December 05, 2011 04:37 am
Processed meat’s link to cancer is no baloney, experts say
Red meat has developed a bad reputation, because its consumption has been linked to heart disease, cancers and higher death rates. But newer studies have delineated a difference between fresh red meat and processed red meat, and suggested that the processed meats are the bigger culprits.
“Meat is fine,” said Bend, Ore., registered dietitian Lori Brizee. “It’s the cured and processed stuff that is bad.”
Processed red meat is generally considered lamb, beef or pork that’s been smoked, salted or treated with preservatives. Think sausage, salami, hot dogs.
|
|
Read more...
|
December 01, 2011 10:13 am
Mateo Miguel Stone Nunez was born Nov. 12, 2011, at Sutter Coast Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 13.6 ounces and measured 20 1/2 inches. He joins siblings Cruise and Serenatee. His parents are Donna and Daniel Nunez of Crescent City. His grandparents are Jean Stone of Eureka, Calixto and Matilde Nunez and Donald Stone, all of Crescent City. His great-grandparents are Marie Stine of McKinleyville, Helen Shellmar of Port Angeles, Wash., and Elena Caranza of Crescent City.
|
December 01, 2011 10:12 am
Bradley Dean Osburne was born Nov. 9, 2011, at Sutter Coast Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces and measured 20 1/2 inches. His parents are Troy Osburne and Ki-Chant Peters of Crescent City. His grandparents are Christipher Peters, and Nora and Bradley Osburne, all of Crescent City and Brandy Boulby of Arkansas. His great-grandparents are Philish Donahue, Ida Osburne, Karen Nick and Alveretta and Kenny Green, all of Crescent City.
|
December 01, 2011 10:11 am
Trestyen Matthew Taylor was born Nov. 11, 2011, at Sutter Coast Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 2.6 ounces and measured 19 inches. He joins siblings Carson, Serenity and Melina. His parents are Jessica and Matthew Taylor of Crescent City. His grandparents are Debbie Nettles, Donna Silva and Bert Taylor, all of Crescent City. His great-grandparents are Don and Genie Musser of Yreka, Patricia Silva of Crescent City and Donald Silva of Brookings, Ore.
|
December 01, 2011 10:11 am
|
Haivyn Rae Percy was born Nov. 3, 2011, at Sutter Coast Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 20 inches. Her parents are Jamie Scott and Clifford Percy of Crescent City. Her grandparents are Teri and Randy Scott, Bobbi Langford and Mary and Newt Percy, all of Crescent City, and Vickie and Tommy Rondeau of Glide, Ore. Her great-grandparents are Sherry and the late Vestal Skaggs, Nick and Sandra Myers and Peggy Percy and the late Glen Percy, all of Crescent City.
|
December 01, 2011 09:30 am
A lucky few get to visit the offshore lighthouse others must squint to see
 The views enjoyed by those who fly to St. George Reef Lighthouse include the approach from a helicopter, below, and the upward view of the 150-foot-tall beacon, above. Del Norte Triplicate/Bryant Anderson The legs of the helicopter rose up, leaving the runway, grass and community behind.
It was carrying the day’s first load of passengers headed toward the St. George Reef Lighthouse for a tour.
A clear sky allowed for the towering cement column to be within eyeshot during the six-minute hop across the Pacific Ocean that resembled more of a lake on this temperate autumn day.
The calm was a contrast to the traditional rough conditions off the North Coast historically highlighted by the tragic sinking of the Brother Jonathan steamer in 1865. More than 150 lives lost, motivating Congress to fund the construction of the 150-foot-tall lighthouse.
|
|
Read more...
|
November 28, 2011 11:08 am
|
It all started in Crescent City.
Yet as late as the age of 30, Dennis Desjardin had absolutely no idea he’d become a professor and researcher in the field of mushroom science — mycology — nor that he would make valuable discoveries around the world.
In 1980, the Crescent City native was a Marin County construction foreman by day and aspiring San Francisco musician by night. Yet those aspirations were waning.
After graduating from Del Norte High School in 1968, Desjardin went to San Jose State University, where he majored in math and double-minored in music and Asian philosophy.
|
|
Read more...
|
November 28, 2011 11:06 am
Del Norte provides some surprises for mushroom expert
 A steer tastes a porcini mushroom picked by Dr. Dennis Desjardin on Oct. 23 on private land in Del Norte County where his family has collected mushrooms for decades. Del Norte Triplicate/Bryant Anderson Dennis Desjardin has traveled the globe making discoveries in fungi science, but that doesn’t mean his old stomping grounds don’t still hold surprises for him, some more pleasant than others.
The Crescent City native and San Francisco State University mycologist, with the help of advanced amateur mushroom enthusiasts Michael Wood and Dr. Fred Stevens, was plodding familiar ground in Del Norte County on a recent misty October morning, looking for rare examples to photograph and — might as well — collecting any delectable common specimens to take home to eat.
As Desjardin, Wood and Stevens headed for the woods, Desjardin’s mother, Alice Desjardin of Crescent City, and Dennis’ wife, Stanford biochemist Ann Desjardin, headed in another direction, out to the fields to collect more edible mushrooms.
The area, private farmland, is well known to both Dennis and his mother.
“I’ve been picking on this property all my life,” Alice said.
|
|
Read more...
|
November 23, 2011 09:46 am
|
The season changes, bringing coastal wind and rain in full force. And once again, there are families in need of coats to keep them warm and dry.
Bicoastal Media Radio is teaming up with Chetco Federal Credit Union, Recology Del Norte, Lucky 7 Casino, and Crescent City’s Les Schwab Tire to host the biggest coat drive on America’s Wild Rivers Coast.
The tradition began in 1994 with KPOD radio and continues today with all Bicoastal radio stations. Last year, a record of more than 900 coats was collected.
|
|
Read more...
|
November 23, 2011 09:45 am
|
Soroptimist International of Crescent City held its annual Christmas Bazaar on Sunday at the Howonquet Community Hall in Smith River. The facility was abuzz with shoppers checking out the wide variety of handcrafted goods, as well as enjoying a soup luncheon, cookies and music.
|
|