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By David Hayes Staff Writer
he family’s search continues this week for a missing Crescent City man after a promising lead in Arizona proved to be a false alarm. Kendal Smith returned Thursday night from Benson, Arizona, where several people had reported spotting his father-inlaw, Norbert Anthony (Tony) Dantzman. Dantzman disappeared Aug. 30 from a motel room in Winter, Wisconsin. Smith said a possible sighting of Dantzman 1,700 miles away actually had made sense. “For 15 years, he and his (now deceased) wife spent two to three months a year in Arizona vacationing,” Smith told The Triplicate. “He could easily have had a flashback of wanting to go to Arizona. Everybody knows to get out of Wisconsin in the winter.” Dantzman, who suffers from dementia, was visiting rural Wisconsin with his daughter, Cindy Smith, and her husband, Kendal, for a family centennial reunion when he walked away from his motel room and disappeared. Search and rescue canines lost his scent along County Highway W. The family suspects someone may have given him a ride, since no body has been found following extensive searches.
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BIGGEST WAVE EVER surfing legend greg noll recalls
on its 50th ANNIVERSARY By David Hayes Staff Writer
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n Dec. 4, 1969, three storm systems converged on Oahu, Hawaii to create once-in-a-lifetime breaks for big-wave surfers of that era. But those conditions seemingly proved too hazardous, even for the most adventurous at Waimea Bay. However, around the peak of the North Shore was Makaha Beach, where an undeterred Greg Noll rode into surfing folklore, braving what many eyewitnesses swear was - still is - the largest wave ever attempted un-towed, one 35 to 40 feet high. “I didn’t know this was the 50th anniversary of Makaha,” Noll said, between bites of his salad at Crescent City’s Los Compadre’s restaurant. “Wow, 50 damn years. I knew I was gettin’ old, but...” Noll was sitting with his wife, Laura, as he recalled his legendary days as a big-wave surfer. Ironically, Noll said, even in an era when on any given day there would be 100 photographers for every surfer to record their exploits, no photos exist of his Makaha run. “I was in charge of the camera, but I didn’t do very well. I was kind of short,” Laura Noll acknowledged. “It was so far out, and so much haze and (stuff) on the water, they couldn’t get a picture,” Greg Noll said. “I think everybody was pretty much spellbound by the size of the surf that day. They weren’t even thinking of pictures. “We had some of the best surfers in the world, and it just blew everybody’s socks off, the size of the waves that day.” Noll was quoted saying at the time that he had been waiting for just the right wave, “If I don’t do this, I’ll be 80 years old, banging my cane around, still pissed off that I’d gone chicken on the one day I’d worked for my whole life. So, I really didn’t have a
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Surfrider Foundation Cronulla in Cronulla, Australia celebrated the 60th anniversary of Greg Noll bringing the first Malibu board to Australia in 1956. The group posted a classic photo of Noll, in his signature black-and-white swim shorts, riding a big wave in style. Courtesy photo.
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Police eye possible suspect in two downtown Elks Lodge break-ins T
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he Crescent City Police Department is eyeing a single suspect in two recent break-ins at the downtown Elks Lodge, 359 H St. Nothing was taken in the first break-in, Oct. 22. Five days later, someone broke through the lodge’s front glass door and stole an undisclosed amount of cash from the bar area. Crescent City Police Chief Richard Griffin said that although there was no exterior surveillance, some surveillance is available from the building’s interior that points to a single suspect. “We do have a suspect in mind, but I can’t say any more than that, or it
might tip them off,” Griffin said. The Triplicate’s former office, at 340 H St., was also broken into on Sept.16. The company’s losses totaled nearly $20,000, including several office computers. At the time, Acting Chief of Police Sgt. Edward Wilson said The Triplicate was one of five businesses that had been burglarized since Aug.6, according to Crescent City police records. He said that during that timeframe, there had been seven incidents of shoplifting, two vehicle burglaries, and two residential and five commercial burglaries. Wilson said anecdotally that the number of break-ins seemed on par with property crime this time of year.
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“We see an increase in petty theft from cars during the summer at the hotels and motels, while the residential break-ins tend to be steady,” he said. Despite the latest break-ins on H Street, Griffin said he saw no reason to dispute Wilson’s assumptions without fully digging through the reports over the past year to discover possible trends. “Break-ins are still on average with what we normally deal with,” Griffin said. He added that anyone can submit a tip about the Elks Lodge burglaries anonymously by calling the police department at 707-464-2133, or emailing ccpd@crescentcity.org.
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fire Thursday evening at the Addie Meedom House prompted the evacuation of its 37 occupants. Crescent City Fire & Rescue was dispatched at 6:09 p.m. to the structure at 1445 Parkway Dr. in Crescent City, which is an assisted-living and memory-care facility. The Pelican Bay State Prison Fire Department responded as well. Fire units arrived to find the facility’s staff removing residents to the front porch of the building.
Fire personnel entered the building to locate the fire as the staff continued the evacuation. Three occupants and one staff member were transported by Del Norte Ambulance to Sutter Coast Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation. The fire was located in a unit to the rear of the facility, with smoke in the hallway. Firefighters opened a room door to find smoke within two feet of the floor, along with a smoldering pillow. Staff members had used a fire extinguisher to control the fire, but the More Fire on Page A3
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