A new transit system for Southern Humboldt would be wonderful if it didn't come at the expense of the Quail paratransit bus service.

Volunteers who work with the public at Humboldt Redwoods and Grizzly Creek State Parks were honored at a luncheon sponsored by the Humboldt Redwoods State Park Interpretive Association on Oct.

Residents of the Southern Humboldt Unified School District will get a direct account of the proposed Bull Creek state park acquisition at a meeting on the 12th at the Weott Grammar School.

For more information contact SHWT board secretary Kathy Epling at 923-4488. * Transit Action of Southern Humboldt and Friends of the Quail meet at the Senior Center in Redway starting at 4 p.m. If you want to support the bus system in Southern Humboldt, here is your chance to add your input.

The annual Agnes J. Johnson School Fall Carnival was held on Friday, October 16, in Weott.

Around 2:15 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, the Scotia and Rio Dell Volunteer fire departments responded to a medium-sized brush fire on the east bank of Route 101, directly across from the Town of Scotia.

Agnes Johnson School's annual Fall Carnival is coming up this Friday, October 16.

The Southern Humboldt Garden Club got a primer in rattlesnake avoidance at its September 23 meeting in Weott.

For more information call Joe at 923-2779. * Prayer Mountain Healing Rooms will meet, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. at Weott Faith Chapel AG, 60 Weott Heights Rd.

If you are sick, lonely, need a job, or have issues with fear, anger or anxiety, visit Prayer Mountain Healing Rooms at Weott Faith Chapel, 60 Weott Heights Road, on Wednesday., Sept.

The 3rd Annual Blocksburg Harvest Faire will be held on Saturday, Sept.19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Blocksburg Town Hall Association, the event is located at the historic schoolhouse behind the church on Church Street in Blocksburg.

In the unincorporated areas of Southern Humboldt, special district boards of directors are the only locally elected governmental entities, but very few residents are willing to serve on these boards.

I was describing a vivid childhood image to someone today. It was December 1964, and I stood in the middle of the Avenue of the Giants at the north end of Miranda.

A downed power line had ignited a fire off Alderpoint Road the previous week. The fire burned 32 acres of grass and woodland before being extinguished.

Call Stephanie Taylor at 707-764-3091 for more information. * The Alliez, reggae rock from Maui, Hawaii, play an all-ages show at the Peg House in Leggett.

* Dinner by the River, Restaurant Skills graduation caf, 6 p.m. in the backstage grove at Benbow Lake State Recreation Area.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE: The 31-mile Avenue of the Giants route is world renown for many of the tallest trees in the world.

The senses are so saturated on the drive from Ferndale to Petrolia to Weott that something has to really stand out to get noticed.

Agnes J. Johnson School in Weott will play host to a Playground Day this Saturday, May 16, from 12:30-3:30 p.m. In addition to the play equipment permanently located at the school, some of which is shown here, there will be face painting and lots of arts and crafts for kids, a castle jumper, as well as games and other activities.

The Community Food Pantry has been working for our community for at least 25 years providing food for needy people and families several days each week.