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No one seriously injured in plane crash Mechanical issue forces men to crash land near Fort Dick By David Rupkalvis The Triplicate
Two men escaped with minor injuries when a small Cessna airplane crashed Sunday in a field in Fort Dick. According to information released by the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office, Field Morey was piloting a Cessna 182 aircraft with co-pilot Seth Hoffstetter. The plane left Medford, Oregon and had mechanical issues, which forced the duo to crash land the plane in a marshy area near the end of Buzzini Road. While the plane flipped on landing and landed on its top, the two men were able to escape with minor injuries. The men called 9-1-1 to report the accident, saying they were safe but were stuck in the marsh. Responding sheriff’s deputies were able to bring the men to safety. After escaping from the marsh, the men were also able to meet the 911 dispatcher, who they said was extremely helpful.
Courtesy of Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office
A Cessna 182 airplane was seriously damaged when a mechanical issue forced its pilots to crash land in a marshy field near Fort Dick. The two men escaped with minor injuries.
Front Street improvements just the start Police
search for suspect in shooting By David Rupkalvis The Triplicate
Photo by Zack Demars
The Northern Knights Car Club helped the city of Crescent City reopen Front Street with a brief parade Jan. 26.
City hopes improved road is just the beginning of things to come ZACK DEMARS The Triplicate
It was a ribbon cutting only a pandemic and a winter storm could bring. Speeches? Only through an online livestream.
The ribbon? A piece of caution tape, stretched between two road signs. The fancy scissors used to cut it? The front of the fire chief’s truck. Crescent City officials and residents gathered in their cars, trucks and city vehicles Jan. 26 to cele-
brate the reopening of Front Street after months of construction on its southwest end. Heavy rains and high winds didn’t dampen the jovial mood of the event, which turned into a brief parade as cars lined up to drive down the street. For City Manager
Eric Weir, the weather only sweetened the event. “It says a lot about our community, too,” Weir said in an interview afterwards. “It made it all the more special to do it in what we call a ‘Del Norter.’”
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Crescent City police are looking for a man who fired up to five shots from a shotgun into a vehicle in the 700 block of C Street shortly early Monday morning. At 12:35 a.m., police received a 911 call from a woman who said she heard multiple gunshots outside her home on C Street. When officers arrived, they located a vehicle that appeared to have been shot multiple times in the engine compartment. Officers also found several empty shotgun shells on the ground. Police Chief Richard Griffin said officers believe a man fired five shots using a 12-guage shotgun into the engine of the vehicle. A witness in the area reported seeing a man getting into a white four-door vehicle shortly after hear-
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Using music to bring people together in a pandemic By David Rupkalvis The Triplicate
In a time of a global pandemic where it feels like people are always fighting, Tricia Bartlett-Iverson has a suggestion – turn to music. The founder and executive director of Harmony and Me Music, Bartlett-Iverson has seen firsthand the power of music to bring people and cultures together. “Music is the most powerful tool,” she said. “It does so much for therapeutic purposes alone. There are very few people in the world who can’t engage with music.” Bartlett-Iverson knows how music can impact people, and she hopes to bring that impact to more and more people. Her nonprofit Harmony and Me is based in Brookings, but she hopes to bring it and the power of music to Crescent City and many others places soon. By any description, Bartlett-Iverson had a difficult childhood, spending most of her youth in foster homes. Music gave her a sense of direction then, and her vision of using music to bring people together first started as a 5-year-old. “It was an experience I had in the community I was in, and I
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didn’t like it,” she said. “There were all these differences, and no one was coming together. So, I started dreaming of a way to bring us together. We’re all suck here, we might as well get along.” In 2009, while living in the San Francisco area, Bartlett-Iverson launched Harmony and Me as a way to teach young children music and provide comfort and entertainment to the elderly. She taught music to pre-schoolers at Mission San Jose and would bring the youngsters to assisted living facilities where they would sing for the patients. The result was inspiring for both age groups. When she moved to Brookings, Bartlett-Iverson brought her idea with her and relaunched Harmony and Me. While the pandemic has changed things, it has not stopped her dream. “Right now, we do Zoom classes,” Bartlett-Iverson said. “It’s OK. We might do outside classes. I’m doing babies up to 10 years old.” With assisted living facilities locked down due to COVID, the singers have not been able to perform in person, but Bartlett-Iverson has again turned to technology to reach out to the seniors. Please see MUSIC, Page A2
Photo by David Rupkalvis
Tricia Bartlett-Iverson has experienced the power of music, and she hopes to use to bring people together as part of her nonprofit, Harmony and Me.
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