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This week, the fall issue of the Community Wheel magazine will be in the North Coast Journal, and elsewhere around town. It is already available online. The theme is “Back to School, Free Range Kids.” Thanks to all the volunteers, interns, advertisers and members who make this publication possible, so we can educate Humboldt County on opportunities for healthy transportation.
Join us Thursday, Oct. 8, for the release party at Gallagher's in Eureka with Boot Stompin’ music by The Muckrakers. Details are here.
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Dear Readers,
This Community Wheel focuses on the relationship between the economy and our transportation system. I certainly found plenty to talk about on this topic with economist Steve Hackett (p. 8).
Yes our economy is doing poorly. We experienced a huge gas price spike last summer, and gave a lot of our money to OPEC nations for a few more miles of driving. We are now indebted to them – literally, and it’s time to stop spending frivolously and start paying it back.
If you survive the tricks and pranks your friends pull on you during April Fools’ Day, then join us for the Community Wheel Release Party from 5-8pm on April 2nd at Hurricane Kate's, located at 511 Second Street in Eureka.Date:04/02/2009 - 17:00
The light-hearted banter at the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District meeting on Friday, November 14th at the Wharfinger Building in Eureka served as a metaphor for the way the Commission chose, in a 3-2 vote, to move forward with a Redwood Marine Terminal development project that still contains an extremist rail-dependent container port in its long term plans.
“With all economic factors indicating the US is headed for a long recession, some experts are suggesting that the government should stop dumping all of our money into an enormous hole … Driving truckloads of money out into the New Mexico desert and dumping it into a massive pit is one of America’s greatest traditions.”
The City of Novato settled its lawsuit with the North Coast Railroad Authority on Nov. 4, enabling the NCRA to award $8.9 million in contracts for bridge and track repair at its Nov. 12 meeting.
After a 6-month hiatus, the Humboldt County General Plan Update process has yet again sprung into action with the release of a new draft last month and a new tentative schedule of hearings for public input set to begin early in 2009. The new General Plan, once completed, will be the blueprint for future development across unincorporated areas of the County.
The first step towards riding in inclement weather is an attitude adjustment. Embrace the wind and the water. Overcome your fear of the dark. A majestic freedom accompanies persistence through adversity. The strength of will developed by pushing through the rain is the same force that pushes bicyclists over the endless hills on The Tour of the Unknown Coast.
As an avid racer and bike mechanic, Ryan always helped his friends with bike maintenance and encouraged safe riding. A year and a half ago Ryan was competing in a road race and during the last half mile of the competition, some handlebars became hooked on a steep downhill and a dozen riders were thrown from their bikes.
