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Let us know about your Christmas lights

Where are Del Norte County’s best holiday light displays?

Do you, or does someone you know, go all out to turn a residence into a Christmas showcase? Or perhaps you’ve driven by an exceptional light show?

A Triplicate photographer will be heading out next week to capture the best examples, but first we need your help.

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State budget cuts hit Del Norte on several fronts

A billion dollars in state budget cuts will take a bite out of social services in the next two months.

On Tuesday, Gov. Jerry Brown announced a list of “triggers” meant to compensate for a $2.2 billion shortfall in projected state revenue. As a result, Del Norters can expect substantial reductions to subsidized in-home support services, child-care and library programs.

In-home services

Some 210 Del Norters are facing a 20 percent reduction in their in-home supportive service (IHSS) hours as part of a statewide slash to save $101.5 million in the coming year.

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School district faces $400K loss

Del Norte County schools are facing a mid-year cut in state funding of about $400,000.

The majority of that reduction is for Del Norte County Unified School District’s transportation funding. A smaller portion is a $15 decrease in funding per student, said Deputy Superintendent Rodney Jahn.

On Tuesday, Gov. Jerry Brown announced $1 billion in mid-year funding cuts to K-12 schools, higher education, public safety, and health and social services because California will collect less revenue than was estimated.

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Local Pearl Harbor vet visits Hawaii

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Paul Stroud and his wife, Bertha, at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. More than 5,000 people attended a ceremony there. Courtesty of Lonnie Harrison
A somber anniversary is better spent with the whole family.

A local Pearl Harbor veteran and more than 40 of his family members attended the ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack in Hawaii last week.

“I think I got the best kids in the world,” said Navy veteran Paul Stroud, about his offspring that quickly planned the trip last month after he expressed a desire to go.

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Second arrest made in HSU robbery case

Humboldt State University Police have arrested a second student in connection with a robbery Dec. 2 in Sunset Residence Hall.

Eric Schneekluth, a sophomore from San Diego, was taken into custody on campus without incident Dec. 13, booked by university police. He is being held on $100,000 bail, HSU said in a press release.

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News of Record Dec. 02–08, 2011

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Annual coat drive needs 100 more

Organizers of an annual coat drive for the needy say they still need more than 100 coats to fill local requests.

For boys and girls sizes 3T-6X, more than 200 requests have been received and 58 in that size category have been donated, with another 34 purchased with cash donations, said organizers.

Bicoastal Media Radio is teaming up on the coat drive with Chetco Federal Credit Union, Recology Del Norte, Lucky 7 Casino, and Crescent City’s Les Schwab Tire.

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Police Log Dec. 7–13, 2011

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Sheriff Log Dec. 7–13, 2011

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Occupy DN? It’s not happening

Occupation is sweeping the nation, even if employment is not.

Ever since 200 people set up camp in the heart of New York’s financial district to peacefully protest corporate greed, moneyed influence on government and economic inequality, Occupy Wall Street-inspired groups have cropped up from Mumbai, India, population 12.5 million, to Mosier, Ore., population 435.

But occupation is scarce in Del Norte County, while protests continue as nearby as Arcata.

So why has this global trend skipped our neck of the woods?

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