First it was rezoning, and now redistricting… the issue of redrawing boundaries for Humboldt County fell once again before the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors where they discussed potentia

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Heirloom tomatoes – once found exclusively at high-end restaurants – sit in baskets and bins at Tuesday’s Ukiah Farmers Market.

Meet Susan Adams at the Democratic Headquarters (129 5th Street) in Eureka on Thursday, Sept. 15th from 7-8:30pm. Here she is speaking to Democrats in Mendocino County.

[Press Release]

Dr. Susan Adams is running for Congress to fight for healthy communities on the North Coast. She will work hard to rebuild thriving economies, create green jobs, protect access to quality health care and implement clean, renewable energy programs. She will push for programs to restore our fragile wetlands and watershed, to support parks and open space, and to provide public transit, bike paths and trails.

As a member of the Marin County Board of Supervisors, Susan has a track record of real accomplishments. Susan was instrumental in establishing the Marin Clean Energy program, which provides ratepayers a choice of cleaner, greener, non-polluting energy while keeping dollars in the local community.

A registered nurse practitioner and maternity clinical specialist, Susan has dedicated her life to improving family health. She established Marin’s Volunteer Medical Reserve Corp and helped build Marin’s Health and Wellness Campus. Susan will bring that professional expertise to Congress to push for single payer, universal health care.

Susan and her family have deep, multigenerational roots in Northern California, including family here in Humboldt County. She knows our area and will work hard to represent the needs of the North end of the North Coast.

Come meet Susan this Thursday evening at 7:00 at Humboldt Democratic Party Headquarters, 129 5^th Street in Eureka!

For more information go to http://www.susanadamsforcongress.com/

The Del Norte High girls tennis team opened the 2011 season in the extreme heat of Redding.

Despite the difficult conditions, with temperatures hitting more than 105 degrees, the girls persevered and had several top performances at the tournament, which took place Friday and Saturday,

“It was record-breaking temperatures so the girls were dying from the heat,” head coach Sara Miller said. “A lot of them struggled with nausea and dizziness.”

The Del Norte High Warriors bounced back from a 10-0 halftime deficit to defeat Little 4 Conference power Ferndale 20-16 on the road Saturday afternoon.

After losing to the Wildcats for two straight years, Del Norte made a statement with the comeback victory that it could beat a good team on the road.

Despite its small size, Ferndale is considered one of the best teams in the Northcoast Section. Del Norte head coach Ray Rook had preached all week to the Warriors that they had to play a great game to win and could not make mistakes.

The squad surpassed its one-game win total of last year in only the second game of the year.

“A wins a win,” head coach Nat Parrott said. “I love it.”

Despite too many penalties and turnovers, he was pleased with the way the team buckled down and earned the victory, including the defense not allowing any points in the second half.

The first day, on Friday, was the hardest, Parker said, with Del Norte playing at the gym of host Pleasant Valley. Temperatures were above 100 degrees and the gym had no air conditioning, which proved difficult for the girls who are used to a cooler climate as they tried not to get heat exhaustion.

“It was tough,” Parker said.

So, the chairwoman of the county Democratic Party believes Sheriff Dean Wilson’s involvement in the Tea Party is “offensive” (“Tea Party Sheriff,” Oct. 3). Most members of her party believe the Tea Party is “offensive” because it’s a threat to those who think their purpose is to intrude in every aspect of our lives.

The Tea Party believes that unalienable rights come from our Creator. Her party finds this “offensive” as well. They assume our rights come from the EPA and a gazillion other regulatory agencies that keep American prosperity stuck on its meat-hook.

Debra Broner states her purpose is to “bring information to the voters … not shove (ideas) down people’s throats.” Are you kidding me? I can think of a host of freedom-robbing, tax-increasing, social engineering agendas that her party is shoving down our throats with ill-regard for our personal liberty.

I remember the hard years of market gardening and canning. Years like the one when the grandchildren, the peaches and the tuna arrived simultaneously just as the beans were coming on faster than I could pick them.

Early in September I’d be canning everything edible, planting buckwheat in a lettuce bed, beets where the peas had been and garlic everywhere. Garlic is a wonderful deterrent for many diseases and pests, and individual cloves can be poked among and around everything, especially roses. Garlic is one of those underrated plants like potatoes and tomatoes.