Petaluma Opinion

• St. Anthony’s Farm Auxiliary ending an era

  By HARLAN OSBORNE, ARGUS-COURIER COLUMNIST

  Thursday January 1, 2009 3:00 am

  

  By now, most people have heard the disheartening news that St. Anthony Farm, the residential drug and alcohol recovery center and organic dairy situated west of town, is closing.

• Happy New Year, maybe

  By JACK BALSHAW, ARGUS-COURIER COLUMNIST

  Thursday January 1, 2009 3:00 am

  

  A new year is here again and we get a chance (sort of) to start anew. Individually, we have the opportunity via New Year’s resolutions to start off in a new direction.

• It’s time to Green Party!

  By BRUCE HAGEN, ARGUS-COURIER COLUMNIST

  Tuesday December 30, 2008 3:00 am

  

  Before our Green Party begins, let’s talk about cats. I am a fan of S.F. Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll, whose famous cat narratives make it OK for me to write about our feline companions.

• The impact of non-native plants on nature

  By JUDY BRINKERHOFF, ARGUS-COURIER COLUMNIST

  Tuesday December 30, 2008 3:00 am

  

  Avidly reading Douglas Tallamy’s new book (“Bringing Nature Home”), I am discovering information that I sort of knew, sort of surmised, but have come to understand and believe.

• A great town for the holidays

  By DON BENNETT, ARGUS-COURIER COLUMNIST

  Wednesday December 24, 2008 12:33 pm

  

  Merry Christmas. Although the storm clouds of financial unease are swirling about us, and there is no shortage of issues to give us funks of apprehension, this is a day to reflect upon what is good with the world and good with our community and good with our lives.