Mike wanted 100% tax rate, settled for 90%
Humboldt Sentinel
3/18/09
By Sentinel Staff
WASHINGTON -- The House Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill by Congressman Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley) yesterday to charge a 90 percent tax for bonuses paid by businesses given rescue money from the government, such as AIG.
”It’s outrageous that some of the same bankers who helped create this economic mess are now going to be rewarded for their failures with taxpayer dollars,” said Congressman Thompson in a release on Tuesday. “By taxing all bonuses paid out by companies that received money to help them stay afloat, we’ll send a message to these folks that business as usual is no longer acceptable. I would prefer to tax these bonuses at 100 percent but that level is considered confiscatory and doesn’t pass legal muster.”
Currently the IRS keeps 25 percent of bonuses less than $1 million and 35 percent of bonuses more than $1 million dollars. Thompson’s bill, H.R. 1572, the “Taxpayer Protection Act,” raises the rate to 90 percent of bonuses paid by companies given bailout money through the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
“It goes against the ideals of capitalism to reward the people that helped create this economic mess,” stated Thompson yesterday. “It’s even more outrageous that taxpayers are footing the bill. Congress should quickly pass this legislation that will effectively eliminate the bonuses being paid out by companies who received help from the government.”
Thompson is a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over all tax-related matters coming before Congress. House leaders have indicated that passing legislation to address the bonuses will be a high priority for Congress this week.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Congressman Thompson Warns Homeowners
Foreclosure assistance scams abound, HUD offers help
Humboldt Sentinel
3/18/09
By Sentinel Staff
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley) is urging constituents to contact a free local government-approved housing counseling agency instead of companies that charge money for foreclosure assistance.
“As more families struggle to pay their mortgages, predators are trying to take advantage of people who don’t know where to turn for help,” said Congressman Thompson. “There are resources out there to help people stay in their homes, and I urge folks who are struggling to contact government-backed organizations for assistance.”
Families facing foreclosure can get free assistance from agencies that have been approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Treasury. A list of these organizations can be found at: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/hcs.cfm?webListAction=search&sear chstate=CA or by calling toll free (800) 569-4287 on weekdays between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time) or call 1-800-CALL-FHA.
Thompson also warned people that some scammers are using names and Websites that use variations of HUD’s name to mislead people, and urged constituents to call his district office if they are suspicious about an offer that seems too good to be true. He reminded homeowners that the only official HUD website is at http://www.hud.gov/ and sites that end in hud.us-gov or hud.com or hudgov.us or any of a number of other addresses are not official HUD Websites.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/18/09
By Sentinel Staff
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley) is urging constituents to contact a free local government-approved housing counseling agency instead of companies that charge money for foreclosure assistance.
“As more families struggle to pay their mortgages, predators are trying to take advantage of people who don’t know where to turn for help,” said Congressman Thompson. “There are resources out there to help people stay in their homes, and I urge folks who are struggling to contact government-backed organizations for assistance.”
Families facing foreclosure can get free assistance from agencies that have been approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Treasury. A list of these organizations can be found at: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/hcs.cfm?webListAction=search&sear chstate=CA or by calling toll free (800) 569-4287 on weekdays between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time) or call 1-800-CALL-FHA.
Thompson also warned people that some scammers are using names and Websites that use variations of HUD’s name to mislead people, and urged constituents to call his district office if they are suspicious about an offer that seems too good to be true. He reminded homeowners that the only official HUD website is at http://www.hud.gov/ and sites that end in hud.us-gov or hud.com or hudgov.us or any of a number of other addresses are not official HUD Websites.
Tiny Universe Funks Out Today And Tomorrow
Former Kravitz sax-man Karl Denson defies categorization
Humboldt Sentinel
3/18/09
By Sentinel Staff
That powerhouse of funk known simply as the Tiny Universe headlines back-to-back shows this evening and the next at the Red Fox Tavern in Downtown Eureka.
Karl Denson, the former saxophonist for funk rock superstar Lenny Kravitz, spun off his Tiny Universe project in 1998, and has defied categorization ever since with a dynamic sound and an unstoppable energy. While they’ve only released one album-length recording, The Bridge in 2002, Tiny Universe has nonetheless been the beneficiary of critical praise with rhythm-and-blues hits like ‘Because Of Her Beauty’ and ‘The Answer.’
As Passion Presents promoter Eric Kinnally boasts in his release, Denson has “built a reputation as a groundbreaking musician equally potent as a masterful collaborator and an innovative solo artist, following in the footsteps of funkmasters Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley.”
He started touring with Kravitz during his height of popularity in 1989, spending years between the road and the recording studio, contributing to platinum albums Let Love Rule and Mama Said, also finding time to collaborate with DJ Greyboy on ‘Unwind Your Mind’ which hit the top of the European charts.
“Denson's drive to continually innovate and push the musical envelope drove him to form the Tiny Universe,” according to Kinnally, and KDTU is pushing forward in their latest tour to come up with new material for a forthcoming release. You can check Denson’s tracks at www.globalimaging.us/kdtu or by visiting their MySpace page.
Both shows at the Red Fox start at 10:30 p.m. and are 21-and-over only. Music fans can pick up their tickets at the Tavern, located at 415 Fifth Street in Eureka, for $25. For more information, contact Kinnally at promo@passionpresents.com.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/18/09
By Sentinel Staff
That powerhouse of funk known simply as the Tiny Universe headlines back-to-back shows this evening and the next at the Red Fox Tavern in Downtown Eureka.
Karl Denson, the former saxophonist for funk rock superstar Lenny Kravitz, spun off his Tiny Universe project in 1998, and has defied categorization ever since with a dynamic sound and an unstoppable energy. While they’ve only released one album-length recording, The Bridge in 2002, Tiny Universe has nonetheless been the beneficiary of critical praise with rhythm-and-blues hits like ‘Because Of Her Beauty’ and ‘The Answer.’
As Passion Presents promoter Eric Kinnally boasts in his release, Denson has “built a reputation as a groundbreaking musician equally potent as a masterful collaborator and an innovative solo artist, following in the footsteps of funkmasters Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley.”
He started touring with Kravitz during his height of popularity in 1989, spending years between the road and the recording studio, contributing to platinum albums Let Love Rule and Mama Said, also finding time to collaborate with DJ Greyboy on ‘Unwind Your Mind’ which hit the top of the European charts.
“Denson's drive to continually innovate and push the musical envelope drove him to form the Tiny Universe,” according to Kinnally, and KDTU is pushing forward in their latest tour to come up with new material for a forthcoming release. You can check Denson’s tracks at www.globalimaging.us/kdtu or by visiting their MySpace page.
Both shows at the Red Fox start at 10:30 p.m. and are 21-and-over only. Music fans can pick up their tickets at the Tavern, located at 415 Fifth Street in Eureka, for $25. For more information, contact Kinnally at promo@passionpresents.com.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Sixth Anniversary Peace March This Saturday
Protesters to confront Obama on Afghanistan escalation
Humboldt Sentinel
3/17/09
By Charles Douglas
EUREKA -- The Bush presidency may be history, but his overseas wars of occupation continue to incite demonstrations the world over, with the sixth anniversary of the Iraq conflict also marked with the sixth annual peace marches in communities across the US.
On the North Coast, Eureka will again be the scene of a protest procession through the Downtown and Old Town districts, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Humboldt County Courthouse at Fifth and I Street. The protest continues to be organized by Communities for Justice and Peace, who claim that a culture of militarism transcendent of the two-party façade is responsible for the bipartisan aggression with both Democrats and Republicans continuing to vote in favor of continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“While it's true how millions have been lulled into passivity (and active patriotic complicity) with the Obama victory, it's also true these long months helped build people's hopes that the democratic process would ‘self-correct’ the horrors of the bush regime,” stated peace activist Jack Nounnan in a release. “The anti-war movement acknowledges all this, wanting positive signs, but seeing the necessity to hold firm against Obama and the regime, an extension of our long history of habitual wars for expansion under any number of labels…surely it must be dawning for more of us [as we] become aware of how such hostilities not only grind on and on, but even escalate.”
Nounnan and Communities for Justice and Peace draw a connection between the mounting expenses of these wars, already in excess of a trillion dollars, and the economic calamity engulfing the US under both Bush and Obama.
“For many generations this has been too harsh to bring up and consider, but more Americans are aware not only that America is overextended again, but breaking so many of us financially here at home, so much of our needs ignored with monies drying up...a kind of machine running on, almost oblivious of us running down at home,” Nounnan stated. “This translates quickly into a no-nonsense militarism and control of as many of the worlds resources as possible…then having to learn to live with those post-war years of grinding poverty.”
Along with similar demonstrations in city centers up and down the West Coast, the Eureka march will also coincide with the March on the Pentagon endorsed by Voters for Peace, which begins in downtown Washington, D.C. and also includes the offices of Boeing, Lokhed Martin, General Dynamics and KBR, a former subsidiary of Halliburton.
“The plan to withdraw troops from Iraq is a slow withdrawal that will take nearly as long as all of World War I,” stated Kevin Zeese, executive director of Voters for Peace. “At the same time the war in Afghanistan is escalating with 17,000 troops (so far) planned for deployment, attacks in Pakistan are increasing and saber rattling continues with Iran with threats of an attack on that country as well.”
“All of this is occurring at a time of economic collapse and with a military worn out by the Iraq war. More war will create greater instability and more threats to U.S. national security. The U.S. has more effective tools to resolve these conflicts.”
While not officially on the march’s procession map -- the full details of which have not been released as of press time -- some protestors want to include Congressman Mike Thompson’s (D - Napa Valley) Eureka office at Third and D Street on the hit list.
While Thompson voted against initiating the Iraq conflict in late 2002, he has voted for nearly every major appropriation to fund both wars, and has refused to join other House Democrats on legislation to mandate the full withdrawal of US forces or on bills seeking criminal investigations concerning the initiation of the war or the conduct of military personnel and their commanders for war crimes.
For more information on the Humboldt County peace march, call CPJ at (707) 442-8733; Voters for Peace can be reached at their website, www.votersforpeace.us.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/17/09
By Charles Douglas
EUREKA -- The Bush presidency may be history, but his overseas wars of occupation continue to incite demonstrations the world over, with the sixth anniversary of the Iraq conflict also marked with the sixth annual peace marches in communities across the US.
On the North Coast, Eureka will again be the scene of a protest procession through the Downtown and Old Town districts, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Humboldt County Courthouse at Fifth and I Street. The protest continues to be organized by Communities for Justice and Peace, who claim that a culture of militarism transcendent of the two-party façade is responsible for the bipartisan aggression with both Democrats and Republicans continuing to vote in favor of continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“While it's true how millions have been lulled into passivity (and active patriotic complicity) with the Obama victory, it's also true these long months helped build people's hopes that the democratic process would ‘self-correct’ the horrors of the bush regime,” stated peace activist Jack Nounnan in a release. “The anti-war movement acknowledges all this, wanting positive signs, but seeing the necessity to hold firm against Obama and the regime, an extension of our long history of habitual wars for expansion under any number of labels…surely it must be dawning for more of us [as we] become aware of how such hostilities not only grind on and on, but even escalate.”
Nounnan and Communities for Justice and Peace draw a connection between the mounting expenses of these wars, already in excess of a trillion dollars, and the economic calamity engulfing the US under both Bush and Obama.
“For many generations this has been too harsh to bring up and consider, but more Americans are aware not only that America is overextended again, but breaking so many of us financially here at home, so much of our needs ignored with monies drying up...a kind of machine running on, almost oblivious of us running down at home,” Nounnan stated. “This translates quickly into a no-nonsense militarism and control of as many of the worlds resources as possible…then having to learn to live with those post-war years of grinding poverty.”
Along with similar demonstrations in city centers up and down the West Coast, the Eureka march will also coincide with the March on the Pentagon endorsed by Voters for Peace, which begins in downtown Washington, D.C. and also includes the offices of Boeing, Lokhed Martin, General Dynamics and KBR, a former subsidiary of Halliburton.
“The plan to withdraw troops from Iraq is a slow withdrawal that will take nearly as long as all of World War I,” stated Kevin Zeese, executive director of Voters for Peace. “At the same time the war in Afghanistan is escalating with 17,000 troops (so far) planned for deployment, attacks in Pakistan are increasing and saber rattling continues with Iran with threats of an attack on that country as well.”
“All of this is occurring at a time of economic collapse and with a military worn out by the Iraq war. More war will create greater instability and more threats to U.S. national security. The U.S. has more effective tools to resolve these conflicts.”
While not officially on the march’s procession map -- the full details of which have not been released as of press time -- some protestors want to include Congressman Mike Thompson’s (D - Napa Valley) Eureka office at Third and D Street on the hit list.
While Thompson voted against initiating the Iraq conflict in late 2002, he has voted for nearly every major appropriation to fund both wars, and has refused to join other House Democrats on legislation to mandate the full withdrawal of US forces or on bills seeking criminal investigations concerning the initiation of the war or the conduct of military personnel and their commanders for war crimes.
For more information on the Humboldt County peace march, call CPJ at (707) 442-8733; Voters for Peace can be reached at their website, www.votersforpeace.us.
Monday, March 16, 2009
St. Patrick’s Day Checkpoint On Tuesday
Federally-funded papers check at undisclosed location
Humboldt Sentinel
3/16/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA -- Police officers will conduct a sobriety and driver license checkpoint within the city limits of Eureka on Tuesday, March 18.
Motorists approaching the checkpoint will see warning signs, traffic control patterns and officers contacting drivers on the roadway checking driver licenses and screening drivers for signs of intoxication. Drivers can shorten the delay by being ready to show an officer their driver’s license.
This papers check will occur at an as-yet undisclosed location, although judicial precedent requires the Eureka Police Department to disclose this at least one hour prior to its operation.
According to their release today, the EPD is dedicated to getting impaired drivers off the road roadways. So far this year officers have arrested 72 people for drunken driving.
Funding for the checkpoint comes from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. For information call Senior Traffic Officer Gary Whitmer at (707) 441-4232, or e-mail him at gwhitmer@ci.eureka.ca.gov.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/16/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA -- Police officers will conduct a sobriety and driver license checkpoint within the city limits of Eureka on Tuesday, March 18.
Motorists approaching the checkpoint will see warning signs, traffic control patterns and officers contacting drivers on the roadway checking driver licenses and screening drivers for signs of intoxication. Drivers can shorten the delay by being ready to show an officer their driver’s license.
This papers check will occur at an as-yet undisclosed location, although judicial precedent requires the Eureka Police Department to disclose this at least one hour prior to its operation.
According to their release today, the EPD is dedicated to getting impaired drivers off the road roadways. So far this year officers have arrested 72 people for drunken driving.
Funding for the checkpoint comes from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. For information call Senior Traffic Officer Gary Whitmer at (707) 441-4232, or e-mail him at gwhitmer@ci.eureka.ca.gov.
Eureka Robbery Suspect Arrested In Ukiah
Police also search home of William Mulligan in Stafford
Humboldt Sentinel
3/16/09
By Sentinel Staff
UKIAH -- An investigation into the hold-up at the Harris Street Market in Eureka last Monday has led to the arrest of a Stafford resident who had left the county in violation of his probation.
William Eugene Mulligan, 22, had a search warrant issued for his home at the behest of the Eureka Police Department after officers obtained eyewitness testimony, surveillance footage and evidence processed from the scene of the crime. Upon service of the search warrant in Stafford, more items believed to have been used in this robbery were located, and a further warrant was issued for his arrest.
Not long afterward, Mulligan was located in Ukiah by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office and taken into custody. He is being held in the Mendocino County Jail on his arrest warrant, as well as for a federal warrant for violating the terms of his probation.
The possible connection between the Harris Street Market and Liquor robbery and a secondary armed robbery last Thursday at the Patriot Gas Station is being investigated due to several similarities, according to EPD public information officer Murl Harpham in a release issued this morning.
EPD also identified David Joel Shields, a 23-year-old Fortuna resident, as a person of interest in both of these robberies. He is also wanted for the violation of his parole conditions.
The investigation is ongoing, according to Harpham, and anyone with information regarding these two robberies, or the whereabouts of Shields, is asked to call the EPD Criminal Investigations Section at (707) 441-4300.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/16/09
By Sentinel Staff
UKIAH -- An investigation into the hold-up at the Harris Street Market in Eureka last Monday has led to the arrest of a Stafford resident who had left the county in violation of his probation.
William Eugene Mulligan, 22, had a search warrant issued for his home at the behest of the Eureka Police Department after officers obtained eyewitness testimony, surveillance footage and evidence processed from the scene of the crime. Upon service of the search warrant in Stafford, more items believed to have been used in this robbery were located, and a further warrant was issued for his arrest.
Not long afterward, Mulligan was located in Ukiah by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office and taken into custody. He is being held in the Mendocino County Jail on his arrest warrant, as well as for a federal warrant for violating the terms of his probation.
The possible connection between the Harris Street Market and Liquor robbery and a secondary armed robbery last Thursday at the Patriot Gas Station is being investigated due to several similarities, according to EPD public information officer Murl Harpham in a release issued this morning.
EPD also identified David Joel Shields, a 23-year-old Fortuna resident, as a person of interest in both of these robberies. He is also wanted for the violation of his parole conditions.
The investigation is ongoing, according to Harpham, and anyone with information regarding these two robberies, or the whereabouts of Shields, is asked to call the EPD Criminal Investigations Section at (707) 441-4300.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Drug Dealer Arrested At Arcata Motel
Joshua Gillette already on probation for 2005 hash fire
Humboldt Sentinel
3/15/09
By Sentinel Staff
ARCATA -- Last Friday evening, trouble once again caught up with a man previously convicted of destroying part of an apartment building when his hash manufacturing lab blew up and started a fire.
Joshua Gillette, a 30-year-old Iowa resident, was taken into custody at about 11 p.m. last night, when the Arcata Police Department was tipped off that a probationer with a felony arrest warrant was at the Motel 6 on Valley West Boulevard. He was taken into custody without incident, and according to APD officials, offered no resistance.
On his arrest, Gillette was found in possession of hash, a substance suspected of being methamphetamine, hypodermic syringes, unlawfully possessed prescription medications and materials for drug sales. He was charged with drug possession, drug sales and probation violation.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/15/09
By Sentinel Staff
ARCATA -- Last Friday evening, trouble once again caught up with a man previously convicted of destroying part of an apartment building when his hash manufacturing lab blew up and started a fire.
Joshua Gillette, a 30-year-old Iowa resident, was taken into custody at about 11 p.m. last night, when the Arcata Police Department was tipped off that a probationer with a felony arrest warrant was at the Motel 6 on Valley West Boulevard. He was taken into custody without incident, and according to APD officials, offered no resistance.
On his arrest, Gillette was found in possession of hash, a substance suspected of being methamphetamine, hypodermic syringes, unlawfully possessed prescription medications and materials for drug sales. He was charged with drug possession, drug sales and probation violation.
Balloon Tract: “It’s Time To Build”
Security National foresees final public review stage this summer
Humboldt Sentinel
3/15/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA -- According to the would-be developers of the Marina Center, sited on top of the remains of the Union Pacific train depot on the Eureka Waterfront, the current economic crisis is no impediment to their plans.
Information on ground-breaking at the Balloon Tract will be the primary focus of a speech and a question-answer session for Security National vice president Randy Gans when he appears at the Eureka Republican Women Federated meeting on Thursday, March 19.
Gans, who reports directly to Security National head and ex-billionaire Rob Arkley, has been involved with the project since its inception in 2002. His stated topic is “The Marina Center -- It’s Time To Build” and in this speech, Gans intends to espouse the premise that the final state of public approval will be reached early this summer.
The Marina Center proposal for a mix of commercial and residential development has drawn fire from environmental organizations for its “capping” of industrial pollution on the site.
Currently the 550-plus page document of the project’s environmental impact report is in public circulation, but will return to the Eureka City Council for another round of public hearings this spring.
The ERWF now meets at the Elks Lodge, 445 Herrick in Eureka, where members, guests and interested persons gather at 11:30 a.m. for a buffet lunch, including coffee or tea, for $12.50, including tax and tip. For those only wishing a beverage and to cover the speaker fee, the cost is $4. The ERWF also asked in their release for attendees to bring a postage stamp to mail a letter to President Barrack Obama.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/15/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA -- According to the would-be developers of the Marina Center, sited on top of the remains of the Union Pacific train depot on the Eureka Waterfront, the current economic crisis is no impediment to their plans.
Information on ground-breaking at the Balloon Tract will be the primary focus of a speech and a question-answer session for Security National vice president Randy Gans when he appears at the Eureka Republican Women Federated meeting on Thursday, March 19.
Gans, who reports directly to Security National head and ex-billionaire Rob Arkley, has been involved with the project since its inception in 2002. His stated topic is “The Marina Center -- It’s Time To Build” and in this speech, Gans intends to espouse the premise that the final state of public approval will be reached early this summer.
The Marina Center proposal for a mix of commercial and residential development has drawn fire from environmental organizations for its “capping” of industrial pollution on the site.
Currently the 550-plus page document of the project’s environmental impact report is in public circulation, but will return to the Eureka City Council for another round of public hearings this spring.
The ERWF now meets at the Elks Lodge, 445 Herrick in Eureka, where members, guests and interested persons gather at 11:30 a.m. for a buffet lunch, including coffee or tea, for $12.50, including tax and tip. For those only wishing a beverage and to cover the speaker fee, the cost is $4. The ERWF also asked in their release for attendees to bring a postage stamp to mail a letter to President Barrack Obama.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
High Speed Chase Results In Three Arrests
Suspects in Mar. 6 home invasion crash into former Pizza Hut
Humboldt Sentinel
3/14/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA – A suspicious vehicle report early this morning led to the arrests of suspects Waymond Kelly and Michael Johns wanted in the home invasion robbery of just over a week ago.
EPD officers were dispatched to the 100 block of West Seventh Street at about 4:35 a.m. by an unnamed reporting party, which claimed that there was a white sedan parked and occupied by at least two subjects with hoods pulled up over their heads.
As units arrived on scene, they located a vehicle matching the description leaving the area, and when a traffic stop was attempted on the vehicle, the suspects fled. When it reached Fifth Street, EPD Public Information Officer Murl Harpham claimed in a release that it sped up to over 100 miles per hour.
The suspects’ quick get-away was cut short, however, when it tried to negotiate a “no brakes” turn onto R Street at such speeds. The vehicle swerved off the street and impacted the vacant building which once housed Pizza Hut. Three subjects fled from the vehicle, but were taken into custody a short distance away by responding units.
Kelly and Johns were booked into the county jail on parole holds. In addition, Kelly was charged with possession of a controlled substance. The driver, Nathan Aaron Ruptak, a 27-year-old Eureka resident, was booked on charges of evading the police, resisting arrest, and also kept on a parole hold.
Harpham noted the active status of the investigation into the home invasion on Mar. 6, and asked anyone with information on either incident to contact the EPD Criminal Investigations Section at (707) 441-4300.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/14/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA – A suspicious vehicle report early this morning led to the arrests of suspects Waymond Kelly and Michael Johns wanted in the home invasion robbery of just over a week ago.
EPD officers were dispatched to the 100 block of West Seventh Street at about 4:35 a.m. by an unnamed reporting party, which claimed that there was a white sedan parked and occupied by at least two subjects with hoods pulled up over their heads.
As units arrived on scene, they located a vehicle matching the description leaving the area, and when a traffic stop was attempted on the vehicle, the suspects fled. When it reached Fifth Street, EPD Public Information Officer Murl Harpham claimed in a release that it sped up to over 100 miles per hour.
The suspects’ quick get-away was cut short, however, when it tried to negotiate a “no brakes” turn onto R Street at such speeds. The vehicle swerved off the street and impacted the vacant building which once housed Pizza Hut. Three subjects fled from the vehicle, but were taken into custody a short distance away by responding units.
Kelly and Johns were booked into the county jail on parole holds. In addition, Kelly was charged with possession of a controlled substance. The driver, Nathan Aaron Ruptak, a 27-year-old Eureka resident, was booked on charges of evading the police, resisting arrest, and also kept on a parole hold.
Harpham noted the active status of the investigation into the home invasion on Mar. 6, and asked anyone with information on either incident to contact the EPD Criminal Investigations Section at (707) 441-4300.
Friday, March 13, 2009
HSU To Hold Writing Education Conference
Workshops center on writing in the 21st Century
Humboldt Sentinel
3/13/09
By Paul Mann
ARCATA -- The Redwood Writing Project and Humboldt State University will host "wrt 2 lrn: Writing in the 21st Century," on Saturday, March 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Founders Hall.
The conference is aimed at kindergarten through college-level educators who teach writing.
wrt 2 lrn is a follow up to the Redwood Writing Project's (RWP) summer conference in which educators share their knowledge and explore collaborative ways of developing training for their colleagues. This year, the RWP fellows have organized their findings from the summer meeting and will share them at Saturday's conference.
An array of workshops will feature timely topics and themes that will include Writing with English Language Learners, Technology Trends and Today's Writing Classroom. The workshop Textists vs. Textperts will feature a panel discussion of local K-16 educators and students. They will lead participants in addressing two underlying questions: can the language of text messaging be used in an academic setting and what are the effects of text language on today's writing?
Attendees have a choice of four workshops from fourteen options. Lunchtime will feature two alternatives: an open mike poetry read or a "read around," in which writers share feedback and writing techniques.
Pre-registration fee for the conference is $45.00 and includes a box lunch. Those wishing to earn one-half unit of university credit will have a total registration/tuition fee of $60.00. To register online, visit www.humboldt.edu/~rwp or call the RWP office at 826-5109 for details.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/13/09
By Paul Mann
ARCATA -- The Redwood Writing Project and Humboldt State University will host "wrt 2 lrn: Writing in the 21st Century," on Saturday, March 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Founders Hall.
The conference is aimed at kindergarten through college-level educators who teach writing.
wrt 2 lrn is a follow up to the Redwood Writing Project's (RWP) summer conference in which educators share their knowledge and explore collaborative ways of developing training for their colleagues. This year, the RWP fellows have organized their findings from the summer meeting and will share them at Saturday's conference.
An array of workshops will feature timely topics and themes that will include Writing with English Language Learners, Technology Trends and Today's Writing Classroom. The workshop Textists vs. Textperts will feature a panel discussion of local K-16 educators and students. They will lead participants in addressing two underlying questions: can the language of text messaging be used in an academic setting and what are the effects of text language on today's writing?
Attendees have a choice of four workshops from fourteen options. Lunchtime will feature two alternatives: an open mike poetry read or a "read around," in which writers share feedback and writing techniques.
Pre-registration fee for the conference is $45.00 and includes a box lunch. Those wishing to earn one-half unit of university credit will have a total registration/tuition fee of $60.00. To register online, visit www.humboldt.edu/~rwp or call the RWP office at 826-5109 for details.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
HSU And CR Name Top Book For ‘09
Three Cups Of Tea explores poverty in Pakistan
Humboldt Sentinel
3/12/09
By Paul Mann
Humboldt State University and College of the Redwoods have chosen as 2009 Book of the Year Three Cups of Tea, the best-selling account of new schools established in the remotest areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, particularly for girls.
Co-authored by mountain climber Greg Mortenson and journalist David Oliver Relin, Three Cups is the fourth annual selection of the HSU/CR partnership, which provides a forum to promote literacy and the free exchange of ideas. The forum's precept is, "A community that reads together shares a uniquely human experience."
Both the HSU and CR campuses will host group sessions in Fall 2009 to examine the book's themes. Faculty are encouraged to incorporate the book of the year in their classes.
A fall one-unit book club class at HSU will be open to the general public as well as students. It is titled English 480 and sign-up is available on WebReg, Open University and Extended Education. Small discussion groups meet evenings four to five times during the semester.
The New York Times number one best-seller chronicles Mortenson's failed attempt to scale the world's second highest mountain, K2. Exhausted afterward, he wound up separated from his party in a desperately poor Pakistani hamlet. He was nursed back to health there and he learned that the community could not pay a dollar a day to hire a teacher.
Moved by this, Mortenson launched a humanitarian campaign, laboriously collected funds in small amounts-right down to pennies-from the grassroots and went on to establish 78 schools. He emphasizes community-based education and literacy programs that cater to girls.
Tom Brokaw, the first and initially only donor, commented, "Greg Mortenson's dangerous and difficult quest to build schools in the wildest parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan is not only a thrilling read, it's proof that one ordinary person, with the right combination of character and determination, really can change the world."
The highly regarded Pakistani journalist, Ahmed Rashid, best-selling author of Descent into Chaos, said, "Pakistan and Afghanistan are both failing their students on a massive scale. The work Mortenson is doing, providing the poorest students with a balanced education, is making them much more difficult for the extremist madrassas to recruit."
Mortenson is slated to make an appearance on the Redwood Coast at a date to be announced.
Further information about Humboldt State's one-unit book club class this fall is available from Erin Sullivan in the English Department at erin@humboldt.edu or (707) 826-3128.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/12/09
By Paul Mann
Humboldt State University and College of the Redwoods have chosen as 2009 Book of the Year Three Cups of Tea, the best-selling account of new schools established in the remotest areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, particularly for girls.
Co-authored by mountain climber Greg Mortenson and journalist David Oliver Relin, Three Cups is the fourth annual selection of the HSU/CR partnership, which provides a forum to promote literacy and the free exchange of ideas. The forum's precept is, "A community that reads together shares a uniquely human experience."
Both the HSU and CR campuses will host group sessions in Fall 2009 to examine the book's themes. Faculty are encouraged to incorporate the book of the year in their classes.
A fall one-unit book club class at HSU will be open to the general public as well as students. It is titled English 480 and sign-up is available on WebReg, Open University and Extended Education. Small discussion groups meet evenings four to five times during the semester.
The New York Times number one best-seller chronicles Mortenson's failed attempt to scale the world's second highest mountain, K2. Exhausted afterward, he wound up separated from his party in a desperately poor Pakistani hamlet. He was nursed back to health there and he learned that the community could not pay a dollar a day to hire a teacher.
Moved by this, Mortenson launched a humanitarian campaign, laboriously collected funds in small amounts-right down to pennies-from the grassroots and went on to establish 78 schools. He emphasizes community-based education and literacy programs that cater to girls.
Tom Brokaw, the first and initially only donor, commented, "Greg Mortenson's dangerous and difficult quest to build schools in the wildest parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan is not only a thrilling read, it's proof that one ordinary person, with the right combination of character and determination, really can change the world."
The highly regarded Pakistani journalist, Ahmed Rashid, best-selling author of Descent into Chaos, said, "Pakistan and Afghanistan are both failing their students on a massive scale. The work Mortenson is doing, providing the poorest students with a balanced education, is making them much more difficult for the extremist madrassas to recruit."
Mortenson is slated to make an appearance on the Redwood Coast at a date to be announced.
Further information about Humboldt State's one-unit book club class this fall is available from Erin Sullivan in the English Department at erin@humboldt.edu or (707) 826-3128.
Grafitti Suspect Arrested In Old Town
Eric Scott Howe caught in the act on Third Street
Humboldt Sentinel
3/12/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA -- “When I get out of jail I’m going to spray paint my town again,” Eric Scott Howe boasted after being caught spray painting Old Town buildings, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage.
Howe was caught near Third and H streets shortly after midnight Thursday by Sgt. Rodrigo Reyna-Sanchez, who saw Howe, 28, spraying the building at 731 Third Street
Rodrigo-Reyna was sent to that address after the building’s owner reported spotting someone in dark clothing with a backpack in the alley behind the building, after being alerted by the rattle of a spray can.
“What you consider illegal, I consider art,” Howe told officers, although he had damaged a mural on the Times Printing building on Third Street. Officers describe the graffiti as tagger or crew; Howe isn’t known to belong to a gang.
Officers discovered Howe spray-painted at least a dozen commercial buildings and PG&E power poles as well as municipal signs and dumpsters.
The vandalized buildings were spread across four blocks between Second and Third streets from F through I streets.
Howe has been jailed for felony vandalism and carrying a concealed weapon, also a felony. He had a hunting knife with a six-inch blade and two cans of spray paint.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/12/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA -- “When I get out of jail I’m going to spray paint my town again,” Eric Scott Howe boasted after being caught spray painting Old Town buildings, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage.
Howe was caught near Third and H streets shortly after midnight Thursday by Sgt. Rodrigo Reyna-Sanchez, who saw Howe, 28, spraying the building at 731 Third Street
Rodrigo-Reyna was sent to that address after the building’s owner reported spotting someone in dark clothing with a backpack in the alley behind the building, after being alerted by the rattle of a spray can.
“What you consider illegal, I consider art,” Howe told officers, although he had damaged a mural on the Times Printing building on Third Street. Officers describe the graffiti as tagger or crew; Howe isn’t known to belong to a gang.
Officers discovered Howe spray-painted at least a dozen commercial buildings and PG&E power poles as well as municipal signs and dumpsters.
The vandalized buildings were spread across four blocks between Second and Third streets from F through I streets.
Howe has been jailed for felony vandalism and carrying a concealed weapon, also a felony. He had a hunting knife with a six-inch blade and two cans of spray paint.
SWAT Serves High Risk Warrant In Hoopa
One arrested, two others cited but Alvin Wingo remains at large
Humboldt Sentinel
3/12/09
By Sentinel Staff
HOOPA -- Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office deputies called in the help of their Multi-Agency SWAT Team in the service of a warrant on Rice Lane yesterday, resulting one arrest, two citations and the subject of the warrant still at large.
Hoopa Valley Tribal Police joined in the manhunt for Alvin Lee Wingo Jr., a 49-year-old Hoopa resident, who is sought for an alleged assault with a deadly weapon offense, which occurred last Saturday evening. Wingo is alleged to have pointed a loaded, pistol grip shotgun at two other men, chasing one of them as they fled -- although there was no exchange of fire, the two men who escaped were afraid for their safety.
While Wingo wasn’t home when the army of law enforcement officers arrived yesterday, HCSO deputies did discover three persons, ten firearms and drugs on the scene. These included methamphetamine, hypodermic syringes, marijuana, five rifles, three handguns, one sawed-off shotgun and one converted assault rifle. Two of the weapons recovered were reported stolen in late 2008, according to the HCSO release.
Michael William Logan, 29, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana for sales and a parole violation.
Juanita Wingo, 47, was issued a felony “Notice to Appear” citation for possession of drug paraphernalia, marijuana and illegal firearms inside her residence and within her control.
A female juvenile was issued a misdemeanor citation for providing false information to law enforcement regarding her identity. Her identity was not released by law enforcement due to her age.
According to Deputy Marsh at the HCSO, Alvin Wingo is a convicted felon and is prohibited from having access to or control of firearms -- which means he isn’t allowed to have them kept at his home, whether he was present or not. Law enforcement describes him as a Hispanic male adult, 49-years-old, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing about 235 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He has multiple tattoos on his arms, legs, back, and chest, including the word “Indian” tattooed on his left arm and “Pride” tattooed on his right arm. Anyone with information regarding the location of Alvin Lee Wingo Jr. is asked to contact the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/12/09
By Sentinel Staff
HOOPA -- Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office deputies called in the help of their Multi-Agency SWAT Team in the service of a warrant on Rice Lane yesterday, resulting one arrest, two citations and the subject of the warrant still at large.
Hoopa Valley Tribal Police joined in the manhunt for Alvin Lee Wingo Jr., a 49-year-old Hoopa resident, who is sought for an alleged assault with a deadly weapon offense, which occurred last Saturday evening. Wingo is alleged to have pointed a loaded, pistol grip shotgun at two other men, chasing one of them as they fled -- although there was no exchange of fire, the two men who escaped were afraid for their safety.
While Wingo wasn’t home when the army of law enforcement officers arrived yesterday, HCSO deputies did discover three persons, ten firearms and drugs on the scene. These included methamphetamine, hypodermic syringes, marijuana, five rifles, three handguns, one sawed-off shotgun and one converted assault rifle. Two of the weapons recovered were reported stolen in late 2008, according to the HCSO release.
Michael William Logan, 29, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana for sales and a parole violation.
Juanita Wingo, 47, was issued a felony “Notice to Appear” citation for possession of drug paraphernalia, marijuana and illegal firearms inside her residence and within her control.
A female juvenile was issued a misdemeanor citation for providing false information to law enforcement regarding her identity. Her identity was not released by law enforcement due to her age.
According to Deputy Marsh at the HCSO, Alvin Wingo is a convicted felon and is prohibited from having access to or control of firearms -- which means he isn’t allowed to have them kept at his home, whether he was present or not. Law enforcement describes him as a Hispanic male adult, 49-years-old, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing about 235 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He has multiple tattoos on his arms, legs, back, and chest, including the word “Indian” tattooed on his left arm and “Pride” tattooed on his right arm. Anyone with information regarding the location of Alvin Lee Wingo Jr. is asked to contact the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
HSU Unit Inaugurates Klamath Newsletter
Publication focused on water quality issues such as fish health
Humboldt Sentinel
3/11/09
By Sentinel Staff
ARCATA -- Humboldt State University’s Klamath Watershed Institute, a think tank devoted to Klamath Basin preservation, has inaugurated an official newsletter, The Klamath Current. It is the official publication of the Klamath Basin Water Quality Monitoring Coordination Group, and is available at www.humboldt.edu/~kwi/.
The premier issue includes articles about Klamath River fish disease research, Salmon River monitoring, dam removal and tribal health risks posed by the Klamath’s contamination.
Since mid-2007, the institute has worked with the coordination group to enhance water quality monitoring throughout the Klamath Basin.
The direct link to the Klamath Current news page is www.humboldt.edu/~kwi/?content=current.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/11/09
By Sentinel Staff
ARCATA -- Humboldt State University’s Klamath Watershed Institute, a think tank devoted to Klamath Basin preservation, has inaugurated an official newsletter, The Klamath Current. It is the official publication of the Klamath Basin Water Quality Monitoring Coordination Group, and is available at www.humboldt.edu/~kwi/.
The premier issue includes articles about Klamath River fish disease research, Salmon River monitoring, dam removal and tribal health risks posed by the Klamath’s contamination.
Since mid-2007, the institute has worked with the coordination group to enhance water quality monitoring throughout the Klamath Basin.
The direct link to the Klamath Current news page is www.humboldt.edu/~kwi/?content=current.
Hold Up On Harris Street
Masked men pull gun on market clerk, steal cash and smokes
Humboldt Sentinel
3/11/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA -- The Harris Street Market was held up Tuesday night by two masked men who took undisclosed amount of money. Both robbers wore hoods and bandannas over their faces but appeared to be light-skinned.
One of the men approached the clerk at the cash register and pulled a handgun from his waistband; the clerk stepped back and the suspect emptied the register.
The men also grabbed several packs of Marlboro cigarettes on display near the register before leaving on foot.
Anyone with information about this robbery is urged to call the at the Eureka Police Department at 707-441-4300 and ask for the Criminal Investigation Unit.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/11/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA -- The Harris Street Market was held up Tuesday night by two masked men who took undisclosed amount of money. Both robbers wore hoods and bandannas over their faces but appeared to be light-skinned.
One of the men approached the clerk at the cash register and pulled a handgun from his waistband; the clerk stepped back and the suspect emptied the register.
The men also grabbed several packs of Marlboro cigarettes on display near the register before leaving on foot.
Anyone with information about this robbery is urged to call the at the Eureka Police Department at 707-441-4300 and ask for the Criminal Investigation Unit.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
National Student Award Named For Judith Little
Sociology Association recognizes accomplishment
Humboldt Sentinel
3/10/09
By Sentinel Staff
YPSILANTI, MICH. -- Judith Little, Professor Emeritus with the Department of Sociology, was honored by the Association on Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS). Beginning this fall, the student team winning an applied sociology competition will be recognized with the “Judith Little Student Award.”
Each year AACS selects a client from the community that hosts the AACS annual meeting. The organization or group is asked to identify a problem that might be addressed by a student team of applied sociologists. In preparation for client meetings at the annual meeting, student teams advised by AACS faculty members research the problem or issue and develop preliminary plans. At the annual meeting, the teams meet with a representative of the client and gather more information. After the annual meeting, the teams submit their problem solutions to the representative and to the AACS problem solving coordinator. While one team wins the award, all teams receive feedback on the quality and usefulness of their proposed solutions.
Little was one of the creators of this activity, along with Jerry Krause, another HSU Sociology emeritus faculty member, and Stephen Steele of Anne Arundel Community College. She is currently a member of the Commission on Applied and Clinical Sociology, is the Commission representative to the Board of the Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology and immediate Past President of the California Sociological Association.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/10/09
By Sentinel Staff
YPSILANTI, MICH. -- Judith Little, Professor Emeritus with the Department of Sociology, was honored by the Association on Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS). Beginning this fall, the student team winning an applied sociology competition will be recognized with the “Judith Little Student Award.”
Each year AACS selects a client from the community that hosts the AACS annual meeting. The organization or group is asked to identify a problem that might be addressed by a student team of applied sociologists. In preparation for client meetings at the annual meeting, student teams advised by AACS faculty members research the problem or issue and develop preliminary plans. At the annual meeting, the teams meet with a representative of the client and gather more information. After the annual meeting, the teams submit their problem solutions to the representative and to the AACS problem solving coordinator. While one team wins the award, all teams receive feedback on the quality and usefulness of their proposed solutions.
Little was one of the creators of this activity, along with Jerry Krause, another HSU Sociology emeritus faculty member, and Stephen Steele of Anne Arundel Community College. She is currently a member of the Commission on Applied and Clinical Sociology, is the Commission representative to the Board of the Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology and immediate Past President of the California Sociological Association.
Monday, March 9, 2009
EIR Released To Re-Open 142 Miles Of Railroad
NCRA looking to restore line between Lombard and Willits
Humboldt Sentinel
3/9/09
By Sentinel Staff
UKIAH -- After years of bureaucratic in-fighting and even a public push to rip up passenger and freight railroad lines to install bicycle trails, the North Coast Railroad Authroity announced today that draft environmental documents are ready and funding is in place to restore rail service on the southern end of the Northwestern Pacific line.
The Draft Environmental Impact Report described the remediation steps necessary to re-open a 142-mile stretch of freight rail service between Willits in central Mendocino County southward to Lombard in Napa County where it will connect with the Union Pacific rail network. At first the scale would be decidedly small, with three round-trip freight trains per week shipping mostly feed grains, building materials, wine and general merchandise. The report looks to expand service to three round-trips per day by the second or third year of operations, according to NCRA Chair Allan Hemphill of Cloverdale.
“This 2 volume document cost $3.5 million to complete and painstakingly analyzes every potential impact of train service on the Russian River Division between the interchange with the Union Pacific [Lombard] and Willits,” Hemphill stated in the NCRA release. “What’s clear from the DEIR is that trains will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, take trucks off of 101, save energy and provide a cost-effective means to ship goods in and out of the North Coast.”
The NCRA claims that $35 million in state funds have already been invested to repair the first 62 miles of the line from the national rail interchange near American Canyon (Lombard) to Windsor with freight service scheduled to begin on this phase in October.
The NCRA has applied for a further $36 million in federal economic stimulus funds to continue repairs North to Willits.
Today’s submittal of the DEIR begins a 45-day comment period under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) which allows the public to respond to NCRA plans to restart freight service. A public hearing on the DEIR has also been set for April 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Petaluma Community Center.
Before railroad operations commence, the NCRA Board of Directors must respond to all public comments and incorporate the responses in a Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) which the Board of Directors must certify.
The public can review the Executive Summary of the DEIR on the NCRA website,
www.northcoastrailroad.org.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/9/09
By Sentinel Staff
UKIAH -- After years of bureaucratic in-fighting and even a public push to rip up passenger and freight railroad lines to install bicycle trails, the North Coast Railroad Authroity announced today that draft environmental documents are ready and funding is in place to restore rail service on the southern end of the Northwestern Pacific line.
The Draft Environmental Impact Report described the remediation steps necessary to re-open a 142-mile stretch of freight rail service between Willits in central Mendocino County southward to Lombard in Napa County where it will connect with the Union Pacific rail network. At first the scale would be decidedly small, with three round-trip freight trains per week shipping mostly feed grains, building materials, wine and general merchandise. The report looks to expand service to three round-trips per day by the second or third year of operations, according to NCRA Chair Allan Hemphill of Cloverdale.
“This 2 volume document cost $3.5 million to complete and painstakingly analyzes every potential impact of train service on the Russian River Division between the interchange with the Union Pacific [Lombard] and Willits,” Hemphill stated in the NCRA release. “What’s clear from the DEIR is that trains will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, take trucks off of 101, save energy and provide a cost-effective means to ship goods in and out of the North Coast.”
The NCRA claims that $35 million in state funds have already been invested to repair the first 62 miles of the line from the national rail interchange near American Canyon (Lombard) to Windsor with freight service scheduled to begin on this phase in October.
The NCRA has applied for a further $36 million in federal economic stimulus funds to continue repairs North to Willits.
Today’s submittal of the DEIR begins a 45-day comment period under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) which allows the public to respond to NCRA plans to restart freight service. A public hearing on the DEIR has also been set for April 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Petaluma Community Center.
Before railroad operations commence, the NCRA Board of Directors must respond to all public comments and incorporate the responses in a Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) which the Board of Directors must certify.
The public can review the Executive Summary of the DEIR on the NCRA website,
www.northcoastrailroad.org.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Zepparella: Four Women, One Mission
Red Fox gets foxy next Friday with lively Led tribute
Humboldt Sentinel
3/8/09
By Sentinel Staff
Zepparella intends to bring the passion, beauty, aggression and musicality of Led Zeppelin alive at their upcoming Mar. 20 show at Red Fox Tavern.
This cover band offers four talented musicians and some of the greatest rock music of the 20th Century, and in their show release, they insist that their celebration won’t be complete without fellow appreciators.
Zepparella is no costumed, wigged-up tribute band, says Passion Presents promoter Eric Kinnally, and no backing tracks or misguided attempts at note-for-note replication will be heard. Instead, Zepparella delivers an explosive, emotional musical journey, carrying the audience away on the ride of dynamic energy between the four musicians, just as the magic of Zeppelin resulted in such a combination of musical personalities.
Anna Kristina, the popular Bay Area stage actress, vocalist, songwriter and solo artist, brings her seductive style and powerful range to front the band with consistently transcendent performances. Her soulful delivery is mesmerizing.
Gretchen Menn applies her dazzling and emotive guitar playing to the leads. After her stint as Agnes Young in the top-grossing Bay Area band AC/DShe for three years, and then touring as the second guitarist in the national metal band Bottom, she now takes on the Page lines with an arresting ability that can’t be missed.
Nila Minnerock’s seminal bass playing, dark, beautiful, aggressive, melodic, fills out the bottom end of the band. Her joined-at-the-hip connection with Clementine began eleven years ago in Bottom, and close to 20 trips around the US, Canada and Europe and three records have created the remarkably intuitive rhythm section that Zeppelin deserves.
Clementine tackles the best rock drumming ever written with her own powerfully passionate style, bringing the Motown influence of the Bonham groove to the forefront. As Phyllis Rudd in AC/DShe and throughout the run of Bottom, she developed a heavy-hitting sound suited to attempt Zeppelin. The musical connection established with Gretchen in AC/DShe and the lifelong rhythmic conversation with Nila creates the bond required to do this great music justice.
For some other samplings of Zepparella’s talent, visit www.zepparella.com or check them out on MySpace.
Ledheads can get your $15 tickets early for this show by visiting the Red Fox Tavern at 415 Fifth Street in Downtown Eureka. The Friday night 21-and-over show will start at 10:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.passionpresents.com.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/8/09
By Sentinel Staff
Zepparella intends to bring the passion, beauty, aggression and musicality of Led Zeppelin alive at their upcoming Mar. 20 show at Red Fox Tavern.
This cover band offers four talented musicians and some of the greatest rock music of the 20th Century, and in their show release, they insist that their celebration won’t be complete without fellow appreciators.
Zepparella is no costumed, wigged-up tribute band, says Passion Presents promoter Eric Kinnally, and no backing tracks or misguided attempts at note-for-note replication will be heard. Instead, Zepparella delivers an explosive, emotional musical journey, carrying the audience away on the ride of dynamic energy between the four musicians, just as the magic of Zeppelin resulted in such a combination of musical personalities.
Anna Kristina, the popular Bay Area stage actress, vocalist, songwriter and solo artist, brings her seductive style and powerful range to front the band with consistently transcendent performances. Her soulful delivery is mesmerizing.
Gretchen Menn applies her dazzling and emotive guitar playing to the leads. After her stint as Agnes Young in the top-grossing Bay Area band AC/DShe for three years, and then touring as the second guitarist in the national metal band Bottom, she now takes on the Page lines with an arresting ability that can’t be missed.
Nila Minnerock’s seminal bass playing, dark, beautiful, aggressive, melodic, fills out the bottom end of the band. Her joined-at-the-hip connection with Clementine began eleven years ago in Bottom, and close to 20 trips around the US, Canada and Europe and three records have created the remarkably intuitive rhythm section that Zeppelin deserves.
Clementine tackles the best rock drumming ever written with her own powerfully passionate style, bringing the Motown influence of the Bonham groove to the forefront. As Phyllis Rudd in AC/DShe and throughout the run of Bottom, she developed a heavy-hitting sound suited to attempt Zeppelin. The musical connection established with Gretchen in AC/DShe and the lifelong rhythmic conversation with Nila creates the bond required to do this great music justice.
For some other samplings of Zepparella’s talent, visit www.zepparella.com or check them out on MySpace.
Ledheads can get your $15 tickets early for this show by visiting the Red Fox Tavern at 415 Fifth Street in Downtown Eureka. The Friday night 21-and-over show will start at 10:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.passionpresents.com.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Home Invasion Thwarted By Pepper Spray
Suspects supposedly looking for marijuana
Humboldt Sentinel
3/7/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA -- Police investigators are looking for Michael Tray Johns, 26, and Waymond Richard Kelly, 25, who thought are thought to be two of the four people who committed a home invasion Friday at about 10 a.m. at 14th and D streets.
Three men and a woman wearing masks forced their way into a home and demanded marijuana. At least one had a gun; they fled when threatened with pepper spray by the resident.
Anyone with information about Johns’ and Kelly’s location is urged to call the Eureka Police Department dispatch center at (707) 441-4044.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/7/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA -- Police investigators are looking for Michael Tray Johns, 26, and Waymond Richard Kelly, 25, who thought are thought to be two of the four people who committed a home invasion Friday at about 10 a.m. at 14th and D streets.
Three men and a woman wearing masks forced their way into a home and demanded marijuana. At least one had a gun; they fled when threatened with pepper spray by the resident.
Anyone with information about Johns’ and Kelly’s location is urged to call the Eureka Police Department dispatch center at (707) 441-4044.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Four Busted After Westside Disturbance
Drugs, paraphernalia and brass knuckles discovered
Humboldt Sentinel
3/6/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA -- Four people have been arrested by Eureka police officers answering a Thursday morning call about a disturbance on West Del Norte Street.
At about 7:39 a.m. officers met four people in two trucks at the foot of West Del Norte Street, where two men had reportedly tried to pull a woman from a truck.
While waiting for a warrant check on the driver and passenger of a green Ford F-150 to be completed, Officer Stan Harkness smelled marijuana coming from the truck. Looking through an open passenger window, Harkness saw a plastic bag with marijuana on the seat.
Police dispatchers confirmed the truck’s driver and passenger, Dalina Lynn Cardoza-Sovereign, 30, and Billy Joe Giddings, 29, of Fortuna, were both on parole.
Searching the Ford, Harkness found and seized about an ounce of marijuana and a pair of brass knuckles, which are illegal. Sovereign and Giddings were both jailed for parole violation and having a dangerous weapon.
Harkness next spoke with the driver and passenger of the other truck, Robert Anthony Leitch, 45, and Rebecca Joanne McKinnon, 36.
Talking with Leitch next to the white Ford Ranger’s open driver’s side door, Harkness saw a small plastic bag of white powder in the door’s side pocket.
A search of the truck uncovered drug paraphernalia, including several hypodermic needles and several small plastic bags thought to hold methamphetamine.
During a body search McKinnon admitted she had a hypodermic needle in her pocket with meth she’d just been given by Leitch.
Leitch was jailed for furnishing a controlled substance and for possession of drug paraphernalia. McKinnon was jailed for possession of a controlled substance.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/6/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA -- Four people have been arrested by Eureka police officers answering a Thursday morning call about a disturbance on West Del Norte Street.
At about 7:39 a.m. officers met four people in two trucks at the foot of West Del Norte Street, where two men had reportedly tried to pull a woman from a truck.
While waiting for a warrant check on the driver and passenger of a green Ford F-150 to be completed, Officer Stan Harkness smelled marijuana coming from the truck. Looking through an open passenger window, Harkness saw a plastic bag with marijuana on the seat.
Police dispatchers confirmed the truck’s driver and passenger, Dalina Lynn Cardoza-Sovereign, 30, and Billy Joe Giddings, 29, of Fortuna, were both on parole.
Searching the Ford, Harkness found and seized about an ounce of marijuana and a pair of brass knuckles, which are illegal. Sovereign and Giddings were both jailed for parole violation and having a dangerous weapon.
Harkness next spoke with the driver and passenger of the other truck, Robert Anthony Leitch, 45, and Rebecca Joanne McKinnon, 36.
Talking with Leitch next to the white Ford Ranger’s open driver’s side door, Harkness saw a small plastic bag of white powder in the door’s side pocket.
A search of the truck uncovered drug paraphernalia, including several hypodermic needles and several small plastic bags thought to hold methamphetamine.
During a body search McKinnon admitted she had a hypodermic needle in her pocket with meth she’d just been given by Leitch.
Leitch was jailed for furnishing a controlled substance and for possession of drug paraphernalia. McKinnon was jailed for possession of a controlled substance.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Interrupted Burglary Ends After Standoff
Tou Cheng resists arrest, suspected of being under the influence
Humboldt Sentinel
3/5/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA -- A distraught man who held off police for two hours as they talked him down from the roof of a house has been jailed for attempted burglary and drug charges.
Tou Cheng, a 28-year-old Eureka resident, was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of attempted burglary, resisting arrest and being under the influence of a controlled substance.
At about 4:52 a.m. Wednesday Eureka police officers were sent to a house on the 300 block of 15th Street, where a caller said a someone was trying to force their way through the back door. As the homeowner spoke to the dispatcher, the burglar tried to get in by breaking a window.
When officers arrived Cheng fled to the roof and held them off with a large piece of pipe, threatening to jump from the roof if they tried to arrest him.
As two sergeants talked with Cheng he threatened several more times to jump, at one point running and sliding to a stop at the edge of the steep rain-slick roof.
City Ambulance staff and Eureka fire personnel were also on hand as Cheng finally came down a ladder to give himself up to officers.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/5/09
By Sentinel Staff
EUREKA -- A distraught man who held off police for two hours as they talked him down from the roof of a house has been jailed for attempted burglary and drug charges.
Tou Cheng, a 28-year-old Eureka resident, was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of attempted burglary, resisting arrest and being under the influence of a controlled substance.
At about 4:52 a.m. Wednesday Eureka police officers were sent to a house on the 300 block of 15th Street, where a caller said a someone was trying to force their way through the back door. As the homeowner spoke to the dispatcher, the burglar tried to get in by breaking a window.
When officers arrived Cheng fled to the roof and held them off with a large piece of pipe, threatening to jump from the roof if they tried to arrest him.
As two sergeants talked with Cheng he threatened several more times to jump, at one point running and sliding to a stop at the edge of the steep rain-slick roof.
City Ambulance staff and Eureka fire personnel were also on hand as Cheng finally came down a ladder to give himself up to officers.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
HSU Teams Up With UT-Austin On Green Fee
Survey responses sought from students, faculty, staff
Humboldt Sentinel
3/4/09
By Sentinel Staff
ARCATA – The Humboldt Energy Independence Fund is working with the University of Texas At Austin’s Campus Environmental Center to analyze Green Fee programs in North America. The HEIF is supported by such a fee, which the student body self-imposed several years ago to help develop sustainable energy projects on campus which incorporate student involvement.
The survey looks at general impressions and is to be completed by faculty, staff, and students at institutions with green fees and aims to track green fees’ perceived effects on campus sustainability.
The surveys must be completed by Friday, March 27, 2009. For more information contact the Humboldt Energy Independence Fund at www.humboldt.edu/~heif.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/4/09
By Sentinel Staff
ARCATA – The Humboldt Energy Independence Fund is working with the University of Texas At Austin’s Campus Environmental Center to analyze Green Fee programs in North America. The HEIF is supported by such a fee, which the student body self-imposed several years ago to help develop sustainable energy projects on campus which incorporate student involvement.
The survey looks at general impressions and is to be completed by faculty, staff, and students at institutions with green fees and aims to track green fees’ perceived effects on campus sustainability.
The surveys must be completed by Friday, March 27, 2009. For more information contact the Humboldt Energy Independence Fund at www.humboldt.edu/~heif.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Congressional Internship Open To HSU Students
Panetta Institute fosters “dialogue” and “public service”
Humboldt Sentinel
3/3/09
By Sentinel Staff
ARCATA -- A California think tank invites Humboldt State University students to enter a one-semester internship program with the U.S. House of Representatives, September-December 2009.
The Panetta Institute for Public Policy was established December 1998 on the campus of California State University, Monterey Bay. The institute is a bipartisan study center that fosters dialogue on issues of state and encourages public service.
The cost of the program is fully funded. Student benefits include CSUMB fees, food and housing, a stipend and academic materials for the two-week program. The institute also funds travel, housing and a stipend for the interns’ time in Washington, D.C.
The congressional internships are open to undergraduates in their junior and senior years or in graduate standing when the program begins in September at Monterey. During the two-week orientation, a cadre of professionals will share experiences and insights and teach the intern orientation course. Interns are then assigned for two and a half months to the Capitol Hill office of a member of the California delegation to the House.
Lawmakers from both parties partner with Panetta Institute interns.
Application forms for are available online from Student Affairs and from the Department of Politics, Founders Hall, Room 180 and the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, Nelson Hall East, Room 216.
Eligible students must be first-time participants and registered for the Fall 2009 semester, concurrent with the internship.
Deadline for application, resume and essay is 5 p.m. Friday, March 27, in the Department of Politics at Founders Hall, Room 180. Details can be downloaded at www.panettainstitute.org or ascertained by calling (707) 826-4494.
Humboldt Sentinel
3/3/09
By Sentinel Staff
ARCATA -- A California think tank invites Humboldt State University students to enter a one-semester internship program with the U.S. House of Representatives, September-December 2009.
The Panetta Institute for Public Policy was established December 1998 on the campus of California State University, Monterey Bay. The institute is a bipartisan study center that fosters dialogue on issues of state and encourages public service.
The cost of the program is fully funded. Student benefits include CSUMB fees, food and housing, a stipend and academic materials for the two-week program. The institute also funds travel, housing and a stipend for the interns’ time in Washington, D.C.
The congressional internships are open to undergraduates in their junior and senior years or in graduate standing when the program begins in September at Monterey. During the two-week orientation, a cadre of professionals will share experiences and insights and teach the intern orientation course. Interns are then assigned for two and a half months to the Capitol Hill office of a member of the California delegation to the House.
Lawmakers from both parties partner with Panetta Institute interns.
Application forms for are available online from Student Affairs and from the Department of Politics, Founders Hall, Room 180 and the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, Nelson Hall East, Room 216.
Eligible students must be first-time participants and registered for the Fall 2009 semester, concurrent with the internship.
Deadline for application, resume and essay is 5 p.m. Friday, March 27, in the Department of Politics at Founders Hall, Room 180. Details can be downloaded at www.panettainstitute.org or ascertained by calling (707) 826-4494.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Dr. Jack A. Shaffer, 1929-2009
Dr. Jack A. Shaffer, 1929-2009
Human Rights Commissioner, psychology professor remembered
Humboldt Sentinel
3/2/09
By Sentinel Staff
ARCATA -- Jack was born in the small town of Monticello, New York, to a close and loving family who immigrated from Russia. He and his older brother, Stanley grew up in a world of swimming holes, winter sledding, lox and bagels, and pranks such as hoisting school chums up the flag pole. In the late 1940s he attended the University of Wisconsin which opened his eyes to the wonder and excitement of learning. There he decided to become a psychologist and also met his future wife, Judy Grossman. They married in 1952 and went on to do graduate work at Ohio State University where Jack received his PhD. in Clinical Psychology. In 1958 they moved to Arcata where Jack taught Psychology at Humboldt State University until his retirement in 1995.
He loved developing and teaching courses in Minority Counseling, Psychology of Prejudice, Legal and Criminal Psychology, and the Holocaust. During this period, he also became the father of two beloved children, Wendy and Bruce. During his 50 years in Arcata, Jack was greatly involved in his community, helping develop the first local preschool program (preceding Headstart) and a Community Companion program which paired H.S.U. psych students with a community member diagnosed with a mental illness. He also served on the Mental Health Advisory Board and the Temple Bethel Board. Jack received Fulbright scholarships in 1965 and 1972, allowing him and his family to live overseas and teach in Bangkok. Thailand and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, leaving him with special love of South Asia.
After retirement, Jack was appointed by the Board of Supervisors to the Human Rights Commission and served until his death. He also became a volunteer for the Arcata Police Auxiliary, patrolling Arcata’s streets for many years. More important than all those achievements was that he was an extraordinarily good and caring being who thought all people were interesting and equal.
He is survived by his wife, Judy; his daughter, Wendy Rachael West and husband Andy; his son, Bruce and wife Karen and their sons Joel and Mathew; plus numerous close and family members. He is also survived by his best buddy, Sam Oliner, his dear Thursday night poker gang of 35 years, and other special friends.
A memorial will be planned at a future date. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the charity of your choice. Arrangements are under the care of Paul’s Chapel, in Arcata.
Human Rights Commissioner, psychology professor remembered
Humboldt Sentinel
3/2/09
By Sentinel Staff
ARCATA -- Jack was born in the small town of Monticello, New York, to a close and loving family who immigrated from Russia. He and his older brother, Stanley grew up in a world of swimming holes, winter sledding, lox and bagels, and pranks such as hoisting school chums up the flag pole. In the late 1940s he attended the University of Wisconsin which opened his eyes to the wonder and excitement of learning. There he decided to become a psychologist and also met his future wife, Judy Grossman. They married in 1952 and went on to do graduate work at Ohio State University where Jack received his PhD. in Clinical Psychology. In 1958 they moved to Arcata where Jack taught Psychology at Humboldt State University until his retirement in 1995.
He loved developing and teaching courses in Minority Counseling, Psychology of Prejudice, Legal and Criminal Psychology, and the Holocaust. During this period, he also became the father of two beloved children, Wendy and Bruce. During his 50 years in Arcata, Jack was greatly involved in his community, helping develop the first local preschool program (preceding Headstart) and a Community Companion program which paired H.S.U. psych students with a community member diagnosed with a mental illness. He also served on the Mental Health Advisory Board and the Temple Bethel Board. Jack received Fulbright scholarships in 1965 and 1972, allowing him and his family to live overseas and teach in Bangkok. Thailand and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, leaving him with special love of South Asia.
After retirement, Jack was appointed by the Board of Supervisors to the Human Rights Commission and served until his death. He also became a volunteer for the Arcata Police Auxiliary, patrolling Arcata’s streets for many years. More important than all those achievements was that he was an extraordinarily good and caring being who thought all people were interesting and equal.
He is survived by his wife, Judy; his daughter, Wendy Rachael West and husband Andy; his son, Bruce and wife Karen and their sons Joel and Mathew; plus numerous close and family members. He is also survived by his best buddy, Sam Oliner, his dear Thursday night poker gang of 35 years, and other special friends.
A memorial will be planned at a future date. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the charity of your choice. Arrangements are under the care of Paul’s Chapel, in Arcata.
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