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Show Friday, August Mountain View Hospital Nrthirifi 6il5ffraa sets session oagrieving PAYSON Some communities even have invented their own language By NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC For AP Special Features A grieving group wifl be started at Mountain View Hcjspital Pavilion. If they're sitting around at the local cafe drinking a "horn of zeese" (cup of coffee), munching on a few "loweezies" (soda biscuits) and telling a few "wheelers" (tall tales), some of the older people still speak it Boontling. t will be conducted under the direction of Barry Drage, licensed clinical;social worker and Jim Barked, cCnical psychology intern. "six-we- therapy group is dejigfted to help individuals deal About a hundred years ago, residents of the Boonville area, a tiny community 1 10 miles north of San Francisco, decided to invent their own language. Boontling, they say, was dreamed up by adults who wanted to evade sharp little ears and indulge freely in gossipy "nonch harpins" (objectionable talk.) It also meant locals could say what they pleased right in front of visiting "bright-lighter(strangers, presumably from the big city.) "In traveling through this ren markable region," David writes in the current National Geographic, "I came to realize that ever since the first settlers h arrived in the days of Northern Califor-nian- s the have invariably spoken their own language, though no other town has yet gone as far as Boonville." with death, dying, and the grieving process. lajsses for the group therapy sessions Will begin Wednesday, Sept. 8 from :30 to 9 p.m. in the Physical Therapy Waiting area of the hospi- f I tal All interested individuals are en1 to schedcouraged to call ules a free evaluation or for more detail id information. 465-704- 'Scientific studies have identified people go through who find the msplves faced with dealing with a loss,' said Drage. "All people set m jto go through these specific s" sta Yea-do- stages; however some may get sta leJ in one area. "IJhe loss doesn't necessarily hafe jo be death. It can be a divorce, los qf health, job, etc. If the person is ealing with death, it doesn't have to be a family member, either. It can gold-rus- mid-1800- 5 be someone whom that person has a spcifcl relationship with," he said. (The therapy group is designed to he p individuals identify, understand! and learn methods to cope wi h ome of the emotional traumas cai isejdbylife. Indian ternative lifestylers, groups, newly retired couples, burned-ou- t yuppies and ambitious live primarily in entrepreneurs D9. wed A 9, i " "- -- iv , S-. - i. . Photo by Melissa FarlowNational Geographic Northern California coasts were once home to American Indians. The remoteness helped keep out the Spanish missionaires who were changing Indian life to the south. California's largest reservation, the Hoopla Valley, is located in the northern region. "Secession? I'm all for it. The locals are all for it. We've got no voice in state government now. We need less regulations ... too many damned regulations. We need to get to keep our own mon"Damned Southern Califor- nia," he says of the water on small settlements scattered across Northern California has ala varied terrain.ways been a place apart, combinFirst, come the great green ing scenic splendor with the piits of people. patchwork patterns of the Sacraoneering heritage mento Valley, embraced by the Theirs is a stubborn independcommountain arms of the Sierra Newith linked a ence spirit of the for vada to the east and the western love a and deep munity Coast Ranges of Trinity, Klamath soul of the land. All of this has widened the gulf and Siskiyou. Then the land rises abruptly, between them and their CaliforSouthern sister, ridge upon ridge, to the soaring h nia, whose political power and broken volcanic cones of haloed Mount Shasta, growing need for resources, many feel, have, long over- by a strange lenticular cloud. whelmed the needs and interests Many religious sects have settled around its base, regarding it as of the North, Yeadon reports. And lately the Northerners one of the Earth's vital "power centers." Most Northern Califor-nian- s have begun expressing themsee Shasta, at the least, as a selves very clearly, using words that the rest of California can un- powerful symbol of the region's derstand. One of the most forceidentity. ever-expandi- 14,162-foot-hig- ful words is secession. In June of last year, 3 1 of California's 58 counties held an advisory vote on secession, and 27 opted for it. Secession has been For Aug. 28 yUES cattle ranchThe residents ers, lumbermen, fishermen, al- third-generati- By JEANE DIXON (March weeds out the old and makes way for fresh additions. Volunteering to help" 'a relative creates good feelings. attitude will accomplish 001 '.'can-do- " wonders. "EAUBUS (April 20): Devoting mojJime and attention to family activities .will keep home life running smoothly. You make an important discovery! while working behind the scenes. 20): The (May outweigh the task now. A projepj or purchase is destined to be a big' success. Keep your expectations realtstfr. Renewing an old friendship coukf lead to a delightful romance. House-cleasjp- about." "Damned Southern California, (speaking of the water situation) "they'll drain us dry! If it wasn't for us, it'd still be desert down there." Bill Burleson, Gridley Herald publisher of 1 1 xa' 19): s, an unmistakable signal that a complex web of problems and concerns has evolved into discernible fear and frustration. More than a century of logging in the vast mountain forests here has endangered the prospects of the loggers almost as much as those of the spotted owl and the marbled raurrelet. Once-ric- h salmon populations are suffering from dams, silting of streams and damage to their spawning beds upriver. The fishermen are suffering in turn. And there is the ceaseless demand for water from the suburban sprawls of Los Angeles and other southern cities. In California 75 percent ofthe water originates north of Sacramento, while about 75 percent of the demand occurs south of it. As Darryl Young, a legislative representative of the Sierra Club California, told Yeadon, "Grass roots is the way to go here. That's what Northern California's all its ff - Page THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, ey. "he therapy group is just that thdrapy. It is not a support group, wrier? a group or people with simi lar interests meet to discuss prob- lems, out rattier a tnerapy group lead by two qualified professionals Mr. Drage and Mr. Barker. jrhe "course will encompass education and therapeutic ways to deal with loss, recognizing the signs and sytnptoms associated with loss, and offering suggestions to deal with thejse types of problems. !"This has been an unusual year fof the amount of emotional trauma pebple seem to have experienced in oujr area," said Barker. "And we a therapy group, it fejt could better help meet the needs of pebple in our area." &? wM In 27, 1993 g, an issue more than 100 times since the state's creation in 1850. But this was the largest vote yet, In the sleepy and slightly run- down old railroad town of 0 than this cattle country," says Wade Mcintosh, an auction assistant. "Maybe in some ways we're 20 years or so behind the times. We don't seem to get all those kinds of headaches like Mi oth- er areas. These guys, they're their own men up here. If there's troubles in the small towns fires, people out of work, church needeveryone helps ing a new roof out. They make it work as a community. What do they need secession for? They've already got it. " With tourism one of the few real growth industries in Northern California, small towns must fight hard to balance the pressure for development with their desire to retain community spirit. On the coast, Mendocino sits a lacy frill atop its cliffs Gri- situa- tion, "they'll drain us dry! If it wasn't for us, it'd still be desert down there." The cattlemen don't feel that frustrated gloom, up in the rich, undulating high country of Modoc and Shasta counties. Every week the town of Cottonwood holds the largest cattle auction in the state. "There's not a lot better places lu hi ft f r . , ' ' of tal of the United States), Bill pubBurleson, lisher of the 1 Gridley Herald (circulation 3,400), pro- Victorian architecture against lines of dark pines. "We've managed to keep a real community spirit here," Christiane McLees, editor of the Mendocino Beacon, Ron Berts guides Douglas fir logs into the mill at a northern lumber company. Layoffs in lumber, a downturn in salmon fishing and crackdowns on marijuana farming have knocked claims: told Yeadon. the area's economy dley Kiwi Capi- ed third-generati- Photo by Randy OlsonNational Geographic California qJINI CEER (June ly 22): Invest- ments in oil, television and the movies are"fay'ored. You tend to be too generous: Pull back a bit. Consolidate loans and try to reduce certain payments. 22): Seize a golden LE0!(July opportunity to put a financial idea into operation. You have little difficulty in getting 'others to see things your way. 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