Category: This Weeks News
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Disaster Preparedness: Notes from May 6th Meeting
By Jane Moran In case you couldn’t make it, I just wanted to share some notes from our most recent meeting and presentation by Cindy Henderson, Del Norte’s Emergency Preparedness Manager. Cindy gave a great presentation and we were excited (and relieved) to hear that Del Norte county is one of the leaders in disaster…
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Do Court Documents “Disappear” From Court Files?
By Donna Westfall On Thursday, May 7th, Judge Leslie Nichols, from Santa Clara County, 400 miles away, dismissed most of Dave Egan’s civil action against the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Department. Judge Nichols had little choice because a crucial document (a declaration of service of summons) was missing from the court file. As I have…
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Smith River Neighborhood Watch Tackles Blight
By Donna Westfall 6:30 pm, Wednesday night, May 6th. The subject was BLIGHT. In 2010 United States Census reported that Smith River had a population of 866. Less than 20 people attended the neighborhood watch meeting held at the Community Hall on First Street. Of those attendees, at least three were from Crescent City and one was from…
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An Unusual Mother’s Day At An Alpaca Ranch
Mother’s Day Open House This Weekend at Eagle Point Alpaca Ranch EAGLE POINT, Oregon is under 2 1/2 hours drive from Crescent City. Andresen Acres Alpacas will host a special Mother’s Day Open House on Sunday, May 10, 2015 from Noon-5pm at 924 Linn Road in Eagle Point. Andresen Acres Alpacas has award-winning Huacaya…
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Food Review of Superfly
By Heather Murphy On Saturday, Mary 2nd, we had a delicious lunch experience at Superrfly located in Brookings, Oregon across the parking lot from BiMart. Ryan Willcutt was our server. It was about 1:30 pm and they had a line out the door, yet we were all fortunately seated within minutes between inside and outside seating. We…
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Pelican Bay State Prison and Del Norte Sheriff’s Department’s HOUSE OF SHAME
By Linda Sutter Recently, the Del Norte Triplicate published an article, Federal Inquiry Into Cop Actions, regarding two law enforcement officers who were caught on tape stealing money during a drug bust. Sheriff Apperson was quoted as saying, “It wasn’t from our agency,” in an effort to absolve the Sheriff’s Department from any wrongdoing. It is alleged that…
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On Bid Rigging, Corruption and Bad Grand Juries
By Guest Columnist Michael Ceremello; former Vice-mayor/councilman from the City of Dixon – April 30, 2015 How is it some of us go through life, we are taught right from wrong according to a Judeo-Christian belief system, and yet we can’t seem to put this moral value system into play on a consistent basis? We…
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More BS from Dept. of Health & Human Services
Press Release Dated 4/27/15 HHS issues final recommendation for community water fluoridation Adjusted level seeks to maintain dental health benefits of fluoride The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today released the final Public Health Service (PHS) recommendation for the optimal fluoride level in drinking water to prevent tooth decay. The new recommendation is…
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Sutter Health Does Not Play Nicely in Sandbox
By Roger Gitlin, Del Norte County Supervisor District 1 “Who’s going to protect the people of Del Norte County?” Those words of Kevin Caldwell, M.D., reverberate loudly. It was Dr. Caldwell who first dared to stand up to the multi-billion dollar goliath Sutter Health by opposing Sutter’s decision to move hospital ownership out of…
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Cleaning Up Crescent City/Del Norte County
By Roger Gitlin Good Morning, Crescent City Mayor Ron Gastineau: Yesterday, I sent you two pictures of abandoned shopping carts along Front Street, one directly in front of the Chamber of Commerce office. I observed these carts in the abandoned status for at least 48 and as long as 96 hours ( four days).…