Category: This Weeks News
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WHO OWNS THE RAINWATER?
BY DONNA WESTFALL Recently I drove down Northcrest and past some blue plastic rain barrels for sale and thought, “I’ve got to buy one of those.” Then, promptly forgot to put it on my list of things to do and completely forgot about it until reading in the news around the nation that some states…
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IS THE CITY GUILTY OF USURY?
BY DONNA WESTFALL Over 2,200 protests were submitted to the City Council on November 4th protesting the water rate increase. 926 were disqualified by City Clerk, Robin Patch. Many should have been valid. Like one woman who owns 3 separate parcels, gets 1 water bill, submitted protests for each parcel, and not one was counted as…
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STATE OF JEFFERSON
BY DONNA WESTFALL Have you heard? There are those who want to break away from the State of California and create an entirely new state, the State of Jefferson (SOJ). Should Del Norte County join about 18 other counties in Northern California and create the State of Jefferson (and possibly include some southern Oregon counties)? There…
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CANNING
BY JAIME YARBROUGH On Saturday, January 11th, from 11 AM to 2 PM a water bath canning class was conducted at the Family Resource Center on Pacific Ave. in Crescent City. The instructor, Deborah Giraud is a Farm and Community Development advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension in Eureka. Due to a enrollment oversight the proposed…
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HOW BAD IS HFSA/FLUORIDE IN THE WATER PIPES?
BY KATHERINE K. KELLY CREDIT TO DR. ROBERT JAY ROWAN, MD. On November 4, 2013, former Councilwoman Donna Westfall reminded the City Council members of Crescent City that they were told over the prior years that hydrofluorosilicic acid (HFSA)/fluoride flowing through the water pipes was something that needed to be investigated. HFSA/fluoride is corrosive. It…
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WHAT’S UP WITH WALGREENS?
BY LINDA SUTTER, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER On Sunday, December 29, 2013, Mrs. “A,” purchased an IDT International calling card at Walgreens in Crescent City, California, for $25. When she got home and put on her reading glasses she discovered that the card would not guarantee the rates as promised if not used by December 1, 2011. …
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First 5 Commission Position Open
SUBMITTED BY BUILDNG HEALTHY COMMUNITIES First 5 Commission Position Open The Commission is seeking a public member from any of the following categories: parents, grandparents, caregivers who are or have been recipients of project services or programs; early childhood development educators; representatives of local child care resource or referral agency; local child care coordinating group; representatives…
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STAYING HEALTHY
BY DONNA WESTFALL LET’S TALK ABOUT HERO’S AND GOOD HEALTH. Jack LaLanne was one of my hero’s. He and my mother shared the same birthdate (September 26th, along with Donna Douglas who played Elly May Clampett on the Beverly Hillbillies, another friend of the family). If you read about his life, you’ll learn that as…
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3 STRIKES LAW: EFFECTIVE OR INEFFECTIVE?
BY DONNA WESTFALL I recently received an email from change.org claiming that recently 50 million users used their site worldwide. Here’s one example: In India, Laxmi – a young woman who survived a brutal acid attack – won her Change.org campaign to regulate the sale of acid nationwide. Her petition was one of a flood of…
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TAX MARIJUANA?
BY DONNA WESTFALL Isn’t it about time for our City and County to legalize and tax marijuana. We would be a lot farther ahead in so many ways. 1.) No longer arresting folks for growing and distributing. Ultimately saving money on the court system, legal system, & prison system. 2.) Taxes could offset the need to raise…