The city could easily solve homelessness if it wanted to Oh boy, here Arcata goes again. Given a $400,000 grant to help all the town’s homeless, officials are going to spend it on five one-bedroom modulars, which means five people or couples will get sheltered and housed. Great planning, great reasoning, HA! Take that $400,000…
Letters to the Editor, May 1, 2019
Bumbling disregard In the late 1970s, when the puppeteers of California State University Chancellor’s Office (CSUC) held fewer and looser ropes on Humboldt State University, I was a journalism major at HSU. I was on The Lumberjack newspaper, raking muck. I was on KHSU, writing and reading news; playing music; and hosting Talkback, KHSU’s call-in…
Letters to the Editor, April 24, 2019: McKinleyville’s new name will be…
KHSU action and acknowledgement My feelings about the disembowelment of KHSU have been articulated eloquently, knowledgeably and passionately by letters that have appeared in the opinion pages of the Mad River Union, the North Coast Journal and the Times-Standard. I’d like to thank everyone for expressing their dismay, anger and frustration about the decimation of KHSU…
Letters to the Editor, April 17, 2019
A dark day in Humboldt It is a dark day in Humboldt County. KHSU, the station that we loved and listened to and worked for and gave our money to is gone. A ghost station with no soul has acquired its call letters. A huge thank you to all the staff, the volunteers, the people…
Trinidad Tidings: Fishing fleet, council protest crab closure
The Trinidad City Council unanimously approved Resolution 2019-08 “In Support of the Local Dungeness Crab Fishing Industry” at last week’s council meeting. Most of the 17 commercial crab fishermen and their crews were in attendance to voice dismay at the “abrupt closure of crab fishing” mid-season because of concerns over whales and turtles potentially being…
Blue Lake Notes: Paint, Easter eggs, A&M Trail and fun camp
The Blue Lake Museum had its 2019 Grand Opening on April 11 with a special reception and new exhibits. The Blue Lake Museum is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. for your visiting pleasure. Paint night at the brewery Blue Lake Parks and Recreation is happy to announce a paint night…
Letters to the Editor, April 10, 2019
Whooosh… (smooch!) So glad to hear that Pete is being well taken care of. He certainly was an Arcata fixture for many years. Thank you, Amy Erickson. Blow him a kiss from me. Tisa Jewell Westhaven/Trinidad Bohn’s bad remark Recently, I was informed that Supervisor Rex Bohn made a statement at a non-profit fundraiser about…
For a man who’d been preparing for his final days, Wheeler is feeling pretty good
Poster Child for: Life is what happens to us while we make other plans. Last spring, when I brought the new boat home and filed my intention to serve another four years on the McKinleyville Community Service District (MCSD) board; I had plans. It was going to be my turn to chair the board this…
Letters to the Editor, April 3, 2019
Myrna meets her family This has been a long journey home. I’ve been on a lot of life’s journey’s far and near. The memories of four boys always with me, wondering where they were and if alive. On a whim, I asked a friend to play detective and search for them again. With the kindness…
Letters to the Editor, March 27, 2019
Homer’s heart is happy The following is taken from Personal thoughts and recollections: Humboldt State, HOMER P. BALABANIS, Faculty Emeritus: “The development of this program (Nursing Program) in which I took a real personal interest, entailed ‘Blood, sweat, and tears,’’ for it started from nothing except for some basic science courses. For years it was…