Ray Olson Mad River Union ARCATA – Arcata’s Jolly Giant Creek might be feeling a lot jollier this winter, thanks to more than a dozen environmentally-minded Arcata High School students who recently planted rain gardens on campus. The newly vegetated areas capture and cleanse rainfall runoff from parking lots and other paved areas. The pooled…
Trinidad Tidings: Club busting out the nice dishes and cutlery
Trinidad Civic Club’s past and current presidents will be honored at the Club’s annual Christmas Tea on Thursday, Dec. 6 in the Club Room, Town Hall. Socializing starts at 9:30 a.m. followed by a short business meeting with Co-Presidents Dana Hope and Jan West presiding, and then pianist Jackie Hogan and program chairman Penne O’Gara…
Obituary: Francis Gregory Stafford, Feb. 9, 1948 – Oct. 10, 2018
Greg Stafford, game designer, mythologist, shaman, father, husband, brother, and friend, died as a result of a cardiac event in Arcata, Calif., Oct. 10. He was 70. Prompted by a tarot card reading, Greg founded The Chaosium (later Chaosium, Inc.) in 1975. The company quickly became known for its innovative game design and quality, publishing…
ABC mural coming into view at Samoa Boulevard and US 101
MAJOR MURAL A “Marvelous Mural of Marbled Murrelets,” a named coined by City Councilmember Susan Ornelas, who came up with the idea in 2016, is coming into being at the Arcata Bay Crossing (ABC) building at Samoa Boulevard and U.S, Highway 101. The 256-foot long, 27 foot tall, 7,000 sq. ft. mural offers an aerial…
Trinidad Tidings: So much going on the seaside village
“Creating Calm and Well Being,” an Osher Lifelong Learning (OLLI) class, begin Feb. 21 at Trinidad Library and continues each Wednesday through March 14. Explore a few simple and fun mindfulness practices that create states of happiness and joy instead of worry. By combining breakthroughs in neuroscience, learn how you can use your mind and…
Trinidad Tidings: Baskets on display in the seaside village’s museum
Working Baskets is on view at Trinidad Museum. Curated by Jill Mefford, the exhibit shows essential utilitarian baskets central to Northwest Coast Indian life. Jill wrote that “baskets are perishable; baskets used in daily life were hard-worked and short-lived. These fragile, functional tools are a valued part of the Trinidad Museum collection and the story…
Trinidad Tidings: Fond farewells
Dave Hoskins of Humboldt State’s Fred Telonicher Marine Laboratory has retired after a 40-year career at the lab. The marine laboratory technician has been a major fixture at the lab and influenced legions of faculty and students during his tenure, which began as a student in 1976. He then became the lab janitor in 1977,…