offers spectacular views of Humboldt Bay. I wanted to create a spot where you can really observe
the ebb and flow of the tides and see the changing environment, Aldaron Laird said. I just love sitting here. The bay turns into
a mirror reflecting all the light and the clouds. Aldaron Laird has been been doing extensive research and field work on sea
level rise on Humboldt Bay. He hopes to augment the bench, which already bears a plaque identifying it as the Rising Tides
Observation Bench, inset, with an interpretive sign explaining sea level rise and climate change. This is just a start, he said.
Photos by KLh | Union; MaP coUrtesy city of arcata

LCP UPDATE Humboldt Bay Harbor

Working Group (HBHWG) announces an update on the Local Coastal
Program land use plan presented
by Robert Wall, interim director of
planning and building, County of
Humboldt, today, Jan. 27 from
12:30 to 1:30 p.m. with lunch served
from noon to 12:30 p.m. at Samoa
Cookhouse. The California Coastal
Act of 1976 requires that each coastal
jurisdiction prepare a Local Coastal
Program (LCP), including a coastal
land use plan. Chicken parmesan is
the main course for $15 or choose
soup of the day and salad for $11.
MA-LEL DUNES RESTORATION Volunteers are needed to help restore
the Bureau of Land Managements
Ma-lel Dunes property by removing
invasive plant species on Saturday,
Jan. 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Meet at the Ma-lel Dunes south parking area off of Young Lane in Manila.
Gloves, tools and snacks will be provided. Please wear closed-toed shoes
and bring drinking water. (707) 4441397, jess@friendsofthedunes.org

FOAM MARSH TOUR Friends of the

Arcata Marsh (FOAM) sponsors
a free tour of the Arcata Marsh &
Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday,
Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. Meet leaders Jane
and Richard Wilson at the Interpretive Center on South G Street for
a 90-minute walk focusing on the
ecology of the Marsh. Loaner binoculars available with photo ID. (707)
826-2359.
FOUR-DAY KAYAKER INTENSIVE
Explore North Coast Sea Kayakers Association hosts a four-day
social from Thursday, April 23
through Sunday, April 26, inviting kayakers from around the
region and beyond to connect,
learn and expand the kayaking experience. Each day will have one
to three hosted paddles. Location
and type of paddle will vary from
flat-water paddling at Stone Lagoon
to open ocean paddling at Trinidad
and Crescent City. Specific details
on paddle events can be found under
the calendar link at explorenorthcoast.net or (707) 839-3553.

Barn bids open

Northcoast regioNal laNd trust

FRESHWATER The
Northcoast Regional Land
Trust has released a Request for Proposals and Bids
(RFPB) from local contractors
to rehabilitate the historic
Graham-Long Dairy Barn, located on its Freshwater Farms
Reserve property.
This beautiful barn was
built of old-growth redwood in
1910, and we intend to rehabilitate it in a way thats true to its
historic character and agricultural heritage, said Land Trust
Executive Director Mike Cipra.
The RFPB is available at
ncrlt.org. There is a mandatory walk-through for those
submitting bids scheduled on
Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. at
5851 Myrtle Ave., Eureka. All
bids are due to the Northcoast
Regional Land Trust office on
Wednesday, Feb. 17.
(707) 822-2242

13th FOAM/Audubon Student

Art Contest accepting entries
FrieNds oF the arcata Marsh

HUMBOLDT For the 13th year, Friends of the Arcata Marsh

and Redwood Region Audubon Society co-sponsor a Student Bird
Art Contest in conjunction with Godwit Days. Some $550 in prizes will be awarded to Humboldt County students from kindergarten through high school who submit a drawing of one of 40
suggested species or another common local bird. Prize(s) also will
be awarded for the best rendition of a bird in its natural habitat.
Entries will be judged by local wildlife artists and educators.
Awards will be presented at the 21st Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival on Saturday, April 16 at 11 a.m. All entries will
be displayed at the Arcata Community Center during the festival
and copies of winning artwork will be shown at the Arcata Marsh
Interpretive Center during May.
A flyer with complete rules and a list of suggested birds is
posted at rras.org/docs/2016SBAC-web.pdf or can be picked up
at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center, Strictly for the Birds in
Old Town Eureka or by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Sue Leskiw, 155 Kara Lane, McKinleyville, CA 95519. Flyers have been mailed to all schools in Humboldt County.
Artwork may be dropped off at Strictly for the Birds, 123 F St.,
Eureka, or the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center, 569 South G
St. or mailed to Sue at the address listed above. Entries must be
received by Friday, March 18 to be considered. Questions should
be emailed to sueleskiw1@gmail.com.

Walking across California.

For good.

This April, Mad River

Union Editor and
RSVP National
Service Volunteer
Kevin Hoover
embarks on a journey
of 1,726 miles on the
Pacific Crest Trail, from
Campo, Calif. to Ashland,
Ore. The hike will support the
Pacific Crest Trail, the Arcata Ridge Trail,
and the Union Labor Health Federation
Childrens Dental Angel Fund. Follow his
progress online over Californias remote
deserts, forests, peaks, passes, streams,
lakes and mountains, with every footfall
helping worthy causes and every twist and
turn offering colorful new tales to tell of
the trail, its natural history, people, wildlife,
challenges, surprises and rewards.

Help out and be part of Kevs PCT Hike.

Id like to pledge _____ per mile to benefit:
The Pacific Crest Trail Association
The Arcata Ridge Trail (Forest Fund)
The Childrens Dental Angel Fund
Id like to support Kevins journey with a _____
donation for trail food and hiking expenses.
Donation enclosed Bill me
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Make checks payable to Pacific Crest Trail Assn, Arcata Forest Fund, Childrens
Dental Angel Fund or Kevin Hoover, PCT Hike. Donate directly to the PCT at
razoo.com/story/kev-s-pct-hike, or to the Arcata Ridge Trail and Childrens Dental Angel Fund at hafoundation.org. Charity donations are tax deductible, but not
Kevs Food Fund. Questions? (707) 826-7000 or news@madriverunion.com
Clip n send to Kevs PCT Hike, Mad River Union, 791 8th St. Ste. 8, Arcata, CA 95521

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