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Pets of the week: Gabby, Bobby, and Gordan
Meet Gabby, a loving 10-year-old Shepard with a heart of gold. After her owner’s passing, she’s looking for a new family to shower with affection. Gabby thrives in the company of male dogs and adores people and children, making her the perfect family companion. While she’s not a fan of alpha females or cats, her gentle nature shines through. Currently feeling blue in her kennel since her sister found a home, Gabby is eager for a place to call her own. The vet suspects mild to moderate dental disease that requires further vet care after adoption.
Mendocino Coast Calendar of Events
Please submit free event listings by noon on the Monday before the event to events@advocate-news.com. Please include a high-resolution horizontal photo or two of artwork on display. Please contact us about how to publicize paid events, classes, and workshops. All content is subject to editing. Government Meetings. Fort Bragg online:...
Mendocino Coast Recreation and Parks District expands its programs
FORT BRAGG, CA—Mendocino Coast Recreation and Parks District (MCRPD), celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is now providing more program support to outlying areas along the coast. The District’s departure from the management of the C.V. Starr Community Center in August 2023 opened up new opportunities to geographically extend its programs and create new ones.
State experts to address seismic compliance at Coast Health Care District
The Mendocino Coast Health Care District Board announces that Carl Scheuerman, Senior Policy Advisor, HCAI (California Department of Health Care & Information), will speak on our community hospital’s retrofit requirements at the Board’s regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, May 23. Mr. Scheuerman will also address the timelines for the hospital’s seismic compliance. The public is encouraged to attend and hear this presentation. This meeting is held in the Redwood Room at the Mendocino Coast Community Hospital (in the Physical Therapy building). The May 23 agenda and attachments can be found at https://www.mchcd.org/board-meetings. The Zoom link will be available with the posted agenda.
Local Notes and Briefs
Please submit Local Notes items to the Editor by Noon on Fridays — editor@advocate-news.com or by phone at 707-380-1142. The Fort Bragg Garden Club knows that there are many beautiful yards in our community. The Garden Club’s 15th Annual “Sidewalk Gardens to Bragg About” contest recognizes and honors those yards and the gardeners who lovingly tend them. Any time from May 1 – May 17, please nominate a beautiful yard – your own or another’s – if it is in the Fort Bragg city limits, can be seen from the sidewalk, and is a pleasing-to-the-eye, well-kept space.
Avenues to Wellness presents free speaker event in Willits
Avenues to Wellness will present “A Physician’s Journey: Through Abuse, Psychedelics and Forgiveness” by Dawnmarie Risley-Childs, DO on Wednesday, May 15, from 6-7 p.m. at Willits United Methodist Church, 286 School St. in Willits. This event is free to the public, donations appreciated, and is wheelchair accessible.
Private group takes over the MCN listservs
MENDOCINO, CA — On Tuesday, May 7, the Mendocino List Serv Project (MLP), a private entity of volunteers, took over the administration of the MCN listservs. MCN listserv content has become a contentious issue for the Mendocino Unified School District, which owns the internet service. At the 2024 February...
Providing responsive care to fit the community’s unique needs
This is the fourth column in a year-long series in honor of Mendocino Coast Clinics’ 30th anniversary. This column is by Dr. Gary Pace, who began working as a medical provider at MCC in 1998 and served as MCC’s medical director from 2000-2006. Like many others who have...
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