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FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2023
Crescent City, CA
Short selected as chair of board of supervisors Schellong chosen to return to city council BY ROGER GITLIN For The Triplicate
The Board of Supervisors this past Tuesday, in its first meeting of the year, selected 1st District Supervisor Darrin Short to be its chairman for 2023. Following the appointment, 2nd District Supervisor Valerie Starkey was selected by her colleagues to be vice-chair. Both votes were unanimous. Later that evening, former City Councilor Kelly Schellong was selected from the field of three applicants, including City Planning Commissioner Ray Wolp and Steve Shamblin, to fill the vacant city councilor position previously held by Beau Smith. Smith resigned in December to apply for one of the three open Captain positions at Crescent Fire. Schellong, sales manager at Bi-Coastal media also served as chairwoman of the Oversite Measure S Committee. She was sworn in at the Photo by Roger Gitlin/For The Triplicate city council meeting January 17 to fill the balance of the Smith’s term, which Former Crescent City Councilor Kelly Schellong will be heading back to the council after she was appointed to the seat vacated by Beau Smith. Pictured are, from left, Councilor Jason Greenough, Schellong, Mayor Isaiah Wright and Councilors Blake Inscore and Ray Altman. expires the end of November 2024.
Storms continue to bring damage to region Council
discusses jetty safety with Army Corps BY ROGER GITLIN For The Triplicate
Photos by Mike Cuthbertson
A series of strong winter storms that brought high winds and heavy rain to Northern California and Southern Oregon have continued to impact local areas. At the Hiouchi Visitors Center, above, the wind knocked down a tree that blocked the parking lot and narrowly missed damaging the building. Nearby, on Highway 199, below, another tree was blown down, blocking the road while emergency crews removed it.
Crescent City invited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers via Zoom to its Tuesday meeting at the Flynn Center to discuss jetty security. The Corps owns and manages the jetty. Neither the city nor the county has any law enforcement oversight on the Corps property. USACE’s Chief of Construction Jerry Harper addressed councilors from his USACE office in San Francisco concerning long-standing suspect public safety and signage issues at the Crescent City Jetty. City outreach follows yet another close call when a couple Please see JETTY, Page A2
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Water rushes over the Crescent City Jetty during a recent high tide. Over the years, three people have died and many more have been injured while walking on the jetty.
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