Category: Del Norte County
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Practical Personal Responses during the National State of Emergency
By Angry Old American, Copyright March 16th, 2020. All Rights Reserved. CAUTION: This letter contains offensive language directed toward our State Government and more than a few local knuckleheads. Angry Old American is a self-described unrepentant Hater who eschews Political Correctness. By continuing to subject your frail and sensitive eyes and mind to these materials…
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Social Distancing During the Pandemic of 2020
By Angry Old American, Copyright March 16th, 2020. All Rights Reserved. CAUTION: This letter contains offensive language directed toward more than a few local knuckleheads. Angry Old American is a self-described unrepentant Hater who eschews Political Correctness. By continuing to subject your frail and sensitive eyes and mind to these materials you agree not to…
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Local Election Results
By Donna Westfall – March 4, 2020 And the winners in Del Norte County are: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Darrin Short, Supervisor 1st District – 61.60% Lori Cowan, Supervisor 1st District – 41.13% Since she didn’t get 51% of the vote, there will be a runoff and it looks Valerie Starkey will be on the November…
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Bob Berkowitz has our endorsement for Supervisor 5th District
By Donna Westfall – March 1, 2020 Hands down, no contest, incumbent Supervisor of the 5th District, Bob Berkowitz, has our endorsement. His opponent, Kevin Hendricks, has a cloud over his head from his days as Executive Director at the Del Norte County Solid Waste Authority (DNSWMA, aka transfer station aka the dump). In July…
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Abe asks all schools in Japan to temporarily close over coronavirus
By Donna Westfall – February 27, 2020 – Our friends in Japan are keeping us informed about the Coronavirus in that part of the world. In today’s edition of The Mainichi, Japan’s National Daily since 1922, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government will request all elementary, junior high and high schools in Japan to…
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Community Clean-Up
WHEN: Saturday, February 29, 2020, 8:30 AM-12 Noon. WHERE: Temple Ave, 100 yards south of the State St ( Bertsch tract ), Crescent City, Ca. Wear long pants. You will be provided with a picker and Hefty bags to pick up litter remaining from the County clean-up, Feb. 6-7 I will be there to greet…
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Roots & Shoots Garden Club Meeting Packed with Fun & Info
By Donna Westfall – January 25, 2020 When my mother was a little girl, she and her seven brothers and sisters would go into the strawberry fields and pick strawberries to earn a few cents a day. When I was a little girl about five years old, our landlady would plant veggies in the backyard…
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EDUCATING THE PUBLIC REGARDING EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC MONEY? TAXPAYER FUNDS
Submitted by Linda Sutter, December 22, 2019- In order to avoid a finding that an expenditure is a gift of Public Funds, courts require a legal consideration received by a government agency in exchange for public funds expended. So what is a legal Consideration? A legal consideration is a return commensurate with the value of…
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Helping Pacific Pantry this holiday season
Submitted by Sunny Baker – November 18, 2019 Hunger can happen to anyone. There are several places, agencies and organizations that help throughout the year, but Pacific Pantry’s shelves are nearly bare for the holidays as City of Crescent City Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding ended last month. What is Pacific Pantry and what…
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Berkowitz running for 2nd term
November 18, 2019 Del Norte County Supervisor, Bob Berkowitz, representing the 5th District, announced today that he is running for a second term. Berkowitz is a 40 year resident of Del Norte County. He built radio station KCRE-FM and served as its owner and manager for 10 years. In the 1980’s he was appointed to…