For more than 25 years, the Foundation has awarded scholarships to Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital employees, high school seniors, and community members in the Eel River Valley, Van Duzen River Valley and southern Humboldt County. Eligible candidates should demonstrate leadership skills, good citizenship, and have been accepted into an accredited university, college or technical schools with a major in health care fields.

What could be a better day to kick off full bar service than on St. Patrick’s Day, while Eel River Brewing Company also offered traditional Irish specials including corned beef and cabbage and Irish bangers and mash.

Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy, Department Chair of Native American Studies at Cal Poly Humboldt, has been working on organizing this symposium for six months, but has wanted to put on an event like this for years. She said the symposium will show people how they can participate in Landback.

Scientists have found that not only do brown widows hone in on black widows, but they go relatively light on other spiders that share the same shadowy haunts.

“The drive to work over the bridge was great. Very smooth ride without spots or bumps,” said Ferndale City Manager Jay Parrish in an email.

The game is played on a badminton-sized court with a plastic ball and paddles.