Category: This Weeks News
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WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT . . . SCIENCE – PART V
By Jaime Yarbrough – November 18, 2022 As a favorite rock band of mine’s title says: Welcome back my Friends to the show that never ends !! (Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery album) “What am I about to read? Why do I need to read it? How will it make my life…
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HARBOR DISTRICTS KEYSTONE COPS
By Linda Sutter – November 17, 2022 Remember George Zimmerman? In October the Harbor District sent two employees and the Assistant Harbormaster to “Peace Officer” training. Yep, they learned how to shoot guns and arrest people in 5 days. It should be noted the Harbor did not contact the Sheriff or the Chief of Police…
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Crescent Elk Vs. Redwood Raiders
By Linda Sutter – November 15, 2022 There is an old saying that goes like this, although the goods are many, the many are sometimes no good, so was the case for Crescent Elks 7th and 8th grade girls Basket ball team. Redwood Raiders 7th grade girls basketball team consists of exactly 6 players. However,…
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On The Road Day Twenty Five, Twenty Six, Twenty Seven, And Twenty eight
By Samuel Strait – November 16, 2022 It has been several days of seeing the sights then a long stint behindthe wheel to our next stop. Tippeecanoe this morning is an importantcolonial battle in Indiana, that resulted in the eventual path tostatehood for the Hoosiers. Not only do we tour the site of the battle,but…
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Israel Has a Role to Play in Helping Iran’s Protesters
By Foundation for Defense of Democracies – November 15, 2022 Jacob Nagel | Senior Fellow Mark Dubowitz | Chief Executive There is an Iranian revolution underway targeting the Islamic Republic. After more than eight weeks of protests, Iranians, especially courageous young women, are signaling that they want to end the radical Islamist regime that has ruled, and…
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The Waiting Game
By Kevin Kiley – November 14, 2022 I write to you from Washington, D.C., where the Committee on House Administration has summoned me for mandatory orientation for new Members of Congress. Yet I still have not been declared Congressman-elect. In fact, little has changed since Election Day: 25,000 more votes are in, and our lead…
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On The Road Day Twenty one, Twenty two, Twenty Three, And Twenty Four
By Samuel Strait – November 12, 2022 Day Twenty one started with a late visit to Indiana’s Military Museum atVincennes, Indiana, where we spent the next two hours viewing Indiana’sexperiences with warfare from early colonial times to the most recentexperiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, all accompanied by the variousvolunteers that man the museum. Some times…
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Rain or Shine
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – November 7, 2022 Heavy rain and snow are expected across the state on Election Day. And the Newsom/Biden camps are opening celebrating. After all the lectures about “voter access” and “protecting democracy,” they are downright giddy at the prospect of people being deterred from voting by inclement weather. Of course,…
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On The Road Day nineteen And Twenty
By Samuel Strait – November 7, 2022 Oak Ridge and the Manhattan Project are on tap to start the day. Whilemost of the original laboratory buildings are long gone, many of thecabins and hutments remain scattered around the remains of the communityof Oak Ridge. In the forties the US government basically movedapproximately 1100 local residents…
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Recap of Harbor Meeting
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – November 2, 2022 Here’s the recap of Tuesday’s Crescent City Harbor meeting: * After the Commission voted to allocate $40,000 to pay its share of the $160,000 United States Dept of Agriculture Tri-Agency debt, there was no recision of the $25,000 over five year vote in…