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SERVING DEL NORTE COUNTY SINCE 1879 Crescent City, CA

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2025

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Three Del Norte wrestlers qualify for state championships

BY RAY HAMILL

For The Triplicate

It was a season to remember for Del Norte wrestling, and it was so for several reasons. The local high school boys team won a seventh straight league title at Arcata High on Feb 15, one week after they took home a second straight North Coast Section Dual Championship. And they were just getting started. One week after winning the league championship, they traveled south to James Logan High School in Union City and took home two of the 14 individual NCS titles, while placing third as a team out of 105 section schools and advancing three grapplers to the California state championships in Bakersﬁeld. The talented trio — seniors Curtis Bartley and Colton Schaad and sophomore Remington Escobedo — would all win at least one match in Bakersﬁeld, with Schaad going further in tournament action than any other Del Norte wrestler has since 2010. Please see WRESTLERS, Page 3

Harbor Agreement with Elks

to Operate RV Park on Shaky Ground BY ROGER GITLIN Country Media, Inc.

After months of long negotiations, the Harbor approved an agreement to allow the Elks to operate the long vacant Redwood RV Park. Apparently, the Agreement is on an unstable foundation and may be breaking apart over the charge of nightly RV access. The Harbor says it needs the market rate of $55 per night. Its nightly rate cannot exceed $25 per night. The Elks patrons receive a 20 percent discount for all RV guests. In other developing news, the Harbor dredging plan could save over $1 million. For decades, dredge sediments have been treated like garbage - hauled offshore and dumped to the deep ocean, out of sight, out of mind. Now the Harbor is looking into a pilot study that embraces sediment as a natural asset rather than a disposal problem. The study will strive to reveal the valuable asset is put to work on strengthening the littoral zone. By shifting time near shore disposal at Whaler Island, the Harbor may save over a $1 million in transportation costs alone.

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The Harbor

Truancy Remains a Big Problem but There’s Hope According to Superintendent Harris and a average of 21.7 percent of 3267 are absent at any given time; that’s about 709 kids in K-12. Many are considered chronically absent (three consecutive days). The numbers are slowly enbbing down since the height of Covid. The loss is two fold: the District has lost $6.2million over the period of 2019 to 2024. The other loss comes from kids not experiencing the social aspects of attending school and socializing with fellow students, adult authorities and programs. Chief Probation Ofﬁce

BY ROGER GITLIN Country Media, Inc.

School truancy remains a big problem in Del Norte… but there’s hope on the horizon. The Triplicate met with School’s Chief Jeff Harris and Chief Probtion Chief Lonnie Reyman who’ve partnered to address this chronic problem of kids not attending school.

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Phone Number: 707-460-6727

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declares truancy has been a big for years. Reyman started his truancy prevention program back in 2018. “When kids do not go to school, they forfeit the lack of engagement, in numerous other schools activities, sports, music, after school activities and clubs.

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Plus, kids who don’t go to school are more apt to commit crimes. The DNUSD now 100 percent funds a full-time position to make home visits, meet with

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Del Norte Probation

school principals. The emphasis on working with parents on K-5 and grades 5-8 is underscored. State Law requires attending of Certiﬁed K-12 for ages 6-18.

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