Category: This Weeks News
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FIRE AT PARKWAY FEED
BY DONNA WESTFALL Dewey Crager and Diana O’Dell, owners of Parkway Feed, said that this is the 2nd major fire at their place. Matter of fact, it’s 3 weeks short of 7 years ago when the first fire struck. Someone called this fire in just minutes before 9 am Saturday morning, December 14th. The current…
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PENDING DOOM FOR DEL NORTE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS?
BY LINDA SUTTER At the November 10th Board of Supervisor’s meeting, Randy Hatfield, the governor-appointed Fairgrounds Manager, informed the Board of Supervisors that the state-owned fairground facility would no longer be receiving funding from the state. In the next election, the voters of Del Norte County will examine the pros and cons of whether to increase…
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CONGRESSMAN’S RESPONSE ON THE FARM BILL
Dear Donna, Thank you for contacting me about amendment number 74 and other conservation related amendments to the House Farm Bill (H.R. 1947). I appreciate hearing from you on this important matter. As you know, the FARRM Act, more commonly referred to as the Farm Bill, authorizes a wide variety of federal programs including…
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LOOKING FOR A JOB?
PRESS RELEASE CDCR to Hire Approximately 7,000 Correctional Officers Posted: 03 Dec 2013 09:57 AM PST SACRAMENTO— The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) expects to hire approximately 7,000 correctional officers over the next three years due to the increase in retirements. Currently more than 1,800 CDCR peace officers retire annually. This outflow has…
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A NEW CHRISTMAS MAGIC IN THE NEW MILLENIUM
BY KATHERINE KELLY As a child in the 1950s, Christmas was indeed as magical as it gets. The tree covered in tinsel and lights and the display of mostly handmade gifts my mother arranged so it looked like Santa brought them made Christmas morning an enduring memory for more than half a century. Of course…
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REMINDER: TODAY IS PEARL HARBOR DAY
BY DONNA WESTFALL 72 years ago, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked and decimated the ships docked at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii. This act pulled the United States into World War II. It shall forever be remembered as “a day of infamy.” Or will it? We don’t talk about Gettysburg, or D Day. Time fades. Survivors…
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WHAT’S CAUSING THE RISE IN ADHD?
BY DR. MERCOLA PART 3 How to Optimize Your Child’s Gut Flora The two key problems caused by glyphosate in the diet are nutritional deficiencies and systemic toxicity, and your gut bacteria are a key component of glyphosate’s mechanism of harm. Effectively addressing this problem requires a two-pronged approach. First you need to avoid the primary sources…
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NELSON MANDELA – MAN OF FIRSTS
BY DONNA WESTFALL CREDIT TO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR The first in his family to go to school, the first black man to open a law firm in South Africa, the nation’s first black president. His middle name means “troublemaker,” and in the 1960s Mandela was branded a terrorist. But at the end of his life…
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LOTS OF GUNS BUT LITTLE VIOLENCE – ICELAND
BREAKING NEWS – ICELAND Formed as a country in 1944, Iceland has never had a police shooting resulting in the death of anyone until this week. In Reykjavik, police shot and killed a 59 year old man. The incident was front-page coverage and ultimately garnered a national apology from the country’s top police official: It was the…
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AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
SUBMITTED BY JAIME YARBROUGH The monthly meeting of the Pelican Bay Amateur Radio Club (PBARC) in Brookings, OR will be on 20 December so as not to conflict with the holiday’s. Their regular meetings are held at The Chetco Activity Center, located at 550 Chetco Lane, in Brookings, OR at 7 PM – 8PM the LAST FRIDAY of the…