NEW ZEALAND FLUORIDATION
BY DONNA WESTFALL In 1987 I spent 6 glorious weeks in the beautiful North Island of New Zealand. The area around Napier and Hastings is very much like Santa Barbara,…
ORGANIZING TO FIGHT SEWER RATE INCREASES
BY KATHERINE KELLY 1st Meeting A group of seven people gathered for an hour at my home Thursday, August 22nd, all with one question on their minds: how can we…
ROOTS & SHOOTS GARDENING CLUB
BY DONNA WESTFALL Did you know there’s a gardening club in town that’s been around for three years? On Wednesday, August 14th, they held a bbq lunch before delving into…
SUTTER COAST SHENANIGANS
SUBMITTED BY DR. GREG DUNCAN, CHIEF OF STAFF SUTTER COAST HOSPITAL The next time you hear that Sutter Coast Hospital (SCH) needs to downsize to a Critical Access facility because…
McCLURE AND THE AIRPORT UPGRADE/EXPANSION
BY DONNA WESTFALL We printed in Letters to the Editor (“McClure Effectively Kills Airport”) a scathing attack on Supervisor/Coastal Commissioner Martha McClure from a long time resident frustrated with all…
EVER HEARD OF AMPULLARY CANCER?
BY DONNA WESTFALL Ever heard of it? Hope you never do. Not until Karen Black died of ampullary cancer on August 8, 2013 did it make an impact. Ampullary carcinoma…
HELP STOP SB-1!
HELP US STOP SB-1 Remember last November when we the people of California voted down Proposition 31? 60.5% Voted NO! Well, our Senate didn’t like that; so three Senate bills…
