In reference to the article in the Sept. 11, 2012, edition of the Del Norte Triplicate concerning the removal of the Del Norte Ice and Cold Storage building, the newspaper did not attempt to report any real history of the local facility.

As important to the community in personal and public service, both to the commercial and general public, Del Norte Ice and Cold Storage was a success story of the blood, sweat and hardships that go into creating a growing business.

Bonnie Adams, the owner of a personal care business, is the last of the original family that started and built the cold storage business over several years, beginning in 1938. Her father, Art Ames, came to Crescent City from Salinas at the encouragement of a refrigeration equipment supply company in San Francisco.

From the pages of the Crescent City American, November 1928.

That Del Norte County is to have an egg-taking station and fish hatchery is an assured thing, as far as the Fish and Game Commission is concerned, according to a letter addressed to J.L. Musick of this City, from J.C. Lewis, District Superintendent of the Fish and Game Commission.

The only thing that now remains to be done is to secure a lease on an acceptable site and provide a road to it. This all rests with the citizens of Del Norte. 

Talk about making the most of a difficult situation.

In a time of limited financial resources, there was no way for the Triplicate to send a reporter to San Francisco for the two-week State Bar trial of Del Norte County District Attorney Jon Alexander. Travel, meals, big-city lodging — not in these tightly budgeted times. Even the many character witnesses who made the trip at their own expense to support the DA stayed maybe a day or two.

To make matters worse, the Associated Press attended only the opening day of the trial, leaving the rest of the coverage to the legal industry media – which did produce some interesting tweets, only some of which amounted to cosmopolitan scoffing at the vagaries of that small town way up just this side of Oregon.

Gitlin's conservative views the reason I support him

I am writing this letter to express my support for the candidacy of Roger Gitlin for the 1st District of the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors. I have known Roger for a number of years and will speak of his positive attributes that he will apply to this important position, rather than the name-calling and labeling that I have surprisingly been observing lately in letters to the Editor.  Please note that the vast number of letters that oppose Roger spend a lot of effort denigrating him and very little space speaking of positive qualities of his opponent, except to note that she has been a long-time resident of this County.

I have long been aware of Roger’s opinion pieces that have appeared in various blog sites and basically agree with most of his conservative views on the offensive expansion of government upon our personal lives. I support his position on personal responsibility, freedom of choice, opportunity and beliefs. Calling him names for positions he takes is a common tactic used by people unable to defend policies and actions or lack thereof by those they chose to support for political office.

What an opportunity for California and especially Crescent City voters to have more of a hand in their own health.

First there will be Proposition 37 for state-wide voters to simply require labeling of GMO products. It does seem like a natural right to have knowledge of what ingredients are contained in food we consume.

The other opportunity presents to  Crescent City  residents under Measure A, the  mandate for  the supplier of the  hydrofluorosilicic acid to present a “clean bill of health” for the substance, which is  infused into the  municipal water  supply. No submission of the health voucher, no adding it to the water. Perfectly reasonable if it is non-hazardous.

We tend to take for granted that when we turn on the tap our water is clean and safe. But is it?

Neither the FDA nor the EPA certifies water additives. Instead, the agency put in place to do the job, the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF), is a private entity, not a government agency, and it has admitted that it doesn’t do its job when it comes to our fluoridation product, hydrofluosilicic acid (HFSA).

Measure A is on the ballot this election season to do the job the NSF refuses to do: assure that the product we use for fluoridation is safe for every person who turns on the tap. For any other water additive there are certain requirements in order to be certified under ANSI/NSF Standard 60 General Requirement 3.2.1, a standard all water additives must conform to before it is legal to add them to a public water supply.

They’re at it again.

This year’s Measure A is one more ill-conceived attempt by the same folks to ban fluoride in Crescent City. Two years ago, you rejected scare tactics and junk science that falsely attributes almost every known disease to fluoridated water. Reject those tactics again. Vote “No” on Measure A.

This season’s Measure A is a transparent attempt to be clever. Under the guise of requiring commercial companies to provide information, it seeks yet again to ban fluoride.

The proponents know that no commercial company is going to comply with the initiative’s requirement to submit “a written claim for safety for all water consumers of their fluoridation product.”

McNamer will honor the
non-partisan nature of office

Why is it the Republicans are making such a stink about Leslie McNamer associating with all parties, Republican, Democrats, decline-to-state, etc.?

This is a non-partisan position and she does work with all parties, not just her affiliation party.

We don’t need someone in the position of supervisor that will not give equal importance to constituents that are not of his party.

Question about Alexander bar trial

I saw the Oct. 23 article, “DA on stand in SF,” and Jon Alexander’s testimony.

How did Michelle Taylor “barge” in when the DA’s Office is a locked and secured office?

Why, if he had her attorney’s permission to speak to her, did he have to ask if she had an attorney?

Michael Riese, Crescent City 

Editor’s note: Michael Riese is a former Del Norte County district attorney.

Don’t drop anchor when other fishermen are present on rivers

Courtesy Wild Rivers Fishing Jeff and Brandon Chambers of Sacramento hold up a pair of king salmon caught Thursday on the Smith River while fishing with guide Andy Martin of Wild Rivers Fishing. The salmon were caught on MagLip plugs with a sardine wrap. They drifted from the Outhouse to the county ramp on Fred Haight Drive.

Even though it’s late in the Klamath River season, the bite continues with monster-sized salmon reported to be entering the system.

There’s still five more days left for catching groundfish on the ocean (Del Norte’s season closes Wednesday), but the forecast doesn’t look calm enough to take advantage — but it’s your call.