“A Celebration of One Man’s Journey,” a gathering to remember the life of artist/sculptor/man of imagination Brian Sproul takes place this Saturday, May 10 at 5:30 p.m. at the Arcata Veterans’ Memorial Building, 14th and J streets.
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The two were charged with third degree conspiracy to sell a controlled substance and third-degree possession of a controlled substance. Additional charges were pending analysis of the brown substance, which the two reportedly told police was a type of ground root from South America.
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The Arcata Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in locating Timothy Jon Dickinson who is believed to be responsible for numerous residential burglaries beginning in October of last year. The 31-year-old Dickinson of Arcata is known to frequent the West Wood area of Arcata and is described as white male adult, 6' 4 tall, 250 lbs, with brown hair and brown eyes. Dickinson is currently on parole for theft related offenses. He is considered a parolee at large and there is an outstanding warrant for his arrest for parole violations. Anyone having seen Dickinson or having any information as to his whereabouts is encouraged to call the Arcata Police Department at (707) 822-2428.
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UPD Chief Tom Dewey said Dickerson will likely be off duty for six weeks.  “His absence from the patrol schedule will pose a significant staffing challenge to us during our busiest time of the year,” Dewey said. “Rodney’s welcoming but capable presence in our community will be sorely missed during HSU’s commencement ceremonies on May 17.”
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Allen envisions a City-sponsored but  independent body which could perform “prompt and impartial” investigations of complaints against the Arcata Police Department. The body would also review APD policies, practices and procedures.
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AYP supporters claim that, under the pressure of war commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan, overly aggressive recruiters use manipulative tactics in the quest to lure minors into the United States Armed Forces. “The recruiters are so motivated to meet their quotas so they don’t get reassigned that they do seem to slip over the edge into, at least exaggerating and sometimes lying,” Meserve said.
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ARCATA – The lure of hybrid buses has been negated by their failure to gain certification from the California Air Resources Board, so the Arcata & Mad River Transit System will pursue the alternative of “clean diesel” buses.
Larry Pardi, Arcata’s transportation superintendent, has been trying to replace two 14-year-old, “very dirty” buses for a year and a half, ever since the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) released $525,000 for new purchases.
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Citizen Bob Ornelas, along with some others, approved of dispensaries as a “clean industry” that could serve to ameliorate grow houses, which he called a “completely different animal.” But citizen Wilma Johnston said four dispensaries are “more than enough in a  city of 23,000 when school’s insession.” She called for a moratorium on dispensaries and grow houses alike. “We want back our neighborhoods,” she said.
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WEST END ROAD – It’s on. On April 17, West End Road’s employee-owned Humboldt Flakeboard Plant got the thumbs up from state Community Development Block Grant officials that it would receive a low-interest, $2.5 million loan. The future of the company – which has employed over 100 living-wage jobs – had hung in the balance.
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One of Brian’s closest friends was Laurel Skye, a fellow artist. Her comments were typical. “I loved Brian,” she wrote. “Thinking about him now makes me laugh, smile and cry... Knowing Brian has made me a better person and given me a deeper and richer well from which to draw as an artist.”
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“Obviously I don’t support any of this crap,” Pitino said. He said he’d first heard about the “weird questionnaire”  the way  everyone else had – from call recipients. “I thought, ‘OK, that’s whacked out.’”
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Now, the City has begun to clean up the mounds of anti-fascist litter, feces, trampled vegetation and hillside erosion the "Kids in the Woods" left behind.
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CITY HALL – The Arcata Planning Commission likes the idea, but rejected the Committee on Democracy and Corporation’s Pattern Retail Cap. At its April 8 meeting, the Planco denied the committee’s request to amend the Land Use Development Guide (LUDG) defining formula retail and limiting their number to 12 within City limits.
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Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District Commissioner Mike Wilson, elected to the Bay District largely on a trail platform, commended City staff for moving the project forward, especially in regards to the citizenry’s strong support for more trails linking Arcata and the greater Humboldt Bay region. “It’s been screaming to happen for a long time,” he said. And it will, “so long as NCRA can finally get on board with what the community’s been asking for.”
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A short discussion ensued about a possible wagon train offering round trips to satellite activities at what was referred to as both the “D Street Center” and the “Community Center,” with the actual intended destination being the oft-misnamed D Street Neighborhood Center. This led to the usual confusion over which facility was being discussed and where wagon train passengers would be taken – up to the D Street Neighborhood Center or down to the Community Park, where the Community Center is located. 

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