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Free Hug mobbing at Farmer's Market 4/19

2008-05-09T00:52:33Z

Helllo All...well, it's Spring (YAY!), the Farmer's Market is going again (YES!) and this last Saturday, during the opening of the Market season, I was Free Hugging and some peeps and I shared an intention to have a mass Free Hug mobbing this next Saturday. So if any care to join us, be there before noon and when the noon siren sounds wherever you are, head to the grass areas and hug with a friend, offer someone a hug, join in a big group hug, etc., for about a minute, then disperse or continue sharing hugs if you care to. Bring a sign or t-shirt if you'd like, I'll be there with my sign! :)

Peace Y'all!

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MOO-GOT-2 AND DEEP GROOVE TOGETHER TONIGHT AT THE JAMBALAYA SUNDAY MAY 4TH

2008-05-04T21:07:17Z

WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO JOIN FORCES WITH DEEP GROOVE SOCIETY AND TAKE PART IN THEIR SUNDAY NIGHT THING.......ALSO WE HAVE A 7TH MEMBER NOW....MR BRIAN SWIZLO WILL BE OUR NEW ADDITION TO THE MOO GOT-2 FAMILY...THATS RIGHT FOLKS ....2 KEYBOARD PLAYERS NOW...WE ARE LOOKIN FWD TO PLAYING FOR A CROWD THAT WOULDNT NORMALLY SEE US...AND ARE STOKED TO BRING SOME NEW FOLKS OUT TO SEE ALL OF YOU THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE THERE....THANX FOR HAVING US..WE PROMISE TO MAKE YOUR ASSES JIGGLE

9:30 to 10:45 DJW

10:45 to Midnight Mixmaster Crushington

Midnight to Close MOO-GOT-2

5 dollars at the door
free before 10 pm

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Perverts for Peace Posse

2008-05-04T05:41:10Z

I've begun an all gurl group for Peace in Arcata. Men are fabulous. We love men, but I don't think they could handle this amount of frolicking girly zeal. Think: hoola hooping in heels on the plaza, and Free Spankings for Peace signs. Think: powder puff pink wigs and a fierce attitude. I want to hand out flowers to random people this week, and eat fruit in front of Burger King. I've decided that life should be created with amusement and a sense of the ridiculous. I'm not out to protest anything, though I am vegan and very liberal. I just want to show up and rock in my torn fishnets. Are you feeling epic....... Are you jumping from ledges..... What would empower you t.o.d.a.y... Calling all artists, freaks, frolicers, fools and members of mayhem....

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redwoods

2008-04-30T02:50:18Z

does anybody know whats going on with the helicopters over the redwoods? or the people coming in and asking where the "hippies are camping?" they scared my fiance out of the COUNTY!! weird... what goes on?!?!

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You know you were raised by hippies when...

2008-04-26T23:51:42Z

You know you were raised by hippies when...

* Your name is Sensamailia, Spitfire, Rainbow, or the like.
* As a child, a nutritious snack consisted of your parents "stems and seeds" that were found lying on a tray on the living room table.
* the jungle of house plants, next to the television, served not only as a good hiding place for hide and seek when you were a kid, but they smelled nice too, especially when they were cut and hung to dry.
* when your parents tried to rid you of lice the "natural way," and none of the herbal remedies worked, they decided that the next best choice was to shave your head... which within it's self is fine, but the photos of you running bare ass naked and completely balled, resembling one of the aliens from Close Encounters, is a keepsake that has been shared with company one too many times!

Okay folks.... add to the list... when I thinnk of more I will post them. This should be fun!

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MOO-GOT-2 TURNS 3 YRS OLD FRIDAY....COME JOIN US

2008-04-23T17:12:27Z

WE WILL BE PLAYING OUR 3 YR ANNIVERSARY SHOW THIS FRIDAY APRIL 25TH AT HUMBOLDT BREWS...WE WILL HAVE TEN CENT LURE FROM SOUTH LAKE TAHOE OPENING THE SHOW.....WE HOPE TO SEE SOME OF YOU OUT WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING US FOR THE LAST 3 YRS

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Another Fine Show! - Poor Man's Whiskey

2008-04-22T21:03:26Z

This is for anyone who digs good Americana/Bluegrass/Rock and Roll,
Poor Man's Whiskey, a band out of the bay is coming to Humboldt for their first time ever on
Thursday April 24th. Come out and boogie to some fine music! You may have seen them at
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass last year in SF, good times!

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Man playing violin in the forest

2008-04-21T05:07:03Z

Does anyone know him? I've seen him several times in town and he creeps me out because he only talks to my toddler. I don't like the way he looks at her.

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FREEdom Brigade

2008-04-19T21:56:11Z

Recently a friend of mine went through a painful breakup, involving the usual- anger and betrayal. I found myself asking her to redirect her attention, to consider what she could do in order to empower herself.

I was surprised to find that I had a deep need to ask myself the same question, not because my intimate relationships lacked love, but because I had been hiding my beauty and my power for so long, waiting for permission to be happy, to be good enough.

My intention, and my hope, is to create a powerful environment in support of personal freedom, autonomy, and change, in whatever individual form it manifests.

I've noticed that sometimes people have a vested interest in our remaining the same. Maybe because they benefit, or because, if we change, they need to look at their own lives.

I want to learn to play again. I want to reclaim my vulnerability as strength, and I want meaningful relationships that stand for something essential.

Someone said that this town opens your heart a little bit. I think maybe he was right.
I bought a sparkly pink hoola hoop yesterday. Come l.o.v.e. and p.l.a.y. with me.

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all ages eletronic music and amazing visual pleasures

2008-04-18T01:02:50Z

tonight at the accident gallery in Eureka.
8p to 1a
happy hour from 8-9,
two- three dollars for entry
very very chill vibe because these events haven't been "blown up" yet...
bring yer friends and check out the art, live visuals, and music.

can you really afford not to?

happening every third thursday...

PS These are NOT deep groove parties.

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18+ Sk8 Night 4/16/08

2008-04-15T20:48:40Z

Adult Night Sk8
BlueLake Roller Rink
6:30-9:00 5$ 18+
312 Railroad Ave
(707)668-5932
inlines welcome quads preferred

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co-op

2008-04-13T16:57:07Z

could anyone check the board at the co-op for me from time to time for housing? im trying to get my family back to arcata mid-may-early-june, and i know the board can be useful, but its hard to read from jersey. looking for 1-2 bedroom house or duplex( or studio cottage) with yard and pets ok. 700$ or less plus utilities. if you know a situation too, let me know. arcata/blue lake/willow creek/ mckinleyville. thanks kidds!! Jamie and baby Irie

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housing??

2008-04-13T16:52:28Z

moving back to arcata mid may-early june with my fiance, new baby, and dog. finding housing is hard!!! 1-2 bedrooms... $700?? anyone help?? also, looking for a job for my fiance asap (hes there now). he has no id, so looking for under the table.

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Gyno?

2008-04-13T02:31:18Z

I'm looking for a good gynecologist. I have endometriosis, and would really love to find a caring woman who is willing to sit down and discuss my options with me. The pain is getting to a point where I can't ignore it anymore, and I have a ton of questions about the different ways of dealing with this problem.

I'd love to get some of you ladies opinions on your ob/gyns, or ones that you know of and have heard are great.

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Only in Arcata...

2008-04-10T00:37:00Z

Only in Arcata...
there are daily occurencess in this village of ours that quickly become the stuff that legends are made of. For truly, things that happen in our little home town, can be obscure, quirky, amazing, funny, awsome, and sorrowful... most are ,more than likely, purely humboldt phenomenons. I like to find the irony and laughter in life... because more often than not, life has a way of kicing in your teeth... so smile while ya still got some left!

Okay... so what is an "Only in Arcata" moment... well some of my examples include...
I recently witnessed a woman chasing a runnaway baby carriage... this was concerning... but not as strange as the man who jumped out of the van that the woman had jumped out of... he looked at me, as I was driving by, like I was some kind of alien...all the while with full out clown face on... red nose and lips and all!

The next day... in the very same spot... an older woman... obviously one of the done tribe.... had all of her worldly belongings spread out in a circle on the sidewalk... as she proceeded to change her clothes...on a busiy corner off Giuntoli Rd.

Years ago... I lived in an apartment with a big back yard. One day, I looked out the back door, and there was a woman? man? not realy sure... sitting on my poarch... with no pants and a sesamy street doll!

Okay... another one... recently witnessed a man trying to open his canned goods ( I think ) by rubbing them against a street curb.

I know that people have even better ones... So give me back an "Only in Arcata" moment

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Room Available, School Rd. McKinleyville

2008-04-01T03:50:27Z

$375/month + utilities + $250 deposit. Awesome room with additional small storage shed, in a 3 bdrm house. Off Hwy 101 School Rd. exit and close to Hammond Trail. Only 10 minutes to HSU. Available December 20, but we 're flexible. Share with 2 down to earth, fun loving women who love to firedance. We also have 5 geckos, 2 doves, 2 cats, 1 dog, 1 turtle, and lots of plants. House has a sun room and lots of garden space. Sorry no more dogs or cats or cigarette smokers. Call 840-0697 or reply to post.

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Room Opening Up

2008-04-01T03:28:27Z

Hello Arcata!

I have a room opening up in my 2 bedroom townhouse. I am looking for a liberal-minded and active individual, male or female, student or not, to share space with. If you or anyone you know is looking for a place (lease is up in July/august but may be extended) then please contact me at my tribe addy. Thank you!

Danni Joy

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Freebie Intro Massage still available!

2008-03-30T14:56:50Z

Hi all. I attained my new office for massage here in Arcata not long ago and I'm getting the word out by offering a free 25 minute massage as an intro for anyone who's interested. If you'd like a full hour, I have an intro price of $39. Plenty of experience, 7 years working in the field, and my fav is deep tissue definately! Totally professional, licensed, and insured.

Daven Tyler
(760) 310-2679
daventyler@live.com
http://www.arcatatherapy.com

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Coming home!

2008-03-25T20:49:05Z

I'm coming up to Arcata to visit for Easter. Bit of a family gathering. I moved up to Arcata in 1975, when I was just a kid, from LA. I went to Arcata High and then left as soon as I could get away from my mother, she's a bit violent! (she just moved to Eureka, to a retirement home of some sort).

Anyhow, I was planning to come up to visit my son, who happens to be attending HSU, and I wanted to scout around for places that might be open to having me give an introductory talk about my play-shops for Trauma Survivors. If anyone is interested, please send me a PM and we'll go from there. I plan to be up in Arcata by the evening of the 22nd, and will stay through at least the middle of that week, if not till the following weekend! Lots of catching up to do in my old stomping grounds!

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Work for Skeye?

2008-03-24T22:22:31Z

Posted this in 'listings', but figured it couldn't hurt to post here as well. Let me know if you think so. :)

I am looking for work here in Arcata and figured to put the word out to my fellow Tribbles. :)

Work/Life experience
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I am artistically inclined: graduated Art Scholar of my high school ('85), couple quarters in Art Institute of Seattle ('85-'86), but generally 'self taught' exploring art styles and mediums. I Worked for Meng associates architectual firm in Seattle ('87) as an office/architectual assistant: copying and assembling project books; applying press lettering and hand lettering to books and plans; organizing and filing papers, plans and projects; running errands/delivering plans; filled in at front desk on phones and greeting clients; taking messages; doing call backs; typing and filing papers.

I am starting to learn art programs, self teaching on Adobe Illustrator and on Linux's Gimp. May have Photoshop 7 soon! I am excited about this, but need to find a used Wacom or digital artpad I can utilize. I enjoy designing graphics for lettering/logos and draw in styles from cartoon to life drawing. Various projects I have done: graphics for a friend's tattoo, simple story board displays for a friend's screenplay submission, cover art for a friend's local (Ashland) fantasy magazine and art for a friend's Sci-Fi role playing game.

Worked many years in the service industry. Too many restaurants to list, but only one short stint at a 'fast food' restaurant: Dairy Queen('cured' me of ever doing that again), the rest ranged from a family owned restaurant serving traditional Jewish meals and other healthy selections to a fine dining French restaurant.

Various positions: opening prep/setup, line/prep chef, dishwasher, waitstaff, cashier, janitorial, closing.

Play theatres:
Oregon Cabaret Theatre - box office, wait/barback, manager's assistant (seasonally '88-'92)

AHA! Theater - sound/lighting tech, stage manager/poster designer ('94)

Oregon Shakespeare Festival - set shifting: set up and breaking down of sets between shows. ('90&'93)

Movie theaters:
Varsity Theater of Ashland - snackbar/cashier (periodically '88-'92)

Deli/Foodstores:

Ralph's Deli in Seattle - deli prep/server/cashier ('89)

The Good Earth natural foodstore in Fairfax, CA - Cashier - Cashiering/stocking/cleaning ('94)

I have worked as an assistant preschool teacher in Ashland, Oregon:

Kid's House preschool('97-'98)
the YMCA('98-'99)
Headstart('99-2000) preschools. (bus driver and teacher's assistant)

Various duties: daily planning and setting up of activities, snack/meal preparation, routine daily and monthly cleaning projects, logging notable child behavior for consideration, communicating with parents and attending to the overall physical/mental/emotional well being of the children.

I have references for housesitting(+cleaning)/petsitting (aprox. 3-4 yrs experience '01-'06).

Various duties: feeding/walking/playing with animals, taking to vets and administering of medicines/care if needed, plant/garden care, collecting of mail, and doing a thorough cleaning job before clients return, leaving it, usually, more clean than when started.

Have moderate skills with computers, can 'get around' and operate(or easily figure out) most programs(not a 'geek', but recently acquired digital 'books' for many programs and a lot of computer info) and extensive internet and web browser experience. I can offer instruction in these, plus organization and navigation on operating systems.

Have landscaping/carpentry assistance experience: I assisted my mother that owned and operated a landscaping business when I was a teenager and have worked in this field off and on of over the years. I have done many big landscaping projects, just none on my own. I can't say I have the learned knowledge of plants, but I feel an affinity for the work, can follow directions, and if the projects not too big can probably figure it out.

Have assisted friends and family with their carpentry businesses and projects. Basically, I can measure, saw, hammer and lift, just not someone that has enough knowledge to do projects on my own. I am not a professional, so I don't have any major tools, just regular household ones: small hammers, screwdrivers, saw, shovel, pitchfork, hand clippers, gloves, etc.

I have been a part and full time live-in caregiver for friends. Part time was paid through the state of Oregon, full time was purely volunteer with a small stipend for 3-4 months during the summer of '06. Both people for whom I work have moved away, one back to Israel and the other to a caregiving home in Iowa. I may be able to get in touch with the second friend for a reference.

Various duties: meal prep; cleaning (washing of bedding and clothes, bathrooms/kitchens/household, etc.); care of animals; watering plants/garden; going on errands alone and together (food shopping, picking up medications, etc.); taking to appointments (doctors, YMCA, etc.); assisting with entering/exiting of vehicles, wheelchair operation, bathing; organizing cupboards and home; taking out trash and recycling and odd jobs.

Have volunteered with free meal kitchens and food pantries that feed the community and are operating by donation/volunteer work only: Food Not Bombs, Food For People, a variety of other 'free meal' programs in the Ashland area.

Various duties: collecting, sorting and prepping/cooking food, serving food, organizing and storing food in pantries, cleaning of facilities (sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, washing/storing dishes, etc.)

No vehicle or driver's license.
Pay/worktrade negotionable.

So, if you feel I could be of any assistance for you or someone you know please contact Skeye at:

http://www.anonomi.com/skeye1 or 707)826-7617

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Awaken to Your Higher Purpose Online Classes w/Eckhardt Tolle & Oprah Winfrey

2008-03-21T23:20:50Z

Must sign up at www.oprah.com, free classes begin tonight, apologies on late notice, just discovered same for myself:

A class that goes along w/Eckhardt Tolle's book of same name.

Looks like a very positive event that can help us find our Higher Purpose as well as aid us in Healing Our Planet in futuretime.

Enjoy.

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Need a Death Cab for Cutie ticket

2008-03-13T17:12:40Z

Damn! Waited too long again. Anyone have an extra that I can take off your hands?

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Humboldt Juggling Festival needs volunteers!!!!! , March 14-16

2008-03-12T06:01:22Z

Hello Everybody! If you like juggling, and if you like living in Humboldt, come support your community and friendly local jugglers by donating a few hours of your time at our info table at the 8th Annual Humboldt juggling and Unicycle Festival this weekend. We need folks to help us sell raffle and public show tickets and shirts, as well as help during the public show. In exchange for at least 3 donated hours, you will get a FREE TICKET to the public Juggling Show, to be held at 7pm on Saturday Night. We also need volunteers in the 'construction zone', a learning area within the festival. We will need Volunteers from 2pm-12am Friday, and from 9am-12am Saturday & Sunday. Please Help us out, Its gonna be a rockin good time with lots of crazy great juggling!!!
If interested, contact me, Annie, @ squirrellbomb@hotmail.com.
Hope to see you all there!
Thanks!

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Adult Night Skate 3/5/08

2008-03-06T01:53:16Z

Big kids night @
The Blue Lake Roller Rink
6:30-9:00 pm 18+ 5$
live djs
inlines welcome
707-668-5932

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Additional INfo on Interstella

2008-03-05T19:50:02Z

FYI, I accidently posted an outdated party announcement from someone in San Francisco.
Admission is $10 with a costume/$20 without.
I'm vj-ing as well as editing a custom loop for the chill area.

Come out ya'll. This is a great time to connect with a bunch of beautiful people from San Francisco.

~Peace and Love all.

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1989 dogde conversion van trade for fuel efficient 4 door somethin or other....(or van for sale)

2008-03-03T22:41:31Z

i need a car to go to school, something safe for my family.....van is great, has a coupla quirkies but would be great for traveling/live-in situation. very fun to own and operate. also i am considering selling it. contact me for details. blessings all!

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Dali Lama Calls Peace Gathering - Seattle

2008-03-03T13:34:41Z

The Dali Lama Calls Peace Gathering - Seattle - April 10th-15th.

More information to come.

Just wanted to let folks now that might be interested.

Cheers.

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KRFH tribe Alumni UNITE!!!!

2008-02-23T21:52:00Z

a brand new tribe for those who were or are a part of KRFH.NET 610 AM Student Run Radio

please sign up if thats you

http://www.tribes.tribe.net/krfh

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All ages Dancing at Accident Gallery , Thursday 2-21-08

2008-02-23T01:43:59Z

All ages Dancing at Accident Gallery , Thursday 2-21-08
DJ Echo
DJ Watts
VJ Rhett
Special guest DJ Matt for chill hour.
Full audio/video immersion gauaranteed every time!

Live Painting from Vida and Anna C

8-9 chill hour /happy hour $2 admission $2 drinks
after nine $3 drinks $4 admission

Third Thursdays at Accident Gallery, e210 C st. Old Town, Eureka.

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extra devil makes 3 ticket?

2008-02-20T15:20:51Z

Anyone have an extra for this Friday's show? if so, please let me know.

Thanks!

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Compost Piles?

2008-02-19T20:41:18Z

Does anyone have or know of a compost bin I can put my compost into once a week?
I live in an apartment but I'm still in the habit of saving my compost. It's beautifull all 100% uncooked compost all the time.

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MTV.com / YouTube Dialogue Commentary re: Obama or Hillary

2008-02-03T15:18:21Z

Last night's Youth Dialogue should be enough for anyone to realize that Obama is the only choice on the Democratic side.

Hilary should be totally embarrased after obviously showing up both late and tipsy from AZ - I gather she's going to the game on this Sunday before SuperTuesday where Obama and his peeps are out campaigning and getting out the vote. In addition, shortly after she came on, after being late, I noticed more than one minor change in statements he had just made prior to her arrival via Sat. unlike Barack who was there to answer questions "Johnny On the Spot;" granted after the ? started to flow she did a okay job of answering same. I immediately wondered if she was late because she had been reading his ongoing transcript of his comments only minutes before she appeared. Not to say I wouldn't do the same if I were the running mate but I'd def. avoiding quoting and adding on just another level of reality as she did when it came to Students both in/out of college.

However, my ? is this, would you want a Dedicated person such as Obama or another round of Washington As Usual.

Also, Dem's, it's been noted that Hilary has a strong hold on the moderate and conservative pop even here in California - could that be because she at one point and time was President of the Young Republicans at Wesleyan College (see this month's issue of Rolling Stone for article).
Bygonez.

So, will it be a dependable experienced Jr. Senator who avoids Lobbiest and Extreme Campaign donations in favor of most $100 or less donations from folks like ourselves.

Anyway, I'd ask that you really consider the realities facing us here.

Also, remember as you make your decision or even go back and watch a review of the early debates on C-Span where it was she who started the "dirty tactics," oriented campaign until someone had to tell her to "tone it down."

To me the answer is clear & you?

And it's true, "The End Really Is Near" - Vote '08
so we can have a Divine 09 & a world of diplomacy instead of unilateral offense against Nations that have done us no harm nor even have made direct threats. To this end, I encourage all of you to think long and hard the next few days b4 casting your vote this SuperTuesday.

In closing, let me say I'm no angel and I plan on partying quite hard tomorrow night at the show to say the least.

That being said, I'm also not running for President.

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New Studio! Om Shala Yoga above Humbrews!

2008-01-29T16:38:03Z

Opening Spring 2008! Om Shala Yoga brings a full-service studio to Arcata, with 2 beautiful studio
spaces offering over 50 classes a week, fabulous teachers, sauna,
showers, and a lounge for meeting friends before and after class.
Watch for our opening week special - One week all classes free! Thank
you for your outpouring of love and support - we couldn't have done
it without you!

As many of you may know, Om Shala Yoga is getting ready to transition out
of Common Ground Community Center and into the NEW STUDIO !! within the
next few months. In order to do this, we are making some changes to
the current class and price schedule.

We will continue to teach the full schedule through February 29th
(Happy Leap Year!) Beginning March 1st, we will move to our
"transition schedule," offering the following classes only:

Groove Yoga level 1/2, Thursday evening, 7:30 pm - 9 pm, with Lori
Friday Night Sadhana, Friday evening, 5:30 p - 7 p, with April
Groove Yoga level 2/3, Saturday morning, 10 a - 11:25 a, with Lori
Restorative Yoga, Sunday afternoon, 1:30 p - 3p, with Danielle.

February 1st will be the last day to purchase a monthly unlimited
pass. After this date, we will offer either drop-ins or 5-class
passes. All other options will be unavailable until we open the new
studio.

We don't know yet what our exact opening date will be. Hopefully
early April, but it all depends on construction. Of course we will
keep you posted with that.

If you have a class pass that you do not finish using before we move
to the new space, you may transfer your remaining classes.

Thank you all so much for the outpouring of excitement and support
for the new studio space! We feel honored to be able to create this
in Humboldt County. And a reminder - if you have visions of what
you'd like to see in a yoga studio here, whether it be a teacher you
love, classes you'd like, or anything else, please let us know.

Stay warm and cozy (ujayyi breath will help!)
Namaste!
~danielle, lori, april & peggy

www.omshalayoga.com

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Raw Friends

2008-01-22T05:37:19Z

I'm trying to get in touch with other raw foodists, or people who are interested in the concept of a life on living foods. I'm looking for new friends who are healthy for themselves and inspired, as I take the raw plunge again. Anyone want to come with me? Happy New Year! :)

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Young Couple needs apt.

2008-01-22T03:59:11Z

A young couple I know is moving to the area... they have a limited amount of cash and need an apt. in town due to lack of vehicle...please list anything you know of... thanks

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Sprint coverage sucks!!

2008-01-21T15:13:38Z

Anyone else living/working in Arcata with a Sprint cell phone having trouble with coverage? About a week ago, my phone stopped being able to make or receive calls at my office which is a block off the plaza. I have to go about 5 blocks away for it to work. My daughter's phone is having similar problems but in slightly different places.

The only truly helpful people I spoke with were the tech help people. I worked with them for a week while they tried reprogramming my phone and checking the towers but nothing worked. Sprint's regular customer service is HORRIBLE!! They are obviously trained to remain calm and steadfast in the face of a really frustrated customer. They want $400 to terminate my contract which doesn't expire until 2009!!! Evil corporation!! The person I spoke with said he had the power to terminate a contract without charging the cancellation fee but he wouldn't do it for me and wouldn't tell me what criteria he uses to make that determination. I'm not sure what can be worse than paying for a service that used to work, is crucial to my business and is not longer functioning.

If you are in the market for cell service...DON'T CHOOSE SPRINT!!

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Here's your chance to help "Rock the Earth," without needing to give $....

2008-01-18T16:12:02Z

Looks like they're already moving ahead of the pack - see website and please vote for RTE. Thanx.

Rock the Earth www.rocktheearth.org is a national environmental advocacy organization that partners with people in the music and environmental communities to protect natural resources around the country. We have this incredible opportunity to win $5000 from Patagonia and I am reaching out to ask everyone I know to help. Please feel free to pass the following along to anyone you know that might be willing to help. And remind them they can vote EVERY DAY from every computer!! Thanks for your help :-)

Patagonia’s Rockin’ Contest
With the forthcoming opening of the Boulder, Colorado store on April 5th, Patagonia has offered Rock the Earth the chance to win a $5,000 grant by gaining the most votes from the public. Between now and March 29, please go to www.Patagonia.com/boulder and vote for Rock the Earth as your charity of choice. You can vote every day, so please vote early and often! To put things in perspective, $5,000 means 500 hours of low-cost legal assistance to help preserve some of America’s natural spaces like Grand Canyon or Yellowstone National Park! So please help Rock the Earth today by voting at www.patagonia.com/boulder and please spread the word! Contest ends on March 29. Thank you!

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Hey Yall, Moving to Arcata and I need a room...

2008-01-18T02:27:05Z

Relocating to a new town is something Ive never up and done before. Ill be going to college of the redwoods until I transfer to HSU and Look forward to the freaky stylee of your town.

Looking to find a place to rent ( studio or house with others ) Study, play guitar, Art space, Cook.
Trying not to use any corporate Babylonian property management co.s. Yuck.

If you too are looking for a place, we could combine forces.
countrywoodster@gmail.com
707.637.6851

Comin up this wed, thur or fri so shout out if you need aride from the bay!!! Share gas and rock the Ipod.

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No Not Yet

2008-01-11T20:12:44Z

Come see No Not Yet tonight at the Jambalaya at 9:00 if you like unusual, interesting music!

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Adult Night Skate jan 10

2008-01-10T20:49:44Z

Adult Night Skate
BlueLake Roller Rink
6:30-9:00 pm 5$ 18 and up
special guest djs
inlines welcome

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Third Thursdays at Accident Gallery

2008-01-08T18:34:37Z

Coming up a week from this Thursday already is Third Thursdays at Accident Gallery for those of you who don't know about it yet. This month is your chance to see Simple and Cullen doing their live PA thing. I know I'm looking forward to it. Plus I'm throwing up my latest live video mixes on two screens and we're super lucky to have Anna C and Vida doing live painting again.

These shows are all ages. There's also a happy hour from 8 -9.

Next month's line up is DJ Echo and DJ Gerber. Plus prolly something a little different and special yet to be confirmed for happy hour.

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anything to do out here?

2007-12-28T17:46:54Z

its freaking boring!

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MOO-GOT-2 AT JAMBALAYA THIS SATURDAY DEC 29TH

2007-12-28T04:28:05Z

WE WILL BE DOING A SHOW AT JAMBALAYA THIS SATURDAY....COME OUT AND GET YOUR GROOVE ON WITH US TO GET YOUR NEW YRS WEEKEND STARTED...

P.S.
IF YOU SHOULD SEE JOSH DUKE FROM THE ARCATA EYE PLEASE LET HIM CUT IN LINE AND DONT CROWD HIM IN THE SHOW OR HE WILL GET BUTTHURT AND WRITE ANOTHER SHITTY REVIEW ON US

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ceremony to honor the awakening of light- winter solstice

2007-12-21T05:02:17Z

winter solstice ceremony
Friday December 21 at our community octagon in Briceland, CA - humboldt co.
gathering @ 6:30 p.m. and casting the circle @ 7:00
Greetings my friends, here we are in the midst of the darkest nights of winter- the Goddess wraps us up in her dark cloak woven with stars- she invites us to journey deep within ourselves- to uncover our truth and trust in our power- here we listen to the voice within and find the wisdom of the ancients telling us our story -- On the longest night Friday Dec 21 we will be gathering yet again to celebrate the winter solstice at our community octagon in Briceland- we will gather @ 6:30 p.m. and casting the circle@ 7:00 - we will create sacred space and sing in the angels- we will give away all that longer serves us in the fire and give birth to ourselves anew- we will call in the returning light and pray for all our relations to find the light within- and we will seal our magick within the sacred geometry of the spiral dance-- come and share with us and let us celebrate the dance of the seasons with ceremony .

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solstice journeying

2007-12-21T04:57:17Z

OUR POWERFUL AND RARE WINTER SOLSTICE:
THIS FRIDAY/SATURDAY

This is the most powerful Solstice that we've had in
modern or ancient history, so this is BIG and I hope
you take advantage of this information..
The Solstice is when the Sun moves into the sign of Capricorn and our days start getting longer (the return of the SUN/ SON). This Solstice is so rare, that no one knows how long ago this line-up actually last occurred, but we are sure it hasn't happened in the last 26,000 years. This means we have NO DATA on what to expect, so I'm simply giving you my best guess. The line-up for this Solstice is this: the Galactic Center, Pluto, Sun, Jupiter and Mercury all within 6 degrees of each other and opposite Mars retrograde. Talk about a powerhouse! Plus two after the Solstice, on December 23rd, the Moon comes along, joins Mars and covers the Galactic Center in the center of the Sacred Hoop of stars, recognized by the Native Americans. My best guess of what this all means is that we're headed for major evolutionary and transformational growth. It's so big that we might feel like we're getting sucked into the proverbial "black hole." What's the purpose of this growth and transformation? My best guess is that it's what all need to do in order to keep pace with the changing frequency and vibration of the planet. If you're not familiar with planetary ascension, now would be a good time to learn about it. Go to www.whatsuponplanethearth.com or www.duanehenkle.com or www.dianastone.com and discover why Earth is the hot place to be in our galaxy. What to do? One of the best recommendations is to sit quietly during the Solstice and just tune into or drink up the energies. If you do this during this busy weekend, you're likely to get some messages, thoughts, feelings, dreams, or bodily sensations that will give you clues about what to do next. Be sure to follow them. In the Pacific time zone the actual Solstice occurs at 10:09 PM December 21st. In the Eastern time zone it occurs at 1:09 AM December 22nd. Don't worry about getting the time exactly right. These energies are so strong you'll be able to feel them for days. What will all this mean for you? It depends on your chart, how and where your chart is aspected by this line-up. Certainly we're all rethinking what motivates us now, and just what is it that DOES bring us JOY? If you can get a handle on that, follow that path. But it's about more than just what brings us joy. The bigger question is how can we all contribute to raising our consciousness, so the planet we live on can be sustained, and do this in a way that brings us joy?
Also remember that Pluto is about to change signs into Capricorn on January 26th, another rare cycle which hasn't happened since 1762. We've had Pluto in the sign of Sagittarius since November 1995, transforming our beliefs, our social and cultural institutions (like education, the legal system and medicine), and our international situation. Now we will get to transform the structures of our world, including the structures and processes of business, governments, and capitalism.
Where will all of this lead? Hopefully to a planet that can be sustained, instead of destroyed by our businesses, governments, consumers, and capitalism! If this doesn't happen between now and 2024 when Pluto moves into Aquarius, we'll all be in big trouble. In fact it looks like we could be in big trouble sooner than that, between 2012 - 2015 when we get the radical and revolutionary energies of Uranus square Pluto. If anything can propel us in the right direction to assist the planet, it'll be that cycle, when revolutions will be the order of the day. I'm not talking about revolutions that occur with
guns. I'm talking about a revolution in our consciousness. That's the only thing that can save this planet and our lives, along with everything else that lives on Earth

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NO MORE MUDDYS!!!

2007-12-19T23:53:18Z

I just got notice from the DGS tribe that entertainment at muddies is CUT OFF!! Due to one (yes one) noise complaint. They are having a meeting tomorrow at Arcata City Hall at 6pm I believe to discuss the matter. Show up, defend your right to dance, and your right as an American to persue happiness.

For more info check out Deep Groove Society tribe, or go to muddys.

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BOYCOTT THE VINTAGE AVENGER

2007-12-19T23:47:11Z

apparently our neighborhood unfriendly music hater that has single handedly shut down muddys also own the vintage avenger......you all can make up your own minds, but i will never spend a dime in her lil shit pit and will do what i can to make sure friends and family do the same.

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Raven project

2007-12-19T21:33:05Z

Raven project is looking for more "youthful" volunteers, esp. males from age 14 - 27ish.

They are also having a youth holiday party Fri. Dec. 21, from 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.

443-7099

^-^

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skate night

2007-12-13T01:21:30Z

Blue lake Roller Rink
Adult night skate
6:30-9:00
18 & up 5$
olskool tunes
inlines welcome

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PLANT TREES THIS SATURDAY :) Where Firefall was :)

2007-12-12T19:59:29Z

Alot of you already know Doug Way and area 74 and the such but come out Saturday December 15th and help with some reforestation on the property as we plant 5,000 native redwoods and some native Doug-fir's too, oh yeah you get a free lunch and chance to hit up Doug for planning your next big event ;)

Community Tree Planting, Saturday December 15th 10 a.m. � 5 p.m.,
2426 Ways Ln, Fieldbrook , Fight Global Warming directly by helping to plant 5,000 native redwood trees for the celebration of the UNEP Billion Tree Campaign which has planted 1.5 billion trees worldwide this year. Free Lunch will be provided, please bring shovels and wear boots (some shovels available).
Directions can be obtained at www.humboldttrees.com or by calling 834-3687.

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MOO-GOT-2 TO PLAY HUMBOLDT BREWS GRAND REOPENING THIS COMING THURSDAY DEC 6TH

2007-12-02T22:12:25Z

THE BREWS IS FINALLY REOPENING AND IM PRETTY STOKED THAT WE HAVE OPENING NIGHT....HOPE TO SEE SOME DANCIN FOOLS OUT AT THE SHOW

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Ink People Arts Alive, Dec. 1

2007-11-29T18:18:58Z

http://arcatalovehouse.tribe.net/thread/5c715359-9cc0-438f-bee7-01e27c9a1944

^-^

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Izabella at Jambalaya this Saturday 11/10

2007-11-10T22:06:47Z

This band is excellent. Kulica opens, this saturday at the Jambalaya. They're all excellent musicians, of course. But Sean Lehe is particularly amazing. See you there!!

Here's some info from their website...

PSYCHEDELIC-SOUL and ROOTS MUSIC

Bringing positive vibrations to your community through song, dance and celebration.

"More spirit than gimmick...music for the perpetually dancing community."
-Samantha Gorskey, KVMR FM

IZABELLA was born out of years of musical connections. Like many bands before, and many yet to come, the search for new music is what ultimately brings these musicians together. The love of the improvisational/jam community is what drives and inspires them to push forward. Sean Lehe (guitar/vocals), Lucas Carlton (drums) and Murph (bass/guitar) spent four years recording and touring with Bay Area jamband, Home At Last. With a desire for a fresh start, the trio decided in the spring of 2006 to branch out with a new face and renewed sense of purpose. After years of networking in the scene, close connections were made with some of the most talented players around. As a result, the trio has grown to a six-piece machine following a musical merger with Sacramento based “Four Guys From Reno”. The Sacramento boys bring the soulful energy of Brian Rogers (vocals/bass/percussion/guitar) the blissful embellishments of Andre Fylling (keyboards/vocals) and the chunky funk of Sam Phelps (bass/guitar/keys/vocals). Brian, Andre and Sam have been musical brothers since High School and have already created an impressive legacy of solo recordings.

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adult night skate in Bluelake Thurs Nov 8

2007-11-07T19:28:47Z

Adult night skate @ The Bluelake Roller Rink
6:30-9:00 18 and up 5$
olskool tunes by dj raj and friends
inlines welcome
312 s railroad ave
707-668-5932

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Looking for a 1 bdrm/studio/cabin/etc

2007-11-07T17:31:17Z

Hey folks its that time again. I am still looking for my own space. I have two cats and can provide references.

Im quiet, clean, responsible and employed full time. If you can help me with any leads on a place of my own I would be forever grateful.

I am especially looking for a place that will not open up for at least 30 days - since I have to give a 30 day notice to my current landlady.

Thank you!

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NCEF! Media sabotaged! Hijacked by lone wingnut! Accused of fraud and embezzlement!

2007-11-07T04:07:11Z

NCEF! Media in Humboldt County, Ca. is accused of fraud and donation embezzlement. Caution! Do not support this lone wingnut's scam! Other legitamate groups exist in the area. Caution! Do not be fooled by NCEF! Media and his fraudulent outreach. Shunka Wakan exists completely seperate from any active affinity group. Read about how he perpetuated a lawsuit under the guise of EF! against a legitamate environmental nonprofit:

Dog Days
From: http://northcoastjournal.com/100407/cover1004.html
October 4, 2007
Money On Trees

Big cash nearly fell into Shunka Wakan's lap. Other Earth First!ers are kinda happy it didn't.

by Heidi Walters

As the jury trial for the civil suit Kathryn Miller v. the Trees Foundation puttered to a start last week inside Courtroom 3 at the Humboldt County Courthouse, Shunka Wakan — a key witness for the plaintiff — spent mornings sitting on the hard wooden benches in the long hallway outside the courtroom. During breaks, Miller's attorney Linda Mitlyng, would come out of the courtroom to join him. But otherwise, as other people and their legal affairs swirled around him in a warm, odiferous bath of humanity, Shunka sat alone. Or, sometimes, he stood alone, straight-spined, his small, stocky body swallowed by the huge, stiff blue suit out of which his newly shorn, razor-scraped bald head poked vulnerably — as if, at any moment, the suit could gulp once more and he'd disappear completely. Always, he clutched a paper folder with a wolf's face on its cover.

The North Coast Earth First! Media guru had shaved off his woolly rust-tinged brown hair and beard the night before jury selection started, after discussing it with attorney Mitlyng. Now, it took an uncertain moment to recognize him. Then, of course: Shunka's light blue eyes in the pink-pale face, Shunka's closed-lip smile, Shunka's trademark husky murmur, "Mm-hmm, for sure," in response to a comment.

In Courtroom 3, the amiable but no-nonsense Judge Christopher Wilson's domain, the fate of a $185,000 donation dangled. Would the plaintiff, donor Kathryn Miller, prevail in her claim that the defendant, the Trees Foundation, was not in fact the intended recipient of her generous gift? That Shunka Wakan's NCEF! Media Center and the treesitters were? Or would the Trees Foundation convince the jury that, in fact, the money was intended all along for Trees, with no instructions attached for funneling it elsewhere?

Richard Idell, left, who is defending the Trees Foundation against a lawsuit filed by Kathryn Miller, confers with Doug Wallace, community support coordinator for Trees. Photo by David Lawlor.

In her opening arguments, Miller's attorney, Mitlyng, said the case came down to "fraud and broken promises." "She believed [Trees] would hold [the money] in trust, for the benefit of North Coast Earth First!" said Mitlyng. The defense's attorney, Richard Idell, countered in his opening argument that the donation was an unconditional gift and Miller never wrote letters of instruction — as Miller claims she did. "Ms. Miller ... didn't do anything. She took the check [from her mother's estate] and flipped it over and wrote on the back, 'Payable to the Trees Foundation,'" said Idell.

Miller's claim sought the return of her $185,000, plus interest.

Out in the hallway, Shunka waited to tell his side of the story. Maybe he thought about the magical donation that never materialized, and now probably never would. Maybe he thought about the other times he'd been in this courthouse — dozens of times, along with other activists, often before Judge Wilson, answering to charges of trespassing and other forms of civil disobedience in the woods. Likely, he wondered when they were finally going to call him in to testify — it was taking forever in there. He'd even sent out an e-mail prematurely to the several hundred subscribers to his NCEF! online group erroneously announcing he would be first up to testify.

By the end of Friday's court session, Miller was still on the stand. Perhaps Monday it would be Shunka's turn. Whenever it was, he would be testifying on Miller's behalf; but he wasn't a party to the lawsuit. And in the end, after hearing all of the evidence, the jury would be determining who was telling the truth about intentions and letters of instructions. Shunka was just there to provide context and evidence in a contract dispute.

But to a number of forest activists, including a half dozen or so who appeared in the audience last Friday to watch the trial unfold, that context matters more to them than the legal questions. They say this lawsuit has placed a strain on the environmental community that could do as much damage as an ill-felled redwood that takes down other giants in its descent. They disapprove of the lawsuit, and they blame Shunka for it. And, they say, it's just another example of how Shunka has commandeered the North Coast Earth First! identity and used it for purposes that nobody else in the amorphous but consensus-driven local Earth First! movement has agreed to.

"For a lot of us, when we read about the lawsuit, this is kind of like Shunka on trial," said long-time forest activist Deane Rimerman last Friday, calling from Olympia, Wash. "And, to what extent is he worthy of that money?"

Kathryn Miller wanted her money to go toward saving trees, she said on the witness stand last Thursday. The slender 59-year-old was dressed in a pink print skirt and white sweater, with her gray-streaked dark hair pulled back into a neat, thin braid tinted slightly green. (Little did the jury know that Miller had spent the night in jail, in blue jail duds, and then had been "dressed out," in court lingo, in her street clothes before being escorted into the court by the bailiff. Miller had been arrested the week before, on Sept. 17, when she arrived in civil court for the pre-trial readiness hearing; according to the misdemeanor criminal charges filed against her, Miller allegedly had made annoying phonecalls to Barbara Ristow of the Trees Foundation all hours of the day and night.)

On the stand, Miller described how she became an activist. She remembered how, when she was a child in Orinda, her mother decided to stop spraying the beautiful oak trees on their property after reading Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. "And then, when my son was 9, we were watching the news on TV about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown. And my son said to me, 'I wish I'd never been born. I don't think I'll get to live a full life.'"

She protested the building of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. She started a peace action group in the late 1980s in San Jose. She did nonviolent protests at the Nevada Test Site. And in 1990, she came up with some of her fellow protestors to help set up the camp for Redwood Summer, and to take part in demonstrations. She's been on and off involved in Earth First! actions in Humboldt ever since, she said, including huffing in supplies for treesitters and huffing out their garbage. She'd also, at one point, bought a condo in Arcata.

In 2004, Miller sold her condo and bought an acre of farmland, already planted with coffee, in Guatemala. She put in fruit trees to shade the coffee. That same year, her mother, who lived in Sonoma, died. "The last time I saw her was in 2003," said Miller. "She told me when she died, she was going to leave me some money. I told her I'd use it to further my work for the forest. And she was pleased, because she loved the treesitters and the forest."

Shortly after learning of her mother's death, Kathryn Miller sought out Shunka Wakan in front of the food co-op in Arcata, where he "tabled" to raise funds for the North Coast Earth First! Media office — selling T-shirts, and stickers, offering pamphlets, accepting donations. She'd known Shunka for about five years, she said.

"I said to him, I was going to inherit some money: What was the best way to get that to the North Coast Earth First!?"

In the spring of 2005, Shunka Wakan was floating above the treetops. "I was so excited," the 32-year-old said in an interview a few weeks ago, sitting inside his tiny but colorful North Coast Earth First! Media office in Arcata, walls covered in art and topo maps — including one of Buckeye Mountain, where in 2000-2001, during the "Mattole Free State" action, Shunka and others hiked 14 miles through waist-high snowdrifts to save trees.

Kathryn Miller, he recalled, had come up to him excitedly as he walked along the sidewalk outside the Arcata Co-op and said, "I just donated $185,000 to North Coast Earth First!'"

She'd talked to him the year before about making the donation — she'd said she was anticipating an inheritance from her mother's estate, and she wanted to make a big donation to his group. He'd told her to make it through the Trees Foundation, which handled the NCEF! Media office's finances through an arrangement that had been established years ago. (The Trees Foundation is an umbrella organization formed in 1991 to assist smaller environmental groups. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, it can accept large, tax-deductible donations on behalf of affiliates, and provide professional resources. And it can lead large campaigns, like the one to save the Headwaters Forest back in the '90s.)

Well, now she'd finally done it.

Miller and Shunka agreed to meet at Fiesta Café in Sunny Brae, so she could tell him how she wanted the money spent: She wanted, straight away, for someone to organize a mediated workshop for the local Earth First! activists on ageism and sexism, issues she thought were fracturing the movement. And, she wanted the bulk of the donation to help support the forest activists who blockade logging roads and hunker up in ancient redwoods to fend off loggers' saws.

Not long after, Shunka was on his way to have lunch with some folks from the Trees Foundation, where they'd talk about Miller's wishes.

"Our media outreach was going to get a big boost," Shunka said. "The donation would keep the EF! office going for many years. So I walked into the Wildflower Café feeling elated, thinking we got all this money."

Barbara Ristow and Doug Wallace of the Trees Foundation were there. "I was super excited," Shunka said, "and I said, 'This is great, this big donation. Isn't it wonderful?' We ordered food, and still I'm all excited, talking about the money, but I notice they're looking nervously at each other. [Finally], they said, 'Well, we're just shocked that you think this money was for you.' And I was like, 'I just met with the donor, and that's what she said.' And they're like, 'Well, let's go ahead and plan the workshop and deal with that later.' I remember that, because it put me at ease."

After that, Shunka said he gave Trees a list of people he thought might benefit from the mediator-run workshop. "Some were people I knew had beefs with me, but I was willing to bring 'em into the circle and talk about it."

According to some vague accounts, the workshop was a disaster. One person who was there claims that Shunka, at one point, pounded his fists on the floor, blustered, then got up and stormed out, yelling as he walked away. Shunka says that's overblown.

"The letter from Kathryn Miller to Barbara Bristow said she wanted the mediation to be a safe place, safe to be emotional," he said. "And I think people are saying 'I freaked out.' The freak-out reports are exaggerated. It's just part of this ongoing character assassination. People say I was 'red-faced.' But my face is naturally red."

In late 2005, while Shunka was in Seattle, a friend called him from Arcata to say a woman had come by asking for the office key. She had a list of equipment she wanted to take away. The friend didn't give her the key.

When Shunka got back from Seattle, he discovered his reimbursement funds from Trees had been "frozen." He also learned about a letter someone in the NCEF! movement had circulated for signatures and then sent to Mark Knipper, who handled the Trees Foundation transactions for the NCEF! Media office. It said, in essence, "We don't want Shunka running EF!"

"I called the Trees Foundation," Shunka recalled. "I was sick, it was the middle of the winter, I'm trying to table, it's raining, it's cold. And Barbara Ristow told me, 'You just need to have a meeting [with the other Earth First!ers] and come to a group consensus on what the Trees Foundation funding should be used for."

The meeting never happened — nobody could agree to meet, said Mark Knipper, also in an interview last week. Knipper is a social worker and a long-time activist who had been the contact person between Trees and NCEF! Media. "So it ate itself," Knipper said. "And although I'm former Navy, a mariner, I said I'm not going down with this ship. So I divorced myself from it ... and signed it all back to Trees."

The NCEF! Media office was dropped from the Trees Foundation altogether.

Shunka and the NCEF! Media office never did see any of the big donation. Miller didn't even know that, he said, until she phoned him up in the summer of 2006, more than a year after she made the donation, to ask about a guy named "Jungle," who had been reported as missing on the NCEF! hotline. Miller was spending much of her time in Guatemala now, where she was raising fruit trees; after she'd made her big donation, Hurricane Stan had struck — she spent the ensuing year mopping up the mess.

First, Shunka told her Jungle was still missing. Then he told her about the money.

"I said, 'Yeah, they told me it wasn't for us,'" said Shunka. "And she said, 'I meant for all of it to go to you guys.' She sounded real upset. And I was like, 'I knew it! I knew it!'"

Shunka tried to sue Trees in small claims court, but it went nowhere.

Miller filed a claim against the Trees Foundation on Oct. 5, 2006, in Humboldt County Superior Court, seeking the return of the $185,000 plus interest so she could distribute the money herself.

And if she wins? "She may just spread it out more," said Shunka. "She's got tree planting ideas. Maybe she could buy a grove. She'd maybe not give it all to Earth First! this time. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that Trees blew for us."

On an uncomfortably hot afternoon last week, four forest activists who'd agreed to an interview for this story — Jeff, Shaggy, Sparrow and Farmer — sat on the ground at the Arcata Marsh next to a log bench on which a teeming crew of red ants worked a splintered notch. Someone had come along here in 1999 and carved a grouping of faces — bearded, grimacing, possibly mourning faces — onto the log and signed it Daniel. The carving had been drenched in red paint, and burnished by years of sitters.

"It kind of reminds me of the memorial for Gypsy," said one of them. "With the red paint."

Gypsy was the forest name of David Nathan Chain, who in September 1998, during an Earth First! action at Grizzly Creek, was crushed to death by a tree felled by an enraged logger. Farmer, actually, was there — he was just 16, but had a year of activism already under his belt. And Shunka was there — it was Shunka's first forest action.

Farmer, Shag, Sparrow and Jeff first made it clear that they spoke for themselves alone, although they participate in various forest defense affinity groups: Farmer works for the Mattole Wildlands Defense Group now, watchdogging the California Department of Forestry for new timber harvest plans, and keeping an eye on a Pacific Lumber Co. watershed analysis. Shag, who saw his first redwood about five years ago, helps keep the Fern Gully treesit village in Freshwater functioning. Jeff, who grew up in the high desert, and fell in love with the woods, works with the Nanning Creek treesit just outside of Scotia, as well as other groups. Sparrow, who was drawn to forest action because the cultural landscape was "like a folktale" he couldn't resist, is with the Fern Gully affinity group. These groups are all part of the Humboldt Forest Defense Association, a collective with a website but no formal structure.

The HFDA sprang into being six years ago — about the time the entity called North Coast Earth First! had essentially dissolved. It would take a book to describe that drawn-out dissolution — a book of lost causes, won causes, waning media interest, Judi Bari's death, Gypsy's death, ego-spurred squabbles, interpersonal catastrophes, a war overseas, hurricanes. And while the HFDA activists might still cherish the Earth First! name — the movement — in their hearts, it's now been further complicated by what you might call the Shunka effect.

"I still feel in many ways solidarity with the greater Earth First! movement abroad," said Farmer. "But in this county, in this climate, if you say you're with the North Coast Earth First!, many people associate you with North Coast Earth First! Media."

Shunka revived the North Coast Earth First! office around 2002. And he did what previous office managers had done — tabled, put out news releases, wrote articles for other publications. But it wasn't like the old days, in the '90s, when hundreds of people were getting arrested in forest actions and the jail support phone and legal resources were in constant use.

Shunka first worked in an office in Eureka, then later moved to Arcata. He called his outfit the NCEF! Media Center. For a time, he and other "affinity groups" tried to work together. But he alienated some people. He took over the North Coast Earth First! website. He controlled the North Coast Earth First! email list of 300 or more subscribers to the news alerts. He sent out press releases on his own.

"I felt the North Coast Earth First! Media Center was a unilateral effort on Shunka's part," said Farmer. Whereas, in the old days, "spokespeople were decided on by the group. And if you wrote an article it was passed by everyone. I feel Shunka appointed himself spokesperson at some point."

Many also claim they've been subject to a lashing anger from Shunka.

"I won't work with him because I pledge nonviolence in my actions," said Shag. "I don't believe he pledges the same thing. He has exhibited violent behavior towards me and towards other activists in my presence."

"He's a bear," said Jeff, making claw-fists with his hands.

But the sad thing is, all of this infighting probably has done nothing to help the actual trees. And the mediation workshop Kathryn Miller wanted didn't fix matters. Now, there was her lawsuit.

"When I heard about this lawsuit, I thought, the Trees Foundation does not deserve to be attacked in that way," said Farmer. "There's much bigger issues that need to be dealt with — with Maxxam and old-growth logging. ...If you look at Fern Gully and Nanning Creek (the Bonanza timber harvest plan), there's hundreds of old growth acres still standing whose fate is unclear."

Shag put it more bluntly: "If [Miller] knew Shunka and wanted to get the money to North Coast Earth First! Media, she should've given it to Shunka. But if she was trying to get it to treesits and forest defense, then the money went to the right place.

"My problem is this whole representation thing. There's people in the trees — how do you know who to get the money to, to help them?"

Shunka knows that a lot of fellow activists aren't happy with his role in the donation dispute. He also knows how some people talk about him and say he's hard to get along with. "I'm just standing up for the truth," he said. "And people don't like it. To me, it feels like a small clique of people who don't like me. I feel a lot of love and support in this community."

He certainly doesn't come off right away as someone who's angry, or who lashes out, or who locks the office and doesn't let people in. Why, recently, he helped a young woman hook up with the treesitters so she could learn the ropes. (Shaggy said that's proof Shunka doesn't have direct connections with the people doing direct action; but you can't deny it's a connection.)

It's probably a bad idea to ask Darryl Cherney, one of the founders of the local Earth First! movement, what he thinks of Shunka Wakan, whose real name is Jason Wilson. (Shunka tells a story of how he was named by a Lakota medicine man on the banks of the Cheyenne River in South Dakota in 1995. "Shunka Wakan," meaning "great dog," is only part of it. There's a secret part after that — altogether, his name means "the humble man called horse.")

"Shunka's a wingnut," Cherney said over the phone last Friday, sounding cheerfully vitriolic. "I have a 10-verse song about Shunka."

Here are the last few verses:

Who's at the co-op spanging a donation
Shunka, Shunka
Who's got a lawsuit 'gainst the Trees Foundation
Shunka, Shunka
Shunka, Shunka
Who's gonna keep on fighting the fight
Shunka, Shunka
With four of his friends at swimmers delight
Shunka, Shunka
Shunka, Shunka (Shunka voice: It's the last of the revolution)

There's no other word for it but "mean." But Cherney and Shunka have history — not all of it sour. Cherney said Shunka laughed when he heard the song, at least the first time.

"I met Shunka in 1998," Cherney said. "And I know he knew Julia ["Butterfly" Hill, whom Shunka had come west to find]. That was a good thing, helping Julia. That was good Shunka."

Cherney had even pushed for Shunka to go to Houston to talk with Charles Hurwitz, whose Maxxam Corp. bought out the old Pacific Lumber company back in 1985 and quickly became the forest activists' number one villain. Shunka went.

But now? "The current status of Shunka and me," Cherney said, "is that Shunka has sent me five or eight or nine e-mails threatening to sue me. Shunka is a joke."

Cherney can talk for hours about the problems he's had with Shunka over the years. His main point, though, is what has Shunka done for the trees lately?

"My question is, where's your topo maps?" he asked. "Where's your wilderness preservation proposal? Where's your lobbyist team in Sacramento?"

It has to be that, on some level, even the people in the movement who don't like Shunka understand somewhat where he's coming from. So he's emotional. Passionate. Perhaps he's caught up so completely in the cause he can't let go. Or, who knows — maybe he's a phony, like he accused Knipper of being back in 2005.

But being a forest activist comes with perils beyond the obvious physical ones.

"I'm really trying to have compassion for Shunka, even though he's kind of attacked us," said Susy Barsotti by phone from Laytonville a couple of weeks ago. Barsotti is president of the Trees Foundation board, and she says the lawsuit has held Trees hostage, unable to function fully. "I've been mystified and dismayed that he's participated like this in the suit. But Shunka witnessed Gypsy's death. And I think he may have post-traumatic stress syndrome. I don't think he's recovered from it. And that can affect your behavior."

A number of people mentioned this, actually, about Shunka. And he often refers to Gypsy's death himself. In an article titled "What Luna has taught me," posted on the website of Julia "Butterfly" Hill's organization, Circle of Life, Shunka writes: "I decided to commit to doing ground support after witnessing the death of David Nathan "Gypsy" Chain on September 17, 1998 ... I remember looking across the valley as we hiked up that day, seeing the rolling hills of forests and clear-cuts, and thinking out loud, "That's why we're here!" Seeing Gypsy's life taken from him, and then seeing the corruption and lies of the Humboldt County Sheriffs ... really opened my eyes to the situation our old-growth forests face."

Later, he did ground support for Hill in her second year in Luna. And in the same article on her website, something else Shunka writes indicates how ready he was to devote himself to a cause: "Being on the support team was the top priority in my life, and I was happy knowing that everything else revolved around when I'd be needed for the next supply run. I never felt lost because I knew what I was doing. That was a feeling I had not felt in years, between feeling dissatisfaction with life in college, and then more dissatisfaction with life as a minimum-wage worker after college. Before joining Julia's ground support team I was unhappy, even to the point of tears, wondering if my entire life was going to be a minimum-wage nightmare ...."

Pure devotion, without benefit of a little hypocrisy, could drive anyone batty. Deane Rimerman, the activist from Olympia who said it is Shunka who is on trial, said it's not uncommon for intense, stressful movements like Earth First! to produce an army of walking wounded. And he's been around, in forest actions up and down the coast, for long enough to know; he was the one, in fact, who "got the maps and led the first hikers up to the hill" to the Gypsy Mountain campaign and Luna treesit.

"In the forest activist movement, there's very little that's rewarding," Rimerman said. "There's a lot of post traumatic stress syndrome. All of us get it. Once you've been through the court process, and the jail process, and seen 1,000-year-old trees get cut down that you really cared about and thought you could save — it's devastating."

That alone, setting aside the troubles with Shunka, could explain the many rifts that have occurred within the local EF! ranks over the years. Josh Brown, who moved to Humboldt in 1995 right before the peak of the Headwaters campaign, said one of the unique qualities of Earth First! is that it "is primarily a youth movement."

"A lot of people that come through are young, are passionate — and it's a wonderful thing," he said. They get thrown into leadership positions quickly — and then they get burned out. Many move quickly on to other things. Brown stayed in longer than most. "When I left [in 2001], I was 30 years old. And I'd been a full-time activist since I was 18."

Paradoxically, said Brown, the youthful draw and the departure of seasoned activists leaves the movement with "no elders to kind of sit around and coach the [new kids]."

The movement also draws strong personalities, he said. Tenacious ones, too, like Shunka's.

"Shunka, I think he really does have a big heart," said Brown. "And I think he does care for the forest."

Last Friday, following the morning session of Miller v. Trees, a group of the Humboldt Forest Defense Association activists stood on the courthouse steps talking. The door opened, and Shunka walked out and down the steps toward the group. They didn't greet him. After a time, he tried to talk to one of them, Jeff. Jeff walked away. Shunka followed him, then stopped and talked to another guy. Then he stood alone again.

From: http://northcoastjournal.com/101107/news1011.html

Trees Foundation Wins

October 11th, 2007

The jury in the civil case Kathryn Miller v. the Trees Foundation decided in favor of Trees, after deliberating all day Tuesday. (See "Money on Trees," Oct. 4).

Miller is the long-time forest activist who inherited a bundle from her mother and then signed $185,000 over to the Trees Foundation. In her lawsuit, she claimed she had intended the money to be passed through Trees to one of its affiliates, North Coast Earth First! Media, run by Shunka Wakan. She claimed she had made her intentions clear, verbally and in writing, and that Trees had agreed to the conditions, then broken its promise and kept the money. Trees denied making such promises, and said it had never seen any letters or heard of instructions to give the money to NCEF! Media. (Also, somewhat relatedly, in criminal court on Tuesday Miller pleaded no contest to charges that she had made annoying phonecalls to Barbara Ristow of the Trees Foundation.)

So, that's that. Now, there are only the pieces to pick up.

For Shunka Wakan — featured in last week's Journal as a central figure in a messy nest of infighting that has fractured the current ranks of local Earth First!ians — it could be a long, lonely patching together of lost friends and broken alliances. Not only did he and Miller lose their attempt to retrieve her donation, but now he's been banned from the North Coast Co-op.

Yes, that happened last week. It was Thursday, around 4:15 in the evening, and two activists with the Humboldt Forest Defense Association were tabling — hawking brochures and such — outside the Co-op. It's an activity Shunka himself has spent many a day doing in that very same spot, raising cash to pay for his NCEF!Media outreach work and other causes. And, well, these two fellows, Jeff and Farmer, were on Shunka's shit list, now. They'd spoken gently, but unfavorably, about Shunka's doings in the North Coast Earth First! arena — said he lashed out at people, said he commandeered NCEF! resources, and so forth. Here's a snippet of Jeff's account of what happened, which he sent to the NCJ in an e-mail on Friday:

"Shunka was removed from the Arcata Co-op yesterday after a scuffle with myself and another activist around 5 p.m. Well, he wasn't exactly removed, but APD was called. He was asked to leave after threatening to flip over the HFD donation table while stating he was 'like Jesus in the marketplace ...'"

Sue Coulter, manager of the Arcata Co-op, recounted on Friday how an employee walking by heard the argument and went inside to get her. "So I went out to talk to [Shunka], because it's not the first time we've had problems," she said. "Most of the time, he's fine. Most of the time, I stick up for him." One time, she said, she even called the police to protect Shunka after someone had threatened him. "But he gets into arguments. I tried to talk to him. I told him to leave. ... He was causing a scene, right by the door, and I can't have it. He refused to leave. ... I said, fine. I went into the store. He followed me into the store, and he was still yelling at me, 'Oh, now you're going to call the police on me.'" Coulter called the police, but Shunka left before they arrived.

Shunka, waiting in the courthouse for the jury verdict Tuesday, said Coulter did indeed ask him to leave and he did, indeed, refuse to. As for the HFD tablers, he said he merely asked them why they had Trees Foundation literature on their table. "I said, 'Why do you want to represent these people?'" And then, he said, "Jeff accused me of embezzling — he said this in public. He said, 'You've embezzled thousands of dollars from the Earth First! movement through the years.' And I complained to one of the employees who was walking by. Because that's serious, accusing someone of embezzling."

But Shunka said the whole thing's yet another attack on him. "I don't consider I was yelling. We were talking. I'm an emotional person, I concede to that. I speak from my heart. I don't scream at people. I would love to — but I don't."

In his email, Jeff with HFD predicted Shunka would leave town within weeks, if not sooner. But at the courthouse, even before the verdict, Shunka said he wasn't going anywhere.

"I'm just going to continue to run the Earth First! office and continue to call Humboldt County home," he said. He's also going to write a letter to the Co-op, complaining about how he gets scapegoated and booted out of there even when other people, he says, are the culprits. And, as for the Miller v. Trees case, he said, he and Miller may now take their complaint to another venue.

-- Heidi Walters

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Synergy Fair?

2007-10-31T00:43:21Z

Does anyone know how I can get in touch with the people producing the Synergy Fair? I think it's on November 17th this year.

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ARCATA Tribe !!! Music show !!

2007-10-23T03:36:03Z

Wanted to Invite everyone to come and rock it this Thursday,

We are Performing at

BLVD feat Souleye
THE RED FOX TAVERN
In Eureka
OCT 25th
show starts at 10pm

LIVE HOUSE,HIP HOP, AND BREAKS !!! Ahhhh YEA

You can get Tickets Now at

www.passionpresents.com

Spread the Word,,

LOVE IN RHYME

-Souleye

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Ride to da BaY

2007-10-16T19:28:25Z

por favor...
I am in need of that perfect ride... I am looking to get from humbolt down to the bay area on the 18th of this month.. i beleive that is this thursday,,,, I live in north oakland in the temescal area. Im a irie laday, im into reggae and hip hop and fun stories...
i can pitch in for gas....
please contact me if you hear anything along the coconut wireless...
blessings fam
Grace

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Babysitter Needed....Paid

2007-10-10T20:37:47Z

We are seeking a caregiver for Brianna Fae, now 10 months old. Our house or yours, depending upon your situation. I work full-time, days 8:30-5, M-F, but may not need those hours all of the time, as Heath is sometimes able to be with her during the weekdays, so the schedule may vary. Please send me a message if you are interested, or if you know someone who may be!

Thanks!

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Pause the Styrofoam Recycling Revolution!!!

2007-10-02T05:16:29Z

Hey ya'll!

I just received word from Roger that the Styrofoam revolution is on pause. Also... a few corrections to my previous post on Recycling Styrofoam via Roger's project. The following is what he says:

"I have more than enough Styrofoam for now until I get the whole recycling and utilization process developed. At this time it is a one person operation working at home with personal development funds. Folks could either store it until i can get the process going or put it back into the waste stream as usual.

Also, the Bayside post office was kind enough to have the flyer on a counter but they are not collecting Styrofoam and neither is the Arcata post office. Please do not have folks leave it at either location."

Sorry for the misinformation about drop off locations.

Thanks Arcata! for all your efforts!

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Quickbooks set up

2007-09-26T00:48:06Z

I am looking for someone locally to set up my business in Quick books. Would love to find someone to do a trade with. If you know any smart, fun, Quick book pros in the McKinleyville area that might need a touch of organization I would love a referal!
Thanks Bunches!
somedayservices.com

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Anyone going to Decompression on October 7th?

2007-09-22T17:38:10Z

My roommate and I are looking for a ride to San Francisco on October 7th for the Burning man Decompression Party. Main Entrance opens at NOON. We have money for gas and are both good road company.

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does anyone need ride to symbiosis

2007-09-21T06:18:15Z

we need a 3rd person we are leaving at 330 in the mornin on friday i will check this before we leave if you are ready leave me your number

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MOO-GOT-2 SHOW AND FUND RAISER...MUDDYS HOT CUP..FRIDAY SEPT 7TH

2007-09-06T18:20:35Z

Jessiah Class is a four yearboy in need of a kidney transplant. Without this transplant Jessiah Class will not survive. They have just recently found a donor (his cousin). However, the costs for them to live down in San Francisco post-transplant are very expensive.<br /><br />The Class's have been active members in this community for 18 years. Mrs.Class helps run a non-profit animal agency (Companion Animal Foundation) and Mr. Class is the Arcata City Public Works Director. They have both given so much to this community, I think it's time for them to get some support when they need it most! If anyone has time to put forth to help the Class's we would greatly appreciate it. It's your love and support that will help them through this difficult time.<br /><br />All the people involved with Moo-Got-2 would love to see everyone come dance and have a great time with us. and raise some money for this family. We are donating all door money and whatever we raise at the friday show at Muddy's to the Class's. This will be an EXTRA rockin' show so be there and bring your donations.

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wind dancing experience....dance in the wind with silk! yum!

2007-09-06T17:56:35Z

we are looking for womyn to come dance with the wind.......you will be wrapped in silk and given a peice of silk to dance with. the experience will be photograped and filmed and copies will be given to each participant please contact me here on tribe or contact sunyata through my tribe page under my friends if you are interested. GOOD TIMES FOR ALL!

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Can you help Kenneth?

2007-08-26T14:42:04Z

Please check this out and if it resonates to, help out however you can. Any HSU students out there interested in rallying on this?

Peace....

http://people.tribe.net/skeyeopener/blog/f4f605bc-1309-441d-b12a-5fa0b92465fe

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Come to Circus

2007-08-26T14:33:38Z

Come to Humboldt Circus's official meetings and play with us! We meet Tues and Thursday in Forbes Complex 201, next to the Gym, at Humboldt State university in Arcata, CA. Anyone is welcome. Come and learn circus skills and even be in a show. Also- the official Humboldt Juggling society meetings is at farmer's market, Saturdays on the plaza. This is a great place to play and find great people like me :)

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RUTH LAKE AND BAKE AUG 24TH AND 25TH

2007-08-21T20:59:32Z

FRIDAY AUG 24TH AND SAT AUG 25TH AT FUR COVE CAMPGROUND WILL BE THE RUTH LAKE AND BAKE..FRIDAY WILL HAVE LIVE MUSIC FROM THE MOBILE CHIEFING UNIT AND THE SIMIAN PROJECT(FEATURING CHRIS NOONAN, TOMMY FITZMORRIS, AND BRIAN HAAS OF JACOB FRED JAZZ ODDYSSEY) AS WELL AS ASSORTED DJ SETS BY BLUETECH AND OTHERS TBA.
SATURDAY WILL BE NUCLEUS AND MOO-GOT-2, AS WELL AS DJ SETS BY BLUETECH AND OTHER DJS TBA...ADMISSION IS 40 BUCKS AND COVERS 2 DAYS OF CAMPING AND MUSIC ALL NIGHT....ALSO THERE IS A FOOD AND CLOTHING DRIVE FOR THE BRIDGEVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER SO ANYTHING YOU MAY HAVE THAT YOU DONT NEED WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED...FOR THOSE THAT DONT KNOW...RUTH LAKE IS ABOUT AN HR AND A HALF UP THE HIGHWAY 36, WHICH IS OFF THE 101 SOUTH IF COMING FROM ARCATA, OR NORTH IF COMING FROM THE BAY AREA

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need ride to bm from humboldt

2007-08-20T23:03:45Z

pleeze

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Need a house mate

2007-08-18T21:18:19Z

We're not in Arcata, but we are within yards of the beach --

Nice 50ish Pagan couple in King Salmon are looking for a responsible, mellow roomie to share this two bedroom cottage. Free cable and WIFI. Must be cat friendly. 420 ok. Write to ceridwen@hunters-moon.org

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