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Profitable Busts Editor: I can understand Sheriff Downey being overwhelmed in his Herculean efforts to close down marijuana grows in his fiefdom (“Downey Calls for Backup,” July 26.). But what the Journal’s article does not mention is that law enforcement gets to keep all the money it seizes. And we’re not talking spare change here, but serious cash. A while back the Journal ran an article (“Drug Money,” Feb. 2) on what they spend it on.

Apparently it’s stuff like office supplies, pens, paperclips and things of that nature.

Oh, and $400 boots! The way our city and county governments are starved for cash, I don’t see why seized drug money can’t go into the general fund.

I can visualize when they uncover a substantial amount of cash, a “ca-ching” and high-fives all around.

Richard C. Brown, Eureka Editor: If the state could read the hand-writing on the wall, they would forget the feds.

Legalize and make quite a dent in the budget with a new tourism and of course legal hemp growing on every state-owned land.

If they maintain marijuana is dangerous to your health, they could use the added tax revenue to fund health care for the “addicted.” Not punishment. It seems they are just wrong-headed and stubborn, maybe even stupid.

And if pot were legal, you wouldn’t see farming in the forests with generators and rat poison. The lower prices would drive out the big commercial grows. And maybe greenhouses would replace energy-hogging indoor grows.

Time to pull our collective heads out of the sand, eh? Let’s have the police do real work on real crimes. Beats sending our tax dollars up in smoke, IMHO. George Kirkpatrick, Fieldbrook

Rail Wreck Editor: In his letter of July 26, “Railbanking Sham,” Mr. Mitchell seems to believe that restoring rail travel will be as simple as putting trains back on existing tracks. He writes, “It would be a tragedy to see this 100-year-old asset simply vanish due to unnecessary destruction of the railway.”

All one has to do is walk the tracks between Eureka and Arcata to see that the rails are rusted and the ties disintegrating. No train could run on those tracks as is — the entire line would have to be torn up and replaced no matter what. So, why

not use the path as a trail until such time as trains run again?

Edward “Buzz” Webb, McKinleyville

More Cheap Eats Editor: My wife and I, both seniors, enjoy eating at the Village Pantry, Valley West, Arcata. (“Cheap Eats,” July 26.) They offer a nice selection on the senior menu which includes soup or salad, a nice meat entree accompanied with a starch choice and prepared vegetables, all for under $20. When we don’t feel like cooking, this is where we usually end up. We’ll be anxious to try some of your discoveries. Nice article.

Art Jones, Blue Lake

Parks Still Worthy Editor: Hats off to the visiting public that continues to support state parks during the current media wars (“State Parks Scandalpalooza,” Blogjammin, July 26). Here is hoping that the other part of the public, the ones who are outraged at the funds located suddenly by California State Parks, finds another battle to fight.

There are always people with dollar signs in their eyes ready to pounce on the jewels of California! We all need to think

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continued from previous page levels, let’s fix that. Let’s not speculate or toss the baby out with the bathwater.

We should all be proactive. Let’s look at the hard work the parks’ staff and coordinating agencies have done by being such dedicated stewards. Donors, hard workers, doers, be proud you supported something you love. California has the best park system in the country and even the world.

I am disappointed at the moment and am waiting for the whole story to come out on the reported misdoings in Sacramento, but I am also proud to be a member of the visiting public who support all outdoor parks and open spaces.

As a former resident of Eureka, I am thankful to everyone who works or volunteers for such public spaces. These people who work so hard are sure getting unnecessary flack.

Please, be grateful, be a good park partner, help preserve these treasures. Embrace history, nature and diversity. Without you, there may be little hope! Who do these parks and public spaces belong to?

You, your grandchildren and generations beyond.

Cindi Whitehead, San Anselmo Editor: It is easy to understand the public’s vast disappointment with the state parks’ administration both statewide and locally. The series of events that have come to light recently are exposing important problems.

Maybe it is a relief that our state parks now have $53 million they claim they did not know about. The question is can we trust them with it?

I must say after witnessing the botched $1 million ”restoration and enhancement plan” unfold at Little River State Beach and learning about a proposed stream restoration project at Bull Creek I am worried. And I am a big fan of stream restoration when it is done right.

Unfortunately and understandably public confidence in state park projects has waned considerably over the last several years. Hiding facts about these projects

from the inquiring public is very unbecoming.

Former Director Ruth Coleman may or may not have been aware of the hidden funds (they were stashed before she was appointed). Someone had to take the fall, but we should not be fooled into thinking her departure will solve all problems.

As it stands, the California Department of Parks and Recreation obviously needs a good systemic scrubbing. There are some good people still working in our parks’ best interest, yet there are also simply too many that are not.

It is hard to imagine how much more ticked off Californians would be if the DMV tax to save our parks had passed in a recent election. Had we all ended up paying $38 per vehicle the ensuing lawsuits would have added dozens of nails to state parks’ coffin. So maybe we saved our state parks by not voting to save them. Sometimes irony prevails.

Uri Driscoll, Arcata

Ag, Keep it Clean!

Editor: The message of your story “Manure Maneuver” (July 19) seemed to be that the government was imposing paperwork on dairy owners who are already doing all they can to keep cow manure out of our streams. That may or may not be true of the two dairy owners you interviewed but it is not true generally. According to the EPA, agriculture and urban run-off are the two top factors delivering pollution to America’s rivers and estuaries. The North Coast Water Quality Control Board tells us that agricultural pollution is among the top factors impairing water bodies on the North Coast and within the Klamath River Basin.

It has been over 30 years since the Clean Water Act became law. It is high time that agricultural operations begin to comply with a law that other businesses have had to deal with for over 30 years. When a dairy or anyone else pollutes our public waters they are imposing a cost on those who rely on clean water … in other words, they are imposing a cost on all of us. That is simply not right.

Agricultural operations get all kinds of help complying with the law; ag operators should stop complaining and start complying with the Clean Water Act just like every other business in the USA. Felice Pace, Klamath Editor: Zach St. George’s article “Manure Maneuver” provided a good glimpse into the life of local dairy families and some of the challenges they face trying to make a living off the land in a sustainable, responsible way. As St. George mentioned, over the past 11 years almost half the family-owned dairies in the county have called it quits because of increasing costs and regulations.

As executive director of the Humboldt County Resource Conservation District, I want to get the word out that there are local efforts to help dairy producers meet the new regulations from the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. Back in March of this year the board and staff of the Headwaters Fund heard the dairy community’s concerns about the new regulations. To support Humboldt’s dairy industry, the Headwaters Fund partnered with our local Resource Conservation District (RCD) to help folks with the new permit process.

Since then, with Headwaters support, the Humboldt County RCD has been collaborating with dairy producers, other RCDs up and down the north coast, the Regional Water Board, Western United Dairymen, the Farm Bureau, UC Cooperative Extension, California Dairy Quality Assurance Program, and California Department of Food and Agriculture to host workshops and provide one-on-one assistance with completing paperwork and navigating the new regulations.

The new dairy regulations can be confusing. For example, to clarify one point in St. George’s article — dairies with more than 700 cows are eligible for coverage under the waiver, provided they pose a low risk to water quality and have a nutrient management plan. If you are a dairy producer looking for help with the process, please contact your local Resource Conservation District.

Donna Chambers, Hydesville l

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Cockburn Country

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n October 2009, KGOE Program Director Tom Sebourn posted to his personal blog a video he took at a Eureka peace rally. He noted that rain dampened the crowd but not the spirit, and added “Here is local resident Alexander Cockburn addressing the crowd.”

I missed that peace rally, probably because of the rain. Most of my fellow lefties skipped it too; the video shows only about two dozen people.

That’s what makes the video so remarkable. Sebourn had to divide Cockburn’s speech into four parts, the man spoke so long and with such passion. That was so Cockburn. He didn’t care that it was raining, or that he was talking to a ragtag bunch of nobodies about as far removed from the rest of the world as you can get, or that only two dozen people came to hear him, when he might have attracted several hundred at least in the Bay Area. And I bet that he didn’t care that someone like Sebourn would label him on the posting only as “local resident.”

By the time he died in Germany a week ago Saturday, he had been living in Petrolia for two decades. I found that out in the Associated Press obituary the Times-Standard ran three days later — two days after I’d read an obit in the Sunday New York Times. Our local paper added no local quotes or color to the wire story.

Early last year, I complained in this column that the Times-Standard had failed to report the death of Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, a man who influenced a generation of musicians. For the political

left and for advocacy journalism, Cockburn was similarly unique and influential.

But Van Vliet’s presence in our community was a bit of a secret. He kept to himself.

Cockburn was very much of his community in Petrolia, even as he maintained his role as one of the left’s most important and controversial voices in the nation and around the world.

On the Web you can find a terrific interview he did for C-Span’s Book TV, which came out to his Petrolia home.

In it, Cockburn introduces us to his dog and his bird and his horse. He proudly shows off the old classic cars he drives around, his house and other structures he built on his property like a rammed earth “cider house,” all decorated with art by his friends in the area.

He talks about how he came to Petrolia after living in Ireland, London, New York and Key West, and how he based the business operations of his Counterpunch publishing company in Petrolia.

“I basically am a country guy,” he said.

“I lived in Central California and I came up here. The days when you’d say rural seclusion, the remote writer … coming out wearing a belted Muji shirt like Leo Tolstoy is not really where it’s at. With modern communications you can wake up in the morning and read every newspaper in the planet. It’s very different. … Personally I don’t like living in cities. … I can be in San Francisco in five hours if I need to be for meetings. It is an ideal circumstance for me.”

You can also find a classic column he wrote for this paper a couple of weeks

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after “Operation Southern Sweep” — in which state and federal police agencies managed to seize only 30 firearms, and after the Supreme Court affirmed the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

In the column, Cockburn noted that his neighbor Curly Wright had had more than that in his home alone.

“Only 30 firearms seized in SoHum!” he wrote. “Mr. McGregor probably had better home defense against Peter Rabbit. If that’s all that a passel of alleged cultivators can muster in SoHum, heaven help us when the Chinese declare World War III. They could land at Shelter Cove, and scythe their way through the woods to Garberville with only token resistance from pacifists bunkered down in their plastic greenhouses flourishing watering cans. The red flag would be flapping over Willits by sundown, and San Francisco right down 101 waiting to drop into the hands of the Commie-Capitalists like a ripe plum.”

Cockburn was unique as a commentator for taking on the most sacred of sacred cows. (Heidi Walters summarized some of his stands on the Journal‘s blog in a July 23 post, “He Knew How To Live.” ) He questioned abortion because he felt it was being used as a tool for eugenics. And he questioned what he called hysteria over global warming. But even at his most politically outrageous, he based his ideas on thought-provoking facts and notions.

People in China and India do abort female fetuses regularly, and people are starting to abort fetuses with non-serious deformities. And people are using fear of global warming to support the building of questionably safe nuclear power, even as they fail to force power companies and manufacturers to stop polluting our air, earth and waters.

I compulsively read obituaries about notable people. For the New York Times, obits are as much the paper’s bread and butter as the crossword puzzle is. We like discovering and being reminded not only of the great things extraordinary people

did while they lived, but also of how they lived their daily lives. My favorite local reading is the little profiles of my neighbors in the advertising inserts for Murphy’s markets. They are a weekly reminder of how interesting the people around me are.

It disappoints me that the Times-Standard shirks what I see as a prime task of local papers — to celebrate the lives of our residents through the reports of their deaths.

I’ve been in awe of Cockburn for a long time, as I am about most people clearly smarter and more prolific and more daring. But in his obituaries and in my Web search of remnants of his life I find how much we had in common: Both of us writers and haters of hypocrisy, both of us having ended up at the edge of the civilized world after living in big cities and both of us very much a part of the rural communities in which we made our homes.

Reading obituaries leaves me with feelings of regret for how much I missed out on someone else’s life and accomplishments — in Cockburn’s case very much so. I wish I had invited him to speak to my classes; I bet he would have come and I think we would have hit it off. I like to think that at times he read my column and passionately disagreed with whatever it was I said.

Alexander Cockburn, if your spirit hovers over me at some rainy Eureka rally in the future, know that one of your fellow residents appreciated you for being a thinker in a world in which most people try hard to avoid thinking, for calling out the bullshit you saw in the world around you, for exasperating people of all political stripes and for being a part of our little world out here.

– Marcy Burstiner

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Marcy Burstiner is an associate professor of journalism and mass communication at Humboldt State University.

Women in Black There’s still a war— and some are still standing against it

By Bernard J. Bass

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n older woman stands in line at Murphy’s Market with a small bottle of water. Short and hunched over, she’s dressed in all black, loose-fitting clothes. She smiles at the clerk, looks down and says something softly, then slowly toddles into the sunny summer streets of Trinidad.

Late on a Friday afternoon, it’s busy downtown. A construction project pounds and tears at the main intersection, where cars and RVs pour in from Highway 101. The town is filled with a kaleidoscope of out-of-state license plates, and the air smells of crisp ocean and hot, demolished asphalt.

This woman wearing black crosses the dusty street, dragging behind her a folded metal chair. The sun shines through her bright-white puffball of hair. She walks once around an island of hedge plants and flowers at a corner of the intersection and waits. The three women who join her are dressed in black as well, and one helps unfold the chair. They stand, and she sits.

These four women of Trinidad are part of an international movement that holds hour-long vigils all over the globe. These

are the Women in Black.

Born in 1988 in Jerusalem, in response to Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Women in Black has since become a worldwide movement of women dressed completely in black who stand together against war.

The movement surged on the North Coast shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, when as many as 170 women assembled on the Arcata plaza. There, dressed completely in black, they stood in silent opposition to the deployment of American troops to Afghanistan and Iraq.

Other Humboldt groups gathered, first in Eureka and later in Trinidad. Sometimes reactions were bitter. Trinidad’s Women in Black remember when they were mooned repeatedly, pelted with beer bottles, and confronted by shouts of “Just move to France,” and “Go home to your husbands.”

Nearly 11 years later, the wars have not ended, but Humboldt vigils have mostly waned. Only two women routinely stand in Eureka anymore and just one in Arcata, according to participants.

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larger than Eureka’s and Arcata’s combined.

What keeps these women coming, week after week, year after year?

“We are a movement that does not instantly produce a visible accomplishment,” said Kathy Reid of Trinidad, who has stood with her fellow Women in Black almost weekly since 2002. She has seen others leave in frustration, but she keeps on coming because she still has a message to share. “Even one woman standing is powerful, moving and very emotional. …

I’m not ready to give that up.”

Like others in the Trinidad group, Reid now talks while she stands. The group abandoned silence nine years ago at the encouragement of one participant, now deceased, who was furious that newspapers were writing so little about the war.

So on most Fridays, Reid chats with her friends: Janine Volkmar, Sandra Fredrickson and Mary Wilber, the woman who brings a chair to the Trinidad vigils because, at 93, she no longer can stand easily. That doesn’t stop her.

“It’s important to make it known that there is a different way of resolving problems,” said Wilber. Asked if she’d ever stop keeping vigil, she eases herself straight, exhales and says, “Well, till death do us part, I guess.”

These days the little Trinidad group meets a kinder crowd than the ones that earlier vigils confronted.

“When they honk their horns, they’re waving now instead of flipping us off,” Volkmar said. Sometimes, people stop and thank them. Some give the women homemade muffins and hot coffee in the winter.

Volkmar and Fredrickson have been standing since the first Trinidad vigils in December 2002, but now Fredrickson is thinking of wrapping up her role in the movement, figuring a decade is long enough. “We’re going on our 10th year,” she said. “I’d love it if Women in Black

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didn’t have to stand anymore, but really, they’ll still be standing long after I’m gone.”

Around the world, the Women in Black movement is still vibrant in some countries. In Humboldt, where it is mostly over, the reasons it has dwindled are as varied as the women who stopped attending. Salina Rain, who helped start the Arcata vigil, says the local movement just seemed to lose focus. What was once a silent invocation delivered by an unflinching group of women became vocal. Some began to hold signs. “They were changing the character,” said Rain. “I didn’t want the organization with the meetings and the fliers and the dues. For others that’s how to get things done, but not for me.”

In Trinidad, on this sunny, late Friday afternoon, at least a few women still believe they are getting something done.

A breeze sweeps past them. At times, Volkmar spins to face the others and speak. Her legs are planted loosely as she gestures, and she raises her voice over the construction-clogged afternoon.

A construction worker greets the women as he walks past, and they smile and return his hello. Asked how passersby have been reacting to the women, he says, “I didn’t really notice they were here. They were nice as can be, though.” He looks back at the group he had just passed and asks, “What are they protesting anyway, the sidewalks?”

At five o’clock the Women in Black begin wrapping up their vigil.

Wilber folds up her chair and vehicles stop in all directions. The drivers watch patiently as she slowly labors her way across the street. Her long black sweater hangs loose and flows softly in the breeze. l Bernard J. Bass, a freelance writer, lives in Eureka.

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Machado Leads KIEM News From sports scores to news reports: Longtime KIEM Sports Director Manny Machado has been named the station’s next news director, filling the position last held by the polarizing Betsy Lambert. Station Manager Roy Frostenson announced Machado’s promotion to the station’s staff this afternoon.

“I’m thrilled that Manny has agreed to take on the extra duties of news director,” Frostenson told the Journal shortly afterward. “I think that he’s the perfect person to lead our news operation forward.”

Machado will remain the sports anchor while managing the news side from behind the scenes, Frostenson said.

While not quite a full-fledged local by old-timer standards (he was born in S.F.), Machado graduated from Eureka High School before attending College of the Redwoods and Humboldt State University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism in 2005. He started with KIEM as an intern in 1999 and has been the station’s sports director for seven years.

Machado said he’s “very excited” about the promotion and wants to “get the news department going in the right direction.”

On a sadder note, meteorologist Jim Ber-

nard, who has long been a respected fixture on the North Coast, announced on air last night that he plans to retire from his weatherman position due to unspecified health problems. Frostenson said there’s currently no timetable set for Bernard’s departure. ● ENERGY INDUSTRY, MEDIA / BY RYAN BURNS / JULY 24, 4:53 P.M.

Wall Street Journal slams Blue Lake Biomass Plant A story in today’s Wall Street Journal (dateline: BLUE LAKE, Calif.) offers a withering indictment of biomass energy plants, with Blue Lake’s own serving as exhibit A. The story opens on the “malodorous brown smoke” that billowed from the plant two years ago (Heidi Walters wrote about it shortly afterward;“Big Stink,” May 2010).

The Wall Street Journal goes on to suggest that biomass plants collectively are dirty, dirty polluters bilking American taxpayers for hundreds of millions in green subsidies.

Reporters Justin Scheck and Ianthe Jeanne Dugan report that biomass plants in the U.S. have received “at least $700 million in federal and state green-energy subsidies since 2009 … .”

Yet of 107 U.S. biomass plants that the [Wall Street] Journal could confirm were operating at the start of this year, the [Wall Street] Journal analysis shows that 85 have been cited by state or federal regulators

for violating air-pollution or water-pollution standards at some time during the past five years, including minor infractions.

They don’t say how many of the infractions were minor. The rest of the authors’ case against biomass relies largely on anecdotes about bad apples, particularly a Fresno-based plant called Madera Power that was repeatedly caught — and fined for — burning plastic.

Kevin Leary, the co-owner of Blue Lake Power, offers the story’s money quote, griping that, “It’s goddamn hard to stay in compliance.”

The authors say that Blue Lake Power has received more than $7 million in federal grants and subsidies. Addressing the fallout from the plant’s 2010 smokeout they report: The North Coast Air Quality Management District investigated and found several violations. It reached a settlement with Mr. Leary requiring Blue Lake to pay $1.4 million but allowed it to spend most of the money buying new pollution-control equipment and developing better operating practices rather than paying the agency.

How dare they, right?

We won’t go so far as to suggest that the story has an anti-green energy slant, but it’s worth noting that the authors allow the claim that biomass is “dirtier than coal power in certain ways” to go by unchallenged.

To their credit they do acknowledge that, “Fossil-fuel industries also receive government subsidies.”

But they don’t dwell on it. ● CONTEST, MUSIC, NEWSPAPERING / BY BOB DORAN / JULY 29, 12:50 P.M.

North to Alaska When Cuban-American rapper Armando Cristian Pérez, aka Pitbull, makes a rare appearance at a Wal-Mart in Kodiak, Alaska, on Monday, former Humboldt resident David Thorpe will be along for the ride. In fact Thorpe is personally responsible for sending the rapper to what he figured was the most remote Wal-Mart in the United States.

In his “Big Hurt” column for the alt. weekly Boston Phoenix, Thorpe reported on a promotional effort to send the rapper to whatever Wal-Mart gets the most “likes” on Facebook.

Using his Twitter account, Thorpe started a campaign to “exile Pitbull to the Wal-Mart on Kodiak Island, an icy, bearinfested locale.” Gawker picked up the story as did the Associated Press and #ExilePitbull went viral. The Kodiak Wal-Mart ended up with well over 66,000 likes (the town has around 6,000 residents) and won the contest. Pitbull invited “that someone who thinks it’s a joke” (Thorpe) to join him in Kodiak. ●

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Humboldt’s T Mayberry

he woman had lived in Fortuna long enough to appreciate a few things about the place. It was cheaper than most other Humboldt towns.

Sunny. Neighbors were mostly great.

But she hadn’t been there long enough, apparently, to feel she was Fortuna-tothe-bone.

Perhaps she was too liberal, the woman mused, standing on the sidewalk in front of her house talking to a couple of out-of-towners. But … what was it with this town and its police?!

“Fortuna loves its cops!” she said, her tone implying this didn’t seem quite healthy. Every time one cop pulls someone over, she said, here comes another one for backup. Then they have that dog everyone makes such a big deal over, Zorro, the police K-9. And now the city was spending $2 million on a new police station. Two million dollars! For this small town!

It does make a person wonder: Is Fortuna the best place in Humboldt County to be a cop?

It’s pretty conservative — conservatives like cops, right? And of all the Humboldt places, more cops and their families live

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in Fortuna, per capita — including many who don’t work there. Fortuna PD office manager Robin Paul surmises that, ahem, they enjoy a quiet, safe town as much as anybody.

But liberals can like their cops, too.

Arcata Police Lt. Ryan Peterson says the city treats his department very well.

Good pay. Good benefits, including retirement health insurance. The city even throws a big Christmas party every year for all city workers.

Obviously, it all depends on how you define “best.” Pay’s one measure.

Action, or lack of, another. Crime rate.

Prestige, perhaps.

People outside of law enforcement may only think of the drama when they think of police: The officer-involved shootings or tumultuous leadership issues in Eureka; the officer-involved shooting, even more recently, in Fortuna; a harrowing rescue by a Sheriff’s deputy or a big drug bust in Arcata, McKinleyville or SoHum. To a cop, though, law enforcement is also a job, with bosses and salaries and workplace minutia. And like any job, there’s a career ladder, whether you want to climb it or not.

We hung out with officers in the busiest (Eureka), quietest (Ferndale) and reputedly best-loved (Fortuna) departments to ask how they see their workplaces. What are the rungs on a Humboldt cop’s career ladder?

In search of the best place to be a cop Story and photos

by Heidi Walters

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OLD TOWN OFFICER DRAKE GOODALE WAS INSIDE THE EUREKA POLICE DEPARTMENT’S LITTLE OLD TOWN OUTPOST ONE AFTERNOON, WHEN A WOMAN’S VOICE AT THE OPEN DOOR SAID, “KNOCK KNOCK!” IT WAS PAT MARTIN, FROM NAPA, WONDERING WHERE TO BUY GOOD CIGARS. THEY ENDED UP CHATTING ABOUT KIDS AND THEIR FAVORITE KOAS, AND HE SHOWED HER PHOTOS OF HIS KIDS ON HIS IPHONE.

In addition to radio contact with dispatch, the Eureka Police Department uses mobile data terminals in its patrol cars to monitor calls into dispatch.

It was Friday in July. Inside

Eureka Police Department headquarters on Sixth Street, Sgt. Rodrigo ReynaSanchez was nearing the end of his shift. Reyna-Sanchez has been with the department since February 1999. A burly, tall, imposing man who knows his bald head and bushy dark moustache intimidate people, he grew up watching “Adam-12” and “CHiPs” on television, and wanting to be a police officer. He worked in construction first, and was 32 by the time he entered the College of the Redwoods police academy. His aim was to get on the state highway patrol, but there was a hiring freeze. So he started in Eureka. It’s just where he wants to be, turns out, even if there is a tad more paperwork than TV Town had led him to believe as a kid.

Eureka is busier than any other department in the county. Earlier, on the phone, interim Chief Murl Harpham — who’s been on the force 55 years — had told me that Eureka’s resident population might be 28,000, but the weekday population swells to 60,000 with workerbees, shoppers and people passing through.

“Just the fact that we’re the county seat in the largest city north of Santa Rosa, with a major freeway right through it where you have to stop and go and whatnot, makes our traffic incidents very high,” Harpham said. “We’re No. 1 in a lot of areas you don’t want to be No. 1: injury accidents; drunk driving arrests; pedestrians killed. Also, when we get compared to cities our size, usually they’re bedroom communities … their population decreases in the daytime because everyone goes off somewhere else to work. When people come here from other agencies and we tell them what our total calls for service are, and arrests, they can hardly believe it.”

Eureka police deal with a lot of transients and drug users. And repeat offenders. Reyna-Sanchez said sometimes he’ll arrest the same person three times in one day. “It’s never ending,” he said.

Most of the arrestees belong to the city’s resident population of 200-plus

parolees, according to Harpham.

Eureka also has more specialty assignments than any other force except the sheriff’s: detectives, drug task force, SWAT, school resource officer, Old Town patrol, crisis negotiations, evidence technicians, defensive tactics and more.

Eureka is also second to the Sheriff’s Department in numbers of violent crimes.

“Two things EPD officers don’t say: ‘It’s too quiet.’ And, ‘It’s getting boring,’” Reyna-Sanchez said. He likes that. “Work finds you. And because it’s the county seat, it’s where the jail’s at — every bad guy is brought to Eureka [and, often, let out onto Eureka’s streets shortly thereafter]. I like feeling like I’ve earned my money.”

A call came in from dispatch: Man down on K Street.

Outside, Reyna-Sanchez opened the passenger door to the patrol car and I got in. He started the engine and headed for the 400 block of K. Nothing. Then, there he was, lying against a wall on the 300 block. “It’s Larry,” said Reyna-Sanchez. “He’s a deaf mute. He gets drunk a lot.”

Old Town Officer Drake Goodale, on his police duty bicycle, was already there, leaning over the man and trying to get his attention. Bobbie Barker stood close by, watching: She’d just left work to run an errand when she saw the man lying on the sidewalk, and she’d called the police. Reyna-Sanchez got out of his car and approached. He and Goodale reached down and grabbed the groggy, reeking man by the arms and continued on next page northcoastjournal.com • North Coast Journal • Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012

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gently pulled him to his feet. Had he been drinking? Could he walk? The man blinked at them. The officers pointed down the sidewalk and motioned that the man should move along, thataway.

He shuffled off.

Barker, watching, looked mad. “The fact this country has people lying in shit …” she said, choking up. “They were mostly concerned with whether he was drunk or not.”

Back in the patrol car, ReynaSanchez said the police department’s homeless liaison officer, Pamlyn Millsap, who knows sign language, has tried repeatedly to help him.

“He’s homeless,” Reyna-Sanchez said. “He used to stay at the mission, but he burned that bridge. Pamlyn has gone out of her way to find him housing, and he won’t go for it. He’d rather be drunk.”

If the man had been unable to get up,

SGT. RODRIGO REYNASANCHEZ, LEFT, AND OLD TOWN OFFICER DRAKE GOODALE, WHO OFTEN PATROLS BY BICYCLE, URGE A DRUNK RESIDENT TO HIS FEET ONE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. EUREKA RESIDENT BOBBIE BARKER MADE THE 911 CALL THAT SUMMONED THEIR HELP.

he added, he would have driven him to the hospital.

Later that Friday night — when drinking and mischief-making were expected to pick up — I rode around with Officer

Dave Chapman on part of his 4:30 p.m. to 3 a.m. shift. He patrolled streets and alleys and stopped for long stretches on a small side street intersecting busy Harris to watch for traffic scofflaws. He

let them all pass, however — this shift was one officer short tonight, and he needed to be ready to respond to calls from dispatch. The calls came up on his computer monitor in bursts, and he zipped back and forth across town, covering two of the city’s three beats.

He talked to neighbors worried about alley-junk thieves, dusted a windowpane for a burgling check-stealer’s fingerprints, shined a flashlight into a door-busted barn, backed up other officers on domestic violence and drunk-and-disorderly calls, and took a man with a felony warrant to jail. In one apartment, he listened first to a drunk young man who said his roommates had been abusing him for two weeks, and then to the roommates, who denied it calmly and said he needed to get a job and pay his rent.

Chapman, finding no fresh evidence

By the Numbers: Humboldt County Police Square Miles

Town

Population

% Of General Fund 2

Sworn FullTime Officers 3

Calls for Service Jan.-June 2012 5

Officer-Initiated Actions Jan.-June 2012 6

K-9s

Pay Range, Police Officer 7

Vehicles

Annual Uniform Upkeep Allowance

Eureka

17.7

28,606 1

46

52 (3 vacant positions)

22,405

18,995

5

$58,868 to $61,848

Ford Crown Victorias; some Dodge Chargers

$550

Arcata

8

18,000

42.9

27

11,033

9,655

2

$47,524 to $57,766

Ford Crown Victorias

$250

Fortuna

5

11,926

47

15

8,990

Included in calls for service

1

$40,503 to $49,211

Ford Crown Victorias

$1,000

Rio Dell

2.4

3,250

53

5

2,078

roughly 467

None

$39,046 to $44,370

Ford Crown Victorias, Ford F250 4WD truck.

$750

Ferndale

1

1,372

70

4

65

200-plus

None

$26,448 to $32,148

Ford Crown Victorias; Dodge Charger donated by a citizen

$350

Sheriff

3,575

135,263

17

79 (6 vacancies and 17 frozen positions) 4

31,972

Included in calls for service

1

$41,556 to $53,328 (Deputy Sheriff I)

Ford Crown Victorias

$635

1, around campus

12,000 students

No reply

12

Unavailable

Unavailable

None

$49,620 to $68,388

Ford Crown Victorias; truck

$684

HSU

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of abuse, said gently, “You’re a grown up.

You’re not a child. You can move out.”

He handed him his card and said he was more than welcome to call back when he was sober.

“What we really are, are problem solvers,” Chapman said afterward. “That’s what I try to do.”

There is some frank

backroom chatter among the agencies about who’s “better.” Or more cautious.

More respectful. More clean cut. Or something.

“I’ve heard that Fortuna police officers are frowned upon if they pull their gun,” said Eureka officer Reyna-Sanchez.

“The town wants them to appear nice.”

Even bad guys had told him that.

“Eureka cops are trained to be gun-ready,” said former Eureka officer Bob Martinez, who now works in Arcata where, on his first incident call, he shocked his new colleagues by whipping his gun out of his holster.

“Arcata allows goatees — not professional,” said Eureka Old Town patrol officer Goodale. (The Sheriff’s department, Rio Dell, Ferndale and HSU allow them, too, actually.)

During a brief period under former Eureka Chief Garr Nielsen — who came in on the heels of officer-involved shooting scandals and was fired in the wake of yet more turmoil — the Eureka uniform policy became so loose one officer called it an “anyform” policy. “With Chief Nielsen, he allowed ball caps, knit caps and alternate uniforms,” said Reyna-Sanchez. “We joked about it, that

it could be anything as long as you had a badge on.” Now, as before the Nielsen moment, Eureka officers wear the LAPDblue uniform and no ball caps, earrings, visible tats or goatees.

Rio Dell, meanwhile … “Their uniform is tactical black pants and a load-bearing vest on the outside; at a patrol level, it looks kind of goofy,” said ReynaSanchez.

He also called Rio Dell a “starter PD.” “It’s where a lot of people go who can’t get a real job,” he said. “It’s Mayberry.

But there’s a lot of crime in Rio Dell, too.”

Goodale, who got his start in Rio Dell in 1991 and spent one year there on the county drug task force, said Rio Dell was “inundated with methamphetamine and unemployment.” But he agreed it’s a “starter PD” — and added Ferndale and Fortuna to the starter list. And he was born and raised in Fortuna; initially, he wanted to work there, but he kept testing lower than other candidates. After Rio Dell, he jumped to much-busier Arcata in 1994. He was there 14 years before finally making it to Eureka — the perfect place for an action junky.

“Arcata was fun. It’s a lot of peace, love and tie dye and question-authority people, and East Coast kids for who it was their first time away from Mommy and Daddy,” Goodale said. “Little Berkeley North. Being a redneck Republican from Fortuna, after 14 years it was time for a change from the People’s Republic of Arcata.”

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Eureka’s the place, Reyna-Sanchez said, where within two years you become well-versed in taking any kind of report: homicide, robbery, rape, embezzlement. Which makes Eureka officers prime for plucking by bigger departments out of the county.

“We’re all a starter agency for someone — Eureka for Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa for San Francisco,” said Arcata cop Martinez, laughing.

And the county Sheriff’s Department here is a feeder for other counties, said Sheriff Mike Downey. “People come to Humboldt for certification, and then leave. Three to four left in the last six months because they’re going back where they came from.”

Sometimes, though, they flee in the other direction.

Officer Chapman, from my Eureka ride-along, grew up in a tiny Sierra town. After five years in the military, four years getting his criminal justice degree at Chico State, and 2½ years with the Oakland Police he applied everywhere in Humboldt. The Sheriff’s Department was hiring, and he jumped. And when a position came open on the Eureka force—

A woman away on vacation got a call from her bank asking if she really was writing all of those checks. She called her uncle, who checked on her house: A window was pried open, her extra checks indeed missing. Officer David Chapman, with the Eureka Police Department, dusts for fingerprints.

living is about the same,” he said.

“Being able to have kids in good schools, being able to go to the ocean and the redwoods — to me, that’s priceless.”

So one officer’s comfy Mayberry is another officer’s dreary Mayberry. It’s all relative.

Rio Dell Police Chief Graham Hill smarts at the notion that some consider his small-town agency a “starter PD.” “That is a terrible assessment of the Rio Dell police department,” he said.

He’s worked in Rio Dell since he got out of CR’s police academy in 1995, and he’s been chief since 2004. “It’s not a fair

at a time when the sheriff was doing budget-related layoffs — he took that.

The pay was better than at the sheriff’s, but worse than Oakland’s. But pay isn’t what motivated him. It was stability, and country life. “I make about half the pay here as I did in Oakland, and the cost of

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2010 Crimes in Humboldt County Violent Crimes

Property Crimes

Total

Homicide

Forcible Rape

Robbery

Aggravated Assault

Total

Burglary

Motor Vehicle Theft

LarcenyTheft Over $400

Arson

County Total

529

6

62

110

351

2,515

1,421

431

663

64

Sheriff’s Dept./ Unincorporated

242

5

33

33

171

745

450

26

269

15

Arcata

40

0

6

14

20

297

172

32

93

15

Eureka

184

1

17

57

109

1,011

651

154

206

24

Ferndale

1

0

0

0

1

7

3

0

4

0

Fortuna

40

0

4

4

32

176

87

27

62

7

Rio Dell

12

0

1

1

10

38

20

10

8

1

Trinidad

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

2

0

Csu Humboldt

9

0

1

1

7

32

14

2

16

2

Jurisdiction

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characterization. We’ve had people here with 17, 10, nine years of experience. Our least experienced employee has been here 2½ years, and has no plans on going anywhere.”

Arcata Officer Martinez, who’s a hostage negotiator, said one time he assisted Rio Dell officers with a barricaded subject. “And they handled that incident so well,” he said. “They were professional and thorough and patient.”

As for that ballistic vest worn on the outside of the uniform in Rio Dell? It’s to protect officers’ backs, people. “If you look at a lot of complaints of injuries with police officers over the years, it’s their lower back,” said Chief Hill. “I think

it has to do with the heavy belt and the weight around your waist. You have the option of transferring that equipment up to the vest, and that shifts the weight to your upper body. It also makes it convenient because we’re on call — if you’re leaving your house in a hurry, you can throw that vest on quickly.”

And, hey, what’s wrong with a goatee? asked Lt. Ryan Peterson, whose been with the Arcata police since 1999, and was in Blue Lake and the Bay Area before that. “Sometimes we hear, ‘Arcata, they’re touchy feely,’ or, ‘We’re in our own little world’. All that is a misperception. What’s wrong with touchy feely?

What’s wrong with compassion? We

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Arcata is a progressive city, said Officer Martinez, who was also once a radio show host. More labor friendly than, say, Eureka. “We all work together,” he said. “We have a Christmas party every year for the entire city.” And, he thinks, Arcata cops are trained to be more patient — handy with the rowdy plaza bar scene, where people want to fight.

Officers in every agency claimed that theirs offers professional, personal service to the people they’ve sworn to serve and protect.

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The sheriff’s department has dozens of different positions: in the jail, in marijuana eradication, in the boating division, or even in the boondocks as a resident deputy.

Before he became sheriff, Downey patrolled in Shelter Cove and in Garberville; it took him a while to be accepted. above the ferndale police With the huge landscape department. above right The the Sheriff’s Departpolice report update boards inside the Ferndale Police ment covers, it can take Department. Oh, and the a long time to get to a dogcatcher noose. Right call, and a deputy usually Ferndale Officer Jason Hynes can’t get backup. The calibrates the radar gun in his upside is lovely climate patrol car with a tuning fork. change: “Working the McKinleyville beat, you’re driving the beach where there’s fog, and within 15 minutes all wear black uniforms now — had you’re in Blue Lake where there’s 75-80 switched to them when the Eureka degrees,” Sheriff’s Lt. Steve Knight said.

Police wore black, too, and then Eureka “And, [unlike those city patrol cops], you went and switched back to blue. Sigh. don’t go crazy driving in circles.”

Then he’d turned me over to Officer Hynes, at about 6 p.m., first briefing him on a call from someone in public works I almost fell asleep in Officer Jason who’d caught kids partying behind the Hynes’ patrol vehicle. old gray barn at 8:30 in the morning.

It wasn’t his fault; he was interestWith a six-pack of beer. “He thinks he ing enough, answering questions about scared them this morning, at about 8:30, himself and the job. Possibly I’d misbecause he heard them running down timed my ride-along. Earlier, a little the creek,” Diaz said. after 5 p.m., Officer Paul Diaz had given “At 8:30 this morning?” Hynes had me a tour of the newly renovated little repeated. “With beer?”

Ferndale police station on Berding Street Hynes and I got into his Crown Vic. — the new, dark red carpet; a new He grabbed a tuning fork and whacked lobby (to replace a locked door) with a it on the dash board then held it to phone where a person can walk in durthe radar gun to check its calibration ing closed hours to call the dispatcher — whinnNNNNNE, it went, as the red over in Fortuna. Ferndale PD is doing all number on its digital screen fluttered right. Seventy percent of the general up to “65.” He steered out of the small fund is devoted to it. It has four officers paved lot — flanked by a grassy area and three volunteer reservists. Diaz and dumpsters, lures for deer and cats showed me the small evidence room — and drove up the main drag toward (one of Officer Hynes’ domains) with its the city park. Cruised slowly alongside tower of lockers; the hallway where the the park. Turned and headed down update report folders hang on hooks Berding, passing the police station. beside the dogcatching noose. Yes, he The radar gun whined as a car apsaid, Ferndale police chase loose dogs. proached and passed. Hynes picked up Help wounded deer. And they used to his Kenwood radio mic, called dispatch: go after loose cows, but now they refer “Fortuna 4Paul1,” he said (his call sign). those calls to the CHP. She repeated that and said, “Go ahead.”

Diaz had also told me that they He asked her to check a license plate

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number. She ran it. Nothing to report.

It was a gray evening, and the big barns in the green fields opposite the fairgrounds were like oil paintings framed in the car windows as we passed.

People well into their post-dinner routines rode bikes, jogged, walked the dog.

A man, on foot, waved as Hynes passed.

He waved back. Same thing happened with a little boy stopped at a corner on his bike.

“I get along with a lot of the people here,” he said. “Even the ones I’ve arrested. As the saying goes, they wave with all five fingers here.” Diaz had made the same joke.

Hynes is one of those quintessentially square-jawed, fit cops, not the alsoquintessential soft and round ones. He has blue eyes and boyish looks, though he’s in his 40s. He grew up in the Bay Area. Worked odd jobs: real estate, hardware store, helping autistic kids.

After the 9/11 attacks in 2001, he wanted to be a cop.

“Corny as it sounds, I like helping people,” he said. “Plus, there were some things that went on in my past, and to some friends of mine. And then 9/11.

Everything happened at once.”

Six and a half years ago he went to College of Redwoods’ police academy.

He was 35. His plan was to work a few years in Humboldt County, pay his dues,

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then scat. He’s been working in Ferndale ever since.

But he lives in Eureka — more action there. “Ferndale streets roll up at 8 or 9 o’clock,” he said. “Too quiet for me.”

We were on the other side now of the one-square-mile Ferndale PD turf.

Turning at the Williams Creek and Grizzly Bluff intersection, driving a country lane across the open fields.

“You go to Ferndale to get your post certificate,” he said, meaning the intermediate certification that folllows the basic one from the academy. “It’s really a stepping stone.”

But he’s stuck here, he said, because of the economy. It’s a buyers’ market — who are you going to hire? The guy from Ferndale, or the seasoned cop from, say, the bankrupt city of Bell, in Southern California. Even the Eureka PD was getting applications from those big-city refugees from layoffs.

He doesn’t want Eureka, though, either. He misses his family, and the Bay Area. “I like a little smog, a little noise,” he said.

Ferndale’s a sweet town. His favorite moments have been helping a kid retrieve his lost bike and a couple find their lost camera. There’s a lot of community service work like that — every night, someone patrols through town and checks to make sure businesses are locked. But the action, if any, is mostly DUIs. And many of those, oddly, happen

in the daytime.

The radar gun whined — higher for a fast car, lower for a slow car. Mesmerizing. Once, startlingly, Officer Hynes pulled a guy in a big maroon truck over for darting unsafely in front of another car. They chatted a while. He came back and ran the guy’s license through dispatch. Went back and said, “Have a good night.”

The guy had told him that he was distracted by the patrol car and didn’t see the other car coming. Hynes accepted it.

The guy wasn’t a repeat offender.

And it was back to cruising, circling the city, looking for cell-phone-using drivers, waving at people. Daytime, it turns out, is the busier time in Ferndale.

Everybody is out and about then.

I started nodding not quite two hours in. Hynes understood.

He is planning to leave Ferndale soon for the Bay Area or somewhere farther south, even if he doesn’t get a cop job.

“I will move out of here within the next couple months,” he said. “I’ll flip burgers, anything.”

OK, but if he did stick around here?

“I’d want to work in Fortuna,” he said.

It has just the right amount of calls for service versus community service type duties.

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ens of frozen positions, he’s constantly in a hiring mode as officers retire, leave the region or move to higher-paying local agencies like Eureka and Humboldt State. Officer Diaz, who’s been in Ferndale since 2005, said he’s been through three chiefs already. He admits his agency is a training (“starter”) agency.

Other officers have gone to Rio Dell, and to EPD. He’s sticking around — it reminds him of the small town where he grew up in southern California.

“If I was in it for the money, I wouldn’t be here,” he said.

Eureka Police Department, meanwhile, is feeling a bit flush these days, since voters passed Measure O last KIDS LINED UP TO DUNK FORTUNA POLICE CHIEF WILLIAM DOBBERSTEIN DURING RODEO WEEK IN FORTUNA. LATER THEY GOT TO DUNK SEVERAL OTHERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT. THE DUNKING WAS A FUNDRAISER TO HELP COVER THE COST OF THEIR POLICE DOG, ZORRO. THE FORTUNA POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS AT LEAST $25,000 TO COVER THE COST OF ITS K-9 UNIT, WHICH THE CITY CUT FROM THE GENERAL FUND – VEHICLE REPAIRS ($1,000), HANDLER HEALTH INSURANCE ($933), SUPPLIES ($2,000), FUEL AND OIL ($1,500), DAILY DOG CARE (A HALF-HOUR PAY PER DAY STIPEND), MONTHLY TRAINING (ABOUT $6,000), VETERINARIAN COSTS AND OVERTIME ($10,000) FOR SGT. JASON KADLE, ZORRO’S HANDLER (THE TWO SOMETIMES ARE CALLED TO HELP OTHER AGENCIES).

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November, a sales tax that boosts funds to public safety, among other things. It’s currently hiring to fill three vacant positions. And it’s getting fancy cameras for its patrol cars.

Rio Dell, recently restructured under a budget crisis, laid off three officers and the records specialist, leaving it with four officers and a chief. The officers remaining got raises to bring them in line with comparable departments. In Arcata, turnover is pretty low, said Lt. Peterson, and most people who leave are retiring.

In Fortuna, said office manager Robin Paul, not much has changed other than Chief Kris Kitna’s retirement last year and William Dobberstein’s promotion to chief. And the city lost its school resource officer position. Oh, and Fortuna is getting that new police station — half of which, she noted, would actually house the Public Works Department’s fleet. And it just ordered two new patrol units. They’ll arrive in September and will be traditional black-and-whites, but not Crown Vics — Ford’s not making them anymore for police work.

And Fortuna is still raising money to keep that dog, K-9 Zorro, on the beat, after cutting it from the regular budget

and asking for donagym shorts and unitions instead. The form tops. “I grew up dog unit was budwith a lot of these kids’ geted at $21,500 parents and some of last year, including the older cops.” $10,000 in over“Once you’re here, time for handler you never leave,” Lindsey Sgt. Jason Kadle. said. “Which makes you This year the city feel pretty safe with the wants to raise at cops, because we know least $25,000 to them. They’re committed keep the team to the community begoing. cause this is their home.”

Midway through Ro- FORTUNA POLICE It’s true — most of the OFFICER TRADING CARD deo Week in Fortuna, Fortuna Police officers were on an evening when born and raised in this city. every resident seemed to have descendOn the other side of the dunk tank ed on Main Street, burgers cooked, audience, Fortuna Officer Tim Dias cotton candy wound around sticks, and stood amid some of his fellow officers. a police-staffed dunk tank drew a crowd.

Dias turns out to be a textbook example The tank was a fundraiser for Zorro. of someone struggling to calibrate his Three generations of Fortuna Sullivans position in local law enforcement. He — Jessica, Lindsey and baby Scarlett — was a logger for Pacific Lumber for 20 smiled as Chief Dobberstein reported years, until he got laid off. Then he for his dunkings. retrained at CR to be a police officer. He “I can’t believe the dog costs that started in Rio Dell, where he figured he much,” Jessica kept saying. could regain social skills he’d lost “talkStill, she feels safe in Fortuna. She ing to trees” all those years. The pay was laughed, and nodded at all the police ofstill low back then, so after four years he ficers standing round, some in drenched moved up to Eureka — where he lasted three months.

“I liked the more Mayberry of Rio Dell,” Dias said.

So he went back there for a year. And then, seeking better pay again, and a little more action, he moved over to Fortuna.

He’s been on the force five years.

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Shannan Dailey as Bitsy, Gloria Montgomery as Jimmie Wyvette in NCRT’s The Red Velvet Cake War. photo courtesy of NCRT

Is Texas Funny?

North Coast Repertory’s Red Velvet Cake Wars, and season previews

By William S. Kowinski williamkowinski@northcoastjournal.com

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he Red Velvet Cake War is the summer comic confection now on stage at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Eureka. The Verdeen girls — Gaynelle (played by Jacqui Cain), Peaches (Denise Ryles) and Jimmie Wyvette (Gloria Montgomery) — live in the small Texas town of Sweetgum. They chafe under the domination of the family matriarch, Aunt La Merle (Toodie SueAnn Boll) whose basic attitude is “you can agree with me or be wrong.” Family trouble, man trouble and cake trouble ensue. If that sounds funny to you, it is. If it doesn’t, well, it’s still pretty funny.

To be sure, these are more akin to joketransmitting caricatures than characters.

They are so deeply cliched that we know Elsa Dowdall (played with panache by Janet Waddell) is a psychologist because she speaks in a German/European accent, which in the real world hasn’t been new or particularly likely for decades. And of course she’s repressed.

But the actors bring individual touches to these stereotypes and animate them. Gloria Montgomery is particularly deft at physically embodying the tomboy cowgirl, Jimmie Wyvette. She might be the one character you want to know more about. Arnold Waddell as the elder Verdeen delivers several of the funniest lines with a curmudgeon’s delight, and Matt Cole as the would-be hero

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is outstanding in a role you can pretty much see the young Tim Robbins playing.

Not that the televised familiarity of these characters matters much. Because what they do — and particularly what the say — is funny. The Red Velvet Cake War was written by the team of Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope (past winner of the Texas New Playwright Award) and Jamie Wooten. Not surprisingly, they’ve all written comedy for television, including for the classic Golden Girls and shows on every cable channel from USA to Fox. As a team they specialize in stage comedies about the South, especially Texas, tailored for community theatres. According to their website, this play has been widely produced, from Plant City, Fla. and Brick, N.J. to Baraboo, Wis. and Blind Bay, British Columbia. It’s even spawned a sequel, Rex’s Exes.

The dramaturgy of this play is paint-bynumbers, but the playwrights know their (all white) milieu and are admirably adept at creating humorous language without being exploitive or insulting. While the wit is even subtle at times (including some of the copious vulgarity), the physical humor is time-tested farce and slapstick. The plot, however, is an increasingly incredible and wearying mashup of reality show colliding with sitcom.

The verbal humor is especially sharp and

frequent in the first act, before the mayhem punctuated by exposition takes over in the second act. Catastrophes mount unbelievably and with very little at stake, and it starts to feel like you’re clicking through cable TV hell — with the comfy sitcom resolution, of course. So in the end there’s little to say about this show except that it’s wildly funny at times, and it’s basically goodhearted fun while it’s happening.

Director Gene Cole has apparently taken care to make sure the cast members exploit the particular music of this Texas accent while still making themselves understood.

Again, this is particularly impressive in the first act, before the decibel level gets wearing. He also keeps the physical comedy pot boiling. The universally funny cast includes Shannan Dailey, Laurence Thorpe and David Simms. Calder Johnson designed the set and lighting, Jenneveve Hood the costumes, Michael Thomas the sound. The betweenscenes music — bright Texas tunes that sound like they’re synthesized for a video game — is especially twisted.

The Red Velvet Cake War continues at North Coast Rep Friday and Saturday evenings through Aug. 18, with Sunday matinees on Aug. 5 and 12.

This is the final production in the NCRT season. Its 29th season begins in September with a contemporary farce, Fox on the Fairway by Ken Ludwig. The classic Cole Porter musical Anything Goes is followed

by David Mamet’s drama American Buffalo.

Next year’s Shakespeare is The Tempest, preceding the contemporary rock musical Next to Normal and the contemporary nonSouthern comedy, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife by Charles Busch.

Ferndale Rep

has also announced its upcoming 41st season, which begins in October. After the edgy contemporary comedy In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) by Sarah Ruhl, it’s pretty much all musicals all the time: Annie, Songs for a New World (a theatrical song cycle by Jason Robert Brown), Hello Dolly and Assassins

by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman.

The only exception is the 1960s French farce Boeing Boeing. Meanwhile, the musicals Cabaret and Woody Guthrie’s American Song alternate weekends through August.

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Opening Friday, Aug. 3, is the Humboldt Light Opera Company production of the musical Cinderella at HSU’s Van Duzer Theatre. Directed by Carol Ryder, the all-star cast includes Katri Pitts, James Gadd, Molly Severdia, Lily Buschman, Brandy Rose, Tracey Barnes Priestly, Fiona Ryder, Ellsworth Pence, Bill Ryder, Katherine Kinley and Larry Pitts, with a special debut appearance by Aurora Pitts, who will turn 5 during opening weekend. l

What You See Is What You Get? Alan Dismuke’s self-portraits

By Jason Marak

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or over 20 years, photographer Alan Dismuke has been taking selfportraits. No, he’s not the world’s most narcissistic artist. In fact, he is often difficult to identify in his portraits. The figures in Dismuke’s work appear as male, female, young, old, rich, poor, nude and clothed. But behind the costumes, wigs and makeup, they are all Alan. The Sacramento-based artist confronts viewers with exteriors that act as façades, exploring issues of gender, sexuality and class. A selection of these self-portraits makes up his current exhibition, “The Gender Series, 1990-Present,” on display at the Morris Graves Museum’s Tom Knight Gallery.

Dismuke’s self-portrait project began right here in Humboldt County when he was living and working in Arcata. “Actually, some of the initial idea, the seed of an idea, came from Morris Graves,” said Dismuke, explaining that while working for the Humboldt Arts Council he was involved with the acquisition of Graves’ personal art collection. “In the time I spent talking with him about that, he sort of gave me a whole verbal history of modern art. … One of the things that he mentioned to me was that I really should start reading some Carl Jung.”

Dismuke took Graves’ advice and found himself drawn to Jung’s anima theory. “It sort of spurred this idea of the similarities between the anima [the feminine inner personality of males] and animus [the masculine inner personality of females].” Around the same time, Dismuke was looking at the work of photographer Cindy Sherman, known for her conceptual self-portraits and reading a biography of Lee Strasberg, the father of method acting. The combination left him with a desire to explore the theatrical possibilities in self-portraiture. The goal was to present male, female and androgynous characters not immediately recognizable as himself, but as archetypes.

“Initially I was just working with the idea

to see if I could make it work, if I could make it believable,” said Dismuke.

As the project evolved, so did the process. “I guess what really simplified the matter was when I got into Photoshop about 10 or 15 years ago,” Dismuke said.

In the beginning, he shot on film using an old Nikon camera without a remote control. “I’d have to set the self-timer and run across the room and hit my mark — it was really pretty tedious!” Dismuke said with a laugh. “I was also doing my own hair and costumes and makeup and all that kind of stuff.” The prints themselves were also very labor intensive: composite printed in the darkroom, sometimes up to eight figures in a single scene, and then hand-colored. “I would put in 40 hours just doing one print,” he recalled.

Despite dealing with serious issues, Dismuke’s work contains an element of fun and satire. Dada, Man Ray, Duchamp and the California Funk Art movement, especially the self-effacing humor of artists like Robert Arneson, have certainly been influences. “I’ve always sort of leaned toward the humor of it — not so much slapstick sort of situations but more things that make people stop and think. Humor helps make it more easily digestible,” he explained. “When I show my work I look for people to get a laugh out of it. I have certainly seen people that it makes very uncomfortable, but that’s really not my intention. It’s more to point out the similarities between the sexes and how easily that can be manipulated.”

Looking at Dismuke’s photographs, it’s striking to notice what causes us to read an image as masculine or feminine. Something as subtle as a slight shift in the angle of a wrist or ankle can change our reading of the body language from one gender to another. Even the way a cigarette is held becomes, in a sense, gender-identified.

With single figures sometimes containing both stereotypically masculine and feminine identifiers, Dismuke reduces gender identity to little more than an issue of

context, clothing and pose. Dismuke’s photographs force us to consider exteriors and interiors and to question what it is we are really reacting to. At what point does a false perception begin to function as a reality? Exteriors begin to seem like easily manipulated façades, and we are left to wonder where the truth really lies. ●

pull-out A RT sect i on TOP TO BOTTOM, PHOTOS BY ALAN DISMUKE: “COUPLE,” “ANDROGYNE,” AND “GROUPE CAFE DEUX MOULIN.”

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Alan Dismuke’s “The Gender Series, 1990-Present,” is on exhibit in the Tom Knight Gallery upstairs in the Morris Graves Museum (636 F St., Eureka) from Aug. 2, until Sept. 9. A reception for the artist will be held in conjunction with Arts Alive!, from 6-9 p.m. on Aug. 4. Jazz pianist Darius Brotman and guitarist Duncan Burgess will be performing in the Graves Rotunda that night.

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PHOTOGRAPHER CHUCK CHEN WAS RAISED IN THE MIDWEST, BUT FELL IN LOVE WITH HUMBOLDT’S “ENCHANTING SHORELINES, DIVERSE LANDSCAPE, AND ITS BOHEMIAN LIFE PACE,” AND SETTLED IN ARCATA. HIS PATIENT REFLECTIONS ON THE MAGIC AND BEAUTY OF THE COAST ARE ON DISPLAY AT WESTHAVEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN AUGUST. (SEE PAGE 26 FOR LISTINGS.) “MOONSTONETWILIGHT,” PHOTO BY CHUCK CHEN

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7. F STREET FOTO GALLERY at Swanlund’s Camera 527 F St. Ellen Land-Weber and Lorraine 41 24 Miller-Wolf, Face to Face: Portraits from Two 19b Continents, photography.

33a 4th St 7a. THE LOCAL 517 F 33 St. Dave Van Patten, DOWNTOWN to 1515 1st St muralist painting; 32a 19 19a 10 OLD Brandon Barlow, Chris 32 13 11 Snug Alley TOWN Demise, Rob Gribbin, 5th St 34 Romano Detail 8 12 Gazebo and E.R Hedstrom, Gabriel 22 49 49a 50 51 207a 20a 20b 29 30 31 31a Cumulative Artto 59 2nd St 18c 18b 18a 6 7 55 55a Show; 4 For Jazz.

21 23 28a 35 35a 36 36a 37 38 47 48 48a 52 54 18 46 Imperial 53 Square 23a 28 8. SACRED PALACE 17b 6th St 39 45a 27 26 26a Opera Alley 17a 3c 5 44b 40 45 BOUTIQUE 516 Fifth 3b 17 3a 44a Clark 40a 44 4 St. Scott57 Sherman, 23b Plaza Morris16 3 56 43 42 40b 43a Graves emphasis on animals, to 58 25b to 15 14 Museum 2 3rd St 9 25 25a to 9 watercolors.

0 500 ft 7th St 1 41 24 © NORTH COAST JOURNAL/Miles Eggelston 9. LIVING ROOM GALLERY at MikkiMoves 805 Seventh 4th St St. Susan Cooper, Joy Dellas, Joyce Jonté and friends; Music by The Gimick.

1. EUREKA INN 518 Seventh St. 3a. EUREKA THEATER 618 F St. Vintage cartoons 10. SEWELL GALLERY FINE ART 423 F St. Regina 2. HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL at the Morris and popcorn!

Case, The Walk Back, paintings; Dogbone 10 Graves Museum of Art 636 F St. Perfor3b. ANNEX 39 608 F St. performing.

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AMIGAS BURRITOS 317 Fifth St. Kari Shoberg, 7a Christine Hodgins, Subliminal Realms, from Partrick’s Candy) 123 pieces illustrating 6 7 Lost in the Redwoods Photography, portraits sculptures and drawings; Anderson Gallery: the Great Outdoors ... The Magnificent World and weddings.

Peter Holbrook, Colorada Plateau, oil We Live In. 6th St 13.

PRIMATE TATU 139 Fifth St. Michael Arneson. paintings; Knight Gallery: Alan Dismuke, 6. DALIANES TRAVEL 522 F St. The Garland Street 3c 5 14. INK ANNEX 47 W. Third St. Arupa class, stu3b The Gender Series, 1990-present, photoStudio, Barbara J. Pulliam and students Edie 3a dent showcase of artwork; Mekone perform4 graphs; Floyd Bettiga Gallery Claire Iris M. List, Sharon Lee Myers, Alice Zedelis, JacMorris 3 ing.

Graves Schencke, The Colored Wings Float Like, oil Forthun, Linda Speier, Janette P. Murphy, Museum 2 15. BAR FLY PUB AND GRUB 91 Commercial. Kath- 9 to 9 monotypes on archival paper.

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16. CHERI BLACKERBY GALLERY and THE STUDIO 272 C St. Soodie Whitaker, paintings and sculpture.

17. HALL GALLERY 208 C St. Thomas Preble, Roberta Heidt-Preble, Thaddeus Zoellner, Justin Skilstad, Jay Brown and Haden Ryan.

17a. THE WORKS 210 C St. Phillip King, artwork.

17b. ACCIDENT GALLERY 210 C St. 18. SAILORS’ GRAVE TATTOO 138 Second St. Tattoo related art.

18a. LIVELLA STUDIO 120 Second St. Recording Studios. Mod Brothers.

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19a. REDWOOD CURTAIN 220 First St. Matt Durham, paintings; Claire Bent, lullabies and soft songs on ukelele.

20. CHAPALA CAFE 201 Second St. Traditional Southwest artists’ prints.

20a. ACCENT STYLING GALLERY 219 Second St. The Man in White.

20b. GOOD RELATIONS 223 Second St. NAK, Endless Uncertainties acrylic, enamel and ink on canvas and wood.

21. HUMBOLDT HERBALS 300 Second St. Kathryn Stotler, assemblage/collage fiber works; Todd Krider, acoustic guitar.

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423 F Street, Eureka 95501

23. CIARA’S IRISH SHOP 334 Second St. 23a. HUMBOLDT GLASS BLOWERS 214 E St. Monica Haff, paintings; pinball tournament.

23b. CLARKE HISTORICAL MUSEUM Third and E streets. Michael Guerriero, artwork celebrating the Eel River Salmon Run. 24. BELLA BASKETS 311 E St. Dennis Rosser and Sherry Hornbrook, watercolors.

25. STUDIO 424 424 Third St. James Reid and Mark McKenna, photography.

25a. SHIPWRECK 430 Third St. Jake Moondragon, paintings.

25b. THIRD STREET MAKER’S FAIR Third between E and F streets. Noon-8 p.m. Second annual event features Humboldt craft makers, demonstrations, live music and more. Sponsored

by Eureka Fabrics, Scrapper’s Edge, Yarn, and Origin design lab.

26. CAFÉ NOONER 409 Opera Alley. Ryan Filgas, photography; The Living Rooms, performing.

26a. THE SPEAKEASY BAR 411 Opera Alley. Showing the paintings and art of our staff.

27. HUMBOLDT BAYKEEPER 211 E St. Redwood Camera Club; Kenny Ray and the Mighty Rovers.

28. RAMONE’S 209 E St. Cynthia Ann Noble; Scotch Wiggly.

28a. BOOKLEGGER 402 Second St. 29. TRUCHAS GALLERY/LOS BAGELS 403 Second St. Patricia Sennott, handmade prints.

30. BELLE STARR 405 Second St. Larisa Evans, collages.

31. NORTH SOLES 407 Second St. Susan Schuessler; co-artists Bob and Donna Sellers, “Choosing Balance” exploration of the intrapsychic domain of the feminine..

31a. SASSAFRASS 417 Second St. Hayley Brick, Water U Light, acrylic paintings.

32. SISTERFRIENDSJEANS 108 F St. 32a. HSU FIRST STREET GALLERY 422 First Street Alex Anderson, Brittany Britton, Kelly Curtin, Dorian Daneau, Danielle DeMartini, Hollie Dilley, Chris Fortin, Rhianna Gallagher, Lily Haas, Brenton Henriques, Sylvie Dakota Huhn, Kasey Jorgensen, Karen L. Kintz, Greg Lysander, Malia Penhall, Janarie Ricchio, Anna Schneider, Maccabee Shelley, Justin Skillstad, Ryan Spaulding, Elysee Valdez, Stephanie Vonderahe, Krya Weber, “Dragon Summer,” alumni artists emerging from Humboldt State University.

33. HEALTHSPORT 411 First St. ZUMBA® Parking Lot Party fundraiser for Humboldt Wild Life Care Center, giveaways, refreshments, Corey’s Fitness Gauntlet.

33a. BAYFRONT RESTAURANT F Street Plaza.

Huichol Indian Art from Mexico.

34. STRICTLY FOR THE BIRDS 123 F St. Leslie Anderson, photography.

35. EUREKA FABRICS 414 Second St. Featuring quilting cottons and crafts at the Third Street Maker’s Fair and in our store!

35a. THE LITTLE SHOP OF HERS 416 Second St. The Artful Alias: The Art of Lauren Miller.

36. YARN 418 Second St. Julie MacNiel, mixed media paintings.

36a. EUREKA BOOKS 426 Second St. Marc Matteoli signs his new book, North Coast Aviators.

37. SHORELINES GALLERY 434 Second St. 38. MANY HANDS GALLERY 438 Second St. 39. TALISMAN BEADS 214 F St. 40. ALIROSE 229 F St. Justine Levy, jewelry artist.

40a. THE WINE SPOT 234 F St. Fran Kuta and Michelle Murphy-Ferguson, oil paintings.

40b. THE RITZ Third and F St. Jennifer Mackey and Andrei Hedstrom, artwork.

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“FACE TO FACE: PORTRAITS FROM TWO CONTINENTS,” THE CURRENT EXHIBITION AT F STREET FOTO GALLERY, UPSTAIRS AT SWANLUND’S CAMERA, PAIRS PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS SHOT IN CENTRAL ASIA

BY ELLEN LAND-WEBER WITH WORK SHOT IN CENTRAL AMERICA BY LORRAINE MILLER-WOLF. LAND-WEBER, AN EMERITUS PROFESSOR IN ART FROM HSU, MUSES ON OUR LOVE OF PORTRAITURE: “BEING HUMAN, WE ARE ATTUNED TO FACES FROM OUR EARLIEST INFANCY. LATER IN LIFE, WE FIND IT IMPORTANT TO ‘READ’ THE EXPRESSIONS OF THOSE IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT PHOTOGRAPHS OF PEOPLE, WE WANT TO FATHOM THE PERSON PORTRAYED, WHETHER BY FACIAL EXPRESSION, POSTURE, CLOTHING, ENVIRONMENT, OR ALL OF THESE. WE RECOGNIZE SOMETHING OF OURSELVES, YET SIMULTANEOUSLY, SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT.” THERE WILL BE A RECEPTION FOR THE ARTISTS SATURDAY FROM 6-9 P.M. DURING ARTS ALIVE! THE SHOW RUNS UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST.

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REGINA CASE’S EXHIBIT “THE WALK BACK” IS FEATURED AT SEWELL GALLERY FINE ART IN AUGUST WITH AN OPENING RECEPTION DURING ARTS ALIVE, SATURDAY FROM 6-9 P.M. “I PAINT WHAT’S AROUND ME EVERY DAY,” SAID CASE. “THE SUNLIGHT ON THE FLOOR AND HOW IT CHANGES THE COLORS AROUND IT, THE AMAZING COLORS OF WATER AND HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS WITH WIND AND LIGHT PATTERNS ON IT. I SEEM TO NEED TO MAKE THE LANDSCAPE PERSONAL, SO IT’S COMBINED WITH HOME AND MY CANINE WALKING COMPANION. THE PAINTINGS MAKE SENSE IN A DREAMLIKE WAY; TIME IS NOT LINEAR AND THINGS ARE FREE TO OCCUPY UNEXPECTED PLACES.”

41. OLD TOWN JEWELERS 311 F St. Michael McCoy, Hidden Cove, photography.

42. COCO and CUVEE 531 Third St. Sue Morse, Cool Critters, low-fire ceramic sculptures with an animal theme.

43. DANNILYNN’S SHOE BOUTIQUE 527 Third St. Kim Norrie, paintings; refreshments.

43a. DISCOVERY MUSEUM Corner of F and Third Streets. Kids Alive Program Drop off 5:30-8:00; call for reservations 443-9694.

Trinidad Arts Night

Friday, Aug. 3, 6-9 p.m.

44. AMERICAN INDIAN ART GALLERY 241 F St. Andre Cramblit, Karuk mixed media.

44a. OLD TOWN ART GALLERY 233 F St. Woodworking Society.

44b. HUMBOLDT BAY COFFEE VISITOR CENTER 526 Opera Alley Live music; roasting facility tours.

45. BON BONIERE 215 F St. Nathen Sipen, mixed media; Dale Winget, guitar and vocalist.

45a. CODY GALLERY 213 F St.

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46. OLD TOWN COFFEE and CHOCOLATES 211 F St. Eldin Green, Premiering, pen and watercolor; Jim Lahman Group.

47. OLD TOWN ANTIQUE LIGHTING Corner of Second and F streets. Bea Stanley, Patterns From My Life, oil paintings; Jeff McCollum and Christa Wisneski, old time string music, guitar and fiddle.

48. HOLLYGOLIGHTLY 514 Second St. Floral paintings.

48a. OBERON GRILL 516 Second St. Historic photographs of Old Eureka from Historical Society.

49. LINEN CLOSET 127 F St. Hand blown jewelry, Mirador Glass.

49a. TESORI 525 Second St. Aleta Hele, driftwood Santas; Michael Roland, acrylic painting; Ashley Sutherland, industrial seascapes.

50. HIMALYAN RUG TRADER 529 Second St. 51. LUCIDITY 531 Second St. Sasha Lyth, paintings.

52. BUHNE ART STUDIOS 207 G St.: Studio 106: Yuma Lynch, mixed media and landscape paintings; Studio 109: Fran Kuta; Studio 206: Rob Hampson, recent oil paintings; Studio 333: Robert Busch III, landscapes and oil paintings; David Steinhardt; Studio 306, art by David Steinhardt.

53. PARASOL ARTS 211 G St. 54. PIANTE 620 Second St. Kay Harden, pen and ink.

55. DELIGHTFUL EYE PHOTOGRAPHY 622 Second St. Scott and Jennifer Wilson, landscape, portraits and weddings photography.

55a. SMUG’S PIZZA 626 Second St. Brandon Garland, pen and ink.

56. BAR AVALON Third and G streets. Frances Boettcher, Lily, painting over the new Tapas bar.

57. STUDIO S 717 Third St. Paintings of water by multiple artists.

58. BIGFOOT COMPUTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHY TOO… 905 Third St. 59. ADORNI CENTER 1011 Waterfront Drive. Jackie Forthun, pencil drawings. ●

Downtown Trinidad. Multiple businesses and organizations participate and host local artists and live music. trinidadartnights.com. 677-3188 EAST 1. Saunder’s Park (start of Patricks Point Drive).

Skate ramps provided by Mckinleyville Skate Park Alliance.

2. Ocean Grove 480 Patricks Point Drive. Afterparty with rock band 707 starts at 9 p.m. $5. Janell Riley-Lammens, acryllic landscape paintings.

3. Oshun Yoga 343 Main St. Yoga inspired paintings by Eric Nez. 4. Salty’s 332 Main St. Photography by Wendy Carney.

5. Trinidad Museum 400 Janis Court at Patricks Point Drive, Family of Poets. Benjamin Green, Anita Punla and daughter She’ifa.

6. Trinidad Trading Company 460 Main St. Food samples from Humboldt Homemade Meals and music by JD Jeffries.

7. WindanSea 410 Main St. WEST 8. Beachcomber 363 Trinity St. Michael Gonzales and Sharon Malm Read, The Attraction of Opposites; Original music by Joe Garceau.

9. Trinidad B&B 560 Edwards St. Art by Sam Lundeen.

10. Trinidad Eatery Corner of Parker and Trinity streets. Photographer Rick Gustafson, Wood Carver Douglas Beck; For Folks Sake folk band.

11. Moonstone Crossing 529 Trinity St. Mixed media drawings by Natalie Craig.

12. Town Hall 409 Trinity St. The Trinidad Museum Society presents a talk by Jerry Rohde, 7-8 p.m.

13. Trinidad Art Gallery 490 Trinity St. Music by The True Gospel Singers.

14. Trinidad Massage and Spa 529 Trinity St. Jewelry display by Midori Angelica Designs.

15. Trinidad Library 463 Trinity St. Music by Space Whale. ●

dj swamp

Two Turntables and…

DJ Swamp, more EDM, Pierced Arrows, Zouaves and Midtown Thistle

By Bob Doran

bobdoran@northcoastjournal.com

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s the world looks to London for champions, we have one coming to town Friday. Ronald K. Keys Jr., a turntablist from Cleveland aka DJ Swamp, took the 1996 U.S. title in the annual DMC DJ competition hosted by Disco Mix Club. The honor earned him a position in Beck’s band for a few years; from there he went solo. When we caught up with him last week, he’d just played for a huge crowd at a Las Vegas convention center, using just “two turntables and a microphone,” as spelled out in Beck’s song, “Where It’s At.” “It’s old school. I tear it up the old fashioned way,” he said, which is not always the norm in today’s electronic music scene. “I’ve been playing beats for a long time as new things came in, the rave scene and that kind of thing — it doesn’t necessarily change what I do. I’m not doing what I was doing 16 years ago; it’s evolved. My show has become more like a magic show.”

He now includes tricks like breathing fire

and draws on horror movie and voodoo imagery reminiscent of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, who, he points out, was also from Cleveland. “Must be something in the Lake Erie water we were raised on,” he suggests with a laugh. “I come from the days when you had to do something entertaining at your shows to keep people’s attention.”

Swamp started out playing hip hop-style, “but then I started mixing it with rock, drum ‘n’ bass, dubstep, everything.” When Serato and Vinyl Scratch hit, he tried that out. “I was one of the first using computers and controller vinyl, that kind of thing. It was cool, but it wasn’t like using real vinyl, so I took a step backward.

I’m not against using [the new technology], but I’m not giving up my vinyl.”

The rest of Friday’s “Pitch Black II” dance party at the Red Fox is Humboldt EDM with Deep Groove Society’s DJ Touch, plus Grasshoppa and Baggadonuts. The show kicks off a big electronica weekend with World Famous’ Battle of the Bass following on Saturday at the

Jambalaya, a judged contest with the audience choosing who presents the best bass mix. Steve “Phobophilia” DeRosa is among the entrants. “I mixed 17 artists that did World Famous shows this year, everyone from Slugabed to Schlomo,” he explained.

If he’s selected, he promises, “a savage dubstep set at the Battle.” Even if he doesn’t make the cut, Phobophilia is playing at the Jambalaya this weekend: He’s the opener for a Deep Groove Society “Sundaze” on Sunday, a show that features hot shot beatmaker/sound collagist MatthewDavid from L.A., plus local duo Datablend with CaCaO and Taeo. Be prepared to dance.

Got a note from Gabe Rozzell, a former Portlander now living near Swain’s Flat “in a little cabin on the Van Duzen.” He says he played electric country folk in a “moderately successful” PDX band but now plays his songs solo, which is what he’s doing a couple of times this week. Thursday at the Jambalaya he opens for his old friend from Portland Morgan Geer, aka Drunken Prayer. “He is one hell of a songwriter, but definitely more in a rock and roll vein than me,” says Gabe. “He will be touring with David Wayne Gay on the bass, who is sort of a legend himself having played with a number of great bands such as Freakwater and Reigning Sound.”

Then on Sunday, Gabe opens a show at the Shanty for Portland heavyweights Pierced Arrows, formerly known as Dead Moon. Gabe noted, “I grew up in the area where Fred and Tooty of Dead Moon had a guitar store; I got my first guitar from them a long, long time ago, so that is pretty epic for me to get to play with them, considering what I do is a lot different from their sound. Only in Humboldt County!” Also on Sunday’s bill, presumably after Gabe, Lord Ellis.

Saturday at the Alibi, it’s a one-two punch of alt. Americana with The Dirt Nap Band, a Tahoe trio with Jay Swanigan, formerly of Slewfoot Stringband, and Ghostwriter, a dark punk/folk/blues troubadour from Portland with a new LP, Prayin’ All The Time, out on vinyl and MP3.

Don’t know much about Poeina Suddarth. She apparently lived in Portland and is friends with the Shook Twins, among others. Her ReverbNation page says she plays “subdued thrasher bluegrass,” but I’d call it alt. chanteuse, or better yet just forget pigeonholing — she’s good. You’ll see when she plays at Mad River Brewing Saturday.

Portland, the city with a million bands, keeps sending them our way. Wednesday the Jambalaya hosts Zouaves, “supergroup of the unknown” on tour with Dinosaur Heart with The Bandage providing local support. Named for the wildly dressed 19th century militiamen, Zouaves includes Swedes Jason Breeden and alt. folk violinist Sara Johanne, who run Aio Records, a Portland indie label tending toward trippy

experimental improv. Sounds good to me.

The Durham, N.C.-based neo-old time/ alt. folk combo Midtown Dickens plays the Pickathon up in Oregon over the weekend, then stops off at the Arcata Playhouse for a show next Tuesday, Aug. 7. The band has been on the road a lot, touring with folks like The Mountain Goats and Lost in the Trees, but somehow found time to record a new album, Home, a fine piece of work with ruminations on deep subjects like home, family and work.

Traveling with the Dickens, and opening the Playhouse show, is the equally fine South Carolina country duo Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, who call their act Shovels & Rope. This is a big week for them as they celebrate the release of a new album, O’ Be Joyful, by doing a prestigious Daytrotter Session. The name? It shows up in the opening track, “Birmingham,” when Hearst sings about “Makin’ something out of nothin’ with a scratch and a hoe, two old guitars like a shovel and a rope.” Not sure what it means; maybe it’s a Southern thing.

HumBrews goes hip hop Tuesday with the Bay Area collective Hieroglyphics presenting the “Hiero Imperium Tour” featuring Souls of Mischief, Casual and Pep Love. Then it’s honky tonk/outlaw country Wednesday at HumBrews with Bloodshot Records recording artists Whitey Morgan and The 78s from Flint, Mich., “where the factories are closed, jobs are scarce and the people are bitter.”

Wednesday is wild and crazy jazz night at the Arcata Playhouse with the all-female saxophone quartet The Tiptons returning from New York City to play music “inspired by the lonely echo of train whistles at night, scientific findings on bees from Harper’s Magazine, and covering genres from micro-big band to gospel, bluegrass to Balkan, whimsical jazz to nocturnal funk.”

The Thursday Summer Concert Series at Fisherman’s Plaza in Old Town rock ‘n’ rolls to a close this week with mad fiddler Tom Rigney and his Cajun swing band Flambeau this Thursday; the father and son Native American blues duo Paul and Rich Steward, aka Twice as Good next Thursday (Aug. 9).

Charlotte Thistle, a self-described “girl with a guitar,” is on a “Hobo Radio Tour” playing all over the northwest including a few stops in Humboldt: Friday afternoon she’s on KHUM with Larry Trask before heading to Old Town Coffee & Chocolates. After more radio shows and coffeeshop gigs in Mendocino and Lake counties, she returns for shows Wednesday at Six Rivers Brewery and Thursday at Blondie’s.

You’ve probably heard about the trouble with young pelicans getting messed up by fish oil. No? I assure you it’s a problem, one that the Humboldt Wildlife Care Center and Bird Ally X have been dealing with. Learn more during Arts Alive! Saturday at the Humboldt Bay Coffee Company visitors center on Opera Alley, where the folk trio Trillium (Jan Bramlett, Mo Hollis and Morgan Cordivay) will be singing to help save the greasy birds.

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Pierced Arrows Sunday at The Shanty

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venue THE ALIBI: ARCATA 822-3731 744 9th St. Arc. thealibi.com ARCATA PLAYHOUSE 1251 9th St. ARCATA THEATRE LOUNGE 1036 G St. Info line: 822-1220 BAR-FLY PUB 443-3770 91 Commercial, Eureka barflypub.com BEAR RIVER CASINO 733-9644 11 Bear Paws Way, Loleta

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The Dirt Nap Band, Ghostwriter (alt. folk) 11pm $5

Ocean Night ft. Point Break (1991) Doors at 6:30pm $3 All ages

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St. John of St. John & the Sinners (blues/rock) 9pm

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The Tumbleweeds (cowboy) 6-8pm

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Happy Hour everyday 4-6pm $1 off wells & pints Karaoke w/ Chris Clay 8pm Open Mic 7pm Karaoke 8pm-1am

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Distracting the cook will only prolong the hunger

Happy Hour All Day! Trillium and Friends (folk) 6-9pm

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UPCOMING: Dirty Dozen Brass Band Aug. 9.

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C Baker: Something for Everyone 9pm

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Summer Hours: until 9pm Monday Thursday, 10pm Friday & Saturday

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Kulica trio (groove folk) 6pm

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Charlotte Thistle : The Hobo Radio Tour (acoustic) 7-9pm

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The Indian in the Cupboard (1995) Doors at 5:30pm $5 Rated PG

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LOCAL VOLKSWAGEN AFICIONADOS PRESENT THE EIGHTH ANNUAL HUMBUGS CAR SHOW AND BBQ, “COOLIN’ IT IN THE REDWOODS,” SATURDAY AT PIERSON PARK IN MCKINLEYVILLE. EXPECT A JUDGED VW CAR SHOW, V-DUB MEMORABILIA, VW SWAP MEET, DRAWINGS, A RAFFLE AND A BARBECUE.

EVENTS

Wildwood Days. 5 p.m. Wildwood Ave., Rio Dell. Thursday’s “Kid’s Night” events include a penny scramble, fire truck rides, hose relay, kids talent show, and a $5 teen dance. 764-3937.

MOVIES

Ocean Night Film Screening. 7 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Very important screening of Point Break. Viya cone dee-os, brah! Sponsored by Ocean Conservancy, Humboldt Surfrider and Humboldt Baykeeper. $3. 822-1220.

ART

Figure Drawing Group. 7-9 p.m. Cheri Blackerby Gallery, 272 C St., Eureka. In the courtyard. Weekly group. Live model. An Ink People DreamMaker project. 442-0309.

FOOD

Henderson Center Farmers’ Market. 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Vegetables, fruits, seedlings, plants and local food, music

by Rick Park. humfarm.org. 441-9999.

McKinleyville Farmers’ Market. 3:30-6:30 p.m.

McKinleyville Safeway Shopping Plaza, Central Avenue.

Farm-fresh produce, music by Rick Park. humfarm.org.

441-9999.

LECTURE

Dynamic Dune Restoration. 7 p.m. Natural Resources Building, Room 224, HSU. Presentation by University of Victoria’s Ian Darke about restoration efforts at Pacific Rim National Park Preserve, British Columbia. 733-5406.

3 EVENTS

THEATER

The Red Velvet Cake War. 8 p.m. North Coast Repertory Theatre, 300 Fifth St., Eureka. Deep-fried Southern comedy by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten. $15/$12 students and seniors. ncrt.net. 442-6278.

Woody Guthrie’s American Song. 8 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main St., Ferndale. Seven singers backed by a live band in a celebration of America telling the life of the rambling folksinger through his words and music as he travels from the Dust Bowl to California to the New York island. $16.50, $14.50 seniors, students and military. 800-838-3006.

DANCE

friday

Gaia Festival. Noon. Black Oak Ranch. Three-day music and sustainable living fair. Five stages of music, fine arts and crafts, hands on workshops, local organic cuisine.

Friday music includes Bomba Estereo, Baka and Beyond, Absynth Quintet, Afromassive and more. In advance, $195 for three days. thegaiafestival.com. 415-256-8499.

Wildwood Days. 6:30 p.m. Wildwood Ave., Rio Dell. Firefighters Muster and dancing with local music. 764-3937.

Trinidad Art Nights. 6-9 p.m. Downtown Trinidad.

Multiple businesses and organizations participate and host local artists and live music. trinidadartnights.com.

677-3188.

World Dance Party. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 824 L St., Arcata. Begins with lessons, then moves to dancing to music to Club Band and Musaic. $5. www.humboldtfolkdancers.org. 822-8045.

OUTDOORS

Friday Night at the Refuge: Nature at Night. 5-9 p.m. Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 1020 Ranch Road, Loleta. Learn about nocturnal animals, bioluminescence and ecolocation. Hands-on activities for all ages. Storytime at 6:30 p.m. www.fws.gov/ humboldtbay. 733-5406.

ETC.

Celebrating Life in Humboldt: Trinidad. 7 p.m. Trinidad Town Hall, 409 Trinity St. Local author/historian Jerry Rohde continues his series of regional history talks. This week: Trinidad. 441-2700.

Book Signing: The Cancer Fighting Kitchen. 5-7 p.m.

Arcata Co-op Community Kitchen, Plaza Point, 789 I

St. Humboldt Breast Health Project presents authors Rebecca Katz and Lise Alschuler.

I Am … Safe Zone. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Red Lion Hotel, 1929 Fourth St., Eureka. Local trainer Jessica Pettitt gives tips on how to better serve your LGBT clients and community. Learn to reduce stigma, misunderstanding and isolation and increase collaboration, advocacy and empowerment. $75. iamsafezone.com. 917-543-0966.

4 saturday EVENTS

Buddy Brown Blues Festival. 11 a.m. Perigot Park, Blue Lake. Performances by Spring Canyon Band, Buddy Reed and The Rip-it Ups, Uptown Kings, Jim Lahman Band, Gregg Willis and Trifecta. Proceeds benefit Humboldt Folklife Society Folk School. $10/$8 adv. bluelakeblues. com. 822-5394.

Eighth Annual Humbugs Car Show and BBQ. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Pierson Park, 1608 Pickett Road, McKinleyville.

Volkswagon enthusiasts gather for judged car show, barbecue, drawings/raffles, VW swap meet, memorabilia. www.humbugs.org. 845-0981.

Arts Alive! 6-9 p.m. In and around Old Town, Eureka.

Monthly celebration includes food, music and incredible art. 442-9054.

Wildwood Days. 8 a.m. Wildwood Ave., Rio Dell. Saturday’s events include Bocce Ball and Softball Tournaments, parade at noon, kids games, motorcycle stunts

and lawn mower races at 8 p.m. 764-3937.

Floating Lantern Ceremony. 7:45 p.m. Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Interpretive Center, end of I Street. Ceremony started 30 years ago by the Arcata Nuclear Free Zone Commission to commemorate the tragic loss of life in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Lantern making materials available during Arcata Farmers’ Market. 826-7233.

Sister Picnic 2012. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Freshwater County Park, Freshwater Road, Eureka. Eureka Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence all-ages community potluck with an Augustun theme. Got your toga ready? www.eurekasisters. org. 676-3774.

Third Street Maker Fair. Noon-8 p.m. Third Street between E and F Streets, Eureka. DIY crafters fair featuring craft and art demonstrations in sewing, beading, weaving, screen printing, felting, crocheting, knitting and embroidery. Music by Compost Mountain Boys and Guilty Apple. j.lee@origindesignlab.com. 497-6237.

Gaia Festival. Noon. See Aug. 3 listing. Saturday music includes David Lindley, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Steel Toes Slippers.

THEATER

The Red Velvet Cake War. 8 p.m. North Coast Rep. See Aug. 3 listing.

Woody Guthrie’s American Song. 8 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theatre. See Aug. 3 listing.

MUSIC

Battle of the Bass II. 9 p.m. Jambalaya, 915 H St., Arcata.

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DJs battle with audience choosing who presents the best bass mix. $10. worldfamousproductions.net. 822-4766.

Gaia: A Fest for Mama Earth

OUTDOORS

Black Oak Ranch is pretty much ideal as a festival venue. The towering black stage. Humboldt’s own Absynth Quintet plays every day; AfroMassive brings oaks are a big part of that, providing cooling shade and a home for the hawks, the Afrofunk; former locals Steel Toed Slippers rock it a couple of times. The crows and other birds that cruise the sky above you. There’s a creek running Humboldt DJs crew, Gabe Pressure, DJ Knutz and Mantease, spins vinyl Sunday through the 150 acres ranch, room for five stages and plenty of space to camp. It’s night. For the ravers there’s EDM by David Starfire, Ana Sia and Shaman’s Dream also home to the Hog Farm, a longstanding hippie commune with a rich history in among others. Did we mention David Lindley? And that’s just a portion of the the festival business. Remember Wavy Gravy offerthree dozen acts spread over three days and nights. ing “breakfast in bed for 400,000” at Woodstock? In The Hog Farmers are on the cutting edge of between running Camp Winnarainbow, a circus “green” festing, powering things with biodiesel camp for kids, his crew has been doing festivals on generators and creating a food court with real dishes, Black Oak Ranch for 21 years now, including the Kate not plastic or paper. Add in the fact that it’s all done Wolf Music Fest, The Pignic, Electric Off the Eel and as what the organizers describe as “a celebration of Earthdance, and now The Gaia Festival. our interconnection to each other and to Mother You can spend this weekend at Gaia learning Earth,” which is why it’s named for Gaia, the Greek about sustainable living, organic farming, alternative earth goddess, mother of all. Yes, this is one totally energy, social and environmental activism, yoga and cool eco-groovy festival. other healing arts. Or, if you prefer, you can just The Gaia Festival runs from Friday, Aug. 3, listen to great music and dance.

MICHAEL FRANTI through Sunday, Aug. 5, at Black Oak Ranch, just Among the dozens of acts performing: hippie hip hop master Michael Franti outside of Laytonville. Gates open at 8 a.m. Friday, music starts at noon. and Spearhead; ace string-jammers Yonder Mountain String Band and Hot ButTickets at the gate are $210 for three days, $195 for two days, $90 for single days tered Rum; the funky Dumpstaphunk, Pimps of Joytime and Orgone; alt. Latin (without camping), with additional charge for vehicles and reduced prices for stars Kinky, Bomba Estereo and Rupda and The April Fishes; and an awesome kids (who must be accompanied by an adult). Everything is less in advance. Go array of other musicians from around the globe including Sierra Leone’s Refugee to www.thegaiafestival.com for further details and for the complete entertainAll-Stars, Baka Beyond, Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Ensemble and SambaDa. ment lineup.

— Bob Doran Clan Dyken and The Ginger Ninjas are bicycling in and playing on a bike-powered

Blues by Good Buddies It’s time for the local blues scene to shine. Saturday’s DeVol on bass and Bill Moehnke on drums, with special 12th annual Buddy Brown Blues Festival in sunny Blue guest BBQ Al on harp.

Lake honors the late Blue Lake bluesman Richard “Buddy The Jim Lahman Band (1:30 p.m.) is the first of two Brown” Duggins with a full day of the blues. bands formed at local blues jams. Guitarist Lahman is The Buddy Fest headliner is once joined by bassman Dale Cash from again the other Buddy, guitarist Ivan Buddy Brown’s Hound Dogs, with Elmo “Buddy” Reed and The Rip It Ron Perry on harp and Jim Bent on Ups. Reed got his start playing the drums. The Uptown Kings (2:45 blues in San Bernardino in the ‘60s. p.m.) have moved beyond their He made a few albums with a band roots at the Jamabalaya blues jam. called Bacon Fat with harpist Rod This veteran crew includes guitarist Piazza and worked backing blues/ Andy Widman, Trifecta drummer Bill rock legends including Big Mama Moehnke, and again, Cash on bass Thornton and Little Richard (which and Perry on harp. is why he calls his back-up band The Reed and the latest incarnation Rip It Ups). Reed’s recording with the of The Rip-it Ups play at 4 p.m. The late great harmonica player George show closes with rockin’ blues by “Harmonica” Smith, Teardrops Are Spring Canyon Band (starting at 5:30 Falling: Live in 1983, was nominated as p.m.) with Tom Lasbury on guitar, “Historical Album of the Year” in this Brad Jenkins on sax, Richard Barnick years Blues Foundation awards. Reed on bass and Steve Johnson drums. All has been gigging a lot lately, “I’ve BUDDY REED PHOTO BY BOB DORAN in all, a mess of good blues played by been working a few nights a week good buddies. for the last few months,” he reported, with regular slots The Humboldt Folklife Society presents the 12th Saturdays at the Speakeasy, Mondays at Redwood Curtain Annual Buddy Brown Blues Festival at Perigot Park in Brewery and at Old Town Coffee, mostly playing solo.

Blue Lake on Saturday, Aug. 4. Gates open at 10:30 a.m.

“I do the same stuff I do with my band, but just on my Admission is $10, $8 in advance or for HFS members. own: Jimmy Reed, Muddy’s shit, my stuff, the usual blues.”

Kids under 12 free. Barbecue and local brews available.

The show opens early (11 a.m.) with new-in-town Proceeds support Humboldt Folklife’s Folk School. More guitarist Gregg Willis, who will be attending HSU in details at bluelakeblues.com or humboldtfolklife.org. the fall, joined by harpist Johnny Walker. Next up (12:15 — Bob Doran p.m.) is Trifecta, a trio with Damon Brooks on guitar, Rick

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Audubon Society Marsh Field Trip. 8:30 a.m. Meet at parking lot at end of South I Street. Led by Chet Ogan rain or shine. Bring binoculars for birding. 442-9353.

River Life Foundation Cleanup. 9 a.m.-noon. Meet on Riverwalk Drive in Fortuna near fish sculpture. River bar beautification. Wear sturdy shoes and work clothes.

Supplies and lunch provided. riverlifefoundation.org.

362-9384.

Trail Stewards Orientation/Work Day. 9-11 a.m. Meet at Hiller Park, McKinleyville. Sweep trail, trim brush, etc. Dress for work. sbecker@reninet.com. 826-0163.

Coastal Dunes Restoration. 9:30-11 a.m. Humboldt Coastal Nature Center, 220 Stamps Lane, Manila. Help maintain trails and grounds. Tools and gloves provided; bring water and wear comfortable work clothes. friendsofthedunes.org. 444-1397.

Orchids of the Dunes. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Meet at Pacific Union School, 3001 Janes Road, Arcata. Lanphere Dunes nature walk led by Carol Ralph. RSVP. friendsofthedunes. org. 444-1397.

Hands Across the Sand. 11:30 a.m. Humboldt Coastal Nature Center, 220 Stamps Lane, Manila. Attendees join hands in solidarity at noon. Global movement to protect the coast via clean energy and opposing offshore oil drilling. humboldtbaykeeper.org. 268-8897.

Friends of the Marsh Tour. 2 p.m. Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Interpretive Center, 600 S. G St. Art Barab leads 90-minute walk focusing on marsh history, ecology and birds. 826-2359.

FOOD

Arcata Farmers’ Market. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Arcata Plaza, Ninth and G streets. Fresh vegetables, fruits, seedlings, plants and local food. Music by Compost Mountain Boys. humfarm.org. 822-5951.

Cancer Fighting Kitchen. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Wharfinger Building, 1 Marina Way, Eureka. Day-long workshop about nutrition and diet for cancer survivors, people with chronic illness, caregivers and health professionals.

Presentation by nationally recognized authors, cooking demonstration and catered lunch. $109, scholarships available. www.healingjourneys.org. 800-423-9882.

BOOKS

Authors Susan J.P. O’Hara and Dave Stockton. 6 p.m.

Eureka Books, 426 Second St. Local authors sign copies of their book Humboldt Redwoods State Park, part of the Images of America series. 444-9593.

FOR KIDS

KEET’s Kids Club. Noon-2 p.m. Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St., Eureka. Workshop for children, families and childcare providers with PBS Kid’s programming, short stories and art activities. Each family receives the book The Dot. 442-0278.

Magician Dale Lorzo. 1 p.m. Arcata Library, 500 Seventh St. Member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians entertains while giving advice about reading. Sponsored by Humboldt County Library. humlib.org. 269-1910.

ETC.

Humboldt Grange Swap Meet. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Humboldt Grange, 5845 Humboldt Hill Road, Eureka. Household goods, plants jewelry, local products. 442-6437.

5 sunday EVENTS

Wildwood Days. 8 a.m. Wildwood Ave., Rio Dell. Sunday

events include a classic car show, logging show, barbecue, line dancing and live auction. 764-3937.

Gaia Festival. Noon. See Aug. 3 listing. Sunday music includes Yonder Mountain String Band, Humboldt Sound DJs, Absynth Quintet.

THEATER

The Red Velvet Cake War. 2 p.m. North Coast Rep. See Aug. 3 listing.

Woody Guthrie’s American Song. Noon. Ferndale Repertory Theatre. Aug. 3 listing.

NCRT Auditions. 7:30 p.m. North Coast Repertory Theatre, 300 Fifth St., Eureka. Auditions for musical Anything Goes with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, directed by Lauren Wieland, music director Molly Severdia. Come prepared to sing 32 bars, preferably Cole Porter style.

No Sondheim and no a cappella. ncrt.net. 268-0175.

ART

Trinidad Artists’ Market. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Trinidad Art, 490 Trinity St. Next to Murphy’s Market, Trinidad. Featuring art and crafts from local artisans, live music and barbecue. karriewallace@ymail.com. 834-8720.

OUTDOORS

First Sunday at the Garden. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Humboldt Botanical Garden, College of the Redwoods, Eureka.

Afternoon in the garden featuring music by violin/ viola duet Curiously Strong and trombone quartet Trombones@4. $5. www.hbgf.org. 442-5139.

ETC.

Freshwater Grange Breakfast. 8-11 a.m. Freshwater Grange, 49 Grange Road, Eureka. Monthly pancake breakfast. $5/$3 kids. 445-2517.

Madaket Brunch Cruise. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Circumnavigate Indian Island and enjoy buffet brunch. RSVP. $32.50/$28.50 students and seniors/$22.50 kids. humboldtbaymaritimemuseum.com. 445-1910.

Stories on Sundays. 1 p.m. 625 Lighthouse Road, Petrolia. Family fun with Poncho Polo Puppets group. Share stories. Puppets provided. Every Sunday in August.

629-3478.

6 monday THEATER

NCRT Auditions. 7 p.m. North Coast Rep. See Aug. 5 listing.

DANCE

Friendship Circle Dance. 7-10 p.m. Moose Lodge, 4328 Campton Road, Eureka. Dancers 50 and older enjoy dancing with live music from the 1930s-50s. $4. 725-5323.

FOR KIDS

Tales of Tails. 1-2 p.m. Companion Animal Foundation, 88 Sunny Brae Center, Arcata. Stories about animals and our relationships with them, fun discussions and amazing animals for children 4-10 years old. cafpets@ gmail.com. 826-7387.

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Midtown Dickens. 8 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. North Carolina bluegrass quartet plays instruments they found in someone’s basement. South Carolina duo Shovels and Rope opens. $10/$8 members. 822-1575.

Humboldt Folklife Society Group Sing Along. 7-9 p.m.

Arcata Community Center, 321 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Parkway. Joel Sonenshein leads. 839-7063.

FOOD

Old Town Farmers’ Market. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Old Town, Eureka, F Street between First and Third streets. Fresh farm-grown produce. Music by Chris Parreira. humfarm. org. 441-9999.

Fortuna Farmers’ Market. 3-6 p.m. 10th and Main streets. Fresh and tasty local produce, plants, breads and jams. 726-9371.

Wildberries Farmers’ Market. 3:30-6:30 p.m. Wildberries Marketplace, 747 13th St., Arcata. Fresh fruit, vegetables and plants from local growers. Music by Lisa Sherry. 441-9999.

ETC.

North Coast Networkers. Noon-1:30 p.m. Rita’s Mexican Grill, 1111 Fifth St, Eureka. Networking luncheon for local business people. www.bnicalneva.com. 825-4709.

Humboldt Cribbage Club. 6:15-9:30 p.m. Moose Lodge, 4328 Campton Road, Eureka. Weekly cribbage tournament. $7. cribbage.org. 444-3161.

Healing Rooms of Redwood Coast. 6:30-9 p.m. Wood Street Chapel, 1649 Wood St., Fortuna. Non-denominational prayer group. dlbitte@hotmail.com. 834-5800.

8 wednesday MUSIC

The Tiptons. 8 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. All-female saxophone quartet from New York performs. $15/$13 members. arcataplayhouse.org. 822-1575.

9 thursday EVENTS

CR Dinner and Sports Auction. 5 p.m. Adorni Recreation Center, 1011 Waterfront Drive, Eureka. Ninth annual fundraiser honors Eureka City Manager David Tyson, a CR alumnus who competed on CR’s intercollegiate swim team in the 1970s. $60/$110 couple. 476-4213.

ART

Figure Drawing Group. 7-9 p.m. Cheri Blackerby Gallery.

See Aug. 2 listing.

FOOD

Henderson Center Farmers’ Market. 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Music by Dale Wignet. See Aug. 2 listing.

McKinleyville Farmers’ Market. 3:30-6:30 p.m. McKinleyville Safeway Shopping Plaza. Music by Colin and Cory. See Aug. 2 listing.

Heads Up…

Calling all Artisans! The Humboldt Arts Council in the Morris Graves Museum of Art is seeking artisans for a future Museum Art Market which will provide a venue for artists to share their trade in the museum space. Call Sasha Lyth at 442-0278 for more info. ●

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Ducks! Lawnmowers!

Bocce!

Celebrating everything that makes it both wild and woodsy, Rio Dell gets its romp on this week with Wildwood Days.

The five-day festival has everything from racing lawnmowers to mustering firefighters, with plenty of alliterative events in between. (Parade, poker, penny scramble.)

And it might even be sunny. Maybe.

Things get started on Wednesday, Aug. 1, with a 5:30 p.m. car cruise that ends shinily at DJ’s Burger Bar. Thursday night there are kids’ games and a teen dance.

And get ready on Friday, Aug. 3, at 6:30 p.m., to find out exactly what firefighters do when they muster.

(Spoiler alert: They hook up long hose sections really, really fast to see who can be first to spray a traffic cone without the hoses leaking or maybe coming apart spectacularly. And they stage bucket brigades, says Lisa Wilson, who helps organize Wildwood Days, which benefits Rio Dell’s volunteer fire department.)

Carnival rides will be new at the festival this year, and Wilson assures us that the classic rubber ducky race is definitely on, for 9 a.m. Sunday, even though it’s missing from the website’s list of events.

The Eel River Valley Idol contest has been canceled, though, she said. She isn’t sure why, but she’s certain it has nothing to do with that spoilsport application, which bans any act involving live animals or firearms.

Expect lots of action on Saturday, Aug. 4, starting at 8 a.m. with a bocce tournament, men’s and women’s softball, and a motorcycle show, then catch your breath for the 9 a.m. fun run, noon parade, 1 p.m. music fest, … plus mini-golf, poker, vendors, book sale, spaghetti feed and … yes! … riding lawnmower racing at 8 p.m.

“They get pretty competitive in that,” Wilson says, with some mowers stripped down to near go-cart-ness. “They have their helmets on and they squeal around the corners.”

Sunday winds down with more softball, chalk art, a car show, a barbecue and then a live auction starting at 1 p.m. For more details, see www. wildwooddays.org.

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Step Up 4 tries to co-opt Occupy and The Watch wastes a good cast

By John J. Bennett filmland@northcoastjournal.com

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STEP UP REVOLUTION. As a long-form dance video, this is good stuff: breakneck choreography, clever cinematography, beautiful people in various states of undress — it nails all the steps. As a proper movie? Not so much. This is my first experience with the Step Up franchise, and I got basically what I was expecting.

We open in Miami, where a candy-colored traffic jam erupts into a pulsating flash mob rave-up. The dub-step soundtrack grinds and throbs, the camera whips all over the place, and the dancers gyrate and ghost-ride the whip. The opening makes for riveting entertainment but sets a standard to which the subsequent 90 minutes can’t measure up.

The dance sequences are strung together with a paper-thin premise about a greedy developer (Peter Gallagher, cruel eyebrows fully deployed) who plans to bulldoze “the old neighborhood” and erect a luxury hotel complex. His daughter, a would-be professional dancer, falls in with the flash mob from the opening

(they call themselves The Mob). She conceals her parentage from her new friends, which leads to an inevitable, predictable conflict. And, oh yeah, The Mob starts using dance as a tool for social change.

Occupy South Beach, set to club music.

There’s a YouTube cash prize somewhere in the offing, too. Not that it really matters.

The narrative doesn’t hold up to even glancing scrutiny, and the cast members are generally better dancers than actors.

Which is fine, as long as they’re dancing, but when called upon to move the story forward with dialogue, the sexiness and excitement they previously summoned all but disappear. It’s a shame, because Revolution contains some genuinely inventive, visually spectacular sequences. But the hackneyed plot and artless performances are distracting enough to mar the whole experience. PG13. 99m.

THE WATCH. Perhaps even more disappointing is the newest entry from Lonely Island cohort and Hot Rod director Akiva

Movie Times

* = SAT./SUN. EARLY SHOWS

Film times reflect the most current listings as of Tuesday afternoon. As schedules at individual theaters sometimes change, we recommend calling ahead to avoid any inconvenience. stiller, vaughan, hill and ayoade star in the watch.

Schaffer. At first, the prospect of a buddy sci-fi actioner with this cast (Richard Ayoade, Jonah Hill, Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn) seemed like an easy win. To me it suggested some of the great cross-genre comedies of the 1980s. But it becomes clear early on that the laughs will be devastatingly few and far between.

Evan (Stiller) is a neurotic everyman Costco manager. A low-grade neighborhood tyrant, he forms clubs and organizations to lord over in lieu of forging real friendships. When Costco’s night watchman is brutally slain, Evan forms a neighborhood watch. He only manages to attract three members: a gregarious buffoon (Vaughn), an icy misfit with authority issues (Hill) and a British weirdo (Ayoade).

They go through a series of interpersonal conflicts, fight the aliens and discover the true meaning of friendship.

It’s all pretty boilerplate, which could be fine: Some truly funny comedy has come from well-worn premises. But there isn’t enough funny here to make an impact.

There are occasional laughs when Vaughn and Hill start improvising, and Ayoade steals scenes with his usual expert timing.

Rather than The Watch, where he’s the brightest spot, I would invite the uninitiated to explore Ayoade’s back catalog.

He’s been terrifically funny on BBC comedies for years (The IT Crowd, The Mighty Boosh and Garth Merengi’s Dark Place are particular standouts), and his directorial debut, 2010’s Submarine, is a small, honest and funny movie about adolescence. R. 101m.

—John J. Bennett

Previews

TOTAL RECALL. Yeah, I totally recall this movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, am I right? This remake of the 1990 sci-fi cult classic replaces Ah-nuld with Colin Farrell but (we’re told) retains the all-important tri-boobed woman. And like the original, it’s based on a mind-bending short story by Philip K. Dick. PG13. 121m.

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS. Based on the bestselling series of children’s books by Jeff Kinney, this movie franchise plumbs the fertile depths of pre-teen life, with its bullies and girls and embarrassing mishaps. PG. 93m.

YOUR SISTER’S SISTER. This indie dramedy stars Mark Duplass as a man mourning his brother’s death. His bestie (Emily Blunt) suggests he head to her family’s cabin, where he unexpectedly runs into her sister. Add alcohol and cue complications. R. 90m.

Oh, wow. Thursday is a special day at the Arcata Theatre Lounge. Not only is it Ocean Night, a benefit for local nonprofits, but they’re showing Point Break (1991).

“Little hand says it’s time to rock and roll.”

In the pantheon of action-packed bankrobbing surfer bromances, this is the best of the best. Starring Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves and the maniacal Gary Busey, this classic cheese-a-thon will be a hard act to follow, but The Significance of Salmon, a 12-minute documentary, has local relevance on its side. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Three days later, Sunday’s family feature will be The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), based on the children’s book of the same name. 6 p.m.

Continuing

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. It’s only been five years since the last Tobey Maguire/Sam Raimi installment, but director Mark Webb manages to give Spidey new dimension in this satisfying, if extraneous, reboot. PG13. 136m.

BRAVE. Pixar’s stunning animation doesn’t disappoint, even if this tale of a precocious Scottish princess lacks the studio’s usual depth. PG. 93m.

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. Christopher Nolan completes his Batman trilogy with this mournful, contemplative blockbuster that still brings the exhilarating action.

PG13. 164m.

ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT. More prehistoric hijinks from Manny the mammoth, Diego the saber-tooth and Sid, the lisping sloth. PG. 94m.

MAGIC MIKE. Channing Tatum stars as a male stripper/aspiring entrepreneur in director Steven Soderbergh’s gritty-yetflashy drama. R. 110m.

TED. This feature film debut from Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane, about a pothead Bostonian (Mark Wahlberg) and his sentient teddy bear, is crass, uproarious and surprisingly touching. R. 106m.

—Ryan Burns

Broadway Cinema

707-443-3456 1223 Broadway Street, Eureka Times are for 8/3 - 8/9 unless otherwise noted.

TOTAL RECALL 11:50, 12:30, 2:45, 3:30, 5:40, 6:30, 8:35, 9:25 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS 12:50, 3:20, 5:55, 8:20 STEP UP REVOLUTION 3D 1:00, 6:05 STEP UP REVOLUTION 2D 3:35, 8:40 THE WATCH 1:20, 4:10, 6:40, 9:15 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

12:10, 12:45, 1:40, 3:50, 4:35, 5:20, 7:30, 8:15, 9:00 ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT 3D 3:00, 8:30 ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT 2D 12:35, 6:25 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3D 12:00, 5:30 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2D 3:10, 8:50 TED 1:45, 4:20, 6:55, 9:30 MAGIC MIKE 6:15, 9:05 BRAVE 2D 1:10, 3:45

Mill Creek Cinema

707-839-3456 1575 Betty Court, McKinleyville Times are for 8/3 - 8/9 unless otherwise noted.

TOTAL RECALL DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS STEP UP REVOLUTION 3D STEP UP REVOLUTION 2D THE WATCH THE DARK KNIGHT RISES ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT 3D ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT 2D THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2D THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3D TED BRAVE 2D

12:25, 3:20, 6:15, 9:10 12:40, 3:10, 5:35, 8:00 3:25, 8:30 12:55, 5:55 1:00, 3:35, 6:10, 8:45 1:40, 5:20, 8:55 12:10, 5:45 3:05, 8:35 12:00, 5:30 2:40, 8:20 6:50, 9:25 1:50, 4:20

Minor Theatre 707-822-3456

1001 H Street, Arcata Times are for 8/3 - 8/9 unless otherwise noted.

YOUR SISTER’S SISTER THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

TOTAL RECALL

*2:10, 4:25, 6:40, 8:55 *1:20, 4:55, 8:30 *1:00, 3:40, 6:25, 9:15

Fortuna Theater

707-725-2121 1241 Main Street, Fortuna Times are for 8/3 - 8/9 unless otherwise noted.

TOTAL RECALL *12:40, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS *12:00, 2:15, 4:30, 7:00, 9:20 THE WATCH *12:15, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES *12:00, 1:15, 3:45, 5:00, 7:30, 9:00 ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT *12:10, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15

Garberville Theater 707-923-3580

766 Redwood Drive, Garberville THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

8/3 - 8/9: 7:30 EXCEPT 8/8: 6:30

book

By Blood: A Novel

By Ellen Ullman Farar, Straus and Giroux In 1974 San Francisco, a professor on leave rents an office in an old building to write, but finds himself separated by a paper-thin wall from a working psychiatrist. Most of her sessions are masked by a white-noise machine, but for one client she turns it off. That client’s plight becomes his obsession.

So there are two stories in this absorbing literary novel. Out front is an adopted young woman’s conflicted life that becomes centered on a search for her birth mother, as she describes it to her psychiatrist. But creating its own tension is the mystery of the professor who is narrating the story. While he seems a reliable (and eloquent) reporter, his own back story — doled out incompletely in a series of hints and asides as well as a few events — only adds to the creepiness of his insistent eavesdropping. It’s the era of the Zodiac killer, and we wonder who is this guy, and why is his university investigating him? On the other hand, we’re eavesdropping right along with him.

This narrative device maintains tension, but the substance of the woman’s story is also dramatic.

Without giving away too much, it’s important to note that in the early ’70s, a woman who was young during World War II would be in her 50s.

The professor asks the central questions that grip him and the patient: “Does it matter who your father is? Your mother? Who are the exact people who dropped their blood into the container that is you?”

As the patient staggers through identities — from her upper middle class Protestant upbringing to the possibility that she was born a Catholic (which her father despises) or a Jew (which he despises even more) born in Europe, and then specifically in Germany — the professor listens, and even finds a way to assist in the search. By the end the reader learns a lot that historical soundbites leave out, and the central questions are explored in several dimensions.

The professor-narrator is clearly looking for some redemption in witnessing and aiding the unseen patient’s journey. Whether he achieves it may require the reader to go back to the beginning and start reading the book all over again.

The narrator’s descriptions of 1970s San Francisco (as a man in a lesbian bar, and in the Castro) are vivid in themselves. The story is as gripping as in a mystery, and the quality of writing as well as the ambiguities and layers of meaning define this as a literary novel in the best sense. Any seeming familiarity in the terrain is deflected by the very specific and well-rendered characters and events.

It’s a summer read of quality.

— William Kowinski

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Arts & Crafts

CREATE YOUR OWN CRAFT PARTY. Every Sat., 6-9 p.m., all ages, Call for a quote $. Whether it’s a special celebration or just getting together with friends and family it’s always a fun & crafty. Rent the space or Rent the space and an instructor. Origin Design Lab, 621 3rd St., Old Town Eureka, (707) 4976237, www.origindesignlab.com. (AC-0830) CROCHETING. Thurs.s, 6-8 p.m. $30. Discover the wonderful world of crochet! Learn basic stitches.

No experience needed. This class assumes you never held a crochet hook before. All ages. Origin Design Lab, 621 3rd St., Old Town Eureka, (707) 4976237, www.origindesignlab.com. (AC-0830) LEARN TO KNIT A SWEATER CLASS AT YARN. Thurs., Sept. 6-27, 5:30-7 p.m. $60, plus materials.

Learn all the basics to knit a sweater. Choose an adult size or baby sweater knit from the top down with minimal seaming. Call 443-YARN to register and for more info. (AC-0830) MAGIC MOSAIC MEMORIES. Bring your old earrings, watches, necklaces and other small shinny memorabilia to create a mosaic pattern on a 4” tile or picture frame. Sat., Aug. 11, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $25 (plus $10 for materials). CR Eureka Downtown Site. Information or to register, call College of the Redwoods Community Education, 269-4000 or www.redwoods.edu, visit Community Education link. (AC-0802) RAKU FIRING. Come to Fire Arts and experience the enjoyment of pottery firings. Bring your own bisqueware or select from a variety of unglazed pieces & glazes from Fire Arts. Call Thurs. to reserve space. Glazing at noon & Firing at 1 p.m. on Fri., $6/ piece or $25/kiln load. Fire Arts Center, 707-8261445. www.fireartsarcata.com (AC-0802) SCREEN PRINTING 2 DAY WORKSHOP. $120 + $44 Screen. Tues., Aug. 28, 6-7:30 p.m. and Sun., Sept. 2, 1-4 p.m. Basic screen-printing processes, direct and photo-emulsion stencil techniques, create screenprints from original artworks.Origin Design Lab, 621 3rd St., Old Town Eureka, (707) 497-6237, www. origindesignlab.com. (AC-0823) SCREEN PRINTING LAB TIME. $40. Every Mon., 6-8 p.m. Learn basics of screen printing, brush up on your skills or come work on your own screen printing projects. Lab will be set up ready to use.

Screens and inks available, bring clothing, fabric or paper to print on. Origin Design Lab, 621 3rd St., Old Town Eureka, (707) 497-6237, www.origindesignlab. com. (AC-0830) VERY BEGINNING SEWING. Wed.s, 6-8 p.m. $30.

Learn to use and care for your sewing machine.

We will have you sewing a straight line in no time, then on to fancier stitches. Origin Design Lab, 621 3rd St., Old Town Eureka, (707) 497-6237, www. origindesignlab.com. (AC-0830) YOU CAN FRAME! Sun., Aug. 19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Handson framing workshop at the Morris Graves Museum of Art. Covers all the basics: mat cutting, installing art, stretching a canvas, papering the back, wiring and more! $100/person or $90/HAC members.

Register now, limited participants. Contact Sasha Lyth, Programs Manager, 442-0278 x201 or sasha@ humboldtarts.org. (AC-0802)

DRUM MAKING. A wonderful empowering weekend building your own ceremonial instrument. Aug 18-19. $160-$180. Call for info and to reserve your space. Brenda, (707) 445-1538. (AC-0816)

Communication

COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT. Humboldt Mediation Services offers interactive oneday workshop, Sat., Aug. 25, 8:45a.m.-4:30 p.m. Teaches participants to understand conflict, communicate effectively, and resolve disputes by creating workable solutions at home and at work. $75. Sign up with a friend and each receives 10% discount. $60 for Non-Profit affiliates. Call Humboldt Mediation Services, 445-2505 to register or request more information. (CMM-0816) FIGHTING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE OR MORE OFTEN NOT? Learn why it’s so hard to be healthy and how to change that this week at LifetreeCafe, 76 13th St., Arcata.

Aug. 5, 7 p.m. www.campbellcreek.org for more info.

(CMM-0802) I AM… SAFE ZONE LGBT ALLY DEVELOPMENT TRAINING. Aug. 3. 8:30 a.m-4 p.m, Red Lion, Eureka $75 register at www.iamsafezone.com. Want to better serve your LGBT clients and community? Join local resident and nationally recognized trainer, Jessica Pettitt, for this local training to learn about Heterosexual, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender stereotypes, power and privilege dynamics, and how your own life can make you the best ally ever! Reduce stigma, misunderstanding, and isolation and increase collaboration, advocacy, and empowerment.

CEUs are available. Sliding scale scholarships available.

Got ?’s jess@iamsocialjustice.com or (917) 543-0966.

(CMM-0802)

Dance, Music, Theater, Film

DANCE TANGO! Practica Sat. Aug. 11, 7-9 p.m., $6, Studio of Dance Arts, Eureka. Humboldtango.org. NO SUMMER CLASSES. (DMT-0809) COMMUNITY SONG CIRCLE & SAMBA DRUMMING. Drop-In join Humboldt Folklife Society for a monthly song circle on the first Tues. of each month, 7-10 p.m., at Arcata Community Center. Or learn the fundamentals of rhythm and technique at Samba Drumming Sun’s, 12-4 p.m. at the D St. Community Center. Just $3 drop-in fee.

For more information call 822-7091 or visit our website www.cityofarcata.org. (DMT-0802) FREE INTRO TO ARGENTINE TANGO. Experience the most beautiful dance of all for free! You’ll learn the basics and have lots of fun. Sat., Aug. 25, 7-8 p.m., in Arcata. info@tangodelsol.net. (858) 205-9832, www.tangodelsol. net (DMT-0823) PIANO LESSONS. Classics to Modern. One-on-one piano lessons at Arcata Community Center. Time slots available on Tues’s & Thurs’s, 2 p.m.- 6 p.m. and Wed’s 3:30 p.m.- 9 p.m. Per class fees are $10/30 minute session or $15/50 minute session. For more information call 822-7091 or visit our website www.cityofarcata.org. (DMT-0802) PIANO LESSONS. Beginners, all ages. Experienced. Judith Louise 476-8919. (DMT-1227) LEARN 2 HOOP DANCE. Foundational Hoop Dance series starts every few weeks in Arcata. Ongoing int/adv. workshops. Private lessons. Hoops/collapsible hoops for sale. www.chakranation.com (DMT-1227) WEST AFRICAN DANCE. Tues.s, Thurs.s, 5:30-7 p.m., at Redwood Raks, Arcata. All levels welcome. Live drumming.

Dulce, 832-9547, Christina, 498-0146. (DMT-1227) GUITAR/PIANO LESSONS. All ages, beginning and intermediate. Seabury Gould 444-8507. (DMT-1227) SAXOPHONE/FLUTE LESSONS. All ages, beginneradvanced, jazz improvisation, technique. Susie Laraine: 441-1343. (DMT-1227)

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BELLY DANCING WITH SHOSHANNA. Feel fabulous in classes for all levels in Arcata at Redwood Raks. 616-6876 or Shoshannaland.com. (DMT-1227)

Fitness

HUMBOLDT CAPOEIRA ACADEMY. Fall Session Aug. 1-Dec. 15. Classes for Kids, Adults and Beginners. Martial Arts, Music and Acrobatics. Helps to improve strength, flexibility, coordination and self-control. Rental Space Available. For full class schedule visit www.humboldtcapoeira.com. (707) 498-6155, 865 8th St., Arcata. (F-1129) AIKIDO. Is an incredibly fascinating and enriching non-violent martial art with its roots in traditional Japanese budo. Focus is on personal growth and pursuit of deeper truth instead of competition and fighting.

Yet the physical power you can develop is very real.

Come observe any time and give it a try! The dojo is on Arcata Plaza above the mattress store, entrance is around back. Class every weeknight starting at 6 p.m., beginning enrollment is ongoing. www.northcoastaikido.org, info@northcoastaikido.org, 826-9395. (F-1227) KUNG FU & TAI CHI. Taught by Sifu Joshua Cuppett.

Adult Kungfu: Tues./Wed./Thurs., 5-6 p.m., Sat., 1-2:30 p.m., Sun., 2-3 p.m. Kids Kungfu: Tues./Wed./Thurs., 4-5 p.m. (uniform included), Adult Tai Chi, Wed.s, 6-7 p.m., Sun. 1-2 p.m. Kungfu Movie night is first Fri. of every month, 4-8 p.m. Lau Kune Do: Temple of Martial Arts, 445 I St., Arcata. arcatakungfu.com (F-0913) AIKIBOJITSU. Get your black belt in stick! New beginning classes in Aikibojitsu, The Art of the Staff, taught by Tom Read Sensei, Chief Instructor of Northcoast Aikido, with over 40 years of experience in martial arts. Classes meet Sat.s 9 a.m- 10 a.m., at Northcoast Aikido, 890 G Street, Arcata (entrance in back, by fire station). $20 per class, Visit www.aikibojitsu.com (F-1206) NORTH COAST FENCING ACADEMY. Fencing (with swords!). Improve your mind and body in a fun, intense workout, and a very chill environment. Ages 8 and up.

1459 M St., Arcata, contact Justin (707) 601-1657 text or phone, or email northcoastfencingacademy@gmail. com (F-0927) ZUMBA WITH MIMI. Put the FUN back into your workout! Latin & Pop music, sure to leave you sweaty and smiling! Wed. & Fri. 9:30 a.m. at Redwood Raks in the Old Creamery Building, Arcata. Tues. & Thurs. 9:30 a.m., Fri. 5:30 p.m., Humboldt Capoeira Academy, Arcata. (F-1227) SUN YI’S ACADEMY OF TAE KWON DO. Classes for kids and adults, child care, fitness gym, and more. Tae Kwon Do Mon-Fri 5-6 p.m., 6-7 p.m., Sat 10-11 a.m. Come watch or join a class, 1215 Giuntoli Lane, or visit www. sunyisarcata.com, 825-0182. (F-1227) NORTH COAST SELF DEFENSE ACADEMY. Come learn your choice of Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Lau Kune Do Kung Fu, Muay Thai, Stand-up/Kickboxing & MMA. Group and private sessions available 7 days a week for men, women and children; all experience and fitness levels welcome. Call or visit (707) 822-6278 or 820 N St., Building #1 Suite C, Arcata www.northcoastselfdefense. com (F-1227) ZUMBA. Latin-inspired fitness program using international music and various dance styles including Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue and Reggaeton for a great cardio workout. Every Mon. and Thurs. at the Bayside Grange 6-7 p.m., 2297 Jacoby Creek Rd. $6/$4 Grange members.

Every Wed. 6-7 p.m. in Fortuna at the Monday Club, 610 Main St. Every Tues. at the Trinidad Town Hall 12 p.m. and every Thur. at the Eureka Vets Hall 12 p.m. Marla Joy 707-845-4307. (F-0531) DANCE-FIT. Dance, aerobics & strength training all in one class ! Mon., Wed. & Fri. 9-10 a.m First class is free. Drop in for $5 per class or 14 classes for $55. No Limits tap & jazz studio, corner of 10th & K st. Arcata.

825-0922 (F-1227)

Home & Garden

FOUNDATION CLASS. Cannabis Law, Medicinal Uses and Horticulture. $275. Sat.-Sun., Aug. 18-19, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Beginning level class. Learn how to grow, harvest, dry/ cure and store their own medicine. Medical Applications: cannabinoids and their effects, delivery methods, dosage and contraindications. Law class: history of cannabis in US, existing and evolving California law. Hummingbird Healing Center 1626 Myrtle Ave. Eureka. Register online, www.707cannabiscollege.com or, (707) 672-9860. (G-0816) HARVEST, DRYING & STORAGE. With Kevin Jodrey, Master Gardener. Fri., Aug. 17, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $45. Effective practices for processing and storing medical cannabis to retain the best smell, flavor and cannabinoid potency.

Hummingbird Healing Center, 1626 Myrtle Ave., Eureka.

Register online, www.707cannabiscollege.com or, (707) 672-9860 (G-0816)

Kids & Teens

ADVANCED YOUTH FELTING 2 DAY WORKSHOP. $55.

Ages 7 +. Wed. & Thurs., Aug. 15-16, 9 a.m.-Noon. Create a variety of felted projects using multi dyed fibers from sheep, goats, alpaca, llama, angora, camel and silk. Several techniques explored. Origin Design Lab, 621 3rd St., Old Town Eureka, (707) 497-6237, www.origindesignlab.com.

(K-0809) HIP HOP DANCE CAMP. Spend a week making friends and having fun while learning the latest dance moves.

Week culminates with an All-Camp Performance. (ages 7 -9). Camp runs 9 a.m-1 p.m, Aug. 13-17. $90 per participant / $100 non-resident. Combo with another Arcata Recreation camp for a full day of fun. For more information call 822-7091 or visit our website www.cityofarcata.org/ rec. (K-0802) SATURDAY CRAFTY KIDS. Ages 7+. $25. Every Sat.,10 a.m.-Noon. Introduction to a varied of fun creative crafts, sewing and felting, materials included. Origin Design Lab, 621 3rd St., Old Town Eureka, (707) 497-6237, www. origindesignlab.com. (K-0830) YOUTH FELTING 2 DAY WORKSHOP. $45. Ages 7 +. Mon. & Tues., Aug. 13-14, 9a.m.-Noon. Here’s a chance to introduce a child to the amazing craft of felting. Lovely projects will unfold. Origin Design Lab, 621 3rd St., Old Town Eureka, (707) 497-6237, www.origindesignlab.com. (K-0809) KID SUMMER BREAKDANCE. W/ Gabe Vanaver every Tues. & Thurs.2 p.m-4p.m., July 31-Aug.23 !! Call Oshun Yoga in Trinidad for details (707) 232-4505 or email info@ oshunyoga.com. (K-0802)

12TH ANNUAL MOONSTONE BEACH SUMMER SURFCAMP. Have fun while Safely Learning to SURF. Exciting beach and ocean activities/education including Jr. Lifesaving. Licensed & Insured, male/female instructors. Ages 8+. $195/week. Session: Aug. 6-10. MoonstoneBeachSurfCamp.com or (707) 822-5099. (K-0802) ZUMBA FOR TWEENS & TEENS. Enjoy great music, make new friends and be active in a fun dance environment!

Energizing four-week class, ages 12-17, Wed.s, 4-4:45 p.m., starting Aug. 8, $20, at Adorni Center. Register online at www.eurekarecreation.com or call 441-4244 for more info. (K-0802) ROBOT CAMP FOR STUDENTS. Aug 13 -17, Campbell Creek Connexion, Arcata. Ages: 10-19. Build, program and compete with robots. Director/Instructor: Dr. Ken Owens of HSU. Register online www.campbellcreek.org or phone (707) 826-1000 (K-0809) SUMMER CAMP. Blue Lake Parks & Recreation. Join us for roller skating, arts and crafts, sports and more at Camp Perigot for Ages 5-13, Mon.-Fri., June 18-Aug. 24, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Perigot Park. Very affordable and every camper receives a free breakfast and lunch! Full-day or half-day options. Extended care hours available. Register today!

Find registration materials at www.bluelake.ca.gov or call Kara Newman, 668-5932, for more information. (K-0816) ACTIVE KIDS = HAPPY KIDS. Come learn self-confidence, discipline and respect while gaining true life skills through martial arts. North Coast Self Defense Academy is offering two introductory lessons for only $14 with this ad. Call or visit- (707) 822-6278 or 820 N St, Building #1 Suite C, Arcata www.northcoastselfdefense.com (K-1227)

Lectures

AN ADVENTURE INTO THE PAST, THE NORTH SPIT. Between Humboldt Bay and the ocean there is a concentration of evidence of times past. See it all on a 3-1/2 hour field trip. Sat., Aug. 18, 1-4:30 pm. $49. Information or to register, call College of the Redwoods Community Education, 269-4000 or www.redwoods.edu, visit Community Education link. (L-0802) FREE SEMINAR ! INVESTMENT STRATEGIES IN TURBULENT TIMES. Premier Financial Group is dedicated to helping our community achieve financial peace of mind. Come to our free educational seminar on Wed., Sept.12, 5:45 p.m - 7p.m., Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center, 921 Waterfront Dr., Eureka. This is a non-sales seminar.

RSVP (707) 443-2741 or online at www.premieradvisor. com. (LE-0906)

Over 50

OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE (OLLI).

Offers dynamic classes for people age 50 and better.

Call 826-5880 or visit www.humboldt.edu/olli to join or renew and register for classes. Or come to the OLLI Open House on Sat., Aug. 11, 1-3 p.m. at Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center, Eureka. (O-0809) A COMMUNITY OF WRITERS. Help create a community of writers with different levels of expertise, and generate, respond to, and revise your own and others’ poems and short paragraphs. With Pat McCutcheon.

Wed., Aug. 15-Sept. 19, 6-8 p.m. $65/OLLI members, $90/nonmembers. OLLI: 826-5880. (O-0809) FOSSILS & THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE THROUGH TIME. Look at the origins and evolution of life from the beginnings of the Earth to today, through viewing the Natural History Museum’s “Life Through Time” exhibits. With Richard Paselk. Mon., Aug. 20-Oct. 1, 10 a.m.-Noon. $60/OLLI members, $85/nonmembers.

OLLI: 826-5880. (O-0816) HURTS SO GOOD, BLUES BY THE BAY. Get an overview of the blues and learn about artists performing in this year’s Blues by the Bay. With Bob Doran. Wed., Aug. 29, 6-8 p.m. $30/OLLI members, $55/nonmembers. (Does not include admission to the event. OLLI at HSU members have an option to purchase discounted tickets through Aug. 11.) OLLI: 826-5880. (O-0816)

Spiritual

ARCATA ZEN GROUP MEDITATION. Beginners welcome. Sun., 8 a.m. North Coast Aikido Center, on F St. between 8th and 9th in Arcata. Wed., 6-7 p.m. at First Christian Church, 730 K, Eureka, ramp entrance and upstairs; newcomers please come 5 minutes early.

Sun. contact, 826-1701. Wed. contact, barryevans9@ yahoo.com, or for more info. call (707) 826-1701. www. arcatazengroup.org. (S-1227) TAROT AS AN EVOLUTIONARY PATH. Classes in Eureka and Arcata. Private mentorships, readings. Carolyn Ayres, 442-4240, www.tarotofbecoming.com. (S-1227)

Sports/Recreation

LEARN TO ROW! Adult Clinics: Aug. 7-18, Tues.-Thurs.

5:30-7:30 p.m, Sat. 8-10 a.m, $175. Ages 18+. Humboldt Bay Rowing Association, No experience required. www. hbra.org or 707-845-4752 for more info. (SR-0802)

Archaeological Site Stewardship Volunteers Needed!

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT. 8/25 & 8/26.

Brush up on your skills in this first ever pre-season double elimination Women’s tourney. $50/team. Register team by Aug. 17, at Adorni Center, 1011 Waterfront Dr. For more info visit www.eurekarecreation.com or call 441-4245. (SR-0802) ADULT VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE MEETING. Bump, set & spike your way to fun and play volleyball with us!

Form a dream team with friends, family & co-workers.

Find out more Wed., Aug. 8, at Adorni Center, 1011 Waterfront Dr. Co-ed at 5:45 p.m. Women’s at 6:15 p.m., www.eurekarecreation.com or 441-4245. (SR-0802) FAMILY KICKBALL TOURNAMENT. Kick it with your family on Aug. 18 at Cooper Gulch, Noon-5 p.m.

Families not limited to blood relatives & can include your friends, neighbors, kids’ friends, etc. Teams must include 2 youth players. $25/team with 2 game guarantee. Space is limited, register today at the Adorni Center, 1011 Waterfront Dr. Call 441-4240 for more info. (SR-0802) ROLLER SKATING. Blue Lake Parks & Recreation Tues./ Thurs., 1-3 p.m., Fri./Sat., 6:30-9:30 p.m., Sun. 2-5 p.m.

Adult Skate: 2nd Sun. of every month, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

To schedule birthday parties, call 668-5932 or find us on facebook at parks-rec@bluelake.ca.gov. (SR-0830)

Therapy/Support

SEX/ PORN DAMAGING YOUR LIFE & RELATIONSHIPS ? Confidential help is available. saahumboldt@ yahoo.com or 845-8973 (T-1227)

Vocational

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE STEWARDSHIP VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Six Rivers National Forest & California Archaeological Site Stewardship Program. Two-day training workshop for volunteers led by professional archaeologists. Looking for 25 volunteers who will be trained to assist in monitoring archaeological and cultural/historical resources on the Forest. Sept. 15-16, 2012. Forest Supervisor’s Office, 1330 Bayshore Way, Eureka. Send your name and contact information to Beth Padon at bpadon@discoveryworks.com or (562) 427-3474. You can also contact Julie Burcell, Heritage Program Manager, Six Rivers NF at jburcell@fs.fed.us or (707) 441-3529 or visit http://www.fs.usda.gov/srnf for more information. (V-0830)

PHLEBOTOMY INFORMATIONAL MEETING. Tues., Aug. 7, 6-8 p.m. College of the Redwoods Eureka Downtown Site. Call College of the Redwoods Community Education, 269-4000, Class to begin Fall 2012. (V-0802) VOICES, GETTING PAID TO TALK. Lots of fun, realistic, and a great first step for anyone interested in the voice over field. Learn what the pros look for, how to prepare, and where to find work in your area! Mon., Aug 20, 6:30-9 p.m. $29. CR Eureka Downtown Site. Information or to register, call College of the Redwoods Community Education, 269-4000 or www.redwoods. edu, visit Community Education link. (V-0802)

Wellness/Bodywork

DANDELION HERBAL CENTER. Classes with Jane Bothwell. BEGINNING WITH HERBS. Sept. 19- Nov. 7, 2012. eight Wed. evenings plus two herb walks. Learn the basics with many hands-on activities, pre-req to 10 month course.10 MONTH HERBAL STUDIES PROGRAM Feb.-Nov. 2013. In-depth materia medica, therapeutics, flower essences, formulations and harvesting. Register online www.dandelionherb.com or call (707) 442-8157.

(W-0913) 22ND ANNUAL NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S HERBAL SYMPOSIUM. Join us over Labor day weekend, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, in celebration of women, plants, and sustainable lifestyles. Four days of inspiring herbal and sustainability classes, rites-of-passage ceremonies, powerful drumming, amazing handcrafted marketplace items, talented camp-fire capers, refreshing swimming-hole dips, gourmet vegetarian meals, and most of all, incredible womyn! We’ll learn from each other, nurture and nourish each other, take a break from our daily lives, regenerate, refresh, dance, talk plants, and most of all, have a Really Good Thyme together ! Over 50 beginning, intermediate and advanced herbal and sustainability classes offered on a wide variety of topics. All levels welcome. We’ll camp together at Black Oak Ranch in Mendocino County, nestled between two creeks and under the ancient oaks, bays and pines. $350-$450 sliding scale, which includes all classes, meals, camping and events.

Work exchange and Crone discounts available. www. womensherbalsymposium.org (707) 824-1429 (W-0809)

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Six Rivers National Forest & California Archaeological Site Stewardship Program

Two-day training workshop for volunteers led by professional archaeologists.

Looking for 25 volunteers who will be trained to assist in monitoring archaeological and cultural/historical resources on the Forest.

September 15-16, 2012 Forest Supervisor’s Office • 1330 Bayshore Way, Eureka Send your name and contact information to Beth Padon at bpadon@discoveryworks.com or 562-427-3474. You can also contact Julie Burcell, Heritage Program Manager, Six Rivers NF at jburcell@fs.fed.us or (707) 441-3529 or visit http://www.fs.usda.gov/srnf for more information.

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SHENG ZHEN HEALING QIGONG. An introduction to a form of Qigong that helps the practitioner experience unconditional love, with movements that may be done while seated. With John Yamas. Wed., Aug. 29-Sept. 12, 7-8:10 p.m. $35. Pre-registration required.

Call HSU Extended Education to register, 826-3731 or visit www.humboldt.edu/extended (W-0816) AROMATHERAPY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM & ESSENTIAL OIL DISTILLATION. With Traci Webb. Two Weekend Immersions, Fri-Sun, Oct 12-14 and Oct. 26-28. Learn to distill your own essential oils! Includes Western and Exotic Oils, Usage, Toxicity, Blending, Recipes, Take-Homes, In-Class Marma Therapy Session Demo, Oils for Women, PMS, Skin Beautification, Pregnancy, Headaches, Aches/Pains, Allergies, Sinus, Colds, Natural Cleaners, Anxiety, Depression, Ancient Perfumes, $900 (or $450/weekend) REGISTER Northwest Institute of Ayurveda: info@ayurvedicliving.com, (707) 601-9025. (W-1011) AYURVEDA FOUNDATIONS PROGRAM. with Traci Webb. 5-MONTHLY WEEKEND IMMERSIONS, Fri-Sun, Aug. 24-Dec 2, leads to Certificate, Includes: Essential Oil Immersion, Ayurvedic Psychology, Colortherapy, Traditional Diagnostics (Pulse, Face, Tongue, Nails, etc.), and Panchakarma, $350/month. REGISTER Northwest Institute of Ayurveda: info@ayurvedicliving.com, (707) 601-9025. (W-0823) NEW CLIENTS $10 OFF. Myrtletowne Healing Center 1480, #A Myrtle Ave. A Hidden Gem on Myrtle Ave., specializing in therapeutic massage. We will assist you on your road to recovery or work with you on that chronic pain issue. Swedish, deep tissue, trigger point, reflexology, acupressure, uterine centering, lymph drainage, lomi lomi, and more. Founders Hilary Wakefield and Sarah Maier are both Doulas, we do pregnancy massage as well! You are worth it, call today (707) 441-9175 (MB-0926) HERBAL ALLIES WITH WENDY READ. Sat., Sept. 22, 2-4 p.m. $45 + $15 lab fee. Part 3 of making herbal medicine series teaches students how to combine other herbs with your cannabis salves infusions and teas to improve effectiveness. 707 Campus, 1881 Barnett Ct., #4, Redway Meadows Business Park. 707 Cannabis College, www. cannabiscollege.com, (707) 672-9860. (W-0920) MAKING MEDICINE, SALVES & TEAS. Part 2, with Wendy Read. Fri., Aug. 3, 6-8 p.m. $45 + $15 lab fee.

Use infused oil from part one to make salve, new students make salve from oil provided. Also learn to make medicinal teas. 707 Campus, 1881 Barnett Ct., #4, Redway Meadows Business Park. 707 Cannabis College, www.cannabiscollege.com, (707) 672-9860. (W-0802) START YOUR CAREER IN MASSAGE THERAPY! Evening classes begin Sept. 4, 2012 at Arcata School of Massage. 650-Hour Therapeutic Massage Certification will prepare you for Professional Certification in California, and the National Exam. Our comprehensive program prepares your body, mind and heart to become a caring, confident professional massage therapist. Call 822-5223 for information or visit arcatamassage.com (W-1227) ●

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DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL 1105 6TH STREET, SUITE C EUREKA, CA 95501 707-445-7229 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Date of Filing Application: July 23, 2012 To Whom It May Concern: The Name of the Applicants are: BANANA HUT LLC THE The applicant listed above is applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverages Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 619-621 5TH ST EUREKA, CA 95501 Type of License Applied for: 47 - On-Sale General Eating Place 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/2012 (12-216)

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY NO. PR080054 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT CONSERVATORSHIP OF THE ESTATE AND PERSON OF: BONNIE J. BARNES, CONSERVATEE

NOTICE IS GIVEN that KAREN MOSIER, as Conservator the Person and Estate of BONNIE J. BARNES, Conservatee, will sell at private sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court, on or after August 16, 2012, at 1:50 p.m., at the Humboldt County Superior Court, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, California, Department 8, the following real property of the estate: This property is commonly known as: 563 Hiller Road, McKinleyville,

California 95519 (A.P. No. 510-311-017).

Legal Description: The Land Referred to herein below is situated in the County of Humboldt, State of California and is described as follows: The West Half of Lot 12 of Massae’s Tract Subdivision, according to the map of said subdivision on file in the Recorder’s Office of Humboldt County in Book 13 of Maps, pages 95 and 96.

The terms and conditions of sale are: Cash. Sale “as is” without warranties, except as to title. The Sale is subject to current taxes, covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, rights, rights-of-way, and easements.

At least ten percent (10%) of the amount bid must be paid with the offer and the balance must be paid on close of escrow after confirmation of sale by the Court.

Bids or offers for this property must be made in writing and directed to the Conservator, Karen Mosier, in care of her attorney, Stephen G. Watson, Law Office of W.G. Watson, Jr., 715 I Street, Eureka, California 95501, at any time after publication of this notice and before the sale.

The Administrator reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Dated: July 27, 2012 /s/ Karen Mosier, Conservator Attorney for Conservator STEPHEN G. WATSON, (SBN #112171) LAW OFFICE OF W.G. WATSON, JR. 715 I Street Eureka, CA 95502 (707) 444-3071 Filed July 30, 2012 8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/23/2012 (12-221)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business & Professions Code, Section 2328 of the UCC, Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the civil Code.

The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 15th of August, 2012, at 9:00 AM, on the premises where said property has been stored and which are located at Rainbow Self Storage, at 4055 Broadway Eureka, Ca, County of Humboldt the following: James Norwood, Unit # 5046 Michael Delman, Unit # 5109 Elizabeth Faron, Unit # 5260 Cody Langlois, Unit #5290 The following units are located at 639 W. Clark Street Eureka, Ca, County of Humboldt and will be sold immediately following the sale of the above units.

Jessica Eleck, Unit # 2006 Sara Hagelstein, Unit # 2309 Camy Massutti, Unit # 2508 Mark Adams, Unit # 2609 Gregory Melito, Unit # 2806 Jimmy Evanow, Unit # 3408 The following units are located at 3618 Jacobs Avenue Eureka, Ca, County of Humboldt and will be sold immediately following the sale of the above units.

Sara Balke, Unit # 1188 (Held in Co. Unit) Frankie Goree, Unit # 1198 Matthew Bashman, Unit # 1217 Donna Blount, Unit # 1367 Nathaniel Mabry, Unit # 1577 Katie Rainey, Unit # 1750 Paul Meade, Unit # 1753 Brigitte Basso, Unit # 1755 (Held in Co. Unit) Larry Cook, Unit # 1758 (Held In Co. Unit) Edward Welch, Unit # 1775 Heather Markson, Unit # 1776 John Dalkin, Unit # 1778

United Indian Health Services, Incorporated (UIHS) is registering American Indians to vote, who are eligible for services provided by UIHS. QUALIFICATIONS TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN UIHS ELECTION You may register to vote if you meet the following criteria: You are an American Indian eligible for services at UIHS and are registered as an Eligible Indian Beneficiary, you are eighteen years of age or older at the time of election, you reside in the voting area from which you will vote and you have completed a Voter Registration Application/Affidavit.

You will need to re-register to vote when: • You move • You change your name VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE The voter registration period remains open throughout the year except after the voter registration deadline date, which is a closed period of not less than two weeks prior to election day and shall remain closed until election counting day. The deadline date for registration is October 14, 2012. However, please be advised that voters who register after the deadline date will not receive a Vote-by-Mail ballot. The 2012 Election counting day is set for November 14, 2012.

USES OF VOTER INFORMATION (ELECTION POLICY) Information on your voter registration application/affidavit will be used by elections officials to send you official information on the voting process and the Vote-by-Mail ballot. Items such as Driver’s license and social security numbers, or your signature as shown on your voter registration application, cannot be released for commercial purposes. If you have any questions about the use of voter information or wish to report suspected misuse of such information, please call UIHS Compliance Officer at 707.825.5000.

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The following units are located at 105 Indianola Eureka, Ca, County of Humboldt and will be sold immediately following the sale of the above units.

Aaron Daviau, Unit # 111 Joseph Thompson, Unit # 242 Eva Thomas, Unit # 253 Susan Carns, Unit # 283 Douglas Law, Unit # 319 Adam Jessen, Unit # 490 The following units are located at 180 F Street Arcata, Ca, County of Humboldt and will be sold immediately following the sale of the above units.

Heather Matthias, Unit # 4355 Daniel Senteno, Unit # 4521 Justino Perez, Unit # 4712 Kevin Ponce, Unit # 4744 Janice Harmon, Unit # 6006 Melissa Taylor, Unit # 6152 The following units are located at 940 G Street Arcata, Ca, County of Humboldt and will be sold immediately following the sale of the above units.

Jared Morgart, Unit # 6334 Camisha Whitten, Unit # 6363 Andrew Palmquist, Unit # 6431 The following units are located at 2394 Central Ave. McKinleyville, Ca, County of Humboldt and will be sold immediately following the sale of the above units.

Cynthia Bones, Unit # 9200 Teresa Cengia, Unit # 9533 Marcele Schaper, Unit # 9548 The following units are located at 1641 Holly St. McKinleyville, Ca, County of Humboldt and will be sold immediately following the sale of the above units.

Mayra Jacobo, Unit # 3238 Ralph Conant, Unit # 3274 Jenny Silva, Unit # 4122 Lisa Genesy, Unit # 6205 Cydney Buckman, Unit # 7209 Jason Grow, Unit # 8223 Items to be sold include, but are not limited to: Household furniture, office equipment, household appliances, exercise equipment, TVs, VCR, microwave, bikes, books, misc. tools, misc. camping equipment, misc. stereo equip. misc. yard tools, misc. sports equipment, misc. kids toys, misc. fishing gear, misc. computer components, and misc. boxes and bags contents unknown.

Purchases must be paid for at the time of the sale in cash only. Anyone interested in attending the auction must sign in at 4055 Broadway Eureka CA. prior to 9:00 A.M. on the day of the auction, no exceptions. All purchase items sold as is, where is and must be removed at time of sale.

Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Auctioneer: Rainbow Self-Storage, 707-443-1451, Bond # 40083246.

Dated this 2nd day of August 2012 and 9th day of August 2012 8/2, 8/9/2012 (12-219)

SUMMONS

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: ELLEN BRYANT, INA GINOS, and DOES 1 TO 25, INCLUSIVE YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: ADELAIDE SLIGER, TRUSTEE OF SHELTON E. THUET AND MAGDALEN H. THUET REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST ESTABLISHED MAY 9, 2000; ADELAIDE

SLIGER BENEFICIARY NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements.

You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Website (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and cost on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

CASE NUMBER: CIVVS 1201703 The name and address of the court is: SAN BERNADINO SUPERIOR COURT 14455 CIVIC DRIVE, SUITE 100, VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA 92392 The name, address, and telephone number of the plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney is: DIANA J. CARLONI, ESQ., LAW OFFICES OF JAMES BRUCE MINTON, APC, 14467 PARK AVENUE, VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA, 92392, 760-243-5678, 760-243-5688 FAX DATE: APRIL 9, 2012 NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual defendant.

Filed: April 9, 2012 Superior Court of California, County of San Bernadino, Victorville District 8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/23/2012 (12-220)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED May 12, 2006, 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. 141465-AH ON August 15th, 2012 at 10:00 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 John D. Davies, a married man as his sole and separate property recorded on May 15, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006-14242-7 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 April 13, 2012 as Instrument No. 2012-9378-3 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: DESCRIPTION That real property situate in the County of Humboldt, State of California, described as follows: TRACT A: Those portions of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 2, Township 4 North, Range 1 West, Humboldt Meridian, described as follows: PARCEL ONE: BEGINNING at a point on the West line of said Southeast Quarter, South 1 degree West 1112.4 feet from the quarter section corner in the center of said section said point being the Southwest corner of a parcel of land conveyed by John Burman, et al, to Ivan R. Poe by Deed recorded in Book 18 , Page 449, Official Records of said County, and running thence South 89 degrees East along the Southerly line of land described in said Deed and the Easterly prolongation thereof 365 feet to the Northwest corner of a parcel of land conveyed by C.W. Charlberg to Harold W. Jones and wife by Deed recorded in Book 3, Page 457, Official Records of said County; thence along the Westerly and Southerly lines of land conveyed by said last mentioned Deed, South 27 degrees 37 minutes East 116.8 feet and South 89 degrees East 165 feet, more or less, to the center line of a private 40 foot roadway; thence following the center line of said private roadway, along a curve to the left having a radius of 200 feet, through an angle of 33 degrees 26 minutes for a distance of 116.7 feet; thence still following the center line of said private roadway, South 23 degrees 15 minutes East 116.7 feet more or less, to a point which is South 79 degrees 4 minutes East from the Southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Southeast Quarter; thence North 79 degrees 4 minutes West 663.0 feet to the Southwest corner of said Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence North 1 degree East along the West line of said Southeast Quarter, 204.1 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. PARCEL TWO: A non-exclusive right of way for ingress and egress over the 40 foot private road as referred to in the Deed from Eleanor Stromland to C.P. Drake recorded April 23, 1953, Serial No. 5220, extend-

ing from and along the Easterly side of Parcel One, Northerly to the Cutten-Elk River Road. PARCEL THREE: That portion of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 4 North, Range 1 West, Humboldt Meridian, described as follows: BEGINNING on the quarter section line at a point which is distant South 0 degrees 46 minutes West, 678.01 feet from the center quarter corner of said Section 2; thence West, 111 feet; thence South 145 feet to the true point of beginning; thence South 490.54 feet to the subdivision line; thence along said subdivision line, South 89 degrees 47 minutes East 111 feet to the Southeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence along said quarter section line North 0 degrees 46 minutes East, 490.54 feet, more or less, to a point which bears East from the true point of beginning; thence West 111 feet to the true point of beginning. EXCEPTING therefrom that portion thereof conveyed to James R. McKittrick, et ux, by Deed recorded November 10, 1972, in Book 1164, Page 596, Humboldt County Official Records, more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING on the quarter section line at a point which is distant South 0 degrees 46 minutes West 678.01 feet from the center quarter corner of said Section 2; thence West 111 feet; thence South 145 feet to the true point of beginning of the parcel of land to be described; thence from said true point of beginning continue South 25.24 feet; thence North 89 degrees 09 minutes 10 seconds East 108.80 feet to the East line of the land described in the Deed from Robert C. McKee and wife, to Barney T. Gallagher and wife, recorded April 18, 1968, in Book 959 of Official Records at Page 10, under Recorder’s File No. 5488; thence North 0 degrees 46 minutes East, along the last mentioned line, 23.46 feet to the Southeast corner of the land described in Parcel One of the Deed from Robert C. McKee and wife, to James R. McKittrick and wife, recorded July 30, 1963, in Book 747 of Official Records at Page 111, under Recorder’s File No. 12341; thence West, along the South line of said last mentioned land, 109.06 feet (called 111 feet in said Deed), to the point of beginning. EXCEPTING from Parcels One and Three, an undivided one-half interest in and to all gas and other mineral and hydrocarbon substances beneath the surface thereof.

Being the same as reserved by Gerald Pellham by Deed recorded June 14, 1988, in Book 1876, Page 797, Humboldt County Official Records. TRACT B: BEGINNING at a point which is distant 111 feet West from a point on the quarter section line which latter point is 678.01 feet South 0 degrees 46 minutes West from interior quarter section corner of Section 2, Township 4 North, Range 1 West, Humboldt Meridian, and running; thence West 111.01 feet; thence South 0 degrees 46 minutes West 637.18 feet to subdivisional line; thence along

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Field notes

Wreck of the Milwaukee

By Barry Evans

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n retrospect, it was a disaster waiting to happen. On the night of Jan. 12-13, 1917, three months before the United States entered World War I, the 10,000-ton cruiser USS Milwaukee attempted to free the submarine designated H-3, which had beached at Samoa a month earlier during heavy fog.

The plan was to tow the submarine off the sand during a very high tide using thick steel hawsers connecting the stern of the Milwaukee with the sub, while lines to two smaller vessels standing off to the north of the Milwaukee would prevent the 426-foot-long cruiser from swinging around in the south-running tide.

So much for theory. The inexperienced commander of the Milwaukee had already dismissed warnings from local Coast Guard officers and the skipper of the H-3, so when propellers cut the line to one of the smaller vessels, he didn’t waver in his mission. Big mistake: The second “anchor” ship, the USS tug Iroquois, was unable to hold the Milwaukee in place. The ship slowly drifted around southward, pivoting on half a mile of twin hawsers that tethered the stern firmly — too firmly — to the stricken submarine. Dawn saw the Milwaukee stuck implacably on the beach inside the first line of breakers.

Not only was the mission botched, but it was entirely unnecessary in the first place. A few days after the H-3 beached, its own tender ship, the Cheyenne, unsuccessfully tried to tow it back to sea, assisted by two other ships. The

above Crewmen being brought ashore two at a time by breeChes buoy from the stranded uss milwaukee, January 1917. u.s. naval historiCal Center top the milwaukee, minus 2.3 foot tide, June 2012. though muCh is taken, muCh abides: the remains of the milwaukee lie buried in the sand beneath these bulkheads. photo by kathleen Cameron

Navy then requested bids to refloat the 350-ton submarine. While an out-of-area salvage firm offered to do it for $150,000, local contractor Mercer Fraser quoted just $18,000. The first bid was considered too high, and Mercer Fraser’s plan to haul the stricken sub across North Spit and re-launch it in Humboldt Bay was deemed unrealistic. Following the Navy’s disastrous rescue attempt, our local heroes did exactly what they said they’d do, skidding and rolling the H-3 three-quarters of a mile across the spit, launching the sub in the bay on April 20. (The whole process is documented on the Navy’s History and Heritage Command website, link in the online version of this column.)

The Milwaukee survived mostly intact until 1943, when bronze and other useful metals were salvaged from the wreck for the war effort, using highexplosive charges. You can still see a row of bulkheads at negative tides, like tips of a great iceberg. Below, buried in the sand, lies an estimated two-thirds of the vessel. Locate the site from the big rock opposite Samoa Pulp Lane, 1½ miles south of the west end of Samoa Bridge.

For more on the story, check out local historian Ray Hillman’s book Shipwrecked at Samoa, California, available in the Humboldt County Library. l Barry Evans (barryevans9@yahoo. com) senses 95-year-old ghosts while walking the beach at Samoa.

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ACROSS

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same South 89 degrees 47 minutes East 111.01 feet; thence North 635 feet to point of beginning. EXCEPTING therefrom that portion of land granted to Daniel W. Brant and Alice Brant, his wife, in Deed recorded September 7, 1956, in Book 409, Page 242 of Humboldt County Official Records, described as follows: BEGINNING at a point which is distant 222.01 feet West from a point on the quarter section line which latter point is 678.01 feet South 0 degrees 46 minutes West from the interior quarter section corner of Section 2, Township 4 North, Range 1 West, Humboldt Meridian; and running thence South 0 degrees 46 minutes West 125 feet; thence East 10 feet; thence North 0 degrees 46 minutes East 125 feet; thence West 10 feet to the point of beginning. ALSO EXCEPTING therefrom that portion of land granted to Kenneth J. Greene and Edith C. Greene, his wife, in the Deed recorded August 30, 1960, in Book 601, Page 116 of Official Records, described as follows: BEGINNING at a point which is distant 111 feet West from a point on the quarter section line, latter point is 678.01 feet South 0 degrees 46 minutes West from interior quarter section corner of Section 2 in Township 4 North, Range 1 West, Humboldt Meridian; and running thence West 101.01 feet to the Northeast corner of the parcel of land conveyed to Daniel W. Brant and wife, by Deed recorded September 7, 1956, in Book 409 of Official Records, Page 242, Humboldt County Records; thence South 0 degrees 46 minutes West along the East line of said Brant parcel 125 feet to the Southeast corner thereof; thence West along the South line of said Brant parcel 10 feet to the West line of the parcel of land conveyed to Roy J. Hill and wife, by Deed recorded February 5, 1953, in Book 238 of Official Records, Page 96, Humboldt County Records; thence South 0 degrees 46 minutes West along the West line of said Hill parcel 175 feet; thence East parallel with the North line of said Hill parcel 111.01 feet to the East line thereof; and thence North along the East line of said Hill parcel 300 feet to the point of beginning. TRACT C: PARCEL ONE: Those portions of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 2, Township 4 North, Range 1 West, Humboldt Meridian, described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the West line of said Southeast Quarter distant North 1 degree East thereon 889.8 feet from the Southwest corner of said Southeast Quarter; and running thence South 77 degrees East along the Northerly line of a parcel of land originally described in Deed from C.W. Charlberg to A.P. Phillips, recorded April 3, 1948 under Recorder’s Serial No. 3402, Humboldt County

Records, 200 feet to the true point of beginning; thence continuing along the Northerly line of the land described in said above mentioned Deed, and along the center line of a private road 40-feet wide, the following courses and distances: South 77 degrees East, 111.5 feet; thence along a curve to the right having a radius of 200 feet for a distance of 90.7 feet; thence South 51 degrees East, 103 feet; thence leaving said centerline of a private roadway and running North 1 degree East parallel with the West line of said Southeast Quarter, 510 feet, more or less, to a point which is South 79 degrees 4 minutes East from the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of said Southeast Quarter; thence North 79 degrees 4 minutes West, 310 feet, more or less, to the point which is North 3 degrees 17 minutes West from the true point of beginning; thence South 3 degrees 17 minutes East, 440 feet, more or less, to the true point of beginning. PARCEL TWO: A non-exclusive right of way for ingress and egress over the existing 40-foot road leading Northeasterly to the Cutten-Elk River Road.

EXCEPTING therefrom that portion reconveyed by Partial Reconveyance recorded October 25, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006-30909-3, Humboldt County Records. ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO. 300-252-028 and 300-251-017 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 707-443-0837 for information regarding the trustee’s sale and inquire as to the status of the foreclosure using the T.S. number assigned to this foreclosure shown on the first

page of this notice. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The unpaid balance and estimate of costs, expenses and advances as of July 16, 2012 is $54,130.89; 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: APNs 300-252-028 and 300-251-017.

Sale is of the land only. Mobile home is not included in the sale.

Directions may be obtained pursuant to a written request submitted to the Beneficiary. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown herein.

Dated: July 16, 2012 Beneficiary: Trueman E. Vroman, an unmarried man Telephone: 707-443-8476 Address: 2950 E St., Suite C Eureka, CA 95501 HUMBOLDT LAND TITLE COMPANY a Corporation, Trustee Address: 1034 Sixth Street Eureka, CA 95501 Telephone: (707) 443-0837 By: /s/ Sue E. Bosch, President 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/2012 (12-213)

DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL 1105 6TH STREET, SUITE C EUREKA, CA 95501 707-445-7229 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Date of Filing Application: July 5, 2012 To Whom It May Concern: The Name of the Applicants are: MASAKI GROUP LLC THE The applicant listed above is applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverages Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 465-475 I ST. ARCATA, CA 95521-6118 Type of License Applied for: 41 - On-Sale Beer And Wine - Eating Place 7/19, 7/26, 8/2/2012 (12-208 )

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 12-00373

The following person is doing business as MERLIN MORTGAGE, REALTY SALES AND SERVICES at 1525 McFarlan St., Eureka, CA 95501 Will Dvorak 1525 McFarlan St. Eureka, CA 95501 The business is conducted by An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on n/a. /s Will Dvorak aka Willoughby deQuincy Dvorak.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Humboldt County on June 19, 2012.

CAROLYN CRNICH Humboldt County Clerk 7/19, 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/2012 (12-207)

The following person is doing business as SIX RIVERS LAWN CARE at 3402 California St., Eureka, CA 95503.

Pepper Stockton 3402 California St. Eureka, CA 95503 The business is conducted by An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on n/a. /s Pepper Stockton.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Humboldt County on July 3, 2012.

CAROLYN CRNICH Humboldt County Clerk 7/19, 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/2012 (12-210)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 12-00409

The following persons are doing business as 5TH SEASON CANNING COMPANY at 220 F St., Arcata, CA 95521.

Arcata-Mad River Ambulance Services Inc. 220 F St. Arcata, CA 95521 The business is conducted by A Corporation.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on n/a. /s Doug Boileau, Vice President.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Humboldt County on July 10, 2012.

CAROLYN CRNICH Humboldt County Clerk 7/19, 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/2012 (12-205)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 12-00422

The following person is doing business as ALOHA YARD CARE at 255 H St., Arcata, CA 95521, P.O. Box 5052, Arcata, CA 95518.

Robyn Reida 255 H St. Arcata, CA 95521 The business is conducted by An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on n/a. /s Robyn Reida.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Humboldt County on July 16, 2012.

CAROLYN CRNICH Humboldt County Clerk 7/19, 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/2012 (12-212)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 12-00390

The following person is doing business as TRINIDAD BREWING COMPANY at 101 N. Westhaven Drive, Trinidad, CA 95570.

Peter Damian Bauman 101 N. Westhaven Drive Trinidad, CA 95570 The business is conducted by An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on n/a. /s Peter Damian Bauman.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Humboldt County on June 26 2012.

CAROLYN CRNICH Humboldt County Clerk 7/12, 7/19, 7/26, 8/2/2012 (12-199)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF EVA M. CHASE, also known as EVA MAY CHASE, EVA CHASE CASE NO. PR120179

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LORNA JEANNE AREKLETT, a/k/a LORNA AREKLETT, a/k/a LORNA JEANNE STATE CASE NO. PR120175

PETITION OF: MICHAEL FRAVEL TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: MICHAEL FRAVEL for a decree changing names as follows: Present name MICHAEL RAYMOND FRAVEL to Proposed Name MICHAEL RAYMOND SCHREMMER THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name 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.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 17, 2012 Time: 1:45 p.m.

The address of the court is: Same as noted above, Dept. 8 Date: July 5, 2012 Filed: July 5, 2012 /s/ DALE A. REINHOLTSEN Judge of the Superior Court

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: EVA M. CHASE, also known as EVA MAY CHASE, EVA CHASE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by PAMELA J. FORBES in the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that PAMELA J. FORBES be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by 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 many 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 on August 16, 2012 at 1:50 p.m. at the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, in Dept. 8.

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 deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code Section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

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 Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: JAMES K. MORRISON S.B. #30716 MORRISON & MORRISON 3005 G STREET EUREKA, CA 95501 (707) 443-8012 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT

7/12, 7/19, 7/26, 8/2/2012 (12-202)

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: LORNA JEANNE AREKLETT, a/k/a LORNA AREKLETT, a/k/a LORNA JEANNE STATE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by LINDA G. AXTMAN in the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that LINDA G. AXTMAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by 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 many 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 on August 16, 2012 at 1:50 p.m. at the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, in Dept. 8.

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 deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code Section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

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 Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

PETITIONER: LINDA G. AXTMAN 1273 CHAPARRAL DRIVE MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519 (707) 839-0216 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT

7/26, 8/2, 8/9/2012 (12-215)

7/26, 8/2, 8/9/2012 (12-214)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV120450 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 825 FIFTH STREET EUREKA, CA 95501

PETITION OF: TYRELL JAYSSON CHAMBERLAIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: TYRELL JAYSSON CHAMBERLAIN has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing petitioner’s name to: TYROL JAYSSON CHAMBERLAIN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 29, 2012 Time: 1:45 p.m.

The address of the court is: Same as noted above, Dept. 8 Date: July 12, 2012 Filed: July 12, 2012 /s/ DALE A. REINHOLTSEN Judge of the Superior Court 7/19, 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/2012 (12-209)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV120428 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 825 FIFTH STREET EUREKA, CA 95501

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 12-00397

Employment AIRLINE CAREERS. Become an Aviation Maintenance Tech. FAA approved training. Financial aid if qualified - Housing available.

Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 888-242-3214. (E-0802) NETWORK ANALYST (JOB #1260) F/T position in Information Technology Services at Humboldt State University. Review: 8/7/12. For more info visit: www. humboldt.edu/jobs or call (707) 826-3626. HSU is an ADA/Title IX/ EOE. (E-0802) FT ASSEMBLY WORKERS. For local manufacturing company.

Will train. Apply in person M-F, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 601 Bay St., off Myrtle Ave., Eureka. (E-0816)

LIFETOUCH HAS IMMEDIATE OPENINGS FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS IN HUMBOLDT AREA. No experience needed.

Great pay and benefits. CDL, insurance and car a must. Background and finger printing required. Call Cheryl at (707) 544-1525 or email crea@lifetouch.com (E-0802) NURSES AIDE/DRIVER PART TIME. Current/previous CNA pref. Must have clean driving record. Experience working w/ elderly or disabled preferred.

App./job description can be picked up at Adult Day Health Care of Mad River. Applications accepted until position filled.

(707) 822-4866. (E-0802)

RN Care Manager Join our innovative, nationally recognized, community based care management program – Priority Care. Priority Care nurses work with clients, their providers and other members of the Priority Care team to provide support, guidance, education and assistance navigating the healthcare system.

The Nurse Care Manager position is responsible for the identification, evaluation and coordination of all health care services provided to a select, health care population with chronic conditions and/or complex health needs. Services are provided in a variety of settings.

To view the job description go to http://hdnfmc.com/pdf/PCRN_JobDescription.pdf To learn more about Priority Care visit http://hdnfmc.com/prioritycare Please submit resume and cover letter to resume@hdnfmc.com or PO Box 1395, Eureka, CA 95502. Reference “PCRN Job” in the subject line of your email or on the outside of your envelope.

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Arcata, CA

Operations and Maintenance Technician

Under general supervision, operates, maintains, and controls the District’s water pumping, distribution and water treatment facilities; performs basic laboratory testing and sample collection; performs preventative maintenance checks and repairs of District water pumping, distribution and treatment facilities, machinery, equipment, structures, and grounds; and performs other related duties as required. Treatment plant experience highly desirable. Grade III Operator Certification and Grade III Distribution desired.

Salary range $3,950-$4,801 plus excellent benefits including deferred compensation.

Open until filled Call (707) 443-5018 for an application or visit www.hbmwd.com CONTINUED ON PAGE 42

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Employment Manager of Grief Support Services The Manager of Grief Support Services provides oversight and supervision to the Bereavement Department including employees and volunteers, and will continually develop, implement and evaluate bereavement services in collaboration with the Director of Social Services. The Manager also provides bereavement services to hospice patients and families, and community members.

Please review the complete job description at www.hospiceofhumboldt.org for more information.

Join our team of caring professionals and work in a great environment. This exempt position is M – F with occasional weekends and comes with a great benefits package.

Email your cover letter and resume to: cburton@hospiceofhumboldt.org or send to: Christine Burton, HR Director Hospice of Humboldt 2010 Myrtle Avenue Eureka, CA 95501 • 707-441-0105 x308

Now Hiring:

14 W. Wabash Ave. Eureka, CA 268-1866 eurekaca.expresspros.com

Full Charge Bookkeeper Administrative Assistant Experienced Cook Medical Assistant Laborers

General Manager North Coast Co-op is seeking a General Manager.

Reporting to the BOD, responsible for the overall operation of these large, full-service, Certified Organic Groceries.

Heading up our Management Team, works collaboratively in overall planning and management of the co-op. Interested applicants should demonstrate an understanding and commitment to the cooperative business model and a proven, successful management history. A background in natural foods and experience working in a union environment preferred. Bachelor’s degree preferred plus five years of progressive management experience, or an equivalent combination.

North Coast Cooperative offers a competitive wage package dependant upon experience, and an excellent benefits package.

Position is open until filled, 1st review of applications is on 9/15/12.

For a complete job description and to download an application: http://www.northcoastco-op.com/about. htm#employment. Please submit application, resume, salary requirements and letter of interest to Lisa Landry, HR Director at: hr@northcoastco-op.com

City EnginEEr

Come join our dedicated team of professionals who are committed to compassionate care.

Full-Time Positions

City of EurEka

1 - MEDICAL BILLER, Arcata 1 - DESKTOP SUPPORT TECHNICIAN, Arcata 1 - RN CLINIC COORDINATOR, Crescent City 1 - REGISTERED DENTAL ASSISTANT, Eureka 2 - MEDICAL ASSISTANT, Arcata & Crescent City 1 - EPIC SITE SPECIALIST/MEDICAL RECORDS McKinleyville 1 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, Arcata

Part-Time Positions 1 - REGISTERED NURSE-TEMP, Willow Creek 1 - DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELOR Crescent City Go to www.opendoorhealth.com for online application Call 707-826-8633 ext. 5140 for information

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Employment

$7,251 - $8,814/month + excellent benefits Would you like the opportunity to make our community a better place to live? Currently the City of Eureka is accepting applications for the position of City Engineer. applicants should have extensive experience in planning, organizing, managing and providing administrative direction and oversight for all functions and activities of an Engineering Department, including long- and short-range project planning, environmental programs/ planning and compliance, design, construction, permitting, right-of-way, traffic, transportation, property management, and other programs; coordinating assigned activities with other City departments, officials, outside agencies, and the public; fostering cooperative working relationships among City departments and with intergovernmental and regulatory agencies and various public and private groups and providing highly responsible and complex professional assistance to City management. for a complete job description and application packet: visit the Personnel Department at 531 k Street in Eureka, or call the Job Line at (707) 441-4134, or apply online at www.ci.eureka.ca.gov. application packets must be received by 5:00 pm, friday, august 17, 2012. EoE

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Night Housekeeper Arcata – FT, M-F, 5:00 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. (1/2 hour lunch). Must have HS diploma/GED & 3 yrs. exp. as a housekeeper or equivalent; be reliable & bondable; & ability to work independently.

In accordance with P.L. 93-638 American Indian Preference will be given. UIHS is an alcohol & drug free workplace w/ required testing. An Application can be obtained at www.uihs.org or call HR at (707) 825-5000.

Closes 8/8/12.

County of Humboldt

IT Technician I / II IT Technician I - $3586 - $4602 IT Technician II - $3962 - $5084 Performs a variety of specialized duties in installing, managing and supporting the County’s network infrastructure, including servers, networking equipment, and personal computers throughout the County. Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and pass a background investigation. Desirable education and experience for IT Technician I is completion of two years of college in computer science or closely related field and one year of experience using networking hardware. Desirable education and experience for IT Technician II is, in addition to the above, two years of experience operating and installing personal computers and/or providing training on personal computer software at a level equivalent to the County’s class of IT Technician I. Filing deadline: August 15, 2012. For application come to Human Resources, Humboldt County Courthouse, 825 Fifth St., Eureka or apply online at www.co.humboldt.ca.us/jobs Jobline: (707) 476-2357 AA/EOE

SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR TRAINEE / I County of Humboldt SAC Trainee: $2,266 - $2,908 mo.

SAC I: $2632 - $3378 mo.

To provide individual and group counseling focused on rehabilitating drug and alcohol abusers and participate in substance abuse prevention and education programs. SAC Trainee: Must be registered to obtain certification as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor. SAC I: Must be certified as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor and have two years FT work experience providing drug and alcohol counseling.

Filing deadline: August 14, 2012.

Apply online at www.co.humboldt.ca.us/jobs or call Human Resources (707) 476-2349 • 825 Fifth St., Rm.100 Eureka AA/EOE

Employment

Rentals HUMBOLDT PLAZA APTS.

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING Administration of the marketing and public relation activities for Humboldt Senior Resource Center. Plan and execute communications strategies for media outlets including television, radio, print & internet. Other duties include; supervision of staff, development of fund raising plan, administer databases that builds donors, create communications that promote the organization in the community and beyond. Also works closely with the HSRC ED and other staff to accomplish position duties.

BA in Marketing, Business or Communications or related field and three to five years experience in similar marketing positions.

Must have strong organizational skills along with effective oral and written abilities. Ability to work successfully on a team and independently when needed. 25 hours/week to start with ability to go full time with the development of a new HSRC program. Paid sick, vacation upon hire. Medical, retirement and life insurance after six months. Optional employee paid benefits.

Go to www.humsenior.org to view complete job description and download an application. To apply submit hard copies of a completed HSRC application, letter of interest, resume, and three letters of reference to: HSRC/HR at 1910 California St. Eureka, California 95501 Open until filled. Call 443-9747 Ext. 1257 with questions. EOE.

Become a Mentor!

Seeking committed, positive people willing to share their home & help an adult with developmental disabilities lead an integrated life in the community. Become part of a professional team and receive a competitive monthly reimbursement, training & continuous support.

Contact Matthew (707) 442-4500 ext. 14 317 Third St. Eureka, CA 95501

$$$ DANCERS WANTED $$$ No experience necessary. Make your own schedule. Opportunity to make cash nightly! Call The Fabulous Tip Top Gentlemen’s Club 443-5696 or 601-7169. 18+ (E-0816) BECOME A MENTOR! California Mentor is seeking committed, positive people willing to share their home & help an adult with developmental disabilities lead and integrated life in the community. Become part of a professional team and reive a competitive monthly reimbursement, training & continuous support.

Contact Matthew, (707) 442-4500 ext. 14, 317 Third St., Eureka. www. mentorswanted.com (E-1227) HOME CAREGIVERS PT/FT. Nonmedical caregivers to assist elderly in their homes. Top hourly fees. 442-8001. (E-1227)

HELP WANTED!!! Make money Mailing brochures from home!

FREE Supplies! Helping HomeWorkers since 2001! Genuine Opportunity! No experience required. Start Immediately! www. theworkhub.net (AAN CAN) (E0927) $$$HELP WANTED$$$ Extra Income! Assembling CD cases from Home! No Experience Necessary!

Call our Live Operators Now! 1-800-405-7619 EXT 2450 http:// www.easywork-greatpay.com (AAN CAN) (E-0920)

Rentals ARCATA 1 BEDROOM APT. Some utilities paid, fenced yard, available now. $600, (707) 443-4357, www.

TheRentalHelpers.com. (R-0802) ARCATA 2 BEDROOM TOWNHOME. New carpet, washer/dryer hook-ups, Bayside. $800, (707) 443-4357 www.TheRentalHelpers. com. (R-0802) ARCATA 3 BEDROOM HOUSE. Garage, washer/dryer hook-ups, private yard. $1450 (707) 443-4357, www.TheRentalHelpers.com (R0802) ARCATA 3BD/2BA HOUSE. 2064 Darin Dr. Remodeled, Walk to Beach, Pets OK, MtM, Rent $1500, Vacant 8/16. www.ppmrentals. com, Rental hotline (707) 444-9197.

(R-0802) EUREKA 1 BEDROOM APT. Garage, onsite laundry, some utilities paid. $600. (707) 443-4357, www.

TheRentalHelpers.com (R-0802) EUREKA 2 BEDROOM DUPLEX. Fenced yard, washer/dryer hookups, small pet. $850. (707) 4438227, www.TheRentalHelpers. com. (R-0802)

Real Estate Openings soon available for HUD Sec. 8 Waiting Lists for 2, 3 & 4 bedrm apts.

Annual Income Limits: 1 pers. $20,300; 2 pers. $23,200; 3 pers. $26,100; 4 pers. $28,950; 5 pers. $31,300; 6 pers. $33,600; 7 pers. $35,900; 8 pers. $38,250.

Call 707-488-2181 or write bobmccormick@etahoe.com for details

EHO. Hearing impaired: TDD Ph# 1-800-735-2922. Apply at Office: 2575 Alliance Rd. Arcata, 8am-12pm & 1-4pm, M-F (707) 822-4104

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EUREKA 3 BEDROOM HOUSE. Garage, yard, fireplace, washer/ dryer included. $1300. (707) 4434357, www.TheRentalHelpers. com (R-0802) FORTUNA 2 BEDROOM APT. Washer/dryer incl., great view, $875. (707) 443-4357, www.TheRentalHelpers.com (R-0802) FORTUNA 3 BEDROOM HOUSE. New kitchen, laundry hookups, sun room, $1495. (707) 443-4357, www.TheRentalHelpers.com. (R0802) FORTUNA 3+BD/3BA HOUSE. 58 Tompkins Hill Rd. Panoramic Views, Pet Considered, MtM, Rent $2200, Vac 8/17. www.ppmrentals. com, Rental hotline (707) 4449197. (R-0802) MCKINLEYVILLE 2 BEDROOM TOWNHOME. Carport, onsite laundry, some utilities. $750. (707) 443-4357, www.TheRentalHelpers. com (R-0802) MCKINLEYVILLE 3 BEDROOM HOUSE. Fenced yard, garage, laundry hook-ups. $1200. (707) 443-4357, www.TheRentalHelpers. com. (R-0802) APARTMENT FOR RENT. 1 bedroom on 1 acre. View of Redwoods, in Eureka, close to Arcata.

Includes Laundry Room and Utilities. $800/month. No smoking/ pets. 442-0952 . (R-0816) EUREKA 1BD/1BA APARTMENT. 1140 E St., #2. W/S/G Pd, 2nd floor, Cat Ok, Rent $595, MtM, Vac 8/13. www.ppmrentals.com, Rental hotline (707) 444-9197.

(R-0802)

Corner 7 th & A of St.

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EUREKA 1BD/1BA APARTMENT & STUDIO. 309 E St., 2 Units Available. W/S/G Pd., SEC 8 OK, Cat OK, Rent $Call, MtM, Call for Vacancy. www.ppmrentals.com, Rental hotline (707) 444-9197.

(R-0802) EUREKA STUDIO. 212 E St., #309.

W/S/G Pd., 2nd Floor, Elevator, Rent $540, MtM, Vac 8/8. www. ppmrentals.com, Rental hotline (707) 444-9197. (R-0802) EUREKA 3BD/1BA HOUSE. 2275 Summit Ridge Rd. Humboldt Hill, MtM, Pets Considered, Rent $1200, Vac 8/1. www.ppmrentals. com, Rental hotline (707) 4449197. (R-0802) FORTUNA 2BD/1BA HOUSE. 513 Summer St. Cute Home, Near Shopping, Schools & Hospital, MtM, Will Consider Pets, Rent $1200, Vacant Now. www.ppmrentals.com, Rental hotline (707) 444-9197. (R-0802)

BY THE BAY & OLDTOWN. Eureka 1BD/1BA Apartment. $650/month, $1000/deposit. No Smoking/Pets.

W/S/G paid. References required.

445-4679. (R-0809) ARCATA 2BD/1.5BA TOWNHOUSE. 840 D St., Unit Z. 1 Year Lease, Rent $995, Vac Now. www. ppmrentals.com, Rental hotline (707) 444-9197. (R-0802) ALL AREAS-ROOMMATES.COM. Browse hundreds of online listings with photos and maps. Find your roommate with a click of the mouse! Visit: http://www.

Roommates.com. (AAN CAN) (R-1213)

ARCATA 3BD/1BA HOUSE. 2220 Wisteria Way. Close to Schools/ Parks. Rent $1195, Vac Now. www. ppmrentals.com, Rental hotline (707) 444-9197. (R-0802) ARCATA 4BD/1.5BA FARMHOUSE. 1387 Janes Rd.1 mile from HSU, NO PETS, Rent $1995, Vac Now. www. ppmrentals.com, Rental hotline (707) 444-9197. (R-0802) LOLETA 1BD/1BA DUPLEX. 2721 Eel River Dr., #8 & #5. Close to CR, Cat OK, Rent $Call, Call for Vacancy. www.ppmrentals.com, Rental hotline (707) 444-9197. (R-0802) ARCATA 1BD, STUDIOS & BRAND NEW UNITS. Available now. Some or all utilities paid, close to buses.

Near HSU! Call for more info! 8224557 or visit www.strombeckprop. com (R-0809)

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Eureka Office Building

Commercially zoned Victorian near Ingomar Club. Renovated and up to code from the perimeter foundation to the solar panel roof. $265, 000 www.eurekaoffice4sale.com

MOVE TO THE SUNSHINE. 2200 sf., 4 bedroom, 3 bath, Mt. Shasta view, 1.62 acres. Fruit Trees, garden area. Will consider trade in Eureka. $235K. (530) 475-3875 (RE-0830) TAKE-OVER PAYMENTS PROGRAM. 2 and 3 bedroom homes available for less than rent! NO credit requirements! CALL Today 805-683-8600 (RE-0816) KILLER PANORAMIC MTN VIEWS. Trinity County. 6 acres , power, Well, gravel driveway, cleared homesite. Great location off paved road. Sacrifice $133,000.

(707) 672-6608 (RE-0809) WILLOW CREEK PROPERTY. 1.33 acres, Willow Creek Community Service District Water, underground power & phone at property. R-2 soils report and perk tested. Approved septic system design by Trinity Engineering.

Property is zoned RST. Property is located off Highway 299 on private road one mile east of Willow Creek. Ready to build. $99,900 will consider offers. (530) 629-2031 (RE-1227)

Business Rentals OFFICE/RETAIL FOR LEASE. Small and large offices $325-$550, Arcata and Eureka. Off Street parking, full service Retail spaces from $1600 to $3000, off street parking excellent visibility.,Office/Retail next to Marsh Commons, full Kitchen and meeting room Appx 1600 sf. all or part. Linda Disiere, broker (707) 845-1215, dre#1878277. (BR-0816) DANCE STUDIO RENTAL. Humboldt Capoeira Academy offers rental space for the performing arts, beautiful 2800 sq. f.t dance space offers hardwood floors, wall-to wall windows, full length mirrors, and dressing rooms. Convenient location is visible from the plaza, and will help you to promote your classes. Check with us for rates and availability. Contact Sarara at (707) 498-6155, or sararacdo@hotmail.com. (BR-1227)

Real Estate TRINITY VILLAGE 1.3 ACRES WITH CREEK. 3BD/2BA main house. PLUS: Guest House, Art Studio/Workshop, Pool, Sauna, 2 Car Garage, Amenities Galore. $375,000. Call Gail Packard Realty, Owner/Broker, (530) 629-4181.

(RE-0830)

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2009 HONDA FIT SPORT MODEL. Warranty, 5-speed Automatic, Great gas mileage. Excellent condition. Reduced $14,600 OBO, Call 677-9410. (A-0802) CASH FOR CARS. Any Car/Truck.

Running or Not! Top Dollar Paid.

We Come To You! Call For Instant Offer: 1-888-420-3808 www. cash4car.com (AAN CAN) (A-1004) YOUR ROCKCHIP IS MY EMERGENCY! Glaswelder, Mobile, windshield repair. 442-GLAS, Humboldtwindshieldrepair.com (A-1227)

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20 words and a photo, IN FULL COLOR for only $25 per week!

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Blue Tagged Clothing 25¢ each!

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Kathy Chase Owner, 76 Country Club Dr Ste 5, Willow Creek. 530629-3540. krchase@yahoo.com.

(BST-1227)

Pets

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PAWS OFF MY HERBS. 8% OFF SALE! Bulk herbs aren’t taxed and Buster still gets a break. It’s a dog’s life. Dot’s Vitality, Dot’s Veggie Vitality and Dot’s Arthritis. Find Dot’s at: Moonrise Herbs, Arcata, Humboldt Herbals, Eureka, or order online at wwwhumboldtherbals.com (P-1227)

Services

Pets YELLOW LABRADORS FOR SALE. AKC Registered. Both parents are accomplished hunters. (707) 499-3584, Call after 4 p.m., M-F or 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sat.-Sun. (P-0816) FRESH CUT KNEELAND HAY. Mix of sweet vernal, perennial rye, fescue, orchard grass, soft chess etc. Approx 50# bales, $5/bale in field, $7/bale from inside. Easy access. 267-5201. (P-0802)

PLACE YOUR PET AD!

LOOK FOR KITTENS AT PETCO. Sat.s, 11-3 p.m. Our kittens are always fixed, vaccinated, and deparasited $66. Non-Profit. Bless the Beasts. or call (707) 444-0408 (P-1227)

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(707) 445-9666

Services SEA BREEZE CLEANING CO. The home service professional at Sea Breeze will prepare a cleaning service designed around the unique detail of your home,and personal cleaning requirements.

Licensed/Bonded Call 834-2898 (S-0802) HELICOPTER FLIGHT LESSONS/ P H OTO F L I G H T S / S C E N I C TOURS/BANNER TOWING. Redwood Coast Helicopters is based in Humboldt County.

Whatever your helicopter needs might be, we will accommodate you! $160/hour. redwoodcoasthelicopters@ gmail.com (S-0816) REACH 5 MILLION. hip, forwardthinking consumers across the U.S. When you advertise in alternative newspapers, you become part of the local scene and gain access to an audience you won’t reach anywhere else. http://www.altweeklies.com/ads (AAN CAN) (S-0913)

SURFBOARD REPAIR 40+ years experience. George Cicero (707) 616-0738 (S-0823) 2 GUYS & A TRUCK. Carpentry, Landscaping, Junk Removal, Clean Up, Moving. Contact (707) 8453087. (S-0809) LIFE CYCLE LANDSCAPING. Garden Maintenance, Restoration and Design. Serving All of Humboldt County, (707) 672-4398 (S-1206) HOUSE CLEANING BY JEANNIE. Residence $15/hour, Move-outs $20/hour. Call 921-9424. References Available. (S-0830) AMUSING GAMES & AMAZING PERFORMANCES FOR ALL AGES. Events, Birthdays, Festivals, Kidszones. I’ll Juggle, Unicycle, & bring Toys. aokayClown.com, (707) 499-5628. (S-1227) TAI CHI GARDENER. Maintaining balance in your yard. Well equipt.

Maintenance + Projects 18 yrs experience. Call Orion 825-8074, taichigardener.com. (S-0830) HUMBOLDT HOUSE CLEANING. Licensed & Bonded #3860.

Summer Cleaning Special! (707) 444-2001. (S-1011) ERIC’S SERVICES. Home Repair, Maintenance, Affordable Prices (707) 499-4828. (S-0809)

Harvey’s Harvey’s Ha H arvey’s a arvey y at

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ALLIANCE LAWN & GARDEN CARE. Affordable, Dependable, and Motivated Yard maintenance.

We’ll take care of all your basic lawn and garden needs. Including hedging, trimming, mowing, and hauling. Call for estimates (707) 834-9155, (707) 825-1082. (S-0823) SEWING SERVICE. Stitch in Time repairs & alterations. Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. 1038 11th street, Arcata. 707-496-3447 (S-1227) A-1 STEAM CARPET CLEANING. Ask us about our $99.00 2 room special. Also now offering Green Guard 442-3229 ext 13 (S-1227) ARCATA CLEANING COMPANY. The non-toxic cleaning solution for your home or office. 707-8227819. (S-1227) CLARITY WINDOW CLEANING. Services available. Call Julie 8391518. (S-1227) MCKEEVER ENERGY AND ELECTRIC. Residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural. Electrical contracting and design. Renewable energy. Energy efficiency and sustainability. Energy consulting, documentation and field verification. Contact Nate McKeever at 707-822-0100 or info@mckeeverenergyandelectric.com or visit www.mckeeverenergyandelectric. com. Lic. # CA C10 876832 (S-1227) WRITING CONSULTANT/EDITOR. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry.

Dan Levinson, MA, MFA. 443-8373. www.ZevLev.com. (S-1227)

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home & garden

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TIME FOR A MASSAGE? PIANO LESSONS. Beginners, all ages. Experienced. Judith Louise 476-8919. (M-1227) ROAD TRIX ENTERTAINMENT. Live Music. Private Parties, Bars, Gatherings of all Kinds. Bookings, Bradley Dean, 832-7419. (M-0809) MUSIC LESSONS. Piano, Guitar, Voice, Flute, etc. Piano tuning, Instrument repair. Digital multitrack recording. (707) 476-9239.

(M-0823)

SAXOPHONE/FLUTE LESSONS. All ages, beginner-advanced, jazz improvisation, technique. Susie Laraine: 441-1343. (M-1227) GUITAR/PIANO LESSONS. All ages, beginning and intermediate. Seabury Gould 444-8507.

(M-1227) TOO MANY TUBAS, OVERWHELMED WITH STUFF? Are your crowded shelves an earthquake hazard? List it all here.

442-1400. VISA/MC

Community FIGHTING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE OR MORE OFTEN NOT? Learn why it’s so hard to be healthy and how to change that this week at LifetreeCafe, 76 13th St., Arcata. Aug. 5, 7 p.m. www. campbellcreek.org for more info.

(C-0802) SEX/ PORN DAMAGING YOUR LIFE & RELATIONSHIPS ? Confidential help is available. saahumboldt@yahoo.com or 845-8973 (C-1227) BECOME A FOSTER PARENT. Provide a safe and stable environment for youth 13-18 for them to learn and grow in their own community. Contact the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Foster Care Hotline at 441-5013 and ask for Peggy. (C-0124)

CommUnITy CrISIS SUpporT: Humboldt Co. mental HealtH Crisis line

445-7715 1-888-849-5728

Humboldt domestiC ViolenCe serViCes

443-6042 1-866-668-6543 rape Crisis team Crisis line

445-2881

national Crisis Hotline

1-800 SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) national suiCide preVention lifeline

444-2273

Award Winning Hollywood Makeup Artist

Cinema Secrets

professional mineral makeup line.

Low prices, free makeover demo & $10 gift certificate drawing.

Gift Certificates Available (707) 599-5639

Valerie Schramm

AMA approved quality.

Certified Massage Therapist

doTERRA ESSENTIAL OILS. Amazing results with no side effects.

Maureen Brundage, (707) 498-7749, www.thinkdoterra.com/19719.

(MB-0816) NEW CLIENTS $10 OFF. Myrtletowne Healing Center 1480, #A Myrtle Ave. A Hidden Gem on Myrtle Ave., specializing in therapeutic massage. We will assist you on your road to recovery or work with you on that chronic pain issue. Swedish, deep tissue, trigger point, reflexology, acupressure, uterine centering, lymph drainage, lomi lomi, and more. Founders Hilary Wakefield and Sarah Maier are both Doulas, we do pregnancy massage as well!

You are worth it, call today (707) 441-9175 (MB-0830) COLON HYDROTHERAPY WITH MOLLY LEUTHNER. At Jade Dragon Medical Spa. Closed System.

Using an F.D.A. approved medical device, warm water is gently inserted into the colon. When the colon contracts, the water is flushed out through the device.

Take an internal bath! 822-4300.

(MB-1011)

Sabrina Knight MA, MFT

Call 707-768-3677 for an appointment. #7 Fifth Street, Eureka frommalibutoyou@aol.com NEEDING SOME SUPPORT RIGHT NOW? Experienced counselor & therapist Linda Nesbitt, MSW, LCSW (Lic#18830) is expanding her practice and welcoming new clients. Focusing on stress/anxiety, depression, grief/loss, trauma recovery, relationship challenges and postpartum support. EMDR Advanced Trained. (707) 268-0929.

(MB-1025) TAROT AS AN EVOLUTIONARY PATH. Classes in Eureka and Arcata. Private mentorships, readings.

Carolyn Ayres, 442-4240, www. tarotofbecoming.com. (MB-1227) COACHING FOR PERSONAL EVOLUTION WITH REBECCA OWEN. Access your wholeness by cultivating your Presence in the Now and learning to clear old patterns.

822-5253. (MB-0920) THE SPINE IS YOUR CONDUIT FOR LIFE-FORCE ENERGY. Open to the Alignment of Your Whole Self: Chiropractic by Dr. Scott Winkler, D.C. and Energy Work by Rebecca Owen. 822-1676. (MB-0920)

HIGHER EDUCATION FOR SPIRITUAL UNFOLDMENT. Bachelors, Masters, D.D./Ph.D., distance learning, University of Metaphysical Sciences. Bringing professionalism to metaphysics.

(707) 822-2111 (MB-1227) Depressed?

Anxious?

Relationship issues?

Family problems?

Just need someone to talk to?

Counseling services available for individuals, couples and families.

Bonnie M. Carroll, LCSW LCS # 23232

1225 Central Ave. Suite 3 McKINLEYVILLE

839-1244

Brenda R. Bryan

Marriage & Family Therapist Individuals & Families

443-3611  517 3rd Street, Suite 21 Eureka, CA 95501

1-800-273-TALK YoutH serViCe bureau YoutH & familY Crisis Hotline

N. Kristine Chadwick introduces

Therapeutic Massage

KICK BUTTS! Become nicotine free with Dave Berman, Certified Hypnotist and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). (707) 845-3749. www.

ManifestPositivity.com. Helping the YOUniverse conspire on your behalf. (MB-0802) STRAIGHTEN UP! Structural Integration Bodywork Series. Relieves chronic pain, eases movement, frees emotion. Good posture can be natural! 31 years experience, Cecilie Hooper, 677-3969.

(MB-0823) SUMMER MASSAGE SPECIAL $45. Access your body’s deep wisdom and profound healing capacities with a great massage.

Heartwood graduate. 9 years of experience. Office in Arcata.

Adam Wolter (707) 362-9006.

(MB-0809) CERTIFIED IN MASSAGE THERAPY & FOOT REFLEXOLOGY. Reidun Olsson, (707) 822-7247.

(MB-0809) CERTIFIED MASSAGE THERAPIST. Samantha Dudman-Miller, (707) 616-6031. (MB-0124)

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body, mind

Music

New Lower Prices (707) 826-1165

www.northcoast-medical.com

Spiritual Life Coach/ Gentle Heart Mentor Building bridges between the conscious and unconscious.

Call for free 1/2 hr. consultation

(707)445-1538

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Office for Lease Central Old Town Eureka, 3300 square feet of office in historic building, high ceilings with lots of light. Mezzanine for storage, off street parking, ADA accessible. All utilities included.

OWN AN OCEAN VIEW PARCEL in the Sand Pointe Coastal Community with all utilities to the property. Enjoy all that nature has to offer in this professionally planned upscale community. Access to the nearby Hammond Trail offers miles of hiking, biking, beach combing, and whale watching. $215,000

Loving Hands,

Institute of Healing Arts

Jessica Stretch

#01204126 Broker/ Associate 334 Main Street, Ferndale, CA. 95536 707-599-2982

Est. 1979

MASSAGE THERAPY

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660 Berding in Ferndale

Weekend Massage Clinic Special ½ hour $30 1 hour $45

Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Sat. 9 to 5; Sun. 12 to 4

725-9627

739 12th St., Fortuna www.lovinghandsinstitute.com

ZUMBA. Latin-inspired fitness program using international music and various dance styles including Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue and Reggaeton for a great cardio workout. Every Mon. and Thurs. at the Bayside Grange 6-7 p.m., 2297 Jacoby Creek Rd. $6/$4 Grange members. Every Wed. 6-7 p.m. in Fortuna at the Mon. Club, 610 Main St. Every Tue. at the Trinidad Town Hall 12 p.m. and every Thur. at Eureka Vets Hall 12 p.m. Marla Joy 707845-4307. (MB-1227) ARCATA ZEN GROUP MEDITATION. Beginners welcome.

Sun., 8 a.m. North Coast Aikido Center, on F St. between 8th and 9th in Arcata. Wed., 6-7 p.m. at First Christian Church, 730 K, Eureka, ramp entrance and upstairs; newcomers please come 5 minutes early. Sun. contact, 826-1701. Wed. contact, barryevans9@yahoo.com, or for more info. call (707) 8261701, www.arcatazengroup.org.

(MB-1227) DANCE-FIT. Dance, aerobics & strength training all in one class!

Mon., Wed. & Fri. 9-10 a.m First class is free. Drop in for $5 per class or 14 classes for $55. No Limits tap & jazz studio, corner of 10th & K st. Arcata. 825-0922 (MB-1227)

Ongoing Classes Workshops Private Sessions Diana Nunes Mizer Parent Educator

707.445.4642

eXpect the Best!

Call Linda Disiere, Broker

TRuly a DReam SeTTInG wITh excepTIOnal VIewS! Wraparound deck with a hot tub overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and your own private trails through an acre of forest and redwoods! The interior has Brazilian cherry wood floors with maple accents, vaulted ceilings, and lots of built-ins. A must see! $639,000

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AIKIDO. Is an incredibly fascinating and enriching non-violent martial art with its roots in traditional Japanese budo. Focus is on personal growth and pursuit of deeper truth instead of competition and fighting. Yet the physical power you can develop is very real. Come observe any time and give it a try! The dojo is on Arcata Plaza above the mattress store, entrance is around back.

Class every weeknight starting at 6 p.m., beginning enrollment is ongoing. www.northcoastaikido. org, info@northcoastaikido.org, 826-9395. (MB-1227) BE A LIFE SAVER! Your blood donation is always needed!!

Call the Northern California Community Blood Bank. Call for Bloodmobile schedule. 2524 Harrison St., Eureka, 443-8004 ASTROLOGY & TAROT. With Salina Rain: Readings, Counseling and Classes. Mon., 1:25 p.m. KHSU 90.5 FM. (707) 668-5408. astro@ salinarain.com, www.salinarain. com. (MB-1227)

Quaint Ferndale, Owner will lease option or carry the 1st on this commercial space with living quarters. Large open space with skylights and offices. Great Artist/Live or workspace. $189,900.

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Prices Effective August 1 through August 7, 2012

Meet our staff Ryan began working at Murphy’s while in still in high

school. Calle, the Cutten store manager, was looking to fill another position at the market and Ryan suggested his brother Andrew.

Andrew had been hearing good things about how great it is to work at Murphy’s and so he happily started in Cutten about three months ago. The brothers are of Dutch ancestry and are the third American generation. They are also athletes. Andrew plays football and basketball at Arcata High School and Ryan plays pick up basketball when he can. “Murphy’s has dependable people and offers flexible hours for school,” says Ryan. “It is a cool job and it is a lot better than delivering pizza while at college in Vallejo!” The brothers say the greatest advantage of living close to Murphy’s is that they can walk to work. Take your shopping list to Murphy’s, it’s right around the corner!

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