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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED APRIL 23, 2010, UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER
TS. NO. 139528-AH ON April 25, 2012 at 11:00 o’clock A.M. in the lobby of Humboldt Land Title Company, 1034 Sixth St., Eureka, CA County of Humboldt, State of California, HUMBOLDT LAND TITLE COMPANY, a Corporation, as Trustee under the Deed of Trust executed by Robert J. Tait, an unmarried man, recorded on June 23, 2010 as Instrument No. 2010-13086-4 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Humboldt County, California by reason of default in the payment or performance of obligations secured thereby including the breach or default, notice of which was recorded December 8, 2011 as Instrument No. 2011-25214-3 of said Official Records, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in lawful money of the United States, without covenant or warranty, express or implied, as to title, possession, or encumbrances, for the purpose of paying obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, the interest conveyed to said Trustee by said Deed of Trust in property situated in the City of Fortuna, County of Humboldt, State of California and described as: Parcel 2 as shown on Parcel Map No. 2511 for Joe and Marie Parlato, in Section 34, Township 3 North, Range 1 West, Humboldt Base and Meridian, filed July 1, 1987
the Office of the Humboldt County Recorder, in Book 22 of Parcel Maps, Page 92. ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NOS. 040-121-009, 040-121-011, 040-121-028. The unpaid balance and estimate of costs, expenses and advances as of March 23, 2012 is $493,804.47; said amount will increase until date of sale. The street address or other common designation, if any, of the real property described herein is purported to be: 320 Main St., Fortuna, CA 95540. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. Dated: March 23, 2012. Beneficiary: The City of Fortuna in its capacity as the Successor Agency to the Fortuna Redevelopment Agency. Telephone: (707) 725-7600. Address: 621 11th St., P.O. Box 545 Fortuna, CA 95540. HUMBOLDT LAND TITLE COMPANY, a Corporation, Trustee, Address: 1034 Sixth Street Eureka, CA 95501. Telephone (707) 443-0837. By: /s/ Sue E. Bosch, President 4/5, 4/12, 4/19/2012 (12-103)
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED JANUARY 27, 2009 UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER
TS. NO. 139713-AH ON APRIL 11, 2012 at 11:00 o’clock A.M. in the lobby of Humboldt Land Title Company, 1034 Sixth St., Eureka, CA County of Humboldt, State of California HUMBOLDT LAND TITLE COMPANY, a Corporation, as Trustee under the Deed of Trust executed by Gerald McGuire, a single man recorded on February 3, 2009 as Instrument No. 2009-2154-5 and Modification and Supplement to Deed of Trust and Partial Reconveyance recorded March 16, 2011 as Instrument No. 2011-5461-6 of Official Records in the office of Recorder of Humboldt County, California by reason of default in the payment or performance of obligations secured thereby including the breach of default, notice of which was recorded November 16, 2011 as Instrument No. 2011-23637-3 of said Official Records, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in lawful
money of the United States, without covenant or warranty, express or implied, as to title, possession, or encumbrances, for the purpose of paying obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, the interest conveyed to said Trustee by said Deed of Trust in property situated in the County of Humboldt, State of California and described as: That portion of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 3, Township 5 North, Range 1 West, Humboldt Meridian, described as follows: BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the North line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter with the West line of the County Road leading from Samoa to Arcata, as granted by Albert Hart to the County of Humboldt by Deed recorded November 19, 1921 in book 155 of Deeds, Page 471, said point being at right angles North from the South line of said section, 1329 feet; thence West 242.8 feet; thence South 200 feet; thence East 192.8 feet to the said County Road; thence along said County Road, North 14 degrees East 206 feet to the point of beginning. EXCEPTING therefrom Parcel 2 of Parcel Map No. 2122 recorded in Book 18 of Parcel Maps, Page 123. Description pursuant to MODIFICATION AND SUPPLEMENT TO DEED OF TRUST AND PARTIAL RECONVEYANCE, recorded March 16, 2011, as Instrument No. 2011-5461-6, Humboldt County Records. ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO. 400131-010-000. The unpaid balance and estimate of costs, expenses and advances as of March 12, 2012 is $103,902.12; said amount will increase until date of sale. The street address or other common designation, if any of the real property described herein is purported to be: 1545 Peninsula Dr., Arcata, CA. 95521. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any shown herein. Dated: March 12, 2012; Beneficiary: Steven W. Sellers, Telephone: 707-822-1866, Address: 110 Essex Lane, McKinleyville, CA. 95519. HUMBOLDT LAND TITLE COMPANY, a corporation, Trustee. Address: 1034 Sixth Street, Eureka, CA. 95501 Telephone (707) 443-0837 By: /s/ Sue E. Bosch, Pesident 3/22, 3/29, 4/5/2012 (12-86)
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public NOTICE
FIRST 5 HUMBOLDT is holding public hearings for the Strategic Plan and the FIRST 5 CALIFORNIA Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2010-2011. • The public hearing for the FIRST 5 CALIFORNIA Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2010/2011 will be on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 from 5 - 6 pm, at the Humboldt County Library, 1313 Third Street, Eureka. • The public hearing for FIRST 5 HUMBOLDT’s Strategic Plan will be on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 from 6 - 7 pm at the Humboldt County Library, 1313 Third Street, Eureka. The public is invited to attend. For more information about FIRST 5 HUMBOLDT, visit our website at www.humkids.org or call our office at (707) 445-7389.
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Field notes
Spanning the Gap By Barry Evans
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ne of the mysteries of ancient civilizations, for me, is why it took so long for engineers of old to figure out the true arch. All buildings need openings for doorways and windows. The earliest and simplest way to span an opening is with a lintel, a flat piece of stone or wood or, nowadays, metal. For ancient people, wood often wasn’t available, and it rotted. Steel hadn’t been invented, which left stone. Stone is usually really strong in compression, but weak in tension. That is if you stretch it, as happens with the part of the stone on the underside of a lintel, it’s subject to cracking, limiting the width of the opening. The ancient Egyptians had another trick up their sleeves. The pyramids are essentially big — very big — tombs, so they had to have some way of creating rooms deep inside the pyramids large enough to accommodate a stone sarcophagus, or coffin. Take the largest pyramid, Cheops: Right in the center of the huge structure is the King’s Chamber, a hollow space about 36 feet long by 18 feet wide. (Curiously, archeologists believe that the huge granite sarcophagus found there was never used.) Above the chamber are hundreds upon hundreds of tons of limestone blocks bearing down — far too much weight for a stone lintel to support across the width of the chamber. So the Egyptians used a corbel system, with successive layers of stone placed closer and closer together forming an inverted-V ceiling. Later, the Incas, Mayans and Aztecs used the same device whenever they wanted to span more than a few feet. Although the odd attempt had been
made earlier, it wasn’t until the Roman Empire that we see the full flowering of the successor to the lintel and corbel: the arch (photo). Note that all the individual stones, or voisseurs, are compressed, thus taking advantage of the ability of stone and brick to resist compression. Unlike a corbel arch, where each side is freestanding, a true arch would collapse if you removed part of it. So to construct one, the Romans first built a wooden form in the shape of the arch’s underside, on which each individual voisseur was positioned, until they reached the keystone at the top. With that last piece of the puzzle firmly in place, the formwork was removed and the arch stayed up on its own. Note that a true arch pushes outwards, as well as down, so the abutments need to be sufficiently stable to support both the vertical weight and the outward force. As I say, it seems so obvious; I wonder why earlier civilizations, such as the Mesopotamians, didn’t hit on it. Although the Romans focused on the round arch, many variations are possible, all of which avoid putting the stone, or brick, into tension. For instance, the designers of the 13th and 14th century Gothic cathedrals of northern Europe found the pointed Gothic arch more to their taste. And although it’s not built of stone or brick, St. Louis’ stainless steel Gateway Arch, with its “inverted weighted catenary” profile, takes arch-building to the ultimate for efficiency, not to mention grace. l Barry Evans (barryevans9@yahoo.com) marvels that 2,000-year old Roman arches still stand today.
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