Category: This Weeks News
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PULITZER PRIZE PRESTIGE PLUMMETS
BY DONNA WESTFALL Who wouldn’t want to win the coveted Pulitzer Prize? Until this week, I would say nobody. That has changed. Those in the international arena working to rid the world of toxic industrial waste poisoning of the public water through “water fluoridation” were shocked to hear of one prize winner. Tampa Bay won…
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UPDATE: BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS SUSPECT
OPINION BY DONNA WESTFALL TV, newspaper, radio and internet continue to circulate information concerning the tragic and shocking bombing and aftermath at the Boston Marathon. We now know that two brothers were involved. The older brother was killed and the younger one, suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was found hiding in a boat in the backyard of…
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HOW DUMB CAN THEY BE?
BY DONNA WESTFALL During our dinner party last night, this story was shared: Sarah Williams, 29, and James C. Smith, 43. Ms. Williams walked in to our local Bank of American a quarter to three Tuesday afternoon April 16th. Waiting outside was her legless friend James Smith, in a wheelchair. The story goes she handed…
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DEATH ROW INMATE JUSTIN ALAN HELZER DEATH
Posted: 15 Apr 2013 03:22 PM PDT SAN QUENTIN – Condemned inmate Justin Alan Helzer, 41, who was on California’s death row from Contra Costa County, was pronounced dead at San Quentin State Prison late Sunday evening, April 14, 2013. The death is being investigated as a suicide. He was single-celled. Helzer was sentenced…
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DEL NORTE SOLID WASTE MARCH 26TH MEETING 2013
BY DONNA WESTFALL Looking back to 2013: It’s clear to me that the County understands we are in a recession and the City does not. What could make it any clearer than the 5% increase discussed at the board meeting March 26, 2013 regarding Kevin Hendrick’s 20 year longevity raise? While the County has…
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WARNING TO VETERANS – CHECK YOUR MEDS
BY MARK SPRINGER For anyone who is a veteran and receives pain medications through the mail from a veterans administration pharmacy, BE WARNED! A series of robberies over the past couple of weeks has happened and at least more than 30 people have been victimized, robbed by a person or person’s as yet unknown. Packages…
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WHERE WAS SUPERVISOR FINIGAN?
After seeing several letters asking where were the county supervisors who did not go to the LEADN awards meeting, I decided to ask Dave Finigan why he did not appear. I did, and Finigan was busy in Sacramento at the Regional Council of Rural Counties representing the county. On the agenda was the fire fees…