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Category: Happenings

  • George Rebane The State of Jefferson movement continues along, and our Nevada County chapter of it is holding a town hall event this coming Saturday night (see below).  Remember, the SoJ movement also gives those who feel that the northern counties have no representation in Sacramento an opportunity to leverage their voice – to attend…

  • George Rebane RR reader/debater, musician, producer, KVMR news director, and friend Paul Emery is long known in Nevada County for his many talents and activities which keep us entertained and informed.  This fall Paul is outdoing himself with a bevy of productions that promise to keep the county’s toes a’tappin’.  I am constantly amazed how…

  • Do not exhibit your sore finger for all to strike upon, and do not complain of it, for malice always pounds where it hurts most. …  Gracian #145 George Rebane Due to a little medical emergency last night, my output requiring typing may be bit sparse for the next few days.  With apologies to Father…

  • George Rebane RL ‘Bob’ Crabb is having a big bash at McGee’s on 27 July to celebrate the ‘release’ of his new book (graphic autobiography?).  Would love to be there, but travel plans will cause us to miss this significant event.  All the rest of you should go and buy a couple of books –…

  • [Rough and Ready resident Weldon Travis sent me his “observations, conclusions, thoughts” on what some have come to call ‘The Battle of Bunkerville’ where earlier this year rancher Cliven Bundy and supporters faced down a company of federales who had come to confiscate his cattle and end his grazing rights on what we know today…

  • George Rebane Nevada County Supervisor Nate Beason, who represents District #1, will be the speaker at the Nevada City Rotary Club luncheon today at noon in the National Hotel.  Guests and visitors are welcome.  I don’t know exactly what Nate will be discussing, but you can be sure his talk will be interesting and relevant…

  • George Rebane TypePad has been down all day working to recover from another denial of service attack.  My apologies for the shared frustration.  TypePad uses Twitter to aprise those interested in its status when such outages occur. https://twitter.com/typepad

  • George Rebane [This is the addended transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 25 April 2014.] Some years back the National Governors Association, realizing that America’s workforce was rapidly losing out in the global job markets, concluded that the country needed a new approach to K-12 education.  Its efforts to that end produced what…

  • George Rebane As Christmas is the promise, Easter is the fulfillment.  Oblivion vanquished, rejoice!

  • George Rebane Today there have been many observances and rembrances of the explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon that killed three, injured over 260, and blew the limbs off 16 of them.  People were gathered at these planned events to celebrate their “show of defiance and resilience” in the face of this tragedy.  NPR this…