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(707) 882-3126 Issue #92
June 2009
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A Little Newspaper by the Edge of the Sea
Fisheries Reality Tour Challenges MLPA Process
On Saturday, June 13 coastal activists who
have been participating in the Marine Life
Protection Act process will hold what they are
calling the Fisheries Reality Tour. Numerous
locals who have followed this years long process
believe that they have watched as what began as
a good idea has been
hijacked by outside
interests
who
have little regard
for local points of
view. Mendocino
County Fish and
Game Commission
Chairman,
Craig
Bell, a long-time
advocate
for
sustainable fisheries
and river restoration
calls the process “the
worst I have ever
seen.” Yet state Fish
empty hoist at Arena Pier
and Game Commission Chair Mike Chrisman
has called the process the most open and
transparent process ever. Locals reply that they
are the ones getting processed.
Despite the numerous hearings and scoping
sessions, no economic analysis was done for
Point Arena. Input from Craig Bell, Point Arena
Harbormaster, Peter Bogdahn, and other locals
was politely taken and quickly ignored. The
interests of locals have been over-ridden by an
attitude that seems to say “we know more than
you do and someday you will thank us for this.”
Not anytime soon according John Lewallen
who has been sustainably harvesting seaweed
continued on page 8
Moonalice Live at Arena
Theater June 13
On Saturday, June 13 at 8:00 p.m. the Arena
Theater presents Moonalice, a Bay Area rock
band of musical all-stars including GE Smith,
lead guitarist for Hall and Oates and musical
director of Saturday Night Live for 10 years,
Barry Sless of Phil Lesh and Friends, Pete Sears
of Jefferson Starship, drummer Jim Sanchez
(Dr. John, Bonnie Raitt, Boz Scaggs), Barry
Sless (Phil Lesh & Friends), Jack Casady and
founders Roger and Ann McNamee. Founded
in 2007 the band is renowned for their
technological ethos and for their highly
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From the Editor’s Desk
Summer is coming on like gang busters.
Schools are letting out and soon we will
be hosting our inland neighbors in great
numbers as they seek relief from the triple
digit heat that is surely coming.
Local businesses report that after a
disastrous March and April, we may have
rounded the corner toward some recovery
from the economic and psychic meltdown
this last winter.
The event calendars are already overflowing
with fun and exciting things to do on the
Coast. The Arena Theater has two big
events back to back on the second weekend
of June. Some well-known rock greats have
formed a group called Moonalice and will
be performing at the Theater on Saturday,
June 13 (cover). Country swing giants
Asleep at the Wheel will perform the
following night, June 14 (page 3).
As always Gualala Arts has a full calendar
including exhibits by Star DeHaven, P.T.
Nunn, and Bill Apton (page 4). Budding
pop stars will all want to be sure to sign up
for Mendonoma Idol 2009. Tryouts are
on June 21 so get that entry form and start
rehearsing.
Lots of information on the Marine Life
Protection Act process can be found in this
issue. This highly laudable concept has been
put through the ringer of politics and seems
to have lost its shape. Our cover story is
about a local event, the Fisheries Reality
Tour, which should help explain how this
process has been subverted.
The South Coast Senior Center is
struggling mightily to survive. They have
received more cuts than a sous chef and are
bleeding red ink all over their budget. Not
ones to bow to adversity, they are hoping
to raise more funds on their own with a
re-vamped breakfast program that you can
read about on page 8.
One of the founders of St. Orres
Restaurant, Richey Wasserman of Point
Arena, has written a short history of what
has become a major part of the landscape
south of Anchor Bay. Page 11.
Apologies to those who have had difficulty
finding a Peddler. We are increasing our
press run for the third time this month
as we constantly keep running out. Our
readership seems to be increasing monthly,
but that is certainly nothing to complain
about. Thanks for all your kind words and
support.
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Action Network
11
Anchor Bay Store
7
Anthony Rees Designs
6
Arena Frame
3
Arena Pharmacy
12
Arena Market and Cafe
8
Arena Theater
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Banana Belt Properties
10
B Bryan Preserve
3
Bed and Bone
11
Blue Plate Special
9
Body Therapy
8
Circles
9
Copy Plus
16
Cottonfield
12
Cove Coffee
16
Davis Dirt Works
9
Denise Green
7
DuPont’s Mendo Merchantile
6
Frannie’s cup and saucer
10 Gena Davis Optometry
6
Gualala Arts
10
Gualala Bldg. Supply
11
Gualala Supermarket
3
Healing Arts and Massage
7
Jody’s Auto Repair
9
Judith Hughes
10
KZYX
4
Kennedy Associates
5
Kersten Tanner
6
Lane Geographics
9
Mar Vista
9
Mendocino Dog Sports
9
Michael Lopatecki
4
MTA
14
Outback Garden and Feed
13
Oz Farm
10
Pacific Chiropractic
6
Palmer’s
4
Pangaea
12
Peter McCann P.T.
7
Phillips Insurance
8
Phoenix Restaurant
3
Physical Gym
3
Pirate’sCove
5
Pizzas and Cream
6
Point Arena Lighthouse
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Point Arena Village Apts. 5
Red Stella
3
Rollerville Café
8
Roots
5
Sea Trader
4
Sharon Burningham
6
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Skyway Towing
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South Coast Automotive
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South Coast Seniors
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Surf Super
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Issue#92 June 2009
Mitch McFarland: Editor, Publisher, go-fer
Madeline Kibbe: Art Director, Design,
Production Manager
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On Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.,
Arena Theater will present the nine-time
Grammy-winning western swing band,
Asleep at the Wheel. Led by guitarist and
vocalist Ray Benson, this high-energy
ensemble has become known as the
premier western swing band in America.
Through 39 years and over 80 different
band members Benson has tirelessly
kept alive the great musical tradition of
Western Swing giant, Bob Wills and other
great musicians. Long before rock ‘n roll
became America’s pop music, this was the
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weird kind of guy: I was also into folk music,
Chicago blues and country. My goal was to
be more different than anybody, and that’s
what Asleep at the Wheel was all about:
doing roots music that was different and
eclectic.” Ray lists as his musical influences
Bob Wills, Count Basie, Willie Nelson, and
Louis Jordan.
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the Wheel have boldly defied the fickle
lures of the mainstream -- and thrived -- by
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dance music that kept feet moving.
For Ray Benson, the will to play the
guitar began in Philadelphia, PA -- far, far
away from the city of Austin, Texas, which
the Wheel has proudly called home for
the last thirty-six years. “I was born in
1951, and big band music was still very
much around, and in my community it
was still very much the thing,” Benson
explains. “I played bass in my school
stage band in tenth grade, and my musical
director introduced us to Count Basie. My
friend Lucky Ocean’s parents were sort of
like beatniks, and his dad gave us some
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they’ve entertained thousands and won
praise and admiration from everyone from
Willie Nelson to Bob Dylan, George Strait
to Van Morrison. They have also performed
with Lyle Lovett, Hot Tuna, Emmylou
Harris, Garth Brooks, Commander Cody,
and even once opened for Alice Cooper.
The band has been voted “Best Country and
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Gualala Arts Line-up for June
Dolphin Gallery: Star DeHaven & P.T. Nunn
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Tuesday - Sunday
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The Dolphin Gallery will present a free
exhibit of Star DeHaven’s glass art and P.T.
Nunn’s paintings and sketches from the
opening reception on Saturday, June 6,
2009 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. through July
1. Artists Star DeHaven and
P.T. Nunn will show art works
inspired by the light and bright
colors of early summer gardens.
The show promises to be an
indulgence in coastal botanical
exuberance.
Star DeHaven is a wellknown artist in the area, having
lived and worked our of her Sea
Ranch studio for over twenty
years. Though she started as a
traditional stained glass artist
she eventually found the leaded
lines were too restrictive and
conforming. She developed
skill using fused glass and
flamework to create mosaics
that incorporate beads, gold paint, and
metal to create stunning and unique works
Burnett Gallery: Bill Apton
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heart-felt gifts
including beautiful
handcarved sculptures from
Thailand , spiritual books,
greeting cards, CD’s and much
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Daily 10-5, Sun. 11-5
Local photographer and author of
the
popular
photography book,
“Mendonomans”
will have an opening
reception at the
Burnett
Gallery
at the Gualala Art
Center on Saturday,
June 13 at 5:00 p.m.
The exhibit will
remain up until July
5, 2009.
Bill has been taken
by
photography
since his childhood
when he was given
a simple Kodak
box camera as
a premium for
opening a saving
of art. The lively and sometimes playful
aspects of her work may be a reflection of
her love of color and glass reaching back to
her childhood.
P.T. Nunn calls herself “odd” because she
enjoys “painting
and
sculpture
as well as math,
computers and
engineering. My
art friends wince
when I nerd out,
my tech friends
cringe when I
talk art.” This
dichotomy has
led to becoming
successful as a
graphic artist and
a fine artist as
well as a technical
career.
Greenwood Pier Inn by P.T. Nunn
Her subject
matter for this show includes gardens,
forests and an internal landscape or two.
account. This show will feature work from
the entire body of work
Bill has created over
the last fifty years. The
photos are grouped
roughly into seven
categories beginning
with “The Early Years”
from college through
the Army. Then,
“Street Photography”
captures scenes in San
Francisco during the
70’s and 80’s. Other
phases are titled “Travel
and Scenics,” “Art,”
“My Favorite Model”
(his wife Holly),
“ M e n d o n o m a n s ,”
and
“Commercial
Photography.”
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The Gualala Arts Summer Art Program for Youth Sign-ups
The Gualala Arts Summer Art Program for Youth will be held starting July 7 and continuing Tuesdays - Fridays through July 17, from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (9:15 a.m. first
day July 7). The program is open to ages 6 - 12 and pre-school children ages 3 - 5.
Students in grades 1 - 6 are offered a choice of two consecutive classes of 1 1/2 hours
each. Classes offered this year are Ceramics, Music/Singing, Creative Arts & Crafts, Irish
Dance, Culinary Art, and Drawing/Painting/Photography. Pre-schoolers will receive a
3-hour Art and Physical Education program each day.
The cost is $150 per child (several $75 scholarships are available on a first-come basis in
writing with application). Registration begins immediately and closes June 26 (or when
classes are full)- early registration is advised.
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On Monday, June 15 at 7:00 p.m.
diver and videographer, Mark Roth, will
give a video presentation of his latest
work “Diving Komodo Island”. What
started as a family vacation activity has
become a passion for Mark Roth, who
carefully records his twice-yearly scuba
diving trips on DVD. In addition to
revealing the fascinating world under
water, it also provides a glimpse of the
legendary Komodo dragon, the world’s
largest lizard.
The bulk of the video takes place under
water in the Lintah Strait off Komodo
Island in Indonesia, 300 miles due east
of Bali. Mark seeks to capture marine
life in its natural habitat. For him the
real drama comes from observing the
rich variety of ways the aquatic creatures
obtain food, adapt to their environment,
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mate, hunt and protect themselves.
The film reveals the beauty of anemones,
nudibranch, crustaceans, pygmy seahorses,
as well as the wide variety of fish, eels, rays,
octopus, sea snakes, and large predators.
Mark wants to see it all from the tiniest
shrimp to the largest fish, and his videos
capture his curiosity and his joy of
discovering something new.
His Sea Ranch home includes a
separate studio where he can edit his film,
add commentary and dub sound tracks.
It is full of equipment, reference books,
professional videos and mementos, and of
his DVDs, which he enjoys sharing with his
grandchildren. His work is for his personal
enjoyment; the only other public screenings
were at Gualala Arts in 1999 and at the local
Rotary last year.
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Jacqueline Strock & Gillian Nye
Herbalists & Co-Owners
Thank You ! Thank You! Thank You !
I would like to thank my many grooming customers for
more than twenty years of loyalty, friendship, and generosity. Helping you keep your pets looking and feeling
their best has been my pleasure. Breaking with the past
and moving on to new things in my life is simultaneously
sad and exciting, but the change is made easier by the
sale of my business to Rainie Pauter.
Rainie has already been grooming for several years at
Bed and Bone and is skilled,experienced, professional,
and patient with the animals, I know your pets will like
her.
Thank you again, with all my heart. I’ll miss you.
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Page 6 Lighthouse Peddler June 2009
Ever since the 2004 presidential election in which right-wing Christian groups
played a large role, I have been wondering
what happened to all the other Christians.
I know that there are followers of Christ
who are more concerned with his teachings
about social justice and equality than they
are with Old Testament condemnation of
homosexuality. Some are even willing to
put aside the question of abortion (while
not compromising their beliefs) to work
with pro-choice people on other issues on
which they agree.
A while back I read a story in the Press
Democrat about various religious groups
going green with their buildings. I thought
that perhaps I had found the angle I was
looking for, so I dug into the story more
deeply. I was hoping that maybe that “dominion over earth” mentality that has been
used to justify Christian (as well as other)
nations ravaging Mother Earth for the
last few centuries might be giving way to
respecting and protecting God’s creation.
Unfortunately what I discovered was that
it had more to do with the practical matter
of saving money than any big shift in thinking. Some of the groups I read about are
actually splinter groups such as the Jewish
Reconstructionist Congregation, which is
even more liberal than the Reform Jews.
They spent an extra $750,000 on their new
synagogue to do the right thing. Others,
like the 27,000-member Prestonwood
Baptist Church in Plano, Texas worked
to reduce their $2 million annual bill for
gas and water, says pastor Mike Buster, so
that “dollars we were spending with utility companies…(could) now be spent on
ministry….” Oh, boy.
The reality is that only about half of onepercent of the 310,000 houses of worship in
the U.S. have participated in the U.S. Green
Buildings Council certification program.
The more I searched the more I realized
that the vast majority of religious groups
are still mentally paralyzed by the abortion
issue. It is the litmus test for whether or
not you are a true believer. Disagree and
you are condemned to hell. Period.
The abortion issue. Intelligent people
on both sides of the issue can reach different conclusions. The main question, I
believe, revolves around the issue of when
a soul enters an earthly body and no one
can tell me that they know absolutely when
that occurs. Indeed many would argue
even the existence of a soul.
Absolutes are hard to come by for the
open-minded. My opinion (and I don’t
care or expect you to agree with me)
comes from the Biblical concept of the
“breath of life” and the belief by many
Eastern religions that the breath is what
connects the soul to the body. So for me
a fetus becomes an individual when they
take their first breath. Go ahead and disagree if you like, but don’t pretend that
you have some exclusive and conclusive
knowledge on the subject that proves I’m
wrong. You don’t.
While searching religious doctrine
I came across a link to Barack Obama’s
speech at Notre Dame. It did not focus
exclusively on the abortion debate, but he
didn’t shy away from it. This guy is not just
the Chief Executive; he is a real leader. His
speech was every bit as good as his speech
on race relations that he gave during the
campaign. You should find it and read it
all. He takes on the whole issue of how
people with different strongly held beliefs
can still work together “on” an issue without having to “solve” the issue.
Rather than listen to me rattle on I think
it would be better to just end this with excerpts from the speech.
...“The question, then is how do we work
through these conflicts? Is it possible for
us to join hands in common effort? As
citizens of a vibrant and varied democracy, how do we engage in vigorous debate?
How does each of us remain firm in our
principles, and fight for what we consider
right, without, as Father John said, demonizing those with just as strongly held
convictions on the other side?
And of course, nowhere do these questions come up more powerfully than on
the issue of abortion.
As I considered the controversy surrounding my visit here, I was reminded of
an encounter I had during my Senate campaign…. A few days after I won the Democratic nomination, I received an email
from a doctor who told me that while he
voted for me in the Illinois primary, he
had a serious concern that might prevent
him from voting for me in the general election. He described himself as a Christian
who was strongly pro-life -- but that was
continued on page 15
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much to be mended. What really stands out about Skim is the
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weighted considering that local interests
are sometimes represented by largely
inexperienced and untrained concerned
citizens while outside interests, who
are driving the process, consist of paid
professionals whose only interest is to ram
through what is called, in classic doublespeak, the “preferred” alternative. The
Point Arena City Council, the Mendocino
Board of Supervisors, and the Mendocino
County Fish and Game Commission have
all passed resolutions supporting alternative
2XA, which is the locally preferred option
and meets all the legal requirements of
the Act, but is not the “preferred” option
being recommended to the Fish and Game
Commission.
The June 13 event begins at 9:00 a.m.
(low tide) on the Stornetta Lands at the
foot of Lighthouse Point Road. Jim Martin
and other abalone divers will “show and
tell” what really is happening to abalone and
people, with proposed Marine Protected
Areas and Reserves threatening to forever
outlaw abalone harvest in a rare and rich
area. Commercial sea palm frond-tip harvest
can be observed on Sea Lion Rocks.
This area, where ocean fish, shellfish and
seaweed have provided sustainable human
subsistence since time immemorial, is
scheduled to be declared a Marine Reserve
by the Fish & Game Commission this
August, where no human being can take
food from the intertidal or ocean. John and
Barbara Stephens-Lewallen will describe
their forty years of experience trimming sea
palm tips on these same rocks.
“Community Impacts of Proposed Point
Arena Marine Reserves and Protected
Areas” is the chief topic of a community
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here on the coast for decades. Though
the Fish and Game Commission could
exempt his operation, he is being shut out
of his traditional harvesting grounds. Arch
Richardson of Steward’s Point has testified
that even local Indians will be barred from
subsistence harvesting in areas that they
have used for centuries.
The Marine Life Protection Act process, run
by the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation,
has become a state-level scandal, with both
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez and
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger calling
for investigations of conflict of interest.
The Resource Legacy Foundation (RLF) is
funded by the Packard Foundation, which
created the Monterey Aquarium. One of
its former employees, Mike Sutton, was
appointed, it is alleged, to the Fish and Game
Commission by Governor Schwarzenegger
with the encouragement ($$$) of the RLF.
This is one of the conflicts of interest that
are being looked at (see My Turn page 13).
In Point Arena you will hear from
fishermen, divers, and seaweed harvesters
who know that Californians’ right to
sustainably take food from the ocean is
being attacked by the MLPA “process,” for
no scientific reason. Craig Bell says that the process has been
considerably sped up lately as the public is
beginning to awaken to what is being done.
John Lewellan calls this awakening the
“Point Arena upwelling”.
Calls for the halting of the process have
come from various sources, particularly in
light of the fact that the estimated cost to
administer enforcement of the MLPA has
risen from the original $250,000 estimate to
a whooping $25-35 million per year. There
are less than 200 game wardens in the entire
state of California, the lowest citizen-towarden ratio in the nation. Hiring freezes
and lay-offs loom large in state government,
so many have questioned why something
should be allowed to come into existence
when it is not science based, economically
grounded, or capable of being properly
enforced.
Bell, who originally supported the
concept of Marine Protected Areas (MPA’s)
is now outraged by what is happening and
says one of the main problems is that so-
hearing and press conference at the VFW
Hall at noon. A wide range of community
sponsors is expected to share generations
of experience sustainably fishing and
harvesting ocean food. What are the real
community impacts of the proposed
new areas where only taking ocean food
is prohibited, but acts such as offshore oil
drilling are permitted?
Local Fish & Game Commission Chair,
Craig Bell and possibly Mendocino
Supervisors will represent the County
at the community hearing. Point Arena
Harbormaster Peter Bogdahn will speak
on economic, safety, ecological and other
aspects of the proposed no-take areas on
both sides of the Point Arena Pier and
Harbor. The current Rockfish Closure
Area (RCA) off the California coast is
the largest marine reserve area created
in the US. It closes fishing in waters over
120 ft. in depth. The proposed Marine
Protected Areas both north and south of
Point Arena, “boxes in” local fishermen
to near shore areas just around the
cove. Current bag limits, shortened
fishing seasons, the RCA, and frequent
bad weather conditions already make
it tough for the Point Arena Harbor to
remain viable.
Following discussion at the wharf in
Point Arena, Sharon Sutton and Friends
will be providing music, and locally
caught seafood will be served. The whole
community is invited to come and learn
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The Adventurous Gardener
For Love of Strawberries
By Lori Hubbart
“Doubtless God could have made a better
berry [than the strawberry], but doubtless
God never did.” ---William Allen Butler
Fondness for strawberries comes
with challenges. We want our strawberries
free of toxins. We want them ripe, red to the
core. We want more of them!
Growing strawberries is not always
simple and straightforward. In pursuit of
the perfect strawberry, desperate people
splurge on organically grown berries shipped
from afar, or risk the noxious chemicals of
conventionally grown fruits.
Some background information may
help us in growing our own. Strawberries are
in the genus Fragaria, with some 20 species
indigenous to North and
South America, Europe
and Asia. They are in
the rose family, which
explains their predilection
for diseases.
Strawberries in
one form or another have
been cultivated for many
centuries. The common
name, rather than deriving
from straw mulch, may
actually refer to “strew”,
for the way their runners
make the berries look as
though they were strewn
upon the ground.
Modern cultivated strawberries are
hybrids whose major ancestors are F. vesca,
the wild strawberry of the eastern U.S. and
F. chiloensis, native to the Pacific coast.
Though I’ve never tried the eastern
wild strawberry, it is said to have a strong
strawberry flavor. California’s F. chiloensis,
the beach strawberry, is delicious, but with
a flavor all its own.
The Pacific strawberry occurs from
Alaska all the way down to Chile and Peru.
With this wide natural range, northern wild
berries are bound to differ considerably
from those in Chile. The Pacific strain first
used in hybrids was from South America,
and adapted to a warmer growing season.
Plant breeders later used wild beach
strawberries from California for hybridizing.
The shiny leaves of F. chiloensis may make
the plants more resistant to diseases. Its
ability to find water with deep, questing
roots provided another desirable trait.
There are basically three modern,
hybrid strawberry types: Ever bearing
strawberries have three distinct fruitings
in spring, summer and fall, producing few
runners. Day neutral strawberries can fruit
throughout the growing season, with some
runners. June bearing strawberries set
one big crop of fruit in late spring or early
summer. They produce copious runners
and are classed as early, mid-season or late.
Strawberry references disagree about
which cultivars fit into which of the three
groups. Here are some cultivars that are
said to grow well in Northern California:
‘Sequoia’, ‘Quinault’, ‘Aromas’, ‘Seascape’,
‘Selva’, ‘Tribute’ ‘Chandler, ‘Pajaro’ and
‘Hecker’.
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Most farmed strawberries are everbearing or day neutral types. Commercial
growers also start over each year with
new plants. The familiar plastic mulch in
commercial strawberry rows has led to the
wonderful term, “plasticulture”!
Warm weather brings out sugars and
flavors, so we should keep our strawberries
warm. The plastic on commercial crops
holds heat and suppresses weeds. If you can
get clear plastic second hand (and there’s a
lot of plastic out there), this method is worth
trying. They could also be grown close to a
short masonry wall, facing south.
Sand does a great job of storing and
releasing heat, one reason why the beach
strawberries on sandy headlands soil will set
fruit heavily, while the ones in my grasslands
don’t. Beach berries start ripening around
Memorial Day, and many of us have our
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Just as plant catalogs often feature
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The Phoenix restaurant is pleased
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Sunday, June 21st
resident, Bob Carter. This show
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moved to the south coast in 2004.
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This 3 bedroom. 2 bath home features hardwood of their five endangered species as
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to answer questions about their efforts to
preserve these rare species. This show
will run through July. The Phoenix is located on Main St. in Point Arena. For more
information, call 882-1619
Independence Revue 2:
Call to performers To help mark the independent, freedom-loving spirit that defines Point Arena,
the Arena Theater will host the Independence Revue Two on Thursday, July 2 at 8;00
p.m. Come marvel and amaze, entertain, whip your fellow community members into
sovereign frenzy with your independently minded, freedom loving act. Music, dance,
poetry, comedy, storytelling, video and all forms of clowning welcome—maybe even a
fashion show (for real this time)! Acts will be five minutes in length; and all preparation/
practice will be up to the performers, in other words--no rehearsal, just a show. As you
saw last year, this is a true, old-fashioned, newfangled cabaret so come do your thing and
mark the century plus one at this second in a lifetime opportunity! We'll have lights,
sound, video projection capability. Now all we need is performers.
If you have an independently-minded, freedom-loving five-minute act that you want
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When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was
so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old
man around. But when I got to be twenty-one,
I was astonished at how much he had learned
in seven years.
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One Spring day in 1971, Gualala native
Don Holloway directed my gaze from
the window of his small cabin through
beautiful redwoods and down to the
sparkling ocean. He was referring to 28
acres between Gualala and Anchor Bay,
soon to be known as St. Orres, and for sale
for, what was then, a princely sum.
Ignorance being the better part of valor
and with a certain innocence of financial
matters three old friends originally from Mill
Valley, Eric Black, Robert Anderson, and
Richey Wasserman, formed a partnership
and the purchase was made. Homes were
sold, debts were called in, families were
moved into the existing funky cabins, and
a dream was begun.
Originally called the Seaside Hotel and
built in 1929 by Sid Johnson , the hotel had a
general store where the dining room is now
located. There were gas pumps in front, as
the original highway passed just a few feet
to the west of the
hotel. Upstairs
were 10 rooms,
mostly used by
loggers in the
summer,
and
fisherman in winter
months. The
dining room was
in the presentday lobby, with
the kitchen in
the back. Five
small cabins were
scattered around
a meadow behind
the hotel.
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redwood
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interior
paneling, the partners partially dismantled,
then rebuilt the structure. A century-old
mill in Philo was carefully taken apart for
the 10”x10” timber framework, some of
which were 44 feet long, then hauled to
the coast on an old logging truck. After
five years of hard labor, artful scrounging,
and desperate fundraising, the restaurant
opened in January, 1977. And so began the
story of St. Orres Inn.
Many local artists and crafters assisted
in giving St. Orres its quality and unusual
hand-built appearance. Prior to his career
as an architect Michel Wike did much
of the early landscaping. Famous carver
and painter Tom Rude lent his hand. Ed
Hurley created lamps and other lighting
fixtures. Donna Bishop and Anne Kessler
sewed quilts for all the beds in the hotel
rooms and cabins. Annapolis resident
Doug Simmonds assisted the late Samm
Hawley in the design and execution of all
the leaded glass windows. Heidi Endeman
has contributed her incredible prints and
exotic paintings from the beginning. These
contributions transformed a stunning but
empty structure into a vibrant work of art.
As to early history, the property was
homesteaded in the 1830’s by George St.
Ores whose family had immigrated from
Russia via Canada. He built and designed
many of the “dog hole schooner” loading
apparatus along the coast, including Bourn’s
landing just to the South. In 1888, his son
William built the short-lived “trapeze” cable
apparatus, used for loading split redwood
and tanbark, located at Arena Cove. For a
bit of St. Ores family history one can visit
the Anchor Bay cemetery and view the large
family plot.
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Over the years, St. Orres Inn partners have
come and gone. Only one, Eric Black,
master woodworker and St. Orres designer,
has remained from the beginning. The son
of an eminent San Francisco architect, Eric
drew inspiration from the Russian stave
church design of the 8th - 12th century A.
D. for his design of the inn. His experience
building upscale homes in Marin County
using the octagon form strongly influences
his designs. As an apprentice carpenter in
the 1960’s, Eric worked on Frank Lloyd
Wright’s last municipal design, the Marin
Civic Center.
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completion is an architecturally compatible
complex of administrative and support
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Some 57% of their budget must be
raised locally by volunteers.
In addition to hoping for increased
donations, one pro-active way the seniors
are planning to raise more money is with
an upgraded and improved breakfast
service. Beginning on Sunday, June 14
they will be offering breakfast on the
second Sunday of every month. The
new service will include a child’s menu,
affordable ala carte options, healthy and
organic menu items, free coffee and
juice, and monthly specials. This month
features the perennial favorite, abalone,
along with stuffed French toast. South
Coast Seniors are hoping that families
that can will make a contribution by
bringing the family in for some good,
inexpensive food and to share some
time together. Of course, the entire
community is invited to join their
friends and neighbors for these Sunday
morning get-togethers.
In addition to needing funds, the
Senior Center can always use more
volunteers, so if you are short of cash,
but want to help keep the Senior Center
open, call 882-2137.
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row. In a lively discussion, other Commission
members disagreed with Kellogg that
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to adopt, prominent politicians, including
Senator Majority Leader Dean Florez
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Wes Chesbro (D-Arcata), are challenging
the legitimacy of Governor Arnold
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Department of Fish and Game doesn’t
have staff to enforce and manage its existing
MPAs and fish and game laws. “We are in the process of watching the
state’s programs and services being gutted,”
said Kellogg. “Where are we going to
get the manpower for these MPAs? It is
irresponsible to impose new costs on the
state when we don’t have the funds for our
existing programs.” California has the lowest game wardens
per capita ratio of any state or Canadian
province – only 192 in the field. This has
attracted organized crime to poaching and
contributed to a $100 million-plus a year
black market in wildlife trafficking that has
“dire consequences for salmon, striped bass,
sturgeon, deer, abalone and many other
species,” according to James and Andrew
Swan’s documentary, ““Endangered Species:
California Fish and Game Wardens.” Earlier in the meeting Kellogg, the only
remaining Davis administration appointee
and a union leader, addressed the potentially
devastating economic consequences of
expanded MPAs on sustainable recreational
anglers, commercial fishermen and seaweed
harvesters already kicked off the water
by draconian area closures, dramatically
shortened fishing seasons and the banning
of salmon fishing for the second year in a
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Commission was hearing public testimony
in Sacramento about Marine Protected
Area (MPA) alternatives, Commission
Member Jim Kellogg received word from
the Governor’s office that Schwarzenegger
was going to lay off 5,000 state workers,
unless the bond measures in Tuesday’s
election are approved, because of the state’s
unprecedented budget crisis. After the public comment period at
Thursday’s meeting concluded, Kellogg
asked the Commission to request the
State Legislature to put Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger’s fast track Marine Life
Protection Act (MLPA) process on hold in
light of the economic crisis. “We should appeal back to the Legislature
to put the whole process on hold until the
state gets back on its feet,” said Kellogg.
“This would allow us time to see if the
existing MPAs are working.” Fellow Commissioner Richard Rogers
objected that putting the process on
hold would “invalidate” the thousands
and thousands of hours of work that
stakeholders and government officials have
put into the process. However, Kellogg responded that it was
“irresponsible” to proceed with imposing
new Marine Protected Areas when the
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and fundraisers. Kitchen Manager and
volunteer, Julia Acosta, is given much credit
for keeping the food coming despite any
and all obstacles.
The Mendocino Transit Authority
provides funds to help with the operation of
the senior bus, but a 3.6% cut is expected for
the coming fiscal year. The MTA reductions
are particularly difficult given the existing
inequity in their transportation funding.
In 1996 MTA created a formula for
distributing money to the six senior centers
within the county. At that time the South
Coast Senior Center was much less active
than it is today and therefore was granted
just over 5% of available funds. South
Coast has grown to the point of providing
transportation services to nearly as many
clients as any of the other Centers. However,
the existing formula prevents South Coast
from receiving a larger portion, plus total
available funds will likely be reduced this
year. MTA officials are sympathetic to the
plight of South Coast and so did provide
them with a larger bus. Much thanks is
given to driver Ed McGuire for his dedicated
service.
Less than half of the Senior Center total
budget is covered from granting agencies.
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With the economy performing poorly
and government budgets being slashed,
one place where the rubber hits the road is
with the South Coast Senior Center. After
trimming their budget for 2008-09, they are
bracing for additional cuts this year.
South Coast Seniors receive their funding
from a variety of sources and virtually all of
them will be reduced this year, which may
result in substantial decreases in services.
For example, the Mendocino County
Department of Social Services will be
cutting $4500 or 21.4% of funds previously
provided for outreach services.
The Area Agency on Aging (AAA)
currently grants $41,600 for the Meals
on Wheels program and what are called
congregate meals—the ones served at
the Senior Center. The total cost to serve
the anticipated 10,000 meals a year is
about $165,000. In addition to the AAA
contribution, United Way has provided
$3600, Sonoma County something less than
$5000, and donations collected at the meals
account for about $25,000. These latter
contributions have also decreased some 11%
of late as seniors find it increasingly difficult
to make the voluntary $4 fee for meals.
The rest must be made up from donations
Mendonoma Idol Announces Audition Date
MY TURN
By Patrick Higgins
Patrick Higgins is a Commissioner of
the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and
Conservation District Commissioner and a
highly regarded environmental biologist.
On the afternoon of May 11 the Humboldt
Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation
District conference room was filled to
capacity for the kickoff meeting of a new
committee aimed at developing a North
Coast Local-Interest Marine Protected Area
Work Group. The committee is being formed
to bring together interests from Ft. Bragg to
Crescent City so that we are well organized
before the implementation of the Marine
Life Protection Act (MLPA) scheduled
for 2011. The MLPA process will result in
establishment of Marine Protected Areas
(MPA) in our North Coast Region, which
extends from just north of Point Arena in
Mendocino County to the Oregon border.
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economy and quality of life. I am both a
scientist and a conservationist and favor
ocean protection, but the MLPA process is
not science-based and, therefore, there is no
guarantee that it will achieve its conservation
objectives.
The MLPA and imposition of MPAs does
not prevent pollution to the ocean in areas
like southern California, but rather restricts
fishing access as a method of protecting
marine resources. I would favor strategic
closure of fish nursery areas, for example,
because they can provide more bountiful
and sustainable harvests in adjacent coastal
areas. The problem is that the MLPA process
does not fund acquisition of scientific data as
a basis for sound planning and MPA design.
The criteria for MPA spacing is that they be no
further than 60 miles from one another and
comprise at least 3 square miles. A scientific
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peer review by of some of North America’s
most esteemed fisheries management
scientists found that “prescriptions were
pulled out of the air, based on intuitive
reasoning about larval transport and adult
movement distances.”
The California Department of Fish and
Game (CDFG) and Ocean Protection
Council (OPC) work together to implement
the MLPA and the ultimate decision is
made by the Fish and Game Commission
(FGC). There is political sleight of hand
in the process, however, that gives undue
influence to foundations that have an agenda
to close coastal areas to consumptive use as
a way of “saving” them. The foundations
fund a lot of the public relations and MLPA
process through the California Resources
Legacy Fund Foundation (RLFF), but
they also pack a statewide “blue ribbon”
task force that shapes the final “preferred
alternative” to be adopted by the FGC.
This task force was not established by the
legislature when they passed the MLPA. It
is comprised of foundation CEO’s, offshore
oil interests, marina developers and other
friends of Governor Schwarzenegger
and has been inserted into the process
through a memorandum of understanding
(MOU) between CDFG and OPC. This
is a corruption of the democratic process
that North Coast communities will be
protesting to legislators, whose intent is
being thwarted.
The blue ribbon panel recently ignored
the North Central Coast stakeholder’s
preferred alternative that was the product
of over a year’s work. Instead, the proposal
now before the FGC would effectively
shut down the Point Arena pier by closing
productive rocky reefs to both the north
and south in MPAs. This permanent closure
of highly productive rock fishing grounds
deprives this isolated and economically
depressed community of one of its few
sources of revenue and sustenance.
The North Coast community, like other
Californians, overwhelming support local,
sustainable harvest of seafood and familyrun fishing operations. These will be greatly
diminished if MPAs are haphazardly
designed. To read the scientific peer review
of the MLPA methods and to learn more
about why sport and commercial fishermen
and coastal communities are concerned,
visit the California Fisheries Coalition
website at www.cafisheriescoalition.org.
KTDE, The Tide radio, in conjunction with the Gualala Arts Local Eyes Series, is
pleased to announce MENDONOMA IDOL 2009!
Directors Tony Ariola and Amie Heath invited all those who have always dreamed of
singing on stage to step to the microphone and make those dreams come true. Auditioning
is as easy as filling out an application form and preparing a 2-3 minute song that best
demonstrates your singing ability and singing it a cappella for the panel of judges. The
tryouts will be closed, so you need not get too nervous as you will only be performing in
front of the 3 judges (TBA) and directors Heath and Ariola. The judges at the tryouts will
select twelve finalists in two divisions.
Applicants are welcome in two categories: Junior Idol - 9-16 years, & Adult Idol 17 years
and up. Tryouts will be held at Gualala Arts Center on Sunday June 21, from 12:00 - 4:00
p.m.
Finalists will perform for the public and compete for prizes and the title of Mendonoma
Idol on Saturday, September 19, from 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. at Gualala Arts Center. The
contestants who did not make it as finalists will have the option of being part of the
Mendonoma Idol Chorus that will perform at the event.
Winner in the Junior Division will receive a $500 Savings Bond; the adult winner will
receive $500 cash! All winners will make their radio debut on KTDE with a personal
interview and live performance, and Gualala Arts will produce a CD of your winning
song!
Entry forms may be obtained at KTDE radio station, Gualala Arts Center, the Dolphin
Gallery or Aquascape Plus. Completed forms must be submitted no later than June 15,
2009. Tickets for the September performance will go on sale in August.
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Florez said that he and other Senators plan to ask some “very tough” questions of Resources
Secretary Mike Chrisman and Mike Sutton, Fish and Game Commission member, about
the MLPA process. These questions include why the MLPA has been expanded from a
$250,000 process to a $35 million fiasco that is threatening the economy and fisheries on
the North Central Coast. Potential conflicts of interest that need to be investigated include: • the role of The Resources Legacy Fund Foundation, a private organization, in funding
the MLPA process. • the role of Michael Sutton, a Schwarzenegger-appointed member of the Fish and
Game Commission. Sutton was previously employed by the Packard Foundation, which
funds the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation, the organization that is funding the MLPA
Process, and currently works for Julie Packard’s Monterey Bay Aquarium. Isn’t it a potential
conflict of interest for a Commission Member to be making decisions that could benefit
his past and present employers? The Central Coast Fisheries Conservation Coalition has
filed a complaint to the California Fair Political Practices Commission over this conflict of
interest. • The role of Catherine Reheis-Boyd, CEO and Chief of Staff for the Western States
Petroleum Association, a member of the five-member MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force.
John Lewallen, longtime North Coast environmentalist and seaweed harvester, asks, “Is
it coincidence that the Point Arena Basin offshore from Point Arena is the area of highest
oil industry interest in Northern California, and the only tract here now open to Minerals
Management Service offshore oil leasing process?” • The role that Gordon Smith, the former President and CEO of the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company, plays on the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation Board. Does he have a
vested interest in removing from North Central Coast waters the most vocal opponents of
PG&E’s wave energy schemes - fishermen and seaweed harvesters? Could it be that Schwarzenegger’s MLPA process represents an attempt to kick the
strongest defenders of our fisheries and the environment - sustainable recreational and
commercial fishermen and seaweed harvesters - off the ocean to pave the way for offshore
oil drilling, wave energy projects and corporate aquaculture?danielbacher@fishsniffer.
ADVENTUROUS GARDENER continued from pg 9
many books and websites have growing instructions for colder regions. They do all agree
that sandy, well drained soil is ideal.
For our area, strawberry plants are best set out in November, though some varieties
are best planted in December or January. Fruiting is improved by an early chill, and nursery
plants have actually been chilled prior to being put out for sale.
In early fall you can prepare your strawberry bed by fluffing up the soil, removing
weeds and adding compost, using restraint with overly salty manures. To maximize the
drainage, planting strawberries in raised beds is always a good option.
Plant them so the soil just covers the tops of the roots, leaving the crown exposed.
Keep them on the level, as depressions in the soil could cause crown rot. Heavy organic
mulch is really not necessary in our area.
Water strawberries with a drip system or by hand, keeping water off the plants and
the developing fruit. Water is good, sogginess is not.
What about those runners? It makes sense to direct the plants’ energy into big,
luscious berries, rather than runners and new plantlets. Removing the runners will make
the main plants stronger. Growing the runner plantlets on is not easy, as it requires chilling
at a cooler temperature than is desirable in a home refrigerator.
In coastal California we need not prune November-planted strawberries during their
first year, except for pulling off dead leaves. As the plants age, you can try the renovation
method of shearing above the crown and feeding heavily, which is done in the fall.
Meanwhile I still crave the flavor of beach strawberries, but don’t trust them to fruit
well under cultivation. Our native woodland strawberry, a western form of F. vesca, fruits
well, but the berries ripen unevenly when half the fruit is in shade. It hybridizes naturally
with the beach strawberry.
What if I grew some of these natural hybrids like garden strawberries? The berries
would be small, but delicious. Then again, maybe I could use the beach strawberry and
make my own back crosses between it and a commercial variety.
Strawberries provide plenty of opportunity for new adventures in gardening!
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regarded live act. They are known for the special digitizing technology developed by
legendary producer T Bone Burnett for their self-titled debut studio CD and for their San
Francisco CD release party on April 3, 2009, a live Twitter-integrated concert, the first time
that any artist broadcast a concert in real time on the Twitter platform.
Moonalice is a rare band where every member is equally talented, where everyone sings,
and where almost everyone plays bass. With influences from rock, roots, rhythm-and-blues,
jazz and more, these seasoned players are exploring new musical territory with a passion.
They conjure up a spirited mix that is peppered with improvisation and surprise. Moonalice
turns its collective body of experience, ace musicianship, great songs, and love of adventure
into live performances as distinct as they are compelling.
With T Bone Burnett’s help, Moonalice’s tech ethos is apparent on the new studio
release. The band entrusted legendary producer T Bone Burnett to help transform the
highly regarded Moonalice live act into their self-titled debut studio effort. Burnett recently
won both “Record of the Year” and “Album of the Year” Grammy Awards for his work on
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss’ Raising Sand. Listeners are sure to notice the sound quality
of Moonalice, due not only to its sterling musicianship and exceptional production, but
also because it features Burnett’s innovative new XO?E (CODE in Greek letters) mastering
technology.
Tickets are $15.00 and will be available at www.arenatheater.org and at local outlets.
Doors open at 7:00 PM and the Arena Theater Bar and concessions will be open.
ST ORRES
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structures behind the inn proper. Eric hopes to begin work soon on a gift store/welcome
center/tea room alongside the inn. More than any other, this new design will optimize
the flagrant beauty and timeless construction techniques of one- thousand-year-old stave
churches located in Russia and Scandinavia. Slated to be built with sustainably harvested
old-growth fir logs, the new building will be constructed to last at least as long as it took to
grow its timbers, between 400 and 600 years.
One cannot discuss St. Orres without mentioning Rosemary. Rosemary Campoformio
is not only St. Orres’ public persona, but overall manager and executive chef. Her inspired
menu and consistent top quality food service is unsurpassed on the coast. Beginning
work at St. Orres shortly after its opening, Rosemary was the tax consultant/controller,
eventually taking on virtually every aspect of the inn and restaurant operation, in addition
to becoming a full partner in the business.
After more than thirty years of continuous, top quality service to the local community,
and to the world at large, St. Orres remains an example of the best of both the old and
the new, whether it be cuisine, lodging, or architecture, and surpassing innovation in all
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not what was preventing him potentially from voting for me.
What bothered the doctor was an entry that my campaign staff had posted on my Web site
-- an entry that said I would fight "right-wing ideologues who want to take away a woman's
right to choose." The doctor said he had assumed I was a reasonable person, he supported
my policy initiatives to help the poor and to lift up our educational system, but that if I truly
believed that every pro-life individual was simply an ideologue who wanted to inflict suffering on women, then I was not very reasonable. He wrote, "I do not ask at this point that you
oppose abortion, only that you speak about this issue in fair-minded words." Fair-minded
words.
After I read the doctor's letter, I wrote back to him and I thanked him. And I didn't change
my underlying position, but I did tell my staff to change the words on my Web site. ….when
we open up our hearts and our minds to those who may not think precisely like we do or
believe precisely what we believe -- that's when we discover at least the possibility of common ground.
That's when we begin to say, "Maybe we won't agree on abortion, but we can still agree
that this heart-wrenching decision for any woman is not made casually, it has both moral
and spiritual dimensions."
So let us work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions, let's reduce
unintended pregnancies. Let's make adoption more available. Let's provide care and support for women who do carry their children to term. Let's honor the conscience of those
who disagree with abortion, and draft a sensible conscience clause, and make sure that all of
our health care policies are grounded not only in sound science, but also in clear ethics, as
well as respect for the equality of women. Those are things we can do.
… no matter how much we may want to fudge it -- indeed, while we know that the views
of most Americans on the subject are complex and even contradictory -- the fact is that at
some level, the views of the two camps are irreconcilable. Each side will continue to make
its case to the public with passion and conviction. But surely we can do so without reducing
those with differing views to caricature…
And at the time, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin was the Archbishop of Chicago. For those of
you too young to have known him or known of him, he was a kind and good and wise man.
A saintly man. I can still remember him speaking at one of the first organizing meetings I
attended on the South Side. He …(was)… unafraid to speak his mind on moral issues ranging from poverty and AIDS and abortion to the death penalty and nuclear war. And yet, he
was congenial and gentle in his persuasion, always trying to bring people together, always
trying to find common ground. Just before he died, a reporter asked Cardinal Bernardin
about this approach to his ministry. And he said, "You can't really get on with preaching the
Gospel until you've touched hearts and minds."….
Remember, too, that the ultimate irony of faith is that it necessarily admits doubt. It's the
belief in things not seen. It's beyond our capacity as human beings to know with certainty
what God has planned for us or what He asks of us. And those of us who believe must trust
that His wisdom is greater than our own. And this doubt should not push us away from
our faith. But it should humble us. It should temper our passions, cause us to be wary of
too much self-righteousness. It should compel us to remain open and curious and eager to
continue the spiritual and moral debate that began for so many of you within the walls of
Notre Dame. And within our vast democracy, this doubt should remind us even as we cling
to our faith to persuade through reason, through an appeal whenever we can to universal
rather than parochial principles, and most of all through an abiding example of good works
and charity and kindness and service that moves hearts and minds….”
The Marine Life Protection Act process, run by the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation,
has become a state-level scandal, with both Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez and
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger calling for investigations of conflict of interest. The
Resource Legacy Foundation (RLF) is funded by the Packard Foundation, which created
the Monterey Aquarium. One of its former employees, Mike Sutton, was appointed, it
is alleged, to the Fish and Game Commission by Governor Schwarzenegger with the
encouragement ($$$) of the RLF.
This is one of the conflicts of interest that are being looked at (see My turn page ???).
In Point Arena you will hear from fishermen, divers, and seaweed harvesters who know
that Californians’ right to sustainably take food from the ocean is being attacked by the
MLPA “process,” for no scientific reason. Craig Bell says that the process has been considerably sped up lately as the public is
beginning to awaken to what is being done. John Lewellan calls this awakening the “Point
Arena upwelling”.
Calls for the halting of the process have come from various sources, particularly in light
of the fact that the estimated cost to administer enforcement of the MLPA has risen from
the original $250,000 estimate to a whooping $25-35 million per year. There are only
about 175 game wardens in the entire state of California, the lowest citizeN-to-warden
ratio in the nation. Hiring freezes and lay-offs loom large in state government, so many
have questioned why something should be allowed to come into existence when it is not
science based, economically grounded, or capable of being properly enforced.
Bell, who originally supported the concept of Marine Protected Areas (MPA’s) is
now outraged by what is happening and says one of the main problems is that so-called
stakeholder groups are unevenly weighted considering that local interests are sometimes
represented by largely inexperienced and untrained concerned citizens while outside
interests, who are driving the process, consist of paid professionals whose only interest is to
ram through what is called, in classic double-speak, the “preferred” alternative. The Point
Arena City Council, the Mendocino Board of Supervisors, and the Mendocino County
Fish and Game Commission have all passed resolutions supporting alternative 2XA,
which is the locally preferred option and meets all the legal requirements of the Act, but is
not the “preferred” option being recommended to the Fish and Game Commission.
The June 13 event begins at 9:00 a.m. (low tide) on the Stornetta Lands at the foot of
Lighthouse Point Road. Jim Martin and other abalone divers will “show and tell” what
really is happening to abalone and people, with proposed Marine Protected Areas and
Reserves threatening to forever outlaw abalone harvest in a rare and rich area. Commercial sea palm frond-tip harvest can be observed on Sea Lion Rocks. This area,
where ocean fish, shellfish and seaweed have provided sustainable human subsistence
since time immemorial, is scheduled to be declared a Marine Reserve by the Fish & Game
Commission this August, where no human being can take food from the intertidal or
ocean. John and Barbara Stephens-Lewallen will describe their forty years of experience
trimming sea palm tips on these same rocks.
“Community Impacts of Proposed Point Arena Marine Reserves and Protected
Areas” is the chief topic of a community hearing and press conference at the Point Arena
Harbor at Noon. A wide range of community sponsors is expected to share generations of
experience sustainably fishing and harvesting ocean food. What are the real community
impacts of the proposed new areas where only taking ocean food is prohibited, but acts
such as offshore oil drilling are permitted?
Local Fish & Game Commission Chair, Craig Bell and possibly Mendocino Supervisors
will represent the County at the community hearing. Point Arena Harbormaster Peter
Bogdahn will speak on economic, safety, ecological and other aspects of the proposed notake areas on both sides of the Point Arena Pier and Harbor. The current Rockfish Closure
Area (RCA) off the California coast is the largest marine reserve area created in the US.
It closes fishing in waters over 120 ft. in depth. The proposed Marine Protected Areas
both north and south of Point Arena, “boxes in” local fishermen to near shore areas just
around the cove. Current bag limits, shortened fishing seasons, the RCA, and frequent bad
weather conditions already make it tough for the Point Arena Harbor to remain viable.
Following discussion at the wharf in Point Arena, Sharon Sutton and Friends will be
providing music, and locally caught seafood will be served. The whole community is
invited to come and learn what is happening.
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL continued from pg 3
Benson was named the official 2004 Texas State Musician.
Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door, but there likely will be
no tickets available at showtime, so one would be well advised to get tickets
earlyOutlets are Arena Market and Café, Dupont’s Mendocino Merchantile,
and Roots Apothecary in Point Arena, The Sea Trader and Four-Eyed Frog
in Gualala, Tangents in Fort Bragg or online at www.arenatheater.org. Doors
will open at 6:30 p.m. The bar will be open and refreshments available.
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