G.U.L.C.H.ers

Live music at Cooper Gulch? This may well be the first time in 2010 this has occurred. Someone Alta-Vista that for us, please.

Despite the hokey acronym, we at CDHQ applaud Brian Millet and follow it with a heartfelt "What He Said."

Overall Discourse Ranking: ACE (plus an honorary "Go Ahead And Play Through" mention).

From Andrew Goff in the North Coast Journal:

Make sure to make your way down to Cooper Gulch — or if it rains, the Eureka Muni — at 8:30 p.m. for Cocoa and Caroling. The baseball field will be transformed into an amphitheater and host performances by the Eureka High Jazz Ensemble and the HSU Choir, groups that could undoubtedly sing “Jingle Bells” correctly if you asked them. Mocha Motion will be on hand to heat up the cocoa

Wanna know where your cocoa dollar goes? The event will also act as a kick off for the City of Eureka’s new event-based teen (12-17) service learning program G.U.L.C.H. — Growing Unity, Leadership, Community and Health. Program leader Brian Millet understands that the Cooper Gulch park area has a rough reputation, but believes “it should be one of the facilities in Eureka we are proudest of.” In the coming months, G.U.L.C.H. plans to get youth involved in their community by hosting monthly teen events, Cooper Gulch park cleanups and skateboard workshops to name a few. If you’d like to get involved, call Brian at 441-4224.

Holy Gulch! A Cooper Gulch Rap.

This is the best thing to happen to Eureka, California.

Bones and more bones

From the Times Standard:

…The recent finding was not the first time human bones have been found in the estimated 40 acre wood-lot a few blocks from Eureka High. In February of 2006, a right femur bone was discovered by a dog in some bushes on the edge of the gulch near 14th and P streets. A resident reported finding a left femur -- the largest bone in the body -- in the same area in June of 2007, with a third femur found the following year…

Full story here:
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_15931064?source=email