Franziska Daumberger cuts through a log in a race with another woman she won. Women loggers competed in all categories at Sunday's Logging Show, the biggest annual event of Fort Bragg's oldest and biggest annual events. Many out of town competitors come to Fort Bragg and face off with the best home grown athletes. (Frank Hartzell via Bay City News)

FORT BRAGG, 9/6/23 — Once was the day when the Mendocino 4th of July Parade was controversial, and the Labor Day Paul Bunyan Days parade was staid and old-fashioned.

But this year the Mendocino parade became a G-rated event for kids, and history stirred debate at the Fort Bragg parade, especially afterwards on social media.

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Frank Hartzell is a freelancer reporter and an occasional correspondent for The Mendocino Voice. He has published more than 10,000 news articles since his first job in Houston in 1986. He is the recipient...