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Volume 26 . Number 4 . Issue 642 . Mendocino County’s Own Real Estate Publication . September 28, 2012 . Published Monthly Twin Souls/Twin Lives

Mendocino Coast couple K Schubeck and Monroe Robinson split each year between Little River and wildest Alaskan wilderness

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Little River, California/Twin Lakes, Alaska Twin Souls/Twin Lives Story and Photographs by Monroe Robinson and K Schubeck

eaving the seaside cliffs and redwood forests Knowing a bear may claim our food at any time, we of Mendocino for the summer to go to a remote remove Dick Proenneke’s canoe from inside “Spike’s wilderness cabin in Alaska has become our Cabin” and haul our supplies into its safety. Spike’s Llifestyle for the past thirteen years. We leave Cabin, a roughly constructed seasonal sport hunter’s behind supporting friends, a beautiful home and garden, log cabin, built before this was a national park, is our and all the amenities, from electricity and hot running home for the duration of our stay here. It measures 11 water to telephone and Internet. We pause as we ready ft. X 15 ft. and has a gravel floor, two small, screened ourselves to fly to Anchorage, asking if we are up to this windows, and a screen door to let light in, while holding adventure another year. The answer is clear as once again some of Alaska’s famously huge mosquitoes at bay. A we board the four-passenger floatplane that takes us galvanized garbage can buried in the gravel floor is our into some of the most spectacular unspoiled wilderness refrigerator and a solar shower hung from the ridge log in America, hundreds of miles from the nearest human affords our bath. We haul cold, pure water in buckets enclaves. The magnificent land with its glacier-filled from the lake with no fear of Giardia. A recycled solar valleys, turquoise lakes and wild rivers, rich with brown panel hooked to a 12-volt battery charges the many bear, barren ground caribou and grey wolf, becomes batteries we use for cameras, cordless drill and two- our second home. Observing the interconnected lives of way radio communication. K’s old kayak and our feet wildlife in an untrammeled wilderness draws us north each summer. take care of all our transportation needs. There are no roads within a hundred miles, and The single engine floatplane, so common in “bush” Alaska, touches down on trails are maintained by the creatures that make this wilderness their home. pristine water, avoiding the last chandler ice. The milky glacial water we saw on We are sometimes asked what it is like to live in the silence of wilderness, but wilderness our departure from Twin Lakes last fall has settled to the clarity of a rare blue jewel is not silent. The refrigerator does not start and stop nor are there the other sounds of a under winter’s ice. We look around at mountains that are streaked with deep snow Mendocino home or the road outside. There is no lawn mower at Twin Lakes and only a hand and know the slopes will be changing daily before our eyes, from brown to green. saw for cutting our cooking and heating fuel. But the wilderness is full of sound, and deeply A quick look through the spotting scope lets us know the golden eagles are again listening to those sounds is one of the avenues into learning about and understanding what active at their cliff-side nest across the lake. We discover three torn window screens is all about you. You start to identify not only what bird is calling but what the call means and and boards torn from the outhouse, reminding us we are back in the land of the what to turn your awareness toward. To travel safely in wilderness you keep your ears, your pesky black bear. The new damage to the outhouse elevates our alertness. eyes and your nose alert to what is about you. It becomes second nature and you feel alive through every cell in your body, with an elevated awareness. Standing next to our As volunteers for the National Park Service we greet the six hundred visitors from all four-month supply of corners of the world who come yearly to see Dick Proenneke’s cabin at Twin Lakes in Lake provisions on the shore Clark National Park. Dick Proenneke was arguably the closest thing to a Henry David Thoreau of Twin Lakes, fingers of the twentieth century, except Dick lived over a hundred miles from Anchorage and thirty wrapped together as the miles from his nearest neighbor for thirty-one years. He came to Twin Lakes at fifty-one years floatplane ascends, we of age, in 1968, to see if he could build a finely crafted log cabin with only hand tools and pause again to embrace ‘be content with his own company for an entire year.’ Dick Proenneke arrived as a rugged, our deep connection to meat eating, Alaskan outdoorsman, except for his journaling and filming. On his cabin wall each other and to this is a small, framed question he wrote: “Is it proper that the wilderness and its creatures place. Our souls fill as we should suffer because we came?” Being at Twin Lakes changed Dick. He shot a sheep and warm to the awareness a caribou during his early years at Twin Lakes, but then never shot another big game animal, of the preparations we even though he did remain a meat eater. He began to think of the wildlife as his friends must make now for our Untouched wilderness, like this view of Twin Lakes Big Valley and his neighbors. Dick continued to catch fish and occasionally ate a porcupine when he long stay. We set to work. Shangri-La, has pulled them back to Alaska for thirteen years. heard the porky gnawing on his cabin. Proenneke’s daily journals of his first year at Twin

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With the bust of the caribou herd and the subsequent filmed himself building his cabin and later worked tirelessly plummeting of predators, our study has morphed into a broader photographing and filming the wilderness and wildlife around understanding of the animals in the area, their relationship to Twin Lakes for the National Park Service. His efforts helped each other, their environment and plant communities in a time to create Lake Clark National Park with Twin Lakes at its of dramatic change. As the climate warms we are watching heart. The video Alone in the Wilderness is one of several that timberline rise up the mountain slopes with forest taking over chronicle his life. Dick Proenneke did all he could to see that what was traditionally alpine tundra. Twin Lakes would be left for future generations to experience wilderness untouched by humans. ver the years we have found and returned to more K and I were drawn to this remote part of Alaska decades than a dozen fox dens, many of which are ancient ago, and separately met Proenneke in our wilderness travels dens with dozens of entrances. Each of these before we met each other. When we did meet, there was Odens has been occupied by at least three different an immediate recognition of our similar values, concerns, mammals at some time during our study. The mammals that passions and commitments, which led eventually to our we have observed at these dens include wolves, foxes, river marriage. During the 1980s and nineties, K taught school and otters, black bear, porcupine, and ground squirrels. had been a mentor teacher in several Yupik Eskimo villages I had dreamed since childhood of finding and watching Over the years we have found and returned to more than west of Twin Lakes. She met Proenneke while volunteering wolves at their den. Just finding a den and watching wolves a dozen fox dens, many of which are ancient dens with during summers for the National Park Service, inventorying in this vast, four million acre national park was the outer limit plants in remote locations throughout the park. I heard of Dick dozens of entrances. This fox kit came from the Everglades Den. of my dream. when I was building a trussed log bridge on Lake Clark and then hiked seventy miles to meet him at his cabin on Twin oming back to the area of our wildlife study each year Lakes. I remember thinking that I would like to live my life like is never coming back to the same place because Dick but not by myself. In 2000 Dick Proenneke was no longer the observations we are able to make this year are able to live at Twin Lakes. The National Park Service asked K ones that we had not developed the awareness to to stay at Twin Lakes to watch over Dick’s cabin and asked me C make a few years earlier. A fox traveling through our camp to consult on what should be done to restore the structures. is no longer a random sighting. From its slight limp and the I completed the restoration of the Preonneke cabin, cache, condition of its fur, we now recognize her and know it to be a woodshed and three other small log cabins used in support parent with kits at a den. It is carrying no prey so it is traveling of the Proenneke site using only hand tools as Dick had done. from its den to find food for its young. Tracking faint clues Each summer I maintain all of these structures and replicate in the opposite direction from the fox’s travels, we found six a few of Dick’s handmade belongings that have been taken to kits playing and fighting outside of the den. This was a rare the park archives for safer keeping. Using only hand tools, I time that neither adult fox was bothered by our presence. We have replicated Dick’s ladders, chairs, cargo snow sled, saw sat for twelve days, once through the entire night, recording Monroe filming. Much time at Twin Lakes is spent filming horse, snow shovel, and ice crampons, always doing my best special moments rarely seen. to have the replicated item look and feel like Dick had used it and journaling about the wildlife they find and study. for thirty-one years. Every year our return to Twin Lakes is with new eyes, new awareness of sounds and smells, more depth of understanding first fell in love with my eleven-year-old daughter, with each observation. This summer we found and videotaped Chelsea, who had come with me the year Dick the active nests of bald and golden eagles, gryfalcon, merlin, left. It was our similar values, passions and Pacific loon, Arctic tern, Barrow’s goldeneye, least sandpiper, K commitments that led us to Twin Lakes and it and close to a dozen small songbirds. is there that K and I now explore and model an ethic for A two-and-a-half-inch downy feather-lined Lincoln’s wilderness travel and wilderness management. We have sparrow nest with five tiny eggs pulled at my passions of written and spoken countless times, contributing to the new wilderness awareness. This little hen, weighing only half twenty-year management plan now being formulated for an ounce, had flown thousands of miles from Twin Lakes Lake Clark National Park by the National Park Service. Twin to someplace, perhaps, like Little River last fall. Certainly Lakes is where we meet like-minded wilderness travelers she had lived through rain and windstorms that would give who help us develop strategies to protect wilderness for the hardiest of hikers pause. She had found food to eat but future generations. Honoring Proenneke’s legacy for Twin Finding a wolf’s den became a passion for Monroe and, without doubt survived lean times where even her tiny body Lakes means keeping this wilderness free of human-made when they finally did discover one, they have gone back lost mass. She had avoided the claws of falcons and the trails, public use cabins, rock fire pits, and trees cut down to film and observe it for the last seven years. teeth of foxes. She had wintered far south and then flown for campfires. north, seeking cover from tree to tree. Her nest was only two Dick’s cabin attracts those who have seen his video on feet from a pond’s edge in a recess in the tundra. The hen PBS. Numerous people every year choke up when they tell sparrow had plucked white downy feathers from her breast us what it means to them to visit Proenneke’s cabin. Many to keep her eggs warm. visitors are hikers or kayakers who fly to some location We watched a mew gull fly along the edge of the pond using within the park and paddle or hike to the Proenneke Cabin its sharp vision in search of small, inexperienced fledglings to as part of a wilderness camping experience. With these feed its own chicks. Every moment of the little sparrow’s life people we discuss how to travel in wilderness while leaving is fully engaged in living, while balanced on a razor’s edge of it untouched. Leaving no trace is not enforced; it is a learned survival. I am reminded of the movie Winged Migration, the wilderness ethic. filmed life of migrating swans, geese, and ducks. I stretch In addition to our Proenneke site duties, we hike in the my imagination to what a camcorder on the forehead of the wilderness for a month each summer, studying, filming and hen sparrow would have seen. We now understand that it is journaling the interrelationship of wildlife. As biologists, we not just the Lincoln’s sparrow, but that all wild creatures live decided to conduct a wildlife study of twenty-five square A two-and-a-half-inch downy feather-lined Lincoln’s every moment in this same way, fully engaged in life, while miles along the Chilikadrotna River that drains Twin Lakes. sparrow nest with five tiny eggs laid by a little hen, balancing on the razor’s edge of survival. How can we not be The study began in 2002 by watching the tens of thousands weighing only half an ounce, who flew thousands of miles in awe when imagining the lives of each of nature’s animals? of caribou that traditionally migrated through this area from Twin Lakes to someplace like Little River last fall. How can we not be humbled and inspired to leave space for annually, along with documenting the predators that came each to survive? Page 4 Real Estate Magazine September 28, 2012 years of age, I counted red salmon on the Kvichak River for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Forty-nine million red salmon returned from the Pacific to the Kvichak River that year. The Kvichak and Nushagak can remain productive for untold future generations if the Pebble Mine is stopped. The toxicity of huge mines like the Pebble Mine has no place within the drainage of earth’s pristine rivers. The Mendocino coast was at one time a wilderness of not only the tallest trees in the world, but also salmon that locals my age recount running so thick in the water “you could walk on their backs.” Wholesale liquidation of the redwood forest with no stream protection is largely responsible for the near total destruction of silver salmon as well as the extirpation of marten and other species. The depleted landscape no longer supports its logging and fishing potential, nor the diversity of its original wildlife.

Each summer at Twin Lakes K and Monroe spend one month hiking, studying, filming and recording findings in the wild places they discover and revisit regularly.

A sparrow fleeing the claws of a sharp-shinned hawk at our Little River home startled K and me and reminded us of the little Lincoln’s sparrow hen. We hold a deep awareness that wildlife along the Mendocino coast may be the same wildlife we observe in the wilderness of Twin Lakes. Months before leaving for Alaska while driving along Highway 128, a golden eagle feeding on a dead deer caught my attention. It was likely migrating north and would soon be feeding its new hatchling on a barren ground caribou calf or Dall sheep lamb. Every year we await Erica Fielder’s observations of grey foxes denning under her cottage on Ten-Mile River, including the foxes’ interconnected lives with striped skunk, California quail, and bush rabbits. Returning from living in nature at Twin Lakes each year, human connection to the natural world is deeply etched in our souls. How we live our lives along the Mendocino coast and the overwhelming effect of human alterations of nature where so many people live can obscure one’s awareness of our connections to the natural world, and certainly even more so in more highly populated cities and areas. Stories of wildlife along the Mendocino coast are as awe inspiring as the lives of their wilderness cousins in the far north, perhaps even these same birds living their summer near the wolf den. An awareness of human Monroe filming at Twin connection to the natural world brings clarity to our vision of the Mendocino coast. We hope the experiences and knowledge we bring back with us will be a teaching and an example that helps others understand and live more closely in tune with nature, as well. e hope that sharing our Twin Lakes experiences will help to change logging practices in Mendocino forestlands to restore these forestlands and salmon very year king salmon and red salmon return to the Chilikadrotna River to spawn spawning habitat. We are aware that we are briefly carrying a torch before in the area of our wildlife study. They have swum several hundred miles from the Wpassing it to a future generation, and we feel privileged to dedicate our lives Pacific. The salmon have helped sustain both wildlife and humans every year since to these efforts between our two treasured homes. Ean early hunter lost his spear point sixty-five hundred years ago near the wolf den where we found it. The valley of the wolf den drains into the most productive wild salmon river in the world, the Kvichak. The Kvichak, along with the river that the Chilikadrotna Bird life is a rich source of study at River flows into, the Nushagak, account for 30 percent of the world’s wild salmon harvest Twin Lakes. annually. These two river systems will change forever if the world’s largest open pit gold and copper mine, the Pebble Mine, is opened in their headwaters. In 1965, at nineteen Top right: a Big Valley rock ptarmigan.

Bottom right: Golden eagle.

Bottom: Robin’s nest with newly hatched chicks.

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Over a quarter mile property is ideal for anyone who wants to live close to the of beautiful Noyo River frontage with easy access and gorgeous coast but out of the daily fog influence. (23572) $350,000 meadows. South-facing property in the sunbelt with a short, straight drive to town. Older cabin near river with electric, water, and septic (condition unknown). Lots of redwoods. Did I BEAUTIFUL COLONIAL Williamsburg-style home on over 4 say private? (23475) $1,075,000 acres. Two complete main-floor master suites, one with a study, and private entrance. The upper floor contains an additional GREAT HOME on 10 acres in the sunbelt with many outbuild- bedroom with attached sewing room, plus a large loft studio. ings and detached garage and artist studio. Beautiful redwood Three-car garage with loft. Completed in 1992 this home was interior with hardwood floors. Fireplace with insert woodstove built with dual-pane windows, full insulation, and propane and a freestanding oil stove for heat. Lots of privacy on this forced-air heat. Beautiful colonial wood-framed fireplace. ten-acre parcel, with the adjacent ten-acre parcel also for sale. (23309) $692,000 (22752) $349,000 SO MANY FEATURES on this 3 bedroom, 2 bath home near Noyo Harbor. There is even an ocean THIS THREE BEDROOM, 2 bath home is on a larger lot. view from the Two-car attached garage. Large fenced-in backyard with living room and six-foot fencing for privacy. Deck off of south-side bedroom. deck. Numerous Bonus room that can be used as an office. Large lot; 70 ft. upgrades took x 140 ft. (22081) $255,000 VERY NICE 10 acre parcel in the redwoods with plenty of place since this sunshine. This two-story home sits on a hillside and has nice owner moved in. FANTASTIC OCEANFRONT home complete with views views of the trees and valleys. Nearby pond and lots of privacy This two-story for this 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. Lots of outbuildings, and room home has the of crashing waves to expand. Drilled well, turn-around driveway. Home has several master bedroom and gorgeous entry doors for guest privacy. (23414) $289,900 and two bedrooms upstairs, a guest room, laundry and bath, sunsets surround THIS PROPERTY has six rooms and six baths. It has been used and a huge redwood two-story structure that has room for this 2,364 sq. as a small inn in the past and sits on one acre with ocean view. just about any use. Shop, hobbies, garage, boat storage, ft. wonderfully (23301) $585,000 bunkhouse, and then there is another large two-story garage appointed home. or shop building as well. And there is more, including a Specially built garden area and well for use, plus city water and sewer, too. This is the ultimate sportsman or hobby person’s home. decking to create Paved drive, forced-air oil heat with two zones, and a large a wind-protected solar array to almost pay your PG&E! Don’t miss this home. vista to enjoy the There is so much to list. (23284) $499,000 mesmerizing sur- roundings and lush, fully irrigated Japanese influenced HISTORICAL BUILDING in the heart of Westport Village. landscaping. This beautifully built, two-bedroom home with There are fantastic custom hardwood floors includes radiant floor heating. It ocean views! Five also boasts two plus baths with handcrafted ceramic tile bedrooms and four throughout. The exquisitely functional kitchen is a chef’s MANY UPGRADES on this neat-as-a-pin, 2 bedroom, 2 bath LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION Currently used for law baths with turn-of- delight. Stainless appliances, marble counters, and show- home with office and family room. Vaulted ceiling and rock offices. Previously, retail. Two offices (10.5 ft. x 15.5ft. each), 10 the-century charm. ft. x 12 ft. conference room, 8 ft. x 10 ft. secretarial area, good- stopping views. A welcoming 1,020 sq. ft. guest/artist’s studio fireplace in living room. Includes oversized garage with full This is a definite bath and pellet stove. Beautiful lawn and landscaping. Great sized reception area, rest room, and some storage. Handicap with Japanese influence; one acre fully fenced and gated neighborhood short drive to the village. New automatic generator. accessable. Zoned HVC(Highway Visitor Commercial). Due to fixer but the poten- for your privacy. Don’t miss this piece of heaven located on Covered porches on front and back. White picket fence! No work the confidential nature of the current occupants’ legal practice, tial here is great! the bluffs of the Mendocino Coast. (23344) $3,100,000 to do to move into this one. Relax on you covered porch and enjoy showings must be by appointment only and be accompanied by (23351) $399,500 the privacy of you backyard. (23512) $349,000 owner or listing agent. No lock-box available. 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Contemporary architec- Bridge timbers and solid construc- ture and a fantastic city tion de ne this great, saltbox-style location make this home home with its ocean views up the a standout in the market. north coast. Light wood and wall- Very custom in every way board interior, massive wood stair- from design and materials case, skylight, sun porch/solarium, to the construction details floor-to-ceiling windows, earth- which provide a comfort- quake retro t, lots of storage, and able and quietly impressive more. Commune with all kinds of home.  ere is beautiful nature from this two-acre setting with ample space and privacy next to acres oak  ooring throughout with slate  oors used in the entry, hall, dining room, of state park headland property. An opportunity to split the property with and kitchen of this 2,000 sq.ft., 3 bedroom, 2 bath home.  e radiant hydronic a view easement, should that ever be desired. Walkability is the biggest plus zoned heating system, master bath with great walk-in tiled shower, and sev- behind location, view, and solid home features with great walking to the all eral appliances are quite new. Enjoy lovely private patios and great style both shops, services, and cultural activities of the village as well as around the inside and out with windows and glass patio doors galore. (23575) $377,000 headlands to the beaches and park. (23478) $1.2 million

If you are ready to purchase Village Ocean View Ready to Build $634,000 land for that “Dream House”, Paci c Reefs Oceanfront with Plans $585,000 “Get Away Spot”, or just Twelve Acres Near Big River $295,000 “Invest” while prices, interest Residential Acreage Above Harbor $237,000 rates, and building costs are Side by Side Ward Ave. Lots (each) $159,000 still low, give us a call. Many Developed Parcel on Sherwood Road $135,000 developed or undeveloped “Just Cleared” Ward Ave – Riparian $129,000 options are still available. Well Located Fort Bragg City Lot $115,000  For a photo album of these and all our residential, land & commercial listings, please see www.gbrealty.com  Page 8 Real Estate Magazine September 28, 2012

1000 main street Pamela Hudson Real Estate Mendocino, ca 95460 “ENERGY, ETHICS, EXPERIENCE!” 707.937.3900 www.pamelahudson.net

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY The first grocery store FAMILY RETREAT Expansive main residence in escrow after a thirty-minute drive through the redwoods on NEW LISTINGS and very nicely done guest cottage located just Highway 128. Large free-standing building, upgraded RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME beach house. Fresh, open home is a short drive from Mendocino and Fort Bragg. refrigeration throughout, meat department, deli made for entertaining! Located near Large additional 1,600 sq. ft. garage and shop department, small gift store with fishing and diving the village of Mendocino, fine dining, designed for a home business. A must-see! equipment, two gasoline pumps. Ocean view. Turn- key operation. Immediately adjacent to the local golfing, beaches, fishing, walking, (23377) $550,000 post office and hardware store. (23164) $2,499,000 and kayaking. Built in 2000 with little use since. Many upgrades to home. Vaulted ceilings in the living room and stone fireplace, balconies all around, COUNTRY PROPERTY Spacious single-story main price reduced TRANQUILITY AND OPEN SPACE under skylights and a chef’s kitchen. This home is a residence with sunny rooms, adjacent two-story make this double-wide manufactured home in must-see to appreciate all it has to offer and the spectacular ocean views. unit with living quarters on 5.12 acres. Valley The Woods a serene sanctuary. Tile entry opens Ozone treatment system and large water holding tank. RV hookup. Turn-key and mountain views. Only a short distance from to a large living room with ceiling fan and wood home is ready for you! (23525) $765,000 forested area and a short drive to the beach. A stove. Brand new heater and one-year-old roof! TOP-NOTCH QUALITY CRAFTSMAN home with 600 sq. ft., 1 bedroom, 1 welcoming family home (23200) $425,000 (23385) $155,000 bath cabin and 300 sq. ft. workshop on 5 acres. This property is in the transi- tional area between the pigmy and the redwoods, in a quiet, private setting TWO HOMES ON TWENTY ACRES Escape to your PRIME COMMERCIAL LOCATION Cornerstone 0.4 miles off Comptche-Ukiah Road. own private forest just minutes from the beach property in the heart of downtown Fort Bragg, and the village of Mendocino. Main home has Just five minutes from the village of California. Prominent location at Franklin and Oak Mendocino! (23546) $525,000 two bedrooms and two baths with unique custom streets, first time on the market since the early features. Second residence is a 2 bedroom, 1 bath home in near-new condition. Beautiful landscap- seventies. Large three-story commercial building ENJOY THE GOOD LIFE in Little River in this Cape Cod-style 1870s home. ing, flower garden, and paths through the woods. with adjacent vacant lot. Multiple possibilities for Completely remodeled from the founda- (22385) $599,000 retail or commercial use. (21923) $565,000 tion to the roof (2012) Located close to fine dining, golf, abalone diving, walk- ing, kayaking, beaches, and the village MENDOCINO OPULENCE Custom-built, 3 bed- YOUR OWN TEN ACRES OF WOODS Wander into your of Mendocino. Little River is a coveted room, 2.5 bath home with every amenity imag- own redwood forest just minutes from the Mendocino beaches with over ten sunny acres of woods sloping place to live, and this home will get inable. Located in the Hills Ranch subdivision, down to the Albion River. This hard-to-find secluded you into the right spot. All new Viking only a short walk to the village of Mendocino. property is surrounded by hundreds of acres of timber- appliances and Silestone countertops. Beautiful entertainment room with doors leading land. Permits for a house are active and the electricity is already on the property. Seasonal stream and year-round New custom cabinets in kitchen, new foundation, plumbing, bathroom, to the deck, and views of the valley leading to the springs. All you have to do is complete your dream home. and stone wall. High Speed Wi-Fi. On-demand water heater. Barn has ocean. (22945) $759,000 (23279) $580,000 been turned into another bedroom or home office with sweeping views of the fruit trees and meadow beyond. Southern exposure and a sunny deck make for warm living all year around. No restrictions for vacation renting, COAST HIGHLANDS ESCAPE This home offers an SAME TIME NEXT YEAR vacation home is near beaches and if you can give this home up for a night! (23471) $499,000 expansive single-story floor plan with easy-living shopping, yet is an oasis of calm that feels miles away...This home style. The upper story has a bath, two bedrooms has beautiful Japanese touches throughout. This house must be OCEANFRONT VIEW OPPORTUNITY with a quiet trail to the Navarro seen in person to appreciate, the feeling here is amazing. Most Beach…main house and guest house or a bedroom and living area, and a generous deck of the furnishings are included to make this a turn-key investment surrounded by mature cypress trees and a view of home. Shoji screens, laminate bamboo flooring, and custom cabi- on over two acres of prime view prop- netry throughout. Japanese soaking tubs in bathrooms, tiles and erty perched above the river as it enters the ocean. Ground floor private master suite, game custom cabinetry throughout. Wi-Fi. Additional information on the room/library with French doors leading to a luxuri- rental is at www.vrbo.com listing #222582. MOST FURNISHINGS the Pacific Ocean. Stand on your deck ously landscaped backyard. (23037) $799,000 INCLUDED IN SALE! (23231) $499,000 and take in the blue and white water to the south, the rugged coastline, and the Point Arena Lighthouse. Gaze to the east up the majestic Navarro River as it FORT BRAGG COMMERCIAL building is the perfect price reduced location for a live-work situation that offers con- PEACEFUL HOME IN REDWOODS Spacious, 3 winds its way through the redwood trees. This is the location of a lifetime. venience and practicality. Two large downstairs bedroom, 2 bath home in The Woods adult com- (23470) $1,200,000 storefront retail shops, two upstairs apartments, and munity located next to Van Damme State Park in STRIKINGLY GORGEOUS with floor-to-ceiling windows and doors, and owner’s quarters that are comfortable and welcom- the redwoods. Skylights and high ceilings. On de- expansive, panoramic, unobstructed ing. This building has had many different types of mand generator and fireplace. Use of clubhouse businesses in the past! Don’t miss out on this great ocean and cove views. Quietly lo- opportunity. (22552 ) $799,000 and pool. (22681) $160,000 cated at the end of one of the ‘’Seven Sisters’’, minutes from Mendocino… it doesn’t get any better than this. Completely remodeled, just finished, OCEANFRONT RENTALS Gorgeous oceanfront home with income—Get Paid to Live the Mendocino RIDGETOP LUXURY panoramic Pacific Ocean the pictures will speak for themselves. Dream! Few homes offer you the opportunity to have white water views greet you when you arrive at Detail list of features attached to this turn-key income while you can live in a beautiful, this Navarro Ridge home on 6 private acres. Large listing. One-of-a-kind custom home in one of the best locations on the four-bedroom home overlooking the Pacific Ocean. living room with tile fireplace, formal dining room, Mendocino Coast. $1,375,000 Currently all three units have income being profes- kitchen with breakfast room, library/guest room and UNIQUE CUSTOM HOME Contemporary home overlooking the Albion sionally managed by the Inn at Schoolhouse Creek. two bedrooms with adjoining baths. (23311) $936,000 $1,475,000 River as it meets the Pacific Ocean. Dramatic exterior and interior con- struction style, huge beams, granite BEACH ACCESS Own your own beach and stream COMMERCIAL PROPERTY located on the northwest and tile finishes, and metal staircase. flowing to the magnificent Pacific Ocean. First time curve of the newly constructed roundabout on north Multiple rooms with skylights; huge on the market and a very special opportunity. Four Highway 1 in Fort Bragg, California. High visibility floor-to-ceiling windows and doors. plus acres on two separate parcels. Custom-built with ease of access. Both buildings are currently oc- ranch-style home Level property has abundant po- cupied with longstanding tenants. Access from both This is a showcase, cornerstone tential. Located just south of the Fort Bragg city limits Highway 1 and the Old Coast Highway makes this a home. Very private location. (23336) $1,200,000 provides easy access to amenities, yet has ultimate unique commercial property with lots of potential. privacy. (23083) $2,400,000 (23137) $489,000 LITTLE RIVER ESTATE Luxury living in Little River…a rare opportunity to own in this fine neighborhood. This home features a fabulous great room BUSINESS FOR SALE A full-service print- in the center, perfect for entertaining EIGHT-ACRE FORESTED PARCEL Huge ma- parties and family Fireplaces, a fabu- ing business with strong local following is ture trees frame a sunny meadow. There is a lous chef’s kitchen, lots of windows, waiting for an offer! Owners are ready to spring on the property and an old farmhouse landscaping, and elegant flooring retire. Great location and loyal staff. MAKE throughout this beautiful property remains. Located about ten minutes from AN OFFER! make for a dream home. Guest cot- Mendocino and Fort Bragg. (23201) $469,000 tages and studio. Six acres. All this near fine dining, golf, and beaches. (23366) $2,299,000

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Vivian Evans, Broker DRE #01234092 Donna Withers, Realtor® [email protected] DRE #01182211 Toll Free Local 866-937-5960 813-7431 Local 937-5960 NORTH COAST LAND 45080 Little Lake Street . Mendocino, California 95460 . www.northcoastland.com NORTH COAST LAND RESIDENTIAL LISTINGS specializes in matching CASPAR CREEK FARM At 98 acres this is one of the last large BEAUTIFUL OCEAN VIEWS from this people with property. parcels, next to Jackson State Forest with breathtaking sunsets large two-story home. Nicely landscaped and ocean view from the property. Secluded, yet convenient home with private setting and lots of room. · 25 years of Real Estate sales to Mendocino or Fort Bragg. Features a world class workshop Fenced garden, sunny pinic table, fenced experience on the Coast with radiant in- oor heat, glass doors, skylights, and a full for a dog, two staircases, nice home of ce, bath, perfect for an artist or craftsperson to live and work in. open space kitchen living room area, re- · Knowledeable in both Real Estate Great property for horses, mountain biking, or hiking in the place, solariums on west and east side. and Finance old growth groves. This treasure comes with NTMP. Seller is $865,000 highly motivated. Price recently reduced. $1,995,000 · Vivian Evans is a skilled negotiator BUSINESS LISTINGS who gets results WELL-BUILT Italian villa out in the country yet walking distance to the beach. In the sunbelt with lots of privacy. Large SENIOR HOUSING in Fort Bragg close to hos- · Thorough understanding of living rooms; three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, solarium with attached pital and store. One hundred percent occupancy on the Coast and requirements for garage and guesthouse. All new wiring; new roof. Home is and UDSA subsidized with a waiting list of more the Coastal Planning Department than a hundred people. Plans to build on lot next very well constructed. Wonderfully landscaped; great water · High referral rate brings a magic with new septic. A gardener’s delight. OWNER MAY CARRY door up to forty-four units. $6,500,000; price touch to everything $490,000 includes both parcels. THE ONLY GAS STATION IN TOWN OF COMFORTABLE COASTAL HOME Only a short walk to his- · Committed to excellence from MENDOCINO; Owner now will sell busi- beginning to end toric Mendocino village, close to the beach, this cozy home has ness separately from land. A great op- been recently remodeled. Views of the sunsets over the ocean portunity in the heart of town. Currently · Broker with local knowledge can be seen from the tastefully designed kitchen, featuring sale of gas and oil, and oil changes, and gourmet appliances. Hardwood  oors throughout; new roof, tires, but it would be possible to expand attached two-car garage. Joshua Grindle Park is adjacent on and add products. Land is also for sale and can be bought separately. $1,600,000 the west boundary. $350,000 LAND PARCEL MAIN STREET: Great opportunity to live and work on Haul GREAT OPPORTUNITY on this market to buy a commercial lot next to botanical gardens. Owner has drafted site plan for mini storage and possible Road at the beach. Zone—Light Industrial. Bring Dream and store. Close to ocean and to town. OWNER MAY CARRY! $365,000 Live…Work…Walk…on the Beach! $399,000 REDWOOD WONDERLAND WITH OCEAN VIEW Come build your dream home on this amazing ocean view parcel, with Albion River  owing through the north side of the property. Redwood forest, meadows, and a pond; 58± acres with a well, septic, three-phase power and phone. Forty acres are zoned RR5; minor subdivision is on le with the county; also included is a sixty-year timber management plan. The owner has applied for a Coastal Development Permit to build. $890,000 Page 10 Real Estate Magazine September 28, 2012

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Nice hardwood floors in space on the first floor with bonus den/hob- HOME offers total privacy and filtered erty on acreage and you will be impressed. kitchen/dining areas. Patio is protected and by/entertainment room and well-designed, 4 ocean views. Excellent floor plan with Open living space on the first floor with bonus has just been power washed. Bock heating bedroom, 2 bath, second floor. PLEASE NOTE: master suite, his and her custom baths den/hobby/entertainment room and well- system. New interior paint and cleaning. Two Interior is now vacant except for some kitch- and bedroom/dressing room, 18’ ft. re- designed, 4 bedroom, 2 bath, second floor. large water storage tanks due to poorly pro- en appliances. (23562) $299,900 sistance (lap) pool and outdoor shower, PLEASE NOTE: Interior is now vacant except for ducing well. (23529) $589,900 home office, and two two-car garages some kitchen appliances. (23562) $299,900 with attached greenhouse, deck, and car- COMMANDING VIEWS A HOME WITHOUT PEER port. Seller is licensed real estate broker. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED HOME FROM THE TOP OF A KNOLL overlook- It is quintessential Mendocino (23472) $548,440 gorgeous I N EXCELLENT CONDITION in east Fort ing Wages with gardens, filtered Bragg neigh- MENDOCINO COTTAGE Reduced Creek sold ocean views and borhood. Price Beach, a myriad of new Highlights in- this two- upgrades. You clude vaulted pending bedroom will love the big ceilings, a bungalow rooms with new huge mas- windows and a new roof. The open floor ter suite with enjoys for- plan that merges kitchen and living rooms oversized ever vistas makes modern living a reality. Truly exqui- bath and on over four acres of bluff top. Adjacent site! (23149) $448,000 passthrough between kitchen and formal din- to the KOA Wages Creek Campground, ing room. The lot behind the house (23190) it has a longstanding vacation rental Looking for Income? is also for sale for $75,000. (23146) $219,000 history. (23368) $520,000 Property F ulLY occupied may also be purchased in conjunction and highly VILLAGE TOWNHOUSE with Wages Creek KOA Campground desirable com- NEWLY MLS# 23367. mercial center with ATTRACTIVE ACREAGE with septic educed REMODELED 950 lineal feet R along Highway 1., system reportedly installed for a five- Price Hills Ranch A THOUSAND FEET OF Price Reduced bedroom home. Close to the village in Directly across from townhouse. BEACHFRONT! Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. Excellent an outstanding neighborhood. Good ex- New carpet WE AG S CREEK KOA CAMPGROUND income. Good, long-term tenants. (23208) posure to sun, natural landscaping, and and lighting is a destina- $699,000 south-facing exposure for passive-solar make this a tion with a heating. Circular driveway leads to year- desirable and affordable home within long history NAVARRO RIVER & OCEAN VIEWS round pond. See documents section for walking distance to the village. This is of goodwill well report. (23557) $304,000 one of the best deals in the Mendocino and many IT JUST DOESN’T get any better than this! Soaring vaulted school district. (23277) $298,500 upgrades. Features ceilings in the Price Reduced living, dining, and RURAL FORT BRAGG include: 75 WHITE WATER VISTAS kitchen areas are ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE areas of full-hookup campsites, general store, punctuated by an rural Fort LEVEL COUNTRY LOT with excellent soils. playground with gym and volleyball, enthralling Navarro ps ku Bragg, group sites, Wages Creek flows through River vista. (22957) bac ing this well- the property. (23367) $2,600,000 $925,000 tak Reduced designed Price home land offers a com- manding view of the Pudding Creek watershed. The sale of this property is subject to the Wonderful, quiet neighborhood on dead-end street. Sea breezes carry the sounds of abun- lender approval of a short sale. (23312) dant wildlife. In the coastal exclusion zone for $335,000 ease of permitting and construction. (23251) $140,000 LONG A FAVORITE LEVEL CITY LOT just doors from GRETR A P ICE for these two parcels his- Tote Fete is an established business in Jug Handle Hideaway beautiful redwood-studded Otis Johnson torically used for grazing land. Fenced the heart 40re ac s of unspoiled paradise park. Flag lot off of East Laurel ready to and level. Currently leased for cattle of Men- Across from build your dream house. Super good grazing. Year-round creek. Two wells. docino vil- Jug Handle neighborhood with quality homes. (23206) $450,000 lage. With State Natural (23190) $75,000 an excel- Reserve are lent ocean two asses- view loca- sor’s parcels. Beautiful, level, fenced ocean view par- tion this Two dwell- cel surrounded by large parcels and bor- business ings and an art studio, two bars, 20+ dering Belinda Point Access Trail. (22959) offers excellent goodwill. It generates an GPM well, pond, year-round creek, market Price Reduced $119,000 outstanding income year-round. (23186) garden, and the southernmost stand of $183,315 Sitka spruce. (22831) $930,000

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WILDLIFE GARDEN REFUGE! Exquisitely crafted, 3 bedroom, 2.5 COZY, COASTAL COTTAGE WITH RENTAL UNIT Just steps SUNNY PROPERTY WITH TWO HOMES Multi-home prop- RESIDENTIAL AND INCOME OPPORTUNITY Two great bath home on 25 acres of coastal ridgetop property in Westport. away from Mendocino Headlands State Park, the Pacific erty located just over two miles inland from the coast with units, one on the street and one in the rear, on one parcel, Gorgeous ocean and mountain views. Open-beamed wooden Ocean, and the historic village of Mendocino, this wonderful end-of-the-road privacy. 11.5 acre property with two, for a buyer’s investment or residential use. Located close to ceilings, tiled floors, beautiful wooden cabinets, stained glass home and rental provide a wonderful opportunity. Tranquil, single-story, ranch homes located in their own private shopping and services. Both units use wood stoves for heat lighting, tiled bathrooms including a sunken bathtub, are just a spacious, and romantic units offer panoramic, white water areas. Both have nice open floor plans and separate septic and have separate electric meters. Currently occupied with few of the gorgeous selections chosen for this home. Includes views of the ocean. Enjoy private views from the deck or and wells. There is a shed, workshop, and a large pond rent of $1,085 and $1,080 Great opportunity for investment fenced pastures, a horse/livestock barn, two-car garage, and the Jacuzzi tub inside. Fireplaces in each unit. Two-car with fish and a swimming deck. This level property still purposes with steady income…or use one as a residence workshop space. (22747) $887,000 garage, delightful landscaping, and a comforting courtyard. has room for more growth and potential. (23576) $425,000 and the second as a rental. (23536) $215,000 (23494) $539,000

HOMESTEAD IN THE SUN The homesteading of this 10+ acre DUPLEX IN THE SUNBELT Two units located on 3.35 acres SERENITY AT SENIOR PARK Custom, 3 bedroom, 3 bath MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL Get spectacular property goes back to 1948. The land now includes a charming, 3 in the sunbelt. North side of property has majestic redwoods manufactured home in senior park. Lots of air and light Mendocino Bay and ocean views from the retail/office space bedroom, 2 bath, main home, rental home, barn with a workshop, with a seasonal creek. Westerly, 3 bedroom, 1 bath unit is with vaulted ceilings, clearstory, and skylights. Master on the first floor and the residential apartment, remodeled in multi-car garage, greenhouse, and some storage buildings. Over currently being remodeled. Joined by a laundry room, there suite with walk-in closet on one end of large, central living 2004, on the second floor. Built originally as a saloon in the time, mature gardens and great orchards have developed. With a is also a 2 bedroom, 1 bath unit. Artesian well, 120 sq. ft. space. Second bedroom on other end. Beautiful, built-in 1870s, this property has been owned by the same family for little over 10 acres, there is still a lot of room for more planting workshop, greenhouse, storage tank, and flower beds. You cabinetry including a Murphy Bed. Includes a utility/mud over fifty years and has had zero vacancy. This property is or building. (23563) $619,000 can live in one and rent out the other or purchase for an room. Automatic generator for power outages and central across the street from Mendocino Headlands State Park which investment! (23580) $529,000 attic ventilation fan. Quiet setting in the redwoods. (23163) gives you unobstructed views. (23574) $674,000 $155,000 complete catalog of listings – Details at www.BigRiverRealEstate.com

Listings shown in italic have new lower prices. $430,000 2bd/2ba 1.7 acres in sunbelt, Fort Bragg MLS#22483 $629,000 8 cabins on 30 acres, Albion MLS#23302 residential $435,000 2bd/2ba Private garden home, Fort Bragg MLS#23459 $650,000 Ocean view cottage with rental units, Mendocino MLS#23494 $449,000 3bd/2ba Beautiful home on 3 acres, Mendocino MLS#22728 $1,295,000 3bd/2.5ba Residential/Commercial, Mendocino MLS#22424 $90,000 2bd/1ba Fort Bragg condo MLS#23044 $502,000 3bd/1ba Ridge-top views on 9 acres, Albion MLS#23358 commercial & commercial Land $155,000 3bd/2ba Custom manufactured home in sr. park MLS#23163 $529,000 3bd/1ba Duplex on over 3 acres, Albion MLS#23580 $200,000 Building w/off-street parking on Franklin St., F.B. MLS#22980 $215,000 2bd/1ba Residential plus rental, Fort Bragg MLS#23536 $539,000 2bd/3.5ba Ocean view, 9+ acres, Point Arena MLS#19919 $664,950 7-unit apartment complex, Fort Bragg MLS#23428 $220,000 2bd/1ba On 0.5 acre, Fort Bragg MLS#22642 $539,000 2bd/3ba Ocean view cottage with rentals, Mendo. MLS#23494 $1,295,000 Main Street Commercial; Residence/gardens in back, $285,600 2bd/1.5ba Mendo. farmhouse with ocean view MLS#23479 $619,000 3bd/2ba Home with orchards, and 2nd unit, Albion MLS#23563 Mendocino MLS#22421 $295,000 Hidden delight! 2bd/1ba on 3 acres, Mendocino MLS#22880 $629,000 Salmon Creek Farm, multiple cabins, Albion MLS#23303 $1,400,000 Main Street/Laurel corner location, Fort Bragg MLS#21565 $299,000 1bd/1ba Geodesic home on 44 acres, Comptche MLS#23538 $650,000 2bd/2ba Spectacular white water vistas, Mendo. MLS#23439 $1,450,000 1 Commercial block on Lansing St., Mendocino MLS#20569 $299,900 2bd/2ba Redwood home in the sun, Fort Bragg MLS#23480 $669,000 3bd/2ba Navarro Ridge with ocean views, Albion MLS#23235 $300,000 3bd/2ba Walk the Pomo Bluffs from this home MLS#22937 land & lots $695,000 3bd/1ba Craftsman-style home, Mendocino MLS#21916 $139,000 Residential lot in Manchester with view MLS#22704 $305,000 2bd/2ba Todd’s Point home, Fort Bragg MLS#23028 $749,000 2bd/2.5ba Home with highest quality materials MLS#23335 $449,000 30 acres with permit for 3bd/2ba home, Caspar MLS#22521 $350,000 3bd/2ba Beautiful home w/ mature gardens, F.B. MLS#23489 $887,000 3bd/2.5ba home on 25 acres, Westport MLS#22747 $598,500 8 acres with views, Navarro Ridge, Albion MLS#22050 $380,000 2bd/1ba Sherwood Road cutie MLS#22879 $895,000 2bd/1.75ba Custom home w/guest unit in Albion MLS#23283 $649,000 64 acres, ocean view, near 10 Mile, Fort Bragg MLS#22308 $390,000 2bd/1.5ba Enjoy sunbelt living, Fort Bragg MLS#23330 residential income $730,000 2.55 acres, ocean view, near Haul Road Ft. Bragg MLS#22626 $410,000 4bd/2.5ba Park-like with ocean view, Mendocino MLS#23133 $215,000 Two rental units in town, Fort Bragg MLS#23536 $730,000 2.25 acres, ocean view, near Haul Road Ft. Bragg MLS#22991 $417,500 2bd/2ba Home with redwoods, Mendocino MLS#23239 $425,000 Two homes and pond in the sun, Mendocino MLS#23577 $425,000 3bd/2ba Sunny property with 2 homes, Mendo. MLS#23576 $529,000 Duplex with shared laundry in redwoods, Albion MLS#23585 INFORMATION IS DEEMED RELIABLE BUT NOT GUARANTEED AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE Our team of Brokers and Realtors provide information, listings, and services for Short Sale, Foreclosure, and Bank-owned Properties. David Coddington, Broker/Owner 937.3223 • Allen Petersen, Broker Assoc. 964.4400 • Melanie (Sis) Burdick, Broker Associate 937.3276 Tracey Coddington, Realtor/Owner 937.5071 • Mary Cesario Weaver, Realtor 961.0937 • Bobby Burdick, Realtor 937.3176 Sue Shabazz, Realtor 937.5071 • Ian Fox, Realtor 357-0233 • Birdie Holmes, Realtor 357-4085 Page 12 Real Estate Magazine September 28, 2012

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Real Events Calendar Public Service Announcements Courtesy of Real Estate Magazine. recipe, then you could be our next winner,” says Chris Call Pattie at 937-1732 or Ongoing, 2012 October, 2012 Anderson, the Abalone Committee Chair. “But MAPA www.mendocinostories.com/events.html Fri. 10/05 only has room for thirty abalone cooks at the Noyo Har- Mondays—Weekly vigils at Mike Thompson’s Mendocino Stories and Music Series bor location, so people need to register before we are Sat. 10/27 office, Franklin Street, Fort Bragg, 10:00 a.m. Our local musicians love to play music together, in full.” As of this date only 14 cook sites are available. Mendocino Stories and Music Series infinite combinations. Mendocino Stories and Music If you don’t cook abalone but love to eat it and want Come on out to the Mendocino Hotel for an exciting Mondays—Drop-in English Country Dance, Series will feature two such collaborations. All ac- to help MAPA and parks, then we invite people to be evening of a capella music. The Mendocino Stories and 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., C.V. Starr Community Center, complished musicians in their own right – sassy and an Abalone Cook-Off Judge, where they may taste up Music Series will present two favorite local singing 300 South Lincoln Street, Fort Bragg; $6 at the door. original Sue Sisk with Rick Banker will open for “The to ten delicious wild abalone recipes and vote for your groups – The Acafellas men’s septet and River, a wom- Mondays—Drop-in T’ai Chi Chih class for all ages B Team”—Richard FienBop, Buddy Stubbs and John favorite dish. There is also wine and beer tasting, live en’s trio. A capella music is all vocals with no instru- and conditions, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Fort Bragg Se- Bush with special guests. The B Team brings a guitar music by the Bayou Swamis, a silent auction, craft fair mental accompaniment. With music from Mozart to the nior Center, 490 North Harold Street; sliding scale fee, driven mix of old faves and original tunes in a rockin’ and raffle. Beatles and Broadway to the Balkans, River will open 962-0903. alt country ska folk reggae blend with a hint of afro For more information on being a competing cook, or the show. Members of River are Cynthia Frank, Sari for abalone tasting-judge tickets, please contact MAPA Scanlon and Carolyn Carleton. The Acafellas—Jim Wednesdays—Drop-in T’ai Chi Chih class for all ages pop just for flavor. Joining them are percussionist Clau- at www.mendoparks.org, [email protected], or Ehlers, Eric Hillesland, Jim Jackson, Jason Kirkman, and conditions, 1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m., Fort Bragg Se- dia Paige and whiz studio guitar player Bobby Cutler. 937-4700. Joe Rosenthal (director), and Sam Waldman – bring nior Center, 490 North Harold Street; sliding scale fee, Sue Sisk’s original tunes reflect her influences through their brand of hot gospel, cool jazz, classic rock, doo- 962-0903. ballads and jump up blues boogies. Her sideman, Rick Banker on guitar and vocals adds his lifetime love of Sat. 10/13 wop and R&B to the evening. All ages welcome. Wednesdays—Mendocino Figure Drawing Collective, the blues. All ages welcome. Pattie Jam: Benefit for Mendocino Stories and Mu- Sliding scale at the door $15–$12. 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Mendocino Art Center. Profes- $15–$12 at the door. sic Series Producer Bistro menu and drinks are available as soon as the sional models; $12 fee. Drop-ins welcome. For more Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with a bistro menu and full bar. Local musicians will join together in a benefit for Men- doors open at 6:30 p.m. information, call MAC Open Studios, 937-5818 ex. 10. Music starts at 7:30 p.m. docino Stories and Music Series producer Pattie De- For more info call Pattie at 937-1732 or Thursdays—Support group for grandparents raising Mendocino Hotel Matteo, to help defray the cost of her illness. Pattie was www.mendocinostories.com/events.html grandchildren, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Safe Passage More information: 937-1732 or diagnosed with curable cancer in March of this year. Family Resource Center, 208 Dana Street, Fort Bragg; www.mendocinostories.com/events.html With a jumpin’ bluesy house band—Johnny Bush, Phil November, 2012 964-1931 or 964-3077. Dunn and Jamie Gilliam - many special guests will ap- pear, including Lenny Laks, Richard Fienbop, Sue Sisk, Sat. 10/06 Sat. 11/17 Thursdays—Bingo; snacks and beverages provided; Mendocino Stories and Music Series Marcus McCallen, Denny Lunsford, Tommy Brown, 7:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m.), 490 North Harold Johnny Blanco, Buddy Stubbs and special guests. Les Country Christmas Holiday Bazaar Singer/Songwriters-in-a-row: featured musicians are Mendocino Study Club’s thirty-fifth bazaar. Mendocino Street; 964-0443. Denny Lunsford, Sue Sisk, Steven Bates and Gwyneth Tarr will MC. Lenny Laks: “Mendocino is a community that needs lots of music ... music makes us come to- Study Club, formed by ten ladies on October 30, 1908, Fridays—Noyo Food Forest learning garden hands-on Moreland. Each will play original tunes, taking turns has held an annual Country Christmas Bazaar for experiences, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Fort Bragg High in the row. Denny Lunsford is the lead guitar player gether and groove. Providing this music is a lot of work and is always overlooked. Pattie does this ... so we can thirty-five years. Handmade items for sale will include School; 964-0218. with The Gatecrashers. His solo CD, Moonflowers, was quilts, pillows, knitted items, fine clothing, children’s released in 2003. Sue Sisk could always sing the blues. say thanks for the hard work. Fridays—Swing Dancing, 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., toys, gourd swans, kitchen items, special creations, Her original music is also influenced by gospel, jazz and $20 suggested donation at the door Caspar Inn; Free and open to the public. $25 per person for reserved table seating painted pots, holiday decorations and ornaments. To rock ‘n’ roll, from moving ballads to jump up blues boo- top it off, there will be a delicious variety of home Saturdays—Noyo Food Forest community garden, Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; dinner menu and full bar. gies. One of the coast’s most active musicians and Fort baked cookies, pies, breads, candy, etc., in addition to 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; grow food for the Food Bank; Music at 7:30 p.m. Bragg native, Steven Bates started playing music at homemade jams, jellies, chutneys, including Quinault Mendocino Community Garden next to the recreation Hill House of Mendocino school dances by age thirteen. Gwyneth Moreland grew pickles, and other pantry items. And don’t forget the center; 964-0218. up in a household with no TV, CD player or junk food. The Mendocino Stories retail shop will be open with CDs, books and Ukulele Fever T-shirts. For more infor- cheerful bird feeders with pine cones, peanut butter, First Fridays—Women in Black Peace Vigil, That lifestyle resulted in a young woman who values mation, call 937-1732 or visit honey and birdseed for your feathered friends. Pro- 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Town Hall, Fort Bragg. All are the simple things in life and reflects it in her music. www.mendocinostories.com. ceeds will provide scholarships for Mendocino High welcome to come and stand in silence for Peace. You All ages welcome! . School seniors and re-entry school adults and also are are welcome to bring a candle. $15–$12 at the door. Fri. 10/19–Sat. 10/20 applied to the building loan of the Mendocino Com- Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for dinner menu and full bar; munity Library. Coordinators for this year’s Country First and Third Fridays—Irish Set Dance Workshops, reserve a table in advance at $15 per person. Hit and Run Theater 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., 307 East Redwood Avenue, Fort Mendocino Stories and Music Series welcomes back Christmas are Robin Wheat, Martha Racine-Taylor, Music starts at 7:30 p.m. Gloria Hoover and Marilyn Hobbs. Bragg; $5 at the door; 964-7525; social dances of ru- Hill House Inn Hit and Run Theater for two nights of improvised fun, ral Ireland, Irish sets are danced by four couples in games and stories. The players are Jill Jahelka, Ken 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Call Pattie at 937-1732 or Presbyterian Church’s Preston Hall on Main Street, a square formation, to lively reels, jigs, polkas, slides, www.mendocinostories.com/events.html Krauss, Doug Nunn, Kathy O’Grady, Christine Samas, and hornpipes; the figures are not difficult, though the Dan Sullivan, and Steve Weingarten. Joshua Brody, Mendocino. [email protected] dance is fast-paced; musicians familiar with Irish mu- Sat. 10/06 “just maybe the greatest improv comedy keyboard ac- sic are invited to come and play; “drop-in” basis; new- Mendocino English Country Dance companist”, will join the gang for this weekend. comers always welcome, no partner necessary; please Support your community dance events this year by Hill House of Mendocino wear clean, soft-soled shoes. coming and joining in to keep them active. Get some The shows will start at 7:30 p.m. First Saturdays—SHARE (Simply Happy About Raw exercise, enjoy your friends and neighbors and dance For the comedy weekend shows, doors open at 6:30 Eating) network’s Raw Food Potluck, 6:00 p.m.; bring some beautiful dances. Very lively music by “Take A p.m. for dinner menu and drinks. Premiere reserved TOTAL an organic, raw vegan dish for eight people to share, a Dance” English country dance orchestra, the house seating at $20, $15 at the door. For more information plate, eating utensils; upstairs of the Company Store at band for the Mendocino English Country dances. Sup- about the shows and the workshop call Pattie at 937- * Living Light, Fort Bragg; 357-2030. port your local dance events by coming out and danc- 1732 or www.mendocinostories.com/events.html RAINFALL ing! Calling and instruction by dance leader Elizabeth Second Wednesdays—Odd Fellows potluck and open Zekley. English Country dance is fun, relatively easy, Sat. 10/20 for the stage. Bring music, food, and poetry; 428 North Main community-oriented dancing with live music. Country Song Improvisation Workshop MENDOCINO COAST Street, Fort Bragg, behind PAWS; doors open by 6:00 p.m.; dancing is all about the community dancing together. Special feature for the Hit and Run Theater weekend 961-6099 or 964-2511 on Wednesday. It can be simple, doesn’t have to involve intricate engagement is a Song Improvisation Workshop for Total Rainfall 1993–1994...... 27.67” Second Fridays—Pub Night: open mic, games, food, steps—you’re basically walking. You and a partner are beginners … and the terrified! led by Joshua Brody, Total Rainfall 1994–1995...... 55.32” conviviality, beer and wine. All ages welcome. Guest dancing with another couple, then you move on to an- music director for San Francisco’s BATS Improv. Total Rainfall 1995–1996...... 39.23” Joshua has been teaching song improvisation for over chef. Free for the fun; fees for food and beverages. 6:30 other couple. For it to be successful you need a lot of Total Rainfall 1996–1997...... 42.36” p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Caspar Community Center; 964-4997. people and you’re all working together; the whole com- thirty years. Want to sing? Think you can’t? Or do you Total Rainfall 1997–1998...... 73.33” munity is moving in time to music. At its best it can... just want to learn another way to make music? Starting Fourth Sunday—Grange Pancake Breakfasts: In- be transcendental. You definitely are lifted outside with the very basics — breathing, ear training, vocal Total Rainfall 1998–1999...... 46.40” land, Little Lake Grange, 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Little yourself into a feeling of fellowship and community. All production — students are led gradually and painless- Total Rainfall 1999–2000...... 35.13” Lake Grange #670, 291 School Street, Willits; $6 for dances are taught. No partner is required. Beginners ly through all the elements that go into making a song. pancakes, eggs, ham or bacon, juice, and coffee or Total Rainfall 2000–2001...... 30.18” are encouraged to participate. No special dress is re- The spring workshop was a great hit, with rave reviews. tea; Thanksgiving coffee and real maple syrup. Coast, Total Rainfall 2001–2002...... 43.40” quired. Please bring potluck snacks and beverages to $30 for a three-hour workshop. Whitesboro Grange, 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; ham and Total Rainfall 2002–2003...... 44.00” share during the break. 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. eggs, pancakes, juice, milk, coffee and teas (herbal $10 admission Hill House Total Rainfall 2003–2004...... 27.41” and regular), homemade berry syrup; three miles up Newcomer instruction at 7:30 p.m. Advance reservation required. Total Rainfall 2004–2005...... 39.79” Navarro Ridge Road, just south of Albion village. 8:00 p.m. For more information about the shows and the work- Total Rainfall 2005–2006...... 52.18” Fourth Sunday—Breakfast in Caspar, featuring lo- Caspar Community Center shop call Pattie at 937-1732 or Total Rainfall 2006–2007...... 29.20” cal, organic and gourmet food, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 www.mendocinostories.com/events.html Total Rainfall 2007–2008...... 32.59" a.m., Caspar Community Center, 15051 Caspar Road; Sat. 10/06 Total Rainfall 2008–2009...... 24.17" menu varies with the seasons; book sale takes place World Championship Abalone Cook-off Sat. 10/26 in conjunction; call 964-4997 for more informa- Abalone Cooks, this could be your year to be named Mendocino Stories and Music Series Total Rainfall 2009–2010...... 46.89" tion or visit casparcommons.org for monthly menu. the first-ever World Champion Abalone Cook! Abalone Bringing you an evening of acoustic music, featuring Total Rainfall 2010–2011...... 50.75” Ongoing–Sun. 09/02 cooks are invited to compete in the 2012 MAPA (Men- singer/songwriters Danny Barca and Nancyjoy Evans. Total Rainfall 2011–2012...... 31.82” Each will perform one set, with original tunes inspired docino Area Parks Association) World Championship Abalone Cook-Off. The event is held in memory of Ken by the lovely area we live in. Transplanted from the City September, 2012 Tallman, founder of the MAPA fundraiser and in honor of Angels to the wild coast and big trees of northern Total Rainfall of the Tallman family of Subsurface Progression Dive California, Nancyjoy Evans is a singer/songwriter, musi- Sun. 09/30 Shop. The World Champion winner will receive a tro- cian, dancer, artist and sometime actress. Her unique 2012–2013 The Alexander String Quartet phy. Even more, the three traditional Grand Prizes will voice is a nod to big hearts, shooting stars and wander- Now regarded among the world’s premier ensembles, still be awarded; the three winning booths may enjoy lust but her feet are rooted in traditional Americana. To Date 0.32” eight days and seven nights at a private villa in the After playing and singing for years in a variety of bands, The Alexander String Quartet will perform quartets by Total Rainfall Mozart, Shostakovich (#7) and Beethoven (#130) Yucatan, donated by the Subsurface Progression Dive Danny Barca woke up to his true passion – writing and Cost: $20 in advance or $25 at the door Shop and the Tallman family. Also, MAPA will award performing all original songs. These well-crafted songs August 29, 2012 to September 25, 2012 3:00 p.m. $1,000 to each Grand Prize Winner that they can use reflect his wide musical background, and will inspire, 0.0” Location address: 367 S. Sanderson, Fort Bragg for their transportation to the Yucatan. Other prizes amuse and entertain you. All this, and he accompanies Presbyterian Church, Fort Bragg will also be awarded. The odds of winning a prize are himself quite adeptly on the guitar. All ages welcome! This rainfall data was gathered at Contact: Sue Goodman, [email protected]; excellent because competing abalone cooks have ap- $15–$12 at the door Mendocino City fbcamusicseries.com proximately a one-in-ten chance of snagging the Grand, Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for bistro menu and full bar. Community Services District and a one-in-thirty of winning the World Champion Music starts at 7:30 p.m. *Total rainfall is measured from July 1 of the preceding Abalone Cook Trophy. “If you believe you have a great Mendocino Hotel year to June 30 of the current year. 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STUNNING NEW HOME This stunning new home in lovely Mendocino setting features a spectacular great room with soaring fourteen-foot ceilings, Rumford fi replace, gourmet kitchen, and living/dining areas with hardwood fl oors which open out to Ipe deck. Spacious master suite features a sitting area, luxurious bath and walk-in closet. Too many details to list. Please learn about all of the home’s components and technology that contribute to its long-term energy effi ciency and comfort. Check out virtual tour at http://www.tourfactorycom /808376. MLS 23295 $895,000 CAPTIVATING CASPAR SOUTH This lovely ocean view lot in the Caspar South Subdivision enjoys dramatic sunsets and blue and white water views. The parcel is in a Coastal Exclusionary Zone; it’s on mutual water and septic systems and has utilities at the property line. The property corners, building envelope, and setbacks have been identifi ed. Near Caspar Beach, Point Cabrillo Lighthouse, Russian Gulch State Park, and more, it’s a desirable location for your dream home. MLS #23569 $195,000

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QUAINT RUSTIC COTTAGE amid a garden setting of long-time award-winning fl owers to be enjoyed from the private patio and many walkways. The three-bay detached garage with shop is a must-see for the hobbyist or collector. Located within walking distance of beaches and park. MLS 21427 Reduced to $325,000

THIS GRAND PIECE OF OCEANFRONT PROPERTY with its panoramic views from its 12.9 acres, is lo- cated approximately 1 mile south of the quaint town of Elk. There is a small comfortable studio on a slab foundation as well as a two-story, 1,600 sq. ft., Dutch barn with living quarters above. MLS 23281 Listed for $1,475,000

THE VALUE is in the gently sloping 1.45 acre of land, located within a short distance to the Haul Road with its parks and beaches. The trailer is a 1962, 1 bedroom, 1 bath home. The existing stick- built home is a tear down. Garage and shop with slab foundation. MLS 23078 Reduced to $200,000 Page 16 Real Estate Magazine September 28, 2012

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HILLTOP ELEGANCE — is perched above Surfwood IV ENCHANTED COASTAL RETREAT — Your journey Estates. The home enjoys expansive white water views from begins as you wander through the mystic forest pathway along nearly an acre of lush landscaping setting it apart from the side the creek that leads you to two beautiful ponds. Continue world. The home is four bedrooms with one furnished as on through the magical pathways among the lush gardens, with a home office. Most of the rooms enjoy extensive ocean, patios, arbors, and a gazebo that looks out over the manicured headlands, and forest views. The best details are on the inside: estate. A commanding view awaits to those who climb to the hardwood floors in the open and airy living areas plus warm, observation deck of the three-story jewel of a water tower, comfortable carpet in the private areas. For the cook, the kitch- with its drawbridge gate. The 3 bedroom, 3 bath home is very en has German cabinets, double ovens, a cooking area that lets open and spacious with plenty of natural light. The lower floor of this outstanding home includes two you gaze out at waves crashing on the Mendocino Headlands State Park. Relax with a wood-burning separate artist studios, and a wine cellar. Off the kitchen is a cozy dinning area with skylights and a fireplace, entertainment center, and a secluded patio. The three-car garage, extensive shop, storage, solarium. The office space adjacent to the master bedroom is a bonus. (23531)$775,000 and separate wine storage room complete Hilltop Elegance! (23578) $1,295,000 DREAM HOME — This dream home sits on 3.6 fully fenced HISTORIC JEWEL — Circa 1866 Category I Landmark level acres with ocean view overlooking the Jug Handle State home. Charm! Charm! Charm! A complete interior remodel Park from a beautiful, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, custom home. in recent years was done with taste, functionality, and conti- Spacious and inviting, this home provides all the amenities one nuity making it possibly the most appealing historical home would want. Open kitchen plan with stainless steel appliances in Mendocino village. Lovely ocean views can be seen from and gas cooktop make this a recipe for success. New laminate both the living area and the upstairs bedroom. The living flooring add to this homes beauty. Enjoy a swim in the lap pool area opens up to a large, private, south-facing deck, a natural situated in its own glass building off of the main house. Ride extension of the home. Whimsical brick pathways meander horses in the arena or pasture area. Fully set up with a barn through beautiful landscaping revealing several private gar- with six stalls, tack room, hot and cold water and laundry; an equestrian’s delight. There is even a den areas, hot tub, and swing. (23328) $629,000 detached guest quarters for those friends who will want to come to visit. (23501) $925,000

OCEANFRONT OASIS — From Coastal Highway 1, a paved MENDOCINO ROMANCE — Turn-of-the-century Victorian drive winds through state land until reaching this stunning, 16 completed October, 2001. Authentic reproduction, adapted acre private oceanfront oasis. Driving further west one gets a to current building codes, of the renowned Victorian archi- sense of seclusion, bordered by state land on three sides until tect George Barber. The 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath Victorian has a arriving at the home, perched on a bluff, with dramatic views detached carriage house. Pine flooring, tin ceiling, clawfoot of the coastline south, west, and north. Private stairs from the tub, three marble fireplaces, and coopered columns are just the bluff reach the rocks that surround the point for fishing, diving beginning. Gourmet kitchen includes period design cabinets or kayaking. Built in early seventies as a retirement home, this with modern updates such as flush hinges, hidden dishwashers and refrigerator. Viking home has been in the same family for years and lovingly used Range, Sub-Zero refrigerator, and Sub-Zero wine cellar. (22892) $1,199,000 as a family retreat or vacation spot. Spectacular views from the south-facing bedrooms and the living room greet you as the sun rises. Waves dancing on the rocks MAJESTIC VINTAGE HOME — Peering over the gated from all angles will keep the attention of any guest while entertaining. See the breathtaking views at stone wall, amidst the bountiful gardens, you can see this http://www.seetheproperty.com/97555 (23435) $3,250,000 vintage home located in the distinguished northeast area of Fort Bragg. Lovingly restored and updated through the PANORAMIC BEACHFRONT LUXURY — Impeccably remod- years, this 3 bedroom, 2 bath home boasts a formal par- eled virtual oceanfront home at Zillow prices! All the work’s been lor, living area with open fireplace, dining area, alternate done so come and relax. One level home with a bonus second breakfast room, an enchanting library loft with day bed master bedroom suite, loft office, and potential third bedroom and much more. Lining the alley to the east is a wing of upstairs. Marble, granite, custom kitchen and bathroom cabinets, detached utility rooms with many possible uses, leading radiant floor heating, too much to name! Paved and newly config- to the two-car garage. All this frames an inner courtyard, ured driveway. Contemporary look with an old Mendocino charm. well suited for outdoor entertaining all surrounded by the (23418) $995,000 quiet, private, grandeur of the gardens. (23059) $480,000

CLASSIC MENDOCINO — Situated in the heart of the village OCEANFRONT VILLA — Enjoy the unique loca- this lovely two-story Victorian home sits on a double lot along tion with beach access and top-of-mountain views side two guest cottages. Recently remodeled, no detail over- out over the Pacific. Relax in the hot tub, entertain looked, the main house affords the grace and comfort of village guests, hike, bike, ride or dive; you can do it all from lifestyle. Two bed-and-breakfast licenses permit the rental of the this beautiful Italian villa-style home. Lots of room main house and either of the cottages or rental of both of the for your wine cellar below house. (23170) $925,000 cottages. The gardens have been lovingly maintained. (23379) $1,495,000

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS — This secluded view property makes

you forget the center of town is within walking distance or a brief OCEAN VIEW RESTORED VICTORIAN — drive. Towering ceilings and many large picture windows have Tasteful coastal cottage with ocean views breathtaking views of the Pudding Creek estuary, Skunk Train, and and private backyard with ridge views. Invit- a peek of the ocean. Two wings are separated by an enclosed lower ing open floor plan, spacious living, dining atrium and an upper observation deck. The cook’s kitchen has a and kitchen area, and loft sitting area from large center island and dining space. The master suite has a bath- the second floor with outstanding views of room with Jacuzzi, walk-in closet, and a door to the observation the Pacific. Original fir floors and trim work, deck. There is a lift to help move items up or down while provid- dual-glazed windows, plumbing and electrical ing handicapped access. The other wing has a guest suite, a second upgrades. A great home for family gatherings. guest room, half bath, laundry room, two-car garage, and storage room. This acre of land is adorned (23213) $449,000 with redwoods, rhododendrons, native plants, and many paths. (23343) $699,500 HUMMINGBIRD HOLLOW — “Hummingbird Hol- SEASCENCE — Enjoy a panorama of coastal beauty from this spectacular five-acre setting on Chapman Point that is low” as owner and guests affectionately call this charming contiguous to 300 acres of open space recreational lands home is nestled in a private and serene park-like setting with over one mile of blufftop. Included in the sale will be with beautiful redwoods and the sound of Digger Creek approved permit for a lovely Leventhal and Schlosser de- running through. This well-maintained, 2 bedroom, 2 signed home on a south-facing knoll designed to replace the existing older 3+ bedroom, 2 bath home. Rounding out this bath home has a large living room with brick fireplace package is a water source with an excellent history. (23552) and open-beam ceiling. Fenced orchard with fruit trees. $1,499,000 (23550) $349,000

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