3rd annual "Youth Disc Golf Event," Saturday, June 13, sign-in time 11 a.m. at
pump station 4, on the Mad River. This is a free event for kids 15 and under,
to learn the rules and play of disc golf. Free disc, raffle and lunch will be provided.
Limited to 50 kids. All participants must be accompanied by an adult. For more
information, contact: Dutch Sullivan (707)825-0882
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MRCH’s on-site farm is largely the brainchild of Todd Huestis, food and nutrition service manager, though the hospital’s Green Committee first mentioned the idea several years ago as part of a range of energy-saving and recycling suggestions.
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According to a City press release, Hackett’s departure is “in the best interest of all parties” and “will enable the City to take the necessary steps to move forward in obtaining the required permanent leadership, administrative oversight and organizational management it needs from a full-time city manager.”
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A “tremendous number” of people who support medical use and total legalization of marijuana are “directly impacted by the illegal cultivation of it and by the unregulated aspects of this quasi-legal cultivation, this gray area that we’re in right now,” Lovelace continued. “So even people who strongly support legalization recognize that we have serious law enforcement needs under the current situation and we can’t just ignore those, or else we’re denying people their ability to address these problems.”
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Cars found on the Plaza Saturday mornings will be cited, probably towed and owners fined $200.
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After soaking the pool cue shards embedded in the victim’s cranium with a homeopathic tincture to reverse the Reike vortices’ polarity, the two embarked on an aggressive course of anthroposophical aromatherapy-based triage, waving lit herbal smudges and basting his toes in a poultice of Tahitian Noni root.
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Finnish Country Sauna and Tubs has formed a partnership with Japhy’s Soup Kitchen to offer new “Soup Tubs” out behind Café Mokka at Fifth and J streets. There, three of the Finnish-style hot tubs have been reassigned to tureen duty, offering patrons a relaxing, nutritious and newly flavorful tubbing experience.
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The North Coast Resource Center/Arcata Endeavor representatives alternately preach compassion, bully and belittle critics and then tie things up in closed session by sending in attorneys, locking out the public that pays for everything. Apparently the only thing that’s changed is the organization’s name. [
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Councilmember Alex Stillman favored the project. She noted mentions of displacement of available housing due to conversion into commercial cannabis grow houses, but said highly profitable arrangements between growers and out-of-town landlords made those homes all but impossible to reclaim for residential use. New, above-moderate income housing should be developed, Stillman said. [
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• Monday, May 18 2:25 a.m. A man screaming behind a taxidermy-intensive Plaza bar explained to police that he had been singing, not that anyone could tell the difference.[
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3rd annual "Youth Disc Golf Event," Saturday, June 13, sign-in time 11 a.m. at
pump station 4, on the Mad River. This is a free event for kids 15 and under,
to learn the rules and play of disc golf. Free disc, raffle and lunch will be provided.
Limited to 50 kids. All participants must be accompanied by an adult. For more
information, contact: Dutch Sullivan (707)825-0882
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• Saturday, May 9 9:41 a.m. A shoeless man in a red plastic jacket at 14th and G streets was yelling and described as “out of it,” his fashion choices not contradicting that assessment. Police warned him and sent him on his “way.”
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• Tuesday, May 5 9:26 a.m. A groovy bus with covered windows took up five parking spaces in Redwood Park. Police advised the driver of the violation and he agreed to move the hulking hippiemobile.[
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In 2007, the Humboldt Economic Index, produced by the Economics Department at Humboldt State University, the only monthly source of broad-based economic indicators for Humboldt County, showed that the annexation and subdivision were not “fiscally positive, or neutral” – and these facts remain valid today.[
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MRCH’s on-site farm is largely the brainchild of Todd Huestis, food and nutrition service manager, though the hospital’s Green Committee first mentioned the idea several years ago as part of a range of energy-saving and recycling suggestions.
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According to a City press release, Hackett’s departure is “in the best interest of all parties” and “will enable the City to take the necessary steps to move forward in obtaining the required permanent leadership, administrative oversight and organizational management it needs from a full-time city manager.”
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3:41 p.m. Other than the flipoffs, yelled profanities and death threats, a man and his allegedly angry ex are managing the separation really well.[
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HSU – KHSU 90.5 FM’s Community Advisory Group (CAG) held an upbeat meeting last week. After a year of financial strain, flaming controversy, personnel turnover and daunting technical difficulties, things are looking up for the station on several fronts. [
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Compounding the problem are widely circulated rumors that the City of Arcata now limits Plaza use to a single major event per month. It simply isn’t true.[
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4:26 p.m.
Two bongos, beneath Plaza palms
Burst into song, shattering calm
There, ’neath the fronds
Waving Muni Code wands
Police solved the sitch with aplomb.
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12:26 p.m. In Maria Court, it began with dog poop proliferation. Then, allegedly, confrontation, anger, argument, yelling, harassment, a lost sense of safety and a call to police – none of which the dog intended.[
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On Thursday and Friday, May 7 and 8, 2009, the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of California is hosting a “Your Voice” conference designed specifically for issues facing Humboldt County and the North Coast. Unlike last year’s one-day Your Voice program, this year’s is two days, addressing land use on Thursday and water issues on Friday. We have fewer panels each day, leaving more time for meaningful audience Q&A interaction.[
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