Category: This Weeks News

BY DONNA WESTFALL   On the eve of Thanksgiving, besides all the things we have to be grateful for, we get to look forward to leftover turkey.  BBQ Turkey, Asian Turkey Salad, Turkey Quesadillas, Turkey Tortas, Turkey, Tomato and Garlic Omelet, Oven Fried Turkey, Turkey Burgers and Turkey Stew. Have a wonderful, safe and happy…

BY DONNA WESTFALL   For the past four years, bandied about have been discussions about hiring an events coordinator.  It has never done, and with the economic climate, may not be done in the near future.  We’ve seen events like the Crab Races start, stop and end. The Aleutian Goose Festival, same thing.  The Lighthouse…

BY JAIME YARBROUGH   The Humboldt Bay Mycological Society put on it’s annual Mushroom Fair at the Redwood Acres Fairgrounds in Eureka on Sunday, November 18, between 11 AM and 4 PM. I had been to the fair in 2009 and 2010 but missed it last year. The two times I’d been before were very…

BY DONNA WESTFALL     MUSHROOMS. A Fair all about mushrooms this Sunday in Eureka.  Did you know mushrooms have been around since prehistoric days?  Cavemen and cavewomen ate them and probably quickly learned which to stay away.   Recently in the news, a caregiver poisoned a couple feeding them mushrooms.  It’s valuable information to…

BY DONNA WESTFALL     Halloween is over.  The amount of pumpkins purchased for Halloween can now be turned into delicious meals.  We have two pumpkins that did not get carved up for trick-or-treaters.  Out came the steamer.  Pumpkins got sliced up and steamed.  Pumpkin seeds got separated, washed, dried; then a quick roast at…

BY LINDA MARTIN   I thought I should make you all aware of something that has been happening here in Issaquah, WA. I have a 17 year old autistic son who has a communication disorder. We just recently moved from another school district, in part because the staff there refused to respect my request to…

BY DONNA WESTFALL   My husband, Doug,  walked me into the Measure A Victory Party hosted by Eileen Cooper to a round of applause.  Champagne was enjoyed by all the adults and Hansen’s root beer soda by the children in a toast to successfully shutting down 44 years of water fluoridation in Crescent City.  This…

BY DONNA WESTFALL   In a vote of 524 to 402, Measure A passed! Fluoride containing hydrofluosilicic acid will no longer be added to Crescent City water.  The moratorium should be put into place barring any unforeseen complications. Acknowledgement goes to Jesse Salisbury for bringing the hazards of fluoride to the city councils attention so…

BY DONNA WESTFALL   From the Daytona Beach, Florida newspaper.  Aliss Terpstra responds with a letter to editor about an article by staff writer,  Chris Graham: http://www.news-journalonline.com/ published November 3, 2012 about Ormond Beach voting on a referendum regarding water fluoridation.  There is a chronic problem with many newspapers across our nation that they simply do not…

BY KATHERINE KELLY   The Democratic Party is lying to you about Measure A. In their Triplicate ad (Oct. 20th) they make claims that are little more than public relations rhetoric and not based in reality.  Let’s take it apart sentence by sentence. “For 40 years, water fluoridation has been helping to prevent our city’s…