ALWAYS Mendocino Coast's FREE Lighthouse November 2020 Peddler The Best Original Writing, plus the Guide to Art, Music, Events, Theater, Film, Books, Poetry and Life on the Coast Arena !eater Presents Taj Mahal: A Live Concert November 17 from the UC !eatre Stage in Berkeley Arena !eater brings Taj Mahal home to you, November 17, 6:00pm, for a live-streamed concert from the UC !eatre Stage in Berkeley, California. Tickets are on sale now for $20. A portion of each ticket sold will bene"t Arena !eater. When you can’t get out to a live concert, Arena !eater brings the live concert home to you. No stranger to the Mendocino Coast, composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and multiple G#MMY® winner, Taj Mahal comes home. !is November 17 concert will be Taj’s "rst ever livestream performance! Tickets purchased prior to the livestream grant you 48-hour access to the stream in case you can’t join Taj live. In addition to his G#MMY® awards, Taj Mahal is . . . Cont'd on Page 8 The Coast Highway Art Collective 284 Main Street, Point Arena Thursday - Sunday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc Holiday gift shopping for everyone on your list. Textiles, wood, jewelry, photography, painting, ornaments, ceramics & more 0 Holiday gifts 0 Locally made Representing the Mendonoma Coast It's Glass by Cynthia Myers Sara Costello and Deborah !relkel Bring Jewelry to Pt. Arena At !e Artists Collective in Elk New Exhibit at Coast Highway Art Collective Opens November 6 In November. !e members of the Coast Highway Art of turquoise, jet, coral, jaspers, shell, and !e Artists Collective in Elk will be fea- Collective in Point Arena are excited to host silver. turing Cynthia Myers Glass for the month the monthly artist reception on Friday, No- “!is is what I see in my mind's eye as of November. Although there will be no vember 6 from 11:00am to 5:00pm for Sara I create my pieces,” says Costello. “My Costello and Deborah !relkel. Both art- fondest early memory is from school when formal opening, Myers will be at the Gal- lery on !ursday, November 12. ists are jewelers and this exhibit highlights Myers has decided to have an "Almost the myriad of ways shells, beads, turquoise, the End of 2020 SALE!" at the Gallery. She silver and other natural elements can create added, "We are all beautiful pieces. arenatheater.org so ready for this By extending the hours of the opening, November 2020 guests, the artists and the sta" can be#er year to be over! Since we can't have adhere to so- Have A Seat Goes Green our usual Artist's cial distancing Reception I will g u i d el i n es. Support our Solar Campaign be working at the Under current https://www.arenatheater.org Gallery all day on g u i d el i n es , a father came to share the art of Tufa cast- !ursday Novem- 6 guests at a ing. I was mesmerized by the torch and the /support/have-a-seat/ time will be molten silver pouring into the mold. !ese ber 12; come have Arena Theater Drive-in a glass of wine with allowed inside to view the exhibit. Guests memories and the act of creating art are Saturday Nov. 7 me and some treats will be encouraged to social distance on what keep my heart beating evenly - that is and see my glass work" the open-air patio until space opens inside why I continue to create.” Costello says con- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off !e Artists the building. Please note, facemasks are re- tinuing to connect with customers online Saturday Nov. 21 Collective in quired. during the pandemic has been challenging, Costello, who now lives in Humboldt, and she is excited to be showing her work at Last movie for the season; title Elk is at 6031 South Highway started Costello Rose Designs in 1994, but CHAC with her friend of 50 years, Deborah & showtimes to be announced 1 in Elk. In- has been creating jewelry since 1974. Her !relkel. formation is at inspiration goes back to her roots as a New Local artist !relkel is a beach comber, Nightly Met Opera Streams 707-877-1128. Mexico native taking trips to old town in a rock hound and a collector of interesting Encore titles featuring (Just north of her hometown, Albuquerque. !ere the things, inspired to create a connection to the international stars Queenies Res- Native Americans displayed their jewelry delicate balance of the natural world. She taurant in Elk.) and wares on the ground spread out on moved to Gualala from San Francisco nine Arena Theater Virtual Cinema beautiful woven blankets and rugs. She was years ago and started incorporating shells drawn to the one-on-one transactions, be- and beach glass into her necklaces. As a re- 11/20 Collective, thriller ing grounded with real people, the colors sult, Abalone Queen was conceptualized. “I 11/27 Zappa, music doc love collecting, 12/4 Crock of Gold: Irish Punk probably my favorite part Visit arenatheater.org for more of the process All show times are subject to change and then I sort 214 Main Street Point Arena and drill. Tom, my husband has become an expert, drilling sometimes as B. Bryan Preserve many as 100 Point Arena, California pieces of beach glass for one necklace. Using a combination of gemstones, shells and beach glass I wire wrap each necklace, creating a chain out of a single piece of precious metal wire,” says !relkel. As a result, the %nished product is delicate in appearance but also very strong and durable. !relkel says she loves every part of the process that completes a neck- 110 acre conservation center dedicated to the breeding and preservation lace or earrings, “knowing that Abalone of endangered African hoof stock. Queen jewelry will feel as if you are wearing Visits available at 9:30 am and 4:00 pm the ocean." by reservation only. !relkel and Costello met in Jr. High Stay with us in the comfort and style of one of School in Berkeley in the 1960s and have our eco-friendly cottages. been friends ever since. !eir individual artist careers have &ourished over the years, 707-882-2297 and this show, their %rst together, highlights www.bbryanpreserve.com their creative journeys.

Pg 2 Lighthouse Peddler, November 2020 Advertisers Index From The Editor's Desk • Action Network 9 • Judith Hughes 8 • Taj Mahal Concert from Berkeley, via Arena !eater. (Cover). • Anchor Bay Store 4 • KGUA 13 • Coast Hwy Art Collective. Costello and !relkel. Opening November 6. (Page 2). • Arena Frame 3 • KTDE 14 • Cynthia Myers brings her glass work to Elk Gallery. November 12. (Page 2). • Arena Pharmacy 14 • KZYX 13 • 3rd !ursday Poetry brings us MK Chavez. And we have one of her poems. (Page 4). • Arena !eater 2 • Li#le Green Bean 4 • !is may have slipped your mind, but election day is Tuesday, the 3rd. (Page 4). • Ar" Feed and Pet 8 • Mar Vista 13 • Mendonoma Health will help you dispose of your old prescriptions. (Page 5). • B Bryan Preserve 2 • Mendonoma Health Alliance 16 • Christmas Tree Decorating competition at Gualala Arts. Enter by Nov. 13. (Page 5). • Banana Belt Properties back cover • MTA 15 • Holiday spirit anyone? Gualala Arts presents Winter Wonderland. (Page 5). • Birdsong Clinic & Tea Shop 7 • Oceanic Land Company 11 • Mendonoma Health continues its wellness series with a focus on diabetes. (Page 5). • Coast Hwy Art Collective Front Cover • O ce Source 11 • 3 %lms screen virtually at Arena !eater: Zappa, MacGowan, "Collective". (Page 6). • Cove Co"ee 14 • Phillips Insurance 12 • Planning some mooning? Phases are here. (Page 6). • Denise Green 14 • Point Arena Light Station 12 • Karin has Turkeys on the brain. Turkey Tail Mushrooms, that is. (Page 7). • Dream Catcher Interiors 3 • Red Stella 4 • !e Purple Martin arrives (and departs) Mendocino County. (Page 7). • Four-Eyed Frog Bookstore 8 • Rollerville Cafe 5 • Hannah Weinberger is looking at bears in the Paci%c Northwest. (Page 7). • Franny's Cup & Saucer 8 • Sea Trader, !e 6 • Chamber Music returns to Gualala Arts .Pianist Adam Marks goes virtual. (Page 8). • Garcia River Casino 9 • Skunk Train 2 • Heard of the Humpback Whale Soiree? Read this. (Page 8). • Green Room, !e 10 • Sonoma Clean Power 16 • Sing Along. (Your watching at home)! Enjoy spectacular MET concerts. (Page 9). • Gualala Arts 5 • Spirit Veterinary Services 8 • Ferris Bueller is NOT taking a day o". !e movie returns for drive-in lovers. (Page 9). • Gualala Building Supply 12 • Village Bootery 13 • David decided to follow the musical trail from Boomtown to New Orleans. (Page 10). • Gualala Supermarket 6 • Wellness On !e Coast 12 • Trees, Rings, Time are in the pages of "Tree Story". Jennifer's book review. (Page 11). • Ignacio Health Insurance 13 • Zen House Motorcycles 4 • !e tax man cometh. Sometimes. Read Mitch's view on taxes. (Page 12). • Challenge yourself. !e crossword puzzle is waiting for you. (Page 14). Our thanks to November contributors Rozann Grunig, mai haiku, Mitch McFarland, • Our friend MJ lets you in on the Sea Lion Rebellion. Take sides? Really? (Page 15). Blake More, Mary Jane Schramm, David Ste"en, Karin Upho", • More confusion. !e Sudoku puzzle returns. (Page 15). Hannah Weinberger, and Jennifer Bort Yacovissi. • "Get Out!" is worth checking out. (Back cover)

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Pg 3 Lighthouse Peddler, November 2020 Berkeley Poet MK Chavez The New White House, Prescription Take-Back Event Set Featured Virtually At Finding Myself For November 4 in Pt. Arena 3rd !ursday Poetry Among the Ruins* Mendonoma Health Alliance is partner- November 19 ing with Mendocino County Sheri" for a After Barry Ebner’s Monotype community Prescription Take-Back Event !e Arena !eater and Point Arena !ird 03012416 in Point Arena on Wednesday, November !ursday Poetry present a virtual !ird 4th. You can safely drive-thru & drop o" all !ursday Zoom Poetry reading at 7:00pm By MK Chavez your unused or expired prescriptions and on !ursday, November 19, 2020. !is nonprescription medicines from 2:00pm to month features Berkeley Poet MK Chavez, Not color blind but a black & 4:00pm. with open mic to follow. To watch or par- white conundrum of physics. It's important that medications don't end ticipate as an open mic reader, please email up in the trash or &ushed down the toilet. [email protected]. All the same, some say Drugs can be very toxic for people and wild- MK Chavez is the award-winning author object. Point Arena life, even in low doses. Come to the park- of Mothermorphosis, Dear Animal, and 707-882-2281 ing lot of Point Arena High School right in Virgin Eyes. She writes poetry, essays, and Shoot. Invisible. front of the gymnasium. For more informa- Tuesday - Saturday: 9am - 5pm short %ction about identity, wildness and I’ll hide tion, please visit mendonomahealth.org or in this room of manifestation call (707) 412-3176 x102. And, please, tell bending light. a friend! Information is at Mendonoma- Health.org. think of the geometry Election Day – Polling Locations Plan Your Vote Tuesday, Nov 3 !is election is the kind of election we and if ever they do— have never seen before. Polling places will this becomes the purpose not be what we are use to be. Voters who plan to vote at the polls this of paint. year, should bring their mail (vote-by- Black and white mail) ballot and envelope with them. If are special effects. you arrive at the polls without your vote- wilderness, and the world that we live in. by-mail ballot and envelope, you will have Chavez has received fellowships from When they pronounce me to vote provisionally, which requires %lling Hedgebrook, CantoMundo, Squaw Valley out additional forms and placing the ballot Writers Workshop, VONA, North Street in a “Special Pink” (Provisional) envelope Collective Residence Program, Real Time on one of these white walls. that is processed separately from regular & Space Elevate Residency, and Napa Val- The tale of rendered object ballots. If you are not registered to vote, you ley Writers Workshop. can register at the polls on Election Day and Chavez is an activist in the literary com- munity, helping to support emerging writ- It is possible to be hysterically Open ers and writers from marginalized com- & historically blind. Wednesday -Saturday munities. She is co-founder/curator of the 11 to 4 Sunday 11 to 3 reading series Lyrics & Dirges, co-director Failed attempts to shield oneself of the Berkeley Poetry Festival, and has blossom into deceptions. been a guest curator of limited reading se- vote provisionally. If you haven’t received ries at BAMPFA, and LOTERIA in part- Once I was homeless, now your ballot in the mail, please call us and we hwy 1 gualala • 707-884-1072 • www.redstella.com nership with the Institute of (Advanced) have found a place where I might will send you a replacement ballot. Please Uncertainty. appear. call 707 234-6819 for a replacement ballot. Chavez is a passionate educator and leads Polling Locations are open on Election workshops in community and academic MK Chevez Day Only. !e Drop Box Locations at the se#ings. She has been a visiting instruc- City of Willits, City of Fort Bragg, the City tor at Stanford University, San Francisco of Point Arena and the County Admin State University, Mills College, Berkeley Building in Ukiah are available 24 hours per City College, San Francisco City College, *Winner of the Cosmonauts Lit- day, 7 days per week; the Boonville Fair- BAMPFA, and Hedgebrook. erary Journal 2017 Prize, select- grounds O'ce is open Monday through She is the recipient of an Alameda County ed by Eileen Myles. Friday from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Arts Leadership Award, the PEN Oakland Have you received your mail-in ballot Josephine Miles Award, and was recognized yet? If not, PLEASE call the Elections o'ce by the Berkeley Public Library Foundation at 707 234-6819, we will gladly send you a !ird !ursday Poetry Zoom made at their 18th Award Dinner in 2018. replacement, or come into our o'ce at 501 possible by the Arena !eater and continues Her most recent publications can be Low Gap Rd., Room 1020 Ukiah. to be supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. found in bags of co"ee from Nomadic Cof- For questions or additional informa- through a grant it has received "om !e fee and on the Academy of American Poets tion please contact the Election / County James Irvine Foundation. website’s Poem-A-Day series. Clerk’s O'ce by calling 707 234-6819. More than ever your vote counts.

Pg 4 Lighthouse Peddler, November 2020 Christmas Tree Competition Need To Get Into !e Holiday Spirit? Gualala Gualala Arts' 2020 Winter Wonderland Comes To Mendonoma. Arts Decorating Challenge Visit Gualala Arts Beginning November 23 SINCE 1961 Registrations Due November 13. Winter Wonderland arrives in November ornaments, clothing, woodworking, art, 707.884.1138 Here's a competition for children, adults, and with it brings some fun, &avors, colors, Gualala Arts Merchandise, See’s Candies, GualalaArts.org groups, businesses, and anyone who wishes and more. homemade jams and the like… wonderful 46501 Old State Hwy Gualala, CA 95445 to join in just for the fun of it. Gualala gi) items To get in on the fun simply contact the Arts’ Win- to choose GUALALA ARTS front desk at Gualala Arts, 707.884.1138 to ter Wonder- from just CENTER IS OPEN! arrange pickup for your Christmas tree. !e land opens before the tree you choose can then be decorated as Friday, No- h ol i day s ! Pianist Adam Marks you see %t. Entry forms are due when you vember 23 For those Sunday, Nov. 8, 4 pm and con- t h i n k i n g Live Virtual tinues daily about lunch ( e x c e p t or dinner, Chamber Music Concert !anksgiving Day and Christmas Day) the friends of the Cookhouse will have Connect at GualalaArts.org through Wednesday, December 30, from 11 Chili and Chowder TO GO! Winter Wonderland! am to 4 pm. It is the Kick-o" to the Holiday Mrs. Claus will be working overtime to %ll Trees, Pies, Silent Auction, Season on the Mendonoma Coast. Admis- her Bake Shoppe with home-baked goodies Gift Ideas, and more! sion is free. such as candies, pies and cookies and other Stepping into Gualala Arts you’ll be greet- sweets, made from family recipes. She’ll November 23 - December 30 ed with recorded carols and holiday classics package all to take home, and all will be a 11 am to 4 pm everyday* %lling the halls while you explore the ready- great addition to the holiday weekend des- *except Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Day to-decorate trees for purchase, or the deco- sert tables when family and friends abound! Enter the Christmas Tree come to pickup the undecorated trees (no rated trees created by adults, children, local And Sees candies are on sale for that choco- Decorating Competition. later than November 13.) All trees are avail- businesses and non-pro%t organizations. late-loving friend or family member. able on a %rst come, %rst serve basis, or you !e many di"erent tree-decorating ideas !roughout the Winter Wonderland, Turn in your registration can provide your own tree. will absolutely capture your eye and your Santa and Mrs. Claus will have their special by November 13! Your decorated tree should be delivered imagination. !e decorated trees are all part mailbox to accept childrens’ le#ers to Santa “Textiles, Drawings & Clay” to Gualala Arts either Monday or Tuesday, of the competition to see who can create with their wants and wishes. It’s cheerful November 16 or 17, 11:00am –4:00pm in the most desired trees. !ere is still time to good fun for the family that puts everyone Jennie Henderson the Jacob Foyer. get in on the tree competition, Simply con- in the holiday mood! Mike Henderson All trees become donations to Gualala tact the o'ce at Gualala Arts(707.884- Gualala Arts will help jump start the good At The Dolphin Gallery Arts and will be made available for sale dur- 1138(and let them know that you’re ready feelings this holiday season. And don't for- Open Thu-Mon, 11 am - 4 pm ing the festival as part of their fund raising. to create a masterpiece. !e registration get to spend some time on the grounds, en- Cypress Village. !e tree designer will receive a donation form for the competition is also available at joying the Redwoods, the peace and quiet, form for tax purposes. GualalaArts.org. (!ere’s a separate article and the sculptures placed throughout the Gualala’s Downtown Most of the trees will be exhibited on about the competition on this page.) walkways and spaces. And one last thought. Art Destination white pedestals or set upon tables to be !e days right a)er !anksgiving Day Still haven't found the perfect gi)? Stop While at the Dolphin, pick viewed from all sides. You may wish to will bring additional sights and more. A)er by the Dolphin Gallery in Cypress Village. up some Sees Candies! keep that in mind when deciding how to looking at the trees and decorations you’ll You'll %nd art, photography, sculptures, decorate your tree. 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place probably notice the aroma of freshly-baked jewelry, woodcra), fabric/textile arts, and Please note: face masks are Award winners will receive a Gualala Arts goods, including pies(Apple, Pumpkin, of course, Sees candies. !e Dolphin Gal- required and physical distancing VIP package and cash valued at $150, $75 and more(all available for purchase to lery is in Uptown Gualala's Art and Gallery will be the norm, with a limited & $50. !e prizes also, of course, include take home to your table. collection in Cypress Village. number of people allowed bragging rights. Expect to see handcra)ed ceramics, quilts, in all public spaces.

Mendonoma Health Alliance Online Series Continues "Diabetes Education Series, online" Mendonoma Health Alliance continues its 5-week Diabetes Education Series. !e online series will include cooking demonstrations as well as diabetic health education. !eir fea- tured guests include Rebecca Stewart, an executive chef, Jill Nussinow, a registered dietitian & author, as well as Jasper Schmidt, a resident of the coast and the Medical Director of the Emergency Department at Sonoma Valley Hospital. His workshop will be focusing on the physiology of diabetes and how it is a"ected by weight, diet, and exercise. !e cooking ses- sions will be featuring tasty !anksgiving meal alternatives. All the workshops are free and no registration is required. Join a Zoom meeting online or by telephone at (669) 900-9128. Come to one or any of the remaining classes! Wednesday, November 4 - Physiology of Di- abetes, with instructor Jaspar Schmidt, MD. 5:30pm: at h#ps://zoom.us/j/92663365520. Tuesday, November 10 – Cooking Lesson “Vegetarian !anksgiving Alternatives” with instructor Jill Nussinow, R.D. 5:30pm at h#ps://zoom.us/j/95682573417. Wednesday, November 18 – Diabetes Nutrition & Gut Health with instructor Jill Nussinow, R.D. 5:30pm at h#ps://zoom.us/j/95643171339.

Pg 5 Lighthouse Peddler, November 2020 Arena !eater Presents !ree Films For Streaming in November New Moon Collective, Zappa, and Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan Arena !eater announces three more !e %lm is in Romanian and English, and (“Earth Girls Are Easy” and “Vigo: A Pas- %lms that you can screen online at home (or has a running time of 109 minutes. sion For Life”) lays bare much of what fans anywhere, actually) with your ticket pur- Anyone who lived through the rise of FM of !e Pogues may have already %gured out. chases you'll know that some that money radio, discovering a wider range of music And the title of the %lm, “Crock of Gold: comes back to Arena !eater to bene%t this than the dominant Top-40 stations of the A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan” wonderful organization. 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s will have, at some point, should o"er some clues for others before Its' time to get comfortable and select one discovered Frank Zappa. In some ways he screening the %lm. Joe Strummer of !e or two or all three movies currently planned was the poster child for pushing the bound- Clash suggested that MacGowan is “one of November 15 to stream this month and know that each aries of music. His death at age 53 some 30 the %nest writers of this century.” Temple’s %lm purchased through the Arena !eater years ago reminds us of the enormous body %lm “Crock of Gold” will be coming to Are- website will bene%t Arena !eater. !e %lms of work he le) behind, the in&uence he na !eater on December 4 and it promises Full Moon will stream to your home on your computer had on other to be entertaining and, perhaps, eye-open- or tablet, via Chromecast, through the Kino musicians. ing. Now app on Roku, and on AppleTV. “Zappa” is It’s worth noting that even MacGowan First up on November 20 is the jaw-drop- one of the has an ability to li) himself above the fray ping documentary thriller "Collective". It is %lms screen- and tell us that(in reference to himself( considered one of the best-reviewed %lms ing at home that “God looked down on this li#le co#age of the year. this month in Ireland and said, ‘!at li#le boy there, In 2015, a %re at Bucharest's Colectiv by way of Arena !eater’s streaming ser- that’s the li#le boy I’m going to use to save club leaves 27 dead and 180 injured. Soon, vice. It opens November 27. Irish music.’” His casual genius, some may November 30 more burn victims begin dying in hospitals Billed as an intimate and expansive look recall, was heard and seen in the creation of from wounds that were not life-threatening. into the innovative life of the iconic(and “Fairytale of New York”, a single (in a duet !en a doctor blows the whistle to a team iconoclastic(musician and artist, the %lm with Kirsty MacColl) that continues to be of investigative journalists. One revelation was made with unfe#ered access to the one of the most played Christmas singles in leads to another as the Zappa family trust and all archival footage. the last 30 years. journalists start to un- It explores the private life behind the mu- “Crock of Gold – A Few Rounds With cover vast health care sical career that never shied away from the Shane MacGowan” deep dives into the life fraud. When a new political turbulence of its time. Directed by of the tortured Irish vocalist, best known as health minister is ap- Alex Winter (of “Bill & Ted” fame), !e %lm the lead sing- pointed, he o"ers un- is available for screening beginning Novem- er and song- precedented access to ber 27. And it should be a fascinating %lm. writer of the his e"orts to reform One %lm producer stated that ““Alex Win- Pogues, who the corrupt system but ter has created an amazing documentary. f a m o u s l y also to the obstacles he 'Zappa' is an incredibly nuanced and com- c o m b i n e d faces. Following jour- pelling look at the visionary iconoclast and traditional nalists, whistle-blowers, burn victims, and the environment that formed him.” Zappa Irish music government o'cials, "Collective" is an un- fans will already know that when making with the vis- compromising look at the impact of investi- wardrobe choices during the screening, re- ceral energy of punk rock.” !e %lm features gative journalism at its best. member that “Brown Shoes Don’t Make It”. unseen archival footage from the band and Directed by Alexander Nanau, and writ- !e %lm has a running time of 129 minutes. MacGowan’s family, as well as animation ten by Nanau and Antoaneta Opris, "Col- Not everyone is familiar with !e Pogues from legendary illustrator Ralph Steadman. lective" was recognized by 17 festivals, and and Shane MacGowan. But this new doc- !e %lm has a running time of 124 minutes. took home 12 awards (and 9 nominations). umentary by %lmmaker Julien Temple

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Pg 6 Lighthouse Peddler, November 2020 Words on Wellness • "Turkey Tail Mushroom" Trump Rejection Of Grizzly Plan Won’t Deter Bear Advocates by Karin Uphoff By Hannah Weinberger • [email protected] Our wild forests are precious and need breast and lung cancers. It is known in par- In July, the Trump administration sive, instead of supporting what was a good to be preserved as the medicine chests they ticular for a potent natural complex carbo- halted a three-decade push to restore and positive project and step forward,” adds are. Turkey Tail mushroom (Trametes ver- hydrate called polysaccharide K (PSK), one grizzly bears to the North Cascades. But Andrea Santarsiere, a senior a#orney with sicolor) grows on trees and fallen logs with of many polysaccharides that research has advocates say there's still hope. the Center for Biological Diversity who has distinctive arched bands of brown/red, tan, shown can support a healthy and robust While the prospect of returning grizzly worked on grizzly issues for nearly a decade. and white that resemble the tail of a strut- immune response. PSK works by suppress- bears to the North Cascades picked up steam At a July 7 community meeting in Omak ting turkey. It is very thin and has barely ing the growth of tumor cells, inhibiting the in recent years with support from Ryan Zin- in Okanogan County, current Interior visible pores on its underside expression of genes that have ke, former secretary of the Department of the Secretary David L. Bernhardt announced (unlike false turkey tail which the potential to cause cancer, Interior, the Trump administration surprised that his department wouldn’t continue is smooth and white), plus a and stimulating the immune grizzly advocates and researchers this sum- the reintroduction process, citing local velvet fuzz on the top which system to produce more of mer with an abrupt termination of the proj- opposition. glistens in the light, giving the body's own cells that at- ect. Bernhardt claimed in a press release that them a slight sheen. Inspired tack foreign cells. the Obama administration’s environmental by its natural beauty, the Jap- Turkey Tail mushroom is July 13, 2020 review process for an updated restoration anese call it “kawaritake,” or “cloud mush- packed with antioxidants, including pow- plan was conducted “without comprehensive room,” because of its resemblance to swirl- erful &avonoids and more than thirty-%ve Advocates and researchers say the public involvement and engagement,” and ing clouds. In many Asian cultures, Turkey phenols that serve to protect cells from in- administration’s rationale for the move &ies that later Trump administration brie%ngs Tail symbolizes longevity and health, spiri- &ammation. Rich in prebiotics (%bers that in the face of science and public sentiment. and comment periods yielded “overwhelm- tual a#unement and in%nity. Known in gut bacteria feed on to survive and thrive), “We have eliminated grizzly bears from ing opposition.” Chinese culture as Tun Zhi, Turkey Tail has medicinal mushrooms can help restore the 97% of their range in the lower 48 states, and Without the termination, the department been used for centuries in Traditional Chi- balance of good &ora in the gastrointestinal nese Medicine as an immunomodulator, tract, which improves digestion and im- In this May 26, 2020, #le photo, a grizzly bear roams an exhibit supporting the health of either an underac- mune response. If you’re able to source your at the Woodland Park Zoo, tive or overactive immune system. O)en own turkey tails, you can chop and cook closed for nearly three months brewed into a tea or cooked into soup, it them down for an hour to create a tea, as because of the coronavirus helps clear deep phlegm, increase energy, is done traditionally. You can also dry them outbreak in Sea le. Grizzly and strengthens lungs, stomach and spleen. in a food dehydrator and grind them to a bears once roamed the rugged !is mushroom has been used to treat can- powder that you add to hot drinks, soups, landscape of the North Cascades in Washington state but few have sauces or smoothies. A li#le used consis- cerous tumors, with recent studies showing been sighted in recent decades. !e it helps with recovery from gastric, bowel, tently goes a long way for health. federal government is scrapping Karin C. Upho!, is a Master Herbalist, Iridologist, Bodyworker and author of plans to reintroduce grizzly bears Botanical Body Care: Herbs and Natural Healing for Your Whole Body. Learn more at: www.karinupho!.com to the North Cascades ecosystem. (AP Photo/Elaine !ompson, Purple Martin: "From Mendocino to Brazil" File) Purple Martins are actually a gorgeous holding over two hundred pairs. Along our dark blue-black. In our area they are usually coast, they have adapted to nest in the drain in most of those areas it is impossible for griz- would have been required to complete an en- heard chortling high over open %elds or wa- holes under bridges (Caltrans cooperated zlies to ever live there again because of the vironmental impact statement assessing the ter, as they &y catching bugs. !ey are con- with a local birder's request that the new impacts of humans,” says the University of best way to reintroduce . . . Montana’s Dr. Chris Servheen, who served sidered to be rare or uncommon breeders drain holes be designed to accommodate the Continued on page 13 here because their population has declined martins. Ed.). !ey have been found nesting as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s griz- drastically. !is is thought to be due to their under the bridges over Gualala, Greenwood zly bear recovery coordinator for 35 years. need for multiple cavities as they Creek, Noyo and Juan Creek “!e North Cascades is one of the few places where there is su'cient habitat and space for are colonial cavity nesters. !ey and even the newly constructed STRENGTHEN IMMUNITY formerly nested in dead snags Ten Mile Bridge. a healthy grizzly population to return.” - COVID SAFE - but, due to %re suppression and Purple Martins are occasion- Hope isn’t lost for these apex predators, logging, dead standing trees are ally polygamous with males hav- which serve critical ecosystem functions BIRDSONGCLINIC.COM hard to come by. Also, the introduced Eu- ing more than one mate. It is thought that and hold an important place in local tribal ropean Starlings and House Sparrows out- males choose and defend a nesting hole and nations’ culture. But what’s next for grizzly compete the Purple Martin for those holes. the females later choose the best site and the advocates is up in the air. Chase Gunnell, At eight inches the Purple Martin is the male goes along with it. !ey both construct communications director of Conservation largest swallow. !e male is glossy dark- the nest, using grass, feathers, plants and oc- Northwest, says the organization is sorting blue all over. !e female and juveniles are casionally cray%sh legs. Sometimes a mud through what the termination order means sooty-gray underneath. !ey have a slightly rim is added to stop the eggs from rolling under the National Environmental Policy Act, forked tail and broad, pointy wings. !ey out. !e female incubates four to %ve eggs and how that squares with the Endangered Located @ Sea Ranch feed mostly in &ight, catching bugs such for two weeks. !e young &edge in about a Species Act’s mandate to recover grizzly bears as &ies, mosquitoes, bu#er&ies and, one of month. in ecosystems where they are present and ACUPUNCTURE - MASSAGE their favorites, dragon&ies. !ey also drink Before migration, Purple Martins collect threatened. Given that bears haven’t recovered By Appt. 707 291-5765 and bathe on the wing. Historically, Native in enormous roosts, sometimes numbering in the North Cascades on their own over the BOTANICALS & SELECT TEAS past three decades, the Endangered Species Americans hung dry gourds and calabash up to one hundred thousand, before leaving SHOP Friday - Sunday, 9 - 1 for them to nest in. On the east coast they for places like Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil Act provides legal grounds for assistance. But nest in huge birdhouses with some houses for the winter. “for now it's essentially a permanent stop- or email order for pick-up Our thanks to the Mendocino Coast Audubon Society for contributing this article about the Fox Sparrow. Each month, the Light- work order, and that's really disappointing to [email protected] house Peddler features another bird regularly seen at or near the Mendonoma Coast. us,” Gunnell says. - Outdoor Tai Chi class - More information is at www.mendocinocoastaudubon.org. Purple Martin image by JudaM "om Pixabay . “It’s de%nitely pu#ing us on the defen- Pg 7 Lighthouse Peddler, November 2020 Adam Marks Launches !e 2020-2021 Chamber Music Series Humpback Whale Gualala Arts Presents a Virtual Concert November 8 Song & Seti Soiree Gualala Arts announces the return of the Praised as an “excellent pianist” with “ti- November 14, 2020 Chamber Music Series for 2020-2021. !e tanic force” (New York Times), Adam Marks A Virtual Event %rst concert, featuring composer and pianist is an active soloist, collaborator, curator, and NOAA's Greater Farallones National Ma- Adam Marks, will be a virtual concert on educator based in NYC. He has appeared as rine Sanctuary and the Greater Farallones Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. !e soloist with the Mission Chamber Orchestra, Association present a virtual "Humpback concert will be available with a link on this Manchester Symphony Orchestra, the Na- Whale Song & Seti* Soirée! - A Free Event!" webpage. (!e link will be available in early tional Repertory Orchestra, and at notable Join the soiree and lecture, "Humpback November). venues including Salle Cortot, Carnegie Hall, Whale Song and the Search for Alien In- Originally scheduled for an in-person pi- Miller !eatre, Logan Center for the Arts, telligence" by Dr. Laurance Doyle, SETI ano recital on November 8, the Isabella Stewart Gard- Institute; and pre-lecture soiree activities. Adam Marks will be com- ner Museum, Millennium !e study of animal communication chal- ing to us live from New York Park, Ravinia, and Davies lenges our ideas of intelligence and informs via Zoom. He will perform Symphony Hall. He was the *Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence a short recital that includes a laureate of the Orleans (SETI) in the universe. a fantasy based on a Chopin Competition for contem- Among the most fascinating and so- Mazurka, and then engage porary music in Orleans, phisticated of vocalizations are the songs in a question-and-answer France, and his premiere and sounds of humpback whales. Laur- session with the on-line au- of Holly Harrison’s “Lob- ance Doyle, Ph.D, Research Scientist with dience. Marjie Van Gunten, ster Tales and Turtle Soup” SETI Institute will share his work studies who has o"ered Gualala with Eighth Blackbird won of humpbacks to understand the com- Chamber Music Series Pre- the Australian Art Music munications that exist throughout Planet concert talks, will introduce Awards Performance of the Earth–and beyond–at the 7:30pm lecture. the session and guide the Year in 2018. Other recent Soiree activities begin at 7:00pm, followed Q&A. Marks is an engaging international performanc- by the lecture. Surprise gi) with optional conversationalist as well as es include recitals in Bra- registration. Recommended for ages 16+. performer. !is is a won- zil, Singapore, France, and !e event is free! Questions, contact Sara derful opportunity to learn Croatia. Heintzelman at sheintzelman@farallones. more about the real life of a performing artist org. in the middle of a pandemic. !is event will Because Gualala Arts Center remains closed

last approximately 45 minutes. for public events due to COVID-19, the pre-

As the founding co-director of Artists at viously announced Chamber Concert Series com • always free & in color . Albatross Reach, an arts residency/incubator for 2020-2021 has been cancelled and the art- in Gualala, California (with vocalist Jennifer ists will be re-scheduled for future dates. !e Bea#ie,) Adam Marks is well known to coast- safety of our audience and our performers is al music lovers. !ere, he has helped to cra) a paramount. However, that doesn’t mean we Details: Saturday, November 14, 2020; Soi- unique collaborative process to champion the can’t have chamber music performances in ree & lecture 7-8:30 pm PST. Registration development of new multidisciplinary works another format. Watch for announcements is at and experimentation, as well as a rich envi- of additional virtual concerts being planned ronment for curious community members for 2020-21. h#ps://farallones.org/events/; Tune in and local artists to explore and participate in at: h#ps://www.youtube.com/user/Faral- the art-making. Marks’ other programming lonesAssoc/live ventures include serving as the %rst non-local TAJ MAHAL Cont'd. Information is on the web at: curator for the San Francisco Center for New NOAA Greater Farallones NMS: h#p:// Music, presenting innovative soloists and en- . . . a multi-Blues Music Award winner, farallones.noaa.gov. sembles from across the country. thelighthousepeddler Blues Hall of Fame member and Americana . Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement award recipient. He plays guitar, piano,

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We were at home, si#ing Miss Christina drives a 9-4-4, le) A&M in 1990 I a#ended a company pre- Hey Stranger is there something I can do, and streaming the %lm “Runaway Jury”. !e Satisfaction oozes "om her pores view meeting which concluded with a brief You lost it all for me, story for this 2003 release was set in New Or- She keeps rings on her #ngers, performance by Baerwald, in an intimate !ere must be something I can do for you. marble on her &oor se#ing, accompanying himself on acous- leans. !e Big Easy has long been one of my I thought to myself, that is one amazing Cocaine in her dresser, bars on her doors tic guitar. His set seemed to be over, yet he favorite cities for the culture, the music and, song. It reminded me of the times my friend She keeps her back against the wall, So I say, lingered and o"ered to play one more song. of course, the food. My %rst visit was in 1980, Al Marks and I stopped at the Vietnam Me- Welcome, Welcome to the boomtown !at was, for me, the most powerful moment. and my work in the music business kept morial’s Wall of Names in Washington D.C. A Pick a habit we’ve got plenty to go around !e song was titled “Stranger”, and the lyrics bringing me back. Seeing the transformation few weeks later my friend Aaron Jacoves from Welcome, Welcome to the boomtown brought back imagery that many of us would of John Grisham’s book, the %lm’s plot twists, the A&R Department stopped by my o'ce All that money makes such a succulent sound, like to forget. He was singing about the men and the performances of the four principal and dropped o" an advance casse#e of the Welcome to the boomtown and women who were shu#led o" to war in players(John Cusack, Dustin Ho"man, forthcoming album. !at evening I dropped southeast Asia and returned, o)en damaged, Gene Hackman and Rachel Weisz(kept me !e single became a top-40 Billboard hit, the casse#e into the player in my car and sometimes broken. thoroughly entertained. About half a dozen and more than 35 years later it is still a great drove home. !e next day I called Aaron. He Brother at this moment pieces of recorded music were dropped into listen. As it turned out, “Boomtown” was asked me what I thought of the album and I you ain’t feeling any pain, key moments of the %lm. One of those music David+David’s only album. told him I loved it, but I was wondering what And your staring out the window tracks brings me to two guys named David. About two years later another unusual happened to “Stranger?” which wasn’t on the and it looks like rain As was o)en the case in the second half and wonderful album was released by A&M. casse#e. He said they weren’t certain it was Your a veteran and you know of the 20th century, talented musicians regu- Singer-songwriter Toni Childs was in her late going to be included and asked why I wanted about monkeys on the brain larly found each other and made record deals 20s and had already spent the be#er part of to know. I reminded him of the performance You watched every dream you had through happenstance, a sharp A&R person, a decade writing songs, performing with nu- Baerwald gave at the meeting months earlier, lie broken in the drain mutual friends, sheer luck, or perhaps divine merous artists and learning the ropes of stu- and how the song was just too good to be le) guidance in the form of a Muse. In the early dio recording. Signed to A&M she was given 300,000 men all di'erent all the same on the proverbial “cu#ing room &oor”. Some 1980s, two talented musicians, David Rick- a signi%cant enough budget to record her %rst Piled up like dri%wood in the pouring rain weeks (or months) later I received a copy e#s and David Baerwald, came together, and album in Europe and Swaziland. !e diverse Hey stranger, ain’t there nothing I can say of the ‘about-to-be-released' album and was locales of the studios and the supporting mu- Can you think of any way happy to see “Stranger” on the list of tracks. sicians was re&ected in the music, studio pro- that you can make it through the day Last week while watching “Runaway Jury” duction, and lyrics of the songs on the album Hey Stranger is there something I can do a song came quietly out of the %lm and I knew “Union”, many with a clear African or Afro- You lost it all for me, that voice. It was David Baerwald singing “A carribean &avor: tracks like “Stop Your Fus- !ere must be something I can do for you. Bi#er Tree”, a track from his second album sin’”, “Zimbabwe” and “Let !e Rains Come "Triage". I’m some 30 years removed from my Down”. !e lyrics continued, thinking about Ameri- days at A&M, and more years than that from !e album also showcased the unique, can society in general, not just the veterans: “Boomtown” and “Stop Your Fussin’”. Never- dynamic and rich nature of Childs’ vo- A quarter of the country is theless, music is such an important piece of cal style, and the talents of producer David one paycheck "om the street fabric in our lives, sometimes when we don’t Ricke#s (yes, the same David Ricke#s from A tenth of the country even know it. David+David). Childs could belt a driving has never had enough to eat When a familiar song or a familiar voice vocal in “Dont’ Walk Away”, a rhythmic is- And one one-hundredth of the country comes surprisingly through the radio or tele- land tempo in “Stop Your Fussin’”, and a mea- is strangling all the rest vision or movie screen, we tend to perk up, sured anthem in “Zimbabwe”. Her voice had And every policeman on the street listen more closely. And we are o)en trans- one can only assume there was a spark as they a range and power that o)en surprised %rst- is wearing a bullet-proof vest ported to a an image, a moment, a memory. became an act. time listeners. While that 1st album did well, Or some piece of our personal history. May- Early on one could see and hear that their her 2nd, “House of Hope”, was less success- Hey stranger, ain’t there nothing I can say be a thought of one of our friends. And that’s ideas were original, their music refreshing, ful. Perhaps the lead track, “I’ve Got To Go Can you think of any way a very good thing. and that something special was coming. And Now”(with a theme about an abusive rela- that you can make it through the day that’s why they weren’t an unusual signing tionship(was too heavy for a general audi- for A&M Records. !e label was a perfect ence even though the song was well-cra)ed, %t for what their music could become. To credible, and Ricke#s’ production was %rst be clear, this wasn’t really a band, but rather rate. She’d later also record a cover of Jimmy two talented people whose 1984 demo tape Cli"’s “Many Rivers To Cross”, and Childs’ made its way to A&M. It took the be#er part version is brilliant. of two years to get their %rst album out. !ey Meeting Toni and working her “Union” al- branded themselves as David and David bum remains a warm memory, but Toni was (graphically represented as David+David). not just a talented singer and songwriter. She “Boomtown” was released in 1986 and a tour was a force. Sort of a benevolent hurricane. followed. My recollection is that the tour I keep a dozen of her tracks close so that at lasted fewer than a dozen dates. Maybe live anytime I can immerse myself in her music. performance was not going to be their thing. Almost two years a)er Toni’s ”Union” al- Nevertheless radio and retail loved the album bum, the other David(David Baerwald( and the %rst single “Welcome to the Boom- was working on his %rst solo album. Ulti- town”, perhaps because the lyrics provided mately titled “Bedtime Stories” the songs had such great imagery for the real or perceived rich, sometimes dark, storylines but I loved life in Hollywood or L.A. in the 1980s. every minute of the music. Shortly before I

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Trouet has played a signi%cant part in tree rings ( that’s not the funny part,” and Tree ring chronologies allow radio carbon several discoveries, including the linking she interrupted me. “Oh, no, you’re wrong. dating to be calibrated against organic of sunspot activity to hurricanes; the !at is the funny part.” material of a precisely known age; they can increasingly erratic wobbling of the jet Yet Valerie Trouet’s Tree Story: !e be used in concert with other natural record stream, which contributes to extreme PRINT • SCAN • FAX • EMAIL History of the World Wri#en in Rings keepers ( glacial ice, stalagmites, quahogs weather events, in the last 50 years; the Business Cards • Building Plans is everything I had hoped it would be: (a type of clam), %sh ear bones ( to form mechanisms that caused both the warmth Postcards • Flyers • Posters intelligent, accessible, wi#y, and captivating a more multifaceted understanding of both of Europe’s Medieval Climate Anomaly Signage • Secretarial Services ( a global adventure spanning millennia Earth and human histories. 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Pg 11 Lighthouse Peddler, November 2020 Scuttlebutt by Mitch McFarland Given the recent necessity for the federal to 70% under JFK. !en came the Reagan nation rates for those making $10 million or government to shore up the economy with revolution when the rate fell to 28%. more annually have plummeted by nearly 80 massive de%cit spending, one may wonder !ere are, of course, other proposals in the percent. Today you are as likely to be audited how we will be able to reverse this trend and Biden plan, including taxing capital gains and if you make so li#le that you qualify for the lower the national debt. !is borrowing by dividends at ordinary rates for those with an- earned-income tax credit as if you are in the the feds is not only necessary, but a good idea nual incomes over $1 million. His proposals top 1 percent. since Treasury bonds are paying less than 1%, are expected to raise some $4 trillion over the Indeed just a few hundred taxpayers de- while the in&ation rate is around 1.4%. !at next decade and has been generally well re- prived the government of $10 billion from is cheap money, but even cheap money has to ceived even on Wall Street and in academia. 2014 to 2016 by commi#ing the most bla- be paid back. !is %scal year the U.S. will pay Of course demanding taxes be paid and tant form of evasion, failing to %le tax returns out $393.5 billion in interest payments on collecting them can be two di"erent things. all together. !e I.R.S. lacked the resources our debt. Foreign governments own about Republicans are famously and proudly op- to even work these cases. !e IRS did not one-third of our debt and so about $120 bil- posed to taxes and have been on a particu- pursue 369,180 high-income non %lers, with lion will be paid to them in interest. larly virulent rampage since 2013 when they estimated tax due of $20.8 billion. !e national debt is now larger than the a#acked the IRS for allegedly singling out Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary gross domestic product for the conservative groups for greater and past Harvard President and Natasha Sa- %rst time since the end of World scrutiny and delays in reviewing rin, professor at Trumps's alma mater, Whar- War Two. WW II was a major their applications for tax-exempt ton School, have made suggestions to narrow threat to the well-being of our status as “social welfare” organi- the gap between taxes owed, but unpaid. nation and required an all-out zations when they were actually !eir rough estimate suggests that at least 70 e"ort to prevail. Some 420,000 nakedly political (the IRS was percent of the “tax gap” comes from under- Americans died during that con- scrutinizing liberal applicants as payment by the top 1 percent. Summers and &ict and the COVID-19 virus is well). Sarin are the ones who claim that based on half way there with plenty more For %ve years, congressional current trends, in the next decade the I.R.S. deaths to come. A similar re- Republicans have taken out will fail to collect an estimated $7.5 trillion in sponse was obviously necessary. their anti-tax wrath on the Inter- owed tax. So how did we pull ourselves nal Revenue Service, cu#ing its !ey would like to see: 1. increased en- out of that to create the huge economic ex- budget by nearly $1 billion, reducing its sta" forcement (every $1 that is spent would pansion of the 50's and 60's? Let's recall the by about 17,000, and even threatening to im- generate more than $11 in greater tax collec- infamous bank robber Willie Su#on's ad- peach its chief. tion); 2. improved technology (IRS uses OutdoorOutdoor Museum vice and go where the money is. !e super “I’m appalled, that’s all I can say,” said Law- programs from the 1960s); 3. third party Light StationMuseum Store wealthy. rence B. 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Tax audits are at the lowest level "Every election is determined nently closed across the country, almost 62 in a decade, a"ecting fewer than 1 percent of by the people who show up." million Americans lost work between March taxpayers. Reduced e"orts to enforce com- 21 and September 19, according to the U.S. pliance cost an estimated $6 billion in un- Larry Sabato (1952-) Department of Labor. !e collective work collected revenues in 2014 and $8 billion in income of rank-and-%le private sector em- 2015. Based on current trends, in the next ployees fell by 3.5 percent from mid-March decade the I.R.S. will fail to collect an esti- ENHANCE to mid-September. In addition to this, a total mated $7.5 trillion in owed taxes. HEALTH & VITALITY of 12 million citizens lost employer-spon- So how is it that the wealthy can avoid pay- WellnessOnTheCoast.com sored health insurance during the pandemic, ing their fair share so easily? Compliance 20+ Healing Practitioners while 22 million reported not having enough rates for ordinary wage and salary workers MASSAGE • CRANIOSACRAL • YOGA food to eat in the last week. are 99 percent because their taxes are auto- JIN SHIN JYUTSU • FACIALS • PILATES !is is income inequality on steroids. matically withheld. In contrast, richer Ameri- CHIROPRACTIC • REFLEXOLOGY • AYURVEDIC MEDICINE • ACUPUNCTURE !e Biden campaign is proposing to raise cans are more likely to have items like capital • HOMEOPATHY • QIGONG the top marginal tax rate by a mere 2.6% to gains, rental income and proprietorship in- • PERSONAL TRAINER & MORE. 39.6% Compare this to over 90% rate from come ( and the I.R.S. estimates that up to WellnessOnTheCoast.com 1951 to 1963 under Republican adminis- 55 percent of the income from such sources trations, at which time it was then lowered can be unreported, and thus untaxed. Exami- Pg 12 Lighthouse Peddler, November 2020 TRUMP REJECTS GRIZZLY PLAN . . . and the state’s most recent review recom- easier than in popular places like Yellow- (Cont'd from page 7) mended maintaining that status. !e North stone or Glacier national parks. . . . out-of-state grizzlies to Washington’s Cascades Ecosystem includes six grizzlies in “Federal grizzly bear recovery plans are 9,800-square-mile North Cascades ecosys- British Columbia, but none con%rmed in clear that you can't just put all your eggs in tem, which scientists say could support 250 Washington. !e only con%rmed grizzlies the basket of the northern Rockies,” Gun- to 300 bears. Scientists estimate there are in the state are in the Selkirk Recovery nell fewer than 10 grizzlies in the North Cas- Zone on the border of Washington, British says. “[It] doesn’t have any bearing on the cades, and they may be functionally extinct; Columbia and Idaho. Of an estimated 50 to North Cascades.” if any grizzly bears remain, they are both too 60 animals, about 12 reside in Washington. !is isn’t the %rst grizzly recovery project far removed and genetically isolated from !ese bears also face threats from humans, to stall out. !e Selway-Bi#erroot recovery neighboring grizzly populations to recover as well as low population numbers. plan halted in 2001 a)er facing local push- on their own. Scienti%c analysis has de- back. But there was never a formal termi- termined that relocating grizzlies from nation notice( the interior department outside the state is necessary to bring simply stopped taking action. back the population. “!at process was also stopped by a “!e [environmental impact statement] short-sighted political decision, just like process is to involve the public in how to what just happened in the North Cas- restore grizzlies to the North Cascades, cades,” Servheen recalls. not to decide if grizzly bears should be Conservation advocates say they aren’t recovered,” Servheen says. “!e decision giving up on grizzly reintroduction. made by the secretary of interior is pure “What the next step is going to be, politics and is wrong.” whether legal, political or otherwise, is Gunnell says there has long been strong not clear at this point, but there's certain- statewide support for grizzly reintroduc- ly avenues available,” Gunnell says. tion, including in Central Washington. “For the Trump administration to put the Many tribal nations have passed reso- Conservation Northwest obtained copies ice on this ... and then blatantly lie in their lutions and dra)ed le#ers in favor of griz- of all 143,000 environmental impact state- statement that there was not public support zly restoration ( including e"orts by the ment public comments in 2019 from the … and to do it under the cover of a global Okanagan Nation Alliance, the Yakama Na- National Park Service, which showed at pandemic and social unrest with li#le no- tion, the Snoqualmie Tribe and others. least 90% favored grizzly restoration. tice to even agency scientists who've been Advocates are also focusing on bolstering “We understand [...] the need to put a leading the process, let alone conservation- citizen support. Conservation Northwest priority on public safety, but would hope ists like myself, it was really a punch in the says it will continue engaging with recre- that people also see the value of protecting gut,” Gunnell says. ationists and ranchers around the North the magni%cent creatures in their historical !e North Cascades bears are the last Cascades, in tandem with partners in Brit- ranges,” Sco# Schuyler, natural resources native species still missing from the North ish Columbia, through outreach programs director of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Cascades ecosystem. that teach coexistence and safety practices. says via email. “!e Upper Skagit people “Anytime that you have a piece of the sys- !e coronavirus crisis restricts how much have respected and coexisted with all crea- tem missing, it has cascading e"ects … and outreach can be done in person. tures great and small residing in the Upper they have been missing for a while,” says Regardless, Gunnell is holding out hope. Skagit Valley, including the grizzly bear and Hannah Anderson of the Washington De- “We don't see this train as being fully wolf for nearly 10,000 years pre-contact. partment of Fish and Wildlife, who serves stopped but more delayed,” Gunnell says. !is cultural value for the landscape and its on the International Grizzly Bear Commit- “We're con%dent that the Endangered Spe- inhabitants is something we hope people tee’s executive commi#ee. cies Act will prevail. But clearly this is a big understand and embrace.” Opening up the North Cascades to griz- setback.” While Bernhardt says grizzlies are “not in zlies would double the existing range of the Visit crosscut.com/donate to support nonpro#t, danger of extinction,” they have been listed bear in the lower 48 states. With compara- "eely distributed, local journalism. as endangered in Washington state since tively few 1980, visitors, reintroduction e"orts would be Above Grizzly bear Image by JoeBreuer "om Pixabay.

Pg 13 Lighthouse Peddler, November 2020 Stay Tuned!

Pg 14 Lighthouse Peddler, November 2020 "Sea Lion Rebellion!'" by Mary Jane Schramm, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Conditions were ripe for revolution. registers. Suddenly, these smelly squa#ers the ocean. Playful and intelligent, they have can occur under NOAA Fisheries permit, As property owners stood helplessly by, a were a world-famous a#raction. Indeed, a sportive disposition, sometimes “por- if they interfere substantially with %shery mob of large, blubbery marine mammals the facility built them &oating “condos” to poising” across the waves, racing to parts operations. armed with formidable teeth, a#itude, and restore harmony with unknown(or from sheer exuberance. SEA LION SURVIVAL: !eir natu- deafening barks carried out the takeover the boating commu- !ey’ve been known ral predators are mainly sharks and killer of San Francisco’s prime waterfront real nity. Win-win. Meet to play FrisbeeTM whales. But human-caused threats include estate: the Pier 39 Marina at Fisherman’s the California sea with round, &at ocean entanglement in %shing gear, and shoot- Wharf. It was January 1990, and the pier lion, Zalophus Cali- sun%sh and rays: ing. Biotoxins resulting from harmful algal was a thriving tourist mecca known for its fornianus. whether it’s to break blooms, o)en caused by farm fertilizer run- shops, seafood restaurants and maritime !e California sea them into bite-sized o", and diseases such as leptospirosis, peri- ambience. Unfazed by human presence, the lion is one of the four pieces, or simply odically take their toll. intruders made their move, having abruptly species of “eared” for fun, we can only !e next time you visit the coast, look for pinnipeds (fur seals speculate. dark forms on the rocks, or playing in the and sea lions) native Bulls are much larg- surf. Listen for the repetitive barking that to the West Coast of er then cows (sexual marks a sea lion haulout. Know that, due North America and dimorphism): males to the Marine Mammal Protection Act, a the Gulf of California, numbering just over can exceed eight feet and 800 pounds. 257,000 in US waters, and increasing. How- Females are more diminutive, at just 240 ever, periodic warm water events such as pounds. Adult males develop a bump on El Niños, can suppress ocean productivity, their forehead, the sagi#al crest. resulting in widespread starvation and &uc- PINNIPED PARENTING: In the U.S., abandoned the eponymous Seal Rocks just tuating numbers. Sea lions are bellwethers, California sea lions breed mainly in the outside the Golden Gate, overcrowded, and excellent indicators of ocean conditions for Channel Islands, with smaller colonies at pummeled by Paci%c storms. No one knows natural resource managers such as Greater Año Nuevo; a few are born at the Farallon what triggered the exodus, but herring was Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Islands. Each summer they form breeding plentiful inside the bay that winter; perhaps SALTY DOGS: Sea lions are distin- groups, or “leks” of a male and a group of some enterprising individuals followed a guished by large, leathery fore &ippers that females. !e males leave immediately a)er shoal of %sh in, noted the marina’s invit- enable them to “&y” underwater. !eir hind mating. Females are caring and a#entive once-hunted species can survive and thrive. ingly accessible &oating docks, and raised &ippers are rotatable, allowing them to walk moms, nursing a pup from nine months to Greater Farallones National Marine Sanc- the Sea Lion Nation &ag; others followed and climb on land. !eir doglike faces are a year while teaching it swimming, foraging tuary’s story map, at h#ps://farallones. suit. Boat slip owners howled in outrage, appealing, and they have a cheekiness and and other survival skills. noaa.gov/visit/plan-your-visit.html, can but were out-shouted by merchants and charm that makes them popular in zoos SEAFOODIES: California sea lions’ diet lead you to some likely spots! restaurateurs hearing the ka-ching! of cash and aquaria worldwide as ambassadors for includes anchovy, squid, herring, salmon, dog%sh sharks, clams, and lampreys: “Catch of the Day.” Clever and opportunistic, Mary Jane Schramm NOAA Greater Farallones • National Marine Sanctuary they’re the bane of %shermen, stealing pre- [email protected] cious salmon from lines, or jumping into IMAGE: Upper le : "Tom Johnson, the white shark". Credit: nets to gorge on %sh trapped inside. Sea Voyage to White Shark Café/MBA-NOAA. Lower le : lions are federally protected under the Ma- "Southeast Farallon Island." Credit: Joshua Hull, USFWS. rine Protection Act, though legal “takes” Above: "Tom Johnson, the photographer/naturalist." Credit: %omas M. Johnson.

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Pg 16 Lighthouse Peddler, November 2020 Get Out! November Events. Poetry, Theater, Art, Radio, Online and more. Please be advised that many events currently on the schedule are VIRTUAL events. !ey will be done remotely with a"endees and guests participating through an internet connection. Most virtual events can be accessed from home with a good internet connection. Read footnotes below calendar for details.

• Monday 02: All Day. Last chance to see Renée Fleming's PPV MET Opera concert.# • Monday 02: All Day. Last chance to see Joyce DiDonato's PPV MET Opera concert.# • Tuesday 03: Election Day • Wednesday 04: 2:00pm, Prescription Take-back event in Pt. Arena. • Wednesday 04: 5:30pm, Diabetes. Physiology of Diabetes. Mendonoma Health. (Page 13). • Friday 06: All Day. Last chance to see Diana Damrau & Joseph Calleja's opera concert.# • Friday 06: 11:00am, Coast Hwy Art Coll. Opening, with Sara Costello & Deb !relkel. • Saturday 07: Time TBD, Arena !eater Drive in: "Ferris Beuller's Day O%". • Sunday 08: 4:00pm, Chamber Music Virtual Concert with Adam Marks (Gualala Arts).& • Tuesday 10: 5:30pm, Diabetes. Education. Cooking. From Mendonoma Health. (Page 13). • Wednesday 11: Veterans Day • !ursday 12: 11:00am, Cynthia Myers brings her glass works to Elk Collective. • Friday 13: 11:00am, Christmas Tree Competition registration forms due. • Saturday 14: 7:00pm, "Humpback Whale Soiree" presented by NOAA. Online.' • Tuesday 17: 6:00pm, Arena !eater presents Taj Mahal in a live-streamed perfomance.( • Wednesday 18: 5:30pm, Diabetes. Nutrition&Gut Health. From Mendonoma Health (Page 13). • !ursday 19: 7:00pm, !ird !ursday Poetry featuring MK Chavez.) • Friday 20: 6:00pm, "Collective". Film screening begins via Arena !eater.( • Saturday 21: 10:00am, See Sonya Yoncheva's MET Opera PPV concert.# • !ursday 26: !anksgiving Day • Friday 27: 11:00am, Winter Wonderland at Gualala Arts. • Friday 27: 6:00pm, "Zappa" *lm screening opens via Arena !eater.( • Saturday 28: 11:00am, Winter Wonderland at Gualala Arts. • Friday 04: 6:00pm, "Crock of Gold" opens at Arena !eater.(

1. On Demand cinema and events through Arena !eater (Arena!eater.Org) 2. MET Opera stars on demand. Access the performances at Arena!eater.org. 3. To watch or participate as an open mic reader email [email protected] 4. Adam Marks concert is ONLY live streamed via GualalaArts.org. 5. Free Diabetes series. !is is a virtual series. Check article on Page 13 for internet link. 6. Connect with NOAA at: h"ps://farallones.org/events