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FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2022
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OSU, Yurok Tribe envisioning river after dam removal BY STEVE LUNDEBERG Guest Article
Oregon State University researchers will embark in July on a 3½-year partnership with the Yurok Tribe to study what the connections between river quality, water use and the aquatic food web will look like after four Klamath River dams are dismantled. “We want to fill in gaps in the Western science as well as gaps in how we make equitable decisions based on both ecological science and Indigenous knowledge,” said OSU’s Desiree Tullos, professor of water resource engineering and the project’s leader. “Our partnership with the Yurok Tribe aims to bring together multiple and complementary ways of understanding and making decisions about the Klamath system.” The joint project with the
Yurok Tribe is the first attempt to represent tribal knowledge in decision processes in the Klamath Basin, she said. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission along with the utility PacifiCorp and the states of California and Oregon are poised to sign off on the removal of the lower four dams on the Klamath River: the J.C. Boyle Dam in Oregon and the Copco 1, Copco 2 and Iron Gate dams in California. The decommissioning effort, among whose goals are improving water quality and fish habitat, includes restoration of 8,000 acres currently inundated by the hydroelectric dams, which were built between 1918 and 1962 and provide power through PacifiCorp. Dam removal work is likely to begin in a year. In addition to the Yurok Tribe, Please see DAM Page A2
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A long angler tries his luck fishing along the Klamath River. Oregon State University and the Yurok Tribe are working together to envision the river after the dam is removed.
Celebrating freedom throughout Del Norte County
There’s more to a July 4 celebration than explosions and fireworks. Musical entertainment was provided along the Third Street “First Friday” event in Crescent City, with various bands along the two-block event. While some artists were making music on Third Street, a family went to the beach and made their own art in a sand castle. See more pictures of the weekend events on Page A10.
Photos by Daniel J. Schmidt
Nick Rail, along with his wife Lisa, were Grand Marshalls at the 4th of July parade. As president and chairman of the Del Norte Center for the Performing Arts, Mr. Rail is helping to turn a dream into reality. His vision: to build a 1,200-seat auditorium for music, dance, theater arts and career education for local students, regional artists and visiting performers. The facility can also be used for civic programs and public gatherings.
Local brothers turn hot idea into coffee empire BY DANIEL GOUDELOCK The Triplicate
It has been 30 years since dairy farmers Dane and Travis Boersma started slinging coffee from their pop-up stand along the highway in Grants Pass, Oregon. Since the early 1990s, Dutch Bros Coffee has grown to more than 500 outlets in 14 states. Dutch Bros continues to make a splash in small and big communities while growing its next generation of workers and leaders. In 2004, Grants Pass native Tony Jantzer started working at a Dutch Bros in Woodland California. “Growing up and seeing what Travis and Dane did in the drive-thru coffee business was amazing, especially since a lot of people were skeptical of it because it was such a new concept,” Jantzer said. Jantzer knew once he started working there that becoming a franchise owner for Dutch Bros
is what he wanted to do. After a few years of working to get the feeling right, Jantzer began working towards breaking ground on a site to open his own Dutch Bros in California. “I used to ride my bike up to the original drive through. Dane and Travis Boersma “would be jamming out coffees as well as the tunes.” Jantzer remembers that the brothers had a 100-disc changer system, a big deal in that time “That was a lot of CDs.” It wasn’t long before Jantzer received a call from the corporate office to check out the Brookings Oregon, franchise. Jantzer and his girlfriend Natasha worked to get the feel for the shops and the area. “It seemed like it happened pretty quick,” Jantzer said. In June 2009, at the age of 26, Jantzer assumed the official position of franchisee for the Harbor, Brookings and Crescent CityloPlease see COFFEE, Page A2
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A coffee customer is delighted to get her cup of Joe to Go from a Dutch Bros barista.
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