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WEDNESDAY October 9, 2019
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By David Hayes Staff Writer
he organizers of last weekendâs 28th-annual âSea Cruise,â featuring hundreds of classic roadsters from across the region, couldnât have asked for better weather or a better event. Cindy Vosburg, the Crescent City and Del Norte County Chamber of Commerce executive director, was effusive. âIt was awesome,â said Vosburg.
âThe perfect weather helped so much. In my memory, it was the best in 12 years, the best for Show & Shine, the best First Friday, the best Sea Cruise and Brews,â she said. âYou saw a lot of people enjoying hot rods, with a lot of owners making and renewing acquaintances, making a lot of car clubs happy.â Vosburg said the main-event car show on Saturday featured 248 entries spread out over Beachfront Park, coming up a little shy of the 300 entries the chamber had hoped for.
Jason Bartholomew, president of the Northern Knights Car Club - co-sponsor of âSea Cruiseâ - said the turnout by comparison was up from last year âs rainout, although down from 2017âs 333 registrations. âDoing research, that correlates with rainouts,â said Bartholomew. âThe following year âs attendance is generally down. âOne thing that was brought to my attention - I hadnât thought of it - gas is at a five-year high. We had a lot not make the trip from Redding, where
Sudden oak disease detected in Jedediah Smith State Park By Jeremy C. Ruark Staff Writer
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alifornia officials have confirmed that the pathogen that causes sudden oak death (SOD) has been detected in Del Norte County. The pathogen is a water mold that can kill oaks and tanoaks, threaten wildlife habitat and cause fire risk. It was introduced to California on nursery stock from an unknown location in 1995, according to a sudden oak death economic impact study in February. The tree disease also has been found in Monterey, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano, Napa, Marin, Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties.
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The Triplicate: Where in Del Norte County has SOD been found, and when and what damage has the disease done at this point?
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A tanoak tree, with its bark removed to show the deadly canker caused by Phytophthora ramorum. Courtesy photo.
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First dredging for harbor since the tsunami of 2011
The following is a conversation about sudden oak death and its impact with Chris Lee, a forest health specialist with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Chris Lee: The pathogen that causes sudden oak death (Phytophthora ramorum) was detected from samples taken in July in Jedediah Smith State Park, about five miles east of Crescent City. So far, we have detected it on two small living tanoak trees. Additionally, two tanoak trees near the ones that tested positive have died. One
itâs $4.20 to $4.40 a gallon. âSo, weâre not disappointed at all with the turnout. Weâre pleased with it.â Vosburg said the car show featured entries from 26 different clubs, with 16 members of the Curry County Cruisers winning the participation award. She said the long-distance honor went to a couple who drove 830 miles
or the first time since 2011, Crescent City Harbor will be dredged to provide ships a safe passage. As ocean waves roll in to the harbor, silt follows - eventually beginning to fill the mouth of the harbor and making passage difficult. If the silt rises too high, boats can run aground and must avoid the harbor, said deputy harbormaster Lane Tavasci. The United States Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing and
paying for Crescent Cityâs dredging project. The corps controls the maintenance for federal channels. The dredging project began earlier this week and is expected to be completed by Oct. 15. Ideally, officials said, dredging the harbor should occur every two years. But Tavasci said thatâs a costly endeavor requiring numerous permits. The process involves hiring a dredging company - this year, thatâs Curtin Maritime of Richmond, CaliforMore Dredging on Page A2
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