Local doctors wander out of Doogie Howser episode
Wednesday, April 25 2012 06:43
Dee Holzel
WINNEMUCCA — On Tuesday (April 24) the Humboldt General Hospital Board of Trustees voted to serve notice they intended to take advantage of the opt-out clause in Dr. Soon Kim’s contract.
There was lengthy discussion from medical staff about what a wonderful doctor Soon Kim is, how hard she works, and how much she cares about her patients.
  
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month:
Friday, February 17 2012 10:21
Submitted by NNADV
RENO – February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, a time to focus how abusive behavior impacts our teens and the people who care about them.
From a national perspective, approximately one in three teen girls in the United States is a victim of physical, emotional or verbal abuse from a dating partner. This abusive behavior is established to exert power and control over a young person and forms a pattern that may include hitting, punching, kicking, sexual assault, making threats, name calling, spreading rumors, telling malicious lies, controlling what the person does, wears, where to go, who she/he sees and talks to, and using technology (cell phones and social networking sites) to bully, harass, intimidate, or stalk.
Letter From the Editor: Ghost Hunters reviewing evidence
Tuesday, September 27 2011 05:02
Dee Holzel
Dear Readers,
Now that the Northern Nevada Ghost Hunters have spent the weekend reaching out to the unseen, the question everyone’s asking is, “What did they find?”
It would be bad etiquette for me to give away too much before NNGH has been given an opportunity to review the evidence and present it to the community.
That being said, I think I can safely say the spirits of the Humboldt County Courthouse do not disappoint.
SPJ position statement on the City of Winnemucca’s proposed media policy
Wednesday, August 31 2011 18:19
Dee Holzel
It is the position of the Silver Pinyon Journal that the City of Winnemucca’s draft media policy, as proposed by City Manager Steve West, is insufficient and lacks the careful thought that should be given to government/media relations in order to uphold the principles of the First Amendment.
The media does not request information from the government on its own behalf. Rather, the information is requested on behalf of the public. The infrastructure that allows the flow of information from the government to the public is just as important as the roads we drive. To that end:
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A Note From the Editor: In which I acknowledge a disservice
Saturday, August 27 2011 06:46
Dee Holzel
Dear Readers,
I want to thank one of our commenters (voiceofreason) for the following post:
“Dee - I think I understand and appreciate our dialogue. But to think that the relationship between SPJ and ANY public official, including WPD and HCSO officers and supervisors, city officials, school teachers and administrators, and just about any other public figure is a "Win-Win" is ludicrous. These people have NO supporters here in SPJ, and are constantly put down. Why would any of them feel an obligation to treat SPJ any differently than SPJ treats them? Although YOU may not treat them badly, you provide the means for people to publicly castigate them. I am not surprised at West's reaction.”
This post had a powerful effect on me – though not the one he/she may have intended. What it did was remind me I was doing the very thing I advise our public officials not to do: I focused on the negative and forgot the numbers.
Note from the Editor: Candidate visits; media not invited
Monday, August 08 2011 05:21
Dee Holzel
WINNEMUCCA — The first official candidate of Special Election 2011 will be in town this week seeking our vote. The SPJ will not be there to report on all the exciting talking points, though, because the media has been frozen out by the campaign.
Since I’m reluctant to give oodles of free advertising to someone not showing First Amendment love, for the sake of this editorial the candidate in question will be referred to as Bark Hamoday (the ‘H’ is silent).
Note from the Editor: Accident in Grass Valley
Thursday, July 28 2011 07:55
Dee Holzel
I understand from the amount of emails I have received there is high interest in what may have happened Monday evening in Grass Valley that led to someone's death.
To be honest, I don't know it was Monday, or that there was an accident, or that someone was killed. So, thinks I to myself, I'll ask.
To that end, I made two requests for information from the investigating agency: the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. The troops aren’t allowed to speak to the media (literally), so I emailed Undersheriff Curtis Kull and Sheriff Ed Kilgore and requested information.
Sure, three days have gone by without any response whatsoever, but I’m willing to cut the SO some slack on this one. I’m a professional writer, so it doesn’t take me long to write, “We were called to the scene of an accident Monday evening in which a man was tragically killed. Name withheld pending notification of next of kin.”
Sunday Morning Reflections: the John Adams legacy
Sunday, May 01 2011 08:39
Dee Holzel
WINNEMUCCA — The schools do this terrible disservice in that they attempt to teach really important stuff at a time when we simply don’t care (ages 12-16) because by that time most of us have discovered the opposite sex (or the same sex – we don’t judge).
Due to this error in judgment by the education establishment, many have little or no knowledge of the John Adams legacy.
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