Category: This Weeks News
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Not Only Is Santa Claus Coming to Town But So is The Prop 218 Protest
BY DONNA WESTFALL Picture Credit to trendhunter.com That’s right, not only is Santa coming to town but also the Prop 218 protest is coming to town SOON to keep sewer rates from increasing so the City doesn’t flush more of our money down the drain for bad money management. How easy is it to stop the sewer rates…
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GMO Labeling Defeated in Oregon
Donna,The Yes on Measure 92 campaign is ending its efforts today. While we have accomplished much, Measure 92 will not emerge victorious in this election. But our growing movement to label genetically engineered foods is neither defeated nor discouraged. On Tuesday we went to court in a final attempt to have 4,600 uncounted ballots opened and…
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Coastal Region Weather Alert
3-6 inches of rain AND NOW HAIL! WATCH OUT! Winds from the coast to the mountains at speeds from 40 up to 60/70 mph at times Potential for small creek and stream flooding Rivers will be monitored Downed trees Power outages Burn area(s) debris flow mixed with dirt/mud, locations for flows not identified at this time High tides will…
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The Trees of Mystery
Excerpted from the short story “Where the Ocean meets the Redwoods” by Patrick Westfall A large billboard had been placed on the southern end of town that read, Trees of Mystery, 14 miles. On the last day of my visit, a rainy Wednesday, we decided to tour them. We drove south on highway 101 and…
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Dixon Whistleblower Speaks Out
[cincopa AwCAgKsrAmE_] Click on the link and watch Mr. Michael Guss, former Economic Development and Grant Manager as he relates what it’s like to be a whistleblower. He exposed the fraud and helped to get Carissa Carpenter indicted. She swooped into Dixon with a $2.8 billion movie studio proposal. Guss did his homework and exposed her…
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Tidal Energy – New Power Source?
BY DONNA WESTFALL Questions asked about energy independence aren’t new. Katherine Kelly, author of the initiative and successful fluoride moratorium, 2012, sent in articles on a company that installed Tidal Turbines in Maine back in 2011. Until recently, it’s been the only US tidal-energy turbine ever deployed . It started supplying energy to the grid on…
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Israel’s $100 Billion Savings
BY DONNA WESTFALL CREDIT TO: ISREALVIDEONETWORK.COM When Moses led the Jews into Israel he didn’t know there were oil and gas reserves, or did he? Israel became in independent state in 1948. The majority of their statehood has been in fending off their destruction by surrounding neighbors Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Jordan and most recently from internal attacks…
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From the Office of District Attorney, Dale Trigg
Jake M. Dionne of Crescent City was sentenced by the Honorable Philip M. Schafer today to serve six years in state prison for the August 30th unprovoked pistol-whipping of a homeless man. The Del Norte County District Attorney’s Office entered into a plea agreement with Dionne whereby he agreed to plead guilty to Assault…
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DID SEXUAL ASSAULT OCCUR AT THE FLYING B RANCH?
BY LINDA SUTTER October 29, 2014, Rene Jamison, who is represented by the Law Office of Gray and Prouty, filed a civil suit CASE #CVPI 14-1084, in the Del Norte County Superior Court, against Gayle and Kevin Hartwick. Gayle Hartwick was served the original summons at Crescent Elk School Room #7 at 8:15 a.m. and…
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PART 1: How to Successfully Protest the Upcoming Sewer Rate Increase
BY DONNA WESTFALL Sewer bill protest Dec 2, ’14 The City has stated that they expect the sewer rate increase to be on the City Council agenda this month or next. Let’s assume that it gets approved by the majority of council members. What happens next? The City Clerk is responsible for mailing out a…