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GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Firkytoodle: Famous Lost Words
Barry Evans / March 15, 2020, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… .”No, that sad old word (probably from Dutch fokken, to breed), heard daily—hourly!—from our Old Town apartment is so overused, so trite, banal, uninspired…I could go on. I am so ready for some new ways …
HEARTBREAK: Humboldt County’s First Starbucks is Closing Permanently on Valentine’s Day
Ryan Burns / Feb. 13, 2020, 11:50 a.m. / Business
… .As for coffee fiends in Myrtletown, there's a Dutch Bros., a Jitter Bean and Kool Beanz Coffee and Ice Cream within a mile of the soon-to-be-closed Starbucks. Perhaps you can share some moments of your life …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: I Got Soul
Barry Evans / Feb. 2, 2020, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… . And there it goes! Depiction of the soul on 17th century tombstone. Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow. (Gryffindor/Wikipedia. GNU license)In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall of Haverhill, Massachusetts, attempted to show …
Terra-Gen Critics Said We Should Wait for Offshore Wind, But Will That Project Spark an Even Nastier Debate?
Ryan Burns / Jan. 23, 2020, 2:01 p.m. / Energy , Environment
… States. (Wind farms off the East Coast can be anchored to the sea floor, whereas our narrow continental shelf means they'll have to float in waters that are 600 to 1,000 meters deep.)Ganion said …
High-Energy Humboldt Pooch Turned Sacramento Crimefighter Laid to Rest After Lengthy Doggy Retirement
John Ross Ferrara / Dec. 19, 2019, 1:13 p.m. / Animals
… .Humboldt County Animal Shelter Manager Andre Hale told the Outpost that before the Dutch shepherd began his 9-year career with the Sacramento Police Department, he was an overly rambunctious Humboldt rescue …
OBITUARY: Molly Nichols, 1944-2019
LoCO Staff / Nov. 15, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
… Pratt Folkins Miller, and her step-father George Edward Miller, all of Santa Cruz; her brother William “Bill” Folkins (Barbara/Myrna/Ellie) of Santa Cruz and her cousin Donna Vogel (Dutch) of Scotts …
OBITUARY: Ardith Jill Stover, 1933-2019
LoCO Staff / Nov. 7, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
… her youth by her parents Jacob (1939) and Dorothea (Dykman) Bergers (1945); and her brother Adrian Jack Bergers earlier this year. She was proud of her Dutch heritage.Jill was born in East Grand Rapids …
OBITUARY: Virgil Euland Thompson, 1938-2019
LoCO Staff / July 11, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
… in Fortuna. He was a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association, the Masonic Lodge, a local Bee Keepers Club, Humboldt Dutch Oven Society, and overpaying under-qualified young men to fix horse fences …
215-Acre Fire Burning in Klamath National Forest; Highway 96 Closed West of I-5
John Ross Ferrara / June 18, 2019, 9:59 a.m. / Fire
… acres. However, the portion of the fire burning south of the Klamath River more than doubled last night, growing to 65 acres. Evacuation warnings have been lifted for Dutch Creek and Empire Creek …
Loggers Surprise Mack Student Athletes Away From the Field of Competition
Ray Hamill / Feb. 16, 2019, 6:35 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
… , and approximately 200 of them were greeted by the Loggers when they showed up. The hot chocolate was donated by Dutch Bros., and the donuts were paid for by the Eureka students. Afterwards, Eureka senior Cruz Montana …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: The Green Man
Barry Evans / June 3, 2018, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… shillings (50 cents back then) to stand in the back. Them good old days. I was reminded of this last week after we’d cycled to the remote village of Richis in Transylvania, Romania. An enthusiastic Dutch …
DEAD RECKONING: Twenty Years Of Marriage Gets You Bone China
James Faulk / Oct. 22, 2017, 6:45 a.m. / Dead Reckoning
… difficult to reach, right? — is topping out at a mere $16.92 per ounce. In fact,the 20-year gift was closer to the price of the 50-year gift — gold was selling for $1,286.10 — than mere silver, which …
91-Year-Old Local Veteran Who Served in Korea Weighs In On the Potential for a North Korean Attack on Humboldt
Paul Mann / Sept. 29, 2017, 11:21 a.m. / Politics
… $40.6 billion versus South Korea’s $1.9 trillion, according to CIA figures – a colossal and probably untenable imbalance over the longer term. Instability is inherent in that disjuncture.The south …
Gone From Humboldt, PenAir Declares Bankruptcy and Looks to End Service in Crescent City
Ryan Burns / Aug. 7, 2017, 10:05 a.m. / Airport
… approved, this transition usually takes 30 to 90 days until a new carrier can be secured in the market.PenAir serves eight destinations within Alaska, including Dutch Harbor, Cold Bay, Sand Point, King …
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: Return to Dalyan
James Tressler / July 30, 2017, 8:10 a.m. / Letter From Istanbul
… on the Turquoise Coast, Dalyan is popular with Russians, English and Dutch, although in far fewer numbers than Bodrum, et al. This year the town seemed deserted. Waiters, wearing white shirts and vests despite …
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: Life During War Time: A Self-Interview by James Tressler
James Tressler / May 14, 2017, 7 a.m. / Letter From Istanbul
… people to “take sides.” It worked for him in Germany and Holland. Turkish nationals, when asked to choose between he – the Turkish president – and so-called “Nazi, Islamaphobic” German and Dutch policians …
OBITUARY: Laverne Cooper, 1931-2017
LoCO Staff / Feb. 1, 2017, 6:40 a.m. / Obits
… OBITUARY: Laverne Cooper, 1931-2017 Laverne Cooper passed away on January 22, 2017. She was born in Farwell, Texas to Edith & Charlie “Dutch” Vallance on December 1, 1931. They came …
OBITUARY: William Alvin Stephens
LoCO Staff / Oct. 20, 2016, 7:36 a.m. / Obits
… chair on his front yard sipping a freeze from Dutch Bros, and visiting with people who passed by or friends who would join him on his porch. He would always wait up for his granddaughter’s bus each school …
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: The Pera Palace Hotel, Revisited
James Tressler / Aug. 28, 2016, 8:14 a.m. / Letter From Istanbul
… .###At the next table, a couple is getting travel tips from a very graceful, charming concierge. From the accent of the couple, they sound European, perhaps Dutch or German. She tells them a shuttle …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: My Friends, the Stars
Barry Evans / Aug. 14, 2016, 7:13 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… .”The Origin of the Milky Way, Jacopo Tintoretto. (Google Art Project, public domain)Nasir’s guess proved correct four centuries later, in 1610, following the Dutch invention of the telescope. Galilei Galileo …
Ellie: The Deportation Trials of the Sun Valley Seven, Part Four
Ryan Burns / Aug. 8, 2016, 12:52 p.m. / Activism , Immigration
… as a double standard on the day of the raid, Sept. 3, 2008. According to her account, two Dutch employees of the company — tall, blond, blue eyes — were allowed to walk straight out the exits, though …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Only Good News
Barry Evans / July 31, 2016, 8:43 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… down with kids, daunting to less-skilled cyclists who weren’t born into a two-wheeled culture. Buoyed by Dutch enthusiasm for my hometown, I spent a happy hour with a camera, reminding myself …
Huffman Bill Would Prohibit Oil Drilling in Arctic Ocean
Ryan Burns / Sept. 29, 2015, 3:24 p.m. / Environment , Government
… to drill in the Chukchi Sea are over 900 air miles from the nearest Coast Guard station in Kodiak and over 1,200 miles from the nearest deep-water port in Dutch Harbor. Specifically, this legislation …
(UPDATED) YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Photo Edition
Jennifer Savage / Sept. 9, 2015, 8:31 a.m. / Ocean
… the big event – Coastal Cleanup Day – is coming up on Saturday, Sept. 19. (Thanks to LoCO for sponsoring! Yeah!) Also, ewww: When someone's littered Dutch Bros. drink spills on your …
DEAD RECKONING: Man Versus Dryer
James Faulk / July 26, 2015, 7:46 a.m. / Dead Reckoning
… cigarettes, and love the sweet sense of comfort that comes from a Dutch Brothers latte, any reduction in expenses is a boon to our bottom line. And having to pay a repairman every time something goes awry …
Your Week in Ocean: Today’s Coastal Currents, In Which We Discuss Big Oil vs. The World
Jennifer Savage / May 13, 2015, 11:23 a.m. / Ocean
… Your Week in Ocean: Today's Coastal Currents, In Which We Discuss Big Oil vs. The World Endangered Humpback whale On Monday, news that the Obama administration approved Royal Dutch Shell's …
FROM THE LoCO MAILBAG: How the Internet Works
Hank Sims / April 27, 2015, 10:26 a.m. / Internet
… FROM THE LoCO MAILBAG: How the Internet Works FROM: Ron GriffithTO: Hank SimsSUBJECT: (UPDATED) Bike-Thru Thief Snatches Dutch Bros. Tip Jar, Gets Caught, Gets Released Hello Mr. Sims, I hope you …
(UPDATED) Bike-Thru Thief Snatches Dutch Bros. Tip Jar, Gets Caught, Gets Released
Mike Dronkers / Feb. 24, 2015, 1:05 p.m. / Crime
… with him near the 1,000 block of Del Norte street. They made contact, did a field interview, and the victim did not want to press charges.” Why did Dutch Brothers turn the other cheek …
Multi-City High Speed Pursuit Ends With Pantsless Suspect’s Old Town Tasering
Andrew Goff / Feb. 5, 2015, 10:23 a.m. / Crime
… into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for PC 215 - Car Jacking, CVC 2800.1 - Evading and CVC 20002(a) - Hit and Run. The Eureka Police Department and the California Highway Patrol are also pursuing …