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Surfing community mourns Noll’s death Knox Keranen The Triplicate
The surfing community is mourning after the passing of 84-year-old Greg Noll, a pioneer in big-wave surfing, who died of natural causes on June 28. If you’ve ever watched the 1966 classic surfing film, “The Endless Summer” you’ve seen a brief glimpse of him streaking across a giant wave off the coast of Oahu. Noll was given the nickname “Da Bull” both for his bullish appearance, and the way he charged down a wave. Noll grew up in Manhattan Beach, and began surfing at the age of 11. By 15, he was shaping
his own boards out of Balsa wood in his parent’s garage, and later, at the infamous surfboard shaper Dale Velzy’s shop. Committing himself to the sport, Noll decided to complete his last year of high school in Hawaii to chase bigger waves. And, the waves Noll was chasing kept getting bigger and bigger. In 1957, he became one of the first to surf Waimea Bay in Oahu, which is now known for some of the biggest wave surfing in the world. Noll described his experience of paddling out for the first time at the North Shore Pipeline — another big wave spot in Oahu — in a recent interview with Surfline.
“The thing was just glistening like diamonds off the face of this wave, just a big beautiful, grinding thing...You look back man, and I wouldn’t trade any of it,” he said. Later in his career, Noll began to focus more on creating surfboards, and launched his own line of handcrafted boards. His surfboard company, Noll Surfboards, is still around today and is run by his son Jed in San Clemente. Noll was also one of the first surf film filmmakers, along with fellow surfer Bud Brown. “I was so stoked on surfing that I just wanted to make a Please see NOLL, Page A3
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photo 1: Known for his “jail house” black and white trunks, Greg Noll was one of the pioneers in American surfing. He died last month of natural causes, according to a social media post from his son Jed Noll.
Merkley introduces bill to address lack of affordable housing By DAVID RUPKALVIS The Triplicate
Photos By Knox Keranen
Rachel Justice and Jesse Finkenkeller are expanding services at Our Daily Bread Ministry at 1135 Harrold Street in Crescent City.
Our Daily Bread working to open shelter Knox Keranen The Triplicate
Throughout the pandemic, Our Daily Bread Ministries never quit feeding people in need. “We will serve anybody dinner, anytime. They don’t have to bring any identification, it’s just a matter of if you’re hungry, we will serve you,” said Rachel
Justice, the new director of Our Daily Bread. A faith-based feeding program, Our Daily Bread, has been serving hot meals, five-days a week since they opened in 2006 — although meals were switched to take out due to COVID-19. Now, the ministry is looking to expand its services through a partnership with the nonprofit
Del Norte Mission Possible, which focuses on providing services to homeless individuals. The partnership is essentially a building-share program between the two organizations. Currently, Our Daily Bread is working to renovate their building at 1135 Harrold Street. Once completed, those renovations will allow for a more than 25-bed shelter at the
ministry, which will be operated by Mission Possible. Food and addiction recovery services will continue to be run through Our Daily Bread. Justice said the shelter — which will become the only true shelter in the county — will not only provide a roof over the Please see DAILY BREAD, Page A3
Celebrating Independence Day
Photos Contributed by the Del Norte Chamber of Commerce
After COVID-19 forced Crescent City’s annual Independence Day celebration to stop a year, the city went all out over the weekend. During the Fourth of July Parade, community organizations, businesses and members marched and drove down Front Street to celebrate America’s birthday. Mayor Jason Greenough and Police Chief Richard Griffin joined the festivities. The grand marshals were the men and women who led the COVID-19 response over the last year. The Del Norte High School Class of 1970 came back together and placed second in the parade.
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A “devastating lack of affordable housing” is something that can no longer be ignored, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said Tuesday as he announced he was unveiling the Affordable Home Act in the Senate. Merkley said housing is something he hears about constantly and is something that must be addressed now. “Every single town hall I hold, every single meet and greet with elected officials, housing comes up,” Merkley said. “It’s a challenge in rural areas, suburban areas, everywhere. Every Oregonian, every American, should be able to afford a decent home in a decent community.” Merkley said housing is something that every person needs, adding a stable home is a goal for every American. “Housing is so much more than a building or a bed,” Merkley said. “Stable, affordable housing is a foundation for thriving families and thriving communities. Study after study has shown that children who grow up in a stable home do better in school and do better in the rest of their lives. When families have a stable home, children start to blossom.” Merkley said being able to rent a home is difficult throughout Oregon but added home ownership is even a greater challenge. With fewer people owning homes, it creates a trickle-down impact that hurts individuals, families and communities. “The greatest and most powerful factor in building middle-class wealth is home ownership,” he said. “Right now, what we’re seeing is homes are out of reach in terms of their prices and so many of our youth come out college holding so much debt.” Merkley said the Affordable Home Act will address many of the problems, including a history of racial discrimination in federal housing policies. Merkley’s bill would invest $560 billion over 10 years to build more housing, which would hopefully drive prices down. “The goal is to have everyone be able to access homes they can afford,” Merkley said. “Everybody deserves a decent, affordable home. This is, in the president’s words, about building back better.” Merkley said the bill would have five priorities, which are: 1 – Address the legacy of Please see HOUSING, Page A9
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