Author: nick
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Miracles Do Happen
By Donna Westfall – September 6, 2016 – I believe in miracles. For eight years I’ve watched Our Daily Bread Ministries help people by feeding them and clothing them at their facility located at Harrold Street. Many of these people are homeless, or living in their cars, or couch surfing from friend to family. Many…
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It’s a dilemma. Or is it?
By Donna Westfall – September 5, 2016 – What’s a dilemma? Well the common definition is a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones. Here is an example of a dilemma; Ken is a doctor. One of his patients, whom he has diagnosed…
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New Business Ideas
By Donna Westfall – September 1, 2016 – While waiting for Doug at SuperCuts in Medford, Oregon, I picked up a flyer of advertisements and one caught my eye. Called, The Scooping Crew. They bag and dispose of poop. I’ve heard of dog walkers, but the Scooping Crew is a new one. This brings to…
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Who Can Meet in the Meeting Room at the WWTP?
By Donna Westfall – September 1, 2016 – Recently I sent an email to our new City Manager, David Vandermark, requesting permission to hold a meeting of the local Taxpayers Association in the conference room of the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) inviting candidates for City Council, Supervisor’s and incumbents and the City Manager, to a…
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Truth Or Lies
By Guest Columnist Michael Ceremello, Former Vice-Mayor/Council Member of the City of Dixon – September 3, 2016 – Another interesting week in Dixon where you never know who will be your instructor or fool. I was heading out of town late Friday night to view the Dinesh D’Souza movie Hillary’s America: The Secret History of…
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Kudos to SunsOut, Inc. of Costa Mesa, Calif.
By Donna Westfall – August 31, 2016 – Jigsaw Puzzles. If you’re an affectionado of the hobby, there’s a product Manufactured in the USA that is superior to most others…and not sold at WalMart. Actually, the SunsOut website has on it’s main page, “Never sold in WalMart.” Whether you’re recuperating from some illness or a…
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Another “New Column” By Trip Editor Fornoff
I have been lobbying Editor Fornoff for some time about a reconciliation of facts that are printed in nearly every issue of the Triplicate. I had nearly given up hope when low and behold, the Triplicate has a “New Column” printed on the front page of nearly every issue of the paper of late. While…
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City of Healdsburg Loses In Court on Fluoride Ballot Language
By Donna Westfall – Credit to CLARK MASON, The Press Democrat – August 26, 2016 – In a second attempt at the ballot box to halt fluoridation of the water through a moratorium, the City of Healdsburg has lost in court because they misconstrued the initiative language. Their “Shall the City of Healdsburg stop fluoridating…
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The Code of Ethics is getting a facelift
By Donna Westfall – August 27, 2016 – Remember when contracted City Attorney, Bob Black, helped the City of Crescent City develop a Code of Ethics in early 2009? Remember in September of that same year in a 4-1 vote (Schellong, Slert, Murray and Burns) voted to CENSURE Councilwoman Donna Westfall based on the Code…
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Dental Association paper says fluoride doesn’t reduce incidence of tooth decay
Complied by Bruce Lee Pihlstron, DDS, MS LONG TERM STUDY REPORTS THAT SUGAR CONSUMPTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH CARIES DESPITE USE OF FLUORIDE A recent article published in the Journal of the American Dental Association suggests fluoride has no effect on tooth decay (dental caries) while sugar increases the incidence even in small quantities. A long-term…