Category: This Weeks News
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KAMIKAZI Means Divine Wind
BY DONNA WESTFALL CREDIT TO WIKIPEDIA and ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA World War II A group of Japanese pilots who were trained to performed suicidal missions by crashing their aircraft, loaded with explosives, into US ships. The tradition of death instead of defeat, capture, and perceived shame was deeply entrenched in Japanese military culture. It was one of the primary traditions in the samurai life and the Bushido code: loyalty and honor until death. Centuries Old Background: The year is 1274; a Mongolian invasion…
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EBOLA: Should We Worry?
BY DONNA WESTFALL CREDIT TO WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL Deadly. No cure. No vaccine. Should we worry or is it contained within Africa’s borders? Dr. Kent Brantly, the American stricken with the deadly Ebola virus while in Liberia, and a second U.S. aid worker who contracted Ebola alongside Brantly, missionary Nancy Writebol will…
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DEL NORTE GLEANING PROJECT
BY DONNA WESTFALL A call came in from a woman that learned about the Gleaning Group from an article in the Triplicate. Her apple tree was chock full of apples. Far in excess of anything she had a need for. Four women from the Group went out with ladder and plastic bags, and in an hour…
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What Is The Real Issue? Prayer Or Placing Items On The Agenda?
OPINION PIECE BY DALE BOHLING Anti-prayer in the public square, that is the drumbeat from the secular zealots. While the points raised by the recent writers of letters to the editor on the subject may have validity and be deserving of debate they logically need to be held in abeyance while the issue of agendizing…
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You Have Got To Be Kidding
BY GUEST COLUMNIST MICHAEL CEREMELLO FORMER MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN, CITY OF DIXON. Dumbfounded does not describe it. Dismayed is a misnomer. There is no delight in delving into the disarray which is city hall. Yet we all need to be reminded of the statement emanating from the mouth of the Dodo, “at some point, you…
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Sewer Loan/Rates: Misinformation And Sound Bites Coming From The City Council, Not The Citizens
BY KATHERINE KELLY Here we go again. According to the Triplicate article, Bleak Report on City Sewer Debt, it’s the same old story, different council. To hear Mayor Rick Holley decry citizen opposition to the latest proposals on fixing what they broke in 2007 as misinformation and sound bites, and having Councilman Rich Enea belt…
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PELICAN BAY STATE PRISON LOSES 37,000 GALLONS OF WATER
BY LINDA SUTTER Earlier this year, Pelican Bay State Prison nearly had their water turned off by the Crescent City Water Department for losing 37,000 gallons of water. This was brought up at the Crescent City, City Council meeting Monday night, July 21st, as a legitimate concern for the city since the Urban Water Conservation…
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The Not So Magical, Magical Bullet
BY GUEST COLUMNIST MICHAEL CEREMELLO, Former Mayor and City Councilman, City of Dixon, California I have a gift, knack, mental quirk or idiosyncracy which I use for the benefit of all of the citizens of Dixon. I refuse to take the word of the credentialed supposed experts without thoroughly examining their claims for veracity. Ever…
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Schellong Wonders, “How Did We Get Here?”
BY DONNA WESTFALL Who can resist $154/month sewer bills? That’s one scenario proposed on what it would take to make the deficit go away on the waste water treatment plant (WWTP). What’s another option? Bankruptcy, but that was not mentioned nor discussed in the City Council meeting that took place Monday night, July 21st. At…
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Vying For The Position Of Lieutenant Governor, Ron Nehring
BY LINDA SUTTER Sunday, July 20, 2014 ,the Del Norte Republican Chapter in their new headquarters located on the corner of 3rd and I streets, hosted Ron Nehring, candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Ron is the son of immigrants who came to America from Germany to raise their new family in freedom. In 1992, Ron became…