August 6, yesterday, is the anniversary of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima, a day which is commemorated but not celebrated. Let’s hope there is never a repeat.
DANNIEL- I only drive the Old Arcata Road in the summer. Winter is too icey and dark. But every time I drive it, I carefully check to see how Danniel is doing at Lost Coast Hay. When he first moved over there, I was concerned that they weren’t giving him enough room, but he is now in a bigger space, which he shares with a brown cow. A roommate! I always take out-of-town visitors to see Danniel. He is a wonder, and a worthy successor to Bill the Chimp, who will never be forgotten.
The TIMES-STANDARD- I serve on a readers’ panel which meets monthly to give feedback to Editor Marc Valles, who is showing great good spirits as he struggles to produce a paper in this huge county with only three reporters plus a sports guy. Corporate cutbacks have not been kind to the T-S or other small-town papers. Nationally, even the “successful” papers have incurred staff cutbacks. God knows, we need our print journalism more than ever in the era of Trump and Fake News etc.. Marc is very open to feedback from the readers and you can reach him at mvalles@times-standard.com
But don’t waste his time! He’s a busy guy!
ANNALS OF CUSTOMER SERVICE- Every time we have another AT&T outage I wonder why anyone bothers with AT&T but Suddenlink service is not that much better. I spent SIX DAYS recently without cable service in half my house (the TIVO sets weren’t working). They were so backed up it took them six days to come out. They fixed it, then a couple of days later I had a freaky evening when the remotes didn’t work. Then the next morning they worked again. This is obviously a plot to make us crazy. I am miserable without cable, just miserable. I had taped about 30 movies so I started to watch them. I watched Pal Joey, an awful movie that showed how bad an actor Sinatra was without the right direction. But he made up for it in From Here To Eternity, bigly. BTW, did you know that Kim Novak is an Oregonian? Lives with her retired-vet husband on a 300-acre ranch near Ashland.
HUFFMAN’S OUTREACH- Your Congressman, Jared Huffman, has introduced legislation to “restore and revitalize forests and wetlands” and a whole bunch more. The Times summarized it HERE
His first meeting is at the Wharfinger on Monday, August 14, from 530 to 830. August 14 is a historical day, too. That’s the day WWI started.
PEN AIR- I really don’t have a dog in this fight as it is my firm ambition never to fly again, but I do regret the loss of service from Pen Air. Bad for business, bad for those who still have to fly. Bad, I presume, for the hard working folks at Fly Humboldt. Has anyone costed out the viability of a ground shuttle to Medford or Sacramento, or both?
CAL-ORE LIFE FLIGHT- Speaking of flying, I sent in my check to Cal-Ore Life Flight the other day and received my membership card and keychain thingy in the mail. A friend of mine says she would not have incurred $56K if she’d had it when she was flown to SF for surgery. Years ago, when I was working for State Rehab, I had to travel to Crescent City weekly and I joined the Del Norte Chamber. They had one of their meetings at Cal-Ore at their facility and I was really impressed with the people and their dedication. And I was really saddened when they had their crash, losing four people. Anyway, I’m in. And hope I never have to use it. As they say in their ad insert, “The best thing to happen on the worst day of your life”.
QUOTE FROM CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER- “Bungled collusion is still collusion”.
Sunset DISCOVERS SAMOA- on their website they’re featuring those vacation cottages, with nods to the Cookhouse and our oysters. It’s HERE
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