Throughout March, Made in Ojai is sponsoring a Wishing Well to collect donations for Global Village School. This Sunday, March 14, from 10 to 2, they are having an artisans fair to highlight the Wishing Well. The fair will spotlight an amazing diversity of work in all kinds of media created by Ojai artists.

I talk to a cat (Ike) that is going into surgery to remove cancerous tumors and a black lab (Zuma) who talks about something her pet sitter could do differently. Iris the goat is also featured.

Myself and several of my clients are interviewed on animal communication and whether we think it is a fad or if it will be a growing field. (Thank you Jaya, Jon, Jodi and Tina of Aloha Dog Grooming).

Nature of Incident: Commercial Burglary, Vandalism and Petty Theft
Location: Nordhoff High School, Ojai
Dates: Between February 20, 2010 and February 21, 2010
Unit Responsible: Ventura County Sheriff's Department Ojai Substation Detectives

This is a fine little article about our Valley's treasured specialty citrus crop, with a journalistic oops.

Tony Thacker, his daughter Emily and his granddaughter Celeste Ayala showed off this year's bumper crop. Tony explained that the 2010 harvest will yield about 20 percent more than last year's, but the fruit will be smaller. Most will be between 1 3/4- and 2 inches in diameter, with few fitting into the jumbo or colossal categories. The trees have a habit of bearing a large crop one year and a small crop the following year.

Welcome to Day 38 of the 64-day Season for Nonviolence; one of today's affirmations and practices is

KINDNESS: Do something kind for someone for no reason other than to be kind. Bring beauty to a place where it may be needed without letting anyone know that you were the one who did it. Write about how it felt and then share this story with someone.

Tell us what you've done or will do...anonymous posts welcome!

The Season's daily affirmations and practices are updated EVERY DAY at ojaipeace.org.

Dark Side of Health Reform the banner screamed out at me. Expecting to read something nefarious, like death panels, I plunged into the article by Tom Kisken. It was indeed dark. Dark and dastardly. A “Tan Tax” for those who, like Congressman Boehner, can’t get enough UV rays from the sun and who seek out their fair share of melanomas from the hundred thousand or so tanning booths hiding within the dark recesses of our mini-malls and the back alleys of America.

The third in a series of meetings of Transition Ojai
Tuesday, March 2, at 6.45 pm
Glen Muse
815 Libbey Ave, Ojai
For directions and map click here: Transition Ojai

"We'll be bringing our ideas for actions/events/publicity/work groups etc. together in order to move Transition Ojai onto the next phase. This will not be a meeting for those who are new to transition, but of course everyone is welcome:), however, there will not be an opportunity at this meeting to present the basic ideas of our Transition Initiative," said Wayne Thompson, Transition Ojai organizer.

To Eric Loft, Chief, California Department of Fish and Game:
The effects on the statewide black bear population that shall be addressed in the April Environmental Document Regarding Bear Hunting include:
• Increasing the regulated annual harvest up to 2,500 bears;
• Incorporating portions of San Luis Obispo, Modoc, Lassen and Inyo counties into the black bear hunt zones;
• Eliminating the in-season closure mechanism;
• Altering the dog control use boundary;
• Modifying the dates for archery bear season.

The Guernsey and the Raven: Neverm00000re