April 17, 2009 08:20 am
Blanket has names of former Warrior athletes from the 30s, 40s and 50s
I can remember the first time I walked into the gym at the old Del Norte High School.
Hanging on the wall at the west end of the gym, which is now the recreation department gym, was this red and white blanket with the names of outstanding Warriors from the past.
I thought at the time as a future Warrior of what an honor it would be to someday have my name added to those special people from the past.
Nobody knows how excited I felt when at the end of my senior year I found out that indeed my name was to be added as one of the last from the red and white era.
After I graduated from college and left the area to coach in the Southern California desert the old high school was still in use and the blanket still hung on the old gym wall.
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April 14, 2009 09:20 am
This time of the year I have a major pain in the neck from trying to watch the sky, the weather report and the garden all at once.
If we have sunshine, little wind and low humidity, gardening is easy. Crops grow rapidly enough to fight off insects, mildew isn't a problem, and all is right with the world if you don’t count snails and deer, our very own land-based pirates.
Without sunshine early in the season things can still be right with your world, but you’ll have to work at it. To start with, gardeners in the maritime Northwest have to be smart about varieties. The trick is to plant summer crops that grow well in fog and don’t require a lot of heat.
Most of my seeds come from Territorial Seed Company. Based in Western Oregon, they specialize in seeds developed for this damp coastal climate. Their seeds tend to germinate at a lower temperature, thrive on less sun, and be resistant to assorted wilts, fungi and mildew.
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April 10, 2009 07:28 am
From the pages of the Del Norte Triplicate, April 1949.
Of all the phony pranks and stories which may be heard on All Fools Day, a true one, that of the two-legged fish brought in by Crescent City Crab Company, takes the cake!
Afraid of being the object of some more April Fool’s day humor, we checked thoroughly into the report and found that sure enough, the most peculiar-looking creature seen recently in these parts had been brought into the crab plant. It was turned over to George Bolton, of Crescent City, whose hobby is collecting curious things.
Bolton stated that the creature had the large eyes, ring on the head, and other characteristics that identify a deep sea fish, and that two legs about four inches long were located on the bottom fin of the fish about two-thirds of the way back from the head. It is not known what species the fish belonged to, Bolton said.
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April 10, 2009 07:25 am
The graduating class of 1951 may seem like a long time ago to present Warriors, but to this Warrior it doesn’t seem that far back.
Leon Morgan was a three sport standout as a member of that class. He was one of those athletes whose favorite sport was the one in season. Football was his favorite in the fall, basketball in the winter and baseball in the spring.
Leon was very good at all of them. He started his football career as a center, but was moved to an end position during his senior season where he became a dominant defensive player. In basketball, he played forward and was voted the outstanding Warrior during his senior year.
For three years he held down the left field position on three straight Warrior championship baseball teams. We knew if the ball was hit into his area it was going to be caught. He also swung a big bat as one of our top hitters.
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April 07, 2009 11:14 am
I hadn’t realized there was a problem until the situation got totally out of hand. Life seems to work that way. I was making plans for this year’s veggie garden, dashing out to cover that precious moisture with straw and then coming back in, when the wicked north wind twanged my nerves like a cheap guitar.
I confess I haven’t spent much time in the yard the last few months, since Shadow cat and I have the same attitude toward wet and cold. Then last week I made my annual trip to a nursery, schlepping home some short-lived perennial herbs.
Most of the herbs, like lavender, thyme and oregano, get woody and lanky and need to be replaced every few years. I also picked up a couple six-packs of snapdragons, a flower I love but neither snails nor deer favor.
When I carried the box of plants around the house into the back yard, it sounded like a playground where everybody needs a nap.
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April 07, 2009 11:09 am
It’s risky for a newspaper to produce a six-part series about anything. If the first couple of installments don’t catch the readers’ fancy, it can be a long haul and a lot of days of “this again.”
So far, the reviews of our coverage of the 45th anniversary of the 1964 tidal waves have been good. People who said they were left wanting more, not less, have outnumbered those who thought we were wallowing in the past.
We were originally thinking three parts, not six: the science of subduction zone earthquakes, whether the disaster really changed the fortunes of Crescent City as much as many people think, and a few first-hand accounts from tsunami survivors.
It was that last subject area that proved too compelling to squeeze into a single installment. Even though we generally steered clear of the most famous — and therefore familiar — stories about what happened here March 27-28, 1964, readers provided us with plenty of new material.
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April 04, 2009 11:10 am
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Back in 1911, Crescent City was a lively town with 13 saloons, a
bunch of billiard halls, a few barbershops, one genuine electric
traffic signal, churches, schools, a theater, a bad phone service, bad
roads, and an expanding population.
A community support system was definitely in order.
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April 04, 2009 11:08 am
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Now this is an ad hoc committee worthy of consideration.
Crescent City and harbor officials are talking about exploring the
possibility of the harbor being annexed by the city. Ultimately, the
harbor would probably still be run by a harbormaster and Harbor
Commission – its needs and attributes require specialized leadership.
But it would become a service district within the city.
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April 03, 2009 08:35 am
From the pages of the Del Norte Triplicate, April 1939.
Philip Foxwell, king of magic and escape mysteries, is to appear at the Del Norte High School auditorium under the auspices of the student body.
Foxwell’s performances are filled with thrills and he spouts forth a line of humorous chatter that keeps his audience in an uproar. His program is climaxed with the “Great Ten Mystery,” a trick so cleverly executed that the audience is left bewildered.
Improvements at Symns Auto Camp
Symns Auto Camp on Highway 199 in Gasquet is undergoing a redecoration of all cabins in readiness for the tourist season.
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April 03, 2009 08:29 am
Little could Del Norte Warrior fans imagine that this outstanding young athlete that graduated from Libby High School in Libby, Montana, with the class of 2000 would five years later take over the Warrior track program as their new head coach.
Scott Lindsay was a standout football, basketball, and track athlete at Libby. After high school Scott enrolled at and graduated from Montana State University.
After graduation Scott moved to Crescent City and went to work for the Del Norte Unified School District. He now teaches sixth grade at Pine Grove School.
I had never met Scott before but have had the privilege of watching him conduct practice and saw the positive way he interacts with all his team members.
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