The greening of the Community Center
ACCIDENTAL TREESCAPE, April 1 – You can’t spell “confusion” without some of the letters in “Community Center,” and the place seems to be a hotbed of mixups lately. That’s what happened to a city crew told to plant new street trees “in the community’s center,” meaning the Plaza and environs. Misreading the work order as…
Phillips House Museum at a standstill
WORKING STIFFS, April 1 – The ladies of Phillips House Museum have announced a work stoppage as they organize a new union chapter at Arcata’s history haven. Not the ladies and gents of the Historical Sites Society of Arcata, who staff the exhibit-packed museum, but the mannequins who model fashions of yesteryear amid the antiques there.…
A confusing case at the Community Center
CAPS SNAFU When the Arcata Ladies Orchid Society held the most exclusive affair of the season, its annual Gala Festival, at the Community Center last week, they found it attended by those with more interest in partying heartily to celebrate Mother Earth than extolling the glories of Phragmipedium schlimii or Phalaenopsis violacea f. coerulea.…
Dogtown: Take home Willow, a beautiful, gentle giant, and by the way, Barclay needs a new situation
Thank you to everyone who came out to our Pints for Non Profits last week! It was fun getting to meet some new faces and have a chance to talk to people a little about what we do in our Redwood Pals Rescue. We found one couple that is willing to do transport for…
Pete’s now known as Peter, and he has a good Humboldt friend
Arcata’s former ‘Ragman’ enjoys alligator lunches and grape juice wine The place that Ragman Pete calls home is now called Secora Healthcare, in Portland, Ore. I started working at Secora the beginning of September. Walking past Pete, I felt the pull, I knew he was familiar. I knew his, recalled his face, his laugh, but…
The Passing Of Rasta John
Rob Hepburn Special to the Union With one long dreadlock down his back, Rasta John greeted people on the streets of Northtown Arcata with the words “Positive” and “IRIE” for over 30 years. We were both Vietnam War veterans; he an Army Artillery Man and I a Marine; but we never talked about the war;…