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SATURDAY August 10, 2019

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Elk cut short Blueberry Hill’s crop By David Hayes Staff Writer

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armers Rick and Jessie Shepherd said they’ve long had a tenuous relationship between their commercial blueberry crop and the area’s elk herds.

But after this past week, the score at Blueberry Hill Farm is pretty much Elk = 1, Blueberries = 0. “We usually get into the late part of the season before we’re out (of blueberries),” said Jessie Shepherd. “It doesn’t usually

happen this early. They’ve completely wiped us out.” A sign taped to their production facility at 3290 Kings Valley Rd. in Crescent City, as well as a message on their phone line, informs their customers that this year’s stock of

blueberries has been devastated. Shepherd said she’s trying to salvage as much as she can by offering 5-pound frozen bags for as long as they last. Rick Shepherd said the blueberry bushes on their 5-acre farm usually bloom

in the spring and ripen beginning in July. The fresh supply then can last a week or two into September. “The last couple of years, however, we can’t get through August,” he said by phone from the deck of a salmon trawler

off the coast of Brookings, where he’s also a commercial fisherman. In past seasons, the Shepherds have been able to harvest more than More Berries on Page A2

Jrue Hoang, Cara Chang and Matt Shapiro work to shoot a scene from “Lion Dance.” Photos courtesy of Circle B Productions.

‘Flight of the Heron’ Local filmmakers slated for Sacramento festival

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By Cody Mann Staff Writer

trio of artists with Crescent City backgrounds have made a short film highlighting the U.S. anti-Asian immigration policy of the late 1800s. That film now is in the post-production process and scheduled to debut at a Sacramento film festival this fall. Cable public access TV station Access Sacramento selected “Flight of the Heron” as one of More Film on Page A4

Route 197 construction closure now at midpoint By David Hayes Staff Writer

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he closure of California State Route 197 north of Crescent City for work on roadway culverts has reached its midpoint. Motorists will need to continue to use State Route 199, a short distance to the south, through Aug. 15, said state transportation officials. Highways 197 and 199 are the primary routes between Grants Pass and U.S. Highway 101, ultimately leading to Crescent City and Brookings. Myles Cochrane, the

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California Transportation public information officer for Humboldt and Del

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the Highway 101 junction for the repairs to drainage systems.

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He said the project was the more cost-effect measure of two choices.

“The other option we looked at, of allowing one-way traffic control on Route 197, would have cost $2.1 million and taken 12 weeks,” he said. “A full closure of Route 197 only had a duration of three weeks and a cost of about $613,000.” Cochrane said local residents have been able to access their driveways from each endpoint of Route 197. “We like to do culvert work during the summer months,” he said. “A, it’s quicker and more efficient; and B, it prepares the ditches for winter storms.”

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