November 27th, 2012 
Osprey Written by Margaret Budd
Photographed by Margaret Budd & Colleen Chalmers
Little dots of oil drip onto the sharpening rock before Dan Brewer starts to scrape the knife back and forth over the stone. His rough, aging hands are strong and precise with each stroke. The frayed ends of his long, gray beard are looped and tucked back into a braid, hiding behind his blue and purple tie-dyed apron.
November 27th, 2012 Osprey A Day in the Life of the Volunteer Patrol
Written by Nate Abaurrea
Photographed by Colleen Chalmers
Fred Jamison, 70, drives the Arcata Police Department volunteer patrol car down Highway 101 on a sun-drenched September morning. 87-year-old Lil Stodder sits in the passenger seat. Stodder cannot drive the car. At 5 feet tall, she is unable to see over the wheel.
As Jamison hits the 50-mile-per-hour corridor, he slows down and puts the vehicle into cruise control. He turns up the radio. “Another beautiful day in paradise,” he said.
November 27th, 2012 Osprey The Life of a College Volunteer Firefighter
Written by Bianca Boykin
Photographed by Kristina Naderi
Ryan Wimmer remembers the crackling flames of the first fire he ever fought — it was in his freshman year of college. It was a trailer fire in McKinleyville and he could not see anything through the smoke. “It’s hard battling something that you can’t see when all you really want to do is know what you’re up against,” he said.
November 27th, 2012 Osprey A Young Woman’s Experience With Her Abortion
Written & Photographed by Misha Burke
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break, it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially.”
– Ernest Hemingway, Farewell to Arms
It was the day before her regional softball tournament, and Mary Flora told her parents she was going to the mall with a friend. She lied. Sitting in the passenger seat of her best friend’s car, her hands shook. She popped her knuckles. Her cheeks were flushed red. As the car approached the abortion clinic, she took a deep breath.
November 27th, 2012 Osprey Written by Jazmine Quintero
Photographed by Colleen Chalmers & Kristina Naderi
It is Saturday night and Redwood Acres in Eureka is sold out for Humboldt Roller Derby. The starting players of each team line up on the track. The spectators are rowdy. Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust is blaring over the speakers as the commentator welcomes the crowd.
Humboldt Roller Derby’s two teams, the Widow Makers and the Redwood Rollers are up against the Harbor Hellcats and the Boardwalk Bombshells from Santa Cruz.
November 27th, 2012 Osprey
Written by Gilbert Upton
Photographed by Kristina Naderi & Gilbert Upton
Behind Eureka’s Bayshore Mall is The Devil’s Playground, a concrete jungle with broken glass, rusty cans and syringes all over the ground. This old, abandoned logging facility serves as a haven for graffiti artists. It has at least 10,000 feet of concrete wall, providing a massive canvas for artists to share their work and still keep a low profile.
November 27th, 2012 Osprey Written & Photographed by Kristina Naderi
Amber Heidinger sits at the front counter of the North Bank Kennel when the doorbell rings. A muffled roar comes from outside. She opens the door, and lets in a customer who is there to pick up her dog.
“You’re Trudy’s mom? I’ll go get her,” Heidinger grabs a pair of sturdy, red headphones and goes to the back door. “Sometimes you need it,” she said.
Fifty dogs bark, play and scurry around in the backyard. Heidinger walks to the play area. Three dogs jump onto her as she makes her way through the maze of wagging tails to pull out a German Shepherd.
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