Category: This Weeks News
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BE A PART OF THE NEW DEL NORTE GLEANING PROJECT
By Kelley Nolan: Recently I attended the Sonoma Valley Gleaning Project in Sonoma, California. At this workshop I requested extra copies of the handouts and asked plenty of questions about the structure of their organization. After much thought and discussion the Del Norte Gleaning Project has become a reality. I have personally made a 2 year…
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UPDATE ON GITLIN’S “TAKE A BIT OUT OF BLIGHT”
NOBODY LIKES BLIGHT! I am enlisting your help to be another set of eyes for Del Norte County in this war on blight. Noted below is a letter from a constituent who has made me aware there are those in our community who will boldly flaunt and display their blatant disrespect for Del Norte County…
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NEW ZEALAND FLUORIDATION
BY DONNA WESTFALL In 1987 I spent 6 glorious weeks in the beautiful North Island of New Zealand. The area around Napier and Hastings is very much like Santa Barbara, California. At the time, I was there with a fella who’s grandmother was the US Ambassador to New Zealand under President Jimmy Carter’s administration. We…
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ORGANIZING TO FIGHT SEWER RATE INCREASES
BY KATHERINE KELLY 1st Meeting A group of seven people gathered for an hour at my home Thursday, August 22nd, all with one question on their minds: how can we help? This meeting was the first of many with the goal of stopping the City from adding more financial burden to its citizens in the…
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ROOTS & SHOOTS GARDENING CLUB
BY DONNA WESTFALL Did you know there’s a gardening club in town that’s been around for three years? On Wednesday, August 14th, they held a bbq lunch before delving into the presentation. But, first, about that lunch. Bob and MaryAnne Buckles prepared mini-burgers with all the fixing’s, along with salads, baked beans, ambrosia salad and…
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SUTTER COAST SHENANIGANS
SUBMITTED BY DR. GREG DUNCAN, CHIEF OF STAFF SUTTER COAST HOSPITAL The next time you hear that Sutter Coast Hospital (SCH) needs to downsize to a Critical Access facility because the hospital is losing money, please remember the following story: After 24 consecutive years of profitability, SCH first reported a yearly loss in…
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McCLURE AND THE AIRPORT UPGRADE/EXPANSION
BY DONNA WESTFALL We printed in Letters to the Editor (“McClure Effectively Kills Airport”) a scathing attack on Supervisor/Coastal Commissioner Martha McClure from a long time resident frustrated with all the hoops one has to jump through to get anything done in this town. After reviewing the Board of Supervisors meeting video held Tuesday, August…
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EVER HEARD OF AMPULLARY CANCER?
BY DONNA WESTFALL Ever heard of it? Hope you never do. Not until Karen Black died of ampullary cancer on August 8, 2013 did it make an impact. Ampullary carcinoma is a life-threatening cancer that forms in a body part called the ampulla of Vater. Sounds science fictiony. It’s not. It’s very real. It’s very deadly. Karen Black.…
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HELP STOP SB-1!
HELP US STOP SB-1 Remember last November when we the people of California voted down Proposition 31? 60.5% Voted NO! Well, our Senate didn’t like that; so three Senate bills — SB-1, SB-11, and SB-33 — were written to implement Prop. 31. These bills are designed to take the property rights away from the citizens of California. SB-1…