High seas warning

Just in from the Coast Guard:
 
Coast Guard urges mariners exercise caution as high seas forecasted through the weekend
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Coast Guard is urging mariners to exercise caution through the weekend as the National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Seas Warning and a High Surf Advisory for the California coast.
From 10 p.m. [...]

Durham and Allen to wed!

Jack Durham and Kim Allen have announced they will marry on Nov. 14 at Moonstone Beach.
The future bride is the daughter of Harvey and Marge Allen of Burbank, Calif. She is a 1985 graduate of Burbank High School. She spent a year studying in Barcelona, Spain before moving to Humboldt County, where she received a [...]

NHUHSD winners.11.3.09

Tose, Pigg & Silvernale win NHUHSD seats
 
 

NORTHERN HUMBOLDT UNION HIGH SCHOOL GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER

Number To Vote For: 3

Completed Precincts: 25 of 39

 
Vote Count
Percentage

SARIE TOSTE
4,157
29.1%

MIKE PIGG
4,004
28.0%

DANA SILVERNALE
3,239
22.7%

DAN J. JOHNSON
2,797
19.6%

Unresolved Write-Ins
48
0.3%

Unqualified Write-Ins
38
0.3%

 
 

MUSD winners.11.3.09

Hooven, Zabel & Rosebrook win MUSD seats
 
 

MCKINLEYVILLE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER

Number To Vote For: 3

Completed Precincts: 6 of 7

 
Vote Count
Percentage

TIM HOOVEN
1,311
27.6%

JUSTIN ZABEL
928
19.5%

BARBARA KELLY
889
18.7%

DON ROSEBROOK
821
17.3%

DAVID ALAN SMITH
782
16.5%

Unqualified Write-Ins
13
0.3%

Unresolved Write-Ins
6
0.1%

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MCSD winners. 11.3.09

Couch, Mayo & Wennerholm win MCSD seats.
 

MCKINLEYVILLE COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT DIRECTOR

Number To Vote For: 3

Completed Precincts: 6 of 7

 
Vote Count
Percentage

DAVID R. COUCH
1,118
23.0%

DENNIS MAYO
1,087
22.4%

BILL WENNERHOLM
1,048
21.6%

DAVE VARSHOCK
774
15.9%

PENNY ELSEBUSCH
421
8.7%

JAKE PICKERING
392
8.1%

Unqualified Write-Ins
11
0.2%

Unresolved Write-Ins
6
0.1%

 
 

Note on NHUHSD election

Editor’s note: Four candidates are running for three seats up for grabs on the Northern Humboldt Union High School District, which oversees McKinleyville and Arcata High Schools. The candidates are incumbent Sarie Toste, incumbent Mike Pigg, incumbent Dan Johnson and Dana Silvernale. Election Day is Nov. 3.

NHUHSD candidate Dan Johnson

By Elaine Weinreb
Press Staff Writer
Q. Why do you want to run for another term on the NHUHSD board?
Dan Johnson: It’s really about the kids. As a citizen of any community, you’ve got to volunteer, and I try to put my emphasis on children, because I have three of them. I enjoy the school board. I’ve [...]

NHUHSD candidate Mike Pigg

By Elaine Weinreb
Press Staff Writer
Q. Why do you want to run for another term on the NHUHSD board?
Mike Pigg: I believe in our schools. We have two good school systems – Arcata and McKinleyville. I like what the administration and the teachers are doing. It’s a positive space, and I want to be part of [...]

NHUHSD candidate Dana Silvernale

By Elaine Weinreb
Press Staff Writer
Q. Why do you want to serve on the NHUHSD board?
Dana Silvernale: Because I’m a Special Education teacher, and I have students that have transferred into the high schools. I’m concerned about making sure that they get the support they need to be successful.
Q. Do you support trying to get a [...]

NHUHSD candidate Sarie Toste

From 10/14/09 issue
 
By Elaine Weinreb
Press Staff Writer
Q. Why do you want to run for another term on the NHUHSD board?
Sarie Toste: I’ve been involved in education for many years as a career. I taught in the McKinleyville district for many years, I was interim superintendent at Trinidad and Jacoby Creek, and I retired as an [...]