The 8-29-2022 News Broadcast, as aired on KFUG LP Crescent City 101.1 FM and streaming online at kfugradio.org
AUGUST 29th, 2022—For RVCN, from Redwood Voice Youth Media and KFUG Community Radio, today’s news: Del Norte Sheriff asks for YOUR help solving a murder, Del Norte Board of Soups write a letter and opt to NOT write another, one wildfire fizzles while another sizzles, and kids these days—why aren’t they going to college? All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
Redwood Voice Community News airs every weekday at noon, with a rebroadcast at 5pm. You can listen anywhere in Del Norte County on 101.1 FM, or worldwide streaming on kfugradio.org!
The audio version of this story, as was made for air on KFUG Community News. Report by Persephone Rose. Song used is a Tolowa Dee-ni’ Gambling song performed by Loren Bommelyn, Carl James, Sam Lopez, Walter Richards, Sr., & Frederick Scott, Jr.
The Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation is excited to announce that they are planning for this year’s Dee-ni’ Day! Save the date – Saturday, September 10th from 10:00am – 4:00pm at the Howonquet Hall Community Center at 101 Indian Ct in Smith River. All are invited to the family-friendly event, which will involve food and craft vendors, cultural demonstrations, indigenous work shows, gambling, touch-a-truck, stick games, and much, much more!
Official flier from the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation.
This is the 15th annual Dee-ni’ day—a day to celebrate the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation’s people and culture. Originating from their own take on the “Indian Day” observances you may find on the calendar, like October 1st, or the more formally worded Native American Heritage Day, November 25th. These days, different as they are across the nation for the various peoples who celebrate them, have evolved with the modern day cultures of the tribe, a demonstration that these tribes are still here. Honoring this day as their own, Dee’ni Day has become a sort of fair—a cultural carnival of delights where crafts, food, and games are shared with everyone who wishes to partake, whether they are a member of the tribe or not.
To fulfill their hopes on this year’s decade and a half milestone, the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation is seeking people to fill various roles. These roles include a traditional salmon cooks to assist with the 5:30pm dinner and a traditional sand bread cook to assist throughout the day (all tools and ingredients provided, just requiring the hands to work them.) They are also a seeking a stick game organizer to organize a stick game tournament and/or scrimmage, including coordination with Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation Staff on development of gameplay rules that will be applied to various ages and brackets.
Please save the date and join the tribe for this family-friendly event! You can visit their website for more information, to fulfill roles, or to sign up as a vendor at this year’s Dee-ni’ Day, all, once more, at tolowa-nsn.gov.
Free COVID-19 vaccinations and tests are being given all across Del Norte County, with most clinics accepting walk-ins! Everyone 5 years of age and older are now able to get vaccinated and tested, so be sure to visit your local clinic or pharmacy.
In Crescent City, vaccinations and tests are available at:
-Sutter Coast Hospital on 800 East Washington Blvd. Mondays thru Fridays from 9am to 4pm.
-Elk Valley Rancheria on 2332 Howland Hill Rd. Vaccinations are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 1pm.
Testings are on Tuesdays at the Rancheria from 1pm to 3pm / Thursdays from 1pm to 3pm at the Elk Valley Casino on 2500 Howland Hill Rd.
-Open Door Community Health Center on 550 E Washington Blvd. Vaccines will be by appointment.
In Smith River, vaccinations and tests are available at:
-The Howonquet Hall at 101 Indian Ct. on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10am to 2pm . Testings will be held the same days at the same location from 8:30am to 11:30am.
And in Klamath:
-Redwood Hotel and Casino at 171 Klamath Blvd has vaccinations and testings on Fridays from 9:30am to 11:30am.
Check out our video to see what the vaccination and testing sites look like! And for more information on where to get protected against COVID-19 in Del Norte County, visit https://www.covid19.dnco.org .
Have you received COVID-19 booster shot? The list of things that put people at risk of contracting the virus is long, which means that the list of people who need the booster shot is even longer.
Check out our video to understand why receiving a COVID-19 booster shot may be worthwhile for your health. And for more information, visit https://covid19.ca.gov/ .
It’s the kids’ turn to get protected from COVID-19! In Del Norte County, all community clinics and pharmacies are able to vaccinate children from 5-11 years old.
Children can easily contract, spread, and eventually get very sick from the COVID virus, and they could suffer the long term consequences from a viral infection. Luckily, the benefits of a vaccination outweigh the risks for the majority of people.
Check out our video where we answer all the questions parents might have about vaccinating their kids! And for more information, visit https://covid19.ca.gov/ .
Expecting mothers are worried about how COVID-19 immunization will affect themselves and their growing baby during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Tens of thousands of pregnant women have been immunized with no complications, and they will pass along antibodies for COVID to the infant while nursing.
Nevertheless, few pregnant women in Del Norte County are immunized against COVID-19. With our high rates of disease transmission and the fact that pregnant women get more sick when they contract the virus, immunization is urgent.
For more information, check out our video and visit https://covid19.ca.gov/ .
Homelessness SUCKS. Food insecurity, exposure to the elements, and insufficient rest all contribute to that difficult life. And because of these factors, the COVID-19 pandemic is even more threatening to people who are homeless.
Luckily, there are steps an unhoused person can take to protect themselves! Wearing a mask, using hand sanitizer, getting immunized, and safely socially isolating as much as possible are things they can do to help keep themselves safe. Del Norte county has many resources that offer help.
Masks and sanitizers are available at:
-Rural Human Services on 286 M Street
-The Department of Health and Human Services on 880 Northcrest Drive
-Community Assistance Network on 355 Standard Veneer
March, 2022—we gather the many works that have slipped through the cracks from the Redwood Voice Crew, primarily their contributions to local news. Join Persephone Rose, Director of Redwood Voice, and Paul Critz, Station & Program Manager for KFUG Community Radio, for a review of the many recent projects the ever-growing Redwood Voice team have submitted to the KFUG Community News program—stories that are most often sent to broadcast and not heard again. Until now, that is, through the planned-to-be monthly editions of the Redwood Voice Anthology.
On this anthology we’ll discuss and review these stories, as well as give them a place to air in full. The stories in this Anthology include:
(0:04:56) STORM Stands Before County Board of Supervisors
The audio version of this PSA, as made for radio—by Persephone Rose.
Nourish yourself, mind and body, with Coastal Connections’ new cooking class for youth aged 14-21! Over the course of 6 sessions, develop your cooking prowess and learn to mix it up in your diet! It’s free, hands-on, and sure to be a whole lot of fun. Explore a growing healthier relationship with food preparation, cooking, and of course the fun part: eating! Registration includes a student workbook, nutrition resources, and even raffle prizes for each class to assist in building your very own healthy living toolbox.
This class comes both virtually and in-person. The virtual series will be happening every Monday from January 31st to March 14th, 3pm and 4:30pm on Zoom. The in-person series will be happening every Thursday from January 20th to February 24th, 4pm to 5:30pm at the site itself.
For more information you can call (707)464-3060, or stop down at Coastal Connections down on 475 K Street in Downtown Crescent City, California. Again, that’s (707)464-3060. Come cook with us!
This is the audio for the story that aired on KFUG Community News on 1/6/22
On Wednesday, Del Norte County Public Health released guidelines about Quarantining for Covid-19 in Del Norte. The new guidelines say that if you’ve been exposed and are unvaccinated or eligible for the booster shot and don’t have it, you must quarantine for 10 days after last contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19 and take a test within 5 to 7 days of last contact. If you have your booster shot or are not eligible for the booster, you only have to quarantine if you experience symptoms of Covid-19. These guidelines are more strict than the recent guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control
KFUG contacted Del Norte County Public Health for clarification on the guidelines, we spoke with program manager, Melody Cannon-Cutts. According to Cannon-Cutts, Public Health is continuing the 10 day quarantine period previously directed by the CDC instead of the recently implemented 5 day quarantine period. According to Del Norte Public Health, this is because of concerns over rising Covid cases in Del Norte and Surrounding areas and because of concern that the 5 day quarantine isn’t long enough to protect Public Health in Del Norte County. According to Public Health, this is a County wide mandate. However it may conflict with the Del Norte Unified School District, which currently has a less restrictive policy. (We have to be clear that Public Health didn’t say it would conflict with DNUSD. I think this minor rewrite takes care of that).
As a DNUSD High School student, I have been told that the high school’s policy is that they would only require students to quarantine if they had been exposed and hadn’t been vaccinated or were experiencing symptoms, and while the Public Health Guidelines are similar, they are more restrictive than the school district’s. Public Health’s requirement of those exposed and eligible for the booster shot who have not received one is to quarantine for 10 days which could require most juniors and seniors to quarantine when they didn’t need to before. KFUG contacted the DNUSD office to check if they were changing their requirements to match those issued by Public Health on Wednesday afternoon, but we received no response by the time of recording.
In a related story, the Humboldt-Del Norte League (HDNL) has imposed a temporary mandate not allowing spectators at all HDNL athletic events beginning on January 7th until January 23rd. HDNL Commissioner, Jack Lakin, stated that this is because they are seeing rising Covid case numbers and this is likely the beginning of another surge. By taking this action, they want to help prevent more cases of Covid-19 in our area.
Since the original publication, we have found the Del Norte Unified School District’s updated Covid quarantine guidelines. The guidelines now require students to quarantine if they’ve been exposed to someone and had their vaccine more than 6 months ago without receiving a booster.
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