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It is the first animal testing positive in Mendocino County since 2008, according to John Morley, director of the Environmental Health Division.]]></articleAbstract><articleView/><authorEmail/><body/><byline><![CDATA[The Willits News]]></byline><edition/><linkText/><overline/><pagingType/><slug/><subTitle/><siteId><![CDATA[253]]></siteId><ttl><![CDATA[0]]></ttl><categoryName><![CDATA[/News: Local]]></categoryName><categoryID><![CDATA[1903714]]></categoryID><sectionID/><approve><![CDATA[false]]></approve><contentType><![CDATA[Article]]></contentType><cpsId/><createDate/><createUserId/><description/><displayDate/><endDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:52:31 -0700]]></endDate><exportStatus/><ftpPath/><isCopyable><![CDATA[false]]></isCopyable><isDeployed><![CDATA[false]]></isDeployed><isExportable><![CDATA[true]]></isExportable><isShareable><![CDATA[true]]></isShareable><isShareGlobal><![CDATA[false]]></isShareGlobal><keyword/><launchedDate/><origSiteId><![CDATA[253]]></origSiteId><preprocessItemId/><sourceTypeId/><startDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:52:31 -0700]]></startDate><stateDate/><stateId/><title><![CDATA[Bat found near Ukiah tests positive for rabies]]></title><updateDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:52:31 -0700]]></updateDate><updateUserId/><url><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19920679?source=rss]]></url><guid><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19920679]]></guid><category>/News: Local</category><author><![CDATA[editor@willitsnews.com (The Willits News)]]></author></article><article><id><![CDATA[19920672]]></id><articleAbstract><![CDATA[Third-graders at Blosser Lane Elementary School got "a real gift" on Friday, as Rotary Club members visited classrooms to give the children a dictionary of their very own. Each copy of the Macmillan Dictionary for Children has a book plate in front, with the child's name.]]></articleAbstract><articleView/><authorEmail/><body/><byline><![CDATA[By Jennifer Poole/TWN Staff Writer]]></byline><edition/><linkText/><overline/><pagingType/><slug/><subTitle/><siteId><![CDATA[253]]></siteId><ttl><![CDATA[0]]></ttl><categoryName><![CDATA[/News: Local]]></categoryName><categoryID><![CDATA[1903714]]></categoryID><sectionID/><approve><![CDATA[false]]></approve><contentType><![CDATA[Article]]></contentType><cpsId/><createDate/><createUserId/><description/><displayDate/><endDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:51:56 -0700]]></endDate><exportStatus/><ftpPath/><isCopyable><![CDATA[false]]></isCopyable><isDeployed><![CDATA[false]]></isDeployed><isExportable><![CDATA[true]]></isExportable><isShareable><![CDATA[true]]></isShareable><isShareGlobal><![CDATA[false]]></isShareGlobal><keyword/><launchedDate/><origSiteId><![CDATA[253]]></origSiteId><preprocessItemId/><sourceTypeId/><startDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:51:56 -0700]]></startDate><stateDate/><stateId/><title><![CDATA[WORDS TO LEARN BY: Willits Rotarians present dictionaries to Blosser students]]></title><updateDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:51:55 -0700]]></updateDate><updateUserId/><url><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19920672?source=rss]]></url><guid><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19920672]]></guid><category>/News: Local</category><author><![CDATA[editor@willitsnews.com (Jennifer Poole/TWN Staff Writer)]]></author></article><article><id><![CDATA[19920669]]></id><articleAbstract><![CDATA[The Willits Unified School District is holding a community meeting tomorrow, Thursday, February 9, on budget cuts for Willits schools anticipated for the 2012/13 school year. The meeting starts at 5:30 pm at the cafeteria at Brookside Elementary School, located at Spruce and Lincoln Way.]]></articleAbstract><articleView/><authorEmail/><body/><byline><![CDATA[By The Willits News staff]]></byline><edition/><linkText/><overline/><pagingType/><slug/><subTitle/><siteId><![CDATA[253]]></siteId><ttl><![CDATA[0]]></ttl><categoryName><![CDATA[/News: Local]]></categoryName><categoryID><![CDATA[1903714]]></categoryID><sectionID/><approve><![CDATA[false]]></approve><contentType><![CDATA[Article]]></contentType><cpsId/><createDate/><createUserId/><description/><displayDate/><endDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:51:43 -0700]]></endDate><exportStatus/><ftpPath/><isCopyable><![CDATA[false]]></isCopyable><isDeployed><![CDATA[false]]></isDeployed><isExportable><![CDATA[true]]></isExportable><isShareable><![CDATA[true]]></isShareable><isShareGlobal><![CDATA[false]]></isShareGlobal><keyword/><launchedDate/><origSiteId><![CDATA[253]]></origSiteId><preprocessItemId/><sourceTypeId/><startDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:51:43 -0700]]></startDate><stateDate/><stateId/><title><![CDATA[Special school district meeting Thursday]]></title><updateDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:51:43 -0700]]></updateDate><updateUserId/><url><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19920669?source=rss]]></url><guid><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19920669]]></guid><category>/News: Local</category><author><![CDATA[editor@willitsnews.com (The Willits News staff)]]></author></article><article><id><![CDATA[19920666]]></id><articleAbstract><![CDATA[A 40-year-old Covelo man was arrested Monday on Highway 101 after state traffic officers stopped him for speeding on Highway 101 south of Windsor in Sonoma County. The Ford Edge driven by Jonathan William Dould was traveling at speeds up to 96 mph when it was pulled over at about 3 a.]]></articleAbstract><articleView/><authorEmail/><body/><byline><![CDATA[By the Willits News staff]]></byline><edition/><linkText/><overline/><pagingType/><slug/><subTitle/><siteId><![CDATA[253]]></siteId><ttl><![CDATA[0]]></ttl><categoryName><![CDATA[/News: Local]]></categoryName><categoryID><![CDATA[1903714]]></categoryID><sectionID/><approve><![CDATA[false]]></approve><contentType><![CDATA[Article]]></contentType><cpsId/><createDate/><createUserId/><description/><displayDate/><endDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:51:35 -0700]]></endDate><exportStatus/><ftpPath/><isCopyable><![CDATA[false]]></isCopyable><isDeployed><![CDATA[false]]></isDeployed><isExportable><![CDATA[true]]></isExportable><isShareable><![CDATA[true]]></isShareable><isShareGlobal><![CDATA[false]]></isShareGlobal><keyword/><launchedDate/><origSiteId><![CDATA[253]]></origSiteId><preprocessItemId/><sourceTypeId/><startDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:51:35 -0700]]></startDate><stateDate/><stateId/><title><![CDATA[Covelo man found with 20 pounds of pot in SUV]]></title><updateDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:51:35 -0700]]></updateDate><updateUserId/><url><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19920666?source=rss]]></url><guid><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19920666]]></guid><category>/News: Local</category><author><![CDATA[editor@willitsnews.com (the Willits News staff)]]></author></article><article><id><![CDATA[19920663]]></id><articleAbstract><![CDATA[A $150,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the alleged killers of a just-married Humboldt County man in August 2003. Medical marijuana advocate  Thirty-six-year-old Chris Giauque disappeared August 3 after traveling to the Iron peak lookout area in northern Mendocino County north of Laytonville to meet an associate and pick up cash for what is]]></articleAbstract><articleView/><authorEmail/><body/><byline><![CDATA[By The Willits News staff]]></byline><edition/><linkText/><overline/><pagingType/><slug/><subTitle/><siteId><![CDATA[253]]></siteId><ttl><![CDATA[0]]></ttl><categoryName><![CDATA[/News: Local]]></categoryName><categoryID><![CDATA[1903714]]></categoryID><sectionID/><approve><![CDATA[false]]></approve><contentType><![CDATA[Article]]></contentType><cpsId/><createDate/><createUserId/><description/><displayDate/><endDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:51:24 -0700]]></endDate><exportStatus/><ftpPath/><isCopyable><![CDATA[false]]></isCopyable><isDeployed><![CDATA[false]]></isDeployed><isExportable><![CDATA[true]]></isExportable><isShareable><![CDATA[true]]></isShareable><isShareGlobal><![CDATA[false]]></isShareGlobal><keyword/><launchedDate/><origSiteId><![CDATA[253]]></origSiteId><preprocessItemId/><sourceTypeId/><startDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:51:24 -0700]]></startDate><stateDate/><stateId/><title><![CDATA[Reward offered for missing HC pot advocate]]></title><updateDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:51:24 -0700]]></updateDate><updateUserId/><url><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19920663?source=rss]]></url><guid><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19920663]]></guid><category>/News: Local</category><author><![CDATA[editor@willitsnews.com (The Willits News staff)]]></author></article><article><id><![CDATA[19887360]]></id><articleAbstract><![CDATA[Willits Unified School District Superintendent Deb Kubin announced a community meeting for Thursday, February 9 on looming budget cuts for Willits schools and school buses.  The public meeting will start at 5:30 p.]]></articleAbstract><articleView/><authorEmail/><body/><byline><![CDATA[By Jennifer Poole/TWN Staff Writer]]></byline><edition/><linkText/><overline/><pagingType/><slug/><subTitle/><siteId><![CDATA[253]]></siteId><ttl><![CDATA[0]]></ttl><categoryName><![CDATA[/News: Local]]></categoryName><categoryID><![CDATA[1903714]]></categoryID><sectionID/><approve><![CDATA[false]]></approve><contentType><![CDATA[Article]]></contentType><cpsId/><createDate/><createUserId/><description/><displayDate/><endDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:09:59 -0700]]></endDate><exportStatus/><ftpPath/><isCopyable><![CDATA[false]]></isCopyable><isDeployed><![CDATA[false]]></isDeployed><isExportable><![CDATA[true]]></isExportable><isShareable><![CDATA[true]]></isShareable><isShareGlobal><![CDATA[false]]></isShareGlobal><keyword/><launchedDate/><origSiteId><![CDATA[253]]></origSiteId><preprocessItemId/><sourceTypeId/><startDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:09:59 -0700]]></startDate><stateDate/><stateId/><title><![CDATA[School budget cuts loom: Funding crisis to be addressed at Thursday meeting]]></title><updateDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:00 -0700]]></updateDate><updateUserId/><url><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19887360?source=rss]]></url><guid><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19887360]]></guid><category>/News: Local</category><author><![CDATA[editor@willitsnews.com (Jennifer Poole/TWN Staff Writer)]]></author></article><article><id><![CDATA[19887250]]></id><articleAbstract><![CDATA[As The Willits News went to press on Thursday, the Army Corps of Engineers had still not issued a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit to Caltrans for construction of the Willits bypass. On Tuesday, Caltrans spokesman Phil Frisbie estimated it would "probably be several days" before there was any news on the environmental permit.]]></articleAbstract><articleView/><authorEmail/><body/><byline><![CDATA[By Jennifer Poole/TWN Staff Writer]]></byline><edition/><linkText/><overline/><pagingType/><slug/><subTitle/><siteId><![CDATA[253]]></siteId><ttl><![CDATA[0]]></ttl><categoryName><![CDATA[/News: Local]]></categoryName><categoryID><![CDATA[1903714]]></categoryID><sectionID/><approve><![CDATA[false]]></approve><contentType><![CDATA[Article]]></contentType><cpsId/><createDate/><createUserId/><description/><displayDate/><endDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:08:35 -0700]]></endDate><exportStatus/><ftpPath/><isCopyable><![CDATA[false]]></isCopyable><isDeployed><![CDATA[false]]></isDeployed><isExportable><![CDATA[true]]></isExportable><isShareable><![CDATA[true]]></isShareable><isShareGlobal><![CDATA[false]]></isShareGlobal><keyword/><launchedDate/><origSiteId><![CDATA[253]]></origSiteId><preprocessItemId/><sourceTypeId/><startDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:08:35 -0700]]></startDate><stateDate/><stateId/><title><![CDATA[Still waiting for Clean Water Act permit for bypass]]></title><updateDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:08:36 -0700]]></updateDate><updateUserId/><url><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19887250?source=rss]]></url><guid><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19887250]]></guid><category>/News: Local</category><author><![CDATA[editor@willitsnews.com (Jennifer Poole/TWN Staff Writer)]]></author></article><article><id><![CDATA[19887234]]></id><articleAbstract><![CDATA[Winter Fund Drive tops $28,000  The Winter Fund Drive, the major annual fundraiser for Willits Community Services and Food Bank, is now up to $28,121.52 on its way to reach the $30,000 goal.  "We're very happy to see all the support from the community," said WCS executive director Jim Marill.]]></articleAbstract><articleView/><authorEmail/><body/><byline><![CDATA[By The Willits News staff]]></byline><edition/><linkText/><overline/><pagingType/><slug/><subTitle/><siteId><![CDATA[253]]></siteId><ttl><![CDATA[0]]></ttl><categoryName><![CDATA[/News: Local]]></categoryName><categoryID><![CDATA[1903714]]></categoryID><sectionID/><approve><![CDATA[false]]></approve><contentType><![CDATA[Article]]></contentType><cpsId/><createDate/><createUserId/><description/><displayDate/><endDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:06:09 -0700]]></endDate><exportStatus/><ftpPath/><isCopyable><![CDATA[false]]></isCopyable><isDeployed><![CDATA[false]]></isDeployed><isExportable><![CDATA[true]]></isExportable><isShareable><![CDATA[true]]></isShareable><isShareGlobal><![CDATA[false]]></isShareGlobal><keyword/><launchedDate/><origSiteId><![CDATA[253]]></origSiteId><preprocessItemId/><sourceTypeId/><startDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:06:09 -0700]]></startDate><stateDate/><stateId/><title><![CDATA[Winter Fund Drive tops $28,000]]></title><updateDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:06:09 -0700]]></updateDate><updateUserId/><url><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19887234?source=rss]]></url><guid><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19887234]]></guid><category>/News: Local</category><author><![CDATA[editor@willitsnews.com (The Willits News staff)]]></author></article><article><id><![CDATA[19887218]]></id><articleAbstract><![CDATA[The Brooktrails Township Community Service District Board of Directors will discuss the 2012-2013 budget during a 6 p.m. meeting in the Brooktrails Community Center on Monday, February 6. The public is urged to attend.]]></articleAbstract><articleView/><authorEmail/><body/><byline><![CDATA[By The Willits News staff]]></byline><edition/><linkText/><overline/><pagingType/><slug/><subTitle/><siteId><![CDATA[253]]></siteId><ttl><![CDATA[0]]></ttl><categoryName><![CDATA[/News: Local]]></categoryName><categoryID><![CDATA[1903714]]></categoryID><sectionID/><approve><![CDATA[false]]></approve><contentType><![CDATA[Article]]></contentType><cpsId/><createDate/><createUserId/><description/><displayDate/><endDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:04:49 -0700]]></endDate><exportStatus/><ftpPath/><isCopyable><![CDATA[false]]></isCopyable><isDeployed><![CDATA[false]]></isDeployed><isExportable><![CDATA[true]]></isExportable><isShareable><![CDATA[true]]></isShareable><isShareGlobal><![CDATA[false]]></isShareGlobal><keyword/><launchedDate/><origSiteId><![CDATA[253]]></origSiteId><preprocessItemId/><sourceTypeId/><startDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:04:49 -0700]]></startDate><stateDate/><stateId/><title><![CDATA[Brooktrails budget meeting Monday]]></title><updateDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:04:49 -0700]]></updateDate><updateUserId/><url><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19887218?source=rss]]></url><guid><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19887218]]></guid><category>/News: Local</category><author><![CDATA[editor@willitsnews.com (The Willits News staff)]]></author></article><article><id><![CDATA[19887209]]></id><articleAbstract><![CDATA[Mendocino County sees one or two new diagnoses of HIV in local residents every year, according to the "Status of the Local HIV/AIDS Epidemic" report issued by the county's Public Health office in January.]]></articleAbstract><articleView/><authorEmail/><body/><byline><![CDATA[By Jennifer Poole/TWN Staff Writer]]></byline><edition/><linkText/><overline/><pagingType/><slug/><subTitle/><siteId><![CDATA[253]]></siteId><ttl><![CDATA[0]]></ttl><categoryName><![CDATA[/News: Local]]></categoryName><categoryID><![CDATA[1903714]]></categoryID><sectionID/><approve><![CDATA[false]]></approve><contentType><![CDATA[Article]]></contentType><cpsId/><createDate/><createUserId/><description/><displayDate/><endDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:03:57 -0700]]></endDate><exportStatus/><ftpPath/><isCopyable><![CDATA[false]]></isCopyable><isDeployed><![CDATA[false]]></isDeployed><isExportable><![CDATA[true]]></isExportable><isShareable><![CDATA[true]]></isShareable><isShareGlobal><![CDATA[false]]></isShareGlobal><keyword/><launchedDate/><origSiteId><![CDATA[253]]></origSiteId><preprocessItemId/><sourceTypeId/><startDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:03:57 -0700]]></startDate><stateDate/><stateId/><title><![CDATA[HIV in Mendocino County: Only one or two new local cases each year]]></title><updateDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:03:58 -0700]]></updateDate><updateUserId/><url><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19887209?source=rss]]></url><guid><![CDATA[http://www.willitsnews.com/rss/ci_19887209]]></guid><category>/News: Local</category><author><![CDATA[editor@willitsnews.com (Jennifer Poole/TWN Staff Writer)]]></author></article></rss>
