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The Month of April and All That Jazz
The Whale and Jazz Festival returns to area the Gualala Arts Center on March 28 kicked
venues this month. After taking a year off to off the festival, which continues on Friday,
gather steam, the free ranging jazz festival has April 5 at the Arts Center with an exhibition
more venues, more music, and more events of works by painter Janie Dooha titled “Body
than ever before. By weaving
and Soul”. Her watercolors of
jazz inspired images will be on
the events into the programs
view in the Elaine Jacob Foyer.
of various venues, Festival
The opening reception will be
Co-coordinator, Fred Adler,
at 5:00 p.m. and the show will
has been able to provide more
remain up until April 28.
jazz and other American roots
The 215 Wine Bar in Point
music for the month-long
festival.
Arena has been presenting jazz
music for some time now and
Adler, upset by the common
this year they are hosting 3
assertion that jazz is dying,
evenings of jazz as part of the
considers such a notion
Festival. Following the April 5
foolishness and counters that
Dooha opening in Gualala, the
statement with the fact that
215 will present an evening
he sees many outstanding
of jazz beginning at 8:00
young jazz players coming
p.m. featuring vocalist Alma
up. To prove his point, he has
Accordian Ardor by Janie Dooha
Owens-Delucchi accompanied
booked the winner of the 2012
Downbeat Magazine Award for Middle School by Bill Delucci on keyboard, Harrison
Soloist. Fifteen-year-old Matt Richards of Goldberg, reeds, Chris Doering, guitar and
Walnut Creek is an alto saxophone player who Don Watanabe on acoustic bass. The 215 offers
Adler promises will amaze the audience when a relaxed, intimate atmosphere with fine beer
he plays during the evening of the main festival and wines. Small cover charge.
event on April 20.
Poetry and Jazz comes to the 215 on Thursday,
Sarah Allen’s marine mammal lecture at
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Something for Everyone!
18 Events along the Mendocino & Sonoma Coasts
Thursday, March 28 – Saturday, May 4, 2013
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From the Editor’s Desk
WHALE AND JAZZ
from cover
April 18 as part of the Third Thursday Poetry
Series. Jonah Raskin is the featured poet
with open mic and improv jazz. See the full
story on page 12.
The 215 will also close out the Festival on
May 4 at 7:00 p.m. when they host The Steve
Webber/Rob Ellis Trio with Chris Doering.
The book for the evening will include
classics, bop, blues, and bossa nova. Serafina
Brown is in from NYC and will add her vocal
stylings to the trio and special guest, tenor
sax player Francis Vanek, will sit in.
Saturday April 6 Chowder and Jazz
with the popular Barnebey’s Hot Four
New Orleans style jazz will constitute the
Chowder Challenge in which local chefs,
cooks and even amateur competitors vie
for the title of “Best Mendonoma Coast
Chowder.” The Gualala Arts Center will be
the site for the event, which will run from
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This will be the
7th appearance of the band in the10 years
that the Festival has been presented. Fred
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Arena Rock Cafe
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Pacific Chiropractic
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Arena Theater
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Pier Chowder House
4
Banana Belt Properties
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Pirate’s Cove
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11
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6
Point Arena Light Station
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The month of April brings the annual Whale and Jazz Festival to the coast and
this year everyone seems to be getting into the act. In the following pages you will read
about nearly every venue from the Garcia River Casino to the Salt Point Lodge that will
be hosting jazz in some form, be it lecture, art exhibit, film, or music, music, music.
Music isn’t the only thing happening this month. The annual Quilt Challenge at
Gualala Arts opens April 5. If you think that it is something just for grandmas, you have
never seen the range and beauty that the Pacific Piecemakers Quilt Guild achieves. See
page 13. The show is up most of the month, so if you have an extra minute when you are
in Gualala, check it out. They do gorgeous work.
The Arena Theater continues their broadcasts of the National Theater Live series
from the British stage on April 6 At 1:00 p.m.with a new comedic play by Alan Bennett
called People. See page 6.
The Redwood Coast Fire District is looking for a new Board member. If you or someone you know has a special interest in fire safety, check out the announcement on page10.
The Blues on the Coast series at Arena Theater continues on April 6 with swamp
bluesman, Kenny Neal. His southern Louisiana musical roots are the same ones that
spawned jazz music and Neal’s show is listed as part of this year’s Whale and Jazz Festival.
See page 4.
Another take on the jazz theme comes from the Fishtank Ensemble. This highenergy band plays an Eastern European style jazz and, though they are not officially part
of the Festival, they are a not-to-be-missed band that will play the Arena Theater April
27. See page 3.
The Arena Film Club continues to show an interesting cross-section of American
and foreign films to provide an alternative to the first-run features normally shown at
the theater. This month they are part of the Whale and Jazz Festival as they screen the
film, In Good Time: The Piano Jazz of Marian McPartland. See the full month’ schedule
on page 15.
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Fishtank Ensemble
The eclectic and wildly entertaining
band, Fishtank Ensemble, will return to the
Point Arena stage on Saturday April 27, at
8:00 p.m. Billed as a world music band, their
deep roots in gypsy jazz and other Roma
music make them a perfect compliment to
this month of jazz. Though not officially a
part of the Whale and Jazz Festival line-up,
they provide yet another aspect of the music
we call jazz. Influenced by everything from
French hot jazz, Flamenco, “straight-ahead”
jazz, Klezmer, and oddball originals, the
group members display exceptional talent in
addition to their soulful grasp of the music.
Bandleader, Fabrice Martinez, grew up
on a canal boat in southern France. He
tried living in a house for a while and that
felt wrong, so he built a mule-drawn wagon
and traveled southern Europe for a decade
playing and learning music. Along the way
he met an America woman, Ursula Knudson,
who was singing opera on the streets of Italy.
When they finally returned to the States
they were playing music around the Bay
Area when, in 2004 Fabrice put together
the Fishtank Ensemble, named for the
location, The Fishtank, in Oakland, where
the band first performed. With Flamenco
and Gypsy jazz guitarist, Douglas “douje”
Smolens, Ursula on violin and singing saw
and Serbian, Djordje Stijepovic, who claims
to be the world’s greatest slap bass player,
they immediately became “a thing”. From
the hippest LA clubs to festivals, cultural
centers, museums, parades, and even on the
street, they have shown audiences music
like they have never seen before.
They released their first album, Super
Raoul, in 2005, followed by Samurai Over
Serbia in 2007, the Woman in Sin in 2010 and
are now touring their 4th album, Edge of the
World- a good title for a band playing Point
Arena.
Their diverse repertoire and unique
high-energy stage show has the LA Weekly
calling them “….one of the most thrilling
young acts on the planet.”
Tickets for the show are $18, general,
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roots music are being celebrated, there is Critic Reader’s Poll Award for “Album of
no deeper root to American music that the Year” for “Let It Flow”, 2009 West Coast
southern Louisiana. On April 6 the Blues Blues Hall of Fame Award for “Blues Band
on the Coast series in connection with the of the Year” and the 2011Critic’s Poll Award
Whale and Jazz Festival presents swamp for “Best Contemporary Blues Album of the
blues master Kenny Neal. Neal has as pure a Year.” He was also elected to the Louisiana
musical pedigree as one could ask. He is part Music Hall of fame in 2011.
of a musical family
that extends for
generations. His
father, Raful Neal,
was a well-known
harmonica player
and so was Kenny’s
grandfather. Six of
his brothers are
musicians, 2 of
which are in his
band. His nephew,
Tyree Neal, is his
keyboard player.
His son, Kenny jr.
is a musician and
producer.
His
sister, Jackie (now
deceased), was a
soul singer and
her son, Bro Bro,
is also a musician.
Kenny’s
twin
sisters are singers
and
Kenny’s
Kenny Neal photo courtesy Blue Mountain Artists
His performances go outside the
daughter, Syreeta, is a jazz singer, songwriter,
concert stage and include performing in
and guitar player.
Born in New Orleans and raised in Baton a Langston Hughes play, Mule Bone, for
Rogue he naturally began to play music which he won the Theater World Award for
very young. With family friends like Lazy “Most Outstanding New Talent On or Off
Lester, Buddy Guy, and Slim Harpo, Neal Broadway.”
The Chicago Tribune pegged Kenny as
couldn’t have been in a better position to
“one
of a mere handful of truly inventive
learn southern blues. His 19 albums and 20
awards testify to the fact that he has proven young contemporary guitarists, Neal has
himself time and time again. Starting in something fresh to say and the chops with
1989 with the JD Miller “Outstanding which to say it,” while AllMusic said his
Performance Award” and the “Big Bill “gruff-before-their-time vocals retain their
Broonzy Award” in Paris, France, he has swamp sensibility, while assuming a bright
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Arena Theater’s The Met: Live in HD series at the Metropolitan Opera in New York
will present a new production of George was in 1994, where she sang Fiakermilli
Frideric Handels’ Guilio Cesare on April in Arabella. David McVicar directs with
27 at 9:00 a.m. The 3-act Italian opera was a libretto by Nicola Haym, librettist at the
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Guilo Cesare is
revised numerous
considered one of
photo courtesy Met Opera
times both by Handel and others including Handel’s finest creations.
changing the title role from castrato to
Individual opera tickets, available online
other voices. This new production will at www.arenatheater.org are $24 general
feature countertenor, David Daniels as admission, $22 seniors, $18 students.
Caesar. French coloratura soprano Natalie Running time: 4hr 31 m.
Dessay sings the Cleopatra role. Her debut
Theater Membership Meeting and Elections
The Arena Theater Association’s annual
Membership Meeting and Board Election
will be held on Monday, April 15, at 6 p.m.
at the theater. This is the one time a year
when the theater board asks all members to
come together to elect new board members.
Board members were formerly elected by
the board itself, but in recent years direct
election from the membership has become
the rule. One must be a theater member to
run for the board.
There are the routine 3 openings on
the board this year. Nine board seats with
3-year terms evenly spaced means that 3
seats are up each year. Applications were
received in March and nominees will
appear on a ballot to be passed out at the
meeting. Members may vote at the theater
office prior to the meeting or by attending
the meeting. For more information, please
contact the theater office at 882-3272 or
email [email protected].
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“National Theater Live” Comedy at Arena Theater.
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Synergy Yoga Retreat and Teachers Training
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The retreat will emphasize yoga for healing
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A scene from People. Photo by Catherine Ashmore.
The Arena Theater’s National Theatre
Live series continues on Saturday, April 13,
at 1 pm. with the new play, People, by awardwinning British playwright, actor, prose
writer, and comedian, Alan Bennett. This is
Bennett’s 6th play for the National Theater.
Olivier Award-winning actress, Frances de
la Tour, stars in her 3rd Bennett production as
ex-model and aristocrat Dorothy Stacpoole,
who lives in a large old house of eroding
grandeur. It is too much for her and her 2
sisters to keep together and the play revolves
around what to do with the deteriorating
old manor. They each have their own
ideas which range from donating it to the
National Trust for preservation, opening it
to the public, and even using it as a set for
a porn movie. Various characters traipse
through the old manor and each is given
the comedic treatment for which Bennett
is known. Bennett himself uses the house
to make a series of sharp, stabbing points
about our urge to commodify all human
experience. His point is clarified when
Dorothy summarizes the cultural change
that occurred under Margaret Thatcher
when, as she observes, “Everything had a
price. If it didn’t have a price, it didn’t have a
value.” Bennett has been known as a social
critic since his days in 1960 with Dudley
Moore in the popular satirical revue, Beyond
the Fringe. People was inspired by Bennett’s
visit to a National Trust house and his
disapproval of the way British culture is now
marketed as part of the heritage industry.
Nicolas Hytner, who is the Director of
the National Theater itself, directs the
play. Bennett and Hytner also collaborated
on the award-winning play and film The
Madness of King George and their last stage
production, The Habit of Art, was broadcast
as part of National Theatre Live in 2010.
Previous NT broadcasts have been on
Tuesday, so those who have been attending
these broadcasts should note that the day
has been changed from Tuesday to Saturday.
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extension from Cushing to Texas refineries.
The other portion is an additional pipeline
from Canada to Cushing. Obama has
already approved the southern leg, so the
northern leg is what is yet to be decided.
In case you weren’t sure, this whole plan
is about money, not energy security or any
of the other subterfuge put out by the oil
industry. There are numerous competing
interests here and they don’t fall into any
neat political categories. Of course, there are
the landowners losing their land to eminent
domain, the indigenous people who fear
destruction of their cultural assets, those
concerned with global climate change, and
a whole host of other groups that you might
suspect oppose the pipeline for various
good reasons. Additionally, oil refineries are
suing TransCanada because cost overruns of
100% and more have dramatically increased
what they will have to pay under contracts
signed 5 years ago. Other pipeline operators
are worried. Glen Perry, a petroleum
engineer for Adira Energy, has warned that
there will be an extensive overcapacity of oil
pipelines from Canada. The coal industry is
worried about the competition of Canadian
tar sands oil and natural gas producers aren’t
particularly fond of tar sands oil either. They
want to be the big guy in energy production.
The issues keep piling up. It is very
complicated, but one thing I have come to
believe is that the new pipeline will get built.
There is way too much money involved for it
not to be OK’d. Besides, building pipelines
is not new. Some 200,000 miles of pipeline
already exist in the U.S- several thousand
miles of which have been built during the
Obama administration.
This is not to say that the fight against
it is a waste of time. The project is, in fact,
a terrible and unnecessary idea. It moves
us in exactly the wrong direction in energy
policy. For this reason alone, it should be
denied, but it would take incredible political
courage for Obama to deny the permits and
I don’t think he wants to spend the political
capital on that decision. The fight against
the project is still important because, first
of all, any time we are having a national
discussion of energy policy it is good.
Policy has generally been the province of
the producers, so some discussion about
how the nation as a whole wants to produce
energy is long overdue.
Also, as a result of protests, a number of
the opponents’ objections have been met.
TransCanada, for example, wanted to use
thinner steel and run higher pressures in
their pipeline, but that was stopped. They
have adjusted the route to try to placate
indigenous concerns and avoid the big
aquifer that gives water to 2 million people.
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How to Buy Your Propane Cheaper
by Peter Reimuller
Last winter propane was cheaper than it’s
been in 4 years. “What?” you say, “my price
didn’t go down that much!” If you think
your propane company always gives you a
fair price, you probably also believe in the
Tooth Fairy AND the Easter Bunny.
I recently looked into propane pricing
and found consistent overcharging of
customers. When the price goes up, they
raise your price. When the price goes down,
they already know how much you can bear,
so they often don’t lower the price to match
the lower cost they’re paying at the refinery.
Instant increase in profits! It’s a dream
come true for the companies—and not
illegal. To get a good price for now and into the
future, call the 4 or 5 companies that service
the coast. Get quotes for a 1-year delivery
agreement including tank rental and extra
fees for each delivery. They usually quote a
price between 60¢ to 80¢ over their “cost.”
On the coast, we
don’t pay sales tax on
propane delivered to
a primary residence,
because natural gas is
not available.
Call your present
company last. If you
change
companies
they’ll have to take
their tank away. Your
company will hate to
lose a customer AND
have to remove their
tank, so they’ll try to
give you a better price.
If you own your
own tank, it is easier
to switch companies
every delivery if you
want, although some companies charge
an inspection fee for “new” customers.
The more gas you use the more bargaining
power you have. In the long run, a year’s
agreement is the best and easiest.
Especially watch out for cheap
introductory deals that don’t have a year’s
agreement, because your price will creep up
later. Trust me--that’s how they do business.
The companies base your price on the
“refinery price,” plus trucking costs. If you
know the refinery price you can bargain
better. You can get it from the State’s site:
www.dgs.ca.gov/pd/Programs/Leveraged/
there,
contracts/FuelPosting.aspx Once
click on the blue box and select a date. As I
write it is $1.19/gallon at the San Francisco
refinery. Add about 60¢ to 80¢ for trucking
and profit and your price could be under
$2/gallon. Now you can check the price
for each delivery by comparing it with the
refinery price. It’s that easy. If your bill doesn’t look right, call and
tell them what you know about the refinery
price. Last year the Arena Theater got a
$270 refund by questioning bills.
Maybe someone reading this will get fired
up to start a cooperative buying group. Now,
that is how many folks get consistently great
pricing. It’s a huge savings if you use 500 or
1000 gallons a year. There are several co-ops
in our county, and thousands nation-wide.
Many home-owners’ associations,
including one on our coast, have annual
buying contracts. Our schools buy under
one contract. I belong to an informal small
group with 4 homes and a business. We
always get a good price.
Propane distributors
are eager to service coops, because it means
lots of business. And
once they have a group
under contract they
really want to renew it
annually so they won’t
have to remove the tanks
and lose sales to another
company. There’s a
lot on the web about
propane buying groups.
Here’s an example:
www.southskyline.org/
skyprop.html
Anyone can make
a group with their
neighbors,
road
association, club, church
or any other group. A small group that starts
with a few homes can grow and prices will
get even better. If you know of a propane
buying group, let me know--maybe we can
consolidate.
For your own home, watch your tank’s
gauge and call for a delivery when it’s still
above 10%. That way you can limit the
number of fills and minimize any extra fees
added to each delivery. Prices are usually
higher when it is colder, so try to fill up for
the winter before September.
Questions? I’m at 882-2001 or peterR@
mcn.org. If you get a good price, email me
the details. We’re all in this together.
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The Adventurous Gardener
Some Uncommon Food Plants
by Lori Hubbart
Considering the variety of edible
plants the world has to offer, our society
depends on a paltry few species. For reasons
of health and just plain curiosity, I’m forever
on the lookout for new plant foods.
Of course new plants must be
introduced with caution.
They may
languish in our climate, or do the opposite
and become invasive, smothering your
patch, angering the neighbors and crowding
out plants needed by wildlife. With that
warning in mind, here are
some plants to consider.
Groundnut
is
a
common name applied
to several plants, but here
we are focusing on Apios
Americana. This groundnut
is an exuberant, twining pea
vine that bears clusters of
dusty rose flowers, and green
pods. Shoots, flowers and
beans are all edible, but the
brown rhizome tubers are its
main feature. These tubers
are starchy, yet contain three
times as much protein as
potatoes.
Usually small, the
tubers can, under the
right conditions, grow
quite large. Efforts to develop the plant
commercially may yield consistently large
tubers. Groundnut is a perennial vegetable,
like asparagus, and takes a few years to
develop edible tubers. For this reason,
the plant may never become the darling of
the big, commercial seed companies and
nurseries, which focus on plants with a
quick turnaround.
The tubers have a nutty flavor with a
texture somewhat like a fibrous potato. It is
left for the gardener to decide how best to
cook the tubers, but they have traditionally
been boiled, roasted or fried. Some people
get stomach upsets from eating groundnut,
but cultivar selection could eliminate that
problem.
Yet another root crop goes by the
charming name of skirret (Sium sisarum)
and is in the carrot family. It originated in
Asia but was apparently brought to Europe
very early on.
The roots are pale, long and skinny,
with a flavor somewhere between potato
and parsnip. The challenge is to find a
variety without a central, woody core. Once
you have that, propagate it vegetatively,
since seed-grown plants usually revert to
wild types, woody core and all.
The roots of this carefree plant are
harvested in the fall, and legend has it
that they are sweeter if harvested after the
topgrowth has been killed off by frost. A
versatile crop, it can be eaten raw, boiled,
roasted, baked, in soups or mashed.
Ulloco
Now for a couple of colorful
Andean root crops. Yacon (Smallianthus
sonchifolia) is a perennial in the daisy family.
Surprisingly, the tubers are actually sweet,
and in much of South America it is eaten
fresh for its apple-like crispness.
The tubers resemble elongated sweet
potatoes, and there are varieties with
white, yellow, orange or purple inner flesh.
Harvest them in fall when the plant tops
die back after flowering, using great care,
as the tubers are somewhat fragile. At this
time you can also divide and re-plant large
clumps. Store them for a time in a cool, dry
place to develop their best flavor.
Unlike sunchoke, also in the daisy
family, yacon does not spread aggressively
underground. Knowing this may reassure
the wary gardener who might be alarmed
when the plants grow up to six feet tall.
It takes about six to seven months
of growing season to produce good-sized
tubers. Some sources call it a cloud forest
plant, well suited to the coastal fog belt.
Others describe it as needing hot, humid
weather, making it a better crop for ridge
gardens. This confusion may be attributable
to different varieties, so again, caveat
emptor!
The tubers are eaten raw or baked,
with much potential for culinary
experimentation. The young leaves and
stems are also edible.
Ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus) is in the
Basellaceae, or Malabar spinach family, and
has edible, spinach-like leaves.
Its tubers are like smallish
potatoes, and come in several
bright colors, so digging them
up is like an Easter egg hunt, but
with dirt.
Ulluco is an excellent
annual crop for our coastal
region, since it thrives in
cool, moist weather. It needs
protection from strong wind,
which depletes plants of
moisture. The plant starts to
develop its tubers as day length
shortens in the fall, but it takes
another five to nine months
for them to reach harvestable
maturity.
Other unusual vegetables
might be placed in the “grow
with caution” category. Wapato or tule
potato (Sagittaria latifolia) is a wetland
plant native to California and elsewhere in
the U.S. It was an important food source for
some native peoples and the tubers are said
to taste like a cross between potatoes and
chestnuts.
Giant fuki (Petasites japonicus
‘Giganteus’) is magnificent, yet a dubious
proposition for most gardeners. In the
daisy family, it is related to western coltsfoot
(P. palmatus). It has gigantic leaves, takes
up a lot of room, needs a wet spot to grow
in, spreads far and wide, and may be a lot
of trouble for edible stalks that taste like a
slightly gelatinous celery.
All these plants and more are featured
in Eric Toensmeier’s book, Perennial
Vegetables : From Artichoke to ‘Zuiki’ Taro,
A Gardener’s Guide To Over 100 Delicious,
Easy-To-Grow Edibles. You can order this
book through the North Bay Cooperative
Library System and pick it up at Coast
Community Library.
Happy growing, and happy eating!
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By Gail Thompson
All I could do was laugh. About to cross
from the hotel to the post office, 3 cars
converged in front of me: one entering, 1
leaving, and 1 backing out at the same time. No driver knew what to do, so all three were
stationary for a few minutes. Our local
cartoonist’s (Armature’s) recent diagram
of the Gualala parking lot in the Coast
Observer was in vivid display before me. I
laughed. The miracle of driving is that so
many of us survive. Memories of a stressful
driving experience came rushing back. Fortunately for me, I biked to work and
did not have to experience the hectic pace
of commute traffic. After retiring I decided
to go to computer school (learning the
Dos System). My husband was driving us
across the bay to his work and my school. It all started on a sunny weekend when
my husband decided to paint the house. I
smiled thinking of the 3 undecided colors
on a side of the house. I went shopping.
Upon returning, I saw the aluminum
ladder on the ground and no one around. Our phone rang. Our son had come home
to say hello to find his dad lying on the
concrete. They were in the emergency room
waiting for a cast to be put on his leg.
Thus began the nightmare of 880, San
Mateo Bridge and Bayshore Freeway. These
highways were no place for a novice during
commute hours. Taking over our commute,
I felt like a 3 year old on a speeding roller
coaster. My husband’s panicked advice
flowed freely.
“Go faster or you’ll be clobbered.”
“Don’t hesitate or you’ll be creamed.”
“Get out of this lane, too many potholes.”
“There’s too much incoming traffic. Stay
in this lane. At the last minute, swing over
to exit.”
Yikes! Would our lives and our marriage
survive nine weeks of my driving?
I glanced at the car next to me to make my
move, every muscle in my body tense, my
eyes and ears super alert. It can’t be! The
guy in this car was eating his breakfast and
NEALE
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talking on his cell phone. My hands gripped
the steering wheel tighter, eyes glancing
with the speed of light. A car moved toward
me from the left; quickly I honked.
A moment’s reprieve came at the backedup exit to the bridge. Here I saw a man
brush his teeth, a woman doing her nails and
another studying her briefs while talking on
her cell phone. I thought, “Wow, nothing
like home away from home. All these cars
need is a port-a-potty.
Break time was over. I took a deep
breath, tried not to hesitate and merged
with the bridge traffic. I merged behind a
badly loaded truck. A moving van pulled in
behind me. In my rear-view mirror I saw a
tanker truck trying to pass us all. Visions of
flattened pancakes entered my mind.
I dropped my husband off at work. With
his directions floating in my head, I headed
for school. Exiting the freeway, I thought I
could relax a little. Slowing down to check
street names, cars started honking at me. Don’t they know there are people like me
who don’t know where they’re going? Finally, with great joy, I found my school
and went through the horrendous task
of parallel parking. Parking at grocery
stores doesn’t keep one in good practice. As more cars honked at me on this busy
thoroughfare, I felt as though I had lived a
whole day in one hour. I decided then and
there that I’d rather travel Dos’s complicated
byroads of the internet.
Before me I watched two more cars try
to enter Gualala’s parking lot. I stepped
back as one of them swerved to the right to
go around the telephone pole, Armature’s
roundabout. Gingerly I stepped back onto the road,
marveling at the complications of parking
in our peaceful piece of paradise.
Fire District Seeks New Board Member
The Redwood Coast Fire Protection District is requesting
applications to fill a vacant Board of Directors seat.
The Board meets on the 1st operational aspects of the District
Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. are delegated to the Fire Chief. The
Meetings are held at the Manchester members of the Board of Directors
have
ultimate
firehouse, located
responsibility
to
at
19601
S.
ensure
the
lawful
Highway One.
and
efficient
The members are
operations of the
elected to serve
District. They are
4-year terms and
the
supervisory
elections are held
body for the Fire
in
conjunction
Chief. It is their
with
County
responsibility
to
general elections.
ratify
all
annual
The
general
budgets
and
powers
and
expenditures,
duties of the
Board of Directors include, but and to participate in and/or ratify
are not limited to: adopting fire annual salaries, wages and benefits.
prevention codes and ordinances, Board members are expected to be
acquiring equipment, appoint familiar with the rules of the Brown
necessary employees and define Act regarding open meetings,
their qualifications and duties, required notice therefore, and the
mutual aid agreements, building requirements for entering into
standards, fire and panic safety, closed session.
Board members are required
fire sprinklers, hazard correction
to
file
Fair Political Practices
or elimination, weed abatement,
contracts for services, enter joint Commission Form 700, Statement
of Economic Interests, upon
powers agreements.
The primary responsibility assuming or leaving office and
of the Board of Directors is the annually. Board members are also
formulation and evaluation of policy. required to attend mandatory
Routine matters concerning the training.
Interested applicants should send a letter of interest and resume by
April 19 to: [email protected].
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Review by Joel Crockett, Four Eyed Frog Books
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HE: is a very good looking young man,
cocky with a keen sense of humor and a girlmagnet smile. He seems quite self-assured,
but (as we’ll learn) he wants to be seen as
mistake-free and doesn’t think twice about
lying to protect his selfimage.
SHE: is head-turning
gorgeous. Well dressed,
well bred, well schooled;
privileged— the only
child of very well-to-do
parents. She’s extremely
smart, accustomed to getting her own way. And
she is a compulsive perfectionist.
THEY: are a couple.
Amy Elliott, soon to be
Amy Dunne as the book
opens, is a writer, of sorts.
She creates personality quizzes. She goes to
a writers’ party with a
friend where she “meets a boy!” We know
this, and we get to know Amy, through her
diary entries that begin in January of 2005,
and continue through July 5, 2012, on her
fifth wedding anniversary, THE DAY OF…
Nick Dunne, the “boy”, is a writer, too,
a fairly successful magazine journalist.
Through chapters that alternate with Amy’s
diary commentary, Nick tells their story
from his point of view. His dialog also begins on their anniversary, THE DAY OF….
The day of Amy’s mysterious, apparently violent, and ultimately national news-making
disappearance.
As we get to know Amy and Nick, they
become more and more difficult to like.
Hard reality takes the place of romance.
Relationships do change. Factors that many
of us have had to deal with in our own lives
rear their ugly heads in this book and seem
very real.
But Flynn takes them one step further…
and she keeps us rooted to the book. We
may not like Nick and Amy, but we sure
want to know more. Is Amy as bitter and
difficult to live with as Nick describes? Or is
she the more complacent and amiable Amy
we read about in her diary? Is Nick really as
angry and violent as Amy’s diary implies?
Or is he just down on his luck, feeling out
of sorts, as his dialog suggests? Are either of
their stories to be believed?
There are other factors. Nick’s employer downsizes and he loses his job. Shortly
thereafter, Amy loses her job. They move
from their comfortable New York home to
Missouri so that Nick can help his twin sister
take care of their terminally ill mother and
manage their senile dad who keeps escaping
from his nursing home. Amy’s parents fall
on hard times and borrow the bulk of Amy’s
trust fund to make ends
meet. Nick borrows the
rest so he and his sister
can open a bar. The kind
of,
hard-to-deal-with
stuff that could break up
a marriage. But murder?
What did happen to
Amy on their fifth anniversary? The furniture is
in disarray. There’s quite
a bit of blood splatter
that someone tried unsuccessfully to clean off
the kitchen floor. As the
husband, Nick becomes
a prime suspect. And he
does himself no favors. He has no alibi for
the morning Amy disappeared. His obvious lies further arouse suspicion. But is he
really angry enough to bludgeon his wife to
death?
What characteristics of a book cause a
reader to say, “I can’t put this book down!”?
Details, perhaps, that allow you to visualize the place, the circumstance, or the event
in your head, fully developed, interesting
characters that you just have to know more
about, whether you like them or not, and
certainly that all-compelling urge to know
what comes next. Best-selling novelist Arthur Phillips says of this book, “Just this
minute I finished a week of feeling betrayed,
misled, manipulated, provoked and misjudged, not to mention having all my expectations confounded. Considering how
compulsively I kept coming back for more, I
am seriously thinking of going back to page
one and doing it all again.”
Gone Girl has it all. It’s dark, but funny
in its own psychopathic way. It’s a literary
thriller that will provoke great book club
questions and discussion. It offers sharp,
well-defined details that keep you in the story. It’s visceral. The characters are extremely
well drawn, not only Amy and Nick, but a
cast of others who add color and depth. This
is a well-written book.
But most of all, this must-read offers a
twisting, turning rollercoaster of gripping,
“I didn’t see that coming!” moments. You
simply won’t want to put it down.
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Mendocino Film Festival Screens Jazz Film April 6
It is certainly the month for jazz on the
coast as the Mendocino Film Festival and its
sponsoring partner North Coast Brewing
Company host an evening of hand-crafted
ales, delicious appetizers, and a viewing
of the Clint Eastwood-produced film,
Thelonious Monk: Straight,
No Chaser, Saturday, April
6 at 5 pm.
North Coast Brewing
Company will host the
$35 per person event in
their Sequoia Room in
the Brewery Taproom at
444 N. Main Street in Fort
Bragg.
Directed by Charlotte
Zwerin,
Thelonious
Monk:
Straight,
No
Chaser is about the life
of the groundbreaking
pianist and modern jazz
composer. It features live
performances by Monk
and his band, including
John Coltrane and Jimmy
Cleveland, as well as interviews with
friends and family about the offbeat genius.
The film features Michael and Christian
Blackwood’s extensive 1968 footage of The
Genius of Modern Music – including the very
private Monk off stage. Filmmaker Bruce
Ricker, upon finding the 1968 footage was
in excellent shape, said, “I couldn’t believe
my luck. The reels were just sitting there like
the Dead Sea Scrolls of jazz.”
This definitive filmic portrait combines
the Blackwood footage of Monk in the
studio, on tour, and
behind the scenes
with archival photos
that creates an aural
and visual treat.
The folks at the
Brewing Company
are big jazz fans and
are sure to have their
signature
Brother
Thelonious Belgian
Style Abbey Ale on
hand as well as other
award-wining brews.
North Coast
Brewing
is
a
supporter of the
Thelonious Monk
Institute. For every
case of Brother
Thelonious Belgian Style Abbey Ale sold,
North Coast Brewing makes a contribution
to the Institute in support of jazz education.
Seating is limited to 50. Tickets are
$35 and are only available online at
MendocinoFilmFestival.org
Third Thursday Hosts Jazz Festival Poet Raskin
On Thursday, April 18 at 7:30 pm
The Third Thursday Poetry Reading Series
at 215 Main in Point Arena will feature
Sonoma County Poet Jonah Raskin. Part
of the annual Whale and Jazz Festival, the
reading will begin with live improv jazz and
an open mic with jazz improv; the reading
will conclude with more live jazz.
After receiving his B.A. from Columbia
College in New York, and Ph.D. from the
University of Manchester, Manchester
England, Jonah Raskin went on to become
a teacher at Winston-Salem State in North
Carolina, at the State University of New
York at Stony Brook, and as a Fulbright
Professor at the University of Antwerp and
the University of Ghent in Belgium. Eventually he moved west and became
a teacher at Sonoma State University in the
English Department and the Department of
Communication Studies. He served as the
chairman of the Communication Studies
Department at SSU for 16 years. After 30
years of teaching at Sonoma State, he retired
in January 2012.
A writer his entire life, Raskin’s literary
career has had many faces. Besides being a
lifelong poet, he was book critic for the Santa
Rosa Press Democrat, book reviewer for the
San Francisco Chronicle, contributing editor
at and regular contributor to the Redwood
Coast Review, and restaurant reviewer for
the North Bay Bohemian. He has published
12 full-length books including biographies
of Jack London, Allen Ginsberg, and Abbie
Hoffman, a novel entitled Underground and
a memoir entitled My Search for B. Traven
that has been translated into French and
published in France. Author of six poetry chapbooks, Raskin’s
most recent book is titled “Rock ‘n’ Roll
Women: Portraits of a Generation” from
McCaa Books. Other chapbooks include
“More Poems, Better Poems” and “Letters
to a Lover.” Raskin is also a performance
poet and he often works with musicians. He has lived in California since 1976,
though he has traveled extensively,
particularly in Vietnam, Algeria, Morocco,
Spain, and Mexico. He now lives in Santa
Rosa.
Third Thursday Poetry is supported by
The Third Thursday Poetry Group, many
anonymous donors, and Poets & Writers,
Inc. through a grant it has received from The
James Irvine Foundation.
Film Shows How U.S Economy Was Hijacked
Who Stole the American Dream? That's
the subtitle of the new film Heist, which will
be shown on Wednesday, April 17, at 6 pm
at the Point Arena Library. Free admission.
Heist reveals how American corporations
orchestrated the dismantling of middleclass prosperity through rampant deregulation, the outsourcing of jobs, public opinion moulding, and tax policies favoring
businesses and the wealthy. The collapse of
the U.S. economy is the result of conscious
choices made over 40 years by corporate
leaders, their politicians, and the biggest
lobbyists in Washington.
Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
is stunning audiences across the globe as
it traces the worldwide economic collapse
to a 1971 secret memo entitled “Attack on
American Free Enterprise System”. Written
over 40 years ago by the future Supreme
Court Justice Lewis Powell, at the behest of
the US Chamber of Commerce, the 6-page
memo, a free-market utopian treatise, called
for a money-fueled big business makeover
of government through corporate control
of the media, academia, the pulpit, arts and
sciences and destruction of organized labor
and consumer protection groups.
But Powell’s real “end game” was business
control of law and politics. Heist’s step-bystep detail exposes the systemic implementation of Powell’s memo by both US political parties culminating in the deregulation
of industry, outsourcing of jobs and regressive taxation. All of which led us to the
global financial crisis of 2008 and the continued dismantling of the American middle
class. No other film goes as deeply as Heist
in explaining the greatest wealth transfer of
our time. Moving beyond the white noise
of today’s polarizing media, Heist provides
viewers with a clear, concise and fact- based
Storytime at Library:
Books, puppets, flannel boards and
music for preschoolers with an adult.
11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays
Coast Community
Library
225 Main St. Point Arena.
Free.
explanation of how we got into this mess,
and what we need to do to restore our representative democracy.
Heist was designated a Critics' Pick by
The New York Times, remarking that the
film "has the virtue of taking the long view
of a crisis that recent films like Inside Job and
Too Big to Fail have only sketchily explored."
Slant Magazine called this documentary
"remarkably balanced and even-toned.”
HazMobile
Toxic
Waste
Drop-Off
April 26 & 27
Friday & Saturday
9 am - 1 pm
Sea Ranch North Fire Station
Highway One, The Sea Ranch
Open to both Mendocino &
Sonoma Residents
Limit: 15 gallons/vehicle per day
Charge for any excess.
Businesses by appointment.
Items Accepted: Motor oil, Medi-
cations, oil filters, paint, solvents,
gasoline, pesticides, antifreeze, fluorescent lights, auto & household
batteries & other toxic items.
Motor oil, auto and household batteries, electronics (i.e. t.v.’s, monitors
electronics) may be recycled at
South Coast Transfer Station,
Fish Rock Road, Gualala
Open Wed. 12 -4, Sat- Sun 9-4
For More information, call the Recycling
Hotline at 468-9704 or visit the website at
mendoRecycle.org
The Next Hazmat Collection
For The South Coast Will Be
June 28 & 29
Mendocino Solid Waste
Management Authority
Funded by a grant from
Cal Recycle
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Quilt Guild Show Open April 5 at Gualala Arts
Join Us!
The KZYX
Spring Pledge
Drive Is
April 20-28.
(707) 895-2233
www.kzyx.org
90.7 • 91.5 • 88.1 FM
Local Public and
Community Radio
Give Because
You Listen.
New Moon
Research Group
Needs Volunteers
For 17 years in a row the Pacific 4 day Quilting Marathon retreat at the
Piecemakers Quilt Guild have challenged Dry Creek Inn in Healdsburg. While still
The newly-arrived local marine mammal
their members to create
research group, Naked Whale Research
quilts for display at a
(NWR) is looking for help with a new grant
Quilt Challenge Show
program.
at Gualala Arts Center.
In May they will begin a grant funded
project
needing two lead volunteers, which
Beginning on April 5 and
directly addresses the 100-yard distance
running through April 28
guideline for viewing marine mammals.
the Burnett Gallery will
By using questionnaires they will try to
be hung with a variety
determine how educated local boaters and
of interpretations of this
marine users are when it comes to this Fedyear’s theme “Celebrate”.
erally enforceable rule. They will also be
The April 5 opening is
surveying local law enforcement (DFW/
from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
USCG) to get an idea of numbers and types
The non-juried
of marine mammal harassment and infracshow awards no prizes
tions that occur on a yearly basis. From this
and is not intended
data they will create a tri-fold brochure for
to be a competition
public education and outreach.
among members, but a
This project is land-based and deals with
challenge to members
the public boater education side of marine
of
all
experience
mammal conservation, without which detlevels to stretch their
rimental impacts on endangered whales can
occur.
Project leads will need to be outgoimaginations and skills
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COUNTY
and self-motivated
"people perto create something
Please reply by email, ing,
faxfriendly
or postal
mail.
sons"
in
order
to
survey
strangers
and dockthat embodies the
Indicate changes, or sign if APPROVED.
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Games We Play by Phyllis McCalla from last years exhibit
walk
along
the
coast
for
a
month.
theme. This can certainly
a 443-5309
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photo by Larry Riddle
(we will send a revised proof if changes are indicated)
Leads will need to also have some backchallenge as previous themes
If proof is not returned, this ad will run as shown. The publisher will not be responsible for any errors, the
ground
in tallying questionnaire data and an
have included Chocolate, assumes
Self-Portrait,
enjoying the for
heated
pool, and
hot completeness
tubs, and
full responsibility
accuracy
of information and for payment of advertisem
eye
for
designing
the appropriate brochure
The Perfect 10 and Going Green. The pleasant exchanges, the members worked
afterwards. At least one Lead
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Challenge always brings
expressions
of intensely
on a variety of projects. All meals own vehicle with insurance.
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were served
in the workroom so everyone imbursed from the grant.Date
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will also try
delight viewers with a vast range of colors could concentrate on their tasks.
to help with housing for out-of-town volunand approach. Some quilts will be offered
People new to the art of quilting are teers or students. Assistance and guidance
for sale and others will not.
always welcome, particularly young throughout the project will be provided.
The quilters meet once a month at Gualala people. Younger family members of Guild
NWR is interested in collaborating with
Arts Center on the 3rd Friday at 12:30 p.m. members are encouraged to enter some other local businesses and/or groups that
This active group of around 100 members work. Meetings are open to anyone who may be interested in having their logo on
host well-known quilt artists who teach enjoys quilts or quilting or who would like the final brochure for distribution. It is their
classes and workshops and speak to the Guild to learn more. Newcomers and visitors are aim to set a positive example for boaters usmembers. Also, some of their own Guild always welcome; there is a $5 charge for ing the area to safely and respectfully enjoy
members teach classes on basic quilting non-members. New members can join at their marine mammal watching experience.
skills, as well as advanced subjects. Twenty- any time for a $40 per year membership fee Email www.nakedwhaleresearch.org for
contact details.
one guild members recently attended at (prorated August through December.).
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WHALE & JAZZ
from page 2
Adler, himself, will be on hand to join in the
tasting to see who wins the prizes in both
professional and amateur classes of New
England style and Open Class in addition to
“People’s Choice” and “Most Tasted”. The
Challenge ends at 1:15 sharp, but there will
still be plenty of chowder for more tasting.
$20 entry fee includes Festival Logo wine
or beer glass and 15 tickets for chowder
tasting and
beverages.
Additional
tickets are
av a i l ab l e
for
$1
each.
That
s a m e
S a t u r d ay
in
the
evening
the Blues
on
the
C o a s t
ser ies
continues
at
the
A r e n a
Barnebey’s
Hot Fourblues guitarist Kenny
Theater
with swamp
Neal. Jazz, blues, R & B, and rock all come
from the same roots, so this year’s blues
series has been wrapped into the Whale and
Jazz Festival. The complete story is on page
4 On Monday, April 8 the Arena Film Club
will join the Festival when they present the
jazz film, In Good Time, the Piano Jazz of
Marian McPartland. There is more on that
on page 15.
The Sea Ranch Lodge has invited guitarists,
Ian Scherer and Steve Forberg to play
standards, Latin, and gypsy jazz for 2 dinner
seatings on Friday, April 12. Reservations
for the special menu to be offered at 5:30
and 8 p.m. are recommended.
One of the new venues included in the
Festival this year is the Garcia River Casino
in Manchester. They are presenting another
group with deep American music roots, The
Zydeco Flames, who have quickly gained
a reputation as the West coast’s premier
Zydeco band. The Cajun take on New
Orleans music puts jazz on the dance floor.
For most folks, no news is good news;
for the press, good news is not news.
- Gloria Borger
The Casino has a full bar to compliment choir of his father’s Pentecostal Church in
the goodtime feel of the music. The music Mansfield, Ohio. His unique bass-baritone
starts at 8:00 p.m.
voice brought life
21 and over. No
to liturgical music
cover.
sung in Latin,
Susan Sutton
Bach, Schumann,
and Terry Simcik,
Mahler
and
both
festival
Rameau’s French
regulars, return
compositions.
to St. Orres on
There
followed
Friday, April 19.
a spell in the US
Susan’s keyboard
Army where he
and Terry’s guitar
sang not only
will fill the multithe
memorable
stored
vaulted
‘show tunes’, but
dining room with
also a wide range
jazz
standards
of swing, jazz
with consistently
and blues for the
u p l i f t i n g
Special Services
interpretations.
elite group. After
Reservations are
studies under the
recommended.
renowned
New
Another new
York vocal coach
venue this year
Edward Boatner,
is Trink’s Café in
he moved to San
Gualala. Susan
Francisco securing
The Zydeco Flames accordionist
Sutton comes to
opportunities
the Sea Cliff Center for Brunch and Jazz to perform with Milt Jackson, Eddie
beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April Henderson, Melba Moore, Pharaoh
20. The family-owned café, known for their Saunders and in 2000 performed with
coffee and desserts, also serves breakfast The Count Basie Orchestra. The latest
and lunch menus.
project from the well-seasoned Davis is a
That night 7:30 p.m. the Coleman live recording from inside Louisiana State
Auditorium will resonate with the sounds Penitentiary. ‘Free On The Inside’. Tickets
of Jamie Davis and a quintet comprised are $28 in advance, $5 more on the day of
of Roger Glenn, vibes & reeds; Glenn the performance. For advance purchase,
Pearson, piano; Kyle Gregory, trumpet; go to Brown Paper Tickets or call them at
John Shifflett, bas;
800-838-3006.
and Leon Joyce,
To purchase
drums.
This
in person, visit
Main
Event
the
Gualala
of the festival
Arts Center
brings
together
or
Dolphin
an
outstanding
Gallery
in
organization
to
Gualala.
back the former
Bones
Count
Basie
Roadhouse
Band
member.
joins
the
Fred Adler is
Festival
on
very excited to
Friday, April
present an artist
26 when more
who he explains
American
will remind some
roots music
of Joe Williams
will
be
and Lou Rawls.
performed
Adler
declares,
by the Keith
“His beautifully
A b r a m s
memorable
Groove Factor.
baritone voice is
Saxophonists
one of the best
Paul Mueller
anywhere,” Davis’
and Harrison
repertoire
runs
Goldberg join
from Cole Porter
Chris Doering
Jamie Davis
to Stevie Wonder to Charles Mingus.
and Tim Mueller on guitars while drummer,
Jamie’s musical education began in the James Hayes and bassist Abrams lay down
the rhythm. Soulful tunes go along with the
Texas-style BBQ beginning at 7:00 p.m. in
Gualala.
The Whale Watch Inn in Anchor Bay is
hosting an international gourmet buffet and
wine tasting by Handley Cellars at sunset
overlooking the sea on Saturday, April 27.
From 6:30 – 9 p.m. guitarists Ned Ripple
and Dennis Fortin perform as On The Air
playing European gypsy jazz and Fats Waller
swing. Reservations are required for the $60
fixed price event.
The Festival is back in Point Arena on
Sunday evening, April 28 at Arena Cove
when the Pier Chowder House and
Tap Room present Sharman Duran on
keyboard and vocals along with her sister,
Pilar Duran, on guitar combining with
guitarist Chris Doering and Tim Mueller
on bass. They will be performing sambas,
soulful rhythm and blues and classic jazz
overlooking the beautiful Arena Cove as the
sun sets. A special menu with regular prices
will be offered. Full bar with reservations
suggested.
The following Friday, May 3 the Timber
Cove Inn has bop, swing, standards,
blues and Latin Jazz in their Alexander’s
Restaurant when vocalist, Joani Rose is
backed by Francis Vanek on sax, Terry
Rodriguez on keyboard and Steve Webber
on bass. No cover charge.
Before the concluding show at the 215
in the evening, the Annapolis Winery will
help to close the Festival when they bring
Serafina Brown in to sing with Rob Ellis,
Francis Vanek, Chris Doering, and Steve
Webber for an afternoon of wine and jazz.
From 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. the public is invited
to bring a lunch and spend the afternoon
enjoying jazz, wine, and fine views under
the blossoming orchard.
Serafina will move up to the 215 Wine Bar
after the Annapolis Winery show.
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KTDE -The Tide
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to Local Radio
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Studio 884-3000
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April Film Club Schedule
Monday, April 1: Close-up by Iranian filmmaker, Abbaas Kiarostami.
This
internationally acclaimed film breaks new ground in filmmaking as Kiarostami blends
fiction and documentary that uses the real-life arrest of a young man on charges that he
fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf-as the basis
for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and
existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves It’s a hall-of-mirrors work
that’s as emotional as it is intellectually engaging, and it exemplifies the great Kiarostami’s
bottomless curiosity about the human condition and the strange magic of cinema.
Monday, April 8: In co-operation with the Whale and Jazz Festival, the Film Club
presents In Good Time: the Piano Jazz of Marian McPartland. Those who have
enjoyed listening to her NPR show over the years will relish the opportunity to see her in
all her 94-year-old glory. The film has won at least a dozen awards.
Monday, April 22: Happy, a film by Roko Belic that seeks to findwhat makes people
happy. From the bayous of Louisiana to the deserts of Namibia, from the beaches of Brazil
to the villages of Okinawa, Happy explores human happiness through interviews with
people from all walks of life in 14 different countries, weaving in the newest findings of
positive psychology.
CITY OF POINT ARENA
Infrastructure Livability Growth Governance
City Hall 882-2122 / 451 School St/ PO Box 67 /
M 9-3 T 9-6 & T 9-3 F 9-3 / [email protected]
Mayor Burkey Vice Mayor Hughey Councilmembers Burfoot, Koogle and Sanders
City Website: cityofpointarena.com for minutes, forms and information!
DOWNTOWN BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS UNDERWAY
We just want to say thank you. With Spring here many residents and business owners are making special effort to improve window displays, tidy up yards, repair windows and railings. It is a pleasure to
see the fresh paint and fresh flowers everywhere!! It does not go unnoticed and it is appreciated – by the
City, fellow residents and tourists alike! Thank you.
SUCCESSFUL RECYCLING EVENT !!
Special thanks to all the volunteers who helped make the City’s booth a success during the annual
Flower Power and Daffodil Explosion. Each year our City’s booth in the downtown park features all
the current events and projects our city is working on, shares information on all of our city amenities
and parks. We also use this kiosk as a tool to teach the community the importance of recycling within
our city, and teaching our youth about the City’s recycling center at the cove and the used oil recycling
station. Join us next year – better yet, sign up to be part of the City booth!!
SCUTTLEBUTT from page 7
It seems to me that they will make any accommodation necessary to get their permits.
There is too much money involved not to. After all, whatever the costs, their customers will
end up paying it (thus, the lawsuits from oil refineries).
Further, the environmental costs of mining, pumping (and inevitable spilling), refining,
and burning this particularly dirty fuel has to be understood by the public and that won’t
happen without an extensive discussion of this project.
Then there is the actual dollars and cents cost. You don’t read much about that , do you?
Proponents do talk about how cheap it is to produce the oil in Canada, but the industry
press shy away from discussing the cost to the Texas (or foreign) refineries. While it is
impossible to say exactly, some have estimated that as time goes by the cost could reach
$200/barrel. Or did you think that they were going to all this trouble to bring you cheap
energy?
This debate provides an opportunity for consideration of alternatives, and currently
there are a lot of them, including coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind, solar, tides, ethanol, and,
of course, conservation, the wisest and cheapest of all. The one that will generally always
be preferred by the American public will be the one that costs them the least point-ofpurchase price. Like it or not, most Americans care more about their wallet than they do
the environment. That means that those who oppose the burning of fossil fuels should be
working primarily to increase public support of clean energy rather than fighting against
what they oppose. Indeed, the administration’s Deputy Press Secretary, Josh Earnest, has
stated that further green energy investment is more important to fighting climate change
than stopping the new pipeline.
If solar and wind power had the billions in subsidies that fossil fuels do, they would
be cheaper and the public would love them. An example, in case you think I’m pulling
facts out of thin air, is that the state of Kansas gave TransCanada a 10-year moratorium
on property taxes to woo the pipeline, depriving local jurisdictions $50 million in muchneeded revenue for schools, roads, etc.
The winner of the energy contest is going to be decided by economics There are many
good reasons to fight against tar sands oil, shale oil, and coal, but what we really need to do
is reduce the incentives for dirty fuel and increase them for clean energy. The power of the
market is enormous, but the ability of the government to direct that power is, and always
has been, very strong and always in use.
Wind and solar energy costs are dropping dramatically already, so with a little continued
help they can provide us with the energy we need without destroying the planet. The rest
of the world is already moving in that direction. We would be wise to not get left behind.
Think on the bright side- maybe some day Canada will be pumping water down that
pipeline to Texas.
FOURTH OF JULY Event Planning and Volunteer Sign Ups
Join us as we prepare for Point Arena’s FIREWORKS EXTRAVAGANZA, Saturday July 6 (Arena
Cove Street Fair, Concerts & Fireworks) and Sunday July 7 (Historical Downtown Parade & Community Picnic). Application forms for Fair Booths; Food Vendors; Music Performers; and for Parade
Entry will be available on the City Website by April 1st or at City Hall. Spaces fill up fast – so don’t
delay. Application deadlines will by June 1st Community input and MANY volunteers are an important part of this event’s success! Come share ideas, sign up for tasks, etc. Next Event Planning meetings
will be held Thursday Mar. 7 and Tuesday Mar. 19 from 5:30 to 6:30 at City Hall. All ages and skill
sets welcomed ! Call City Hall to sign up for the email notifications. Be a part of the City’s largest
Community event of the year!
TRANSLATOR NEEDED
In order to increase community participation and keep our community better informed, the City would
like to provide more information and notices in Spanish. If you could assist in this endeavor – please
contact City Hall.
El TRADUCTOR NECESITO
Para aumentar participación de comunidad y mantener nuestra comunidad mejor informado, la Ciudad querría proporcionar más información y las notas en español. Si podría participar en este esfuerzo
– contacta por favor Municipalidad. 707 882-2122
ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?
So many things are happening... Do you know that many city residents don’t even know that Point Arena has
giraffes! Don’t let the excitement pass you by! When was the last time you attended a City Council meeting to
hear about what is happening in your city? – come and hear about possible communication improvements to
both cellphone and internet services; senior housing complexes; downtown park development; campgrounds;
skateparks; holiday event planning and more!! Better yet, stop by and volunteer at City Hall. Or join one of the
City’s many committees! You can make a difference!
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS
Sidewalk improvement and intersection reconstruction is underway for this Summer!! Construction to begin
in June. Work will be done along Lake Street, to include reconstruction of the intersections at both ends of Lake
Street. Come by City Hall and view the plans so you will be in the know!
Shop local, wine & dine local – it doesn’t get better than this!
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CLOSED ‘TIL APRIL 12
7 am till 3 pm Daily
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Guess Who is Going to Dinner?
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the Historical
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meals prepared by
the AREA 51 Kitchen
Come Have Dinner With The Folks
Tues - Sat 5-9 882-1619
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Outback Garden & Feed
BLACK GOLD
On Sale - $8.95 per bag
PLENTY OF VEGGIE STARTS
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 - 5
Outback stocks several kinds of small and large animal foods
and treats, as well as conventional and alternative health
remedies. We have very competitive pricing & tons of unique
items. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, we can probably special order it for you, so don’t hesitate to ask.
Feed, Bedding & Health Remedies For Your
DOG CAT CHICKEN HORSE GOAT
PIG COW FISH RABBIT & MORE
Feed Store 882-3335
Garden Shop 882-3333
Main Street, Point Arena

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