Category: This Weeks News
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A Moment of Silence For Memorial Day
By Donna Westfall Remember 3 pm on Monday, May 25th. Memorial Day is a Federal holiday celebrated the last Monday in May each year. It is to honor those who have lost their lives serving the United States while in the military. Memorial Day originated after the Civil War to honor both sides: Union and…
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Why It’s Important To Have An Elected City Clerk
By Guest Columnist Michael Ceremello, Former Vice Mayor/City Council Member City of Dixon More observations based on actual factual occurrences in the sweet town of Dixon will lead us down various roads today. It appears that some want to have their cake and eat it too. Perhaps that is why our society has been…
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Family Files Lawsuit Against School Over Bullying
By Donna Westfall On April 20th, Attorney Jay T. Jambeck, from the Leigh Law Group out of San Francisco. filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against the Del Norte Unified School District (DNUSD) and Don Olson, individually, over the bullying of two minor children (minor Plaintiffs). The minor Plaintiffs started in DNUSD in the 4th…
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Erin Brockovich on Fluoride
NOTE BY EDITOR, Donna Westfall: In 2000, Julia Roberts starred as Erin Brockovich, a single mother, unemployed, who helped bring down a California power company accused of polluting the water supply. Today she’s a consumer advocate. On November 6, 2012, Crescent City voted in a moratorium to stop water fluoridation. Here’s what Erin has to…
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KEEPING BAD COPS GOOD
By Linda Sutter On April 16, 2014 an isolated physical altercation occurred between two American Natives. A total of nine emergency vehicles responded: 1. One Ambulance, 2. Two first responders’ by the fire department; and, 3-9. The rest were Sheriff vehicles. The 911 call was a male subject who said he was a reaper and…
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Attack on Dr. Oz is Actually All About GMO’s and Glyphosate
Credit to NaturalNews.com Getting news from newspapers, radio, TV and the internet doesn’t mean getting accurate news. In this mornings news were stories about WalMart closing five stores in five states supposedly due to plumbing problems while employees think its due to retaliation for protesting low wages. Also in the news were attacks against…
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Fluoride Updates
Submitted by Fluoride Action Network APRIL 17, 2015 Dear Donna: Another Community Ends Fluoridation Councilors in Carl Junction, Missouri voted to end fluoridation this past week after considering a number of concerns they had regarding the effectiveness and safety of the practice. The community, which is home to approximately 8,000 residents, started fluoridating the water…
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Take a Proper Cutting
By Columnist Ryan Minkler, Owner of NorthCulture Garden Supply Many gardeners will use seed stock for their crop but a popular alternative is to take a clone, or cutting of the desired plant. This will ensure that all the same properties will be expressed in the cutting that were present in the “mother” plant, whereas…
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The Homer Case
Submitted by Del Norte County DA Dale Trigg to Facebook There has been considerable public discussion about the John Horner case. I will offer an explanation here because there is quite a bit of misinformation and misunderstanding out there. To those willing to have an open mind and consider more than what they have read…
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Walgreens Announces Store Closings
By Donna Westfall Although Walgreens merged with Alliance Boots and their profits were astronomical they are still planning on closing about 200 stores nationwide. Walgreens posted a profit of $2.06 billion, up from $716 million a year earlier. Their merger with Alliance at the end of 2014 came with $500 million in cuts including store closings,…