Category: This Weeks News
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SEWER RATES TO RISE AGAIN; OR WILL THEY?
BY DONNA WESTFALL HERE IS THE SAMPLE OF A BALLOT FOR PROTESTING THE UPCOMING SEWER RATE INCREASE. Feel free to make copies and pass them out. But get them to me so we can tabulate and make copies to double check against the City’s count. Until the City Council deems it a priority to…
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CONSUMER ALERT: POSSIBLE PHARMACY SCAM
BY LINDA SUTTER Currently there is an ongoing investigation involving potential fraud involving the local Pharmacies. It is important for the public to request from their pharmacist a copy of their medical expense summary sheets for the last year. Once you get this information, which is free of charge, you need to check with your doctor to see…
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“GRASS FED” BEEF – BUYER BEWARE AGAIN
BY KATHERINE KELLY Everyone knows that grass-fed beef is better nutritionally than your factory farmed grain-fed beef, right? Every marketing slogan has told us so. But in reading the recent news about how organically grown grass-fed beef standards are going to be changed in accordance with California’s ongoing drought, it surprised me to learn that…
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IT’S NATIONAL PB&J DAY
BY DONNA WESTFALL It’s April 2nd and it’s National PB&J Day. PB = peanut butter. J = jelly. HOW DID IT GET STARTED? In 1880, Dr. Ambrose Straub, A St. Louis physician crushed peanuts into a paste in order to help provide protein to his senior patients with bad teeth. Since they could no longer chew meat,…
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DESTRUCTION AND POLLUTION FROM NICKEL STRIP MINING
OPINION PIECE BY KATHERINE KELLY The news of the nickel strip mining proposal for the tributaries to the North Fork Smith River is a nightmare in the making. I can’t even imagine how such a proposal could benefit Curry or Del Norte counties. The mining company is foreign owned and little financial benefit will trickle…
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The Art Of Lying and How it Affects our Sewer Rates
BY GUEST COLUMNIST MICHAEL CEREMELLO FORMER COUNCILMAN AND VICE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DIXON, CALIFORNIA NOTE BY www.crescentcitytimes.com EDITOR, DONNA WESTFALL. I LOVE THE WAY THIS MAN WRITES. I’M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING IN THIS ARTICLE IN RED FOR CLARIFICATION JUST SO YOU CAN SEE THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN OUR CITY AND THE CITY OF DIXON Your mayor (Mayor…
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ANOTHER EYESORE BURNED TO THE GROUND
BY DONNA WESTFALL The old Mercantile Building located on Highway 101 North is gone. Burned to the ground by a vast array of firemen; and the public taking pictures of them from across the street. Huge plumes of thick, black smoke were visible throughout the area. This follows in the wake of a single residence…
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PART 1: THE OFFICE OF SHERIFF
BY DONNA WESTFALL CREDIT TO NATIONAL SHERIFFS’ ASSOCIATION Think of the term sheriff and what comes to mind: Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Where did the title come from, what makes the Office of Sheriff unique in law enforcement, why should it be called the Sheriff’s Office not a Sheriff’s Department, and why…
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ATTENTION STATE AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
OPINION PIECE BY LINDA SUTTER Have you received your CALPERS PERS CHOICE, aka Anthem Blue Cross insurance booklet in the mail? Most times I throw it in the garbage or burn it in the woodstove. But today something told me to read the 120 page booklet to see what my health insurance plan covered. I was…
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Study: Hidden Fluoride in Infant Foods Can Mar Babies’ Teeth
While Crescent City can be proud of voting out the toxic industrial waste product hydrofluorosilicic acid/fluoride in 2012, parents still need to be aware that their babies are at risk from other products than water fluoridation. Hence this PRESS RELEASE: New York – March 24, 2014 — Babies risk dental fluorosis from unlabeled fluoride in infant…