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Cloverdale Company to Play Arena Theater April 25
By special arrangement with the Cloverdale
Performing Arts Center the Arena Theater will
present the Tony Award
winning play Proof on April
25 at 7:00 p.m. The play won
5 awards in 2001including
New York Drama Critics’
Circle Best Play, Pulitzer
Prize for Drama, and Tony
Award for Best Play.
The play concerns
Catherine a 25-year-old
woman who has spent
years caring for her brilliant
mathematician father who
has been suffering from
mental illness. Upon his
demise, one of his PhD
students discovers papers
among the father’s things
that include an important
new explanation about prime numbers. It
is actually Catherine who came up with the
idea, but she has difficulty convincing Hal, the
student, or her sister Clair that she is the origin
of the proof. Her concern is not especially
about proving her mathematical skill as much
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A N N U A L
as it is about whether her inherited genius
also comes with an inherited tendency for
insanity. Through Catherine
the audience goes on an
exploration of trust and love
and the relationship between
mental illness and creativity.
The play opened offBroadway starring Mary
Louise Parker for which
she won a Tony Award. It
moved to Broadway shortly
thereafter, though Jennifer
Jason Leigh and Anne Heche
took over the lead role during
the Broadway run. The play
has become popular among
college and high school
theater companies and has
had numerous professional
productions around the
country. The play comes to Point Arena after
running the 2 previous weekends at the fairly
new Cloverdale Performing Arts Center.
Tickets for the play are $18 and are available
at the website www.arenatheater.org or at the
door.
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From the Editor’s Desk
Although the month of April is full like every other, the annual Whale and Jazz
Festival makes for a particularly busy month. In fact, the Festival has been expanding
nearly since its inception and this year it encompasses April and May. There is even a major
event in September that is being billed as part of the Festival. Perhaps it might be time to
rename the event simply the Summer Jazz Festival. Or Mendonoma Summer Jazz Festival
if that phrase appeals to you.
In any case it get underway for the public on April 3 when Joel Kruzic and Ian
Scherer with young Corwin Zelley visit St. Orres.
This year’s festival features the music of Dave Brubeck with no less than 4 events
showcasing one of America’s greatest musical artists. See page 3.
Led Zeppelin fans will be glad to hear that the all-female tribute band, Zeparella, will
return to the Arena Theater on April 3. They have the music down pat and their reinactment
is a treat to watch. See page 9.
Arena Theater’s National Theatre Live series continues on April 11 with the play
Skylight. One of my favorites, Bill Nighy (Pirate Radio, About Time) stars along with Carrie
Mulligan. The play won the 2015 Olivier Award for Best Revival. See page 5.
Violin prodigy Wyatt Underhill will perform for the Gualala Arts Chamber Music
Series on April 12. He is lighting the classical music world on fire. The Julliard masters
candidate has been winning competition wherever he goes. See page 6.
The Friends of the Gualala River and several other co-sponsors are presenting a
community film, The Russian River: All Rivers at the Arena Theater on April 14 with the
subject being the Russian River and the many impacts that have affected it. The history of
the Russian River serves as a model of the kind of treatment that we have given most of
California’s (and America’s) rivers and discusses what changes in attitude are needed to
preserve our life-giving waterways. See page 7.
The Third Thursday Poetry night at the 215 in Point Arena has a special guest this month,
poet Kirk Lumpkin. He is more than a poet. He is a songwriter, environmentalist,
lyricist, cultural worker and event promoter. He has read his poetry all over the Englishspeaking world and should make for a very special evening. See page13.
The Bolshoi Ballet telecast series at the Arena Theater has been a big success so far and
on April 19 they will screen Ivan the Terrible. Some have complained that the Russian word
that we translate as “terrible” does not fit our modern definition of the word “terrible”. It has
been suggested that the Russian word comes closer to “awesome”. See page 5.
The Arena Theater Association will hold it annual membership meeting and board
election at the Theater on April 20. The public is invited, but only members may vote,
although you can join at the meeting. See page 2.
The Point Arena High School Boosters Club holds it annual Golf Tournament and
dinner the weekend of April 24-25. This huge event raises lots of money for local education
and goes to a variety of things, not just sports. If you are a local golfer, you probably already
know about this popular tournament. See page 4.
We also have items describing 2 events that take place right away in May for which you
may wish to mark your calendar. May 1 is the annual Moat Creek Taco dinner that raises
funds to keep the Moat Creek public access open and maintained. It is a worthy cause, a
cheap night, and lots of fun. Check it out on page 16.
The Dell’Arte Players from Humboldt County are bringing their hugely popular
musical, Mary Jane, the Musical to Arena Theater on May 2. It played to sell-out audiences
when it premiered in 2011 and has been brought back to reach new venues (like Arena
Theater). You get 3 guesses to figure out the theme of the play. Maybe you only need 1
guess. See page 16.
Enjoy the spring!
Charter School Enrollment Still Open
Pacific Community Charter School still
has openings available for enrollment in the
2015-2016 school year. PCCS is a public
school that is tuition free and open to any
student who wishes to attend. PCCS provides a comprehensive K-12
education. The PCCS K-8 program, located
at 10 Lake Street in Point Arena, provides a
learning environment where academics are
supported by opportunities for creativity
through art and music, creative writing
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and poetry, role play, and exploration. The classroom environment is designed
to encourage collaboration, inquiry, and
peer-to-peer learning through project based
activities. Field trips supplement classroom
lessons and support a holistic worldview.
The PCCS High School program, located
at 200 Lake Street, offers college prep
classes and AP classes taught in small, multigrade, supportive learning environments. continued on page 14
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2015 Whale and Jazz Festival Opens April 3
The continually evolving Whale and
Jazz Festival is in its 12th year. Now called
the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast Whale and
Jazz Festival, it has grown to encompass
both April and May,
with an important
final performance in
September.
This year’s focus is
on the life and music
of one of the real greats
of jazz music, Dave
Brubeck. No fewer than
4 events are schedule to
showcase his music in a
package titled “A Season
of Brubeck- to Dave with
Gratitude”. Additionally,
many of the other acts in
the festival will include
at least one Brubeck
number in their play list.
The 18-event schedule formally began
on March 24 with an event not open to
the public in which the Harrison Goldberg
Quartet played a program at the Gualala Arts
Center designed to
introduce young
people to the joy
and diversity of jazz
music.
The public can
first encounter the
Festival on April 3
when Ian Scherer
and Joel Kruzic
visit St Orres
Restaurant for 2
seatings of dinner
jazz. Young violinist Corwin Zekley will sit
in. Full details on this evening and all other
events can be found on the website www.
gualalaarts.org as well as contacting event
venues directly.
The first of the Season of Brubeck
events takes place at the Arena Theater on
Monday, April 6 as part of their regular
Arena Film Club series. This music
documentary, Rediscovering Dave Brubeck,
is an inside look at not just
his music and its creation,
but also his quest for social
justice. Viewers learn, for
example, that he refused a
TV gig when he found out
that bassist Gene Wright,
the only black member of
the quartet, would not be
shown on camera.
You need not be a member
of the Film Club to attend.
And just for fun a Betty
Boop cartoon will play.
Whale researcher Jodi
Smith will give a lecture
on the subject in Coleman
Auditorium at Gualala Arts Center on
Thursday, April 9 at 7:00 p.m. Smith is a toplevel whale expert who created a research
organization, NaWhaRe, that she brought
to our coast a few years ago. She travels
extensively
following the
migration of
Killer whales,
sometimes
called Orcas,
along the West
Coast.
The Festival
continues
with familiar
events
from
photo by Stefan Jacobs
past Festivals.
Susan Sutton
and Piro Patton appear at the Black Point
Grill at the Sea Ranch on Friday, April 10.
The 215 Wine Bar in Point Arena will hosts
an evening of European Gypsy jazz on
cont’d on page 6
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will
commence
following
the
election.
The meeting is open
to the public but
only members may vote. Anyone may join
as they enter the building. The membership
will hear brief presentations on the state of
the theater and the theater’s historical video
will play. Board candidates will be given
the chance to make a
short presentation as
well. It is a potluck
dinner and members
are encouraged to bring
a dish. Last year’s fete
featured an impressive
spread. The theater bar
will be open.
Members are
encouraged to attend
to lend their support and guidance to the
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a PAHS graduate, has long been a booster
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gravitated toward the sport for a fundraising
event. This year’s event will take place on
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From humble roots a major event has
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The tournament is an annual event for
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education. Clark Beall is so associated with
this tournament that someday it may bear
his name.
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is one thing, but to produce such a large
event will necessarily involve a succession
of people. Ray Radtkey, Kathy Woodward,
Lou Ann Fredrickson, Mary Ann Jones, and
Kelley Mason were early organizers along
with Clark and his wife Rosie. Rick and
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well as Tuffy Tania Greene.
Local businesses will be at 3/4 of the tees
on the course entertaining golfers, serving
drinks and food. All the food, drinks and
auction items are donated. Golf fee’s, cart
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Golfers early bird registration fee is $150
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Led Zeppelin Tribute
Friday April 3 9 PM
Arena Theater Association
Annual Membership Meeting
and Board Election
Monday April 20 6 PM
National Theatre Live
Skylight
Saturday April 11 1 PM
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Russian River: All Rivers
The Value of an American Watershed
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On Saturday, April 11 The Arena Theater
will show the latest installment of the
National Theatre Live series when they
screen Skylight, a play by British dramatist
David Hare. Starring Bill Nighy and Carrie
Mulligan this is a new production of the
1996 Olivier
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Kyra Hollis, played by Mulligan, with
the apparent interest of re-kindling their
affair. Their attempt at rapprochement is
interrupted by an unannounced visit by
Tom’s father who only serves to complicate
matters. As the evening progresses, the two
attempt to rekindle their once passionate
relationship only to find themselves locked
in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies
and mutual desires.
The New York Post calls the work “A
magnificent chamber play by one of the
few
major
playwrights in
our language.”
The Sunday
Times refers
to
Hare’s
work
as,
“signs that a
dramatist of
the first rank
is writing at
full stretch,
in complete
command
of
his
material….”
The Spectator calls it “The play of the decade.”
Ben Brantley of the NY Times declares that
Carrie Mulligan “bids fair to become the
great British stage actress of her generation.”
Showtime is 1:00 p.m. and tickets are $18
general $5 youth.
Bolshoi Ballet Returns with Ivan the Terrible
The introduction of a
series of ballet telecasts
from the famed Bolshoi
company has met with
considerable success with
good audiences for the first
2 of the 3-part series.
On Sunday, April 19 at 2:00
p.m. the series will conclude
with Sergei Prokofiev’s Ivan
the Terrible with libretto
and choreography by Yuri
Grigorovich.
Alexander
Volchov (who danced in last
month’s Romeo and Juliet)
plays Ivan IV with Nina
Kaptsova as his Anastasia
and Artem Ovcharenko as
Prince Kubinski.
The ballet was arranged by
Mikhail Chulaki for a 1975 production by
choreographer Grigorovich at the Bolshoi
Theatre. The two-act work consists of
selections from Prokofiev’s 1944 film score
for Ivan the Terrible supplemented with
excerpts from his Symphony No. 3 (1928),
Russian Overture (1936), and film score for
Aleksandr Nevsky (1938).
The action of the ballet roughly follows the
actual events of Ivan’s life. In the ballet the
young Ivan must choose between 13 young
women presented to him by the warrior
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caste boyars. In fact the 16-year-old recently
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the ballet she is poisoned (which in reality
may have been the case) by Ivan’s enemies,
at the hand of the boyar, Prince Kubinski.
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p.m. Tim Mueller, Keith
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and Corwin Zekley will
be joined by vocalist
Alicia LeVan.
Point Arena’s Third
Thursday poetry night
always has poetry and
jazz so on April 16 they
will welcome poet Kirk
Lumpkin as a feature of
the evening of open mike
poetry and live jazz music.
The venue is 215 Main in
Point Arena.
The big Saturday
afternoon event is the
standard Chowder
and Jazz day with
Barnebey’s Hot Four
on April 18. This
hugely popular event
features a Chowder
Challenge along with
that Dixieland jazz.
Admission is free.
BAKU, a group
of local musicians
assembled to play
what they call “JafroFusion” music will
perform at the Timber
Cove Inn on April
25 for more dinner
and jazz before the
second of the Season
of Brubeck events takes
place back at the Arts
Center.
Dr. Simon
Rowe, Director of the
Brubeck Institute and a
jazz pianist himself will
give a slide show lecture
BAKU
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Fundraising Dinner For The
Pacific Community Charter School
on Sunday April 19th.
There will be two seatings
at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
and live performance on
all aspects of Brubeck’s
legacy. Brubeck’s long-time
bassist, Eugene Wright,
the only living member of
the famous quartet’s “Take
Five” years, will speak to the
audience via Skype about
the historic “Good Will
Ambassador Tours” of the
‘50s that spanned the globe.
This led to Wright becoming
a permanent member of the
classic quartet of the years
1958-68 during which they
recorded the classic Time
Out album, which was the
first jazz record to sell a
million copies.
The Annapolis Winery
will once again host an
event when Matt Silva
and Matt Eakle perform
standards on Saturday
afternoon May 2 and Zida
Borcich and Ira Rosenberg
are joined by tenor sax
player Francis Vanek at
the Heritage House for an
evening of dinner and jazz
with 2 seatings.
On Sunday, May 3 from
6:30 – 9:00 p.m. the Matt
Eakle Trio will play at the
Pier Chowder House and Tap
Room at Arena Cove. Eakle,
who plays flute regularly with
the famous David Grisman,
will be joined by keyboard
player Joey Edelman and
bassist Alex Buam. Special
menu with regular prices.
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to China and Singapore. He is currently
pursuing his Master of Music degree with
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Juilliard School.
Wyatt’s Juilliard
colleague, Han Chen,
will perform with him
at this concert on the
piano. Han Chen is a
distinctive artist whose
credentials at a young
age already include
important
prizes
in competitions of
traditional music as well
as increasing respect
in the avant-garde. He
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this month.
Monday April 27 The Wrecking Crew
Monday April 6
Rediscovering Dave Brubeck this show- a music documentary about a back-up band
ing is part of the Whale and
jazz Festival and details the
life and art of one of the most
famous jazz musicians of all
time. His classic Time Out
album is the fifth largest selling album of all time (Miles
Davis’ Kinda Blue leads all).
He was more than a jazz
great. He was a champion
of social justice as he created
the first inter-racial band in
that did for the West
the military and refused gigs
Coast Sound what the
that discriminated against his
Funk Brothers did for
black drummer Gene Wright.
Motown.
Backing
2007 60 minutes
musicians as varied as
Frank Sinatra, Nat King
Monday April 13
Cole, The Monkees, the
Pioneer set in the 1980s durBeach Boys and The
ing the Norwegian Oil Boom.
Byrds. Directed by the
Two divers working on a
late Wrecking Crew guipipeline find they are in over
tarist Tommy Tedesco’s
their heads in this thriller.
son, Denny, it contains
Director Erik Skjoldbjaerg
many of the great hits of
states he created a character
the 60’s
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which threatens his ability to
comprehend reality.” 100 min
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On Tuesday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m. the
Arena Theater will have a community
film event with the showing of The Russian River: All Rivers, subtitled the Value of
an American Watershed. The film explores
the diverse forces influencing the health of
California’s Russian River watershed. It is
the first film to tackle this subject in such a
comprehensive way. It is an official selection of the 2015 International Wildlife Film
Festival that will be held at Missoula, Montana April 18 - 25
It examines how the Russian River has
been used and what the consequences of
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effects of mining, logging, fishing,
agriculture, diversion and development, the film conveys a historical
perspective for the river’s condition.
Scientists, educators, policy makers,
activists and citizens offer their perspectives on how this resource has
been used and managed.
As we consider the policies and
actions that have shaped the watershed, the film looks to the future
by offering solutions and implores
viewers to offer their own. The film
asks the question, “What do we need
to change in ourselves to again live
in balance with this life-sustaining
resource?”
This non-profit project was produced, written and directed by residents of Sonoma County who like most
everyone on our planet, depend on a watershed to live. Three of the film’s makers
will be in attendance for a Q & A after the
screening.
Working on promotional material for the
wine industry, they found themselves in
a good position to observe how much the
watershed was giving up to the many forms
of development to which it was subject. The
more they learned, the more they felt per-
sonally responsible. They grew hungry for
information that would explain how a once
thriving, cool, clear home to fish and other
wildlife had become a resource in crisis.
They soon discovered how difficult it was
for residents within the watershed to find
accessible information and how little had
been done to share it. They found, while
efforts were being made to map and understand the watershed’s limits, the results
might come too late.
Seeking perspective, they shot interviews and watershed footage in California,
Oregon and Canada, discovering from experts and other concerned citizens that the
bounty the watershed offered had become
so valuable, so contested, that its very na-
ture had become obscured by controversy
and complexity, natural and manufactured.
Hydrologist Luna Leopold, son of environmental pioneer Aldo Leopold, reminds
us, “Water is the most critical resource issue
of our lifetime and our children’s lifetime.
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measure of how we live on the land.”
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One of the favorite annual shows at Gualala
Arts is the Quilt Challenge. This year’s Challenge will occupy the
Gualala Arts Center Burnett Gallery and Jacob
Foyer during the month
of April. An opening
reception will take place
on Friday, April 3 from
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
For 19 years now local
quilters from the Pacific
Piecemakers Quilt Guild
have “challenged” quilters to produce a quilt
from a chosen theme.
This year the theme is
“Above and Beyond”.
The website states that it
“invites quilters to look
beyond the ordinary
for inspiration, and to
stretch their skills and
vision into new territory. This year's theme interpretation and expression, both literal
is meant to encourage a broad variety of and abstract.” It is a non-juried, non-judged
show, though many
pieces will be for sale.
The goal of Pacific
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On Friday, April 10 from noon-4pm at
Bower Park Action Network is holding its
annual April Community Family Fun Day
at Bower Park again this year.
April is Child Abuse Prevention
and Underage Drinking Prevention
Month, and Action Network marks
these events with an open house each
year. After the success of the “Family Day at the Park” last year, they will
again be offering the same format of an
opportunity to meet our local service
providers, as well as provide a fun day
out for our local kids.
Once again the response from the
community has been wonderful. Firefighters from both the South Coast Station in Gualala and The Sea Ranch will
be there, with their big bright engines;
CLSD Ambulance will have a fully
crewed vehicle onsite; Mendocino
County Sheriff ’s K-9 unit will be putting on
a display, Pomo dancers will perform some
of their traditional songs and dances; and
RCMS and RCMS Dental will have person-
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Action Network Hosts A Family Day at the Park
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nel there to answer questions and provide
information on their services. In addition,
Sheriff Tom Allman, CHP Officers, Wildlife
Fish and Game Wardens, State Park Rangers, Americorps volunteers and
many others will be there to promote Youth Wellness.
The Across Ages and Cultures
Coalition Youth will be creating a unique display at the park
to raise awareness of teen alcohol
and tobacco abuse. “They have
been planning these two displays
for a while now, and I think they
are going to be eye-catching and
thought-provoking” says Leah Kirby, Action Network’s Youth Coordinator who works with the AAC
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- Isaac Asimov
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by Mitch McFarland
One of the most prescient scenes in
American movie history was when Dustin
Hoffman’s character in The Graduate,
Benjamin Braddock, was taken aside by a
family friend and given advice in a single
word: plastics.
Since that time plastic use has risen
enormously to where the typical American
household uses 500 plastic bottles and 750
plastic bags per year. Worldwide, it isn’t
much different. Plastics have become so
much a part of modern civilization that
one of the most symbolic scenes of the film
American Beauty was a long shot of a plastic
bag floating in the air, apparently with
nowhere to go.
We did find somewhere for our plastics to
go. Of course, 10% winds up in the ocean
and a lot more in landfills, but nearly half of it
goes to China to be recycled. In fact recycled
feedstocks are our major export to China
accounting for over $11 billion, hundreds of
millions of which are for plastics. That part
sounds pretty good, except for one thing:
China has become tired of being the world’s
dumping ground. In 2013 they instituted
something called the Green Fence policy.
Though it has received little coverage in U.S.
China has gotten serious about pollution
(and it is about time). They are now
rigorously inspecting loads of recyclables
coming into the country and have rejected
some 800,000 tons of contaminated loads.
This has resulted in some areas of recycled
plastic going to landfills.
Given America’s flush-it-and-forget-it
mentality, many people use recycling bins
as free garbage dumps. Look no further
than the recycling drop-off in Point Arena
to see how interested many people are in
properly disposing of their waste.. The door
is now closed for all but the most carefully
sorted plastics entering China. That doesn’t
mean they are giving up on recycling. It
is an important source of resin for making
new plastic products as, for example, it takes
8 times as much energy to produce a bottle
with virgin resin as with recycled.
Another factor influencing China’s
decision is that they are moving to
aggressively recycle within their own
country, which will reduce their need for
imported feedstock.
How should one read this development?
Well, we have our half-empty glass types
and our half-full glass types. The halfempty folks will sit back and say what a
bust recycling is, relieved that they can now
justify not recycling. Just as the bankruptcy
of Solyndra is being used as an excuse to
dismiss solar power, so will some say that
recycling plastic just doesn’t work.
Not so, says Dr. Mike Biddle, founder
of MBA Polymers in Richmond, Ca. He
projects, “In the long term, creating a
sustainable recycling market at home will
improve recycling rates, create jobs and
boost the US economy.”
Kathy Xuan, CEO of full-service
recycler Parc Corp. which has doubled its
production states, “We source 100% postconsumer feedstock diverted from landfill
or incineration. We save over 80% of the
energy and 1-3 tons of CO₂ for each ton of
virgin plastics we replace.”
Saureen Naik, president and CEO of
Intercontinental Export-Import Inc. claims
“We see the Green Fence as an opportunity
to grow domestically, to create new markets
for our export material, and to create new
jobs . Overall, we see this as an opportunity
and not a threat.”
Leon Farahnik, CEO of CarbonLITE,
a plastics recycler in Riverside, Ca that
processes about 2 billion plastic containers
a year, states, “I would say, it’s always a good
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WHALE & JAZZ
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You don’t have to burn books
to destroy a culture.
Just get people to stop reading them.
The Mystery Section in a bookstore can
be broken into a number of subsections and
in large bookstores often is. Examples might
include detective novels, cozies, thrillers,
noir and true crime. With detective novels
you generally have an
opportunity to meet,
get acquainted with,
and maybe even like
a given character or
two. You begin to
know what to expect
from your favorite
protagonists; Kinsey
Milhone, for example,
in
Sue
Grafton’s
Alphabet stories, or Lee
Child’s Jack Reacher.
In a thriller though,
such as Gone Girl, you
might think you know
a character but things
change. The characters
aren’t who they seem
to be. Such is the case
in The Girl on the Train.
Normal people aren’t always “normal”.
Rachel is a day-dreamer and a bit of a
voyeur. Much as James Stewart does in
Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, she
spends a great deal of her time looking out
a window; inventing names, creating stories
and relationships. Rachel, however, isn’t
stuck in a Greenwich Village apartment,
she’s on her daily commuter train. She is
particularly taken with
a couple she catches
glimpses of day after
day. The home in
which the couple lives
happens to be on the
same street where
Rachel herself once
lived with her husband,
Tom. Tom still lives
there with his new wife
and their child. And
Rachel has had a very
tough time letting go of
the life she once had.
In fact, Rachel’s life
is filled with turmoil.
You figure out fairly
quickly that she loves
her gin with or without
tonic. In the absence of
gin she’s fine with wine. Drink is a problem.
The couple she has created from her daily
observations is, in her mind, living the
fantasy she wishes was hers. Imagination
has become reality. The pair she visits with
her eyes on a daily basis is a perfect couple.
One morning, though, her imagined
reality is shattered. She sees her model
wife with another man in the backyard of
the home. She must be cheating on her
model husband, Rachel assumes. Rachel
begins to explore, to find out who this
couple really is. She builds troubling, even
frightening assumptions. Who can she tell,
she wonders? Who will believe her?
The story is told in alternating chapters
by Rachel, Tom’s wife Anna, and Megan,
the neighbor from down the street. Each
chapter is told from a present tense, firstperson perspective. And the introduction to
each chapter includes the date and time of
day when that part of the story is being told.
It’s a good idea to keep that information in
mind as you read.
The plotting is remarkable. How, I
wonder, does an author build a thriller
where one small mistake could undo the
entire story. There is no such mistake in
this book. The Girl on the Train is a tense,
fast-paced, tightly written, fast-moving true
who-dunnit. It’s filled with twists and turns,
continued on page 14
Ian Scherer
Roadhouse on May 8, again at the 215 on
May 9, and at the Fireside Room at The Sea
Ranch Lodge on May 14.
The next in the Season of Brubeck section
will be a performance by the sons of Dave
Brubeck. Dan Brubeck, who briefly lived in
Point Arena, plays drums while his brother
Chris plays bass and trombone. They will
be joined by pianist Chuck Lamb and guitar
player Mike DeMicco. They perform at the
Arts Center on Saturday, June 13 in what is
sure to be a lively set.
This year’s jazz festival culminates on
September 26 when the Main Event takes
place at the Arts Center. The Eric Mintel
Quartet will highlight the music of Dave
Brubeck, plus Mintel will premier his
brand new composition, “To Dave With
Gratitude,” written especially for this year’s
Festival Main Event concert. Ron Crotty,
Brubeck’s bassist on his original early 1950s
recordings, will be special honored guest
joining the Quartet. The 1953 recording
Jazz at Oberlin, on which Crotty played
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of the Peddler.
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- Ella Fitzgerald
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happening at the RCMS Dental Clinic in
Point Arena the last few years. In May of
2012 all federally qualified health clinics in
Mendocino county obtained grant money
from ARCH (Alliance of Rural Community
Health) to go digital. Record keeping and
x-rays are all done through a computer now. We use a sensor inside the mouth instead
of conventional x-ray film. We are enjoying
this new reality as long as the computers
cooperate. The positive aspects to all this is saving
paper as we don’t use paper charts and
records are
kept
by
co m p u ter.
The
digital
radiography
is
also
diagnostically
superior
compared to
conventional
film. The
radiation
exposure
times
are
also reduced with the sensor being more
sensitive to radiation than film. The clinic
no longer has to purchase toxic chemicals to
develop the film either.
Luckily my coworkers took to the new
system easily whereas I feel technically
challenged. Registered Dental Assistant
(RDA) Trina Santillan, Office Manager
Yvonne Fuentes and myself were trained
by a company called Quality Systems,
Inc. Trina was present when we started
out and her help was invaluable. Soon
thereafter Victoria Urizar was hired as a
dental assistant. Karina Gaona was hired
a year later as a dental assistant when Trina
moved to Sonoma County. Both Vicki
and Karina are excellent assistants who
obtained their x-ray licenses quickly and are
working towards RDA certification. They
have also completed Infection Control/
OSHA course training and completed an
oral polishing course and intend to obtain
their registered dental assistant licenses
within the next 18 months. Office Manager
Fuentes is the glue that holds us all together. Her laughter can’t help but put a smile on
your face.
Late last summer another wonderful
event helped the community when dental
hygienist Cheryl Soares, walked through
the door looking for work. She and her
husband moved to the area from Vacaville
and plan on building a house in the Gualala
area soon. Cheryl worked as a registered
dental assistant for 15 years before going to
hygiene school and has been a hygienist for
17 years. Her combined years of experience
in the dental field are a tremendous asset to
the clinic.
We also have a new Covered California
certified enrollment counselor and dental
front desk person, Cassondra Christiansen. She joined the dental team in February
this year to take
over Claire Freson’s
position. More
people qualify for
Medi-Cal benefits
under
Covered
California and this
includes
dental
benefits. The dental benefits
being
offered
through Medi-Cal
are
preventative
such as exam, cleanings and x-rays. Also
restorative fillings (we only use composite),
root canals on front teeth, extractions and
partial and full dentures are covered. It
would be wise to utilize the dental benefits
if you receive them.
In early 2014 Lowell Thomas, DMD was
hired on a part time basis, but now works
full time Tuesday through Friday. We are
grateful that Dr. Thomas decided to leave
his practice in the Fremont area from which
he commuted 4-5 days a week in order to
help people in this underserved area. He is
particularly aware of how diet, disease and
medications can affect the health of our oral
cavities. There is no separation of your dental
health from your overall health and wellbeing. Many diseases, health conditions,
medications and chronic disorders have an
oral consequence such as swollen, inflamed
or bleeding gums, tooth decay, ulcers, dry
mouth, bad breath or metallic taste. For
example, pregnancy, diabetes, cancer that is
being treated with radiation and/or chemo,
heart and kidney disease can cause problems
with your teeth and gums by compromising
the immune system. Vice versa, chronic
cont. on page 14
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DAY IN THE PARK from pg. 9
with the Jumpy house for kids and the hot
dog (veggie and turkey dogs too) barbeque.
At 1 :00 p.m. the Pomo Dancers perform
their special dance that historically addressed the issues of child abuse.
The highlight of the afternoon is the arrival
of the CALSTAR or REACH helicopter (so
long as they are not on an emergency call).
The helicopter crew have kindly offered to
give kids of all ages tours of the craft and answer questions. The afternoon winds down
with a Scavenger hunt, Pinata play, and rides
in a pony cart for the younger kids, pulled
by Lisa Kritz’s miniature ponies, .
Everyone is invited, admission is free.
Bring your picnic, or enjoy an Action Network’s $2 hotdog. Call 884-5413 for more
information.
3rd Thursday Poets Welcome Kirk Lumpkin
from Blake More
The Seed of Love
There is something shining
in the darkness
deeper
than electric lights
can reach.
It
is the seed of love
you have barely touched
inside yourself.
It remains
even
when all the seed corn
has been eaten
in the famine
after the drought.
It cannot be altered
by hybridization
or genetic engineering.
It is waiting for you
to nurture it—
Its only desire
is to grow.
Kirk Lumpkin
On Thursday, April 16 at 7pm The Third
Thursday Poetry & Jazz Improv Reading
Series at 215 Main in Point Arena will feature Berkeley Jazz poet Kirk Lumpkin. The
reading will begin with live improv jazz and
an open mic with jazz improv; the reading
will conclude with more live improve jazz.
Kirk Lumpkin is a poet/lyricist/songwriter/vocalist/spoken word
artist/environmentalist/
cultural worker/event producer. He is the author
of two books of poetry:
In Deep and Co-Hearing.
Kirk’s recent projects include: Positive Voodoo by
the Wild Buds (West Coast
Mardi Gras Music);Sound
Poems, by The Word-Music
Continuum, Kirk's unique
performance
ensemble
uniting music and spoken
word; and his original rock
songs CD, Moondog Sessions.
Kirk’s poetry has appeared in many different magazines, anthologies, and online
publications. Kirk has performed his poetry and music in festivals, clubs, bookstores,
and cafes all around the San Francisco Bay
Area and much of Northern California. In
2006 he did a poetry performance minitour of the LA area—four readings in six
days including one at Beyond Baroque in
Venice. In 2006 he also did a mini-reading
tour of western Colorado. In 2007 he did
two readings in Toronto, Canada and one
in New York City at the Bowery Poetry
Club. He has also done poetry readings in
England and Scotland under the auspices
of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
(CND).
In 2003, Kirk ended
his lengthy stint hosting
the Cafe International
Friday Night Performance Series (San
Francisco Bay Guardian "Best Spoken Word
Open Mic"), which he'd
been with since 1994.
He hosted the spoken
word open mic at Burning Man (1997, '98, &
'99). He coordinated
the Ecology Center
Literary Series 199799. As part of his work
as the Special Events &
Promotions Coordinator for the Berkeley
Farmers’ Market (a program of the Ecology Center) he developed a collaboration
with Poetry Flash and Ecocity Builders in
presenting the Watershed Environmental
Poetry Festival, hosted annually by former
U.S. Poet Laureate, Robert Hass.
At the beginning of 2005 Kirk joined the
Board of PEN Oakland. In 2004 a song he
co-wrote was a finalist in the UNISONG International Song Contest and another was
an Honorable Mention in the John Lennon
Songwriting Contest. For more info: www.
KirkLumpkin.com
Third Thursday Poetry is supported by
The Third Thursday Poetry Group, many
anonymous donors, and Poets & Writers,
Inc. through a grant it has received from The
James Irvine Foundation.
“No matter what, he will make sure the
sidewalks are shaking before you go home.”
— Examiner.com
“I'm deeply honored to have your poem
for me “Walking in the Woods with a Poet”
in a book with so many other wonderful poems. . . . it's such a solid real illumination .
. .” — Michael McClure, Beat poet & playwright
“If anyone is a real shaman, Kirk is.” —
Frank Moore, Internet radio & TV host,
performance artist
“Kirk Lumpkin has been an important part
of the Bay Area (and beyond) poetry scene
for years, hosting readings in San Francisco
HazMobile
Toxic
Waste
Drop-Off
Friday April 24
Saturday April 25
9 am - 1 pm
Sea Ranch North Fire Station
Highway One, The Sea Ranch
Open to both Mendocino &
Sonoma Residents
Limit: 15 gallons/vehicle per day
Charge for any excess.
Businesses by appointment.
Items Accepted: Motor oil, Medi-
cations, oil filters, paint, solvents,
gasoline, pesticides, antifreeze, fluorescent lights, auto & household
batteries & other toxic items.
Motor oil, auto and household batteries, electronics (i.e. t.v.’s, monitors
electronics) may be recycled at
South Coast Transfer Station,
Fish Rock Road, Gualala
Open Wed. 12 -4, Sat- Sun 9-4
Next Local Drop Off
June 26 & 27 !
For More information, call the Recycling
Hotline at 468-9704 or visit the website at
mendoRecycle.org
Mendocino Solid Waste
Management Authority
Funded by a grant from
Cal Recycle
and Berkeley, helping to facilitate the Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival [with
Poetry Flash & former U.S. Poet Laureate,
Robert Hass], and hosting open mikes at
Burning Man.”—Bay Area Poets Seasonal
Review
“Thanks Kirk for a wonderful night of
poetry . . . It was a room-changing and
earth-moving
performance.”—Mark
States; poet/spoken word artist; series
host; member, San Francisco Slam Team
(2008)
Nobody has ever measured,
not even poets,
how much the heart can hold.
- Zelda Fitzgerald
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CHARTER SCHOOL
HEALTH from pg. 12
from pg. 2
In addition, each student is a partner in
designing an individualized high school
curriculum through the Passages program,
six project-based courses students design
for themselves.
Pacific Community Charter School
celebrates its 16th year as a part of the
educational community. PCCS welcomes
visitors and interested families to call
Sigrid Hillscan at 882-4131 for more
information about the K-8 Program or
Yolanda Highhouse at 882-2298 for
more information about the High School
program.
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production for “strong corps de ballet
sequences, unique set designs and
costumes, and meaty choreography for
the leading roles (which) are elements that
Grigorovich has mastered with finesse and
abound in this ballet.”
Tickets are $18 general and $5 youth
with some student tickets available gratis
thanks to the Soroptimist. Pre-sale at www.
arenatheater.org.
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who-dunnit. It’s filled with twists and turns,
surprises abound. It will keep you guessing
right up until the very end. I rarely watch
and even more rarely enjoy films based on
books I’ve read. But this one might be an
exception. Properly done it could be one
heck of a movie.
BALLET
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infection in the mouth can weaken the immune system. This happens when inflammatory
molecules (proteins) buildup in the bloodstream. These proteins are sticky, and gooey and
promote clogging of the arteries making one more susceptible to heart disease and stroke.
The dental team in Point Arena would like to help you improve your oral and systemic
health. We are friendly, compassionate, caring and genuine in our services. The staff is
always evolving with continued education to provide the best experience for our patients. We listen to our patients so that we may meet their needs and educate them to live a healthy
holistic lifestyle.
I am grateful to this community for their generosity given in many ways and for entrusting
me with their dental needs. I have worked as a dentist in the local area for 17 years and
wouldn’t want to live and work anywhere else.
Here’s to you, your good health and happiness!
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all photos from the film
“red camera” studio quality and recorded on blu-ray.
Primary sponsor of the film is the Friends of the Gualala River. Co-sponsors are KGUA
radio, Jeanne Jackson, Point Arena Lighthouse, Go Local Mendonoma Coast, Redwood
Coast Watershed Alliance, Redwood Coast Land Conservancy, Moat Creek Management
Agency, and The Conservation Fund.
Suggested donation is $10. Running time 2 hr. 3 min.
SCUTTLEBUTT from page 10
thing that you have to think of ways of reusing your own material because it’s a resource. We
shouldn’t be giving away our resources to somewhere else when we can use it ourselves,” A
lot of those bales of plastic that used to get shipped to China are now coming to recyclers
like him. In this case, better standards from China mean better practices, as well as more
jobs here in the U.S.
Patty Moore, president of Moore Recycling states, “Recyclers addressed the challenges
and opportunities presented by the Green Fence, and we believe that the plastic recycling
industry emerged stronger as a result. Recycled plastic producers have invested in advanced
separation infrastructure or taken other steps to create higher quality bales with greater
yields.”
Of course, they are playing a catch-up game as no new recycling facility has been built in
the U.S. since 2003 thanks to having a dumping ground in China.
The 11 states with deposit laws all have significantly higher recycling rates than the
national average. China’s Green Fence may push the other 39 states to adopt deposit laws
of their own, as now they’re having to deal with more of their own garbage., which is
increasingly expensive.
Another result of keeping our recycling here in the U.S. is that recycling practices in
China are not very well regulated which means unsound techniques go unchecked,
resulting in acid pollution of land and waterways, emissions of toxic fumes from burning
and poor health among workers. Concern for these issues, obviously, is greater in the U.S.
thus resulting in less far pollution from our facilities.
The economics are there. The environmental concern is there. The need for creating
a sustainable society is obvious. So what is missing? An increased consciousness and
commitment. Manufacturers must be a lot more proactive in creating sustainable designs
and specifying recycled materials over virgin raw materials. Consumers need to redouble
their efforts to “do the right thing”. Governments must be more interested in encouraging
a sustainable economy and discouraging the throwaway society. Yes, it will mean more
effort on all our parts. It may even mean that we need to start paying the real price for our
products rather than allowing the earth to pay the price for our consumerism.
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1- Go downhill fast?
43- Object of devotion
5- Copper and zinc alloy
44- Intense fear
10- Cookbook amts.
46- Hosiery thread
14- Used to be
49- Mouthlike opening
15- Cost
51- Executive
16- British nobleman
56- Tidy
17- Long fish
57- Anticipate
18- Duck with soft down
58- Bean town?
19- Bacchanalian cry
60- Wife of Shiva
20- Agent
61- Twinned crystal
23- Seeps
62- Hula hoops?
24- Dogma
63- ___ breve
25- Within
64- Genre
28- Chemical used on trees
65- Ferrara family
30- London jail
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2- Lecherous look
37- Official permit
3- Author ___ Stanley Gardner
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4- Pillage
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31- Earth Day subj.
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50- Run of bird-song
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Garcia River Casino
Sat April 18th
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“Classic Rock n Roll”
Fri April 24th
Charley Crockett
“Louisiana Blues”
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Back by popular demand at the Arena
Theater on April 3 is the Led Zeppelin
tribute band, Zepparella.
The all-female band out of San Francisco
has a serious take on the legendary Zeppelin
and amazed the local audience with their
precise re-creation of the greatest rock
songs of all time. Although the band has
meticulously studied the hair, costumes and
performance styles, their musical virtuosity,
enthusiasm and genuine feel for the music is
what drives the experience for lovers of Led
Zeppelin.
Guitarist Gretchen Menn is a fanatic
student of Jimmy Paige’s work, but spent
her first years studying classical guitar under
a student of Andres Segovia. Her bowing
of the guitar on Dazed and Confused is
something to see.
She and drummer Clementine got
together over their mutual love of the
music and thought to have practice sessions
together learning the Zeppelin songbook.
They eventually formed a band and were
joined by bassist Angeline Saris. Gretchen
met lead singer, Noel Doughty, at a Robert
Plant concert and the band really took off.
Their constant touring is a result of their
Zepperella Returns to Arena Theater
inexplicably more interested in urban hiphop than surf music and so Ozone Bar-BQue was formed to keep alive the sounds
of Link Ray, Dick Dale and others, though
Ozone has added a level of sophistication
not found in early surf bands.
Tickets are $20 general and $15 17 and
under. Get tickets at the door or at www.
brownpapertickets.com. There was quite a
buzz about the last performance, which likely
will lead to a full house so buy your tickets
early. The show begins at 9:00 p.m.
Photograph by Matt Granz
finely honed act as well as the popularity of
the Zeppelin songbook.
The members have solo careers that vary
from the rock genre. The journeys they have
taken before coming together as Zepparella
include gigs playing jazz, speed metal, hiphop, Cuban, R&B, flamenco, and rockabilly.
Though the band members know every note
and word of Zeppelin’s songs they are not
afraid to explore their own improvisations
within the framework of Zeppelin’s classic
songs.
This show will feature an opening act of
the local band Ozone Bar-B-Que, consisting
of the outstanding guitarist Michael Burton,
versatile drummer Chris Campbell, and
the highly energetic Steve the Bass Player.
Young surfers, it seems, are somewhat
Save These Dates!
Moat Creek Taco Dinner May 1
The 19th Annual Moat Creek Taco
Dinner and Fundraiser is happening on
Friday, May 1 this year. It will once again
be held at the Druid’s Hall in Point Arena
with a 6:00 p.m. start time.
The usual menu of carnitas and
vegetarian tacos will be prepared by
local cooks who love to cook this style
of food—a favorite with surfers and just
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about everyone else.
Live acoustic music will accompany
the meal along with the company of
many old and new friends. The board of
directors of the Moat Creek Managing
Agency invites those who appreciate
public ocean access to support the agency
and their efforts to keep the Moat Creek
access free and open to the public.
Dell’Arte to Bring Pot Musical to Arena Theater
In something of a mini live theater festival this paradoxical dual nature of NorCal’s
the Arena Theater will follow their April signature crop. But it does so with a
lot more generosity
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and humor not to
of the play Proof
mention sheer razzlewith a May 2
dazzle showmanship
production by
than we’ve seen in
the
Dell’Arte
some recent public
Company of Blue
hearings on the topic.
Lake, California
The show successfully
in
Humboldt
humanizes
its
County called
subject.”
Mary
Jane:
–Lincoln
Kaye,
The Musical. It
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doesn’t take a lot
The play premiered
of imagination
in
2011 and quickly
to figure out
gained
notoriety,
the theme of a
sold out all its
play called Mary
performances, and
Jane produced
became the highestby folks in
grossing show in
Humboldt
Dell’Arte’s
35-year
County.
Blue
production
history.
Lake is roughly
Start time for the
the geographical
show is 7:00 p.m. and
center
of
Photo By: Sharon Letts
tickets are $20.
the
Emerald
Triangle. Mary Jane squarely confronts
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