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Baby B Taken Off Ventilator BY ROGER GITLIN Country Media, Inc.

The news is encouraging for three year old William Lupan. The toddler was critically injured by exploding illegal ﬁreworks July 4th on South Beach and has been moved out of pedriatic intensive care to his new room, according to the Lupan family. The Family reports Intensive Care doctors at Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland have removed Baby B off the ventilator and the toddler is breathing on his own. Billy has been very emotional as doctors ween him off all the drugs. Billy remains very weak, he can’t lift his arms very much or sit up alone. The family is cautiously optimistic, ﬁngers crossed,

as Billy continues to improve. When the Lupans asked him to eek out a smile, he gave it his best try. Community response has been awesome. The GoFundMe page has been discontinued. The Lupan family shares its profound appreciation for community support. The Board of Supervisors has assigned Darrin Short and Valerie Starkey to its Ad Hoc Committee. Both will meet with City Councilors Mayor Blake Inscore and Kelly Schellong and Harbor Commissioners Harry Adams and Gerhard Weber in sitting down with Cal Fire ofﬁcials who oversee enforcement of all ﬁreworks laws. Illegal Please see GOOD NEWS Page 4

Barn in the USA, Del Norte County Fair Has Arrived Day, 60+ admitted Free, the Andy Larson Memorial Car Show runs from 10am-3pm. Abby Anderson and Jackson Michelson will entertain at 6pm. Sponsors include, Bayside Realty, Barron’s Home Furnishings and Sleep Center, Tri-Counties Bank, Redwood Medical Ofﬁces, Coast Central Credit Union and Renner Petroleum. • Saturday, August 3, it’s Challenge of the Champions Tour, Broncs, Bulls and Barrels starts at 4pm with a Rodeo After Party at 7pm. Moonshine Crazy will perform in the andplenty of FREE photo opportunJaycees Beer Garden. • Sunday, August 4 is Family Please see COUNTY FAIR Page 3

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The 131st Annual Del Norte County Fair begins and runs from Thursday to Sunday, August 1-4. Taking the theme from the lyrics from the Bruce Springsteen recording, the motif for the 2024 Del Norte County Fair is Barn in the USA. This year’s Fair is crammed with talent galore and activities for all. • Thursday is Kids Day. Admission is Free for your pre-teens. The Group Super Diamond, Neil Diamond Tribute will perform in the Tri-Counties Arena • Friday, August 2 is Seniors

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A Fortune of Gold Coins Del Norte Grand Still Looms Tantalizingly Close to the Del Norte Coast

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The Brother Jonathan rendering passengers and crew perished off Crescent City’s coastline. 19 survived the ordeal. Beside the Brother Jonathan’s passenger / crew manifest, the vessel carried an estimated (at current value) $50 million in gold coins in different denominations and gold bars heading up to Portland and Vancouver for annual payment to tribes and salary payments to troops. The Brother Jonathan earned a rather ignominious reputation. In 1862, the Jonathan traveled north from San Francisco, arriving in Victoria, British Columbia. A gold miner traveler who was infected with Small Pox was a pas-

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The Cursed steamer Brother Jonathan was blamed for the spread of Small Pox. Killing thousands of indigenous people 159 years ago, Tuesday, July 30, the paddle steamer, the Brother Jonathan slammed into Dragon Rock (later named St. George Reef), when 225

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senger on the vessel. Upon his disembarking the Jonathan, the miner began to unsuspectingly infect Indigenous people camped around Victoria. Local colonial authorities forced the Jonathan to leave but as the vessel returned home, allegedly infected native populations throughout the Paciﬁc Northwest. From Puget Sound to southern Alaska, Small Pox began to spread. According to historian John Lutz, “citizens of Victoria panicked and deliberately drove the Indigenous people out of town, spreading the dreaded disease back to their home communities. Thousands Please see GOLD COINS Page 10

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