Category: This Weeks News
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Why do I need to know about … Science? #10
By Jaime Yarbrough – Science Editor – May 14, 2021 Morse code is not an example of encryption but of encipherment. When you solve encipherment, it is called decipherment. Steganography (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography ) is the practice of concealing a message within another message or a physical object. When I was enlisted in the United States Air…
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Have you noticed the spike in costs in Del Norte County?
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – May 14, 2021 – Picture credit to thebalance.com How could you not notice? Rampant inflation, after years of successfully holding down the helium of of high costs, the full wrath of your devalued dollar is now upon us. To be fair, President Obama help quell the…
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CFPD’s Parcel Tax Revisited
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – May 14, 2021 In the course of the past week following a series of articles on theCrescent Fire Protection District’s new parcel tax proposal, a wealth ofnew observations and comments were received and the parcel ownersaffected were not happy. It appears that they have a number of issuesrelated…
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IT’S SETTLED. NO MORE DEL NORTE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MY FAMILY
Opinion Piece by Linda Sutter – May 14, 2021 I sat quietly as my daughter opened her mail from Del Norte High School. My grandson received all F’s. This is a young man with a remarkable mind. From the age of 13, he and his buddies learned how to take Motorcycles apart, fix them, and…
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Will I Be Stripped of My Freedoms If I Chose Not to Be Vaccinated?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – May 11, 2021 “I am one of millions who have chosen not to have a Covid vaccine. Doesthat mean I’m banned from planes, buildings, and shops? CovidApartheid, anyone? Opines Jani Allan a recognized and celebrated SouthAfrican journalist currently living and writing for RT here in theUnited States. Thus…
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Abortion: What’s Race Got to Do With it?
Published with permission from care-net.org. Posted by Heather Creekmore on Apr 27, 2021 7:00:00 AM Later this year, Care Net will release the first-ever national survey of men and abortion, in which we surveyed 1,000 men whose partner had an abortion to ask them about their experience, influences, and their impression of their own role in the abortion decision.…
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NEWS FLASH: The Grotto In Granada, Spain has reopened its doors
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – May 8, 2021 I would like to announce that a recent, like tonight, email has beenreceived announcing the reopening of “The Grotto” a popular night spotand restaurant in Granada, Spain, patronized by yours truly severaltimes while in Granada, has reopened its doors to the displeasure oflocal authorities. No…
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In With The New Out With the Old Fire Departments
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – May 9, 2021 In the course of the past week much was learned about what occupiesnearly all current fire districts, dwindling resources, both materialand financial, diminishing numbers of volunteer firefighters, additionalburdens of regulation, and a distinct change in what is meant for firedistricts to be responsible for when…
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AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR CLASS
2-day Amateur Radio Technician License Class! May 29-30, 2021 (Saturday/Sunday – Memorial Day weekend) Taught via Zoom from Oregon: 8 am to 4 p.m. Saturday (PDT) 8 am to 12 p.m. Sunday (PDT) Special remote exam session, just for this class! 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon (PDT) (administered over the Internet) The class is FREE. The…
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Oh, No Not Another Story About the Fire Assessment, Part Three the Grand Finale
By Samuel Strait – May 7, 2021 Over the course of the past week since news of the Crescent FireProtection District’s ballot and pamphlet’s impending appearance inmailboxes through out it’s district boundaries, the Crescent City Times has beendipping its proverbial toe in the waters to test the response from thosethat will feel the bite of…