October 25, 2011 10:14 am
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The City of Crescent City is soliciting designs for a city logo to put on all informational and way-finding signs.
A simple design representing the redwoods, ocean and lighthouse in any
combination must be turned into the City Planning Department, 377 J St.
by Nov. 9 to the attention of Eric Taylor.
Call 464-9506 ext. 228 for information.
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October 25, 2011 10:14 am
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In recognition of the service of veterans, AARP is offering its Driver
Safety Program free to veterans and their spouses during the month of
November.
Not only can attendees learn ways to be safer drivers, those who
complete the class will receive a three-year certificate, good for auto
insurance savings.
A class will be held on Nov. 9-10, each session lasting four hours. Cost
for non-veteran AARP members is $12 and $14 for non-members.
To register call Ken at (707) 826-7764.
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October 25, 2011 10:13 am
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The local Future Farmers of America from Del Norte High School will be accepting food donations during the school’s football home game on Nov. 4.
A decorated truck will take donations and offer information on how FFA is growing food to feed the homeless.
For information call Anna at 832-4221 or Robyn at 951-4436.
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October 24, 2011 01:40 pm
 Like pumpkins, apples conjure images of autumn. Trees bearing fruit of red, yellow, green — and every color mixture in between — are ripe for the picking and give us many of the season’s goodies. There’s fresh-pressed apple juice, hot cider, caramel apples, apple butter and that all-American classic, apple pie.
The Crescent City Farmers Market on Saturdays has grown to include many producers from down the North Coast, up Oregon’s South Coast and inland areas, which means a lot more local options for Del Norters.
For apples, there’s Fieldbrook Valley Apple Farms near McKinleyville, which offer 50 varieties of organic apples.
Dick Lovie from the apple farm in Fieldbrook put together a variety of apples he suggested for a pie, including McIntosh, luster elstar, king and mutsu.
They were of all sizes and colors and each had different tastes: tart, sweet, crisp and soft.
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October 24, 2011 01:12 pm
Vote for the name of new community dental van
The community is invited to vote on a name for the new dental van that will soon be visiting schools to do check-ups.
Of 200 suggestions given to Del Norte Community Health Center, the list has been whittled down to 10:
• Redwood Coast Cavity Busters
• Cavity Crusaders
• Cavity Crusher
• Floss-O-Matic 5000
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October 20, 2011 08:48 am
These night creatures deserve appreciation rather than our fear
 Face of silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans). Courtesy Ted Weller, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
Twenty years ago I had a life-changing experience. A national park scientist studying bats in Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area needed an assistant to record data, and I was selected.
I hadn’t given much thought to bats before that evening. I was a little nervous as I helped him set up the mist net and then sat waiting on the desert rocks with only our headlamps cutting through the Wyoming night. When the first bat tangled into the ultra-fine netting, the researcher gently freed it with gloved hands and brought it over to be identified (a female pallid bat, in this case), and weighed while I recorded his findings.
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October 20, 2011 08:44 am
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Here is a roundup of upcoming Halloween events.
Haunted house
It turns out there will be a haunted house in Brookings again this year.
The Chetco Pelican Players will host its annual haunted house at the old West Coast Appliance building, U.S. Hwy. 101 and East Hoffeldt Lane in Harbor. Tours will begin at 7 p.m. Oct. 27-31. It will stay open each night as long as people are arriving. Admission is $8.
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October 20, 2011 08:40 am
October 18, 2011 09:18 am
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 Boy Scouts from Troop 10 on the Myrtle Creek Interpretive Trail, left to right: Ian Meriedth, Julien Swenson, Brennan Ellis, Forestry Ranger Curtis Neppl, Scout Leader Angela Perry, Dillon Perry and Morgan Perry. Submitted
After filling in soil and other materials behind the new retaining wall constructed by the crew from Engine 12, Troop 10 helped complete tread work so people could walk safely. The path had been damaged by a slide on the trail.
The scouts also installed non-skid material on a bridge puncheon surface to ensure proper traction during the wet season. They cleared brush and other vegetation, including poison oak, along the trail corridor. The scouts and scout leaders from Troop 10 ended the day by installing new plexiglass covers for existing interpretive signs.
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October 18, 2011 09:14 am
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 Athena Joyce Crowder was born Sept. 29, 2011, at Sutter Coast Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds and measured 201⁄4 inches. Her parents are Misty Crowder and Allen Williams. Her grandparents are William and Terry Crowder II of Smith River, and Barbara Crowder, Louise Spence and Bobby and Christine Williams, all of Crescent City. Her great-grandparents are Richard and Barbara Williams of Crescent City, Peggy and the late Chuck Spence of Beatty, Nev., the late William and Johnnie Crowder, formerly of Sacramento, and the late James and Mildred Brown, formerly of Crescent City.
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