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New shop Port O’ Pints is expanding to the Harbor, will open second restaurant.

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SERVING DEL NORTE COUNTY SINCE 1879 Crescent City, CA

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2023

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Tragedy narrowly averted on the jetty BY ROGER GITLIN The Triplicate

Smith River resident Christina Clark was observing the spectacular King tides last Saturday when she watched in disbelief as a young man and his mother were swept off the Crescent City Jetty. Christina’s camera caught the exact moment 13-year-old T.J. and his mother, Shalice Nielson, of Utah hit the rocks on the Harbor side of the jetty and the expedient rescue by family friend and paramedic Trevor Mortenson on Saturday mid-morning after Thanksgiving. Army of the jetty, the Corps of Engineers signage warns of the dangers posed to those who slip between the locked gates atop the jetty but does not discourage trespassing. In the last two decades, three people have perished after being swept off the jetty. Another 15 have been rescued by Del Norte Search and Rescue since 2001. Shalice suffered a broken wrist and back injuries. T.J suffered facial trauma and a lacerated spleen. Both were treated at Sutter Coast Hospital (SCH) and expected to make full recoveries.

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Trevor Mortenson, right, helps pull 13-year-old TJ Nielson off the rocks after he was washed off the Crescent City Jetty during the King Tide event.

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Lack of data driving fish ban

BY ROGER GITLIN The Triplicate

Local fisherman presented the ocean fish ban dilemma to the Board of Supervisors last week. The fishermen reported lack of any quillback data continues to discourage the Pacific Fishery Management Council regulators to lift the ban; however, there is

hope on the ocean horizon new data will be learned by late December into January 2024. Supervisor Chris Howard kicked off the discussion on the ocean fishing ban and shared with his colleagues why the Department of Fish and Wildlife restricted the balance of ocean fishing in the state pending updated data. DWFD issued the

ban on quillback in late August. Howard and vessel owner Steve Huber attended the recent Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in November in a plea for reconsideration. The PFMC advises the DFWD on enforcement and fish ban restrictions. PFMC commissioners were Please see BAN, Page 4

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Frustrated fisherman Doug Cairns addresses the board of supervisors.

Fishermen upset with non-stop crime wave wanton vandalism. Cairns lamented, “Supervisors, our town is a welfare state. These tweekers are hurting us.” Cairns and his group have called Sheriff Garrett Scott and complained, but no arrests have been made, no charges brought, no court action filed and no relief provided during this apparent crime wave. The short handed DNSD is attempting to do what it can with a critically short-staffed department. Fifth District Supervisor Dean Wilson, whose district in which these crimes have been committed, absorbed the brunt of the fishermen’s wrath. Former Sheriff Wilson shared the fishermen’s frustration and asked for patience as code enforcement,

BY ROGER GITLIN The Triplicate

During Public Comments at the last Board of Supervisors meeting, supervisors heard the seething anger over a spate of criminal break-ins upon several fishermen who own equipment sheds off Elk Valley Road. Fisherman Doug Cairns addressed supervisors, saying his shed has been broken into at least four times over the last several weeks reportedly by occupants of the homeless encampments and a growing criminal element who operate with apparent impunity and no consequences behind South Bend Avenue, north of Elk Valley Road. Several other shed owners shared their horror stories of chronic break-ins, stolen equipment and supplies and

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Thanksgiving at the Fairgrounds feeds hundreds

BY ROGER GITLIN The Triplicate

Foursquare Lead Pastor Roger Bodenstab and volunteers served 1,200 full turkey and all the trimmings dinners at the Del Norte County Fairgrounds last week. Pastor Bodenstab heaped

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praise and gratitude to all the volunteers coordinated by Rena Short and Maria Guy and to the Del Norte Unified School District volunteers for the use of its kitchen facilities at Crescent Elk in preparing the meals. No food went to waste. Staff prepared meals to go and deliv-

ered to individuals throughout Crescent City. Foursquare announced funding to feed those in need fell about $2,000 short and sought donations to eliminate the deficit. Contributions are greatly appreciated at www.ccfoursquarechurch.org/thanksgiving

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Foursquare Lead Pastor Roger Bodenstab and a team of volunteers fed 1,200 people on Thanksgiving.

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